The New York Herald Newspaper, February 11, 1861, Page 2

2 THE AMERICAN BONAPARTES. The Bonaparte-Patterson Legitimacy | Case. i 2 F i i 5 5 the two q before the Conseal de | HI ; &S i tf iu ft DETAILS OF THE ENTIRE AFFAIR. THE CELEBRATION OF THE MARRIAGE, | while concentrating all his maritime forces, at the same Unjust Policy of Napoleon the | fuses sia a (nin imi ey irst. 3 : ceded, accompaniod followed the marriage lidity ‘and legal character are the object of the it, peace jens bad been signed hardly one year when a ann. of -Anplone be imminent. The First Consul, i jsiana to them in consideration of sigty ae, Mom fourth of which was to be devoted, he satd, to indemnifying J a Hi | for losses sustatned by captures of v The Arrival of Jerome an 8} the preceding Wars, ast of May, 1909, the young Wife in Europe. | ancordingly, Hi sailed from Martinique on a merchant Jewel forthe United States. The relations which he | sought in that country were agreeable to the political views of bis brother. Among the families at which he | visited was that of Mr. William Patterson, one of tho | most wealthy and respectable citizens of Maryland, > | President Jefferson, in a letter to Mr. Livingston, United ACTION OF THE BONAPARTE FAMILY. = States Minister at Paris, dated November 4, 1603, writes — Mr. Patterson is the President of the Bamk of Baltimere haps in the United THE EMPEROR'S ORDER FOR HIS ARREST: | apd the niehest man in Maryland, er 18 States, with (he jo Mr. Carroll, He is a man of fm- Aifectionate Love Letters of the King | Sis. rie as dt nan ntmoranart of Wurtemberg. Gone a Farauel smith, aud the tamily ws one of the first in ‘Buch conditions devermine rank to a the United Ftates. country Wh arethere are no hereditary titles. ‘Ibis letter led to the rumors which soon began to of the ching union between the brotuer of fe First Consul and Miss Patterson. Miss Pliaaveth Pat- SARANESS AND RESOLUTION OF THE PuUPE. erson, it is said in the memoir published in her favor, Fruckting Conduct of the Archbishop | united’ to the natural graces of youth and beauty the | precious gifts of an elegant and erudite oducation. We of Paris. vad further, an estimation eptirely dilforent, not of tho personal advantages, but of the character and educa- tion of Mise Pellersoe: Ba tiie an it may , the heart of the oung officor was acon taken captive, and on the 25th of October, 1803, citizen Pichon, Consul to the United States, learned from the lips of tho young Jorome Bonaparte | himeelf, that he hud, through the agency of M. Yrajo, the Spanieh’Minister, asked the hand of Afies Patterson in INTERESTING LEGAL DEVELOPEMENTS, | marriage. Citizen Pichon wuderstood the first Consul, Proceedings of the Conseil de Fa- | mille in 1856. se It was not difficnit for him wlivine the vast intentions which the future Einperor dreamod of for himself and bis family, and to what consure he would bo exposed if he sought not to break ol postpene tho murrlage of one of his brothers with a lw nof arepablic. So, hardly ‘The Bonaparte Patterson affair is now attracting public had he received the confidence of the young attention in a suit brought by Madamo Patterson Bont- | man when bo set himself to work to cause parte, of Baltimore, first wife of the ox-King of West | him bepiraarve his . ae B..." tein Totem trnee Weal, sad bar non ‘by thas mareiage, to recover tho feat ‘of ago, bad not completed his ninewoath, — M. rights, titles and a portion of the personal property of | }ichion en: ke hiv understand that a mar- the late Prince Jerome Bonaparte. . riage cont is age ont the consent of his pa- rents wonld be null by the provisions ef both the law of 1702 ane the civit code whiek lid been just Tn the latter & cognized aud obligatory in the United States, the of his parents waa uecessary und the marria; anntuled at the request of the mother, if mu following year. If, on the other hand, it Jerome Bonaparte, in the year 1803, during the Con- gulship of his brother, came to the United States to effect stipulations fxr the cession of Louisiana, tien a possession of France. During‘his sojourn hore he became acquainted with tho family of Mr, William Patterson, a within the Id be sup: wealthy i need thi aw of Sept, 1702, was still oitizen of Baitimoro, and finally was united in | posed that tho ‘law of Sept, » Ww his daughter Elizabeth, though not without | #pplicable toa Frenchman bey ond the sea, it at least be- ee q came necessary that ho shoulil prove by @ birth-register considerable opposition on tho part of Monsieur Pichon, the French Consul in the United States. Subsequendy Jerome revurned to Farope, ani sent his wife to Holland while he proceeded to meet his brother. This partiag Proved to be a tinal one, though lettors wore written by Jerome in which he protested his faithfulness. Tho mother of Jerome (Madame Lctitia), in accordance with the provisions of the French law, applied for a divorce for ber son. The Pope, however, rofused to grant it, though a decree was finally obtained from the clergy of France declaring the marriage annulled. Jerome, on the 12th of Aogust, 1807, was married a sesond time or by pnbication, that he Inut attained the ago of twenty: one years, beyond which age the law of 1792 permitted persons to marry without the consent of their parents. vations to the above, were transmitted by M. Fichon to Sir, Patterson, who had net concealed the inquictude which arose in his mind from eonaidera- tion o1 the age of the young officer of marines and of the distance which separated him from his family, and igno- of the provisions of the Fyeneh law relative to mar- contracted by ‘encharin in a foreign country, M. Pichon was able to Jatter himself with being Bug- cessful for a short time, for en the Ith of December he etary of Jerome Bonaparte, with a note from the young oflleer, watch stated tat on matore reilection he had bro! ot the marriage and that everything had been arranged in a manner most to Cathrine of Wurtemburg, and was proclaimed | }vorable to himself, Mt. Pichon writing to the Muster King of Westphalia in the latter part of tho | of Foreign Affairs, M. de Talleyrand, says:— fame year. After this event he wrote sevoral T doubt et shel the manner ia, which I hava conduated ihis en e , the stato of isolation in whieh Fetters to Mise Pattorson in America in which he requcst- | QUuDAEpa gala, he ayo opal tm eh be ste and the Spanish Minister, as well as the firm tone in which T reproached jim with his ollivial position, have led citizen Jerome to the resolution which he has tken, There was too much exultation in hia victory. Whether it was a sudden change in the resolutions of the Patterson py and young Jerome, or whether the ccelarations of the latter had been made with the object of relaxing the vigilance of the Consul, certain it is that within a month afterwards the marriage 30 unexpected by M. Pichon took place. ‘The Consul was not the only person surprised. Admi- ral Willaumez, who comuotided the French fleet, was also surprised, and ina despatch to Doores, Ministor of the Marine, mforming him of the roxrriage contracted by the brother of the First Cousul, says:—“I havo en- deavored a great deal to tarn him from this underta- od her to come to Europe, and with her son, upon whom he was desirous of conferriag a position suitable to his rank and birth, take up her residence in a palace at Smal- ealden witha title and revenue. All these offers she refed, and in January, 1813, obtained « divorce on her own bebaif from the Legislature of Maryland. Jo 1819 | Bhe went to Europe, where she was received with expres- Sions of the greatest amity on the part of her husband's family , and her eon, Mr. Jerome Bonaparte, was asked in marriage for the daughter of Juseph, brother of the Em poror. This latter offer was refused, and tho young Je romie, in 1829, married in America, Such is a brief sy opel of the events that preceded the death of Princo | King, and I Uelioved it actually foregone, when ae vnise involves | a, the end of two months jearne: Jerome, which took place inst year. His demise involves | it taj juat been consummated at the house of the fome now developements of cis remgrkable affair, and | tho new trial is set down for the 26th ult., so that intelli. | gence of the preliminary proceedings may be expected by the arrival of the next Zuropean stoamer The Prince Napoleon and his sister Mathi!lo fooling aggrieved at the attention bestowed on Madam» Bons. parte- pir own siti. | Wee ats satatibe bntietiia ot ih tirch, Jerome Bonaparte, brother of the First Consul + ri a e 2 jon of o macy Was thereby affected, and at the instigation of the | Pence with Elizabeth Paterson, daughter of William Pat King of Wurteraburg, bronght a suit before tho Cinseit | tersin, Fon. of the ety of Baltimore, and ‘ot Doras " | da Famille, for the purposo of depriving Me. Jerome | Bl wife. Ws Biakiop of Baltimwres cd - tere ‘Tho marriage was preceded by a contract regulating Bonaparte-Pattorson, the son of Matame Honsparte-t'at- | «ne pecuniary part of the arrangement. [t is neceesary torson, from bearing the title of Bonaparte, The pro. | for me to bring to your attention certain passages of that ceedings of the trial, which was concluded on the 4th of | act which may very probably be called into question by Jato from the Independance Boye of | *e advccates of Prince Napoteon:— Re th aes aay prairies wi cid Article 1. Tt iaagreed that the marriage of the said Jerome the 234 alt. The various correspondence which passed | Bonaparte and Elizabeth Patterson shall be contracted between Jerome and his wifo in Ameries, and between | Selemnized In due and legal in Nile Nod othe Mies ‘the other membors of the Bonaparte family in relation to the marriage, together with the application for and ‘obtedance of a decree of divorce wnd all ths othor details lady's fathor, with the greatest secresy.”” The memoir published by the Patterson family de- clares,on the contrary, that it was celebrated with great solembity in Baltimore. However this may be, here is | an authentic copy of the terms of the act as inscribed upon the registers in the cathedral Bacrivone, Dec. 24, 1308. With license, T this day united inthe hely bonds of mar. ge, in conformity with the rites of the Holy Catholic ‘of the French republic, And if in future ny doubt should arise concerning the validity of the said marriage, either in the French republic or the Bia'o of Maryland aloresaid, the said Jerome Bonaparte en- es, at all times and at ihe request of the said Elizabeth of this remarkable case ace embodied in the report of the ereon and of the sald W. Patterson, ef OF the ome of the otber of them, to remove (hose ditfienlliea, aud to give to the proceedings of this trial given below | id [Translated from the Paris correspondeuce of the Inde | said Ulizabeta all the form ge, according 10 the iar ind and the guid republe at union of the said Jerome at and validity of # pert Belgo, Jan. 22, for the New Yous Hrnary } | laws of the said ary Rites yeare tae i furmmoed You an account of tae pro Feanee , ocenay,| gall the puventions, clauses and ac ceed! Wook place betere By if ed to present art age, wiihob Ui the Conseil de Mamille in | Et Nee 4 In case where, by any cause whatever, on the rome perie, or ot rither his ' parents, separation between the said Jerume and eparation « rinewlo (from the of Goro Coon bed and hich may tied pre. raon shall hav relati the sult brought at the reqaeat of their oval bed the Hrisioe Napoleon and the Princors Mathiide ‘against M. Jerome Napoloon Bonaparte, issve of a former or Gieactad ia 1500 by the youngest brother of | ror Napoleon with Miss Patterson. be , Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, soon after the estal of the second empire, had been restored to his rank, 4 second deorce had conferred apon bis sma po eition in the French army. These two acts had awakenet the attention of the children born of the second mar rings, and the arrival at Paris, io 1966, of his Majesty, the King of Wartemburg, decided them upon laying their claims before the Conseil de Fumille. These claims were inteudod to effect a decision ‘that Mr. Jerome Bonaparte, the defendant, not having the power to cxercise any of the rights which pertain ty legitimate descent, Mr. Jerome [attorson and his off port of the said there shond ensne the said Islizabeth Pi bonds of matrimouy), oF « ny other form wh the said Biizabeth the fall te, his holes, 4 Elizabesh’ fr hand of W. Patterson, or of the one or the other of them, perform all the neoesanty acta and agreeman'-, to se cure abd cobtirm in the person. of the said Patterson or hits weirs, de. aud third part atipalate|, &e., as, it must be remarked that in that circumstance the ¢ Consul of Frence at savannah, M. Settin, believed it to be his duty to follow a very diiferent ling of conduct frem that of M. Pichon. He appears to pring should be compelled to henooforth lay aside the | have tuken an active part ia the matter, ant his name mame of Bonaparte.’ figures below the mar and ia alt the Mr Jerome Lonaparte, maintaining that he was a | dooumente wh nite on that occasion member of the family of tho Emperor, refused to pre In regard to Mot , it ia choar that while he stated sent himself before the Conseil, and maintained his right | (at Mr. Patt was opposed to the marriags, aad that to bear the name of his father. The case was tried, and on the 4th of July, 1856, the Conseil de Famille, Messieurs Abattucci, then keeper of the seals, Fould, fropleng, de Morny, Raroche and d'Or naud presiding, rendered a tecision whose terme are im portant to know, a8 they will beagain brought up in the new suit as constituting the affair decided. This de vision the two young persons appeared to have been agreed to force hiin into it, vertholees expressed the opinion “dwt tho parents of the young Woman were very repre. hensible in not having oppoged a decisive and eiicacions resietance to the marriage."’ In @ later dewpateh, acdreseed to M expresse f in these terme tn r couple, who hat just arrived (on t he demand introduced botore the finueil de Fawite | 804) at Georgetown: — perial highneswes, the Prince Napoleon and the As you may believe, M. Bonaparte ty Mathilde, is intended to deprive Mr. Jerome Bona. : Pe ~4 4-4 ‘Gene the anaes reeds of Mi dain i belonging tu the a ¢, 90m Of Mins Matterson, of the righ’ to Bonapar ming any of the rights said Bonaparte fawily: wy his two-fold iatention It must be understood that the ‘of the 2d of March, MM, has rendered nui ‘and vold, even as 1 ehildren’ born or 10 b n, the : marriage comtracted ta 1M by the Prince Jerome, then ® ral | Doi Ultuk ut any hing beyond on Sines the authority of that sovereign decree cannot he con fasta Bhe ts beaides tested, and pon the faith of which an wher marriage bad | % - FIRST tess tk Leeuias freln thd fasts and ctrotssstnnces T have weidor seen Nac tonapart, that f tay of the suit that the defendant nas (he right of availing hiv " - wall af the benetit of articles 1, NP, Cady Napoleon, Besidca this opinion of the « ter of Madame Jerome inl defendant aluoe his Birth’ hax constantly borns | Bouaparte, it i# necessary ward one still more ey u grave, which reeling of reserve, essy to understand, aalitaz tbat name bas been given to hive in his birth mn would have induced me to pass by ia silenoe if it did not ig the record of the documente submitted by Prince Napoleon to th ination of the Tribunal, It found in a pacage of the wiltof M. W. Patterson hin seit. He says Betey hav oll bor lif) heen con ‘hin; these reasons the Cyl! sustain the defeudaat tn 6 Dame Bonaparte, hy which he las alw The conduct of my daughter Fearerse cutee reg beams cae rcume mney | dicts tt ur arte HLT the benafit ot © feelings, and ni on ni vo of (han ht of ing himeelf o SRPe ci eet a ° The Of these articles provides that which bas declared nul! shall, neverthol: a marriage rot ivil effects, as well in relation to the married coupie ay per, just 6 {ome ren, yon it hae been contracted in goot yg te faith. wecond article adds that if good faith exiaty of human native, nnd that abe ist ‘on the part of one only of the married couple, the mu riage produces civil ‘ofects only in favor of that one and the children issued of the marriage. M. Bonaparte, in a document transmitted to the Mio ter of Justice, protested against this decision for the r 4 Bon that, whatever might have been the recital wh alone constituted the thing decided, one of the arg ments considered the decrve of the 11th Ventose, yeur Li 4 having the authority of a ign act whieh world bave rendered null and void che marriage of 1803. Che f . Will and pleasure to declare in her favor as follows: -< my said daughter, * 1806, «is months riage, the Minister of Poreien Ai His Majeaty lias alo fleotive ender Sottip, the Vie in contr toM Pichon» — {tht you We so with the M was besides founded on the toxt of article 187 0 A great event wax atv The © Code Napoleon, which interdicts to children issned o | Firet Consul of the republic had boon prochimed the @ Second marriage the right of demanding the annulmou | Sacred Emperor of the Prem tn ti ia exeetiont of the first during tho existence of those wh» co | terme is set forth in the memo: of fhe l'altorson Femily Bracted it auch a great place in the midst of the severcign houses On the 24th of Jone. 188, the ox King of Westphal | of Europe, Napoleon, socking 19 strength: wety died at Villegenis. A newepaper of your city, republish and to destroy the eoalition« med agaiett him, aepired Ang the assertions of the Pnglish joyrnal, stated that the | to give iv Kurope to cack his f ll the Princes | that would correspond to th. : Napoleon only on th his not be- | degired to call the French etc pire Hable for debts tol. Thi The accomplishment of these vast correct. The acceytanc with lnved. During the fret part of the s re foondition. As to the Ir ha renounced | placing on his head the iron crown, le had olferod th i Ber claims and received Kingdom. of Katy to lie brother abort (apes Bundred thousand ‘+ " pri onth afterwards, ascended the throm a allowed to membera of th ter Hizaleth et 1.0 the principality of Saver M. Bonaparte, oa his part, pr . za ‘ s and e 5 vino, In leew than one year his adop ag " ame the faetand of the pri Fogene Beauharnals, Aity for debts previously t \ er Lovie Bonaparte 9 hia mother, Madate biivabeth Pattoreo brong en letor . & demand before the tritm! thet procs a ' ~ os se Bn = th Utlon Of the estate composing the Bue ma of ile fu ort 2 od he Ur ~ 4 : a. perial hig? nee Lhe Princo fereme , a. 7 va% Ged We meresetg* contracted tn ae . ol had arranged in bia: '» #0 a8 tO com moment when the tally the ivi of 80 eo baad of Baltimere wus, vege, pire,” « fine storm wich had been gathering was not long in bursting On the Letitia of Paris, an act of protestation. It set : . ‘That his Beye} Highness has stated that her youn, |. Jerome Bonaparte, has contracted, in Ame- Ee teens ean cee ot comeing not been 2 {his residence’ ‘that abe. cannot place relance aya pe a ii i the m lemn laws; , the respondent will enitate df at the gata ‘ebion the law gives hers that ahe could uot at present do less tober in annul ment, # decument of pretended marriage; io her and is entirely unrecogni: her; that hencefe all clamation ‘on ber part is necessarily suspended and tha cannot instivute premature proceedings before the tribunals is ptaeae oawen which, moreover, has no legal existence in Fravee. Nevertheless, in order that her Intentions be known, and that no one may at any time be adie to in vervret her silence in @ manner contrary Na, Bas, Seal Inge; a order ‘to express “her pinion. “oa ° which her gon might have cominiited against the laws and oy maternal ty in such manner that of the respondent may remain intact and that they may be ex eret her rej tatives, to whom declares them ccleenied extcaniy ts te splestiay Ia ide Mea Ih cuanto thouid find herself placed ina position where ft would be impossible (o exercise them Herself; the respondent dr. Stee aba ber enueene powne Yoon sakes. hy. ber scmpeer ren, and that si elit tere refused it for Feasous wi ich ‘he Ya did not authorize ber eeeclare, . That she protests solemnly against any marriage con: tracted ad son in a foreign country, without T consent and in contempt of the forms prescribed W. 3 That she expressly sesorves to herself this right, before whorcever the caso might come: and as soon as. ake” shall be “ble abe will obtain a deagge of the act of celebration to. pro: ounce its entire mulllty, Exght days afterwards, the 11th Ventose year xiii, a de- cree appeared, conceived in the following terms:— Naroteos, Exrrror or tae Frexcn>— In view Of the act received by Kaguideau, notary of Paris, the third Ventose, year xiil, containing, &c., &c. In view of article third, “sections” first and’ second of the law of the 20th of September, 1792; the articles wixty. three, hundred aud forty-eight, one hundred and hundred and sixty-eight, one hundred and sev dred and sevenly-one, snd one hundred and elghiy-t! the civil code, ond the Nenatus coneultum of the of unell of State, Considering t! fa tninor e* ntracted in @ foreign country publicity ond without the consent of father and mother, mul, according to the French laws; that it fs the duly of the chief magistrate to interfere in all acts which concern the affairs of his family, and to prevent or to repress everything ot mo ronal dignity and offend the majesty of the Article 1 —All probibited fron fon of the act of celebration of a pretended mariage, which M.- Jerome Bonaparte ray have contracted in a foreign country. In fino, in the 20th Ventose, year xiii, a new decree was issued, which this time radically annulled the mar riuge celebrated in america. Under these considerations the Emperor recalled the deeree of the 11th Ventose and the motives which in duced it, and adds:-— ‘These precuutions not having red to us sufficient to quard the digtity of our crown all injury, and to,se: servation of those F which, Tike all other 0 ve exercive over all those who have the privilege of belug our subjects, we Rave deemed it important ig the wel- fare of che State, and to the honor of gur Mziperial fan declare in an ivrevocable mzaner the nullity of the sait pre- tended marriage, a fs to prevent and rendey vein all gtiempts which “ay be made to give it any force or effect, For these r-asons we have ordained avd decreed as follows:-— Arti, The pretended marriage contracted in a foreign r Jerome Bonaparte is null and void ve ary clvil effect. All agreements concern- ‘ended inarriage are also null and of no effect, ‘dren born and to be born from this sald be always reputed illegitimate and will not be im any parental rights founded on (hat union. Art, 3. All the ofl the clvil service of the empire are expressly prohibited and forbidden to receive on thele regii- lors the ‘copy of the act cf celebration of the said mar riage cr of any other act which might tend to confirm it. ‘he ministers of every form of worship are also prohibited and forbidden to consecrate, according to the ceremonies of their reapective creeds, the 'aaid pretended marriage, or to bless any new union which might confirm it. While these acts were being promulgated in France, M. Jerome Bonaparte and his young wife left the United States for France. In the month of April they arrived at Lisbon. On receiving this intelligence the Emperor wrote from stupinis to the Minister of the Marine, to prevent the debarkation of the wife of his brother. He wrote in the same sense to the Minister of Police. He says:— Jerome has arrived at Lisbon, T have given him ilirections to come to Milan, passing through Perpignan, Tow. Jouse, Grenoble avd Turin.’ My intention, if he turns'aside from’ that route, or passes through Bordeaux or Paris, is to cause him to be arrested. ‘See to. it that he does not sojourn ut Bordeaux, and tbat he be arrested and sent to Milan by an ofticer of the gend’ames. If the woman who ia with yim should come to Borleanx, I desire that she sball not be “per mitted to land, and that she shall be directed to return to America, T desire you to call her Miss Pattergon, which is ihe title that belongs to her. You perceive how f am ing terested in this aifair. 1f that woman has eluded the police and has ccmo (o Varia with him, you will send her to Amster- dam, where she will embark on the tirst American vessel. And some day# after the Emporor wrote to his bro. ther Jerome, as soon ag he was informed of lis arrival in Aloxandria:— Your union with Miss Paterson is null in the eyes of reli gion and the Jaw, to Miss Paterson to return to rica. shall give her a pension of 6,000f., ou conditio in no case aball she bear my name, to Which she has no right, by reason of the non existence of the union. Inform lier of yourself, that you have not been able, and tat you cannot, ‘Uhange the nature of things. At the same time similar instrvetions were addressed to Lucien concerning the marriage contracted with Madame Jouberton, which for several years had been regarded as a mesaltiance in the eyes of the head of the imperial family. following is the reply which Lucien made to the person who brought him the message from his brother :— You conclude by tracing ont for me the ling of conduct I ought lo pursue, viz:-—to destroy the coutract which has united ns for the last three years—to bring back to Paris my wife changed into a concubine—to separate my daughters from their mother, who have found in her their parent—to acknow ledge my two children illegitimate, And you call that a sin. ple proveeding: And you think that, after having divided a poor tantly, dishonored my wife, disiiberited my ehil hat after having deprived: them of their name and their po- sition, which iar F mine, but theirs—T #honid find com- pensation for s baseness in the graces and favors Which you kay would enable my illegitimate children to live honured and happy. Sir. roapeot in yom the organ of the Emperor, Know, however, that rather than descend to sueh tnfany, # would mmolate iay sou and my daughier with my own hand. Jerome was far from having wound hrone. ra of the civil service of the empire the energy of La- cien. He never dreamed for a moment of open re- sistance do the ey expresse! will of his brother and in@iler, Did he hope in appearing to submit to cain time, and to appease himr This appears to have been the result of bis former letiers which he wrote to his wife after their separation. That separation took place at Lisbon, on the 5th of April. This was the last occasion oa which Madame Gonaparte saw her husband, On separating from her he sent her a letter wr'tten in peneil, which reas as follows:— Tasmox, April §, 1805, Atlength we are on our way, my good wife, Put away frum your ihonghts ail glouny presentiments, °Iave gon cerce in your husband. ‘The greatest misforcine that coud befall usis (0 live peacefuily in a strange country. when we are iegether, are we not certain of belng happy’ Thive are veveral things which Ladvise you again First, not to wee great deal wise trary ucver deans good, and inay do ne i, take car her to receive or pay a always with i! ver Madame Andersor 1 {i appears fe les curiosities Len shat I love you g A second Lotter w: ed to Madame Bonaparte at Amsterdam, under the pseudonym of Madasue a’ Albert. It is dates Maper, April 1%, 1805. fore yesterday, my very good and vit my family are at Milan, voyage will not be pro And under | nit H mney be welll I will put my confidence will support our Fortune if iall soon see & protty baby, which will draw u@ nearer (4 each ether, and being (0. getiv'r, we shell he happs. Tought to faifl the wishes ot ¥ brovber; he i vil has always been to me & 1 : shall have done my duty, not hay r myself with, Tshatl live, If possi ‘tired with family, no water tu what corner Hi, my dene litle wife; take sourselt and ef our child, and your previy iitue p dream that mb: age wold be a You lore me, Eli @ all the have as mich in me, and we shall soon be reaniie J. BONAPARTE, In another jetter, written on the 3d of May, 1805, wo nh loving | Thave just arrived at the eo. of Mount Cons, To mor row Fail he with the Emp ‘ You may vs that between the Ist and the Iu of June Pshall he with you, Your loving hashand, J BONAPARTE, The Emperor, notwithsta , Was desirous of con theming, by the ¢ decree which reve The rites of U head of the chareh, the riding to m the 24th of May, VU., he lays before under wirich the mart ircumstance vege hadt taken pl Ho ade T would desire a bnll from your Holiness to anwul this marriage, [send 'o ye Holinés+ 9 good many deeumen wmong which fs one from « 1 Caselli, from whieh yout He will be enay for the Gallic ch t it shontad b ¢ to the men riage with « ® qitietly Holiness will do that a Pro s dangerons ai will pre of on holy” mother hb, Your NAPOLBON, ely of the Holy Pathor was forwarded, Jane 27, TL wae a fat ret Mier declaring the caution ence with which lo had examined the question dd by the Emperor to bis waidanee sets forth n the tunne tha! of all dhe motives ny to, by declaring which prine a wWoby of our It appears further that the Fi was. regard to the sense of the reply of the Holy some time before receiving it he wrote Chancellor, who was of opinion that the question of nul- lity should be submitted to the Courts: not at al o8 your opinion re Jerome, If he were =) in rence, ley officers of the oivil State, a ude ment would be Eo grt dg it, Merrieé L contracs not being bed on any register: & minor, and without the publication of baros, there is nomore marri than between iwo lovers who are marries cy . re . irl, and am satiated with the ‘man, who has paod apd kicwn be bas committed s folly, which ke wishes to repair as far as lies in his power, While these negotiations were at Rome, without her knowlege, Madame hes- self to Kvgland. There she gave birth, on the 7th of; July, 1805, to a son, who was baptized some time later, under the name of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte. It is. he @ legitimate son in the suc- who now claims the rights of oe ces ennai eae Bonaparte did not despair, 0. In the e . in ror, his brother, more favorable ib of he wrote from bre ith ome July, 1806 dispositi ™s. 4 con jued ¢o consider Genoa to ber whom he contin: Tleft you at Lasbon; you kuow with what regret, Goa who knows my heart, Knows that I love and exiat for my ry ibileds Tam at this momenta father. [hope my ie, Eliza, happiness of enfolding you in 'my arms, oan passed betws ti, we must wait for time to do what we can not do by foree. My, brotner generous as be is great, and it poiltical reasons bow to pursue this conduct, a time willcome when will chan, Jn short, my friend, you must—they are the orders, or rather the wh ‘of your Lage rk ye have ps tience and aboveall, do ‘not refuse whab the Kroperor sent you: itis & of |, and we must uever irritate asovereign, You would ruln me as well as yourself aud our child, 1f in two months hence yoo are not recalled, return to Atmnerica, take a house, establish yourself well as formerly, will send you many taings which must be conceal and let po one your mother know I write to you, Establish yourtelf as if you expected me, but let nobody auspect*-you understand Kitze.. wobody; you would ruia me beyond redress. Have confidence in your husband; be assured that he breathes, dreams, lahora but for you; yes, for you alone and for ourchild You are both the object of all my cares o all my solichiude and of all my a tachment, In Bne, you sre all that [love in the world, and for you and my ebiid [ woud give my life, Lot not the world know you have beard from me. Write to the Emperor and fanpress the two letters which T send you to copy. Sign, Eliza, Above all, Bliza, it must appear to be your undertaking,’ for were it known that it “was 1 who told you to do it, i would ruin me. Above ail sweet friend, be prudent, never forget yourself; think that each word you say against the Emperor, if you should say any, will be carried to him. I have enemies, but the Emperor is so good a futher that there 1s everything to from his heart and his gecerosity Tembrace you a thousand times; I love you more than ever, and I take no steps, 1 say no word, 1 do no act, that 4s not for my wifo. Madame Bova a, would not consent to address to the Epperor the letters, copies of which nad been sent to her. ‘Thes¢ which she continued to receive from her husband sustained, for a time, her courage and her hopes. He wrote to her from Paris, Oct. 4, 1905: To Mapamy Jkrowe Box arate, London:— My Duan axp BeLoven Wirr—Life is nothing tome with- out you and my son, We shail be, my Eliza, separated some time. but in the end ourmisfortunes will terminate, Be tran- quil; Iwill never abandos you, * = =* © * & ‘Three days later he wrote:— If you go to the United States, it is my wish that you live in your bonse; that you Keep four horses, and that you live in a ‘suitable manner as if I were there myself. If the Emperor should send you money you must not reftise it. It would frritste him, {would suffer by that refusal, and it would retard our affairs. I have a great deal of hope, but hope alone will not_suflice. For the rest dear wife rely on me. I know what T must do, and Thope T shall attain my gnd. Be persmaded, my dear wite, that I work and suffer but for you and my son. Let peoplo ‘say whut they please. My dear Kliza I embrace you & thousand times. And again from Paris on the 16th of the same month of October:— Be tranquil my El'zs. After the war good husband akata.” i am ancontahed hop oi shall see your at you have not sent me your portrait, that of my son You know how T love Octavius, Jesomia and the other children. Judge to what an extent I must adore my own who unfortu- nate from his He has not even the sat- isfaction of receiving the cibraces of his unbappy father. At least my Eliza lavish on him your affection, Teach him to fove and esteem his father, and tell him his father will always prefer you to all_ the tness, fortune and relat of elevated rank. To leave you my dear wile Inever eutertained the fatal thought, but I~ conduct my if like a maa of honor, like a brave and loyal soldier. 1 deprive iy- self of my Wife, of wy son, to make war and defond my country, and after I shall have fulfilled a brother's duty to the En shall Gill those of father and. husband, You have been named Prince and Grand Admi- ral. Iwill be, perhaps, but Ihave not been yet. c country. 4 love glory: Tam inviolably attachiod to reign and a cherished brother, bui I love them. like who, accustomed to fear nothing, will never forget that he the father of Jerome Napolcon and husband of Bltza, Tem brace you as I love you, and I love you like my life, J. B. Madamo Bonaparte, tired of hor solitary oxis London, little worthy of her character and situation, de- cided to return with her son to the United States. Lot ters continued with tho expression of the same sonti- ments of tenderness and the same hopes for the future. We must further cite the following passage from a let- ter addressed from Cayenne, 26th May, 1906, by Jerome onaparte to his ‘* beloved wife.” Do you belinve, my good wife, that if Thad renounced you would command the vemels he Majesty? For an onl. nary officer, the post L occupy ts excellent, especially at mi; ages bul, for mer who with’ word one could and ean stil be everything, what's it Be persuaded, tay good Eitza, that if T had wished to sepa. rate from you and my on, who’ ate (he objects of my entire Aifection, be persuaded, pay, that atver all have: had to muffer, iat would be blready’ done and at thie momont I vuld, Inetead of a sul a “Buty mm 'b ‘your. good husband ‘and I will Bul, my belov not believe will ever repent. erred you 10 8 ci prefer you #lill to allthe world. Alaa! my Ellza, you are, with our dear son, the only being for who I desire to live and the only person who could make me desire a crown that 1 might be able to offer it to you, or who could make me feel the pleasure of Fefuaing it if you sould not share it, After the war, Eliza, if Icnn transfer my fortune to the United States, I'will do so, If E cannot do this, out of France 1 will go to live with you, forgetting with pleasure that Lam ‘a prince and accustomed to the enjoyment of a large fortune. Thare already told you, my love, t! w nothing whieh © ‘be a sacrifice for me if you were not the obj of it. unbounded confidence tn mr husband, Lot the little girls and evil. tongues of Baltimore talk, ‘and enjoy your prosperity unaffected by these, for "it is every ining {o°be cherished, as you ‘are. You must consider, 1 dear wife, how essential It is to maintain the most profowu: even in regard to the reception of my letters, Ac- cuaint your good father and mother only of the cironmstanee, Do not he unhappy. Occupy yourself in the rearing of my son, Above all, 0 not make him an American, but & French- Let the’ first words he pronounces cerning his father and bis sovereign Let lim goon know that the great Napoleon is his uncle and that he Is destined to become a Prince and statcaman, * * * At this period the distribution of sceptres and crowns among all the members of the Emperor's family was completed. tor the treaty of Presbourg the Duke Elector of War. temburg had obtained with the title of King a considera bie culargement of his estates the hand of h daughter, who bad become a Princess royal, was already destined for the younger of the two brothors. The Intter Wat ignorant o/ these projects when, on the 20th of Juno, 1806, he addressed again from hor whom be had always censidered his wife, a letter in which he reproaches ber for having loft Holland :-— oer * Lean sow 2a. vat between us only It is that three da d, the general who told you order to recelve you ast amperce’s brother, and that your departure ( been the sole catise (or our separation, In the iieantime, my beloved wile, I hope it will not be very long. one J. BONAPARTE, This letter was of evil omen, and events were not slow to prove thats delinite change had eccurrod in the dis position of M. Jerome Bonaparte. The nonce which for fifteen months he continued go assiduously, and in the most aectionate terms, with his wife, ceased all of asudden. A last note sent’ to Madame Bonaparte, at Baltimore, July 17, 1806, contained only these words one word, my dear and beloved Eliz A deeply regret ‘that [am a ay from y o the plea of wecing yor, 1 with all my heart, A caress for Napsleon, and my compliments to yo 3, BO: w to you one the decree which annulled the union of Jerome Bonaparte with Mies Patterson. The consent which he in vain de- dled from the Holy 1 ther, he “hoped to obtain the pliability of the Trench clergy, and through the juriediction of Fpiscopal courts had been for a long tine abolished, he thought to re-establish it in view of the cial decision, bod mig of which he had at heart, consequently, on June 1, 1866, 4 petition was pro- sented in the name of Madame Leetitia to the Episcopal Court of Tatis, and on that petition was pronounced, on the 6th of October following, a sentence, the tenor of Which t# curlous. It is inthe following terma:— AncHMtsHoPRre OF Panis. wo te Regivtes of Sentences premauitecd by the Diss ener Court of Parks We, Pier Bollogve, priest and doctor in canon law, former tear general ond diocesan proctor diocese of Angers, officlal of the dio: Pu trae fe ‘i having 1. A memorial containing the exposition and discussion of Jen means of nullliy,, pre Tmpertal and Royal Highness Madame, against the marriage in question. * The net of provcet mae before Raguidean, Notary ot Paris, the third Ventose, year thirteen, by her Imperial aud Tiopal Hilghorss Madame, whence \t appears that her Tmpe rod and Royal Highness has vested etrongly againgt the rh tng it whites he laws pry 1e Imperial i cree oF tb Ventore, year twelve, hich prot offers of the State from plactug on (ele registers the \ ungeript of the pretended marriage which M. Jerome Rony oarte might have | contrar igi country. \ ter having heard M ‘lor of Forbenue, apd ineivil and vot Paris and deposited in the on Madam Mother of may baby you dectared ee between M Hona Miss blivaberh Patterson, . furthermore, that intercoures 0 de one! furbidden therm Anglo Am in Tutare may be iy being granted arrloge, Con" NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1861. without che Of the mether of the minor, whence— feast mnod tor ible seduetion te deduced, without the liberty of legal Wherorit may soem god tsihem, Proms al preacunced in our in the att peng wing been transmitte1 to tac me- otiheil, tni ia bis provorium that the aid setitouce should. be enocuted according to August 12, Wurtemburg. and iu tne monsh of Decembor of the year was deviared Kiog of — his second Batefew mouths had taarriage ‘and hig accession to the Crown, when tho new King ad- , umder the same date— vay 1908—twe letra, One to Mr. Patterson, bs first wife, askiug to comtide toa persen who would sake him same hope that, te sacrifice every! the of oxy, paliobon to the timid councile’ be fi : es ngs alage and Tuk ard to a bappy falar, and the tsodes uuachmeciel bare vowed te you toc ite ‘and the r Your dev and ifvetionate frond ee, “ted sv pememater ap ti r se all theta. mily, alarmed at her formes husband, she acquainted the her uneasiness tor herselt and her son. King Jerome advised of this step becamo displeased: he gravely reproached known to her at the same time, in what the fuuure, upoa which, sbe and her son had a right to count, shoulda con- sist. On this last point be expressed himsolf in those terms:— + * © © © Here thea tn tresume Eliza, is what I propos for you and our sou, and which { will have so much pleasur ta doing: You sball have at Sinalealden, which 1s thirt; Igagues from Cassel, a beautiful residence, commodious an ‘wortby of you in every respect. 1 will give you, as well as our child, the titles of Prince and I’rincess of smalcalden, with two hundred thousand francs reut, and Lawalt but your con- sent to all this. Lwill be, besides, in doing that, in accord with the Emperor, who cherishes for yon # real esteem, but whora litteal interests Will never pertit (0 caange in’ his our consent will make. me very nappy, Eliza and i T cau Eucceed in soothing, L will feel, then aloue, the value of power, You have the means of acquatnling me with your reply, b; sending it 1o Joseph, and directing him to proceed to Cassel, In case, Eliza, that you object to fiving in Westphalia (which T do not believe, since at Smalcaiden you will be soparared from Westphalia by a portion of Saxony), in that ease, L Say, Iwill do whatever would ba agreeable ‘tw you, and, in any event, I will insure you the rent of 200,006 francs. Besides, T will mention to y vu that Westphalia is the only country where you may be certain of being free und of having a guaranty whioh the independence of my crown en. sires you, and then, moreover, { will he always happy to sucrifice everything that your days may pass tranguilly with out any other drawback than that occasioued by our wuhappy connection, and which you must not think to bear alone, In the remainder of the letter he éndeavors to make Madame Bonaparte comprehend that the birth of her son bappening before the accession of the Em- peror, hinders tho child from claiming the title of French Prince. He protests to overflowing nis attach- ment to them both It was tobe enabled to see thom and keep his child near him, that be contrived the plan he proposes. He says.-— I would rather lose my States and my life, than suffer that my son should fall into other bands than mine. Who knows what might happen? and who would be answerable (> me for au existence which, cverywhore olse but with its futher snd fuother, there is an intereat in putting an end tot. Who would be responsible to me for it? Woe, Eliza, if before the arri- valof M.L— yougivethatchiid *' * * #* # To this letter the King axded his portrait, intended for his well beloved son, then aged three years. The following note accompanied the package:— Casseu, Nov, 22, 1808. To my Son iN Bavtivonr:— My BrLovay Son— Your letter causes me a very lively jo: Separated from you, I live but in the hope of embracing }ou foon. Tove yout tenderly, and I hope It will not be necens.r¥ to break the heart of your’ good mamma, and that she will come to Europe with you. Adieu my beloved son forget your father, who loves you with all his soul, and wishes you may be the object of his pride, as you are of his tender- -bess and affection. I send you my portral, KUMB NAPOLEON. ‘The messago remained unanawered. Three years and more rolled away without the King of Westphalia haviag any correspondence with his wife and eon; but iv the be- fibing of 1812 two more lotters arrived at Baltimere from sel: — Never To MADAME p'AL nee Miss Butea Parrersox:— My Dean Bu yw long sivee I have beard news from ‘ou and my son. In the whole world you conld never find a etter or teu iw friend than to you. But si T confine myself to concerning sour: be arranged sont best, as well as the greatest of men. tonite friend, JERO: Cassxt, Feb. 20, 1812. My Dean Sox—tT hope that this letter will’ be more forin nate than those I bave written to you, and which, I suppose have not reached you, Tdeaire that you will not forget me because nothing coutd replace your (évderness; and thet you fhe always good and tonder to your mother, who can set you fe of the best ax woil as an examy the most virtuous of mo thers. embrace you with all my heart. Your affectionate and good father, JLROME NAPOLEON, This new lottor produced an effect altogether different from that which the Prince expocved. Madame Rona og teh phd herself decidealy abandoned, resolved to bi all the bonds which still bound her to him whom the had married, and to strip him of ail the rignts he might still claim to exercise over hor and her child. She appealed to the laws of her countr: to pronounce a divorce betwoon her and her husband. She was in fact divorced a rinculo matrimonii in the month of January, 1815, by an act passed by the Legisla- ture of Maryland, with the reservation of her rights and those of her son. The events which occurred in the course of the yeara 1813, °14 and °15, produced no change in the situation of Madante Bonaparte, eho remained with her son in Ameri- ca, On emerging frem chilobood, the young Bonaparte found among the members of his father’s family, numer- interest and affection. In 1819 he came to ith his mother. After having spent some time in Geneva to complete his education, he wont to Rome in 182t. He had seen at Brussels the Princess Julia, wife of the Count of Survilliers; in Italy he met the Princess Gorghese, Prince Louis, the family of Lucien, Prince of Canino. At Reme he was received in a fatherly manner by Cardinal Fesch and his granomother, Madame Letitia Bonaparte. At this juncture there was a serious question of marry- ing him to the Princess Charlotte, daughter of the Count de Survilliers, whom he had known in the United States ‘Lwith whom he was united by the ties of mutual friendship. This project, due to tio Princess Pauline, was favored by all the family, and especially by Madame Tctitia, The second wife of Prince Jerome herself, the august Princess Catharine, of Wurtemberg, did not hesi tate to support this alliance which she said would place Jerome in a position on a footing with her and hor children, ‘The marriage was not consummated. The mutual affection of the two young people, born amid the joy and gaicty of corly life, had the charm ana freedom of & brotherly at. tacliment, The projects of their parents awoke in them bo other sentiment, and as their correspondence attest, the many years which followed changed in no respect that which from their childhood they were pleased to be owards each other. In this conncction it suflices to cite the last passage of a letter, which, August 20,1824, the Princess Chartotie Wrote to the friend of her childhood :— Adieu, my dear cousin Receive my adteux, and all my Wiches "Be sure that nothing tn tho World éai destroy tae sentiments of attachmen! and true esteem with which you hove inspired me, end rely over on the ‘riendship of “your af- f-etfonate cousin, CARLOTTE, in 1836 Prince Jerome, being informed of the intention his son had of returning to Earope, wrote to him from Home on the 6th of March:—~ My Drar Cuip—T have received your letter of November 26, You are right in supposing that {ts contents occupy me in & serious mennor; but my posidon is #0 complicated by my re Jarion to the Queen and to the princes, our children, that [ do not know how to do eqnal justice to them and to you in your Peculiar position ‘Though nay wite, whosonoble aud gonsrous art {© 8o well known, would consent to many things In re- Find te You, we shoul find the Courta of Wactombury and asia protesting against every atep which would have the rance of in dating the marriage of their princess, My dear child you are now aman. I mnst therefore endea- vor to place you in a proper position, without in any manner compromising the Queen and the princes, our children. I deaite to approve of your making arrangements to arrive at Livourne in the comirig month of October. You will find @ letter for you at the American Conaul's, It will tell you whether T shall walt for you at Livourne or where you must come to find me, I speak of you often with my mother, and it is aftor due consultation wich her that, I send you this re- ply, which, as you may infor, is with the knowledge of my * ¥ Food father, EROME, excellent wite, ‘Our affectionate a When fhis letter rea shed the United States, M.» Bona parte was already gone, His fathor learning nis ap. an arrival, wrote to him again, He informed im that he would wa‘t for him at Foligno on tho 26h of August, but he deviated from his journey and went to Rome, “in order,” said he, ‘that he should not run the risk of being placed in & falvo position.” | Tene fears, however, were not reali At Rome, at Florence, at Sienna, the young man seemed to have ‘again found tho | good will, t erness and hearty weleomo of his grand. mother, uncles, aunts and couging. In the letters which he received trom them he is treated like « relation ~The Countess of Survilliers calls him “My dear and amiable nephew.’ The young chiidren of the Princess Cather ine of Wurtemburg, write to him in the most aifvctionste terms, The cidest, then eged twelve years, signs him. telf “Your good brother.” He also received from his cousins, the sons of (meen Hortense, testimonials of their friendship. One of the lettors which the Prince Louis wrote is as follows Rowe, March 17, 1898, My Dy st Jrrowe—i have been, or rather we ail have been, very sorry for your departure, I hope that we will see each other again ins few sears, aud before either bas white hairs, Fince you went 1 bave beow almost constantly in-bed with olde,” which happliy have and) my uncle now left me. ‘he Cardinal, Jerome have all had # cold, T have no other news to give vou, leon, to whom f have written, will communfeate nll,’ T hope ¥ this lotter as @ mark dl friend, LOUIS NAPOLEON. When he was about retarning to the United States, bo- fore embarking, he remained fome time at Florenco, where Madame Letitia, who had received his adieu at me, addressed him the following letter:— Madame. % hat they a6 new better but Na to yeu i cf ny true ftiendship, Ary My, Duet Sox—T | have, wostved tliroug nr last letter, ins given me great lor 'sines your departure feared ud have for ir good man ’ y ed, Wi] always have the same attachment I have shown your letiec.to your ‘They eharget imo to give you ther t ‘ther complatna you do not ‘write to hy Madame Bonaparte, and made | doubted ber to Adieu, my dear som. Dem - I, love brace zee, 08 Zou, ilo ie cdots of ticline Ox bis return to America, M. wished to 06 toblids Limscif there fivall, und thie resolution us no wan akered or interrupted his good relation with the ea- tire 4 ‘ ‘ ut de Survillier, who ira in the wot affvotlemate"tertia” fis oy eee i the following yoar, and om that oeeasion, wishes the happizess of the yourg.howsehold were addrenad so him from all sides. First we bave Madame, ag foliows. ‘She adcresses the letter to him as Prince Jorome de-Muns- Nov. 10.1429, Mx Duan Son:—I have leand with pleasure of mar- riage, ae the person you have-chosen possesses all advan tagesone could desire. I. earnestly pray that may be union you contract, and if my ‘be conn lasting 4 Yours wishes to. your betrot T Sa iat i ‘Bot return fore. y be ‘a6 also your and your sister (the present Prince Ne: voloon tnd Frincces MatFikia). — Decemoee 1, 182% My Dax Cxitp:—I hastento to letiar of the ‘of September, Jn which Sag pat ey us men, ot me in a matter of i sie Ee if refore, depend upon lace’ yourselt Ik < without necessary to Roxiton, for’ nod a are all expressive of cordial amity. ‘The news which M. Bonaparte afterwards sont of the birth of a son, on the 5th of Novesuber, 1830, was ro. ceived ina similar spirit by the whole family. 'Felicita~ tions on this happy occurresee were addressed to him, by his father, his randfather, the Count of Surviliers aud the Count of St, Lea. The Prince Jeroine said:— ‘ila wl grow (0 your sati faction, and o you. L bless hins, as well as yourself, ard love to think that (shall cmbrace ulth one of these daga.> Madame Mere also sent ber blessing (0 (he mew born, Babes the letter of the Count de Saint Len Ie thet of apa rent who considered that birkh as a Canuly sifale. Your veey affveidonate une LOU. ‘the family of Enrope, by reciprocity, did not fall to express to M. Bonaparte their hopes for the happiness which would soften for him the rigors of oxtlo. When the marriage ot the Princess Mathilde with Count. Dentidotl haa been decived upon, Prince Napoloon was (ho first to announce it to his brother, Alo aays:— Knowing, my deax Jerome, your love fur Lao, T hasten to give you thts news. The letter conslu les in these words:— ma, my dear Jorome, as well as your wife wed and am during lita your devoted brother and. DAPOLE ON BONAPARTE, His brother also wrote to bim in transmitting a Letter from vonnt Demidoit. ‘The Count reminds BM. Bosaparte of their old acquaintancusnip, and add: That union causes me to be improssed with very hay presages But among the features of happiness by 4 she is surrounded, [ will place the foremost rank that of always remembering the feelings of Kindness for those per- sons to whome Mathilde accords her aifeciions, In conse- uence you are one at (hose from whor E will ask a friend- Ship that 1 hope will be cemented yn ihe future more and more, Shortly aftér the Princess Mathilde deeired to exproas to bor brother the sentiments of her own heart, She wrote: 180, Nov. 17, My Deir Brorner—T bellove yon wit! learn with all the interest of a sincere friendshtp the conclusion of my mar riage My new condition realizes all the hopes which I had anticipated. Put, while T am happy, fam_ not the less at. tached to ail the ‘affestionate seatiments whien 1 professed before my marriage, and you know, my gear Jerome, what & shsre you have in my’ affecidons. © my affectionate Compliments to my sister inlaw, ¢ T have not the pleasure of knowing her; assuro her of my affection for her. A thousand compliments from the Baroness, Your moat af- fectionate sister, MATHLL! My aunt Julio'and M. deV. send their love, Kiss my little nephew for me. ‘These intimate commnnicaticns were not interrapted. M. Bonaparte received many ict which his brother. in-law and his sister adaressed hit in common, ant ot the end of January, 1842, M. Demidot!’ wrote again:—~ § j Tn telling ron, Monster ani dogr bro:her-in-faw, that Tama day happier with my john, nid. that may excellent ldo realizes ail the expectations which I had conceived, med you of everything tha interests you: peak of you and vest asshred that it will ploasare that | shal) (ake advantage of every, portunity to renew to you the asetirence of my most affed Honate rentiments. DEMIDOFR, Drax Jenome:—T wish also to add a Cow words to the letter which snatole addresses you, to tell you how happy, ail and contentea Tam, Letmbrace you with all my heart, dear Jexome, as well as my litle nepbow and my alater-ta-law, Always love we, as 1 Wish you well, Your stheery mster and fiend, MATHILDE. During the course of the fifteen years which foll wed an wniimate and quite confidential correspondence con- tinued between the brothers M. Bonaparte aod Prince Napoleon, the language of the latter was always the same; “My dear Jerome,” ‘How I would embrace you with pleaeure,”” “Whea will you come,” “A thousand things to m: in law and my little nephew, whom you chould bring te Geneva,” “Adieu, a thousand Kisses," “Believe me through life your devoted and affectionate brother and friend.”” Good relations never ceazed to exist between M. Rona- parte and i’rwee Louis Napoloon. in 1837 M. Bonaparte ottered his dwelling to the Prince, who was coming to the United States, and the latter wrote to him:— na month I bein my journey to the inte. 1 « mean to do is to pay youa visit, [re ure the time we p: together at Rome rewell my dear cousin; receive the asau- eof my friendship. NAPOLEON LOUIS RONAPARTE. On the Ist of January, 1353, M. congrata- lnted bie cousin on his becoming Emperor, “ on the foun- datioa of his success—namely, the will of the people as See by universal suftrage,” The Emperor re. plica:— oN My ‘otwithstanding the distance, and a very I separation, I have never combtod the lvearifelt im Which vou followed all the chances of my destiny, Lhave felt Pica pleasure in the letter which brings me yoor congratu, ations. {thank you for them. The news yuu give ine of the vocation of your son for the milliary carver, und of his entering @ regiment of Cartvineers, has not been jan nase. circumstances perniit L shall be, believe able wo me. W Whereupon, my cousin, I pray is holy keeping. Written at ihe Palace of the Tuileries, February 9, 1353. NAPOLEON, M. Bonaparte came to Franre in June, 1854, On his ar- rival in Paris ho rocetvod, through the Minister of State, an inyitation to dineat St. Cloud, where the Court thea was. Tho invitation was addressed to Prince Jerome. The mo- ment he entered tho palace the Mmperor handed bm a de- claration, lrawn up by M. Abbatacci, Minister of Justice; M. Tropluog, President of the Senate, and M. Baroche, President of the Council of State. Tt was a document re- lative to the marriage with Miss Elizabeth Pattersm. “flore is your aftair,” said the Emperor to his cousin. ‘Thie doctiment, a fong time discussed, might be thus summed up by its authors:— . M. Jeronic Bonaparte should be considered in Franee as legitimate child. He was born French, and if ho lost that quality a decree could restore it to him in tho torms of article 18 of the civil code. M. oe thanked the Emperor profoundly, asked from him his re-establishment in the position of a’ Fronck citizen, and acquainted him with (he uncasiness whiok his presence in France and the kindness with which be had been received by the head of the government aaé his family, aroused. Some days after the following letter was sent to hi N—T have recelvedd your two letters, Thad already received one from my uncie Jerome, who told me that he would never consent to your remaining in France, 1 replied, that as the French laws recognise you as legitimate, T cold not do ocrwisg than arknowledge you as a relation, and that if your position in Paris was embarrassing, it wat for you alone to judge of that—ihat Napoleon ir he condnet- ed himself well, bad not id from tamily reve- to apprehen lations, 4c, You must, without teritating soar father, cont nue to follow the course which bave posed to you sell. . 1 will write to morrow to Fould abou we agreed on. Compliments to Jerome, an sincere (riendship, On August 30, 1854, a decree appeared in the Bulletin dee Wis, restoring M. Bonaparte to hie position asa. Fronch- mn. Another decree, dated September 4, 1864, con- ferred on the son of M. Bonaparte the rank of snb-lice- tenant in the Seventh regiment of dragoons. The young onticer Jeft for the Crimea and there distingniehed him: by his brave conduct. M. ‘te was delighted at seeing bis son restore the eclat of warlike virtues to thetr illustrious name, Princess Mathilde, who had neve conaed giving ‘her dear brother Jerome’’ the evidences of a “devoted sister,” applanded the success of heg young nephew. Tn the mean time, the name of Ronaparte in the ranks of the army appearod to awaken some susceptibilities, and the Minister of State tranemitted io M. Bonaparte, at Paltimore, the following message :-— has ordered Fra Apnit. 17, 1860, o Km Sin me to 2 nee you are aware of, OU KON nesume Lie fitle of Count of Sar. neat our iy wo acquaint him with your de- respect, &e., Fe Then it was that the PCLD, ‘This proposal accepted. King of Wurtembarg, having come to Paris, the childrea, jasue of the marriage of King Jerome with the Princess Cathorine, took the advice of thé family in fhe caso of which { have spoken. T must also mention an incident which happened at the sane time as the last, . At the Lime of the campaign in the Crimea the y poaer, who was then without # name, was deoora’ hy rehal Pelissior with the crosa of the Legion of Honor, he having also received from the Sulton the ordor of the Medjidie, The authority for woaring these had been granted to him by the Grand Couneil, but om that oceasion under the name of Bonaparte Patterson, He re- tused to accept it on these terms. At the came time the question in relation to the Duchy of Sartene was renowed his father. Under these circumstaucos Mf. Bonaparte Velieved it to be his duty to make a now protest, and he addressed to the Emperor on the 28th of July, 1956, the following letter:— Stew—I received the onciosed frum my son a few LT kept it to reflect om it your Majesty, Tt br amy son was bronghi 1 (1 pray your Majesty to Tt is no real dishonor to. be bore Y hada’ | mpero} tend. cision, request, necept | Had 1 been tn that category shoud ied, with, gratiiude, the ores which yc d'to make me, But aa tw Yeaitimately © auwny® been aoknow of ali countries, and by # rene oF waves an Gide q