A STORY OF THE BONAPARTE FAMILY.

Inangahua Times, Issue 6, 16 October 1878, Page 2

A STORY OF THE BONAPARTE FAMILY.

Mndnn>o Piittcrßon-lionnpftrto, ns rlio is commonly called, who i* nbout 03 yonrs, old come!) into notico bh plaintiff in a lawsuit in her sulivo city of Baltimore. It is now more tfann 74 year sinco Miss Patterson accepted tlio linnd of Joromo Bonnparto dwinjj his vimt to (ho United Slntes,, nndl wua married nt once by (lvo l)i»liop of BnUitnoro. Joronio romaiuod in tlio country n year, visitinp; various cities with bis wife* nud ombnrkinß for Kniropo in tlio spring (1800). nrrirod nafcly at Lisbon. Tho news of tho ui't.iogo was auyfhing, but ])lcasaa'. ta i

Nnpoloon tho Groat, pnrtly because his brothor hand tuk«n h wifo without consulting him, and pmtly becuti«« ho he hnd fur more nmbitioua views for his family. Consequently, ho rofu*od to recogniio tho American union, and forbade tho couple to hind at nny port under French authority. Jerome parted from hifl wifo with groat tenderness at Lisbon, to hurry to I'nris, hoping to chango the roßolutiou of tho I'mperor, nnd ordering tho vessel to fl nil to Amsterdam. Reaching there, Mdmo. Bonaparto wat not allowed^ to quit tho ship, ond so sho was obliged to go to England. She made her re- | nidenoo of Camberwell, near London, ond in tho following July gavo birth to n son, Jerome Napoleon Uonnparte, Sho novor saw her husband after his leaving hor nt Lisbon, oxcopfc onoo many years niter, wlion sho mot him occidcntnlly, without without spooking in the pioturo gallorv o( the Pjtti, ftt Florence Jerome, originally much in Jovo with hor, tried in vain to soften hit imperial brothor and nn» finally compelled to wed tho Princess Froderioa Catherino, of Wurtomburg. Napoleon laboured hard to induce Popo Pius VII. to decUro Jerotno'M firat marriaßO null md void, bnt tho Pontifl stubbornly nnd pornmtontly declined. Mdmo. I\tttcrabon-Uonaparto ha» spent moat of tho hint lifiy yours in Baltimore