The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-01 00:00:00

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Tke following letters are from the 31orning Chrunide.
To TILE GOVERNOR.

?HS BARING.

Longwood, this 19th of July, 1817.

Si c•—i bate received the tive e.s i yon have tahrit
tr6,li,i, 1,. I'm to ine, contitininz r cheek • hoard, a box of
and tau y wiii k scut flow Comm by
fttr. Elehia•rotie. The Emperor was iirisrd In see in your
Inter, IliAt you conceived ynur duty required you should nut
delik iir tie. 4e articles. '• If I anted,''; strict Coll.
to•11:!..1 y Willi the established regitlations, I ought to abatain
:...nding _ _

lr lili4 ca.e. Sir, you wont.; have done a gracious act in
vi,hlolding them.

o'l mit me, however, to ask the meaning of your observa-
tion. Is it In:cause these things dirt not as t ive aweigh the
chatmel of the Nlinistet ? Lt the Minister's restrictions it
certainly is stated, that letters most come through that chair
rel. lint not sock things ;is Weil sin apparel, busts, and alai-
e;es r fernitere. I'.'e have been Coll6tallily in the habit of
r •••e: via; ma•iy things from the Cape, which have been sent
f Besides, Lord Bathurst, in his sfieech, mid you soar
se!•'; in one of your letters, have indignantly repelled the
a•so—tioit, that letters which arrived here per post, or by
private hands, had been sent to London in order to be re-
terovil to this country. Hence, you neither can not ever
ccuhi he authorized to withhold such things us busts, articles
07' lloirselaild furniture, books, and such like, Oct affecting,
in any shape, tlto security of the detention,
It may be, perhaps, because the counters have a crown
iwyririted• upon them e Bet then, no regulation van exist of
which we are kept in ignorance ; nor are we aware that we
most not possess any article bearing the impression of a crown.
that ease, Sir, yon mint have some new sets of playing
cer,ts wade, fur those we have bear clowns noon them.
t Filen and smell revldne of plate are frequently sent to
and they are all marked with a crown.
But whence emanates this regulation which you assert
to exist ? Is it from your Government, which alone, by the
bill, has Hie right of making any ? Your Minister has dc-
• elared in open Parliament •thag aro restriction had been im-
loped, since those which had been printed and procktimed to
all Europe, and which were given to your predecessor, and by
him handed over to yon. He added too, that you had lint
imposed ally restrictions, but merely adopted measures for
their execution. Indeed you have not the right to impose
any.
The Emperor wants no favour, Sir, nor will he be in-
debted for any thing to any man's ceprioe. Rut he has a
right to know what the restrictions are which he is subjected
to. Your Government, Parliament, and all nations have the
same right.
I therefore beg you, Sir, to communicate to 'IA these (resit
restrictions and if any such do exist, they must be in contra-
diction of ;he asset tion of Lord Bathurst, " that their only
01seiret is to ensure the severity of the detention." The Ein^
peror directs ow to protest against the existence of any te-
strietion or regulation which shall not be legally notified to
him, before it be pet in force.
I have the honour to be, Sir.
Yoen moat obedient. Arc.
(Signed) LE CTE. BERTRAND.
To Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Low, Governor.

TO Mn. RADOWICII, MASTER•OUNNER, ON BOARD THE SHIP

Longwood, July 16,1817.
51R...4 have received the marble bust of young Napoleon.
I delivered it to his father. It has afforded I • the most de_
lightful gratification.
I regret it has not been in your power to come and see us,
and to furnish us with some particulars, which, to a father so
situated, must always he interesting.
From the letters you liacesent, it appears, the artist esti-
mates the value of this work at 1001. sterling. The Emperor
has ordered me to send a bill of excliam:e for 3001. sterling.
The surplus is to indemnify you for the losses he knows you
have sustained in the sale of your adventitie, from not having
been able to land ; and for the annoyance which this event
has occasioned you, simple as it is, and v hick must have es..
titled you to the good opinion of every sensible man.
Have the goodness to convey the Emperor's thanks to the
persow who have had this obliging attention.
I have the honour to be,
Your very Iminble and most obedient servant,
• (Signed) LE CTE. BERTRAND.
P. S. I request you will be so good as to acknowledge the
receipt of the enclosed bill of exchange.

About thirteen years ago, a young man, who had been
employed as a clerk in the counting house of a merchant in
London, absconded with a large sum of money in his pos.
session, which he had received from the hankers with whom
his employer transacted business. Esery possible inquiry
was made to discover him, but ineffectually; tewards were
offered, handbills were circulated, but in vain. On Satur-
day settnight a packet was placed in the hands of the gentle.
loan be had served, enclosing the cunt of 11301., with a letter,
which ran in these words:—

•• Sin—At the time I parted from you with the sum which you
intrusted me to get from your bankers, I resolved to net as honestly
at circumstances would permit me hereafter: this I have done. I
enclose-the sum of 11361 for the ameunt of that which I took with
tue, with interest from that day to this note. I have all along re •
mitred to do this, with the as.-istance of (leaven: and I run thankful
a have been able to do so. It is not neccs.ary for ine to .ay more, as
I ant aware of the unfavourable light my conduct must be viewed in
by you " I remain, Sir, tke.
" P.S. There are some odd shillings and pence over this sum,
nrilith it was not convenient to enclose."

A pensioner pt Greenwich hospital went on Monday to Charlton
fair, arid on his return to Greenwith, he, to his gre'at surprise, found
in one of his coat pockets a handsoms silk purse. with a colt clasp,
containing a draft for 301. payable three months after date, drawn by
a person at Woolwich. The pensioner very properly immediately
gave it up to the Lieutenant-Governor of the hospital, who has caus-
ed the proper officer to write to the party whose signature appears to
the draft. It is conjectured some pickpocket stole the purse in the
fair, and having secured what money it might have contained, drop-
pad it, wit'i the draft, into the pensioner's pocket, to prevent their
being found upon his own per fin ; and there is not a doubt that had
the pickpocket be..n irollared by the loser, but he woild have instantly
pointed out the pensioner as the thief. and would have dee ared he
saw him commit the robbery. which would• have been confirmed by
she pure. Ac. b.•ing found in his possession; and thus might an
honest man hate been transported through the sillily of, an adept at
.knavery.

Twei ty.five sheep, the property of Mr. M'Kenzie, were on Sun-
day lam dr.ven away from a field, belonging to tbat gentleman at
Dulwich ; they were traced to Vauxhall Gate, sad tit= the wick
was luau