The National Register.
London, England, 1818-04-26 00:00:00

BUOVAPARTE.

The following paragraphs relative to Ilnonaparte, are ta.
ken from an interesting book just published, entitled "Jour-
nal of a Visit to South Africa, by the Rev. C. I. Latrobe :"
'• I will quote one instance (Write effect of his disatisfaction
about things of minor importance, which came to my know-
ledge from the best authority. A butcher, at Jamestown,
who used to tlelivcr meat for his table, being at length wearied
out with continual repetition of complaints, though he fur
uished the best meet he could procure, directed the following
laconic epistle to the Governor :—' Sir Hudson ! May it please
your Excellency, this same General Buoliaparte is hard to
please. 1 beg to be excused sarvin: him any longer with
meat.'

" As be hates Sir Hodson Lowe, the latter does not tin.
necessatily trouble hint with his presence, but delivers all
notices to him by Sir Thomas Ready, whose polished manners,
good•humoured disposition, and knowledge of the Italian
language, which Gen. Bitonvis te is slid to prefer to French
in conversation, makes hint o pleasant messenger. Sir Thus.
has therefore had more oppoi tuoities of becoming acquainted
with him in the various affections of his mind, than moat Eng-
lishmen with whom he has conversed.

" A proof of great meanness is this, that he will not give
credit to the English tUr any great warlike action. He says,
that by all the rules of war, lie ought to have gained the battle
of IVaterloo, and that the Duke of Wellington u4ht, if he had
been a good general, to have retreated, and not made his
stand where he did. Yet, at other times, feeling peculiarly
indignant at the Prussians, he, of course, will not allow them
to have bad any share in the result of that action, but de-
scribes his defeat to the firmness of the English infantry alone,
by which all his plans were 'disconcerted.
"General linonaparte once observed to a gentleman, at
whose house he seemed to bear his lot with considerable com-
posure, that so many extram dimity things had happened to
him in his life, which had happened to no other man, that he
should nut be surprised if some time hence the BritishGoveru-
mina were to'recall him."

Tan LATE Dn. Bun:test's Linnany,—The Committee of
the House of Commons, who were directed to investigate the
propriety of purchasing the library of the late Dr. Burney,
have made a report, in which they strongly recommend the
acquisition of so important an addition to the• public stock of
literature ; they state; that the value of the colleetien as esti:
mated by the most competent judges, is no less than 14,5001.,
hut that the proprietor is content to take 1'3,5001.: they,
therefore, deem the purchase to be reasonable, at the same
time suggesting, that the annual grant to the Museum shrink&
for the time be suspended or reduced, iu consideration of this
voidable accession to its treasures. We have nut room to
enumerate all these curiosities in detail ; but we cannot omit
to mention two or three of the most interesting. These are,
lit, the manuscript copy of Homer's Iltiad, formerly belong-
ing to Mr. Townley, supposed to be as old as the 14th cen-
tury; 2:1, two beautiful copies of the Greek Goipels, of the
10th and 12th centuries ; 3d, a complete collection „of the
dramatic literature of GI ecce, including every fragment and
every comment ; 4th, a series of English newspapers, amount-
ing to 700 volumes, from the year 1603 to the present time ;
5111, u collection consisting of between 300 and 400 volumes
quarto, containing matte iris for a history of the stage from
1660 to the present time, and particulars relating to actors and
dramatists; and, lastly, a collection of portraits of actors,
authors, commeniators, and other learned persons, from the
latter part of Elizabeth's reign to the present day, amuanting
in all to 7,000, 5,0u0 of which relate to the stage. These arti-
cles, as well as many others doscribed in the report, are not to
be got from any other quarter, at least in such complete condi-
tion; and seine not at a.l. They are all well worthy of being
deposited in tile National Nliiseutu, partly as illustrious speci
mews of the taste, talents, aisd industry of cue of the very
first scholars which latter times at least have produced ; but
chiefly as documents of the highest interest anal importance
to the advancement of ancient and modern literature.

FOItEIGN SCHOOLS.—We have the pleasure to hear that a
school, ou the plan of the British and Foreign School Society,
was opsned at Mad, id on the 9th of January last, which is
extremely well eflodneted, and succeeds admirably. At an
examination <vesicle took on the 15Ite of March, nut quite tea
weeks after the opening of the school, several of the scholars
who entered the first class, moil did nut know st lettrr, were
advanced to the 4th and Ali classes, and the rest employed in
proportion. 'Fite Duke del intoutado patronizes the school,
and the children attend with a degree of cheerfulness no-
known in the schools on the old system ; in proof of which
we ure informed that the parents can keep. their children
in on der only by threatening not mallow them to attend the
school. At, increased attention is paid to the cleauliness of
those tinkerer' : had language and fightiag are no lunget
preetised . The lessons wed in the central school in the
It:ire:nigh road are printed in Spanish and a set of them sent
to the committee. A school is also building on the estates
of the Count Rotelanzoff, in Russia, wirer.) the lessons al e
translated and sent to press.
Wednesday a dinner was given at the City of London 'Co-
vent, to the supporters of the Philanthropic Society, fur the
discharge of persoiss cutifilied for small debits, and for the
temporary relief of the necesiiholis manufacturing and Ja-
bots, ing pour in London and its environs. 'fete Doke of
Sussex took the chair. From the first establishment of this
eleemosynary institution, in 1803, upwards of 12,000 indivi
duals had been relieved, and iu the last year no less thaw be-
tween 1,600 and 1,709 per mom had rsqeived the benefac-
' lions of this eharitaule Society. Tim wired') of the subsei sp.
tions raised in the course of the evening a.oolitited to near ly
8491. awl among them we oleserved thi; :mint s of the Duke
I of Sits•ex, Lord *fortiw,,toa, Mr. leyng„ Mr. Mellish, and Mr.
Henry Long.
A !witilsolue :to,/ ,*cee bridge is about to oe built over the
riser b:iannon, noir. Limci re k, in it.rkinl, towards the cx-
pentn it which, one gentleman has liberally subscribed too
thouseral pounds, and auolLs r, one thousand pouudz.

ISI

From Me LONDON GAZETTE, l'ucicluy, April 21.
BANKRUPTS.
DAVENTORT S. Fglitm. Surrey, brewers. April 25, May 3, June 2,
at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Shepherd, Ifyile.strect, Bluoursbury.
RAINS J. S. Wapping-wall. merchant, April 28. May 3, June 2, at
Guildhall. Atta. Stokes and Cu. Basingliall-street.
H1:311•11111.111J. Talbot court. Graceehurch-street. tailor, April 28.
May 5, June 2, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Lang, America-square.
POWELL. J. Bristol, broker, 11Iay 5,6, June 2, at Bristol. Arts.
Poole and Co. Gray's Inn-square.
TETT P. Seaton, Itutlandshire, fanner, April '27, 2S, June 2. at
Stanford. Att. Mr. O'Brien, Temple.
So u Tll.l w J. Birmingham. baker, May is, 9, June 2, at Bintinghrun.
Arts. Clarke and Co. Chancery-lane.
0 suoutort: W. Scukoates, York, merchant, April 2M, 29, June 2,
at Kingston upon-Hull. Atta. Longdill and Co. Gray', Inn-
squar_..
Fousrt: n P. Liverpool. merchant, May 3, 16, June 2, at Guildhall.
Atta. Clarke and Co. Chancery-lane.
DIVIDENDS.
J. Tolson, Halifax, grocer, May 12.
R. Bond, Plymouth' stationer, May 16.
J• Emmy, Dover, draper, May 19.
T. Welis' Fleet-street, pocket-hook maker, May 19.
J. Gray, Cawkell, Yorkshire, tarnier, May 13.
W. 11. Marks, jun. Bath, woollendraper, May r.
R. Barrow, Long Dean Mill, WilGlitre, paper-maker, May 21.
M. Bathwick, Somerset, tailor, May 19.
J. M. Stephens, Hamlet of St. Michael, Gloccster, hanker, May 13.
S. Elcoek, 'Tottenham Court-road, warehouseman, May 13.
H. Prince and D. Cook, Coleman-street, merchants, May 9.
T. White jun. and J. D. Lubbren, Great Winchester-sheet, mer-
chants, May 23.
R. Todd, Pontefract. York, grocer, May 19.
H. G. Beasley, Austin-friars, merchant, May 19.
J. Goodchild, sen. J. and W. Jackson, J. Goodchild, jun. J.
Jackson, and T. Joni., Bishop-Wearmouth, bankers. May 25.
C. Pugeley, Lower Road, Islington, floorcloth-nnuinfacturer, Jiay 9.
M. Waters, Nicholas-lane, broker, June 27.
J. Urry, Gosport, tailor, May 14.
J. 1.. and G. Baker, Leeds, merchants, May 13.
T. Cooke, Cotton, Shropshire, dealer, May 18.
M. Furlong, Lloyd's Coffee-house, merchant, May 12.
R. Lomas, Bishop Monckton, York, paper-manufacturer, May 20.
J. Domain, Mentwith-hill, York, linen manufacturer. May 0.
R. Stephens, Long-lane Bermondsey, tanner, May 16.
It. Palmer, Brighton, plumber, May 26.
W, Coles, Mincing-lane, broker, June 13.

curriFicATEE—NtAY 12.
.1. Warner and J. Lord, Derby, ironmongers—W. IL ("Mt
Bread-street, warehouseman.—J. Mercer, Graystoneley,
nor—.W. Walters, Wapping, Scotch factor—F. Burgess, Leicesnr-
bosier-1). Whitmore, cotton-spinner—W. Lloyd, .=en
Peckham, slopseller—W. Haigh, Barnsley, grocer—S. and A. Sun-.
tlerland. Barnoldswiek, corn-dealers—W. Rigby, 1 iverponl, corn-
factor—T. Pilsbury, Chelsea, tailor—P. Privett, Southampton,
maltster—J. Morgan, Taunton, linen-draper.