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Last evening Mr. Fezaudie called.
He spoke very freely respecting the Emperor and the hatred entertained
against him in France; but said that he is more powerful, that is, more
firmly fixed as a ruler, than ever the first Napoleon was. We, who look
back upon the first Napoleon as one of the eternal facts of the past, a
great bowlder in history, cannot well estimate how momentary and
insubstantial the great Captain may have appeared to those who beheld his
rise out of obscurity. They never, perhaps, took the reality of his
career fairly into their minds, before it was over. The present Emperor,
I believe, has already been as long in possession of the supreme power as
his uncle was. I should like to see him, and may, perhaps, do--so, as he
is our neighbor, across the way.
This morning Miss ------, the celebrated astronomical lady, called. She
had brought a letter of introduction to me, while consul; and her purpose
now was to see if we could take her as one of our party to Rome, whither
she likewise is bound.


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