The National Register.
London, England, 1815-08-20 00:00:00

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All the ships are deeply laden, particularly the Northum-
berland, which contains more than 900 persons."
When Napoleon first boarded the Bellerophon, he said
to Captain Maitland, with his usual quickness, " Come,
Capt. Maitland, suppose we walk over your ship."—To this
the Captain replied, by saying that the decks were then
washing, and that the ship was consequently not in a state
to be inspected ; that he had better wait an hour or so, &c.
To th's Bonaparte responded, " No, no, Capt. Maitland,
let ns go now, I have been accustomed to wet and dry and
confusion, &c. &c. for upwards of twenty years, and I must

ire her in her present state."—He did io, and inspected her
with all the alacrity, minuteness, and curiosity so charac-
.. teristic of him, walking several times over the ship ; after
this he expressed himself highly delighted with the admira-
ble economy of a British man of war. One day, addressing
an old mat ine, he asked tim, " how long he had served ?"
The reply was, " sixteen years."—" Where are your marks
• of distinction, then ?"—" I have none," answered the tna•
rine. Buonaparte shrugged up his shoulders, and retired.

The Northumberland, with Buonaparte on board, was in
Mount's Bay, on Thursday, detained by contrary winds.
AV hen some of the free passages of the English newspapers
were read to Buonaparte, or rather when the Countess Ber-
trand, upon coming to them, suddenly stopped her reading,
Lein.. unwilling to offend him by the epithets therein la-
vished on him, Buonaparte desired her to proceed---" It is
posterity, Madam, that will judge me justly ; these people
speak of what they do not understand."
Buonaparte sent into Plymouth in the course of one week,
linen of various descriptions to be washed, to the value of
8001. Among the articles was a pair of sheets of exquisite
*emote, and bordered with lace more than half a yard in
Lz eadth. All the other articles were of a corresponding
r:Aity and value.
A worthy character; of the island of Portsea, previous to
the sailing of the Northumberland, is said to have sent on
board that ship a number of religious tracts and boaks, as a
present for Napoleon Buonaparte, accompanied with a re-

ference to a suitable passage in the New Testament, and a
iong letter of serious advice, reccturnpnding him to study the
Scriptures, and to devote the remainder of his life to religion
and piety.

Babbicontbe, near Torquay,
Aug. 10th, 1813.
went in a small boat alongside the 'Bellerophon, and was about
the length of a good sized drawing-room from the gangway, when
Napoleon came on deck. He is a tine looking man, quite a soldier
in countenance and form, and looks as if he had worked hard and
f•dd well. He made a polite how to the crowd in boats, about
13'41 (boats) iu number, which surrotinAed the ship. I went to see
• hint twice : the last time he s.oor♦ with his hat off, and an opera
glass in his band seemed quite indifferent, and merry rather than
not. He has a very I►igh forehead, the hair cleared away from

that part of the head a little above the temples, and a twitted lock
on his Virehead. lie had on, as dem.ribld in the newsp2pers, a green
coat. epablets, star, white breeches, silk stockings, and shoes. He
seemed in ti:orc exactik the 1117411 correvonding with Isis history.
Bertrand, Savary and L'Allemand were with him. 'Else officers and

e•v %vele otarovered in his pre.enee; the people in the boats tool:
o,'' hats. waved them in the air. and chccrLd him with htizzali: It
ino.t annivited sight .I ever S;I ; from the calmness of t4e
sra. at.ll ILA intiinty of boats people. I observed him with n

telescope flu Ira miwitys, He roisverseil with the officers while
).e stood at tilt galics'ay. The laq time I saw him, the crowd *c;f
host, wA: so immeti,ke, ilie atirird-brt'atA of the lielleroppCn coda
tot keep them off, and the tide (hilted theip alongside thp ve‘sel,
so that many boatsiteld in the Bralerophott'bs boat-hooks. rrim

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