The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-11-07 00:00:00

CHARACTER (F BONAPARTE.

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*0 When he had 400 perions in his Moon, a blind
Masi would have thought himself alone there, so
profound was the silence which all observed. The
:Marshals of France, in the midst of the fatigues
41 war. at the moment of the crisis of a battle,
would cuter the tent of the Emperor fur orders,
and it was not permitted them to sit down. His
rustily did not suffer less than strangers from Isis
despotism soil his hauteur. I.urien preferred to
live II prisoner in England, rather than to reign un-
der the order, of his brother. Louis Bonaparte.
whose character is generally esteemed, found Inm-
self constrained, by his own probity, to renounce
the Crown of Holland; and will it he believed,
that during a two hours left-o-tete conversation with
his brother, when he was forced, by ill-health, to
support himself painfully spinet the wall. Napoleon
never offered him a chair!"
The following anecdote is curious and
:--
" In theAnstrian war, in 1809. hequitted, the Isle
of Lama, when he judged the bottle was lost. and
visaed the inube only accompanied by M. de
Cserwiteisef, one of the moat intrepid Aides-de-
Camp of the Emperor of Austria. and Marshal
Eettbier. The Emperor said to them very trau-
g that after having gained forty bottles it
was wot extreordinary that he should lose one;' and
after having arrived at the opposite side of the
river he lay down and slept untitthe fallowing aveng-
ing, without informing himself of the fate of the
Trench army, which his Generals saved during his
sleep."
44 Madame de Steel mentions several other in-
stances of this facility of sleeping is moments of
great apparent anxiety. The moat remarkable is,
that lie fell fast *sleep before taking the field in
3814. while endeavouring to persuade one of his
',lnsisters that be hod no chance of mimes* in the
sipenarhing campaign. bat must inevitably be
ruined _ .

.-...--
'mother part of the Review, the Itetiewer
proceeds to argue in the following milliner on the
Cght of banishing and imprisoning Bonaparte:—
" We hew stated the necessity of dethroning Bons-
parte—the complete security of his person appears
tulve W onitvuidebk consequence of the same ne.
vessity. its long as he was at large, either in
France or elsewhere, be became a rallying ptfint
nrthesliedrected -seed 4itmose•sated. While there
was a possibility of his spin mounting the throne,
the great remains of hip party never could be ex-
pected to disperse or form new connexions. While
hr continued at large, no man could despair of his
fortunes, after the extraordinary events of 1815.
That he should remain quiet, was as impossible es
that he should prove inoffensive if he moved. His
PrUdence must at all times be the focus of intrigue
to the enemies of the restored Government, both in
France and foreign States. Then, if his confine.
meat was absolutely necessary, his banishment
seemed almost equally essential. A plsce of cos.
tody was required, which should not only be *Kure,
but appear so. Not only must his ev...ape lie rendered
impossible, but it 'nun strike all mankind as hope.
fees. Nothing else could wean from him the at.
tachment of Iris followers—nothing else could turn

...
the minds of the French people towards their new
emillition with undivided interest and aftvtion—
osothiug else could deprive revolutionary faction of
its resource and incentive, or ordinary political dis-
..onteut of the tendency to degenerate into diutiffec-
timo. Wink Bonaparte was espected--and he was
sure to live in men'. hopes. as long as his return
was not made physically impossible—no such thing
Its party. and consequently no free constitution,
could grow up in France; every opposition must
foe the faction of the Ex.Eusperor, and its ten.
deocy most be rebellious% The rest of Europe,
es well as France, had the tame interest in his
effectual confinement, and no country more than
our own. To say nothing. of the, iatere.t 'which
we. shove all nations. have ttl lircenble neigh.
Losarhnorl being maintained, progress of
improvement at home was not merely check-
ed, hut nearly stopped by the universal pre-
valence oT alarm, while the greatest of all our
oimgera continue to menace from shroud. To
every proposition of reform, hew temperate viewer,
o answer was reedy--' The MMus still ragas with.
nut, threatening each moment to level all before it ;
this is no time for touching the beams is order to
•repair our house ; let the hurricane poop sway and
we shall the. strengthen the builshog, by removing
what time has rotted.' Any attempt to secure 130.
tiapsrte's person, whic4i did not manifestly render
lira liberation impracticable, would hare Irft too
iiiiich ground for uten's fears, to get over this
toostaut objection to all wise measures, and this
standing defence of all misgovernment and abuse.
" It seems equally deer that England was the
l'oster moat fit to be intrusted with the custody of
his person. Oor interest is the public peace of
Europe was lass biassed by selfish considerations ;
we were less likely to use our power over him as •
means of annoyance to others; our high character
for honour and humanity. gave a pledge that no un-
hecessary harshness would be used, and no ground
',thrilled for the suspicions usually &dumdum upon
the keepc 1. of dethrutool Monarchs. whru they tray
the debt of nature before the accustomed time.
The pi ice chosen is admitted by all competent
judges to be well adapted to the main oliect of
perfect and manifest security. with ilo other draw-
backs upon the comfort of the prisoner than its dia.
lance And its' coolfitierl limits—both of winch are
essentially necessary for fulfilling the couditious,
tooth being required to render the confinement com-
plete, and to make its' cotopletenem uppercut. Fur
these reasons no oppo,itioo seems to have been of.
ferril in the noose of Commons. and hardly any in
the Lords, to the Rills for enabling Government to
detain Bonaparte. The necessity of the measure
was virally felt, nod the reasontiletwiis of the
provisions for carrvusi it into effect admitted. NO
1101/rtlftr, was barbarous eisosigh to assert that
the eithfintusent should he perFetual ; all seemed
r• adi to grant that as. sawn as the peace of Fratire
...a of Europe wool.' allow of hi. liberation, this