Year: 1869

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Empress Of Erauce--rhe Egonch Visit 10


Venice and the East.


BY telegram from Florence through t"e
Atlantic cable we learn that King victor
Emanuel, attended by the Court OF Italy ana
accompanied by the members Of the diplomato
body serving in Florence, will proceed from
the capital and journey to Venice to meet the
Empress of France on her way to the East.
In this the Re Gdlantt0m0 will do honor 10
his name and be really consistent with his
reputation. There is no more gallant gentle
man in Italy than the King, and Europe pre-
sents no more noble, elegant or Interesting
shrine for his deoojr than the presence OF tho
Empress. He is 10 do homage in tho ancient
city of Venice; 30 that tho occasion oil the
meeting of the royal personages will be ono OF
much interest and poetical in the extreme.
Eugdnie, anxious with respect to the condition
Of the health of Napoleon and the dynastic
chances of her son, and iervently solictous
as to the issue of the Ecumenical Council and
the future Of The Popedom, will no doubt find
a melancholy consolation in standing on the
Bridge OF, Sighs and ruminating on the glories
and power Of the Doges, and Hildebrandt and
other warrior pohtilis, as Well as their eiface-
ment and decay-a state of mind very likely
10 engender condition Of morbidly nervous
depression if indulged overmuch. To prevent
such unpleasant consequences by agreeable
conversation no man is better qualified than
Victor Emanuel, a king of pleasant memory
and light hearted at all times and under every
circumstance.


His Majesty will, no doubt, remind ths
Empress of the progress of his own house from
the mountains of Savoy to the broad lands OF
Lombardy and thence to the shores Of tho
Adriatic and to Venice and along the coasts
of Ilyria and Albania. The Empress will be
on her way to Turkey, and the King will be
able to add few intermediary hints to these
points of instruction which may have been
delivered to her of st. Cloud on the 6 Eastern
question:" its vast Importance and how 1t may
be diplomatized TO an issue pleasing and bene-
fetal both to France and Italy. The Sultan rs
an accomplished courtier and traveller, and,
having discarded the Turk very much
in domestic matters and dissolved the
harem, is controlled to very con-
siderable extent in matters Of State
concern by the zone woman power, as exer-
cised in Christian Europe. He is also indebted
to Eugene for the arrangement, and, pretty
much, the management, of his brilliant recep-
ton in Paris, and will, consequently, be vastly
influenced by her requests and counsel.
Venice is, therefore, in all respects, very
suitable place for the meeting Of the King Of
| Italy with the Empress.


We must remember that at the termina-
| ton of the Ausro-Italian war the Emperor
of Austria handed Venice over to France, and
that the imperial eagle Of the Bonaparte was
displayed for some days on its walls. The
Emperor Napoleon presented it to Italy, but
the exact provisions of the title deed given
with it were not published. Perhaps Napo-
leon wants to have it returned to France.
Tho Eastern question is looming up in very
throatoning proportions, and the Power which
commands the Adriatic will hold almost the
very key of the situation. History tells us also
how the Venetians monopolized the trade Of
India by the route of Egypt during two GEN.
turtles, and it may be that the Empress and
King will speak of the Suez Canal and its
revolutionary current in the matter of CONNER
cal consequences. We shall remain anxious
on the subject Of this approaching royal inter-
view in Venice.


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