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Alderman Noosicr.—" I hope your Excellency
will not think me deserving of all the slander which
has been thrown upon me?"
The LORD LIEUTEN•NT.—" No, Alderman Nu-
gent; but, do your duty as I do mine, and I shall
always be glad to see you."
The Guild were more favourably received than they
had reason to expect.
The Lord Mayor was treated with marked atten-
tion by his Excellency. For some time before the
hour appointed for receiving the Address, he was en-
gaged with the Lord Lieutenant in private.
ADDRESS OT THE NOSILITY, GENTRY, AND N-
a DITANTS or Dostiii.--This dal; at half past two
&clock. his Etesilent7 the Lord "eutanant will re-
ceive the above-mentioned Address, at the Castle, in
die pan Rail et tit. Pariah.' We tea eon pssinvely
state, hat it is gesedseers Writ*, te adelnes the
Gentleman nebo "ehail be in attendance, unshackled
by the narrow limits and official technicality of a
written answer. No doubt there will be a large
assemblage, composed of the elia of our fellow-
citisens.—Deblin Paper, Dec. 24.
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ANECDOTES OF N4POLEON.

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Mom Las Cases' Jsirasl, Just pulgishest.]
" The genealogy of the Baena partes presents a I'
which is certainly of a very sisonlarnature : it is that
of the first Buonaparte having been exiled from his.
country as a Oliibeline. Was it, then, the destiny •
this family, in all times, and at every epoch,• that it
smun_yield to the malignant influence of the Gluey's?
4fliany individuals, who knew him at an early
period of life, foresaw his extraordinary career : and
doily viewed the events of his life without astonish-
ment. At an early age he gained anonymously a
prize at the Academy of Lyons, on the following
sirstion, proposed by Rayne! What are the On-
sets and institutions calculated to advance mankind
Indus highest possible degree of happiness?' The
ymous memorial excited great attention; it was
rfectly in anima with the ideas of the age. It began
inquiring in what happiness consisted; and the
wer was, ' In the perfect enjoyment of life in the
manner most conformable with our moral and phy•
Meal organization.' After he became Emperor, Na-
pleon was one day conversing on this subject with
IL de Talleyrand ; the latter, like a skilful courtier,
shortly after presented to him the famous memorial,
which be had procured from the archives of the
410palmay of Lyons. The Emperor took it, and, after
raiding a few pages, threw into the fire this first pro-
ction of his youth, saying, ' One can never observe
every thing.' M. de Tafleyrand had not an oppor-
tunity of transcribing it.
" It would appear, that from his earliest childhood
whpprqfathe
en otlitsrzttabell dihate.
th.ounghisJoseph
was beside him, spoke only 0:4 Napoleon, who
was then at the military school. In the delirium with
which be was seized in his last moments, he inces-
mntly called Napoleon to come to his aid with his
great sword. The grand-uncle Lucien, who on his
death-bed was surrounded by all his relatives, said,
addressing himself to Joseph, ' You are the eldest of
the family, but there is the head of it (pointing to
Napoleon); never lose sight of him.' The Emperor
used to laugh and say This was a true disinherit-
ance; it was the scene of Jacob and Esau,'
" During the erection •-)f one of the first batteries
which Napoleon, on his arrival at Toulon, directed
against the English, he asked whether there was a
serjeant or corporal present who could write. A man
advanced from the ranks and wrote to his dictation on
the epaulement. The note was scarcely ended when
a cannon ball, which had been fired in the direction of
the battery, fell near the spot, and the paper was im-
'asediately covered by the loose earth thrown up by the
ball. Well,' said the writer, I shall have no need
amid: This remark, together with the coolness with
which it was made, fixed the attention of Napoleon,
and made the fortune of the serjeaut. This man was
Junot, afterwards Duke of Abrantes.
RETURN OF TELE EMPEROR TO THE ELYSEE, AFTIM
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
TUESDAY, Juuz 20ru, 1815.—Heard of the Em-
peror's return to the Elysee Palace : placed myself is
immediate attendance there.
Napoleon had just lost a great battle. The Emperor,
still covered with dust from the field of Waterloo,
was on the point of hurrying into the midst of them
(Chamber of Representatives) there to expose our
dangers and resources, and to declare that his per-
tonal interests should never be a barrier to the happi-
ness of France, thence to quit Paris immediately. It
is said that several persons dissuaded him from this
step, by leading him to apprehend an approaching
ferment amongst the Deputies.

THE ABDICATION.
21st.—The best intentioned and most influential
members of the national representation, have been
tampered with all last evening and all night by certain
persons, who, if their word is to be taken, produced
authentic documents and demi-official papers guaran-
teeing the safety of France, by the mere abdication of
the Emperor, as they pretend.
This opinion had become so strong this morning,
that it seemed irresistible: the President of the As-
sembly, the first men in the State, and the Emperor's
particular friends, come to supplicate that lie will
save France by abdicating. Though by no means
convinced, yet the Emperor answered with magna-
nimity s—he abdicates!
The documents and state-papers, which have pro.
such a powerful sensation, and brought about the
grand event of this day, are said to be official com-
munications of MM. Fouche and Metternich, in
which the latter guarantees Napoleon 11. and the
Regency, in case of the abdication of the Emperor.—
These communications must have been long carried
on unknown to Napoleon. M. Fouche must have a
furious partiality for clandestine operations. It is well
known that his first disgrace, which took place several
years ago, arose from his having some negotiations
with England of his own accord, without the Emperor's
knowledge : he has in fact always shown the greatest
obliquity in affairs of moment.
nit PROVISIONAL GOV EftXM INT ?RESENTED TO TIII
INIPZBOR.
23d and 24th.—The acclamations and interest
without, matinettl at the Alysie, I presented the