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tr ationali litaitittr+ Our Iting, Condtitution anb It at 06. No. 1,230.—V0L. XIII.] HISTORY OF BUONA PARTE. WRITTEN' BY HIMSELF! The tx-Emperor has been long engaged in writing a History of his Life, and a degree of anxiety has been excited by it that rarely honours a work betbre its publication. it i , to be published in numbers, and fin' some reason which We are not informed of; No. IX. has been published the first e intend to give copious extracts from this inte resting work; interesting on account of the im portance of the events it will record ; interesting on account of the celebrity of its Author • and interest ing, above all, on account of the cruelty of the exile - in which it has been written. We commence our extracts by the following account of THE. BATTLE OF WATERLOO. " non fit the n ght the Elms, nor gave all the orders necessary for the battle the net day although every - thing italsoced bias to In lieve that it would not take place. In lour days ii tom the commencement of boatililirs, he bad, by the most skilful manoeuvres, storptioal Ids enemies, gained a splendid victory, and separated the Etteleli and l't ussiata armies. In doing this, he had doom hooch ler his gloty, but not enough for I lie secittily of iii• pa•itiono.*the deiay of three hours, whirl* the lets wing of his alisoy 11411 sustained in executing its operations, hail prevented hint ft OM the attack which he bad intended to make neon the Aught-I/Melt and which, if Made, would at on.:e pat an end to the whole cam p a ign. It was 'call!: tortba- We that the Duke of IVelliiighou and Maishat Blucher would have availed themselves 01 that very night 10 cross the forest of Soig ties, anti to Jelin 1111.4 fie era belote Brits voels. After that janct ion, %stitch might have beer made by nine u'clon k w the mornisog, the position of the french Witty would have been tendered very delicate. The two ;willies opposed to it would have been strengthened by all lite foie': bids they had in their rear. sia thousand solslicis had been land. d a 1 Ostend for some few days, and fainted milt' part 41111011 S returning pone America. It %mold have born impossible our the VI earls army to risk Ilse danger of et ossiug the Soigne , , ill order to tight on leavatg its defiles ( aiktlebotecke.s) with sloops mote than double their numbers, and drawls sup in bitting position; and,besidrs, ito II few weeks, the Ittissiao, ;Austrian, LI ovarian, &v. at aliets, *mild hrvt passed the /Z:eitic to es:abliali themselves 111010 lIIC Nlat lie. The fifth corps, wieith was posted sit .%Isace us an army of observa tion, did s:ut consist of mote than 2:1,1,00 men. "At out' o'clock il, the tom Mai:jolly occupied by these apotialit considei the Empei or left tits trot tool attesoolial only by his Gratod.Alaralial intelit• as as in follow the letreett of the English briny, awl dravont to make a dash al it, mays itli•i4inting the dal khess addle night, as bOOll as it lillolllll lidVe CO 1111 l its - match. Ile travelled through the line of main guards. The forest of Soigne% appeared tile a cson114;:t•I ion ; the horizon between that forest, litaitoe-14-Lend, tile farms of La Italie Allia n c e a li d 1, 4 „mow Otto the file of the loisothscs : the most proofound Si;, ma. every whet*. pie- The Angle-Dutch army was buried in deep sleep, it. cuoisetwo ore of the fatigne• a inch it hail lersioite 1111 the preceding day. On It'Aching the wooll• ul lionago . moot, lie bend the b 11111 l 114 of a column in morel,: at w,15 VICII half 110.1 two o'cloock. At that floor the rear- gum .1 as as to commence leasiuy its position, it' the enemy were to be ou thereheat; the idc4 that limy were so was,bow ever, short. The, 11111 l ;is ceased ; the rain 1011 . . lots. who 1.411 been sent out so 1 . C 01111.11114., and other pets 111 l s utt whom reliance could be plated, re tow ned al 11.11 past 1111t4.1.1 . 1.1f1ek, most tultlinurd the jute'. ligenCe that the English mid Ihlrh were not making any movenortsts. At I • o'clock the patrols liionglit to lines a peasant %Ito 11:141 acted as guide to a brigade id Est glum cavalry, which had taken tip its pn-ition 00 Cue (totem.. I. fl of toe wi11...g0. 010101111. ••ro iteigiait oleset lei-, 'Abu bail just doffed the or regiment, infurtioer hats that their army was preparing tor battle, that no retrograde Illabe• Illefil had tat tal place, that Heigionn obliged olio Inoue!s for the success of the Empetur, and toast its equally delisted booth thr Eugh•li and the Prussians. "'Floe eriesity'a General conl.l out have takcio any step more coot rat y to the interesla of Nis cause marl of Isis na tion, to the general plan of tine caiiipaigii, atoll evess to the simple•t Itiles of 441, loan that w look a hen he drier. ' al to octant.' iu Ili(' 110 , 11i011 VVIIICII kV then °CCU ,pied. He had behind 11 11 0 the defiles of the Iffiest of saigoics, so that, is lie hail tweli 10.41e11, 1.0 would lIIISC 111111,11 it illIp00•11.1C to retreat. 'I lie French !tootle' bison.' licked ill the midst of till' dirt ; the °theists deemed it imp to give battle that day ; the a.. tlery and cavalry s mold not moionaivie on thr ground 011 isf its extreme wetness; and it was reckotied that 1' 1101114 01' Luc %rather would he seLtited to inake It again thy. The fay 1 , c2411 ; Ilia' Etopes or ret ursital to his goat lera, I att. sioety trims:eel by the gi eat hllunlei which she ene my's lielierat had I'llatur,i.tt.d, hoot ealreinsoy t liagrined that the had a tvll.cr 11/111 loa vt, tilted hip• fruit. to. git to his own advantage. Bat already the almoo•pliese was cleating tip: al live o'clock hr priaativell bOillt w eak rays 111 11141 sill., whiten ought, helot e its to have simile opoo the dusts %whoa of the Engii•li araly. Thu. 4,ligwich) "1 11,114 in ...mid tics eidvi• 1.111 01/CIIIIION Is fors ever, and trance would base oats.d h. r head on that day enure , 'emir glorious, 111111 1110Ie. !masa fool, than I:VC**. Anglo Dutch army Slith 11l IMO up 11l line of battle sipun the high roan town Charleroi to lit Hest Is, in front of the wrest tot Soiguies, and eluysntd g vin noble platfoil)h The light wii.g, culosistiug of the blast and secund English SUNDAY, JANUARY m, 18W. divisions, and the division of Brunswick, commanded by Generals Cook rand Clinton, l'eblelt VIIOII a ravine Oil the oilier side of Ike road to IV ivelie, and occupied with a detect nt the eAntrau d'fistigiirainii as an titivate-et! ;init. The centre, compered 0 - 1 the third 11•,»glisli, and the first and second lichriau division, etiennewitlrof by Geceish. Alien, Collact t, slid Chasse, was in advance or Mont St. Jean ; its tell rests il on the high ruled to Chat le ~.roi and occupied seilb one of its' i t tigatles tie (aim of Infillye Salute.,„, and the Sd . The left wi , easitigortaglithe srit andiSiti Eng. 4r hi„ Bel is dietsdint,c m onianded by Getitrala Porton, Lambert, o ur Perchancer, had its right tested ell the road to Charleroi, and its left posted helium' the vil lage of La Hap . , which it occupied with a strotat detach ment. The reserve aas at Mont Zit. Jean, %lOW' is the point of inlet seelion of tit. high loads from ("Mirk' in and Nivelle 10 1111110 , 1114. Tile Clitaily, Ll.llllt - el in 1 111 re Imes on the heights of Nom St. Jean, was diavrii lip in the rein of the line of the battle, the leligtl , of which WAS abotit 2,500 noises. The limit of lite enemy was defended by the natin al ilifiii•tilly of the ground. The platform was in its come slightly concave, and after a gentle decli vity ended in ai et vine of More 4'1011 , •1,1ei stile depth. The 4th English div kiwi, counitandt•d by General Colville, occupied us tlankel I , 011 the right of every mouth of the defile ( taus le. dr - b2110 2 /21 2 a )Sr Hat to Biame la Lend. A Inl r tillit' of Eliglish cat ally 01 - t - upied as tlankera ml lite left the mouths of ,Ili the deities from the village of (Main. The-forees which Ili.. t annoy displayed wive estimated at diffei cut nu others; hot the office; 3 most versed in the es timate of intintiess, I eck 011 Pd tutu, with ;lie tiaatk et A iIL 911,0:10 W2l - 0, vitisirli act eed with our previous inf . /ow:nine. The Ereitch army consisted of only utr,unit men ; lost the victory did not appear Oil tibit account to be less t•ertatn. These 69,0(N men Ael e good t-molls, mod in the slimly's army it was only the ED.:POI, who did not antoinit to 40,000 men at 1110/1r ; thus Cl/111d by any iinc4ll6 be CUI/01. dried a. such. .", " At ti o'ciselilas breakfast wits served hp to i s. .e Envy. ror ill the pretence of many termini oloces . a. - Ile arid, ' lite enemy's aritty • is superior to our net 11 1111111/51 by o.o4llllrali of Its bees. 11 c have not less I Imo ss i 44 el) cliolices for, mud scat cid . ) tee against us." Lfinibiless,' said 111.n . slial Ney, it Ito entered at the t, ' it the bake of 11 riling ton Is simple e i„li to wait hie yew Majesty ; but I tome it. Milli en you 111,11 1111 CIIIU 1111 l s Ole 0 11c.,11) Ili full meal, and are qua do-oppraisit• lii the finest. ' ` .Zia 11.111 C 111)1 .seer rightly,' replied the Emperor to bon: ' the lime fin . it, reit catiii4 has passed • if he acre to NI lellipt It, lie would e spun . liiinselt to ce destruction: he Ilelb ail eally 1 111.1 1%11 I :le dice, Mid they have timed up In our . tov.,ui. At this moment some odicers of alfillery t aho had 111'1'11 galloping over Ike htg field, hrteltt inform:no that the ;wil- Ivry could maitietivie, although with NL.0 1. 1: •11eU11), which seeiiii•d like I) to iiiiiter,:o great dinitiailion ii) the 1 - 11111 - ,.. of ' an hoot. I 1111 l few:sit:ly :Mem aids elle Emp,! roc aas on horseback :hr lode to the tirailleurs post - d opposite to Lee Gaye -S4 Ille. feel 111111 l it tell Ilficall lilt' tttelll . t a 110 e, 110L1 I comminuted Lieill . l:Ll Ilaso, all 11111 ell r in Wilolll he pi seed confidence, to ammo:Leh IL slid bee a Moo .1 . au/. 15e42,21e11.1 Of 1111Lel1C11111elsIS 1100 been raised. 11l a shots Matt; Visit t leues ril eetursied, and informed Moe licit he did 104 pelt. ive the marks of troy fortini AI I On. 1 lit Lopcitir et•iltetcd for a iluw - ter lit an how, and then itetoteo file order or kittie s e lin II airs %insert out by tii 11l iitllel.lll, Sealed 011 the 1114611 rd. The Alliall.de.C.eUll. caused II lti the dith•rent divisions of Iles Maly, which a e:e now 111111C11 arias, 111111 full of 1111114 lellte Lied ardour. 'I ae a , illy iticii moved, and cuittnieuced its march ill el - veil e.iii 1111 l IN. " * These eleven columns were destined, four of 1111 . 11 to' form the dial line, four to form nil.' second, and three the' • • .1. The ft/41r elllllllOO Or the lirst lilt' acre, first, that of the is ft folioed by the Laval, y of t tie second eorp• : IRV se cond formed I.) thiee tliti halos of infantry of till' nee I corps: the third by the four divisions ,ii ittidotry :if Mi lan loops: the Ninth by the likitt cosohy of lie• first corps. The four isilu iiiii a of the rota lie' acre, II1N:t that of toe left l e nsed by Killersourat's corps of CULC.110 , 10•1%; Ile second by the Iwo visisi iiii s of tolantry of the sistill , ~, p.; Ihet I. I rli b• lIA 0 lliVltll/1111 of lihin cavalry; the • ,if ine s:S:li amps I womatitled by the lietteral of Lhaisioil I)ailiitont, Ilv, Other detached from the 1:01 pa of General N. jot, 11111 commanded by the (leiter:di of thvitaino maw vie s the foort it by Ile corps of cuirassier - a It Alin: mil. The 1 Mee flail 11110 Ist the third tine were. that of floe lett, formed by der divisions of horse-grenadiers and deagoim ghat ds, commanded by General Guy 0t; the StCllOll, bi I Mee ii ill sigma of I hi. iuisl, middle, and young is .aid, eimiabsoded by Lieuteuant-Getiecalti Us iant, Nlolowl, and Dolicsiiiet the third, by the horse masseurs nod the Lowers of the gull rd, emmic,sl:l••il by Lieutenant-Gene, ul I.e I'i - sot 1-simoiettrs. eli.. 10 011, 2 11 2.11V0111.2 2 M nu Pie Milks of the rollout/3; the parks mid toe baggiv...e in - tht• rear. " At 11 u'r ler 4., toe heads of -the locutolonms, forming the hist Slue, arrived where they we. es to deploy. At the Salute time we perceived at a na ewes iii less distance the Nese', oilier cult iiiiiii . a Itu d i delmiteised 41 - wit the heights. - 1 Cry a ere 11141 clllllg ; the trumpets and .I s resoondcri through the field; the' mosie played airs a Inch recalled to the ',millers Ilse recoil, st u n of a I lied victories; the wound appeared ;timid 01 heel 1.1111 SO 111011) gillhllli 111C11. The spectacle aes 1 1011: , ..ikeill i mod lite csolny, ivlio a efe ' , Pelted in Is •Ii II 1 1011 lm obcf.l S C the I tieSliiiit 1111115 IMO L ; 1114 , 1 last 10'1.11 'IEIO IL. 1/ it. Our arm) 11111.1 Ilea* V 01.1.1 . 41e11 I'. 011111 t!,1111./It tile 1111111- be* of that which it really was. "*I . in AC uneven etall iiiii N deployed -.51111 sock precision, that there was 110 11'011 fUllioll, 8.111 tal!ll tee , Ilpiell iiie Oat I' VA Web 11411 bet ie aliened to id in die designs of the chtef : fleece west spell ghat masses moved st ill. soch tri•liny. The light CANAL) la 111 C Sl'eolld COI 1111, 011101 101 - 111C11 tilt' L 7, at culitobs 01l lite left of the lira) hoe, deployed ell till VC 1 11111:11 on tile high Iliad of Ist ivc:le leading to Glossas, neat tilt: /nights of tke brat viuu4 Lc!otagtog to the f•aik of [ PRICE Hougoitiont. ohsert Mg all the plain On the left, aml ex lending a strong Beard to Blaine La Letid ; its battery of light artillery was On the high road of Niv elle, The aremid corps, unfit": the orders of General Iteille, (ter...- pied the spare included between the high rood of sidle and that of I'harleti i , which was SO extent rf tweet' 900 and 1,000 krises!' the division of Priori: Jet oini. oecnitietl the left, near the high road of Nivelle ailed the 0011 of ;(;entrap Fay the es titre ; and fiE- Herta Mullein the right, who reached the high roal of Charlet oi, liter the Eaton-house of La Belle Altionem., Each division of int:Jetty was druaso up in tee lines, fly •ecnittl thit ty tosses from the first, having its artillery iq f loo r, and its parks in the reor , near the toad of Nisell , . The thitsi column, foi reed by the first corps, mid com manded by Lieut-Genea al Commit I)'Erlon, rested its lilt on La Belle Alliance,llll the tight of the Toad of Charle roi, and ifs right opposite the farm of La 'Hoye, %i lisle it was 01/1114/A to 11'1..11.11 of the enemy. 1:41•11 f infantry aas in lam lines, with its artiliery in the inlet - V 41,5 of the Irriguik. Its light cavalry, %Welt formed a. column, deploy ed by its eight itt thine lines, observing I.s Ilaye, Ftistrltermunt, and svaiting lint posts liven ()heist to °Wet we the fl ink parties of the enemy ; its light artim• hely was lit its right. " belie st lane was .careely formed whet. the heads of the four columns of the second line arrived al tile point %slier., they were to deploy. The cuihassiers of Kell* r attan formed themselves in two lilies, the one at 3..) tuisea he other, resting their lett on tile Nivelle-road a I t y) Wises nom the line of !beset/mid corps, and their right 1111 the road of Charleroi. Tao space oceopied was 1,100 toises " One of their bAterit s was iilrved on the left, neac'N ivelle road; the oilier upon the right, near the road of Chat lend.. The second column, comminuted by Lieut -Gen. Count I/ohms, one slalomed 50 times in the rear of the s Toed Tune of the 21 corps: it risteil Yu Cl.l*e 1.:411‘1.1111, occupy ab o ut 1(M) mimes in depth, :00114, and b, the 1. ft a t' ;no roa d o f Charleroi, a illt a distatte.; of 10 tinsel. Isetwcen the tn.) CC:1111111d ufdicisiuu, wild its 111 1 illery 011 its left fluids. lite Shia ri•colottme, that of the 11.4111 covoky, cool naiadstt by the ti e ner a t o f pot:woo fo,lowea try that of I.:rectal Subervie, ptaced met( hi close coloinii lb) ,:letotrons, the left r , soing rot time Cl' Mersin road, opposite its infantry, from which it was only separated by the road; its light a rtidery ' was upon its right tlaiik. The foto th column, the Culp, of Cuirassiers, Milhaud, deployed in to it lines , 32 tois,s nistant from e..t.h other, and 10,i tors twltimi 11( the hest corps, :is left resting iii Ike t0,.,1 of Ch tcleafti, and its right Ito the Ober, 1111 l lit hrsrhrnnuut ; it 1 0 tea 1 ,,,..1 x bi , ge ,, of :thou, 900 tosses; its halt, ram nee...11,m0 its Lit (neat the Chat leroi road), mid upon its troth e. " Bite this second lisle was tot mcd, the he;:ils of the three colusi.,lS id the reserve arrived of the point, u ne.r the : were to deploy. The heavy Coy& ry tit toe Guard time placed lOU illiNeS twined - drama up PI hoe lines ;if JQ foists distant , ! frihil each miter, the left sin toe aide or the N iv• Ile-road, the right on tit it ui Charleroi, having its artillery in its rehire. The eau 1111 l of the ern: re, brine d by tio• infantry of the guard, deployed thl %II liars of four battalions, at the distance Id ten souses from each other, 1 1 ..sted oil the road of I.hierlewi, oval a tittle 111 'Toot of the farm of It °minim... The Mittel its lit acti.lery helmigtug 11.1 111 , Ilitlseleilt , i.e,oifirliti %Cie ranged sit the lett 1.11,1 th•ii of the re•erve Mali stationary mod flying behind the lines ; the f hit d column—namely, the mounten cli: -try and taneef•r of the goat d•—deploy ed 011 My lions , at 30 totscs distram fr each oilier, 1(0 lobes behind two. Milhaud, its lei . ' 4111 the Chart, rot-road, aatl light on the side of Frbehei 1111 l lit, wdhits light th e e ..,f ro ,—Ar. h a l t past it ut , keseajtal• Its it may nppear. ail the mos:e metics e.ere finished ; volt the hoops at their stations; the illathladest 1'04111d:4H its el the field of bat le.—The army it as longed imi hoes, foritint, ; .1% figures of V ; the lice NO first nun5 , ..114, of illf:1411e , , %VIII light 'CU atty 00 mk t La t,...1111 tit cuiroesieues, the fifth and ,1011 lit lice cavally of tile guava, alth ,ix lutes of iniontry of the guard pet pendlcularly p land at the apex of the six 's, and the sixth corps it. tura: coat 1111 l perptinlietr lcily to the lilies ss,itels tat...earth. orectipted. 1 tie infantry on the left of ftte road. alai tile toMlit. 3 Oil tile 1,011. 'fits` litgli ioailloof C11..1 lerol mud N 'vette were fret • ; they etforded Mr moths of commuisicai ion by whit h the rest- rye art ,Itery might rapidly advance to the el , Terre' punt a Of the line. " The Emperor rode through the tanks•; et mould be difficult to es pieo• the euthumasm ui itiesold eta. The infam• toy raised their rasps tin the point of their hay 'lb; toe cum 11l i 11111 l dragoons , xud ti g ht raised their he Intros or cups oil the point o. their sable a. V •ellit') appeared cc:lam—me old soldiers alto had het u reigoged it. 110111e1011S littiOllll, admired this new order of bane : tory endeavoured to discover the ulterior vieas Abele lieurral ; Ow, discussed the pima and time manure it. wish the attack nu..lit to take place. Meanis bile the Emperor gave 14 s pinal orders, and proceeded at the head of tea gu trU lu the apes of the sad V's, upon the heights of Itossomme., o iteie he alighted.— From that rout he sac thr too armies : the vit iv extended a great way to the r and left of the held of battle, ss A battle 14 hone .. Mama, mid senhitil have its Isettinings, middle, and snot. Tar miter of haute it inch the too u armies take, iota their first tatuverffleitts, w loch the attacked army ainty umke, from the noilus, which gist's ri to new rm. rangeinents, mot !wings oil tile ei Isis, s, hence ortginates the !OHIO a. der twat k of the efittle of Ins ['remit army hart 'men u asked, the em - irty'd U. net.ll should have madc tootsi et min, moms, either by his or in the fear of his hoes, 11l 111.1 he a :11111:lioli, ns 11.1:1411 la support the poem ufia , kid. N •Of Ille:e HMV. WWII e•l'ilpd the piarteseil eye of hi atmmile ia Ili the m eta eat ',mi.'. ti 111 l w ti litCh hr was placed t anti he nod lit h lid all Ma rcs,:evcs, for the purpose of Mr. ctaii, them at plea:uru h, rev.' the urgeafey of eireunetatices aught ttquire theta presence. ( 4:truti;•ali;oi! l'a•••• 4..../11/11 °. p" ) 4 5 3 4' e A ,:, OP