The National Register.
London, England, 1820-05-14 00:00:00

No. 1,241.—V0L. X 111.3

ST. HELENA.

The following is 'an extract of a letter from
James Town St. Helena, dated March 25
" The ath regiment have been sent away from
Deadwood, end are now quartered in this town and
e neighbourhood. They - were relieved by the
510th. Colonel Dodgin, of the 66th is going home.
Great preparations are making at Plantation House
foe the departure of Sir Hudson Lowe, who ex
'peels the arrival of his successor daily. No naval
officers, except those belonging to the Flag ship,
are now permitted to go outside the town without
a peas from Sir Thomas Reade : and the Admiral
is not allowed to grant any more passes to enter
:t 1
oed. The new house for Bonaparte will
ur
finished before 14 or 16 months, whatever
you may have heard to the contrary. He is fre-
quently seen working in the garden, and is in much
better health. Whenever applications are made
by passengers of distinction to be permitted to visit
him, the Government people reply that he is sully,
and will see nobody. The real fact is, that be is
desirous to receive visitors, which the authorities
take care to prevent, by artifices which are well
known here. All persons having in their possession
copies of Mr. O'Meara's publication have been sum-
moned to deliver them up, and a reward has been
publicly
ea offered for the discovery of any. Sir T.
and Captain Stanfell board all the vessels of
war and others arriving from Europe, examine and
put the officers on their honour concerning the
books or newspapers they may have, and NOM are
permitted to go on shore untill they have given up
all that appear obnoxious. There has been a great
deal of scurvy on shore, as well as amongst the
squadron. The Costsperor has been cry un-
healthy; and the Leveret, during the two ?ems
she has been here, has buried thirty men ont et
seventy, from dysenteric, and liver complaints.-..
The Tees also have suffered Much. We do not geta
meat of fresh meat once in two months; and is
truth no description could be adequate to give you
an idea of our suffering, or of the system of teeter
and espionage which is practised here. Every one
is filled with distrust, which indeed is the order of
the day."
Letters from St. Helena, dated March 26, have
been received by the Waterloo. Buonaparte was
enjoying excellent health. He continued to occupy
himself in the mornings by working in the garden ;
and, et be wore a white jacket and straw hat, was
not to be distinguished, except on a very close
approach, from his servants. The new house was
expected to be ready in four or five months. It is
described as an elegant mansion. Buonaparte has
never been within it, but be has been observed to
take opportunities, when the workmen were absent,
of inspecting it from the windows ; and it is believed
that, when finished, he will easily conquer his old
objections about taking possession. The former
reports, circulated at St. Helena, concerning his de-
clining state of health, are now proved to have been
fabrications. The ex-Emperor refuses to receive
visitors, of whatever rank, with as much pertinacity
as ever.

PERFORMANCE OF QUARANTINE.

Council Chamber. Whitehall, May 9. 1820.
Sta,--The Lords of his Majesty's most Honour-
able Privy Council having bad under their conside-
ration an • Extract of a Letter from Calcutta, in
which it is stated, that several instances of sudden
death had occurred among persons who had been
present at a hall on board the " Bengal," Liver.
pool trader, supposed to have been occasioned from
17,000 undressed buffalo horns in the hold, in a
state of putrefaction, and that the vessel had sailed
in this state for England, I am directed to transmit
to you a copy thereof; to be laid before the Com-
missioners of his Majesty's Customs, and to desire
that immediate directions may be given to the Offi-
cers of the Customs at Liverpool, and the other
ports of this kingdom, and in the event lif the ar-
rival of the said vessel at any port not appointed for
the performance of quarantine by vesse4 coming
from infected places, to cause her forthwith to pro-
ceed either to Stangate Creek or Milford (as the
ease may be) : and that on her arrival there, the
Rules prescribed by his late Majesty's Order in