THE FATE OF NAPOLEON III.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 75, 30 March 1871, Page 2

THE FATE OF NAPOLEON 111.

The ex-emperor of the French has recently bei-u disturbed by (be fear thai; a prophecy of Nostiadamus was ni^h its fulfilment, which gave hut eighteen years, less three months, as tho duration of Ins j reijjn ; and farther, that; the actual duraj tion of the empire was in exact accordance with the prophecy. Nostradamus was notoriously a Jew, a native of Provence. As physician and astrologer he was held in great esteem by the kings of France and all the French nobility. He was also a poet, and an acknowledged seer. He died about 1575. His usual way of prophecying was by verse, and in the following is supposed to lie the prophecy concerning the fate of Napoleon. We take it from the Western Times: — " When the figure* of a century, Added and doubled, both agree, And seven tens the years decree, Apollyon in the West shall rise His haughty head in grand emprise ; Kuin shall mark his fierce advance ; War in his mien, death in his glance ; Jlis enuines of destruction dire Shall fill the air with blots of firn ; II is metal ships shall scour the flood Anj3 turn the river's course with blood. * * * * * Two kings in Gaul and Italy, Three crowns ahull bear, thrice chosen be; The eagle empires then shall war, And spread their desolation far ; The one that most on others preyed Shall be defeated and dismayed ; The one that warred for fancied fame Shall lose his kingdom and his name. The north shail come like boast of prey, The south shall mingle in the fray ; The east shall Memnon's statue raise ; The West sha.il see her cities blaze ; The Crescent, waninsr, shall decay Before the beams of the new day. * % * * * [ From the waters heir the roar On the lion's rock- bound shore, And on the Green western isle See the tearful maiden smile ; One is caged and one is free, Hear the shouts of liberty From the isies and from the pl.-iins — Scythian youth and Gallic s\vain3. Thunder shakes the hills no more ; Cascades over mount tins pour. From the land where broods the dove, Words of cheer on chords of love. Through the ocean's slimy bed Life shall triumph o'er t'e dead. Heaven shall then its brooding wings Fold o'er all sublunar things: Men united, know no more — Liberty, their beacon star ; O'er the land and o'er the seas Shall be one universal peace. * * + :■-• * The Apollvon's lesions dead ; Then the king with triple head Shall no more his fatal sway Over men hold dr.y by day ; Thtir sun in blood for ever set, They'll be forgot as they forjiet. The interpretation suggested is that the figures of the century, one and eisht, are to be added, making nine centuries, which, doubled, make the eighteen centuries ; then add the seven tens, and the year 1870 rises to view.