The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-07-11 00:00:00

BONAPARTE.

The fallowing anecdotes are from the Madras
Papers :-
46 Some time nen we were enabled to acquaint
our readers with the safe arrival of Majeaty'a
(kith loot at St. Helena, mid to give .o.ne private
tierotiolit flint were iiiiheatory t f their reeling• ito-
soeiliately oulwegorot to their landing and -occu-
pying their oew titiorte:•. IVe riihjoiii oil extract
of a letter, of mill later
that regiment. the iirrtocil of whirls we are confi-
dent will out be unacceptable to our readers,
4 at. !Wean, !talcum 211„

" This is *i fine climate-11u cool that we I►e-
gvrmly limier the theeinnineter down as low as 56.
Our men are rreiliekahly healthy. We received
draft■ from die 53.1 em.4iment and from our 2.1
butialion, to the of 11411. so that we are
now shove IoIUO strum:. and python. the most
efficient regiment lo time oeio ire. We find the
change from India to this plaer mini Wei) pleasant as
to quarter.; the k,. we lire in were sent from
England. and had been u►rd as lioepitals in the
l'e ee i ll

Before the skriet(o r,f the 2.1 battalioir embarked.
the °Meer* were intruelocetl to liostaloirte—he wa.
tolerable spoke to some of them nt Eng-
-11.11, asked the go.arter-Ma,trr the !owe of a b 8
mod if he &kJ t:ut wake a dyed ott4nry.

PRICE

We have hoot yet had the honour of beitta
inUodstr-
ed to lute. 1 have.ern lion 'menet toes walkittsc
about the grott:o'.l. eissottio illaketory, our tteislor
Captain.. ha. charge of hots, nod nag on fiqotiettnent
it' the hose ; he has in /Mike a %sigma) tiatOe a INte
that he limt 'teen him, which h- ottly..toeh hp weitt4
host at the window—be has newer itotteto to hem-

" Colton Nichol called on ilaashal Bertrand'
and 1.14 Lade, who 10 a rherana}K arcoingaltsitioi
woman. The Piro'hal rektargird has cell the other
day. •I'llere IN certainly but little chance of 1i0n.%
vette making hi. escupor, reel' If hr had the 111enn4
of doing so lay see, there is a cordon hf weariest
mind tits house, but a quarter of a mile distant Iw
illy, and la 'light 'hal close to within ten yard. of
it. I hove to visit these sentriel every third nights
and a e heave order* to challenge its II vary Isar Tomei
no no nut lo disturb the Itrieffiter.
'• •
*we...satire tor lure are all at a mast ram%
Whilst ta,e loge. marl although our pay in nearly
double the lam• tat the army at home, it cannot go far.

" SiVesber 2.

" Yesterecv we were Introduced to B impart..
Sir Georgs Bingham took us to Longwood. We
called at Mcnitsal Bertrand's house, who necompa-
pinned us to Bonaparte's. We waited a few mi-
nutes in un 11111 l 1, and were then ushered in to
see the fallen Chief. His appearance is very dif-
ferent from what I expected, but such an impres-
Sion has his face and voice made upon my mind,
that I should know him again, were I to inert him
forty years hence in the most remote iota of the
globe. Of Sir G. he inquired? who was the Com•
mandolin Officer—awl then, addresking himself to
Colonel Nicol, asked how many Field Officers he
load. Ile observed, that our costs should have been
ornamented sith gold and not with 'silver, as we
had come from !tuba, and that
,lie supposed we
were all very rich. Ile next asked whether thy
Colonel thought a regiment that had been twenty
veers iu India, as efficient us olii wh.ch had nut
been there. The Colonel answered, Equally. if
not more so.' Bonaparte went on asking—how
long a regiment was in India before it was consi-
dered elimatiterl—whether we lost most men the
first or see I year—how the ammunition, baggage.
and provisions were carried on a inarch—if every
soldier had not a ►ervant, &c.

" Hr next turned to Colonel Doelain, and
him VICICw oh-
serv
ing his ined.ls and clasp., Nekeel i
had in:quota them. Colonel D. answered, at Vt.
miens, Orthr*, and the Pyierwe*. Being a*ltrd
he had beets at Salamanca, Talavera, or Theiedunse,
and if hi* name had not been given in as hatviirg
distinguished himself in action, to save D.'s silo*
*testy I answered for him, three tittles.' He turn-
ed to ine, and asked the if I V. 41.4 1101 Cslrtuin of
Grenadiers, if t was not from Scotland. if horn
the Highlands, or Plains. - I eile.wereel him in
French. when he inquired of me if ass of the
other Officers spoke French. I poioted out two,
sand he then went to them. Bertram! print: pally
interpreted to him.
" He questioned the Doctor about the liver
complaint in India, &v.; how many Officers three
were in the mess, sod if ever we sat up driasking till
midteight."