The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-09

white hair. and resembled a queen who
had abdicated her throne. She greeted
me In a solemn voi ~ with three mangled
sentences from the Genie du Christi1nisne;
then she said To me. with no less solemni,y:
i am Mrs. Siddons' II she had said 10 me.
I am Lady Macbeth, l should have be-
lieved her. had seen her formerly on the
stage In all the strength of her talent
One has but to live 10 find again those
wrecks Of one century cast by the bill
lows Of time upon the shore OF another
century"
Recurring to Castlereagh. we read that
Lord Londonderry was impressive: he en-
barrassed you at once by his sincerity
as Minister and his reserve as a man.
He explained his policy frankly. with the
iciest air, and kept profound silence as
to facts. He wore an air of Indifference to
what he said. even as 20 what he did not say;
one could not tell what one was to believe
Of what he showed or concealed. He
would not have bud yed il you had "caught
him in the ear with n sausage" al Saint
Simon says, Lord Londonderry had a
sort OF Irish eloquence which often aroused
the laughter Of the HOUSE Of Lords and
the gayety Of the public his blunders were
celebrated. but he also sometimes attained
flashes Of eloquence which carried away
the crowd; az. for instance, his words re-
lating to the battle of Waterloo. The
words referred to were used by Castle
reagh on June %. 1915, when he moved the
vote OF thanks To the Duke Of Wellington
and gave an account Of the battle Of Water
loo: The British and French soldiers after
the action washed their bloodstained hands
In the same stream and from opposite
banks congrat ulated each other on their
courage"
II Is well known that Lord Londonderry
committed suicide on Aug. IL, 1922. There
Is no doubt that he had previously given
proofs Of mental alienation. Chateau
BRAND says that he had gone TO see the
MARQUES Of Londonderry some twelve OF
fifteen days before. Contrary TO his
custom and To the custom Of the country,
he received me familiarly in his DIR ssing
room. He was about To shave himself.
and laughing a sardonic laugh, he spoke
to me in praise Of the English razors. l
complimented him on the approaching
close Of the session Yes said he, either
that must come TO an end or / must
George Ford told Chateaubriand that Lord
Londonderry had gone To show him the
scheme OF Instructions which he had drawn
up for himself which he was TO follow
at the Congress Of Verona The King
took up the manuscript the better TO weigh
his terms, and began to read it aloud He
noticed that Lord Londonderry was not
listening To him and that ne was turning
, his eyes round the ceiling Of the closet
/ What's the matter. my lord?" asked the
King IT'S that insuferable John, sir,
10, l. L., a. I.I, h..
Of groom He will not go away, though
! am always telling him" The King
astonished, folded up the manuscript and
said you are i'll, my lord go home; get
yourself BLEED" Lord Londonderry went
out and went to buy the penknife with
| which he cut his throat
Il il a curious fact that in 1922, some
forty years before the experiment under
taken by Napoleon III. Chateaubriand
should have contended that. from the
viewpoint Of European monarchies. it was
expedient to give the republics Of the New
World a monarchical form of government
He writes TO the French Minister for Foreign
Affairs II Europe il obliged TO recognize
| tn de fucto governments in America. it's
whole policy should tend to bring mon
| arches TO life In the New World instead
Of these revolutionary republics. which
will send u. their principles, together with
| the products Of their soil d" He returns to
| the subject in another despatch: Peru
| has just adopted rlonarchical constitu-
| tion. European policy should spare no
effort 70 obtain similar result In the case
| Of other colonies which declare themselves
| indapendcnt The United States are sin
| gularlv afraid Of the establishment Of ar.
empire in Mexico. II ever the whole Of
the New World is republican the monarchics
Of tho Old World will perish"
Dismissed from the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs in June, 1924. Chateaubriand again
became "A leading member ofthe Opposition.
| The Government Of Charles y. eventually
| deemed il so important to silence him
that in 1873 it offered him the post Of Am
| bassador to Rome, which he accepted.
| His "reminiscences Of the time spent 10y him
in this capacity az the Papal Court occupy
about hundred pages in the fourth volume
/ Of the Memoirs On his way to Rome he
saw AT Parma the portrait of Napoleon 8
widow. Thai daughter Of the Hapsburgs
was then the wife Of Count Neipperg that
| mother Of Napoleon's son had presented
that son with brothers. She was allowing
the debts piled up by her to be guaranteed
by the Bourbon Duke Of Lucca who was
TO inherit the Duchies Of Parma and Pia-
cenza after her death. II Chateaubriand
did not see Marie Louise at this time. he
had dined with her some years before at
Verona, where she had gone to see her
father during the sitting of Congress
we at first" he writes, refused an invi-
tation from the Archduchess Of Parma.
She insisted, and We went. We found her
very gay; the universe having made it its
business to remember Napoleon, she NO
longer had the trouble Of thinking Of him
She spoke n few careless words, and, as II
were. casually, about the King Of Rome:
she was pregnant Her court had certain
air Of diapidation and decay. excepting
NJ de Neipperg, n man Of good manners
There was nothing out OF the common
except ourselves dining at Marie Louise't
table and the bracelets. made out Of the
stone Of Juliets sarcophagus, worn by
! Napoleons widow. As We crossed the Pc
at piacenza single bark, newly painted
carving a lot Of imperial ensign. attracted
our eyes. Two or three Dragons. In she'll
Jackets and forage caps. were watering theil
horses; we we're entering the States Of Marie
Louise: that was all that remained Of tn,
power OF the man who Glove the rock,