Political Extracts.

Anglo-Maori Warder, Volume 1, Issue 17, 17 August 1848, Page 3

Political Extracts.

LOLA MONTES' OWN ACCOUNT OF HER EXPULSION FROM BAVARIA.

The following account of the riots at Munich, which resulted in the expulsion of Lola Montes, is extracted from a letter written by the heroine to a gentleman in Loudon, by whom it was communicated to ihe editor of the Morning Chronicle:— " Llndau, Feb. 23, 184 S. " My dear ,—The last letter I wrote to you was wiiitenat the beginning of the most disgraceful scenes I ever read of: but the end was far other than the beginning. The next day of my letter, which, to understand from whence sprung this disgraeefi'l scauda., was the anniversary of the fail of Abel, and the very day of the year on which that most infamous memorandum was sent to the King by bis Ministers. Well, in the morning the nobles, with Count A V " —— ! Count T , fr.ther and son, with a host of officers and *oi disan: nobilily, were mixed up with the commonest and lowest people. Ihe Countess F—— 1 saw myself, with other women—l cantiot call them lades—l saw them at the head of the populace, each of them waving a white pocket handkerchief, and aciv.Jly leading on the mob. To this [ give you my word of honor, for the thing could not he credited had I not seen it with my own eyes. In the niorninsr., the arscnnl was I broken into by the mob and students—all the citizens j got arms ami ammunition, and then rntked lo my doomed house. You never saw the like my dear ——. I assure you this was no joke. A price, ten thousand ' florins, Mas set upmi my head by the Ci.unt A ! V . I, hearing that the whole town, nobles, f officers, countesses, and mob altogether, were to proI ceed to li'V hoi.se, i looked upon ni}sell'alte.TK rs . lit cf the win'.:•!■.■ 'Wig. I bad nil my win ui.' sui.l'ers secured on .ii.'Suiejot the street. I gave in} oiuers I calmlv and t..n"y, not being the least flurried. You kuow'th .t on a 'certain occasion I have an immense \ sangfroid I gave my orders, had my jewels, diamonds, ami plate hid securely. I wrote a few lilies 10 the King in case nnyth.ng should happen lome, to recommend to him my fiicmls ; and I hen netted calmly ond resignedly my faie, having a cltar conscience aud hope in God. At nine o'clock 1 saw the whole of the nobility at the bea.i oi.ue in.ih, with a quantity of officers—(l am ha.ipy io s .y only the lieutenants)— come hefore my h..'.,e The' Countesses or P and T , and ! anotoer. a barun.'ss, leading with white pocket haudI kerchtels ihe mob—the lowest and vilest mob— hat woold disgrace ills mobs ol London and Palis. Also ' we.e seen°s..me v.f the most zealous priest'. 1 All had : stones, sticks, lire arms, r.xe-, spades, etc., &c ; and ' r. ! l thh grand an.v ivas to frighten and kill one poor 1 inoffensive woman." They cried tor my blood. '1 hen I ; must tell joii that all my faithful and devoted s udeilts j with me in my house, i,,th some others of my real friends. 1 hesoiig'lit them to leave the bouse by I be garden, for I saw clearly ili.it they wanted to kill me. ■ 1 hey all crieil it cy would d.e. for me—poor fellows! I 1 went into tne giruVu, and in a few moments my liuuse ' was surrounded hy th.' mob, of alt classes. The officers ! had axes in liu-ir hands. Then I retreated into the ! bouse. In a iiiii.iieut all the gla6S was hioken to bits. i '1 be slude- ts wcie nrmed and stood round me. The I mob „ot over the will, and the young Count T—— ! cried out, ' leu tliousaud gildersj to him who .would 1 Lrino- to me Ihe fury of the mob, ill die name of the " When this w s going on the other Peers put o-i their roots, and were consulting to-ether to dethrone hh tWajcstv. Then the mayor of the town went to * * x * ( 011( , , f tue iiienihci's), and said that if I i did not leave Munich instantly, 1 should be i.iken and 1 sacrificed to the dreadful fury nf this horrible sovsgo I peopl.-, lor ivkutn 1 have evet done so much good, puolic and private. * * * told the mayor that he should not sign any on'er, aud that he should end the artillery; upon ivliiili tile mayor aud magistrates had the impertinence to his lace to declare that the whole . of the troops were bought, aud would not u*ht for the , King! And all tins tnue, mind you, I am a cili„eu of Munich by ehuier, a natural zed Bavarian, aud a | Peeress of Bavaria. * * *, lor my s.fety, signed , thepaoer. In fact, he was obliged, tor the cronn of i the King. After t aviug violated every law, they went away. In ihe mean'inie, seeing the imminent danger I of ray friends, not thinking for myself, 1 ordered my ' carriage whilst the mo-i was trying to break open the gate ot*my garden, and in one moment ili.asguiie.iuy. i My good'(Ji.Oige, .he coicbman, made me rush out of the gate, which »o :oc!. the whole mob hy smuts?, that 1 for some niome-.ts Uicy never thought of rushing alter 'me. * * * My crape was most nirati.lous. I galloped out of the tow,i to a place calle.l * * *, about two hours out oi M i.iich. The person to whom I applied thvie was a brave, honest man, and quite against Hie Jesuits. 1 gat out of my carriage, «ud ask'd for his p;o .e-;ij... They gave me a room u-i stairs. I was quite r.onc, wuhoa! .noricy, and only a , cloak to keep n.e f.ou lik co'd. After two houia up galloped lour offices, iheir horses foaming at the inoolh, and they dcin uidci! me. The * w * a-id 1 Ins daughters dec! i;ed 1 was not theie— ha. ih.-y had ' seen my carriage p-'ss on liie ro.vJ. camc.i ■ V wiii another person, and offered money to ihe man to dci.ver me. He hid two loaded pistols, and dichired he would shoot ine. 1 was up s airs and sav; a'l . this pass at the door. I had also two loaded pistols, which the students had put into my carriage in tile baste, and I determined lo sell my liie as dparly as , possible. The master of the house took them into the ', bouse, and in the mean time bis good wife came up ' stairs and changed my dresr. wiih the servant, powdered ! my hair, and I dressed myself as a peasant girl. I took ! my pistols ai d rushed out of the house by the back way, I and ran acioss field,, ditch, s, aud forests. I then j thought I was so well disguised that 1 might go to I Munich, and I direc cd my W3y there. In the m.*anf me the daughter ot * * *, a pretty girl ol s:ien-c:ii, loiurd me, anJ away we went, through mud and s .ow, a walk of three hours, and urm?d at Mujich. Uh-'ie owing ti uty eomplete disguise, the girl and i w .own—my bouse all biokcn to pieces; lie peiplr, were watihing ihat I should not return. Some r..on.lit 1 was s.ill there, some thou.lit I was gone. It.-' residen.-e blockaded by the peop'e, houses plundered every wiie:c by ihe people, the arsen. 1 broken open, -he pohee luuise a most demolished, not n siugle soldier or troep to be seen. It was a Oreadfal sgilt. The poor gens daraics who d d their daty were obtiged to fly, so great wv.s the fai} of this savage [ ..-ople. One (onr fellow who defended my ho..se is dt-a.', f-om a blow, and the rest dare no lory.r show- ih tl . - B;l\es, The whole lonu heal that day tvlbis nt.j m a

complete state of anarchy. The students and mob », about the town and do what they like—make laws, break others—but I must go on with my account. " The good noble King, braving cveryihingwhcn he heard that the whole town, with fire arms, were demo lishing my house, luoking for me, he rushed out of his Palace, and just arrived in time to see the mob, a ready in my house, breaking everything and c rrytug away ail they crra'd lay their hands upon. With tho mot> were also in my hnuse officers and nobility, and a great deal has been stolen. The King, with a loud voice, put himself before the door, and one man threw a stone and wounded his arm. He cried out " This is my house 1" 1 he people wanted to make au attack upon him, bet, when they saw him so courageous they uere daunted, and as lons as he stayed there was niuie quiet, thooih they kept crying out '• Down with Ludwig and give us Maximilian," meaning the Prince Royal. The students then made their escape by the wall and were hotly puiI surd, but they luckily escaped. The King was then joined by W***, who has behaved iu a must i iamotu manner, and they both weut to the Pa ace in th*midst of cries ami imprecations, the most viit- —not lor the Prince, he is most popular, hut lor the King. In the meantime, 1, seeing no chauce hut that of death m remaining at Munich, as the people we.e w«e looking fur me in eveiy huuse, 1 set out. The crowd in eveiy street said if they could catch me they wjuld tear mo to pieces. The prieits everywhere were enceuragiu,; the penp'e. I saw them tapping siudintson the shoulder. I then directed my steps to another place, about half an hour turther, wh-re you once w..ut wilh me ; 1 arrived tnere a' one in tl.e morning in a most dep orebte condition, but full ot energy aud courage. Tuere 1 met the whole society of Allemamuie, who were ail in tears, having hrard that I w*s dead. We spoke of divers project*, and arranged all our plaus. Poor fellows 1 they could not leave me, and they drew lots, of three, to stop wilh cue. The rcßt left the place by railway foi another place in Saxuny, where they intent! to study fo r some month;. In the meantime my good * * * aud tlie King came to * * *, wliere I was brat, anddit not find me ; then an officer, u flood telluw, who took pity on me, offered to the King to escort me where 1 would r.ish to go. The King sent biai, and lucky it was thai I weut; for half an hour afimva-ds came some hundreds of people from Mi'tich to get , hold of ne ; but, thanks to the raiWoy, away 1 wer, aud never stopped till 1 found myself ot LinUou, from wheiici: I wme loyou, a to*iu on tiie frontiers of Aw it, j zerlauJ. * * *." i " The King has told every one tha' he will never qaij me. On that he is quite determined. Indeed, J should not be surprised if the ending of 111 this wer e that he will make the Protestant and quiet town ofNur« I ember.' Kis Ju.uie residence. He leaves Munich rocn, for ***, in Switzerland, I shall, till death, Slick to 1 the Km;;, and r-hull never leave h.m. *** My eneI ur es nave drawn my character iu the most fiightlul aud j vilcl'ght. tut courace I I despa'r not. AU this gives me more energy and new courage have I need of . r hey s~i.H never break ury spirit, peihaps tbey may my heart." '* Btluve me, ever your most sincere friend, [ (Signed) " Marieos La.ndsTEi.bt '