The Sun.
London, England, 1815-01-05 00:00:00

(No. LVIII.)

Mt.MOIRES SECRETS SVR NAPOLEON I.II.:ONAPARTE I eerie par
liomme 7iti I'a pas pittd tkpuis Qttinze..-his. Paris
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et Lonfire,; c'wez Colburn, Lihrairc, Conduit-street, Han-

over-square. 12mo. 2 vols pp, 440.
[Concluded.]

'lle following told of one of BoostAnaTE's•
Grand•Dignataries proves, if true, that it requir-
ed no extraordinary degree of ingenuity to inn-
pose upon these'profound statesmen. The person
alf.tled to we presume is CAMEASCCRES.
" Mocs. C. was always fond of giving grand
dinners. At one of them, the Abbe
troduced a foreigner of genteel appearance, un-
der the name of Count PETROVLOW, a Russian
by birth. This person.spoke French--extremely
well informed upon political subjects. Mons. C,
received him with great politeness, and 'asked
him a number of questions, particularly about
the Emperor of RusslA's sentiments respecting
BuoNsPARTE's assumption of the Imperial dignity,
(he had jest then caused h.imself to be prochtim-
•
ed Emperor.) The prevended Rus:;iun (tot he
proved afterwards to be a Jew front the neigh-
bourhood of Ltibeek,?,,, very adroitly excused him-
self from giving an opinion upon a subject of such
. •
high importance ; but he at the same time gage
some hints that he would not always be equally
reserved. " I ant sure," said be, " you would.
have a very bad opinion of me if at a first inter-
view I should divulge the secrets of my Court."
M. C. applauded his prudence, and upon his de-
parture pressed him to visit him frequently. M. C.
lost no time in acquai;nting Buot,rApaaTE with the
valuable acquaintance; he had made, and pledged
himself very soon to lextract from Count PETROV7
LOW all the secrets of the Russian Court. After
the lapse of a few ds,ys, M. C. finding that the
Count had not repeated his visit, requested' the
Abbe
him. The Abbe, delighted te;;•11 the commission,
hastened to the hotel of the supposed Russian, and
to his surprize found hint on the point of leasing
Pluis, his trunks, &c.ii.teing packed up. The Abbe
expressed delivered hlx Message froth M. C. and,
at the same time, reeptested to know the reason
of the Couot's sild.en deterrnioation ? "I beg
you will not speak cif it, said he, but I really did
not think I should have wanted so much money in
Paris, in tact I have no more left than will carry
me home. There pre many of countrymen who.
would supply me,.. but they do not know that I.
am in Palk, and, to tell you the truth, lam here
solder a feigned 'name pray keep my secret, and
make my excuses to M. C." The Abbe, without
delay, acquainted the latter with all that had
passed. M. C. anxious to obtain the valuable in-
formafion of which the Count was in Possession,
desired the Abbe to go instantly to his Hotel,
and offer any supply for which he might hare oc-
casion. The Count, at first, appeared very much
displeased with the Abbe, and, .for a long time,
peremptorily refused the proffered assistance.
At length, by dint of argument and entreaty, he
was prevailed upon to go to M. C. and to accept
from him a Joan of 20,000 livres. The conversa-
tion was soon turned by M.C. to the desired.suitject,
anti Count PETROVLOW promised to draw up for
M. C. a detailed account of all the iMportant se-
crets which he knew respecting the politics of the
Russian Cabinet, but said it would take him two
days to write it. At the end of two days a packet,
carefully sealed up, was delivered ,from Count
PETROVLOW to M. C. The latter; as soon as. he
was in possession of the treasure, went_ to Bt.
Cloud to read to &low APARTE. Re was, of
' course, admitted to the Cabinet of his Master,
and, without loss of time, broke seals, and pro-
ceeded to read the important Document, when to
his infinite astonishment, instead of the promised
-secrets,- he found a most violent invective against-
BootAr.sterE for his cluelty, tyranny, &c. &c.---
The horror of the Courtier and the -rage of the
Tyrant may be more easily conceived than des-
cribed ; the former returned with all haste to
Paris,--determined to inflict the most dreadful pu-
nishineut on the audacious Russian ; but•he had
lekthat Capital thirty hours before, and every
ef-
fort to trace him proved ineffectual."

Nothing further occurs to us as worthy of OE.-
tract from thes.e volume's., which leave the history
of the Corsican in his privacy still a great deside-
rdium to those who wish to contemplate this man
of extraordinary fortunes in his 'retirement front
public affairs. The writer, though he professes
to have seen BUONAPARTE every day, during the
whole of the expedition to Russia, does not give
one anecdote of that eventful period, that has
not already appeared in print. Indeed, the
last four or five years of BUONAPARTE'S reign, (10
110 t occupy more than as many pages of this most
unsatisfactory book.

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