The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-10 00:00:00

,ANECDOTES' OF

The Emperor NAroLno,r rises early in the morn-
ing, for he sleeps very little, not more than three
or four hours a ,night. . Atter having taken his sof-
fOe, of Which be is very fond, as he never drinks
le,s titan thirty cups a day, made Very strong; he goes
to his hath„the water of which is mired With some
medical, preparation, to cure the effects of the impu-
rity of his blood, which is visible upon his skin. As
he never can be a ihothont'idle, and makes the most
of his time, he is attended by a per.son who under-
stands the English language perfeBly, and has the
ability of translating* it with Out itesitatiod into
Freneh. fie; therefore, read's the News
papers to tbe,Emperor, as if he had a French paper
in his han,ts. This he calls his hour of amusement,
and sometimes laughs at the abs'urdity and ignorance
of the English writers, as lie -calls their contents.
The person who reads to him .is instruOted not
to pass by ;pity expressions, or to soften them ;
he must read zs: he meets th;,ln ; fig he likes to
know what the Enemy thinks and writes of him.
After having bathed, he dresses himself and goes to
his chamber where he has always some'one to at-
tend him, his Ministers or Officers have the prefer
ence, next. his. private Secretary. He is called-at
the hour of dinner, and but half an hour is occupied
with that meal, for lie eats very littles and has all
most never any appetite, on account of the 4hantity
of coffee which he drinks from to time.

In the afternoon he is as buV as in the Morning,
but alloWs himself, sometiMes thrice a week, an
hour to go to some theatre or other ; but it is never
known when.he goes, or which theatre he means to
visit ; he very seldom knows it himself till dinnet
time, when he inquires for the different' plays which
are io be given in the. night. The Empress accom-
panies him always ; she is fond of him, And. he is
very much attached to her.
He is always attended by itosTAs, a Mameluke,
who is very much attached to him. .He was a com-
mon man, whose-family and.relations suffered great=
'yin Egypt ; BONAPARTE, when in that 'Country,
took a fancy to him, and, after Itaing proved 'his
fidelity, employed him in his service ;• he- raised
him from time to time, and he is now, a COlonel.
He is not only with him every where in. the day
time, hut in the night he is the nearest to his per-
son; Madame BoNAPARTE does not sleep, with him.
RosTAs sleeps baize the door Of his bedchamber,
so that it is impossible it can be opened without dis-
turbing hith. When
.he is upon his post, the Em-
peror thinks himself safe ; for he relies more upon
this Mameluke than upon. all the pages, guards,
and watchmen, that are placed in the different
avenues to his bed-room.

ISAAC RErn, Esq.—lt is with much regret that
we- mention the death of this very respectable lite-
rary veteran. , He, died on Monday morning, at a
very advanced age, in Staple's Inn, Holborn. He
was perhaps better acquainted with English Litera-
ture than any of his contomporaries,.and particularly
with dramatic works. Ilia annotations On SEIAK-
SrI'ARE, of whose works he revisvd~ several edi-
tion;, are always marked by plain good sense and
knowledge. Ile led a very , retired and sedentary
life, but he freely enjoyed the society .of his
friends ; and though he never took an active part
in. conversation, yet upon a Jeference to his judo- .
went and experience ,he readily gave his opinion,
.which was generally brief, but uniformly just and
satisfaelor*y. He was remarkably simple in his ha,
bits.; and as a proof of the easy quietness of his tem-.
per, he was always, upon good terms with the late,
Mr. STEEVENS, his brother, Commentator upon our
great Dramatic Bard. His nioral:;; were uniti-n.
peachable, and be was friendly and benevolent ; but
though meek and reserved in his habits, his spirit
roused with indignation upon every instatce of
meanness or depravity.-Mr. .ABED'ti cuitetc.tion of
books, which.were chiefly English, is I)erhaps the
most extensive that any private individual ever pos-
sessed, and he had recently made arrangements for
disposing of great part of it. His death will be la-
mented by many friends, but particularly by a selea few
who formed. a Club of t'hich he had long been Presi-
dent, and which cOlisists of some of the most re-
speaable charaaers in, this Metropolis. Mr. REED,
many years ago, published " 'The illographia Dra-
matics," founded upon " b'aker's Companion to the
Play-house." The biographical department of this
Work is the result of diligent inquiry, and is
written with the true spirit of candour ; and his
striaures.on the produeliOns of the English Dr. ma
display sound judgineot and correct taste: Mr.
REED condmited The European Magazine for many
years, but disposed of his property in it a _few
months ago, and relinquished all literary pursuits of
'an aaive nature.

LITERATURE.—The Society of Antiquaries are,
it seems, preparing a work for publication relative
to Gloucester Cathedral. Mr. SOTHEBY, whose
learning and poetical talents are well known by his
Translation of VIRGIL'S • Georgics, and many other
works, is busy upon an Epic Poem, of which SAUL
is to be the ELM. The Veteran CUMBERLAND, it/ •
ColljUlldioll with Sir JAMES BLAND Be ItGESS, is en-
gaged upon an Epic Poem taken from Sacred Histo-
ry, the title of which is to be the Ercdiad: Much may
be expeaed from such a coalition of talents.—
The venerable BISHOP of Dam' ottE,.to whom Eng-
lish Literature is so much indebted, as he led the
way for the, recovery of many reliques of ancient
genius, is preparing an edition of the Poems of
SURREY, one of our early Poets, whose works well
deserve to be secured from oblivion by the taste
and judgment of this estimable and learned Prelate,
who will doubtless render them additionally va-
luable by historical notes and critical illustrations.

The Persian Romance of illijnoun and Leila, the
Arabian Prtrarch and Laura, will shottly make its
appearance in a new edition of Romances by Mr.
D'lsaAELt. Two editions of these Romances have
appeared in America, and are elegant specimens of
the American Press. The plates that accompany
them skew that the Arts begin to be domiciliated in
a country to which, at no distant period, they were
strangers. Such is the progress of Taste ! The Songs
of Awl and liftli% are resounded in the Savannahs
of the West !—More Curiosities of Literature arc
also expotted from Mr. D'lsnAew, in which many
events of history are to .be introduced, not more in-
terestina, to' Cate Politician than to the Philosopher
and the Man of l'aste