The National Register. — London, England, 1821-07-09 00:00:00

DEATII OF BUONAPARTE. This event took place on the .sth of May last— from a very considerable degree of indisposition, under which the Ex-Emperor had for some time laboured it was not wholly unexpected, and was an nounced by the arrival on Wednesday last of Capt. Crokatt, of the 20th 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 posure, 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 sLeleton. ro.AI only added to his pain, and his stomach which was ulcerated in an extraordinary degree, lost all its functions, and nutrition must have fur a lung time ceased to have any effect. Thus ended the mortal career of a man whose military and political life has no parallel.— tvithou t. patronage or high birth he rose by the ex en ise of his matchless talents to wear an Imperial Diadem, and made monarchs tremble at his nod.— Previous to the enterprise, which ended in his ruin, he held the destinies of Nations in his grasp—he moved them as he chose, 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 Military Cap tain, and an able Statesman, so eminently blended. The vicissitudes of this unprecedented \lonarch'► 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 !bland, bereft of the association of his wife and child. In his character, though there were many dark shades, many bright parts appeared, which fUrnish a mirror to existing Sovereigns to learn how to act. In his living he was abstemious, and in mental exertion and corpo real activity he was never surpassed. ti c saw with his own eves, and never acted on any representa tions from his Ministers that he did not first inves tigate and approve; and though occasionally pas sionate and petulent in his temper, still he seldom committed an error which, from his extraordinary presence of mind, he did 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• mcnt anti taste. Nothing, during his high career, was so glorious to him as the dastardly fear of him, which was evinced by the Aliied Sovereigns after his reverse of fiatune—nothing so disgraceful to them as tae 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 front his mistaken reliance on the nobleness of the British Government, and on the magnanimity of his present Majesty, then Prince Regent. e Wowing extract of a letter dated St. Helena, May 7, contains some further particulars relative to the closing scene of Bunnapartc. It was written by an English officer who was on the island at the time of his death, and had ample opportunities of vet ifying his statenieuts : •'ST.IIEI.I Ar 7. • As. it wa, the expressed wish of Iltionaparte that his body should lie opened. and as it was also most d: suable to the autho rities here, that the true twat of his disease should be ascertained, it took place ut two o'cluel yesterday, the day after his death.— There were p essent. his own surgeon, who ululated, tlw surgeon of the Admiral's slop, and five oilier surgeons. the Deputy Auj.- Gcneial, and Biigade Major, with Bertrand and Monthulun.— When the chest was opened, the 'ism was fount! to be perteet4 sound, with not a mark of disease about it. The French surgeon even cut it through with his dissecting knife, and all the surgeons who were present agreed that no •• liver complaint" had ever existed. So much tor the discernment of Messrs. O'lteara and Stokoe. But when they proeeethvl to the t minitnation of die sioinach, all the surgeons to.itintly called out • Tillie is the scat of the disease.' It was a • cancer of the stiosiacli ;' the same di,. order, I understand, of Tellico his lather died; Mere was also a hole in one part of it large enou,;ll to admit the point of a man's linger. The medtcul torn uo .nc...ousiy agreed that it could MA luerc been produced by the 6 ..tc. or by rlepr,:.i.ion of mind • and that • he must have die h' as Aladiune Bertrand exclatinal when the appearance of his ,c 6 der e.O deaeribed to her. • had lie been in the nudat of hi.. gkry at A it.dcrlitz.' With rig rid to THE NATIONAL REGISTER the lying in state of the body Sir Hudson Lowe left the matter ntiiely to the tl&on of Bertrand and Month°lon, who however hilt acquiesced in it, and even wished that it should be the case. Accentingly, in the afternoon of yesterday, soon after the exa • mination of his body by the surgeons, he was dressed in his ,peen uniform, with red firings, end all his stars and onlers."— [This circumstance appear: to have given rise to the belief, which is now ascertained not to be ccrreet, that Buonaparte died in his military uniform.] *. An immense number of persons, both yesterday and this morn'ng have b.tn to see him. It was tore of the most striking spectocles at whirls 1 had ever the fortune to be present. The viov of his countenance, hoot which I felt it scarcely possible, even for un instant, to withdraw my eyes, gay: nit a St nsation I cannot des. tribe; but the impression it made on me will never be Mrgotten His hands were as white as wax, and felt soft, though th e chill of death was upon them. I his remains must soon be closed from mortal view. In this warm climate dead bodies soon become offensive, and though all the despatch pos,ilik• is used in prepar ing the leaden Loftin, it is already tint:. that he was red up. General orders arc issued that he is to be buried with r c highest military honour:; and, perhaps, Thursday or Friday next will be the day. He hail for some past tixtxl on 3 particular spot, which is ni-o, I underdawl. mention:ll in his will, a short tbstance from Longwood, for hi, burial place, in the event of its being daermined that his remains should be deposited at Saint Helena. It is close by a small spring of water, of which he always drank, arid sonic dine since he used frequently to break fast under the two willow trees which bend over the bubbling water. It is rather difficult of ecress. but pioneers arc making a way, and as there is no want of hands, it will soon be ready. • Iltainaparte was perfectly aware of the nature of h s com plaint, and frequently describe! it to those about him, but was never able to convince his surgeons that he had a just notion Of it. In tile early stage of the disetese, which is u long time ago. he connnencod a statement of it, with ihe different sensations at different pCliMig, and continued it up to within a few day s of his death. It is intended for his son." When Buonaparte took leave of Capt. I'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. .le vous la presentc afin que vous puiseiez mire voir le don de ma reconnoissance tyres ma mort " QUER.V'S MEMOIII.4 L. "TO TUC KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY I COUX- CI L ASSEMUL " The tneworial of her Majesty tier Queen shrweth, that your MiljeS!r has, by your rooy al lornelanutolono date set Carlionshsontoe, the 9th day of June inst. declares! yam thy al will and pleosure to 1• h: brae the solemnity of your royal corioilltiou upon Thursday Ilse 19th day of July next, at )(stir ut \Vestminster, but that directions have not been gilt en for the corootiati )))) of the: Queen, us bulb hereto fore been accustomed spa the like ,ice " That divers of your Main.ly ' s subjects, by ancient cus toms and usages of theft ° within,, as also in regard of divers tenures, and snitch y manors, lands and el her lie, idita meats, do c darn, and are !WWII, ho du and perform divers e, sires nu the day and at the lime of the eurnitatiois of the Queens; Cil4lbol I , it 111. Se re•lad, as in IlatrO plefeliCial their totter hers and those from la hula they claim have it • and per lot rued at the 44 nation of t he Queens consort in times past. " That the Queen most dutifully claims, as of ri;lit, to celebrate the reretnonv sit her royal Cilfolliti On, acid to pre serve, its it ell her Niajest s ' a !aid he, AN the atbretCl,lll IA tat rights uud inheritances of other your Majesty'. _ . •• The Queen respectfully prays that your Wijesty will he :Jo. Musty pleased t'or.loni 111 to issue 'our tonal procla. .mini,, then by to appoint the 4:nue /9th day of July 11C11,1, Westoninsier aforesaid, to celethifie the e. economy of her foronation Ile the Queen con.soit or your Nl.ijesty, and in direct that all ouch as by the said custoons and inolucs and to es, are bound to do and perform the see ices aforesaid, to duly give I heir Amend:slices accooroingly, at the said day and tome of the coronation armesmol, m all reopec is filo as to so great a solemnity appertameth, uud ousts...raid, to the dignifies and pincer which every one of iliem Ind letle and enjoyetli ; and (miller, that your 11Iajesty will he grn cion•ly pleased to issue your royal commission under your great seal, appoi..tinu commissioners 111 rs rei ce, bear, awl determine the priitsons Mid claims which shall he made to them in this behalf. " And Flu• 9,ttec i , &c." PILLS OF EXCHANGI. To our commercial readers we need not point out the great importance of the following " Act to regu. late the acceptances of Bills of Exchange' (1 and 2 of Geo. IV. cap. 78) — Whereas according to law as bath been adjudged, where a bill is accepted i siyable at a banker's. the acceptance thereof is not a general, but a qualified acceptance: and whereas a praoice bath very generally prevatied among meichunis and traders so to wept hills, and the same have, among such persons. burn very generally considered as bills generally accepted, and accept"' without qualification : and whereas many persons have been, and may be touch prejudicial and urnled by .such practice and under stauding, and personsaccepting hills may ref eve themselves loin all inouhventence, by giving such notice as hereinafter mentinnet of their intention to make only a qualified acceptance thereto': he it then fine enacted by the King's moat excellent Nlajiaty, br and with the advice of the lords spiritual and temporal, and onimoni, in ibis present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, that front and after the first day of August now next en-wing. it to.ti person shall accept a bill of exchange. payable at the house of a winker or other place, without further expression in his acciiitante, such acceptance shall be deem"' and taken to be, to as intuits and purposes. &general acceptance of such bill; but if the acceptor shall in his nizeptance express that he accepts the bill, payable at a bank e r' s house or other place only, and not otherwise or elsewh e re , s uch acce p tance s h a ll he deemed and taken to be, to all intents and purposes,a qualified acceptance of such hill, and tie acceptor shall nut be liable to pay the said bill, except in default of payment when such payment shall have been tirst duly demanded a t suc h b an k er ' s house or other place. And be it further enacted, that horn and after the first day of August, no acceptance of any inland bid at exchange shall be sufficient to charge any petson, unless such acceptance be in wilting on weft bal. or it dole be more than one part of such but, on one of the :aid pion." We learn from undoubted authority, that it is his Majesty's iutention, 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 offended the excise laws of the country. H.LVDURGH MAIL. The following are extracts from the Ilamburgh papers of June .26:. CiiNtTANTIISOPLE. MAT 28..—At a council of ministers, or Divan, held on the sth :11.1y, a mod important resolution was unanimously agreed to, viz : That lienceilirivard the corps of the Janissaries shall be re. bresented in the Divan by three members chosen from their own ody. 1 his measure, which may, perhaps, decide the preservation of the Turkish poster, has been recommended by Jut:sail, Aga Of Janissaries, who is well known for his fidelity and prudence. This experienced man represented that this was the only means to attach the Janissaries to the Porte, and to prevent all disgust. In the first Divan, held in presence of the three repriaientatives of the Janissaries on the 15th May it was resolved— To organize the Ottoman empire on the Emopean footing. The representatives atilt: Junissai s not& only two conditions, which were acceiltil to ; tat. That the dress of the troops should not be alterittl. 2d. That the detested name at Nisinn lige(lib, which cost the excellent Sell:» his lite, should be avoided, and another suitable one adopted instead. They are now enip:oyed in drawing up the plan of organisation, which will make a remarkable era in the Ottoman history. In the same Divan it was debated what was to be done respect. ing the insurrection in the Alorea, and with regard to the Greek nation in general. 'rile new Patriarch was called upon to give his opinion.— The composure and uiguity with which he spoke produced great effect. Another measure, which may he extremely important in its consequences, but may likewise tend to inspire the Porte and lead to unpicasant differences with the maritime powers. is the summons sent to all the piratical states of Barbary, to join the Sultan's fleet with all the ships they can eqMp. In the summons addressed to these states every thin is said that can infLinie and tempt cupidity. The English Ambassador has already &elated that his Court cannot permit the ships of the Carbary States to come into the lunitia tea, and that the ports of the lonian Islands would be shut against them. The admission of the Representiarie of the Janissaries into the Divan, a circumstance unparalleled in the Turkish history, has produced an extraordinary sensation here. The eonsequencts of it are incalculable. _ _ Energetic measures have been adopted for the safety of the foreign Ambassadors. All Turks are in. bidden to speak of pub. he events; two of pretty high rank have expiated their disobe. (Hence with their lives. A plot concerted by Itltiots to burn the marine arsenal has been discovered ; twenty of the persons im plicated have been executed. The English Ambassador, Lord Strangford, who had his first authence of the Sultan on the 18th of May, was received with extraordinary honours, and some degrading parts of the etre monit.l forms wereomitted. Generally, when the Ambassadors conic to the middle gate of the setagrio(Orta Capussi) they era desired tn di,.mount, and invited to sit down on a bench, which is tite usual seat of the Impenal executioners and hangmen; here they are generally made to wait an hour betive they are admitted into the second court. Lord Strangiortl 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 cerentonies on this occasion, it must be added, that betiwe the repast at which the Grand Valor and the Ambassador cat sitting, and the two first interpreters standing, the Janissaries received their pay—a tedious ceremony, which lasted five hours—the arrears being paid tOr six months. The money was brought in 13,m0 leather bags of UM piastres ;arch (six millions and u halt of piasters.) The Ambassador received as a present tire horses, which are worth 3,000 piasters, and their trappings 13,000. LISBON, Jura 12.—" On Sunday, the 10th, at five in the afternoon, a fire broke out in a part of the square where the palace of the Junta of com merce is situated. No public misfortune since the earthquake. of 1155 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 oilizr inflammable matter were found in the neighburhood. 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 ; and 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 suffered from their courage ; an officer of the English navy and two sailors h ave been dangerously wounded." Lette:s from Odessa of the Gth ult. were re ceived on Tuesday, which state that an action had taken place near Jassy, between the Turks under the Paella of Ibrail, and a detachment of the troops of Ypsilanti, headed by Prince Cantacuzene, in which the flamer were defeated, with the loss of 500 men in killed and wounded. 0_ Dutch papers to the 4th instant arrived. The important law introducing a new system of indirect taxes has passed the Second Chamber of the States General. It was carried only by a majority of 4 the numbers being, ayes 5.5, noes 51.—Only four members were absent. It was a contest between the advocates of a free trade and those of the pro hibited system. The former prevailed. Letters from Paris mention, that the people of France prefer purchasing land which affords them only two per cent. to buying into the stocks, thought the latter produce three finks the amount. Wednesday morniug, 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, travelling morning and evening, and whence they are to be embarked for Dublin.— So carefully are they to proceed, that 15 days will be allowed for the pet-fin-mance of the route. They were accompanied by two of his Majesty's best car riages. Fourteen saddle horses will proceed to Li verpool also fin. Dublin. It is quite certain that his Majesty will not close the Session in person. The prorogation, which will be by commission, takes place un Wednesday ':xt. 214