The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-10 00:00:00

NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO.

MARSHAL MARMONT'S MEMOIRS.

The following letter addressed to the3/,hiteur
by Count de Flahaut, who wax ono of Napoleon'. Wilts-de-
camp on the field of Waterloo, it by far the moat intireatog
of the many protests that the potthurnout worts of the Dike
de Ragusa have provoked:

"London, Apriit 1857.

"Marshal Marmon says (vol. 7, p. 111), in gi;ing Mee.
count of the battle of Waterloo In the coupe of the day,
Napoleon found himself so far off from the field of battle thea
he could not make the necessary modifications in the nem
tion of his plans. More particularly he was unable to .n.
port the cavalry movement in proper time. That muveterat
being premature and isolated, was unclose, while, if the
' Guard had been sent forward oimultaneouily, the effect might
have been deedalve. When the army was in disorder, Napo.
loon's mind was so acted upon by terror that he fled at &gay
far several karma, sad every moment (it was dark) foxy*
be saw the enemy's cavalry on his flank, he sent people to IP
conneltre,' It is impossible not to perceive the malice elfine
whole story which, the Marshal pretends to have had has
General Bernard. That cannot be true, because Omen!
Barnard was a brave and honest man, and consequently in.

of telling tisane of folnehwels. The Emitter

!limed himself during the battle one hillock in the centre of
the position, from which he could survey the whole of the
operation', and from which he saw the advance
of carat, ordered by Marshal Nev, and which did
in point of fact appear to him premature and ill-timed.
lie at once exclaimed, There's Ney turning a certainty
into an uncertainty, but now that the movement is con.
meowed, there is nothing to be done but to support it: He
ordered me accordingly to carry an order that all the cavalry
should advance to support and follow those troops which bad
already crossed the hollow, which lay between them and the
enemy's poeition. This was done, but unfortunately, u
the Emperor had feared, the moment had not
. . .

COWS when such • movement might have bees
suineadul. However it was impuseible to recall the
equadrona that were already engaged. In war there see car.
taro faults which can only be repaired by persevering ht
them. I leave to Marshal Marmont the honour, which Ido
not envy, of the parallel he has instituted (p. 124) between
the leaden of the two armies, and of the KLare attributable to
each in the results of the battle. He takes a pleasure
praising the English General at the expense of the Emperor,
but instead of taking so much pains to prove the Ems
peror guilty of mistakes which lid to the fatal isms
of the day, he might have understood that the unexpected
snivel on our flank of 30,000 Emanuel, whose artillery
swept our line of operations, was the real cause of the loss d
the battle and its di oestrous consequences. The Duke of Wel•
lington bad the justice to admit this in his report to his go.
veranaent. As to the tenor which the Marshal pretend. the
Emperor gave way to, I cannot better refute this
false assertion than by stating facts of which I
was an eye-witnese, and which therefore no OW
is in • better position to bear witness of than myself.
After having taken part in the succesaive attacks of the
cavalry and the guard, and when the retreating movement
had decidedly set in, I went to look for the Emperor. It
wee dark. I found him in the centre of a square of Wm.
try, and I did not afterwards leave him. After waiting
there some time longer, the battle being irretrievably loot, lee
left the field by the Charleroi road. We went slag
not at • gallop, is it is infamously said in the
memoir., but at a walk, and no pursuit of the
enemy inspired the Emperor with any such hen ea the
Members malice attributes to him. So far was the Emperor
from being troubled with any personal fears, although the
situation was not very reassuring, that being complete!)
knocked up by the fatigue he had undergone during the
ceding days, he several times fell asleep, and would hies
fallen off his horse bad I not held him on. We arrived
the next morning at Charleroi, where we took pest far
Lion. There the Emperor halted to write the bulletin girls'
en account of the fatal day, and he then set out for Perla
This is the truth. Let the public compare it with Marsha
Idarmont's malicioue and lying narrative, and then judge.
But how can one express one's feelings of indignation sad
diegust at seeing • man whose place it was to hope to be ke•
gotten as the beet thing that could happen to him—thee
attacking one who was his benefactor, and defame his no.
mory after inning betrayed him when living ?

COUNT LS FLAIIAXT."

The Emperor of Austria has conferred on Mr.
Paul Pretah, the inventorof the art of photo-galranography.

the grand gold medal for arts and sciences in recognition of
his artistica' perfection of the specimen prints which Mr.
Pretsh has submitted to his Majeety.
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Accounts from Naples state that the King of
Bavaria arrived there on the 3rd. He was to leave on the
6th for Palermo, whence he would proceed to Greece and to
France.

•
TEtE PARIS POPULACE AND TITE PRIESTS.—It
has been stated that since the murder of the Archlsioliep of
Paris by Verger, priests have frequently been Moulted into
streets of Pone, end some aceounte of the condemnation ci
men for insulting theta hove been given. On Wednesday
the Tribunal of Correctional Police tried a man wend
Couvretm, formerly a village schoolmaster, but now Clay
a day labourer, for having publicly insulted tee
of the clergy of St. Etienne do Mont. The Atli
Dufour, cure of that parish, said that on the 19th of
last month, es he was priming along the Quai de la Toured@
with eee of his curates, the prisoner cried, "0 ! the Vv.
gem I the Vergers!" and then he folded his arms and land
scornfully at them. The abbe naked why be insulted Mime
but he denied that he had done eo; as, however, there MO
no one else on the spot at the moment, it was evident that
his denial was not true, and a police °direr who came q
took him into custody. The abbe expressed his we, g
having to complain of the man, but said that as several tins
clergy had lately been outraged in the streets, and sa
himself had been insulted more than once, he h
it his duty to make the complaint. The president told
that he bad done quite right. The Abbe Ittresignott is
ercompanied M. Dufour, confirmed that pentleman's ei•Walna
The prisoner, when called on for hie defence, said that •
the day in question he had had a conversation with a me
named Leroy about the murder of the arehltiohep, and Matt
had made such an impresoion on him that he had make*
rally exclaimed " 0 ! the Vergers:" but he denied that Is
had used the epithet with the intention of insulting Mite,
clergymen. The tribunal sentenced the man to els mantle'
imprisonment and 100 fr. fine.
THE lIUSSTAN GOVERNMENT AND IRON SCUM
Vzseeti.—Mesarr. Mitchell and Co., of Low Walker, ra
the Tyne, are onnstreeting • fleet of iron screw steam vs,/
ranging from 200 to 1,190 tons, for the Russian service la
the Black Sea. The same firm are also budding PA
wheeled 'tamers to be employed on the river V 043, imam.
of the kedge and warp vessels mentioned by Oliplum
screw vessel', for St. Petersburg. Moms. I.swt
of II and a Stockton house, are also exectlia=tt:
for the Russian marine; and this week a
equipped iron screw of sn tone, named the Collingwe4
been despatched by Meese,. T. and W. Smith, of ttatn
Shields, to Odessa, for the Russian government.