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I RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

I MANCHESTER, Jew. 28. •
STOCK EXCHANGE. - The _•
ton, New,' are fro'r
-Calotienieb• -iAr4i i d CPAirS, p.
no(tern, % diB -'l'o`di'r.; Leneaater, Sheffield; &c., 265. bd. p.
-arand Vint* p.=..Gteat Grimsby and Sheffield, Ekterialoil,
-
alifax, and Bidetbrd; 3% 0, Lt.,etis and Thirsit;
3 p.-Leicester and 13edford, 14 -LiVerpq9l and Bury; Be* ellaitg,
3 p.-Liverpool, Ormakirk; and PreAdtr, I P.-London and Man-
chester f,Rem,)), I dis,-Loudon and Windsor, % dis.-London and
2r-ork r.-North Stafffordshire, 2 15-16 p. -North Western,
1% p.-South Eastern and Dover, Halves, 1 p. - West Lancashire
Coast, % dis.-Whitehaven and runless, 34 p.
LEEDS, ,lANt. 28,
'
STOCK EitctlAl46E.The sales are-Manchester s Ex.
tensicita, 4% p.-Newcastle and Darlington Jnottloil Extensions
10-Sheffield and Manchester., Quarter Shares, No. 3, 6.-Great
Grimsby and Sheffield, 811 cash-Ditto, Extensions, Bs. 6d. p.-
Iluddersfield and Sheffield, 21-Leeds and Dewsbury, 16 % -Leeds
and ThirSk, 10%.-North British, New Carlisle Branch, 3-Wake,,
field, Pontefract, and Goole, New, 7% p.-WiltS, SOmerset, and
Weymouth, 3% c.-Londou and York, 4%-Direct Northern, 2%-
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and PreSton, 494-West Riding Union, 6%--
Ambergate, Nottinghant, and Boston, 2s. 6d. p.- Clitheroe Junction,
211-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 105. p. - Leeds, Wakefield,
and Midland, par-Leicester and Bedford, 55. p. -Manchester, Bux-
ton, and Midland, 21.5. p. -Manchester anti Birmingham Continua-
tion and Welsh Junction, 7s. lid. dia.--Northumberiand and Lanca-
shire Junction' 15s. die,-North Staffordshire, 3% p.-. North West-
ern, 2% -South midland, 2p.
HULL, JAN. 28.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-North British, Carlisle., 2/, 18s,
9d.-Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, Stc., 21, Lis, -Aximlnie, 21/ -
Buckinghamshire, 6s. p.-Derby and Gaineborough, 205.-Grand
Union, 325. 6d. -Great North arid 8011111 Wales and Worcester, 6s.
6d.- Leicester and Bedford, nps. Ott -London and York, 4% -Mal-
ton and Driffield Junction, 425.-Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock,
3/. 75.-North: Staflbrdshire, 51. 25.-South MidlandZ, 3'. 17s-
, -Shrewsbur,y and Birmingham, 3% -Wakefield and Bradford, 2.
BRISTOL, JAN. 28.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The Bales are -Bristol and Exeter, New, 11%
-Caledonian, 14%-Ditto, New, 3%-Midland, New, 29 % -Port-
bury Pier and Railway Company, 234.
SHEFFIELD, JAN. 28.
STOCK Excneson.-The sales are-Grimsby and Sheffield Exten-
sion, 2/. 14s. 6d. -Ditto, Quarter Shares, 2%-Ditto, Railway and
Dock Extension, 4%-Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal,
1/. 175.--South Yorkshire Coal Railway, 3 -West Riding Union, 6%.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JAN. 28.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Hartlepool Dock Railway, 201
-North Brinish, Halves (Carlisle), 1% p.-York and Selby Scrip
(East and West Riding), 10% p.
YORK, J 1 N. 29.
STocn EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Newcastle and Darlington Ex-
tension, 10% -York and North Midland Extension, 38-Ditto, New
(East and Weet Riding), 1018-Newcastle and Berwick, 21-North
British, New Carlisle Branch, 2/. 195.--London and York, 4% -
Grand Union, 1/. 135.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 21. 193.-
Leicester and Bedford, 1/. 135.-Leicester, Tamworth, Coventry,
Birmingham, and Trent Valley Junction, it IA -Livorpool, Manches-
ter, and Newcastle Junction, 3%-]Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland, 3%. .

ht:A.1411.-t-STIII4
cosi-
PANY
A publio meeting ,of shareholders in this ComPany
:W4,beld oa Tueaday, at the Hall of COnitiercei Threadneedle
gtreet; Whiai was convened by the solicitor, Mr. Par-
sons, in compliance with the wishes of a large number
of the shareholders, to take into consideration the agree-
ments entered into by the Managing Committee with the
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, and the
931forclt .Nevitiott,.Andover, ManeheSter; and Sodthamptoti
Cotiiiianies respectively, as well as the general state of the
affairs of the Company, and to consider the steps necessary
to be taken with reference to the same.

After a delay of about half an. Our;
Mr. PARSON§ said, 'that Mr. Wilkinson, who wets to futve
presided, was about fifty yards distant, and had been sent
for, but as he had not appeared he would call on Mr.
Muntz to take the chair.
Mr. Mufititi, M.P., said he must decline presiding, be-
Cause he did not recognise the right of those who bad called
the meeting to take that course. The shareholders were
ready to render any explanation that might be required, but
it should be to a Meeting convened by persons entitled
to do so, tie was unfortunately the chairman of
the Company, but it was with the express condition that he
was not to take any part in the proceedings.
Some other gentlemen having been called on, and having
refused to preside, the chair was at length taken by Mr.
Graham.

The CHAIRMAN said he would call on Mr. Parsons to state
the circumstances under which the meeting was called.
Mr. PARSONN having read the notice convening the meet-
ing, said, that it became a duty imposed on him, or, rather,
which he had taken on himself, to state the circumstances that
led to this meeting being called. It was well known to
them that it was he who had originated that line (the
Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction), and that
to distinguish it from another line it was called Parsons' line.
As the projector, he conceived he would not be doing his
duty to himself if he did not respond to the call of
those who had relied en him in that matter, and who
bad been induced by his representations to take shares in
the Company, and whose desire it was that that
meeting should take place.—(Hear.) He also held
between 400 and 500 shares. Before proceeding further he
must observe, that the line, as projected by him, had its
commencement at the South-Western Railway, and ter-
minated in two points at the Great Western. It did
not depend upon any other lines than those which were es-
__

tablished, and it was intended by that arrangement to obtain
and consolidate all the other advantages arising from the
north to Southampton. Now that was the line
he had projected, and it was a rational scheme,
but at the time that he was relieved from
professional care of the project, an advertisement appeared
which contained a statement on the part of the Provisional
Committee which to him was quite suicidal. The line projected
was in itself a good scheme It proposed to have branches
to Swindon. But what was his surprise to see that by an
agreement between both Companies, the main trunk and
branches were given up, the only branch reserved being that
to Swindon. It did not propose to have an amalgamation of
the two Companies. There was no reciprocity of advantages
at all, and the entire benefit resulted to Mr. Bethel', even if
the Act were obtained. But it was absurd to suppose that
an Act could be obtained for such a line. Therefore their
Company would have no interest in Mr. Bethell's Company.
On the contrary they, if it were carried out, would be left
to fight single-handed against the Great Western and
the Southampton Railway, and the Committee took upon

themselves to alter that line, so that it was perfectly absurd
to bring it forward as a distinct branch, because the line then
laid down was within two miles of the Great Western, near

Rungerford. They would, therefore, for that distance, be a
competing line with the Great Western. It must, therefore,

be obvious to them that to go to Parliament for a line running
two miles parallel with the Great Western would be absurd.
Supposing the line was made from Swindon to Hungerford, it
would then fall into Mr. Bethell's line—would it not be ridi•

ulous to think of bringing such a scheme before the House?
le had been called on by parties for an explanation of what
ill that meant, but he could only repeat what he had read in
he newspapers. However, being acquainted with the localities,

ie saw that the proposed scheme was an absurdity. Besides
here was no mutuality of benefits between the two companies.
. .

From the numerous' inquiries that were made of him by
several great shareholders, he was urged to make some re-

ionstrance with the parties before the Line was persisted in.
'revious to doing so, however, he was determined to take the
(vice of counsel, and laid a case as to whether a Company,

suing abandoned the original line, could retain the deposits.
.he answer of Mr. Kindersley and Mr. Hetherington was,
.

,hat they could be compelled to return the depositi, in con-
;equeuce of the line being altogether changed. Shortly after

hat, an advertisement appeared in the paper, to the effect
hat an arrangement had been made with Mr. Bethell
Lnd the Managiflg Committee, and it was declared that there

was an amargam—ation of the companies. There was some
mystery which could not be discovered in the face of the

advertisement. It was evident that Mr. Bethell's line pro •
posed to go to Manchester and Andover. If that were a
bond fide agreement, it was impossible the Company could
preserve their line to Swindon; therefore the whole project

w,
as abandoned, and the Directors had no right to retain the
money. The line, which was to have terminated in two
points at the Great Western, would have secured the assist-

ince of that Company, but they had now incurred the re-
sentment of two powerful companies, and there
would be great danger in going to Parliament.
Here they were called on to sanction a line which deprived
them of the communication with Portsmouth and Gosport,
which would have procured for them the patronage of Go-
vernment, from the facilities it would afford of conveying
troops there. How could any men of business sanction such
An arrangement. But this had been done without even con-

iulting the wishes of the shareholders on the question. He
zould not place much confidence in men who had betrayed so
much infirmity. In the first instance only half the shares

were allotted, so that instead of raising 900,0004 which they
could have easily dune, they only raised 400,0001.,
ind with so small a capital it was impossible
z,hey could go before Parliament. Moreover, there

were applications 'for nine or ten times more shares
than could be alloted by the committee. Now, under the
oircumstances, how was it, he would ask, that they had been
induced to give up that line? Why, the project was so ab-
iurd that it could not be submitted to Parliament, and it

-half of the evil which must
1 Mr. Muntz,

lied not at,atoo
ref ?s4lii€ 1006 fIiAA tatife..=---fFloari .„.
be. vrO, aglianigd to be ,Eatillg'ad Arm. mrtirtb.m.:
LAtr, Mutitz said he Me4nt.t.tig„Aietilig le:s;;kie, erisl,ll6gfi‘t
and such like: I,,lliit,surely pucli men were most, detitt*ntS,Cl
to the Cdmiiatiy; and he (Mr: latlntz) ouglit; w11911)4
knew what he had stated, to have clishd men in
whom the committee could confide. [Mr. Muntz—l was at
home unwell.] According to Mr. Muntz's statement, the
committee was under the control of Mr. Parsons, who had
been the cause of but one-half of the shares being allotted,
kind 'illicit ,Money had tbiereby been }got to the Company.
But Alf. Miinti ought *heti he, saW tiitit6 hike 0-4110
Meeting of the shareholders. Yet, instead of that, what
tides the committee and the Hon. Gentleman do? They go
and negtitiate an amalgamation with another company, and
call tiptin shdreholders to come up and sign the deed under
this new agreement, of which the Shafehtilders know nothing,
and have no means of knowing what they fire rendering
themselves liable to when they sign the deeds. It was the
most extraordinary thing that had occurred in the railway
world : the committee surely did not expect to find such
another company of shareholders, upon whose stupidity
they could hope to work as they had intended to do
on theirs. As for Mr. Parsons' statement, he did not know
whether it was correct or not ; he had no means of judging,
and Mr. Muntz had given them but little help, Mr. Aluntz
had said nothing of the arrangements entered into, whether
It would be advantageous or not ; he had not mentioned it.
Mr. PAYNE, of Birmingham, said that the number of
shares allotted was 400,000. He had himself moved
in the committee that 600,000 should be
allotted, and the reason that it had not been
900,000 shares was that Mr. Parsons objected to it, for he
had in view amalgamation with Mr. Bethell's, company, which
Company had allotted only 600,000 shares, so that by this
number being allotted on their part also, both Companies
would be on a par. The 600,000 shares had not been al-
lotted, because Mr. Parsons had kept back 1,000 of them, and
several other persons had reserved allotments for themselves.
Mr. PARSONS begged to say, that when he went down to
Birmingham with the prospectus, he had not. concealed

had been intimated to him that they could not show a traffic
,)n the line. And it was proposed now to hand over their
money, nolens volens, to carry out those views on which the
Directors were determined to act, without even consulting
the shareholders, and they persisted in going before Parlia-
ment with a line quite different from that for which they
mad paid their money. The shareholders were now called on
by the advertisement to sign the deed, or forfeit
their deposits. It had been said that the lines with which
~hey bad amalgamated had only sufficient to pay their own
3xpenses, and therefore they would incur the responsibilities
if two lines. Instead, therefore, of bettering their condition
they were getting worse and worse. He conceived now that
the shareholders had a right to demand some explanation
from the Directors, who ought to state the position in which
they were placed and give them up their deposits, which
they refused to do —(No, no.)
A LADY (a shareholder) said that she bad called at the
office in Throgmorton•atreet, and stated that she would
much rather get back her deposits than sign the deed, but
this was refused. _ _

that there were competing lines. He called on Mr. Spooner,
and told him of the other two lines, and if he did not tell
Mr. Muntz of them he had no intention to keep him igno-
rant of the fact; but whether he had told him of them or
no, he must have heard of them. [Mr. Muntz—No.]
When he asked Mr. Muntz to become a director he had said
he could not give much time to it, but when he came up
to London he would give as much attention to the business
of the Company as he could. And he (Mr. Parsons) put
it to Mr. Mintz whether he did not receive a letter from him
asking him to become chairman of the committee. When the
shares were about to be submitted to the public, there was a re-
solution passed in the committee, but not recorded on the mi-
nutes of the committee, reserving the right to every member
of the Provisional Committee of purchasing 150 shares, and
to every member of the Managing Committee the right of
purchasing 500 shares. Besides these, 17,000 shares
had been reserved for another purpose, so that these
taken into account, make it evident how the allotment was
made for but 400,000 shares. Mr. Parsons then particularised
the persons appointed by the committee to fill official
situations, and denied having ever had anything to do with
their appointment, or with filling any of the offices connected
with the Company. As for the arrangement with Mr.
Bethel!, he (Mr. Parsons) had, himself, been the first to move
in it. He called on Mr. Bethell, and having stated his ob-
ject, Mr. Bethell requested him to put his statement
into writing. He proposed to Mr. Bethel' that'6oo,ooo shares
of the amalgamated Company should be allotted to the
shareholders of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford
Company, and that they should exchange their scrip for that
from Mr. Bethell. That gentleman was limited as to time for
reply, and did not reply within that time. That he (Mr.
Parsons) advised the Committee to allot the rest of the shares,
and proceed without waiting longer, as Mr. Bethell seemed to
be only amusing them, but they did not allot them. Al-
though hundreds of shares were applied, under good and
bond fide names, no shares were given to some, and others
had got twenty and fifty; and now they turned round on
him (Mr. Parsons), and would make him the scape-grace for
their own faults.
__ _

The CHAIRMAN said s was a corroboration of what he
had stated. _ _

A SHAREHOLDER asked why Mr. Parsons had not called a
fleeting at the time when the first advertisement appeared?
Mr. PARSONS said he was consulting counsel on the
affairs of the Company, and of course it occupied him some
time in drawing up a case ; besides that, he had the engage-
ments of his bus►ness on hand.

Mr. MUNTZ, M.P., rose in the body of the meeting, and
said, after what had fallen from Mr. Parsons, he felt called
on to ani►nadvert on some of the statements which had fallen

Mr. SPOONER M.,P., admitted that there had
been such a resolution moved as Mr. Parsons
had alluded to, at least he believed so, for he had not been
present. A circular, too, he believed was sent round, inti-
mating the substance of that resolution. He had himself
received one, but had personally intimated at the Committee-
room that he would not purchase more shares than he had
already taken. When Mr. Parsons called upon them to
allot the rest of the shares, they were at that time at a dis-
count in the market. Mr. Parsons advised them to allot
more shares at such a time, and did he dare now to turn
round and blame them for not doing so ? Nor were
they now placed in a worse predicament by the amalgama-
tion with Mr. Bethel!, for if their Bill were thrown out by
Parliament, they themselves were unaffected by it, the
amalgamation of course became a nullity, and they returned
to their former position. He said he would have been happy
to have called a meeting of the shareholders to consider
their affairs. He had often talked of it, and urged even a
dissolution upon his Honourable Friend Mr. Muntz and
Major Morse Cooper, but they said, no. They said they
cared less for the loss they:might sustain ; they had allied
themselves to the scheme; they were not altogether without
good prospects, as a matter of 'duty, therefore, to the rest of
the shareholders, and in hope of ultimate success, coute qui
coute, they would stand by it.
Colonel JOWNSTONE said that a meeting now to consider
the affairs of the Compapy, after a circular had been sent
round asking them to sign the deeds of amalgamation,
was like putting the cart before the horse.
Mr. HEELE, the present solicitor of the company, was
called upon to state the terms of the amalgamation. He
said they were these—that there should he fifteen directors
in all, that there should be three chosen from the South-
ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Company; six from the
Oxford, Newbury, Andover, Manchester and Southampton
Company; and six, half and half. The shareholders in the
new company were to be as many as were in the South-
ampton, Manchester and Oxford Company. And that upon
going to Parliament, should they be unsuccessful, then that
the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Company should
amalgamate with the other Company.

from that gentleman. For himself, he said, he had never
been a speculator in railways, and was not one, except to the
extent to which he had been involved by his connexion
with that Company, and he begged to seate how that con-
nexion came to be formed. When Mr. Parsons had brought
out his line, he wrote to him (Mr. Muntz), speaking

A PROPRIETOR asked whether the Committee knew what
was the capital of the other Company?—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. SPOONER—No.—(Oh, Oh.)' He begged to say that
a capital equal to their own was to be subscribed by that
Company.
After much debate and wrangling, Mr. Heele was called
on to say what would be the effect if the original share-
holders refused to sign the deeds of amalgamation—how
their shares would be affected? After consulting some
time with Mr. Muntz and Mr. Spooner, he said he was
unable then to give an opinion, but he thought it would be
better for them to sign the deeds, and he would therefore
advise them to comply.—(Laughter.)
Much more discussion followed between individual share-
holders in the body of the meeting as to calling a meeting
of the shareholders; whether Mr. Muntz ought not to do it
after seeing the animus of that meeting. But Mr. Muntz
refused to interfere, and advised them to send in a requisi-
tion to the committee.

If the good prospects of the scheme, and its 'advantages,
and asking him to take shares in it. In reply, he wished to
see what names Mr. Parsons had got on the committee; Mr.
Parsons went down to Birmingham and called on hint with
the information, representing the scheme so fairly that he
consented to take shares, but observing at the time
that there must be a greater number of working men on the
committee, for he could not promise to work himself. Some
time after Mr. Parsons wrote to him to say that, the prospec-
tus from one cause or another had not then been published,
and asked him to allow himself to be put down as chairman.
Subsequent to that he had become unwell, so as to be unable
to be present at any meetings of the committee, at first
when he was able to attend, he found, he was sorry to say,
ill the acting persons who had been appointed by Mr.
Parsons, with one or two exceptions, the most unfit persons
forme
tt heir
wtoitthh.duty,e h
shareholders
1 et
hea md ons f
ot
interest
haud
e consideredu ieanpt set
art
from ohf
ephetaohdpel hest from
interest
ro hadl
n everfo
com-
monur
ozinreewfinhvleiec.l hundredy pounds by the scheme into which he had
dishonesty—for he had to state to them the way
he
down
had
owbeen
tßirmingham,
lugged into i
" u He
theresai said a
n toM7 r.
railway Parsons,n
when he was
competition with your line?" "Oh, no, decidedly not,"
was Mr. Parsons' reply; but the first thing he had
met with after that was a notice of Mr. Remington's
line. He would, however, notice some of the. points of Mr.
wereHe (pMoorr.,
aPoadr s opnesr'hsat
pa
st e m
theyent. Pbaurts o
howns ) said
d idatheir
werep eorotry,
wise? Why, one-half the shares only had been sold by Mr.
Parson's own recommendation.—( Hear, hear.) Ought he not
to have stated then that he had advised that measure? And
.night he, after that, to come and make a statement about a
fproovmer thyi
mwsheilcf h? , hpaarss
oos hexistence,ad derblamedivedt
htehma t
foexistgience
up the original line, but they had done so because Mr.
Bethell's Company, with which they were on terms, had
their line already, and they had retained as much as the
money they had on hand warranted them to do. Why, it
was asked, had they given up the arrangements negotiated
with Mr. Bethel? Mr. Parsons should have known that;
if he did not, he (Mr. Muntz) could tell him affairs had
turned up with that Company which were beyond
his (Mr. Muntz's) control, and the control of the committee,
which warranted their breaking off as they did. If thegentle-
man would wish to know further he might go and inquire
of Mr. Bothell what these affairs were. They had given up
part of the line because there was a parallel and a better
line. As for the waste of money with which they had been
charged, Mr. Parsons might call together a meeting of all
the shareholders, and the committee would render up a
faithful account of all their transactions. For himself he

..--
The result was, that the meeting separated informally,
and we left several signing a requisition got up on the occa•
sion, praying the committee to call a meeting forthwith of
the shareholders to take the affairs of the Company into
consideration.

wished nothing more earnestly, unless it be one thing, and
that was that he had never had anything to do with the
Company, for he had been lugged into it against
his will and most deceitfully. Mr. Parsons' connexion
with the committee had been dissolved for reasons
which he could himself have averted. When he

(Mr. Muntz) came up he found Mr. Parsons ex-
ercising control over the committee and all its business.
nacoopunwtitohf. hisu con-
duct,He was
srohreryy forat were
it
partingobliged was s u
with
l V a
as get
gentlemen on t put
of the committee on
such a ground, but it was a painful necessity. Mr. Par •
tthhreeiyag couldo fthleien
sons had to thank himself for the position in which he found
himself and for the position which the committee were now
occupying. For his part, as he had said already, be would
be most willing to give a statement to the shareholders,
when convened for that purpose, of all that they had done.
Mr. WILKINSON, a large shareholder, rose and said
he had never heard a statement made by any chair-
man of a railway company, though he had at-
tended many meetings on railways, such as
had been made by the Honourable Gentleman who had just
sat down. That Honourable Gentleman had said he had
been lugged in, deluded, seduced ' • but he would ask any of
those in that room whether the Member for Birmingham
was one likely to be seduced and hoodwinked? (The gen-
tleman here alluded to the statement made by Mr. Muntz, as
to the manner he had been led to connect himself with the
committee, remarking however on what the Chairman of
the meeting said were misquotations.) He then then said
that his ground of complaint was against gentlemen who al-
lowed themselves to be put upon committees of railways, in
order to gain subscriptions by the authority of their name
in the newspapers. On that occasion, when difficulties
were allege, the Honourable Gentleman, lie considered,

THE SUN LON DON, TIIURS DAY _LNG, JANUARY 29, 1846.

LITERATURE.
I HISTORY OF THE CAPTIVITY OF NAPO-1
'-'1)11T AT ST. HELENA. By General Count
FlXeliftli 2
ineil htf I I:l6lief byPl,tlttrapi,-
it
nwe Germanyn ty twenty-one, laolon foi cOriqd ittid ihaeats
wasin l a
81
ehd ail4ntarei , :pif in'oA femarkalale Miff
figures in history. Ile ioldlett of the repuhlic; re'se
to the rank of Brigadier General al the' eigy age of
2an
Ministerd
1813, Plenipotentiaryhe wa
s an
attendantat a Cofioriii
Napoleon at both his abdication., among the first to
*sit upon hilt at the lialaee of Elyk 6.,i Bourbon, on the
21st of June, 1815, three days after the battle of Waterloo,
went with him to Malmaison, accompanied him in his
route to Rochefort, sailed with him in the Bellerophon
to the shores of England, and, to use his own words,
shared the captivity of the greatest man of modern
times, and relieved the agony of his martyrdom, by atten-
tions which Napoleon denominated filial." In 1816,
Montholon was erased from the army list, banished from
the House of Peers, like Soult and others of the same
class, and lived in retirement and obscurity, till in an
evil hour he became an accomplice in the foolish and
mad attempt of Louis Napoleon to raise a commotion in
France, and became a second time a prisoner, though
against his will, in the Castle of Ham. Much has been
written about the captivity of Bonaparte, and by parties
too who had full access to documents and all the most
interesting details of his remarkable career have been
laid before the world, but the present work shows that
the mine is by no means exhausted, and that facts
will yet come out, which will remove many
of the mysteris which veiled parts of his character.
Mentholon, with occasional exceptions, relates events
with judicious impartiality; he does full justice to Cap-
tain Maitland, and the other officers and crew of the
Bellerophon; and if he expresses indignation at the con•
duct of Sir Hudson Lowe, he only follows the example of
most of his countrymen, and of a very large proportion
too of the people of the United Kingdom. The intro-
ductory part is full of melancholy interest, and we re-
gret to say, exhibits Carnot, Caulincourt, and Davoust—
for we put Fouch6 out of the question—by no means in
a favourable light. We find no fault with them for
joining the provisional Government, and endeavouring
to make the best terms they could with Wellington and
Blucher, but their country men and posterity will justly
condemn them for their rude treatment of a man who
had raised them to the highest ranks, and whom, but a
few days before they worshipped as the idol of their de-
votion. In the documents they signed as the provisional
Government, they at first styled their late master the
"Emperor," and " his Majesty," but they soon changed
their tone, and simply designated him Napoleon. And
what an outfit for the voyage of "Napoleon the Great" did
these men order some days previous to his departure
from Malmaison I The Duke of Otranto (Fouch6) sent
a verbal notice to General Bertrand that the " heads
of the Household Department were authorised, by virtue
of a decision of the ,xovernmeut—that is of Caulineourt,
Savary, Carnet, &c., to deliver to him the following arti-
cles. Here follows the list of articles, among which are a
service of plate, consisting of twelve covers, six dozen
table napkins, twelve' pairs of sheets, six dozen towels,
three saddles and bridles, some maps, and 100,000 f.
(4,0001.) for the general expense of baggage. "Such,"
says Montholon, " was the outfit for his exile, which
was allotted to the Emperor Napoleon by a man whom
be had created a Duke, and to whom he had given an
income of 200,0001'. (8,0001.) a year." But these former
devoted servants of the Emperor were not singular—the
same spirit was displayed by, multitudes of generals
and high dignitaries of the empire, who, when in the
anti-chamber of the hall occupied by the provisional
committee, they heard from General Beker that Bona•
parte had not left Malmaison, exclaimed in one general
cry, "Let him be off 1 let him go I we can undertake
nothing either for his personal advantage or for the
good of Paris." Never, in fact, was a man so con-
demned and deserted, and even robbed. If he had re-
mained much longer at Malmaison he would have been
left pennyless, for even men of the first rank scrupled
not to plunder him. We give the following extract in

proof :
" A case, containing some valuable snuff-boxes, adorned
with portraits set with diamonds, which had just been sent
by the High-Chamberlain, was placed by General Bertrand
on the chimney-piece of his chamber. During a few mo-
ments, in which he approached the window with the mes-
senger of M. de Montesquiou, only a single person en-
tered the room—but when General Bertrand recollected
the case, and went to look for it, it had disappeared.
This, however, is nothing in comparison with what
happened to the Emperor himself. One of his Ministers
had brought him some millions of negotiable paper,
canal shares, and other securities ; the Emperor having
counted them, placed them, in their cover, under one of the
cushions of his sofa. The Minister was followed by a man
whom the Emperor had been accustomed to receive in his
cabinet ever since the campaign in Italy; his rank, and the
high functions which he discharged, placed him beyond the
reach of accusation. No other person entered the cabinet
between that and the time in which the Emperor proceeded
to take up his papers in order to
.place them in safety in his
bureau. He immedi
ately perceived that they had been
touched, and were incomplete. Fifteen hundred thousand
francs had been abstracted. Who had taken them? The
mystery was as great as in the case of the diamonds."
The condition of Napoleon at Malmaison must have been
in the highest degree melancholy and :wretched. With
a few exceptions, he knew not whom to trust • he was
harassed with constant messages urging his departure,
and when he wished still to linger in that spot they tried
to frighten him away by causing an alarm of the ap-
proach of the Russians, and by burning and completely
destroying the bridge of Chatou, close to Malmaison.
lle was at last with great reluctance, compelled to leave,
and proceed with all possible dispatch to Rochefort. The
account given by Montholon of the journey is full of in-
terest, as well as the whole proceedings at Rochefort
and the Isle of Aix, and at his embarkation on board the
Bellerophon, Montholon admits that Captain Maitland
made no promises, and gave no pledges of any kind as to
the disposal of his person, and states that when the Em-
peror, on reaching the deck, announced that he-threw
himself on the protection of the laws of England, Captain
Maitland only answered by a low bow, and a few minutes
afterwards presented his officers to the Emperor. It is
to be regretted that details so full of interest are occa-
sionally disfigured by anecdotes and assertions utterly
improbable. We give two instances. While the Belle-
rophon was at anchor off Torbay, the greatest anxiety
was manifested by the captives to learn the decision of
the Privy Council as to the disposal of the Emperor.
At last the Duke of Rovigo received an account from
London which dissipated any illusion under which the
Emperor had hitherto laboured. Count Montholon then
adda:—

" The Privy Council had just held a deliberation on the
question, whether the terms of the proceedings of the Con-
gress of Vienna prevented England from delivering up the
Emperor to the vengeance of Louis XVIII.; and the dis-
patches of the Duke of Wellington urged them to adopt
bloody and terrible determinations. The energetic opposi-
tion of the Duke of Sussex alone, saved England from the
infamoy of cmmitting an execrable crime."
The second instance is evidently as little entitled to
credit, and we believe is written only for effect in France.
In England the description of the scene, especially the
last part of it, will only excite ridicule :
" The instructions of Lord Bathurst, Minister of the Colo-
lonies, gave directions to subject the baggage to the most
minute examination, and required the surrender to the Ad-
miral of all money or articles of value in gold or diamoms;
our arms were to be demanded as from prisoners of war.
" This last point give rise to one of those silent but su-
blime scene., to which my pen is wholly unable to do jus-
tice, but the impressiveness of which every one will under-
stand by reading the simple but faithful narrative of what
took lace. •
" The Admirals had been received by the Emperor in the
state-cabin. Bertrand and myself stood behind, with our
backs to the stern windows.
" General Gourgaud remained by the starboard guns, pre-
pared for any event. The Emperor, a few feet in front of
us, appeared to expect that be had only to receive their
adieus, when Lord Keith, at length resigning himself to the
execution of an order which was at variance with the whole
of his long and brilliant military career, approached the Em-
peror, and said in a voice subdued by lively emotion—. Eng-

land demands your sword.'
"The Emperor by a convulsive movement placed his hand
upon that sword, which an Englishman dared to demand—
the terrible expression of the eye was his only reply; never
had it been more powerful or more penetrating. The old
Admiral was astounded, his tall figure shrunk, his head,
white with years, fell upon his breast like that of a er:minal
sinking beneath the sentence of his judge.
" The Emperor retained his sword.
" The two Admirals saluted the Emperor with a respect
accompanied by deep emotion, and withdrew, without utter-
ing a word to disturb the solemn impression which the scene
had made upon all beholders, English as well as French."
These, however, are but rare exceptions, for the author,
in general, relates facts with much impartiality, and
gives a deep interest even to those which have long been
before the public. The last adieu to France is admi-
rable, and far surpasses that of Mary Queen of Scots, so
striking in history :
" On the 9th of August, the Admiral gave orders for get-
ting under sail, and a few moments afterwards the whole
squadron was under weigh, tacking in order to get out of the
British Channel,
" Several times did the shores of France appear before our
eyes as a vague and formless shadow appears in a dream,
when the mind and thoughts are touched by a feverish im-
pression ; but just as our hope of recognising or of seeing
distinctly some points of the coast was about to be realised,
the cursed signal to tack was to us as the awaking which de-
stroys the illusion of a pleasant dream.
" Once, however, while the Emperor was taking his accus-
tomed walk on the deck, the coast of Brittany threw off the
clouds which concealed it, and presented itself to our eyes, as
if to receive our last adieux. France! France! was the
spontaneous cry which resounded from one end of the deck
to the other.
" The Emperor stood still, looked at the coast, and, taking
off his hat, said, with emotion—
" Farewell! Land of, the brave, I salute thee!! Farewell!
France—Farewell I"
" The emotion was electric ; even the English involuntarily
uncovered themselves with religious respect."
The passing the Line too is graphic :
" On the 23d of September, 1815, we crossed the line, by
one of those singular hazards which sometimes occur, at lati-
tude 0 min., longitude 0 min., declination 0 min.; that is to
say, the ve=sel, conducted by a west wind, which had blown
for several days, came tinder the line exactly at mid-day, at
the first meridian, and on the day of the equinox.
" The passage of the line occasions a great merry-making,
and a kind of saturnalia among the sailors; all is confusion
—overturning' of the natural order of things on board.
The boatswain represents Neptune; he is sovereign for a
few hours, and no one is exempted by his rank from receiv-
ing baptism—a kind of grotesque homage to be rendered to
the monarch of the seas by any one who has not before
pasi.ed the line."
Neptune exhibited towards us a very gracious respect;
he exempted us from the ceremonies of shaving and baptism ;
and when each of us, conducted by our godfathers for the
time being, was presented to him, he told us that we had too
often received the fire of baptism and of glory, to require
another baptism before becoming his friends; and when the
ceremony was concluded, he asked to be allowed the honour
of making acquaintance with the demi-god, called General
Bonaparte; the Emperor graciously consented to the presen-
tation, and gave, through the Grand Marshal, 500 napoleons
to Neptune, mu order that be and all his court might drink to
his health ; this was a signal for deafening hurras and cries
of ' Long live the Emperor Napoleon!'"
These details are chiefly contained in the &rat volume.

The second is occupied with the petty squabbles be-
tween Napoleon and Sir Hudson Lowe, so derogatory
to the character of both, and with historical remi

, niscences of the more remarkable events of General
than Count Mont• ' Bonaparte's early political and military career, in which
• e the the reader cannot fail to take a deep interest. Count
t-,ntholon, unlike M. Thiers, raises no prejudices
• - ror we recognise in him at once the
fig sing t hie
7-' man. While he:praises his
bearing andifeeniigg Of
cOVntry and the hero whutii he attei...'led to the hour of
his death, he does justice to his o
praise to whom praise is due. pporients, find gives

DASHES AT LIFE WITH A FREE PENCIL.
By N. P. Willis, author of "Pencilbnyv by die Way," §rc.
Gray, the poet, whose dream of literary delight was
"to lie upon a sofa all day, and read eternal new novels,
would have been a happy man, from the moment he took
up these three volumes, until, with a sigh, he came to
those fatal words " the end." It is the fashion to cry
down Willis—to accuse him of literary foppery—toin-
sinuate that he has " merely a knack of writing;': but,
whatever his faults, who can deny that he gains his end
—that, however critics may decry him, he is a very
popular writer. The contents of these volumes are very
varied. We have stories of European life, clever and
not at all probable ; stories of American life, full ofin-
cident and character; notes from a journal in New York,
and other parts of the Union ; and a few " Scripture
Sketches" (too few, indeed), w hich show that Mr. Willis has
a heart, as well as a head to invent and a hand to write.
His prose is brilliant—dashing—always clever. We
doubt whether he could write a regular "three-liner"
work of fiction. In the short and rapid story, he has
few superiors. No writer has a greater disdain for mere
detail, in a novelette. He rushes forward, letting a sen-
tence tell what another man would expand into a
chapter. He is sarcastic, but there is no venom in the
sting. He attacks classes, but not individuals. It is to
his
credit—all
of this volume having previously appeared,
piecemeal, in American magazines—that he has never
shrunk from severe animadversion upon the manners
and customs of his countrymen. It is creditable to them,
that they have taken his censure as kindly meant, and
that he is one of the most popular writers in America.
We have praised the few specimens of poetry.

GUERNSEY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—Through the medium of your journal, I hope to
offer a more faithful view than the local papers afford of
the events which fur the last few years have filled the
minds of Guernseymen, the columns of their Star, and
the pockets of its proprietor.
When Major-General Napier first arrived in the
island he was to govern, the inhabitants of Guernsey
deemed their consequence increased by.the appointment
of so distinguished an officer, and, misinterpreting his
courtesy for weakness, each nobody sought to be his
particulur friend, and sole adviser. But they soon found
that he was not to be made a tool of, as former
governors had been; his nature could not bend itself to
Marty squabbles or petty intrigues, nor would his keen
sense of right and wrong allow him, like some of his pre-
decessors to wink at iniquity or permit crime to escape
unmhipped of justice." Like more than one royal
martyr, he has suffered not for his own, but for the mis-
deeds of others. _ _

One of his first " misdemeanours" in the eyes of the
islanders was his detection of the injustice manifested
in the sentences awarded by the Royal Court.* For in-
stance, some soldiers for petty offences, and an English
lad fur breaking a few lamps, were adjudged to punish-
ments much more severe than was inflicted on a member
of their own bar, a Guernsey man, for a deliberate and
almost successful attempt at murdering an Englishman.
One of theisoldiers, who went into prison a healthy man,
died within a few weeks of his release. It would be
endless to detail all the acts of which the governor has
had to complain, or to complain of the falsification of
every circumstance which has characterised the whole of
the island press; suffice it to say, Major-General Napier
has been the mark for gross and incessant insult. Never
was a lion so brayed at. With much possession of
loyalty the chief delight of Guernseymen is to insult the
representative of royalty,. and to question the authority
of the British Government.
The abuses which they call their laws, and to which
they cling with great pertinacity, are called as the fancy
of each jurat may suggest, from a wide field of obsolete
Norman customs; and, as justice is, they are aware, typi-
fied by a female, they substitute an old woman with
spectacles for the blindfolded goddess. Guernseymen
are proverbially under female control from their cradles '
to their graves, and the mothers, aunts, cousins, generally
furnish the jurat with their opinion
Sand advice before
ho takes his place in awful state upon the bench; and he
of course is too obedient to. Mrs. Caudle to allow any
evidence to outweigh the dictates of the domestic

tribunal.
We see frequent details of " military outrages " in our
malignant Star, profitable no doubt to the editor—never-
theless, a cowardly outrage of which a Guernseyman was
the hero, received not one syllable of notice, although
it is the constant custom to report the proceedings in
criminal trials most minutely. It is to be presumed,
therefore, that a Guernseyman can do no wrong, or that
no Guernseyman's wrong-doings can find a place in the
leading newspaper.
The facts, nevertheless, are as follows :—an English
lady, accompanied by her little daughter, driving her-
self in a pony phaeton, was met on the high road by a
Guernseyman, who wantonly and maliciously fired a
musket over the pony's head. After the first natural
impulse of alarm had subsided, the English lady, being a
person of more than common courage, followed the
Gurnseyman, in order to identify him ; finding himself
thus courageously pursued, he threatened to fire at her,
instead of over the horse's head. Fortunately the fellow
was identified. The lady was, nevertheless besought by
her Guernsey connexions not to prosecute; but the
matter was too notorious to be hushed up.
The criminal was tried, and on overwhelming evidence,
convicted, when lo ! the chivalrous sentence of the
Guernsey court was two week's imprisonment, which to
the delinquent was a mere farce. Now, had this outrage
been committed by a man in a red coat, by birth Eng-
lish, Irish, or Scotch, Guernsey would have rang with
the atrocity, and myriads of " Stars" would have wan-
dered out of their orbits to enlighten other worlds.
How the proprietor is rewarded for his silence remains a
mystery, which I leave to the wisdom of the jurats to
solve.

" Are you now persuaded
That Talbott Is but shadow of himself ?
Where are his substance, sinews, arms, and strength."

Having probed the unsound parts of our constitution,
let me now prescribe what seems the only and most ob-
vious remedy :—A royal commission of English law-
yers to revise, and alter the present abuses, under the
wholesome administration of English law, by men edit•
cated in the profession, reason and justice may be
sought for and found, where at present ignorance and
prejudice usurp their place.
In conclusion, let me assure you that I am not on
terms of more than mere acquaintance with General
Napier, consequently it is not from any personal feeling
that I take up the cause of one who has wielded both
pen and sword so nobly in his country's service, but at
present it would be as little suited to his dignity to use
the one as the other in his own defence.

" No levell'd malice
Infests one comma in the course I hold."
Yours, OBSERVER.

Guornsey, January 24, 1846.
This Court consists of a Bailiff and twelie Jurats. A
Jurat is selected, not on account of his being qualified by
legal krowlege or a legal education, but because a jury Of
matrons (behind the curtain) has given a verdict in his
favo r. _ _ _

t Editor of the Star.

RUNNING MATCH.—There was a tolerable sprinkling
of company on Tuesday afternoon at Acton Bottom, to wit-
ness the 1,000 yards race between Mathbws, of Birmingham,
and Frost, of Holloway, for 10/. aside. Mathews, on the
signal being given, jumped off with the lead, kept it, and won
by about fifteen yards, doing the distance in two minutes
and 27 seconds.
CAUTION.—RISCA CATASTROPHE --- We have been
informed that several idle fellows are already travelling in
parts of this county and Glamorganshire, stating thatretlry
are persons who had escaped from the colliery, "he he
explosion had taken place, merely with their lives,
wbu.t
being sorely hurt. Now, whoever is attempting,.
swell` 1
attempt, such an imposition on the humane, yI?
considered as impostors, for, it is officially communicated
us, that as long as any persons are sufferers from this cala-
mity, and conduct themselves well, so long will the pro-
prietors provide for their wants.-21loamouthshire Merlin.
THE BEY OF TUNIS AND SLAVERY.—This (Decem-
ber 4) being the Ed Elkabeer, the great feast of the Ma-
homedans, all is again fall of life. The Bey received, as
usual, all the consuls and officers, military, civil, and ecclesi-
astical. A friend of mine, who was at the Bey's palace this
morning, informed me that the gold and diamonds of which
the epaulettes, ornaments, and decorations of the officers are
composed, were estimated, the former at 3 cwt. and the latter
at one. bushel ! No trifle for so small a state. Indeed, a
French officer of some standing remarked that the appear-
ance of the Bey's court this morning surpassed in magnifi-
cence those of the great European courts. The British Con-
sul here is attempting to put down slavery. The Bey has no
, inclination (nor would he be justified if he had) to force his
subjects to set at liberty the slaves now in their possession,
provided they treat them well ; but he has no scruple to give
freedom to those poor slaves who have been cruelly handled
by their masters. Thirteen unfortunate creatures have this
day received theivertificate of freedom at the hands of Sir
Thomas. It is impossible to describe the joy they manifested
when the paper was handed to them. Some threw them-
selves on the ground and actually kissed it. How sweet in-
deed is liberty 1 How many blessings did these hitherto un-
happy beings call down upon the head of him who had been
instrumental in procuring it for them ! No one can have an
idea but those who are on the spot how dear the names
" English" and "England" have become to them. A friend
of mine related to me a few days ago that, having asked an
emancipated black how he liked his liberty, " I know no one
but Mahomed and the English Consul," was his reply. By
this he meant to say that Mahomed procured his happiness
in the next world, and the English Consul in this.—Malta

LAUNCH OF A STEAM-SHlP.—Yesterday a new steam-
ship, called the Moozauffa, which has been built for the ser-
vice of the East India Company, was launched from the
building-yard of Messrs. Fletcher, at Limehouse. The new
vessel is 256 feet in length, and of 1,440 tons burden. She
is to be propelled by two engines of 400 horse power each,
manufactured by Messrs. Seaward and Co. The Chairman
and Directors of the East India Company were present, with
their ladies, to witness the launch, which took place a few
minutes before two o'clock. The ceremony of naming the
vessel was performed by Miss Willock, the daughter of Sir
Henry Willock, the Chairman of the East India Co' mpan).
FREE TRADE TRIUMPHANT.—The requisition to W.
Buafeild, Esq., M.M., and Colonel Thomr.son, to become can•
didatea for the borough of Bradford on free-trade principles,
has obtained 821 signatures. The electors known to be fa-
vourableut to free-trade have not yet been all canvassed, b
there is now no fear that, if the election occurs the
on
a pre-
sent register, those gentlemen will be returned
theirto
tri-
umphant majority, if their opponents donoterermdiotinthgenl
walk the course. The electors of Bradford
est, a
duty nobly and in the event ofaaveeo t will find that their
present mode of a'etion will s contest,
anti mmense deal of
labour and expense. The requisition is stil open for signa-
tUr6.—Leeds lifercurY•