The Sun.
London, England, 1825-09-08 00:00:00

LA VERITE.

Sur Les Cent Jours ; compiled principally from a
Report upon the projected Regeneration of the
.Roman Empire. By a Citizen of Corsica.
We resume our notice of this work. The ex-
tracts we made from the advertisement which pre-
cedes it were large, because we were anxious
that our readers sould judge for themselves how
far the statements it contained were entitled to
credit,—a circumstance, the-more necesssary when
it is considered, that the single fact here detailed
is one of no moment, and only curious and inte-
testing in so far as it may be strictly true.
The regeneration of the Roman Empire was
indeed a work worthy of the •hands to which it
was entrusted and there can belittle doubt hut,
had that Great Personage been. faithful to the
contrivers of this plot, the regeneration of Italy
had by this time .been effected.
The result of the war which consigned the Em-
peror NAPOLEON to the Island of Elba, was re-
garded as a circnmstance favourable to the fore-
.going conspiracy, because it was plain that no-
thing could be done in it,unless supported by a pow•
• erful army, and that areiy was Assured by a power•
ful name. Such were the feelings which animated
the members of the Council who designed this
enterprise, and which we are told consisted of
• two Corsicans, two Genoese, two Piedmontese,
two Italians, and four others of the States of
Rome and the Two Sicilies. This,
" Small number remained to guard the sacred fire. Their in-
tendons were pure, their character undoubted, their intelligence
incontestible. But there was none among them who could
head the enterprise. None of them had a name sufficiently
imposing to bind together the nation and the army, to speak
to the imagination of the one, and guarantee victory to the
other ; and to restrain party spirit. Salicete was dead, and this
Salicete, after Napoleon, possessed a head and a character as
strong and as powerful as any in Europe."
This SALICETI was Minister of Police at Na-
ples, and was poisoned in December 1809, by
one MAGIIELLA, a Prefect of Police, and his
enemy. The qualities thus essential to the sun-
cess of their plans, and which the whole of the
members of the Council wanted united in NA-
POLEON, and thus it happened that he was se-
lected as the leading instrument through whom
• the restoration of the Roman -.Empire was to be
effected. Accordingly, upon consideration, a
messenger, (one of their own number,) was dis-
patched to Elba, -charged . with a letter to the
Emperor, relating their wishes, and to it was
joined the Constitution, which .he was required
to give to the Italian Empire, and another docu-
ment, detailing the means by which the object
was to be obtained, but which /as/ was submitted
for NAPOLEON'S consideration, and to be altered
as be might see proper.
This letter and the Constitution appears to us
• the most interesting documents the work con•
tains. The purest spirit of, patriotism is dis-
played throughout the former, and the latter
-was in every way calculated to ensure the hap-
piness and prosperity of the; Monarchy, tv holm
- affairs should be adminlitered.aecording to its
principles. If we have any fault to find with
the letter, it is that it is somewhat bombastical,
and contains allusions not altogether agreeable
to the good sense and proper feelings of the Eng-
lish people, as the following little extract will
• shew

" A great lever is necessary : your arm is alone powerful
enough to seize h. Modern Archimedes, rested upon the rock
of your exile, enlightened by your reverses, animated by the
recollections of your triuttrlts; you will raise the Capitol ;
bit there, Sire, you must stop. The sternal reposed when he
had treated the Universe."

What affinity there could be between the crea-
. 'tics' of the world and the regeneration of Italy,
none but Italians could see ; and, doubtless, had
it suited the EMPEROR. 111 after periods, he would
have had as much difficulty in understanding it
then as we have now. The Constitution was the
representative system, and limited the extent of
the empire to the continent of Italy. BUONA-
PARTE was to be the first Emperor, and after him
his descendants. In default of his issue then the
Crown was to go to the Prince EUGENE BEAU-
HAtt.Nats. The Senate was to be nominated
by the Crown, and was to consist of two hun-
dred members, each of the age of 30, 00 d enjoying
a fortune of 30,000 francs annually in land. The
Chamber of Representatives was to be corn-
posed of 3 Members for every 100,000 souls in
the empire, and who were also to enjoy a certain

-income.
These were the leading features of the Con-
stitution. According to the other document,
• the means of effecting the object of this enter-
prise were such as almost to ensure success, and
nothing, it appears, but the defection of the chief
, personage defeated its accomplishment. The
Emesnou accepted the, office it was desired to
impose upon him, he also accepted the consti-
tution which was otTered to him, and it seems,
therefore, strange, that he should abandon his
party so entirely, and that so speedily after
his disembarkation on the Italian shores. Whe-
ther the restraints the Constitution would have
placed upon him as a Roman 'Emperor operated
so as to take away the least desire to
-wear an Imperi;:l diadem upon such con.
sditions, or whether the more absolute power
of a French Emperor and the delights of Paris,
and the glory of a military King, had more
charms for him, it is impossible to say ; certain
it k, however, the warm reception he met with
front the French troops seduced him from his al-
legiance to his party, and caused him to turn
his steps towards Paris rather than the seat of
the,Popish power, imperial Rome. Thus the
very circumstance upon which the conspirators
Lad calculated to ensure success and fulfil
their hopes of enfranchisement, served as the
-cause of their dcfeat, and the total overthrow of
-their otherwise t,ell-devked and patriotic plans,
—so short-sighted are mortal men.
( To bc,. continued.)

LONGEVITY.--011 the 25th of August the fol.
'lowing persons were shearing on a small farm in the parish of
Govan :—Marion Easton, aged 91 ; Betty Campbell, 86; Ann
Brown, 82 ; William Gardner, 87—united ages, 346 ; average,
86h. Those four old people were among the merriest of the
:whole band.—(Scotch Paper.)