New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-26
A BLOW TO IMPERIALISM.

TO 90 TO PARIS
lFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRrBuSF.1
PARIS, July 1.-THE 18th of July would not
have been, learn from credible source. given up
TO official pomps and festivities if the English
Court and Government had shown more reserve in
lamenting for the death of Prince Louis Napoleon.
1t Is impossible not to perceive that they less
for the Young man himself than for the cOnspira-
tors whom his untimely end has banked. Until
the news reached London of the untimely end of
the Bonapartist Pretender, people were not here
aware of the degree of countenance and support he
and his mother received from the Royal Family the
Cabinet and the great aristocratic families of
England.
NJ. Cookery, the Minister Of Posts and Teegraphs,
went TO London at the beginning of the month. on
the pretext of transacting business connected with
his department, bnt really to study the extraordi-
nary sympathy which free Englandn has been
expressing for the family of Napoleon III. He said
TO friend of mine that he could not have judged of
ITS intensity from merely reading the correspon-
dence of the Gduois and the Orore, the articles
on the Natal tragedy in the London dailes On be-
ing asked if he thought the demonstrations of sor
| row which he witnessed arose from tender-hearted
pity for widow robbed Of an only child, he replied
that he did not.
In the house of fnancicr where VI. Cookery was
ioN'A W Nhc, ltIC liolt IdiuiIN was III bldch
no champagne was served. He noticed that the
sweet dishes and the flowers in the 6pergnes were
white and white and violet, and that all the English
guests spoke in whispers and seemed to affect mel
anchOly air. Happening to ask the lady of the
house if she had a particular liking for white
roses and vioets, she answered that she
| had not, and then added, "but are you
not aware of the public mourning into which we
have been thrown ~ NJ. lie Alinistre des POstes ct
Iclegraphes, whohad forgotten how much England
had taken TO heart the sad event in South Africa.
confessed his ignorance, to the unteigned astOnsh-
ment Of his hostess who opened wide her splendid
eyes and stared at him as though he were Cetywayo
himself She then told him of the hopes nurtured at
Windsor, at Marlborough House. at Downing Street,
and also III certain banking offices In LOmbard-st of
an Imperiast restoration in France, and the cOnse-
quent disappointment experienced when the news
was received of the Princes death, NJ. Cookery
ventured to express his surprise. He could not
derstand what link of sympathy could possibly OK
list between the Crowned Republic of Great Britain
and the Empire of the Bonapartlsts. The fair hos
tess In return, said it vulgar error to suppose
| the Monarchy was a nero fifth wheel In the
COACH Every day it was becoming more apparent
| that the Crown was becoming the great directing
power i'm the State and there visible progress
in the direction of Cesarsm in England. The word
| Cgsarism startled the intelligent French Minister,
who stared with wonder in his turn.
| His hostess, who he found reflected the opinions
| of large number of parliamentary men, gracousy
| vouchsafed an explanation. The Kingdom OF Eng
land had outgrown its Royal swaddllng clothes
II must henceforth wear the ample purple
mantle Of Imperialism. The Queen bad long
| felt this necessity, and so had LORD
| Beaconsfeld. Hence Her Majesty's confidence In
him, and the sympathy of both for Bonapartis9l,
which had been distorted by the Liberal and Radi-
cal parties and their newspaper organs. In short
Louis Napoleon was regarded as the John the Bap-
list IF system winch Is coming into existence in
England. Hence the sympathy of the Court, the
Government and large portion of the arlstocracy
| with bis widow The Prince of Wales was the head
of the English BOnapartiss and had looked forward
IN the restoration of the Napoleonic throne and
IT'S consolidation by matrimonial alliance
between the late ill-starred Pretender, and
the Princess Beatrice. who i said TO be almost
brokcn-heared at his tragIca end. She and PTlGce
Louls Napoleon. il was reported TO the french UoV-
,rn1nent. often met at Marlborough House, aud
w,ra mariners In dances The Princess. leading a
uonotouous and secluded life was easily impressed
by the attentions of the Young Imperial exile.
romantic affection sprung up between them. Beat
rice refused tomarry any one else, and the Prince
OF Wales, whose French friends are mostly
, II .napartists took his sisters part when
she was blamed for her unfortunate preference.
The Ouren was brought round to accept the French
Prince rs n s,n-in-law if the consent of parlia
mentary majority 10 the match could be assured.
Hence the efforts made by certain daily and
society journals to place tho suitor in favorable
light and 70 represent the RepuDhc rs
being on its last legs. and the determine
ton of the young man himself to defend
English civilization against African BAR
barians AT the Cape Imperialism proposed; hating
Nemeses disposed The tidings OF Louis Napoleors
death reached ChiseEurst, day for day. ten years
after the news of Max.mllians execution was MADE
known 10 the Emperor and the Empress OF the
French. al the TuieriHs.
Iftbc Court. the Cabinet, the War Office and the
nobility in England only mOurned for the lover OF
the Princess Beatrice, the French Government
,yould not have been put out by their lamentations
Rut they cannot ignore the anti-repuDlcan animus
which comes out in thotr Grlof
Prince Napoleon derives courage from what Is
co;ng on i'm England to advance from the shade In
which he has been living with the Marqnlse de
C-y. aud to assume an Ecce Homo attitude. ." Be
bold the mau!n CRY his followers. ana NJ. de
Blovitz. who never writes anything without deep
native. regchoes them. In leader The Times eX-
horts Republican France not to take III pad
mart the woe that England manifests for
the tragcal fate of the late Bonapartist
Pretender. In its foreign intelligence, NJ. dc
Blowitz aiirms that Imperialism Is more vigorous
and more vital than ever, inasmuch as 1t Is no
longer incarnate in youth of weak constitution
and average abilities, but In man VINO
has seen much, learned much, retained mucn'
and il gifted with powerful inteuect'
All this has brought the CABINET anu NJ
Inxa nnf Gn III
as good wishes to expect from their royal, aristo-
Mi and wealthy ueighbors across the Channel.
and that the Republic. to make head against
hor oneu,cs at bome and abroad, must be truly Re