, 1877-12-26

letters 10 l,cr At II time WHEN he was OIL
vis1r TO THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON:
n,, 1a m" ro ,an g :" sear
hsnds. Tne Emperor thaE. mors ara mSte m TIL
sittlne.r for nlf an hour hclast RECLINING hlS
guests, In orter that he might smoke hts
sstemsn eod Tnsn sa ssse ee'nHa'S % sssp.a s
told me ona Of tho deePcFt impress!ons ever nads
nron him WA. when, after hattng Eonc from
States, nnts been recalled 10 Europe hy the ran.nra
Of hs ntothcsf tcrinps 'iinssa he arrived IN Lon.
@ G15 as s9S 9SSSr ws To onea dss se
- tefk stp'em.,r], o c'etoet:. Good morning
heavy. the fent horH and tho heat i,,shtin i have
slept pretty sett, hud am a1rrsdy bnoted and Hpur
rcd. Tho heat In the dining -Foon' Ye'sofday Vas
1 send two Of tho new gold ive-franc pieeca
which The Emperor gave nc. onc Tor yonrsclf md
nnr ior tho nuins'natieal department Of tho Chill
havn thls moment q y. M, received yons let.
ter u sesterdsg. Hearty THANKS for 1t, and all tho
After The psinco's return to England, he drew
up q statcment nj tho Impressions which he had
formed from his visit. accordtn0 to lils usual
habit,-for ie WAS cyldcntfy one Of the most
me'nsa ne MI eo c1
curious that am sure YOUR rcndcrA will he glad
to sco part ofit-tlsas which refers to tho En''
pcsor Napoleon:
II. appeared quiet aud .!ndolcn. from constlsu.
G wse st q s Ss', s,.s s9ef III, M aps a
lltt!o German; .hs pronunciation Of hia uornan
DStS1 sd @ m ~ IL bs I'm o ts
owing to his tdncatnn At Augsburg. where, ns ho
told me, be waa brought NJ ut the aymnasluH1. l!s
man Of pence an war. which scen'a to tnrc n'adca
deep impression upon him. and appears 10 me TO
G o a1 sn ssna,sSs h,sSo T isis ~
and IN good or,cr-moro English than French.
The gentlemen comprising h,s eutouruQe nse NOT
lie ises On ssry familiar footlng with them, H.
though they seemed afraid Of him. The tone was
rather the ton dc gari.on. With = good deal Of
H. g v;l! chiIy, eompiain; Il l'.ermat.1,. eati
q IL Ssd rae %s esss a
coula discover nGthtng remarkable: Ills general
sauca!ion alpea'ed to me tery deficient, oyen IN
tho political history Of modern times. and polttcnf
ec!cnces generally. lfe was remarkably modest,
to n s4ess. T.
III iss ! to % sho Hapolsonic history hs .eotna
ies; i' rel moto i&o IN 'amatenr ro tlcan, n,is.
kes ns % sts kne ne sn
Erets the absence Of m ari.toctaey in Francc but
might not l,c willing TO allow such an arrt1csacy
have tho advantage Of its control oIet tho puso
aosetnmcHt-iIs asked L., me q ,s eood M asa, about
sho INV III ~ ,I',pateles. ete itoId it, tast "
Which, howovot, passed without discussion only
n,attcra when had been prsatsanged; that the
sSns t ssa (, Ss pss n1 ths a IT,
ssff' e ef! seoE m: a fs' tssq'
s.. E H. !s.eS. 's e IT,, "sst e ;fs: se:
told the ono what he. had settled with Tho other.
dlspatch went through tho Queens hands and was
read bJ her,, A. 10 only received c1traeis from
ina naesa ;a to &1vs s S u
him TINT tho tlucen woul4 not te contant without
scong Tho whole os tho diplomatic correspondence.
having persons in ,lh own confidence nt tho d!acr-
cnt poats of Importance, who rcportcd directly 10
htu,. could not but express my sense Of tho
danger qt .nsh % .:raneouent to h1sh 10 .,stss
enabled tic Foreign Minister IL ho chose to cheat
sg;y II psaa s ,e s f'ssSn sss eS e e
throw tho ontFo hlamo In any d!!iculty that might
occur upon these secret instr4ctions. inc Emperor
Tho memoir contains % explanation Of this
| Queens dislike Of Lord rafncrston, and other
rcmarks or statements Vt great historical Inter
cat, but 1 cannot hope 10 Etvo you tho substance
l
| ao,, cniv Dick mt frr vn1, sorax ~ fhn ritma
nMa n ~ Gy.,ris ~ "n-In. S = ,t,,f"s. ~" " AS fA
| Ane ~oee1 1"A'esJ o1A'aH ''a
| LONG blxoB or eEnABTof4t
u thus expressed In lettef IRON EHf TO h1ng
| Leopold:
You must foralre nj. letter being short, but W
are 20 mich bused and occupied With the mali
which have arrived and tho news from 6e6astopo
sn1' , ~" ,'a ~ y. H. -. ~ NM r.. a,J n
hst da sacS tIme " nv
as ~. III y.ttst nsxsr nHnort. - x a"e .t n"I
~ ~ III e1e''e"ea' as''' e@pss'ea ~ 'e'' as1
'csS ~ ~ Jee''
Tho Queen and Prince Wcrc constantly urging
upon tllu s!lu[stry tho ncrosslty Of sending out
Critnea. "Tho Uoyernmcnt,n writes rrInct
Aiicrt m nne nrrnainn. twill nny4r br fnr0iycn
md nurht ncvcr r. he forrivcn. II Il Hi nj
.tratr etnrv sss.o ~ ar,rt ~ .ni mEtx ~ .no
etEa!h cyG1s neiso ~ a'ctt sne .u!st!t. VI sfS
inR LOU Nse!an auccM!ho !ot Waht o.! means; !.
| what dcep tGtorcst was taKeh oy the 1uecn ~
the army Is shown By tie following letter, Which
elle sent 10 Lord Raglan, tie commander Of tue
| trooDs;
! mi. 80 n.tx.,,o,. NJ ~. .,n- ~. hat ,,...h,,
L ~ au ptant n, ~ .o ~ ass @ sae ~ ~ ~ ~
anu M nc - ~ Mn"t y. sa ~ iriCce
~, @ t INV ,, :" sss IT, @ a.u tas
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