The National Register.
London, England, 1815-08-13 00:00:00

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13UON-WARTE'i CONYERS kTION.

We have given, in another part of our paper, the offi-
cial account of Iltionaparte's conduct ptesious to, and at
Es eepai tore, with a variety of particulars, collected-from
the most authentic sources. in addition to these, the fol.
I.!‘‘ R r not tof his conversation, on Monday last, will
be fouod interesting :
Ile wls asked his opinion of the British Infantry.
!;';iontipartc--Lo. g wars make good so!diers—the ca-
va!ty of both nations he said was excellent—our artillery
h.nl derive:l much improvement from the French.
Of the Dake of Wellington he scented to avoid giving
any opinion.
To a question about Louis the ISth
Bron:aimric---Ile is a good sort of man—too fond of the
table and of pretty sayings. lie is not calculated for the
Drench. The Duchess of Angouleme is the only Man in
the family. The French must have such a man as myself.
One of his attendants, Bertrand, we believe, gave his
opinion of the Emperor of Russia, that he was a good
man ; his heart better than his head; that he did not think
him a great man.
Buonaparte, taking a pinch of snuff, and inclining his
head almost into the face of the speaker, replied—Ni moi
turn pittv (nor I neither.)
lie broke out into some invectives against the conduct
el: the allies ; called it perfidious, treacherous.
" But von seem to forget that you were in Elba in vir-
tue of a solemn treaty—that no molestation was oll'ered
Cott, vet you left it in violation of the faith of that treaty."
lierontquirte—l was an independent Sovereign—l had
a right to make war upon another Sovereign—upon Louis
',alit. it' I chose. I did do it, and 1 beat him with a
w hundred men.
Touching upon St. Helena, he seemed not only indig-
o int, but surprised at being sent theme.
1111,,,wparic—I would have given my word of honour to
Lave remained quiet, and to have held no political corres-
ponth-nce in England. I would have pledged myself not
to quit the place assigned me, but to live as a simple indi-
ridwal.

" .That :-eems to be next to impossible; for, though you
have had great reverses, you could mcver so far forget
-% hat you had been, as to conceive yourself to be, or con-
duct yourself as a simple individual."
Bwmapartc—But why not let me remain in England
upon my parole of honour ?
Rep 1.1) ou forget that some hundreds of French Offi-
cers liolated their parole of honour, and that not only you
did uct express any indignation against them, but received
them with particular distinction—Lefebvre Desnoucttcs
for instance ?
Buonaparte made no remark upon this.
Of the Prince Regent l,• spoke in the highest terms,
adding, that he was the only sovereign in Europe that had
been consistent, constant, 'and-vigorous—that it was he
Arlin had been the real cause of defeating all his designs,
and destroying his power. •

MOST INTERESTING FRAGMENTS OF MS LETTERS. &c.
Mr. Mulligan, silk-mercer, of Bath, basing repaired to
Plymouth on Wednesday se'nnight, made the usual in-
quiries about the proper time to go out and see the great
cbject of public curiosity : he was told five o'clock in the
afternoon would he quite early enough; but impatient of

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delay, he secured a boat to himself, and proceeded about
two o'clock towards the Bellerophon; no other boat had
at that time come out, and his was allowed to approach
within fifty yards of the vessel, the guard-boat alone in-
tervening. It was a short time after the final destination
of Buonaparte had been officially communicated to him.
Mr: Mulligan soon observed Napoleon at the cabin win-
dow in the act of destroNing papers, which, after tearing
to pieces, he threzc info Me sea. Mr. Mulligan naturally
anxious to secure some relics of this interesting character,
picked up several fragments that drifted with the ebbing of
the tide towards his boat ; and, on his return to Bath, he
discovered they were of considerable interest, if not im-
portance. They have been transmitted to Government
by the hands of Sir J. Coxe Ilippesley. Among them are
pieces of a letter from an American to Buonaparte, dated
Paris, June 'it, enough of which has been preserved to
disclose.matter of such a nature as it would not, under
present circumstances, be prudent to publish. There are
also scraps of minor interest, comprising MS. translations
of the Speaker's and Prince Regent's Speeches at the close
of the late Session ; a petition from some discontented
officer; and a letter from the ci-devant King Murat to
General I)rouet, requesting his intercession with Napoleon
in his behalf. But the most perfect of the fragments is part
of a letter from Buonaparte to Maria Louisa, 'evidently
written immediately after his late abdication. It appears
to have been the first copy, penned in Napoleon's hand,
on paper made for his especial use, with his profile and
signature, (" Napoleon,., Empereur des Francois") in the
water-mark. We subjoin a copy of Ole original and a
translation :
" Madame, ma chore at lionori,e Epntrie !—Nreemitant de 14011VP311
gni de hi France, je vain abiliquer le Trone; et en fermi-
yam ma cat rivre politique, faire commencer Ic 'rime de notre clier
Fll.l. Ma fund! esl,c poor viols et ponr till, ne'in'tn tail pax moins
une Ini que ales devoirlde Monarque. On'il assure, comme Amite.
rein-, le Imnlteur de la France, et mime rils, le konheur et la glorie
de sa Mere, mes vreiix ley plus theta wont arenpplis. Cependam,
xi mane dams sa plus tendre enfatiee, je I1u1;s lui remettre tone mes
pnuvoirs en ma quialite de Chef de 'Tint, je nc ;mix, e t it en mine.
coi t trop a moil eceur, d'immolp de mane Ica droits inviolabtes glue
me donne la Nature ----