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that t(ape tt botteparte endowl al aims* tea minutes be.
fore six u In the evening of the sth instant, after as
riftatvs which Isuiraingrajaithigt hiiiistapartismits niece the
I,lli of March last.
-.fie teas Slitbird .dame( the early Fort of his ludispowi.,
tioas, fearer the 11th in the list of March, by Ms owe Medi-
cal Assistant, Professor Anionsiriarehi, etoee. During the
latter period, from the lit of April to the Sth of May, h
received the daily, visits of Dr. Arnoit, of his Majesty's
20th regiatest,,gewerally in coejenction with Pyofestine
Antowissarehi.
Dr. Shorn, Physician to the FOrref, sad Dr. Mitchell,
IPrintipal Medical. Officer of the Royal Navy on the stailan,
whose services, as well as these of any other medical per-
sona Do the Island, had been offered, were called limp is
couiulistion by Professor Antommathi, on the 3d of May;
bat 'bey had not any opportosity afforded to them of seeing
liar patient.
Dr. Atnott was with hiss at the moment of his decease,
and saw him expire. Captai• Crokat, Orderly Officer Ia
•ttendanee, and Doctors Shorn and Mitchell saw the body '
immediately afterward,.
Dr. denote remained with the body daring the night.
Early this morning, as about sere* o'clock, I proceeded to
the apartment where the body lay, accornpanird by Rear.

Admiral Lambert, Naval ou this its-
tion ; the Marquis de Muntettens, Commindoser of his
Majesty the King of France, ehargedwills the same duty also
on he part veins Majesty ibe Emperor of Austria Bsicsdier-
General Coffin, second in command of the troops; Thomas
H. Brooke sad Thomas theentree, Esqrs. Members of Coon-
ell in the Government of this island; and Captains Brown,
Hendry, and Marryait, of the Royal Navy.

After viewing the person of Napoleon Bonaparte, which
lay with the face sincovered, we retired.
An opportunity was afterwards afforded, with the eon-
currency of Ike persons who had compared the family of
Napoleon Bonaparte, to as many officers as were desirous,
naval or military; to the Honourable the East IndiA rum-
patsy's officers and civil servants, and to various other loth-
viduals resident here, to enter the room in which the body
lay, and to view it.
At two o'clock this day the body was opened, in the pre-
sente of the following Medical Gentlemen : —Dr. Shorn, M.D.
Dr. Mitchell, M.D. Dr. Antoci, M.D. Dr. Dorton, M.D.
of his MAjesty's AIHh regiment, and Matthew I.ivingstone,
Eaq Surgeon of the East India Company's Service.
Professor Antommarchi assisted at the dissection. Gene.
ral Bertrand and Count Moutholon were present.

After a careful examination of the several internal parts
of the body, the whole of the Medical Gentlemen prervit
concurred in a report on their appearance. This report is
enclosed.
I stall cause the body to be interred with the honours due
to a General Officer of the highest rank.
I have intrusted this dispatch to Captain Crokat, of his
Majesty's 20th regiment, who was the Orderly Officer to
attendance upon the person of Napoleon Bonaparte at the
time of hie decease. lie embarks on board his Majesty's
stoop Hero., which II:sr-Admiral Lambert has detached
from the squadron under his command, with the istelli-
,
genre. 1 have, dec. lee. dm.
H. LOW E, Lirut.•Gen.
To the Right Roo. the Earl Dathorst,
kr. 4c. ♦c.
Longwood, St. Helms, May 6, 1821.
REPORT OF APPEARANCES ON'DISSECTIoN OF THE
BODY OF NAPOLEON SONAPAILTIit.
On a superficial view the body appeared very fat, which
state was confirmed by the first incision down its centre,
where the fat wee upwards of one inch soil a half over the
abdomen. On cutting through the cartilages of the ribs,
and exposing the cavity of the thorax, a trifling adhesion of
the left pleura was foetid to the pleura manilla. About
three ounces of reddish fluid were contained in the
left enmity, and nearly eight ounces i■ the right. The lungs
were quite gonad. The pericardium was natural, and coil.
tained about an ounce of fluid.
The heart was of the natural size, but thickly covered
with fat. The auricles and ventricles exhibited nothing ex-
traordinary, except that the muscular parts appeared rather
paler than natural.
Upon opening the abdomen the omeation was found
remarkably fat, and on exposing the stomach, that Viletll
was funnel the seat of extensive disease. Strong ■dheaioua
connected the whole superior surface, particularly about the
pyloric extremity to the concave surface of the left lobe of
the liver; and on separating these, an steer, which pene-
trated the coats of the stomach, was discovered one inch front
the pylorus, sufficient to allow the passage of the fin-
ger. The internal surface of the stomach, to nearly its
whole extent, was a mass of cancerous disease or schirrons
portions advancing to cancer : this was particularly noticed
near the pylorus. The cardiac extremity fur a small space
near the termination of the oesophagus, was the only part
appearing in a healthy state. The stomach was found
nearly filled with a large quantity of fluid, resembling coffee
grounds.
The convex surface of the left tube of the liver 'Morrell to
the diaphragm. With the exception of the adhesions occa-
sioned by the di o in the stomach, no One healthy appear.

sore presented itself in the liver.
The remainder of the abdominal viscera were in a healthy
stale.
A slight peculiarity in the fornsition of the left kidney
was observed.
(Signed) THOMAS SHORTT, M.D. and
Principal Medical Officer.
ARCH. A KNOTT, •M.D. Sur.
gems VOA Regment.
CHARLES MITCHELL, 61. D.
Surgeon of H. M. S. riga.
FRANCIS BURTON, M.D. Sur.
geon 66th Regiment.
MATTHEW I.IVINGSTONE,
Surgeon H. C. Service.
Bonaparte was horn at Ajaccio,' in the island of Corsica,
on the 15111 of August, 1769, so that he was nearly fifty-
two year, oil. He was a captive live years ling nearly
ten month•, having, given himself up to Captain F. L. Mail.
laud, of the Bellerophon, on the 15th July, ISIS ; he
tended nt St. Helena from the Northumberland on the IGth

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of October, Itlls.
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An American aloe, of uncommon beauty, has
this year blossomed in the richly-stored hot-hops•
at Walcut, the seat of the }tight Hon, the Earl of
I'owts. 'flie height of the plant, when in flower,
was :30 fest. A 'llion time before its flowers were
put forth, the stalk grew with astonishing rupidity,
uud the glass of the hot-house was twice altered in
altitude : it advanced near nine feet in a fortnight.
Botanists and stranger, f considerable dis-
tances visited this extraordinary plant. • .