The Sun.
London, England, 1818-08-31 00:00:00

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How the blood boils in some men's veins—to the interru

not,only of their repose, but their designs, whether of
profit, pleasure, or ambition! Such men are of little depen-
deuce. They may he honest, they may be industrious, they
inul possess abilities; but a sudden gust of passion, to which
they are every moment liable, will undo the sober designs of
much precious time, and 1)1;1.4 those expectations which have
been founded in cautious enquiry, rational proceeding, and
apparent probability. A passionate, hot-headed man, is the
least capable of doing good to himself, to his friends, or his
Country, of any temper'd num whatsoever, and the most
to do injury to himself and all that. are concerned with

him ; for whatever abilities he may possess, this intemperate
heat renders him frequently inferior to (and occasions his
being overcome by men of) veiy inferior talents, or of no
talents at all. Whatever good dispositions such a man may
possess in his cool hunts, the uncertainty how long they may
last, or how they may by interrupted, prevents their pro-

(ieing. any certain satisfaction. He who is subject to the
occasional frenzy of passion, cannot fulfil the duties and
offices el' life with dignity or propriety. He must be an oc-
casional tyrant to all around him ; his Wife, his Children, his
Tenants, his Servants, his Dependents of every kind, will
experience the lordliness of his passion : nay, suck may be
the impetuosity of his temper, that his superiors may expe-
rience it ;-evell his Sovereign may not be privileged
from his insults

* He most certainly is not given to extravagance.

j• This glances, I should imagine, at an anecdote wel
k LIOWII in the Great World.

ST. H ELENA.

(Conclusion of the Correspondence.)

St. Helena, May 7, 18113.
am directed by Lieutenant-General Sir
liattiAon Lowe to acquaint you, that having taken
into consideration the inconvenience which might
possibly arise, if Napoleon Boonaparte persevered
in the unforeseen and extraordinaty resolution it
is said by you and others he has taken, of not
having recourse to your medical advice, though
living under the same roof with hire, and attend-
ing other persons of his family, in consepienCe
of the unanthorisedcommuoication you addressed
to Count Bertrand on the 1.21 b of April, he will
dispense with the observance of the roles con-
tained in the instruction transmitted tb you by me,
dated the 10th of the same month, from which
the inferences contained in your letter to Count
Bertrand, so put pose!), calculated, a's it appears,
to mislead and embarrass, were draWn.
You will, therefore, be permitted to continue
the exercise of your mediCal duties in the same
manner as you have hitherto performed them,
until the instructions of Government may be re-
ceived respecting you; condoning to be consi-
dered as you always have been, pursuant to your
own original stipulation, an officer employed and
paid by the British Government, and subject con-
sequently to the Governor's authority and: con-
trout in every point that regards
your communi-
cation with Napolcon lttonaparte, or the,persons
detained under his custody as priioners of war,
on whom von ate attending, .what 're.
latcs to the plain and simple exerciie of your

died functloni towards them--; being not per-
mitted to act. for or to he employed by them, or
to act of yourself, or through oth, rs; in
.any
matter whatsoever that regards theta, in any other
capacity, without a spectal authortty from the
Governor to that effect.
If, however, an occasion should arise for calling
in the aid of any other medical.. person unknown
to the Governor (except in case of some s-triden
iicCideot)', in &insentience of your absence (which
it will be proper to provide against, by acquaint-
ing the orderly officer where you are to be found
when yOn do Tat' L0ti4.7,-Wool) ; or that Yon
should break through or attempt to elude Or e'viide
arty of the regulations established on this island ;
if by word or deed you are found so be any
case acting in opposition to the same,,the Go-
vernor will feel himself called upon. to take such
measures as the circumstances of your proceeding
way appear to (wilder it necessary .for him to
ploy, in'ordet to enforce a due observance of the
several regulations established.'
To obviate any step of such nature with respect
to you, the Governor desires your careful perusal
Of the several Proclamations which have been
published in this Ishnd (to which ' you ,have
been so frequently referred both by letter and
verbally), au exact copy of which you will find at
the Town Major's Office, and may write out from
the same; as also of those parts of my letter of
the 19:11 of January last, which refer to the sole
case iii which you are supposed to have a partial
exemption from their most strict observance, viz.
" That you had not his authority for communi-
cating with Napoleon Btionaparte or the persons
of .his family, on any other subject than your me-
dical duties; that lie (lid not order you not to
reply on otter points, but where you did so, the
reli,mibility must rest upon yourself, referring
you to the Proclamations in all other cases."

fie desires also the recurrence of your particn
lar atlentiun to the letter directed to be erri►te
to you by Lieut.-Colonel \Vynyard, on the 3d in

stant, in retelling to the leading points in which
you have acted counter to the above, and to other
points of instruction conveyed to you, as weK as
to the general rules contained in the 'Procla-
Mations.

He further directs me to remind you of the in-
jnneCons contained in a letter transmitted to you,
proceeding horn the Lords Commissioners of the

AdmiraFy, against publishing any information
that may he obtained by being officially employed
in this Island ; 'and to say, that Viewing the pe-
culiar delicacy of your situation, commented up-
on by yourself with so much stress in your letter
to the Governor of the 6th of August, 1816, and
raking into consideration the pledges into which
you have entered with Napoleon Buororparte, of
not repeating any thing which may pass in con-
vvrsation between him and you (the sole point of
what may tend to his esape excepted), •and that
you can only repeat, unless by a breach of private
honour, what h is his desire or intention, or that
his followers, you should repeat ; and the Go-
vernor- not ehusing to trust to• the discretion'of
persons situated as they are, in such point, or to
your's, he shall regard the repetition in any way
whatsoever, whether on the Island itself or else-
where, of any information you may have obtain
ed-, or may obtain, or of any conversation you may
have had,or may have, at Longwood, except where
you have had the sanction of the Governor's au-
thority for it, as a breach in 'principle of jbeir
Lordships' instructions, and of his orders, and
will report your conduct or act upon it accord-
ingly.
_ _

In conclusion; the above points being all fully un-
derstood, it is the Governor's desire not to oppose
in any manner what appears to be the wish of
Napoleon Boonaparte, that you should be con-
sidered whilst you remain in this Island, or until
the cutters of Government may be received 're-
specting you, as a Surgeon attached solely to his
person -and family, in fact, as his domestic Sur-
geon, and in the exercise of your duty as such
yon will not be obliged to follow the'advice or
opinion of any medical or other person whatever,
but he allowed to act entirely upon your own
judgment, where other medical advice is not called
for, only being *prepared to give such information
as may be required from you, touching the state of
health of Napoleon Buonaparre, through such
channels, professional or otherwise, as the Go-
vernor may wish to obtain. •

You will please to•acknowledge the receipt o
►is letter by the bearer.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
(Signed) T. READE, Lt.-Col. D.A.G.
Barry O'Meara, Escf. Longwood.