The National Register. — London, England, 1821-07-08 00:00:00

DEATH OF BCONAP.IIITE. This event took place on the sth of May last— from a eery consideral,.e degree of indisposition, under which the Ex-E..yeror had for some time labmre.l it was not whoby unexpected, and was an uouticed by the arrival on Wednesday last of Capt. Crokatt, of the loth regiment, the officer who was in personal attendance upon him when he died. Napoleon suffered exceedingly from the nature of his complaint, which was a cancer in the stomach, but he bore his sufferings With philosophic com p, suns , not permitting a sigh to escape his lips.— The depredations on his constitution for six weeks previous to death were rapid and severe, as he was reduced almost to a skeleton. Food only added to his rain, and his stomach which was ulcerated in an extraordinary degree, lost all its functions, and nutrition moat have for a long time ceased to have any effect. Thus ended the mortal career of a man whose military and pclitical life has no parallel.— Without. patronage or high birth he rose by the ex ercise of his matchless talents to wear an Imperial Diadcm, and made monarchs tremble at his nod.— Previtms to the enterprise, which ended in his ruin, he held the destinies of Nations in his grasp—he moved them us he skose, and his very name had not only a magical influence on his Military Legions, but struck terror into those Continental Sovereigns by whom he was opposed. No man was a more acute judge of human nature than Buonaparte, and in no man was the character of a great Al ilitury Cap- LIM, and an able Statesman, so eminently blended. The' vicissitudes of this unprecedented Monarch's life furnish an awful lesson to those who wear a crown. He who ruled a mighty empire was at length doomed to eke out the miserable remnant of his life in a barren and insipid :sland, bereft of the association ()Ibis wife and child. In his character, though then 2. were many dark shades, many bright parts appeared, which furnish a mirror to existing Sovereigns to learn how to act. In his living lie was abstemious, and in mental exertion and corpo real activity he aus never surpassed. He saw with Lis own eyes, and never acted on any representa tions from his Ministers that he did nut first inves tigate and approve; and though occasionally pas sionate and petulent in his temper, s till he seldom committed an error which, from his extraordinary presence of mind, he (lid not instantly repair.— During his reign the most useful and stupendous works were begun and contemplated, and every part of France exhibits some grand proof of his improve. went and taste. Nothing, during his high career, was so glorious to him as the dastardly fear of him, which was evinced by the Allied Sovereigns after his reverse of fortune—nothing so disgraceful to them as tne studied brutality, and unnecessary pri vations he was forced to submit to during a .five years of confinement, which, we regret to add, com menced only from his mistaken reliance on the nimbleness of the British Government, and on the magnanimity of his present Majesty, then Prince Regent. The following extract of a letter dated St. Helena, Nay 7, unnuins some further particulars relative to the closing scene of Buonaparte. It was written Ly an English officer who was on the island at the time of his death, and had ample opportunities of verityilig his statements ,* iT. HELENA, MAT 7. •• As it was die expressed wish of Buonapartt that his body shouid he ulr. red, and as it was also most desirable to the autho rities here, 'hat the true seat of his disease should be ascertained, it took plire at two o'clock yesterday, the day after his death.— These new p MS own surgeon, who operated, the surgeon of the ship, nd live miler surgeons; the Deputy Adj.• General, and Btigiute Major, with Bertrand and Minitholou.— t 1 am the chest was operadd, the liter was found to be perfectly sound, with not a mark of disease about it. The French surgeon even cut it through with his dissecting knife, and all the surgeons voo were pi esent agreed that nu •• liver complaint" had ever existed. Su much for the discernment of Messrs. O'Meara and Istokiie. But when they pnweeded to the examination of the swim-ch. all the surge. !Ill.:4114 Celled out • There is the seat of the disease.' It was a • catn.or of the stomach the bailie diS• order, I understand, of wl.ir!‘ his lather died; there was also a nude in one part of it large enough to admit the point of a man's finger. The inetLcal alien nininimously agreed that it could not have been produced by the climate, or by depre slain of mind, and that • he must have died,' as M.ulaine Bertrand exclaimed when tie pearance of his disorder aAs described to her, ' had be beau in the midst of his glory at Atisterlitt.' With regard to THE NATIONAL REGISTER the lying in state of the body Sir Hudson Lowe left the matter entirely to the option of Bertrand and Month°lon, who however both acquiesced in it, and even wished that it should be the case. Accordingly, in thr_ afternoon of yesterday. soon after the era • mination of his body by the surgeons, lie was dressed in his green uniform, with red facings. and all his stars and orders."— I This circumstance appears to have given rise to the belief, which is now ascertained not to be correct, that Buonaparte died in his military uniform) •• An immense number of persons. both yesterday and this morning have been to see illlll. It was one of the moist striking spectacles at which I had ever the fortune to be present. The view of his countenance, from which I felt it scarcely possible, even fur an instant.to withdraw my eyes, gave me a sensation I cannot des cribe ; but the impression it made on me will never be forgotten. His hands *ere as white as wax, and felt soft, though the chill of death was upon them. His remains must soon be closed from mortal view. In this warm climate dead bodies soon become offensive, and though all the despatch possible is used in prepar ing the leaden wain. it is already time that he was soldered up. General orders are issued that he is to be buried with tine highest military honours ; and, perhaps, Thursday or Friday next will be the day. He hail for some time pas: fixed on a particular spot, which is also, I understand, mentioned in his will, a short d stance from Longwood, for his burial place, in the event of its being determined that his remains should be deposited ut Saint Helena. It is close by a small spring of water, of which he always drank, and some time since lie used frequently to break fast under the two willow trees which bend over the bubbling water. It is rather difficult of access, but pioneers are making a way, and as there is no want of hands, it will soon be ready. • Buonaparte was perfectly aware of the nature of Its com plaint, and froquesitly described it to thos•• about hint, but was never able to convince his surgeons that he had a just notion of it. In the early stage of the disease, which is a long time ago, he commenced a statement of it, with die different sensations at different periods, and continued it up to within a few days of his death. It is intended for his :on." When Buonaparte took leave of Capt. l'oppleton at St. Helena, he presented him with a snuff-box set with brilliants, and said, " Adieu, mon anti, voila la seule bagatelle qui me reste. Je your in presente afin que vous puissiez faire voir le don the ma reconnoissance apres mu most " QUEEN'S MEMORIAL. -4110- " TO TOO KING's MOST ExcELLENT lIIILMITY IN COON- CIL ASSEMBLED. " The memorial of her Mojesty the Queen sbewellb, lbal your Majesty bus, by )(stir ropil proclamation bettriux date itt Carltun-house, the 9111 day of June inst. declared your soyal Mdl and pleasure to t.rltbrate the solemnity of your royal c tttttt lotion upon Thursday the 19th day of July next, to lour polite. ut Westinimler, hut that direction* have not been giseit for the coronation of the Queen, its bath hereto fore IWO lierthlOilicil on the like ocrlision, " That divei a of y oar Majesty's subject., by ancient cm. tents and usages of th. se realms, as also in regard of divers tenures, and *aridly manors, lauds and other lb. du t 14.1 n. 111111 life 'MUIR/ to do 1111 , 1 perform divers services un the day and at the time of the coronation of the Queens consort of these realms, 11111111111 e) precedent their ances tors and those from is hole they claim have dune and per. framed at the corotiation of the Queens cou.ort in times past. " That the Queen most dutifully as of right, to cetel rate the ceremony of her royal corona( on, and to pre serve, as sell her Majesty ' s said right, as else slur, said laatul rights uud inheittatiers of other your Majesty's 14614'11. I . IIC Wren respectfully VIA'S that your Majesty vs 11l be grits iously please.l fur.haith to issue your loyal provla taitiou, Cher. by to appoint the same 19411 day of Jnly 'tell , at Westminster aforesaid, to eelehe we (lie et iemuily of her coronation as the Queen coksint of your IlLijesty, and to direct that all such us by the said cult and usages and tenures, ate bound to do nod pei form the set vices aforesaid, to duly give their attendances accordingly, at the amid day and time of the coronation atotesaid, m all respects furnished as to as „real a solemnity appertained), nod 11111111erable to the dignities and places nine) every tme of than bolded' and erjoyeth ; and further, that your Majesty w ill be gra cams!, pleased to issue your royal commission under your great beat, appointing commissioners to receive , hear, and determine the petitions and claims Which shall ke made to them iu this behalf. " And the Queer • &c." BILLS OF EXCHANGE. To our commercial readers we need not point out the great importance of the following " Act to regu. late tke acceptances of Bills of Exchange' (1 and 2 of Geo. IV. cap. 78) — Whereas according to law as hath been adjudged, where a bill is accepted payable at a banker's, the acceptance thereof is not a general, but a qualified acceptance: and whereas a practice hath very generally prevailed among metchants and traders so to accept hills, and the same have, among such persons, been very generally considered as bills generall y - accepted, and accepted without qualification : and whereas many persons have been, and may be much prejudiced and misled by such practice and under standing, and persons accepting hills may relieve themselves f. ore all inconvenience, by giving such notice as hereinafter mentioneu of their intention to make only a qualified acceptance thereof; be it therefore enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, be and with the advice of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the first day of August now next ensuing, it' any person shall accept a bill of exchange, payable at the house of a banker or other place, without further expression in his acceptance, such acceptance shall be deemed and taken to be, to all intents and purposes, a general acceptance of such bill ; but if the acceptor shall in his acceptance express that he accepts the bill, payable at a banker's house or other place only, and not otherwise or elsewhere, such acceptance shall be deemed and taken to be, to all intents and purposes,a qualified acceptance of such bill, and the acceptor shall not be liable to pay the said bill, except in default of payment when such payment shall have been first duly demanded at such banker's house or other place. And be it further enacted, that from and after the first day of August, no acceptance of any inland bill ut exchange shall be sufficient to charge any person, unless such acceptance be in writing on such bill, or if there be more than one part of such bill, un one of the said parts." We learn from undoubted authority, that it is his Majesty's intention, in consequence of his Corona. tion, to take into his serious consideration the pro priety of releasing from confinement those unfor tunate men who have WE:tided the excise laws of the country. HAMBURG!' MAIL. The following are extracts from the Ilamburgh papers of June CONSTANT/110,LE. MAY 28.—At a council of mini,•ter., or Divan, held on the sth May, a most important resolution was unanimotialy agreed to, viz : That henceturwanl the corps of the Janissaries shall be re presented in the Divan by three members chosen from their own body. This measure, which may, perhaps, decide the preservation of the Turkish poser, has been recommended by Jussuf, Aga of Janissaries, who is well known for his fidelity and prudence. This experienced man represented that this was the only means to attach die Janissaries to the Porte, and to pre% ent all distrust. In the first Divan, held in presence of the three representatives of the Janissaries on the 13th May it was resolved— To organize the Ottoman empire on the European footing. The representatives of the Janissaries made only two condition.. which were acceded to Ist. That the dress of the troops should not be altered. 2d. That the detested name of Nizum Dgedtb, w hich cost the excellent &inn his lite, should be avoided, and another sui:ab.e one adopted instead. They are now employed in drawing up the plan of organi xation which will make a remarkable era in the Ottoman history. In the same Divan it was debated what was to be done ropeet ing the insurrection in the Mores, and with regard to the Greek nation in general. The new Patriarch was called upon to give his opinion._ The composure and dignity with which he spoke produced great effect. Another measure, which may be extremely inipurtant in its consequences, but may likewise tend to inspire the Porte and lead to unpleasant difii:rences with the maritime powers, is the summons sent to all the piratical states of Bat Lary, to join the Sultan's fleet with all the ships they can equip. In the summons addressed to these states every thing is said that can intl.rne and tempt cupidity. The English Ambassador has already declared that his Cann cannot permit the ships of the Barbary States to come into the lonian Sea, and that the ports of the lonian Islands would be shut against them. The admission of the Bepresentatives of the Janissaries into the Divan, a circumstance unparalleled in the Turkish history, has produced an extraordinary sensation here. The consequences of it are incalculable. _ _ Energetic tueast•res have been adopted for the safety of the foreign Ambassadors. All Turks are tii.bidden w speak of puts he events; two of pretty high rank leave expiated their disobe. thence with their lives. A plot concerted by Ithiots to burn the marine arsenal has been discovered ; twenty of the persons Mi. plicated have been executed. The English Ambassador, Lord Strangford, who had his first audience of the Sultan on the 18th of May, was received will extraordinary honours, and some degrading parts of the CCU monial forms were omitted. Generally, when the Authas.adors come to the middle gate of the seraglio (Urdu Capus,i) they see desired to dismount, and invited to sit down on a bench, which is the usual seat of the Inmenul executioners and hangmen ; here they are generally made to wait an hour before they .a:e admitted into the second court. Lou( Strangiord did not stop at all, but passed the bench. The Sultan himself answered his speech, which is usually done by the Grand Vizier. Among the ceremonies on this occasion, it must be added, that before the repast at which the Grand Vizier and the Ambassador eat sitting, and the two first interpreters standing, the Janissaries received their pay—a tedious ceremony, which lasted live hours—the arrears being paid for six months. The money was brought in 13,000 leather bags of mitt piastres each (six millions and a halt' of piasters.) The Ambassador received as a present five horses, which are worth 5,000 piasters, and their trappings 15,000. LISUON, JUNE 12.—" On Sunday, the 10th, at five in the afternoon, a fire broke out in a part tf the square where the palace of the Junta of com merce is situated. No public misfortune since the earthquake of 1755 has equalled this ; all attempts to stop the flames were useless, and it destroyed almost the whole of the palace in a short time.— There is no doubt that the fire was by design, as pitch and other inflammable matter were found in the neighbourhood. The damage is incalculable. The five depots of acts, the most important to the nation, have been destroyed. Mr. Sepulveda took' though uselessly, the wisest measures to stop the flames ; anti the commander of an English frigate in the port sent his engines and the greatest part of the crew. A great number of military have suffi:rtd front their courage ; an officer of the English navy and two sailors have been dangerously wounded." Letters from Odessa of the 6th ult. were re ceived on Tuesday, which state that an action had taken place near Jassy, between the Turks undo. the Pucha of Ibreil, and a detachment of the troops of Ypsilanti, headed by Prince Cantacuzene, is which the finmer were defeated, with the loss of 1,500 men in killed and wounded. His Majesty will change his dress three times during the ceremony of the Coronation, for which purpose he will retire to St. Edward's Chair, im mediately beyond the Altar, which has been fitted up fur the purpose, and beyond which is a private retiring room. In this Chapel will be erected a small closet, called a traverse, in which will be placed a chair and footstool, fur his Majesty's private devotions. From whence the name of traverse is derived has not been clearly ascertained. Wednesday morning, soon after day-break, twenty of his Majesty's coach horses left the royal stables on their way to Liverpool, whither they are to pro ceed by easy stages, traveilina morning and evening, and whence they are to be embarked fir Dublin. — So carefully are they to proceed, that 15 days will be allowed fir the performance of the route. They were accompanied by two of his Majesty's best car riages. Fourteen saddle horses will proceed to Li verpool also fir Dublin. It is quite certain that his Majesty will not dose the Session in person. The prorogation, which will be by commission, takes place on Wednesday P It is said that the offer of the Yeomanry Cavalry of the county of Kent, to assist at the Coronation, has been accepted. M • . 211