The National Register. — London, England, 1816-12-09 00:00:00

& "" •••ror t •' r lo.siwnwreakOilio 11,44 [anal Ik rip Our iting, Comlt4u t tion attb %atria. MONDAY, DECE 9, 18,16. such that I feel as if I could eart any time of the day : but lam regular in a ny meal and always leave off eating with an appetite : besides, I never, as you kaow, ' drink strong wines. With respect to the English lea- , guage, he continued, I have been very diligent : I nowt read your Newspapers with ease; and must own that they afford me no inconsiderableamusement. They us occasionally, inconsistent, and sometimes abusive. Is one paper I am called a Lat., in another a rtirant, in a third a Monster, and in one of them, which I really did not expect, I am desc.rilsed u a Coward ; but it turned out, atter all, that the writer did not accuse me of avoiding danger in the field of battle, or flying from an enemy, or fearing to kick at the menaces of fate and fortune : it did not charge me with wanting pre sence of mind in the hurry of bank, and in the suspeaop conflicting armies.---No such thing ; I wanted courage it seems, because I did not coolly take a dose of *son, or throw myself into the sea, or blow out my brains.— Tlie Editor most certainly misunderstands me. I have, at least, too much coursige for that. Your papers are influenced by party prmeiplbs: what one prams the other will abuse ; and so vice versa. They who live in the metropolis where they 4 rblished, can judge q ( but passing events and t ra nsactions for themselves i but sons living at a distance from the capital, and ~1 laxly foreigners, must be at a lons to determine . the real state of things, and the characters of public men, from the perusal of your Journals." Buonaparte afterwards continual —a This calling of names, and scolding epithets, only serve to mute me; but there are observations in your papers, which pro duce far different sensations. 'You have," "he con tinued, " a writer whom I gieatl7' admire ;. I believe he is of your country, a Soo . ' Macpherson, the author of Ossian. There is also person of the name of Belsham • on what subjects hes be written ?"—I re plied, " that I believed he had: written an account of the reign of our excellent Sovereign."—" Yes, " he said, "y,ur Laws permit you to write of kings, f mi nisters, of measures, and of one brother."—" Yes," I replied, "such is the privilege of Englishmen; and,' possessing the infirmities of human nature, they may sometimes abuse it. !dismal:minion, party spirit, and perhaps, factious minds may, at times, tend to propagate and support erroneous, and even violent opinions; but the love of justice and of troth forms the genuine character of an Englishman.."---"lslevertbeless; he ob served, " you appear to batulle my character rather roughly : and more so, since f ..heve been in your power." . Mr. Winton vindicated his cotiatrymen from this ac cusation, and gave Buonewarte a ftaitk representation of the public opinion in England with regard to him, which the Emperor took extremely wall ;—and pre sently, to the great surprise of Mr.-W. asked }ciao if he remembered the affair of Capt. Wright. I answered, " perfectly well; and it a prevailing opinion in England, that yoti ordered him to be mur dered, in the Temple.."—With the utmost rapidity of speech he replied, "for what object? 'Of all men he was the person whom I should have most desired to livh. Whence could I have procured so valuable an evidence as he would have proved on the trial of the conspira tors in and about Paris. The heads of it he himself had landed on the French coast." My curiosity was at this moment such as to be betrayed l%my looks.—" Listen," continued Napoleon, " and yini shall hear. The Eng lish brig of war, commanded icy Captain Wright, was employed by your government in landing traitors and spies on the west coast of France. Seventy of the number had actually nise,hed Paris; and, so mysterious ' were their procealings,•so veiled in impenetrable con cealment, that although General Ryal, of the Police, I gave me this infimmation, the newt or place of their re met could not be discovered t I received daily assu res= that my life would be attempted, and though I did not give entire credit, le, them, I took every pre caution for my reservation. the brig was afterwards tot* near L'Orient, with &Ohs Wright, its (tom stioder, who was carried' tato?, she Prethet of the Department of Morbeau, at Nessus: General Julian, I then Prefect, had accompanied me in the expedition to Egypt, and recognized Captaia Wright on the first view of him. Intelligence of this circumstance was instantly transmitted to Paris; and instructions were expeditiously returned to interrogate the crew, sepa rately, and newsier their tcatineenies to the Minister of Police. The purport of their examination was at first very unsatisfactory ; but, L.c length, on the examination of one of the crew, tAllr light was thrown oa the No. 461.—V0t. IX. BUONAPARTE. WE resume our notice of Mr. Warden's Publication. The following is a curious little Episode in the limited career of the Emperor. I am about to vary the scene, but I follow the track of the distinguished Exile, whenever I have the oppor tunity; and I now call you to attend him among the Arcadians of St. Helena. When he takes his exercise on horseback, he generally bends his way through a deep ravine, luxuriantly covered with vegetation and used for pasture. The road is narrow, the place lonely ; and he, in a sentimental or poetical moment, had named it " The Valley of Silence." On ascending this contracted pass, the eye is greeted, and on the first occasion, might probably be surprised, by the residence of a farmer.— Here the confined Tourist, on his first excursion, deter mined to snatch a probable amusement, by paying a visit. Fortunately for him, the family were taken by surprise ; for the apprehension of such a guest would bare emptied the house of its inhabitants. Master Legg, the tenant of the mansion, a plain honest countryman, 'met him at the door, when the extraordinary visitor, on the invitation which he received, dismounted from his horse, and accompanied by the Count De las Cases, entered the house, familiarly took his seat, and, as usual,. began his interrogatories. _ " Have you a wife ? Yea, and please you, Sir Empty or.—Have you any children? Six.—How much land have you set ? A hundred acres.—All capableof being cultivated? No, not one half.—What profit4lses it bring you ? Not a great deal: but it is much improved since you, Mr. Emperor, came amongst us.—Aye, how do you make that out ? Why, yon must know, Sir Emperor, we do not grow corn in this here Island ; and our green vegetables require a ready market. We have generally had to wait for the arrival of a fleet ; and then, rat'em, they would sometimes all spoil : but now, Sir General, we have a prime sale for every article. Where is your wife ? Dang it, and please you, I believe she is scared ; for I see my children have all run out. Send for them, and let me be introduced. Pray have you any good water ? Yes, Sir ; and wine too, such as is to be had from the Cape. " The good woman's alarm had by this time subsidd; and she was persuaded by her husband to male her ap pearance, and entered with every mark of respect, and some astonishment. Napoleon, De las Cases, the Farm er and his wife, forming a panic puirree, for your phi losophic and profouud contemplation, sat down to four glasses of Cape wine ; and, when they were emptied, the visit was concluded." Another &runt on the Island possessed a very pretty daughter of about 17, whom the Emperor found " mettle very attractive."—So much so, that the pa rents were put on their guard by the neighbours,— and the young lady was not permitted to appear, and the Emperor discontinued his visits. The following is an account of a visit of Mr. War den at Longwood at the request of the Emperor.— There is, it must be confessed, a good, deal of justice in Buonapartes strictures on the English Newspapers. " On entering the room I observed the back of a sofa turned towards me ; and on advancing I saw Napoleon laying at full length on it, with his left-arm hanging over the upper part. The glare of light was excluded by a Venetian blind, and bethre him there was a table co vered with books. I could distinguish among them some fine bound volumes on the French Revolution. The heat of the day had occasioned him to dismantle himself of coat and waistcoat. The moment his eve met mine, he started up, and exclaimed, in English, in a tone of good-humoured vivacity, " Ah, Warden, how do you do ?" I bowed in return ; when he stretched out his band, saying, " I have got a fever." I immediately ap plied my hand to the wrist, and observing, both from the regularity of the pulsation and jocular exprea- Ilion of his countenance, that he was exercising a little of his pleasantry, I expressed my wish that Ins health might always remain the seine. He then gave me a familiar tap on the cheek, with the back of his hand•; and desired me to go into the middle of the room as he had something to say to me. I now congratulated him on the preservation of his health, and complimented Aim at the same time, on the progress he appeared to have made in the English language. " I certainly enjoy, be said, a very good state of health, which I attribute In a rigorous observance of regimen. My appetite is ottr+ PRICE 944. object. He stated that the brig had Pulled several Frenchmen, and among them he particularly remem bered one, a very merry fellow, who wes called Pi chegru. Thus a else was • found that lei to the dis covery pf a plot, which, had it succeeded, wou'd have thrown the French nation, a !mond time, into a state of rovolution.—Captaits Wright was sets?rlivlgly conveyed toParis, and confined in the Temple ;Aere to remain tilt it was found convenient to bring the formidable texas saries of this treasonalge design to trial. The law of France would have subjected Wtifht to the punish ment of death : but he was of musor consideratio. My grand object was to secure the principals, mad I considered the English Captain's endear° of the utmost consequence towards completing my object."—He triut and again, mostaoleennly asserted, that Captain Wright died in the Temple by his own hand, as described in the Moniteur; and at a much earlier keeled than has been generally believed.—At the same tante, he stated, that his assertion was founded on document& which he had since examined. The muse of this enquiry arose in* the visit, I think he said, of Lord Ebnngton to Elba, and he added, " That nohleman appeared to be per fectly satisfied with the actociunt which was given him of this mysterious business." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. SELECTIONS FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. STUTOARO, NOY. 21.—The yourfi Princess was solemnly .baptized on the 18th, in the presence of the Members of the Royal Family, who are here, of the President of the States, of the Members of the Privy Council, of the Great Officers, and of Count Gollowkin, the Russian Minister at our Voub. The young Princess was baptized by the nameof Maria Frederica Charlotte. The King'of Wlirtemberg has again pardoned, either wholly or in part, 166 persons, and remitted the pe nalties of those who had been condemned for having arms concealed. The King continues to proceed in his plan of reform ,• in all branches of the Administration : the last reduction 'which he made was in the Royal Guanl ; the corps of the Royal Horse Guards and of the Hulana will be sup pressed : each of these corps was composed of four squa drons ; they will be replased by a new flu.su Guin•d, composed of one squadron only, and a squadron of Chas. sours. His Majesty is o =o sell the Royal stud by public auction. A new tioa of the Court Officers will be decreed. A great number of prisoners state .of have bemuset at liberty ; anumg-them Col. Wolff', form erly Commandant of the iiirtress of Hohentwiel, detained in prison since 1800, for having given up the fort to the French troops under Gen. blormu, who had invest ed it. Acemints from St. Domingo represent the two Chiefs of that island as sworn enemies, and entirely opposed in character and interests. fetion displays a great deal of affability, and tries ,every art to attract strangers.— However he refused to receive the notorious Blilawl- Varennes, who offered to conduct the Gazette of Port-. au-Prince.- Cluistophe, the &rein] of Petite, is univer sally detested for his superstition and fenseity. is issaid, that having dreamed one night, that his physician wish.- ed to poison him, he ordered him to appaar next day, when be was immediately executed in his presence, not withstanding the proferwil protestations of she unfor. tanaso man. He afienveds caused hin to be' interred in the most sumptuous manner, Arid fbllowed the re main as chief mourner. Christophz distributes his dig nities in the most profuse manner ; he has lately caused his son to be proclaimed King of the part at' the Mimi occupied by Petion. The following article affords a singular siveinten, of the polity which prevails under the government of Fer diaitird MADRID, Nov. e4.—The King jias granted to the .C.ouununity of Dominieian Monks of our Lady of Atoolia, the privilege of selling for their own profit four Castillian titlw (of Marquis or Count) two of which shall be free in perpetuity from the taxes •- drini-akfitile : the produce of this sale is ' in the restoration of the Chapel of the pious concession is not new in Spain, been grunted the some way on various the reign of Philip V. The Exchequer . ed of ready money, the King permits the ternity which wishes to aid, to sell a producli of wlti,.ll would I a -e otherwiss diro l / 4 tly int 3 thc oehmir.r." --IV.; , xes of lance and • to he employed Virtz '- in. This - 1, titles havini omasiona since- A ba i * • being exhaust 7-" -- 1, A it religious fry i „ • • , f'.• IN+ ilr i plk a pit•ily•ge, T i t, ' l'4 " # P P. I fikt lid is ' • ' . 1 ~ •••.. : l9 0 4 , 4 5 ct 4 .' 'f a - k