THE ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 11, Issue 863, 3 August 1867, Page 3

THE ARCHDUKE MAXIMILIAN.

4 PXW' ' : ■yP:ffijffiisKßj) Maximilian Joseph, Archduke ;t)f::Austria, and &pme time Emperor of 'Mexico, was horn at Schohbrunn on the ; 6th of July, 1832. His father was Francis : Charles Joseph, Archduke of Austria, and his mother Dorothea, daughter of Maximttian I, King of Bavaria. Upon the abdication: of Ferdinand Emperor of -Aus-•'"\^i'.:the'^chduke'-reßOunced his claim to the succession in favor of liis eldest son, X -theprelsent Emperor, the brother of the XX Subject of this sketch. '/ ;V ;.?-' Maximilian was reared at Vienna. He i; avoided the allurements of the capital and i. $- gave his time to study. He entered the l|" navy and became its chief. Whatever & " fame or power the Austrian navy has, is '" \f largely due to him. In 1857, Maximilian ; . v^as viceroy of. Lombardy;'/.and .Venice, wherehe was very popular with, the ItaXMam. He showed a'confidence in the ':' people and a faith in * institutions which ' were novelties in an Austrian Prince. " Once, just after Orsini's attempt at Paris, ,his life was said to be threatened, and his friends begged him not to expose himself; * V but he immediately ordered his carriage to. go to the theateeirfcaking with him Count Stromboli, to .whom, he said, laughing, " If I am to he blown up it shall at least be in " good company;" In 1863,.L0uis Napoleon concluded to make.Maximilian.the instrument of his plans in Mexico:. In April, 1864, he ac- , r^cepted tiie throne tendered to him, ref f^dMced-his/claim to the crown of Austria, proceeded to ,!Rpme to. seek the Papal blessing, and th-en sailed for Mexico, which country ;he reached on the 28th of May. His career in Mexico is well known. He '" has aimed to be a liberal ruler. He believed he was called to the throne by the voice of the people; but he has had the favor only of a faction. The French sup- . .port was.withdrawn.',. The mor^i support of the Hnited States was wanting, and the tottering throne had fallen.—" N..Y, Spectator." XX --; p •■■,'■■