The National Register. — London, England, 1815-08-13 00:00:00

Tri E NATIONACREGISTER.I 5? 13UON-WARTE'i CONYERS kTION. We have given, in another part of our paper, the offi cial account of Iltionaparte's conduct ptesious to, and at Es eepai tore, with a variety of particulars, collected - from the most authentic sources. in addition to these, the fol. I .!‘‘ R r not tof his conversation, on Monday last, will be fouod interesting : Ile wls asked his opinion of the British Infantry. !;' ;i ontipartc--Lo. g wars make good so!diers—the ca va!ty of both nations he said was excellent—our artillery h.nl derive:l much improvement from the French. Of the Dake of Wellington he scented to avoid giving any opinion. To a question about Louis the ISth Bron:aimric---Ile is a good sort of man—too fond of the table and of pretty sayings. lie is not calculated for the Drench. The Duchess of Angouleme is the only Man in the family. The French must have such a man as myself. One of his attendants, Bertrand, we believe, gave his opinion of the Emperor of Russia, that he was a good man ; his heart better than his head; that he did not think him a great man. Buonaparte, taking a pinch of snuff, and inclining his head almost into the face of the speaker, replied—Ni moi turn pittv (nor I neither.) lie broke out into some invectives against the conduct el: the allies ; called it perfidious, treacherous. " But von seem to forget that you were in Elba in vir tue of a solemn treaty—that no molestation was oll'ered Cott, vet you left it in violation of the faith of that treaty." lierontquirte—l was an independent Sovereign—l had a right to make war upon another Sovereign—upon Louis ',alit. it' I chose. I did do it, and 1 beat him with a w hundred men. Touching upon St. Helena, he seemed not only indig o int, but surprised at being sent theme. 1111,,,wparic—I would have given my word of honour to Lave remained quiet, and to have held no political corres ponth-nce in England. I would have pledged myself not to quit the place assigned me, but to live as a simple indi ridwal. " .That :-eems to be next to impossible; for, though you have had great reverses, you could mcver so far forget -% hat you had been, as to conceive yourself to be, or con duct yourself as a simple individual." Bwmapartc—But why not let me remain in England upon my parole of honour ? Rep 1 . 1) ou forget that some hundreds of French Offi cers liolated their parole of honour, and that not only you did uct express any indignation against them, but received them with particular distinction—Lefebvre Desnoucttcs for instance ? Buonaparte made no remark upon this. Of the Prince Regent l , • spoke in the highest terms, adding, that he was the only sovereign in Europe that had been consistent, constant, 'and - vigorous—that it was he Arlin had been the real cause of defeating all his designs, and destroying his power. • MOST INTERESTING FRAGMENTS OF MS LETTERS. &c . Mr. Mulligan, silk-mercer, of Bath, basing repaired to Plymouth on Wednesday se'nnight, made the usual in quiries about the proper time to go out and see the great cbject of public curiosity : he was told five o'clock in the afternoon would he quite early enough; but impatient of ' AUG. 13. delay, he secured a boat to himself, and proceeded about two o'clock towards the Bellerophon; no other boat had at that time come out, and his was allowed to approach within fifty yards of the vessel, the guard-boat alone in tervening. It was a short time after the final destination of Buonaparte had been officially communicated to him. Mr: Mulligan soon observed Napoleon at the cabin win dow in the act of destroNing papers, which, after tearing to pieces, he threzc info Me sea. Mr. Mulligan naturally anxious to secure some relics of this interesting character, picked up several fragments that drifted with the ebbing of the tide towards his boat ; and, on his return to Bath, he discovered they were of considerable interest, if not im portance. They have been transmitted to Government by the hands of Sir J. Coxe Ilippesley. Among them are pieces of a letter from an American to Buonaparte, dated Paris, June 'it, enough of which has been preserved to disclose.matter of such a nature as it would not, under present circumstances, be prudent to publish. There are also scraps of minor interest, comprising MS. translations of the Speaker's and Prince Regent's Speeches at the close of the late Session ; a petition from some discontented officer; and a letter from the ci-devant King Murat to General I)rouet, requesting his intercession with Napoleon in his behalf. But the most perfect of the fragments is part of a letter from Buonaparte to Maria Louisa, 'evidently written immediately after his late abdication. It appears to have been the first copy, penned in Napoleon's hand, on paper made for his especial use, with his profile and signature, (" Napoleon,., Empereur des Francois") in the water-mark. We subjoin a copy of Ole original and a translation : " Madame, ma chore at lionori , e Epntrie !—Nreemitant de 14011VP311 gni de hi France, je vain abiliquer le Trone; et en fermi yam ma cat rivre politique, faire commencer Ic 'rime de notre clier Fll.l. Ma fund! esl , c poor viols et ponr till , ne'in'tn tail pax moins une Ini que ales devoirlde Monarque. On'il assure, comme Amite. rein-, le Imnlteur de la France, et mime rils, le konheur et la glorie de sa Mere, mes vreiix ley plus theta wont arenpplis. Cependam, xi mane dams sa plus tendre enfatiee, je I1u1;s lui remettre tone mes pnuvoirs en ma quialite de Chef de 'Tint, je nc ;mix, e t it en mine. coi t trop a moil eceur, d'immolp de mane Ica droits inviolabtes glue me donne la Nature ---- Nr40 1 ... 7 ?ft:*- Ik4 4k-, '.' TRANSLATION, " Madam, my dear and honoured Mite l--Attendiag once more solely to the interests of France.l am going to abdicate the throne! and in closing my own political career, to bring about the corns mencetnent of the reign of our dear Son. My tenderness for yea and lOr him impels me to this no less than my duties as a Monarch. if he ensure, as Emperor, the happiness of France, and 'us a Son, the happiness and the glory of his Mother, my karest wishes will be accomplished ! Nevertheless, if even in his most tender infancy, I can give top to him all my authority, in my capacity of Head of the State, I cannot, and it would be too painfid to toy heart, to sacrifice :Aso the inviolable rights which Nature gives me EXTRACT or A LETTER FROM A . LADY AT PLYMOUTH TO HER FRIENDS, DATED AVG. 8. " You ask me what Buonaparte is like—why, he is like an Officer and a General--a military air of the best kind. I was near enough to see not only his person but the co lour of his face, which is like the fat prints of him—like the print that you have, but his air is much better; he stood bare-headed the whole time, and twice made a bow, or inclination of the body to the mob below, which he did just as a General Officer would,do, with a pleasing dignity. The not wearing his hat, and standing to be looked at by a mob, who in no way saluted him, gave an appearance of humility. You cannot think how stranv ...-iT ► vegiv•-r.coode , Jr.k._lll • ' ~~