The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-09 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY, SATURDAY, APRIL 7.

Robert Smith, a fashionably dressed young man, stood
indicted for stealing a silver watch, three gold seals, &c.,
the property of Charles Britcher.
The prosecutor is a waiter at Oliver's Hotel, near West-
minster Bridge. On the 13th of February, the prisoner
came into his master's house and hired a bed for several
nights; the next morning witness saw him in the coffee-
room, where he ordered breakfast, but soon after left the
house, and never returned. On witness going to his own
bed-room, he missed his property.
Tarrance, a pawnbroker, deposed, that on the 14th
of February, the prisoner pledged a silver watch and seals
at his house for U. 15s. A few days after he came again
to pawn another watch, when, being informed of the rob-
hen•, he caused his apprehension.
The prisoner, in his defence. said he was innocent of
the robbery, and had bought the articles the morning he
pledged them, for 41., near the Elephant and Castle.—
Guilty—Death. _ _

The. prisoner was again indicted for stealing, a silver
watch, silver snuff-box, 'a
suit of clothes, &c. from Holmes's
Hotel, in Parliament .street, on the 21st of February last,
where, under a similar pretence, he engaged a bed for nine
nights. The facts of the case being clearly made out, and
the person of the prisoner identified, the Jury without hesi-
tation pronounced him Guilty—Death.

IMPERIAL RELICS.

(From the Pandorc.)

The son of Napoleon has just attained his six-
teenth year; he is of age. The Captive of Saint
Helena left him as a legacy, with the remembrance
of a name which he will not bear, some effects of
which perhaps he will not be denied the use and
possession.
These effects were deposited with M. Marchand,
the Emperor's valet, who is going to Vienna to de-
liver them to the Duke de Reichstadt. Before
taking away these precious gifts, which the young
Plince will doubtless receive with grief and respect,
and which declare the state of destitution in which
the man who had possessed half the world found
himself at the moment of his death, M. Marchand
has permitted some of his friends to see these re-
mains, true relics, consecrated by glory and mis-
fortune.

Let us sce of what is composed this inheritance of
the child of him who bestowed thrones and king-
doms. It consists of a few tattered garments.
Three uniform'oats : one of the National Guard,
the second of the Foot Grenadiers of the Imperial
Guard, and the third of the Chasseurs a Cheval de
la Garde. Upon each of these is is the plaque of
the Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honour.
A black coat much worn, made out of a frock-
coat, which the Emperor wore sometimes when he
wished to leave the Tuilleries incognito. Napoleon,
not wishing to be indebted to the English for his
wardrobe, had his old clothes mended, and wore them
till they were in rags.
A great coat of green cloth, with two rows of but-
tons. This was the last dress which the Emperor
wore. He took it off when he took to his bed,
never to rise again.
An old round hat, low crowned, and rather
narrower at top than at bottom.
A blue cloak, embroidered with gold at the collar.
This cloak, which had been worn by Napoleon on
more than one field of battle, covered the state-bed
on which his body lay after his death, and the coffin
when it was borne to the foot of the willow whose
melancholy shade he loved. •

Speaking of the bed where the Emperor lay, sur-
rounded by the courtiers of his fallen fortunes, re-
minds us of a fact little known. The English garri-
son defiled through the chamber of the dead, and
every soldier made, as he passed the body, the mili-
tary salute; the officers took the cold hand of Na-
poleon and pressed it respectfully. A sergeant, ac-
companied by his son, a child of seven years of age,
knelt down at the foot of the corpse, and said, weep-
ing, "My son, there lies what was Napoleon the
Great."

A three-cornered hat, lined with green taffety,
This hat is in a very bad condition, but its appear-

ance is really imposing, one cannot look at it with-
out fancying beneath it the commanding countenance
of the hero before whom every standard in Europe
was bowed.

A grey great-coat, of which the stuff is so worn
that it will hardly bear a touch. This article is very
curious, for the Emperor appeared to attach a cer-
tain importance to it; and in fact it recalled to him
many extraordinary circumstances. He had worn
it in setting out from the Island of Elba, and in tra-
versing Francs ; he had it on at Lutzen at Wa-
terloo.—Two silver spurs.
Two silver bottles, in which water was put when
Napoleon took the diversion of the chase.
A silver telescope, a washhand-stand, and a camp
necessaire of the same metal.

Two cases of snuff-boxes, with the portraits of the
Princes of the Family of Napoleon, and of the
House of Bourbon. Upon one of these boxes is the
portrait of the Countess of Provence ; upon another,
portraits of Louis the Sixteenth, of the Queen, and
of the Dauphiness. Many of the boxes are orna-
mented with antique medals; a head of Alexander
the Great decorates that which the hero used most
frequently.

A bonbonnierre of tortoise-shell filled with bits of
jus de reglisse.
An alarum watch which had belonged to Frede-
rick the Great. Napoleon had taken it at Berlin.
and during his campaigns had it always in his tent,
A gilt bronze square clock, the only one at Long-
wood. A curious circumstance gives value to this
article, it stopped an hour before the bath of the
Emperor, and has never gone since; it had been
wound up only a few moments before, and till then
had never been out of order. It still points to the
hour when it stopped. This fact is certain, and
though in itself natural enough, is remarkable from
the circumstances in which it took place.
Articles of the toilette, brushes, &c.

A tattered pair of boots. Napoleon would not
allow any to be bought for him in England. The
companions of his exile had resolved to try to make
some to supply their Sovereign's wants.
A piece of Napoleon's shirt, stained with his blood.
A locket filled with dark chesnut hair, turning grey.
The beard and mustachios of the Emperor, which
had grown during his illness almost an inch long,
and which M. Marchand had preserved.
Such are the imperial relics. The Eloile in
borrowing these details from us, will not fail to
endeavour to throw a ridicule oa those who regard
with veneration these remains to which are attached
so many recollections. If there be some enthusiasm
in our admiration, let it pardon us. We, for our
parts, should think it vei y natural that the Etude
should behold with emotion the harquebuss of
Charles IX., the pen which signed the revocation of
the edict of Nantes, and the club with which a
Holy Bishop crushed the heretics.
Every one to his liking. We should be happy to
possess the sword of Napoleon, and the Etoile
would give its weight in gold for the Duke of Wel-
lington's French baton.

MELANCHOLY EVENT.—Among the recent
dispatches from Portugal, we observe a letter from a
British Officer, dated Coimbra, March 16, of which the
following is an extract This very day, an Ensign, of
the 4th Regiment, Mr. Massey, whilst riding out, wished
to join some brother officers, on the opposite side of a
pool of water, but in attempting to ride through it, sunk
into a quick sand, and instantly disappeared. The body is
not yet found.' —lt is with the most painful emotions of
grief, that we recognise in the youth stated to be lost, the
eldest son of Captain Massey, and grandson of Robert An-
drews, Esq., of Springfield, Lyons--a young man, posses-
ed of that courage which adorns the possessor, and of abili-
ties, which, had he been spared, would have rendered him
an ornament to his profession, Subsequent arrivals frcrn
Portugal give a more clear detail of the deplorable event.
It is ascertarned that the body of Mr. Massey was not dis—
covered until about three quarters of an hour from the
time he was swallowed up in the quick sand, when every
exertion was used that medical experience could suggest, in
order to.restore animation, but life had become extinct.--
The last mark of respect was paid to the deceased by the
officers of his regimentt.who attended the body to the grave,
and by whom this promising youth was held in much
esteem.--Chelmsford Chronicle.