The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-06 00:00:00

'( CILIMI3ER OF DEPUTIE.,', Jm. 2.

" The Bureaux assembled .to-cirty, ilnd new
i\rembers were nominated to form part of the Com-
mittee fur the definitive ematnittation of the
Budget.

" The 6th Bkireati has nprointed ?J. 2d: Be-
noi-it,.anil the 13514.1.011 iviofis§et.

The 801, M. Nl_ de Villele, and de Corbiere4.
" The 9th, ?1. £l. .Soullier, and the Baron
Durand- Fjon.
" There remains no other norniulti-,n to make
except by the first Bureau, whicti is. expected lc,
take place to-morrow.

" PAErs, Jati. 3..._-.Tl►t►rsday, at two o'clock,
the Ambassadors aml Foreign Ministers paid their
respects to the King and the Royal Family, on
the occasion of th,e new year.
" The .Martiuis Alfieri, the Sardinian Ambas-
sador, complimented his Majesty in the name of
the Corps Diplontatique.
" The Duke o► Wellington, and a considerable
number of Foreigners of Distinction, assembled
',rich the Ambassadors, to present their felicita-
tions to his iki:ijesty.
" By an Ordonnance of the 29ilt ult. the King
has appointed the Duke de Richelieu, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, and President of the Connel of
Ministers, a Chevalier of the Royal Order of the
Legion of Honour.

," By an Ordonnance of the same day, his Ma-
jesty has appointed the Count de Cazes, Minister
of General Police, a Chevalier of the Royal Or-
der of the Legion of Honour.

" There will be a public sitting of the Chant,
her of Deputies on Monday, to receive the repOrt.
on the recruitment of the Army.
" The Seine began to freeze yesterday. The
cold decreased in the elq!:Toon.

" Four robbers recently formed a project for
stealing. a quantity of gunpowder from one
of the towers on the Ramparts of Antmerp.
la order to frighten away the centinel from the
gate, they disguised themselves in the skins of
animals, one as an ass, another as a bear,
The centinel, however, seeing these animals ap-
proach, and judging it woulti he of no use to
call out qui rice, immediately fired. The robbers
not expecting such a reception, took to flight ;
they were ptomptly pursued, and the ass was
taken, search is making for the others.
" Fl 0111 experiments lately made in Germany,
it results, that the proportions of 90 pounds of
flour, and 36 pounds of beet-root, make a very
2.10 ur y bread.

" FIVE PER CENTS.

" Thnrsday .
Friday ...

(froli day)
64 f. 80 c.

" VLENNA, DEC. 20.—The report gain:: strength
of an intended marriage between a airarian Prin-
cess and our Prince Royal'.

" The Duche.ss of Nrodena is agAin pregnant,
which revives the hope of a wale hilt. of the
House of Este.

"The Councillor Jordan, employed on a

;NiiisiOn by the Con'it of iii.rulssia,
seseral 'long 'coVerences wills the Prince de I 1
The detail§ of these negociatiooi
not Iranspir'ed, hut It is known that the tt"
COnrts of Austria and Pi•nssia intend to make if"-

ternicli.

portant propositions to the Germanic Diet.
" banking-house of Fischer and Co.

suspended its payrnenti*.

" lieuLtN, Doc. 23.--The Regency or Stettin
published a notice on the 11th, warning vessel'
agaift9t the Algeriire Squadron, which has 5830

t °wards the North Sea.

" Zußicu, DEC. 24.—T6e Canton .of Tessin,'
where seditious Works were chiefly published, 1)49
(tete:milled on taking severe measures agaios

them.

FI4ANKPORT; DEC. 29.—1 t is understood 094
the hue confidential Sittings of ithe Diet were a
great importance, and, that they were accopiel
with objects, the prompt decision upon which 1,1
looked for by all Germany. These deliberatiors
are still enveloped in the greatest mystery.
At the last public Sitting of the. Diet, 01)
the 22d, the protocol of which is not yet pub-
lished, there was a qc.estion of the establsluneat
Hof Provincial States in the respective States of
the Confederation.

" il. Las Casas is still here wider the surveil'
lance of the Police.

" The Diet has adjo-ttrned for the Chrism -10
Recess till lie 12th Jaimary.

" STUTTGAED, DEC. 25--It is_ sniri, thßt
i-npdilfelyafter the_n-rangenient of thc new fintl9°
ciai orr,anization, a new Wirteraburg Diet will bC

tonvolied."

(From tile Commrrciar rldre?!irc? of Dec. 3.)
CAPTUaL OF THC SANTA CHRISTA.—Ii is ITT"
tinued in a Boston Paper, on the authority of
Captain ADAMS, First Officer of the barge fiy.;rt
Pish,.who has 'arrived at Gioucester, that the brig
Santa arista, from CAidao (Chili), bound to Cadiz,
was captured on the Ist at Septernher in sight a
St. Mary's, by the privateer brit impocainarot
and after taking and sharing among the crew sit
the specie, 50,000doltars, ordere4=her for B2tenos
Ayres. The Inpacarnaro was formerly the Regent,
of Baltimore, aryl is the same privateer
took-the Triton, a Spinishin,lianlan.

THE Fr;NDS.—Annti.er advance took place tl+ig'
mo,ning in the price of Stocks ; Consols (4,0)(3
at and instaryly rose to 83.17. at'tt hie!'
they remained, st eady at 12 o'clock. "I'liis day tliC
Bankers and Merchants signed ,for the Dividend',
and are tube paid to- marrow. On Thursday ill,
Dividend's commence paying to, the

We beg leave to draw the atten,inn of :Of
benevolent Headers (tve hope they are all so) I'7
the account of the Meeting of yesterday, to take
int© consideration the can of D:stressed Statile,
and also to a letter in THE SUN of this day on the
sante subject, from 'an al and valuable Cotre'
spondent.

The Contittetor of what had been stiffed 7116
Anti- Galilean Monitor has, thought- proper 0'
change the title, and now names it The Brilisis
Monitor. It must be admitted, that he has W 4,
changed his principles the title of his ivo'k'
bur still maintains the same independent tore by
which it raised itself into notice. We emintor.
however, agree' with him in what he said on ;inn°
day last respecting the French Kmigrauts who fica
their country in the year • Many of thrill
remained in France as long as there was arty. hope'
that the Government wordil he resPected'au4 re"'
petty be secure, but it they had retna;rxd it i°
prob:(hle that they would very soon have beel3
driven away by the artifices of aspiring Dema'
gognes, and the fury of a sauguinaty rabble, whose
movements were directeel by the former, Mr.Got,t3•
SMITH proceeds to say, that if they hail not "
the first instance deserted their country., the 'King
would not have lost his life, nor they their pro..
pert y.- This; is a most rash assumption. The,
country was already in the hmends of a mob anti
its Directors, Hid of that mob it may he fairly'
said vireaacquiril eunclo"-111:!vgathered strength
as they proceeded',.- and it required little of the
spirit of prophecy to- see that all was lost, long
before the flagitious uoirpers l*atl prepared for the
murder of their King. VV as little agree with
Mr. GOLUENSITH when he advises, as he not,
does, the removal of the Army of Occupation,
whi( h, he says, it is to be hoped, for the gene-
ral tranquillity of Europe, may soon be accom-
Plisbed:' In our opinion, the removal of that
Army world rather produce t'.:e total distorlpsnett
ref Europe. One of the reasons which lie gives
for this opinion relates,to the old Nobility,•wirom
Ile calls Ultroe, and men of property. He says
their party is so small that I ant certain they
%%ill be massacred without mercy if they go on as
they do," And in this savage state of Frencs:.
men, he would advise the withdrawal of an Army
which protects the country from domestic rid u,

St;

•
Preserves tlfe Peake of an stirrottoding-
‘Stl I •
tek • 1! RCA• we regret to add that we cordially
-3(1;) with hint, tliough We relitetantly express our:
:sentiments on .tlie subject, where be says that he,
earinct avoid observing—
. .
is That the actions of those ftnefgn doVernments which
l'relended to redress grievances, have girt!' a serious shock
_lO the hest feeling's of social 'justice and national right. For
-li'sta9ce7What sound and independcut mind can approve
t •
-belt conduct respecting the King of. Saxony? What -ilid
sally du more thou those Powers who stepped her Of her
:44"'!ains? Then again, the recognition of Murat, Berna-
• •It!e' Joseph, Louis, and Jercrhe Iltionaparte; and who cat
,-rs_ll4llalifted approval on the policy pursued at Prague,
o/inner of 1813, and at- -in 1813? Indeed,
7 theirN conduct in this respect has been consistent; for at Lbe
time they•were combatint; Jacobinisth in France, in, 17044
v'.e.Ylvere guilty of the very same excesses. Wit neis the di-
b;'rt efPoland, and the appropriation of Thorn Da'nmcg;
Prussia,,,

.--cont,tet,particularly that towardsSAXoNY,
.1111
stink(' all the triumphs over the Usurper of
alice• History will fix a brand on it, and ex-
CO"the same sentiments. as the independent
ti""Qtor of The British Monitor, who has amply
t:" for errors of his youth -by unveiling
-"Ile character of the Cursican Monster, and
I.l7,el°Peil more ably and fully than any other
d et the genuine nature, principles, :and te?-
neY cf that dreadful volcano of 'political bor-
. 1.43--the.-Prenc4) I,le,`dolutiv".

•" DUTIES.-It affords us satisfaction to

that the poblie attention is directed rto
tlkextrcme injustice of the'present Intale of rais-
/lig a Duty' on Coals. It may he a question,
in sound piney,: any tax on this article
sett beiltstified; or rather, whether, in point of
levenne, more is not lost than gained by, its im-

. Position. At all events, nothing can be so tin-
' "I'4'l as to charge 'this tax in the shape of a
. ,
7 Coasting altY, which those who could &est afford
it) Pay it, wholly 'escape, and which falls with unfair
tressure on those at a distance from the Mines
the price is high, from the expense of
i"'ight and other charges. It is remarkable that
strange partiality 1113 SO long been unnoticed;
the contentions of rival interests appear to
""`'e torced it on the attention of Government.
11‘1,onild thry propose any proper substitute for
ss isnpolitic tax, or a new system', which
,will
er"tet tibe Doty on COAL equal throughout the
, ;llgdom, they will, doubtless, meet ".with gene-
. t:ti (hanks And support.; for we count as oothing
"e :apposition of a few interested Individuals.

ST. lIELENTA.—The ship Sence, Captain
f-L6uKt:.-arrivvd at New Yolk on the Ist alt.
Canton , She tonclird at. St. Helena on the
Oett'llier, for soPplies and water The
Li
"sit corvette Faiends kip, matte 4he Island at
Tl:.t "nle• time. ,PioVisions were uncommonly
attidear ; the
setts of the vessels stationed
at e
the island had for many months been living on.
'tliutl'ihg; but salt provisions. Tile Conqueror, 74,
•1 •• Leveret, and nine small
r acooD,
1,1.1'81)Ort ships, were the only
.vessels there:—
"ines were all quiet with regard to N'AroLsoN,
"(1 he was in (rood health. His Secretary, it
'vas said, had been detected in attempting an illicit.
cl°tresPontlence with some person or persons, in
the tuwo, and had been sent off to the Cape of
11()Pe• The- Ca ptahr also states that there
-tad
been. some shocks of an earthquake felt there
s°llte short time before he made the Island ; but
the account brought by the -Pal:ldiom of its being
lvvallowetLop is.proved to be.utifounded, as the
vneea touched foil twenty.days after the reported
titte of its disappeal ance.
Pamott LEoPoLo.—Yesterday morning Prince
eoeoLD having determined on going through his
JT"'neY, froM Claremont to Came, in the course
of the„ day,
.rose between four and five o'clock,
41111 leaving Claremont with his suite, in three
roaches and four, they arrived at the Bush Inn,
at tailies, about seven o'clock, and passed
Lgliam about half-past seven. They
''autten horses at the King's Arms, at Bagshot ;
the White Lion, at Ilart foul Bridge ; Ponson's
Arms, at Overton ; the Star, at Andover ; the
At. tit
t el()Pe, at Salisbury ; Woodgel's Inn, at Bland-
; and frotn there to' Canle, -the seat of Alrs..
DAMP:It, where his Serene Highness was
expected to arrive at nine o'clock.
THE CLERGy.--Tlie Non-Resident Clergy are
rentinded that the last Clergy Resident Act con-
tains a
ciause, by which every spiritual person,
being Non-resident by reason of residence upon
any other benefice; or of any exemption under the
Act, and to mide him to which it is not ricers-
easy to obtain any licence under the Act, is re-
quired, within six weeks after the first of January
art every year, to notify the same to the Bishop;
the naturp-of such exemption, and
`Whether the gross annual value of the benefice,
ch which he is non-resident, amounts to or ex-
red, 3001. per annurn, or not. The clause ex-
oetnis also to -such spiritual persons as are .resi7
at any period of the year, or any dignity or
-office in cathedrals.
THE LATE DO' KE• OF NoRTHLT/MEEELAND--An
additional instance of the friendship
of
hthis munificent Noblemao has been privately
Mentioned. An Officer of some rank, at present
In the service, and who had served with his Grace
311 Y, years ago, was. appointed to a distant sta-
lion, riot being wealthy, and having.consider-
. ;.consider-
able expellees to defray before he left England,
_ne applied to the Duke for some trifling loan, tv,
7natde him to discharge them ; when his- Grace
Instantly Made him a re sent of Four Thousand
Potimis !
• . .
RoYAL ACADEMr—Last night J. M. W.ltra-
-I.Esq• delivered his opening LectUte on the
1.11.1161)1es of Perspective at the Royal AendLIHY•
vvals was the first Lecture. since the holidays, and
ceBde'sctiPtive of the general outline of the sue-
cuing ones which the Professor of Perspective
be to deliver.

SECOND E'

SUi\T-OFFICE, Two O'CLOCK.

The following is an Official Abstrstici of the

Net. Prodtice of the REVENUE in the Quarters

. ,
ended th.e.sth 'January 1817

Custnths •
Excise
Stamps
P,,st
Taxei
Laud Taxei
Nliseepaneous
Unappropriated War Duties

Total Consolidated F and

and 1818 :

Qrs. -ended sth Jan.
.1817. . 18.15.

1,317,381
'4;484,440
1,461,324.

:131,o(y)
2,84,48,1
_371,006

10,545,853

2.45'5,G2$
4.695,07,1
1,5c6,532
3 i 9,60t>
2,2R0,1.)17
. 353-,GiU
255,318
6,.03

11_914,373

Annual Duties to pay off Bills
Custonis
Excise ,
Pensions, &c '

t;70.827
337,097
4,016

555,935
• 36,441

1,211,940

595,454

Total Annual Duties

11,757,722

12,509,&07

permanent and Annual Duties.

WAR TAXES.

Customs
Excise
Property

Total War Taxes

Total Net Itei•enue

7,30,fifi2
1,292,205

2,073,:”9

th,831;18/

Late tHIRRICANE in the WEST

768,157
389,048

1,157,205

13,607,012

NDIES.

A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER oN BOAKD HIS MA-
JESTY'S SHIP ANTELOPE, AT ST. KITT'S, NOV. 12.

" Since my last letter to you, we have un-
dergone.great variety of weather, and, were out
in the hurricane which took place on the 21st of
October, and as many reports have gone abroad
from some of the West India Islands, that we
suer: lost, I embrace the first opportunity, by the
sailing of a merchant brig, the Cheerly, to tell you
of our being safe•antl sound, as are all the ships
of our squadron, but• the Antelope has escaped
in a most miraculous manner. IVe were lying at
St. Lucie quietly at anchor, only the day be
the hurricane came on, aml got under sail for
Barbadoes (as was our intention) 'about seven in •
the morning of the 20th, it being fine weather.
At twelve o'clock the night tollowiug the officer
of the watch hailed the thastcr, and said, the
wind had come round •to the north-west,, which
was very Unusual in this country, where easterly
vrinds prevail all the year through, and that the
weather appeared to be coming on bad ; the Ad-
, niiral and Captain were irs►nrediately upon deck ;
we took in all our sails except the torisail, which
was reefed ; got the top-gallant masts upon deck,
and prepared for the worst. At three in the moral -
ing of the 21st instant-, it blew very hard at west,
l_with tremendous heavy rain—at four still hamlet•;
,! took in our fore-sail, and brought her,to limier a
' try-sail double reefed : at seven yet harder, when
a sea came and washed away one of our boats,
from► the stern. When ten o'clock came ii blew

, .
a perfect hurricane., beyond what Any of us lead
ever witnessed ; however, the ship 1:!iy very quiet,
and behaved very well; hot from the heaviness '.
and quantity of lain, with the immense lover of
wind, all our cabins were full of water. At noon
the wet tier abated,. and at three in the afternoon
it became quite moderate, when we set, on.r sails ,
again. I call the escape of the -Antelope miraen- i'
lons, because, if we had remained at St. L,.eie'
one night more, not an• tesom of the ship would
ever have been, seen, noticing could have saved us-
from shipwreck. Every ship we left there w.as
lost. The town barracks lend bitilding• of every
kind were blown down. At the village of Gri).s.
islet only three hawses are left standing ant of
about 150 ; the Governor (Major-General ,Sey- '
rmour) was killed ; also Major Burdett, his wife•
I and children wet e 'killed, by being buried in the •
ruins qt their house, blown in upon them. We
visited St. Lucie again sixteen days .afterwards,
and the scene was such as my pen camibt describe :
many of the inhabitantslost their Clothes, and i
those who are sick, are lying ate the- wound with
Ino other covering than the, sky, exposed to sun '
land rain. An officer in one of the tegiments, see-
r lug the approach of the hurt inane, pelt a few
I clothes into a small trunk, and hid it, as he
thought, in a place of safety ; when the weather
I was Over, lee found his trunk bad been blo.Nlll
away, and the' lid of it was found more than halt
i a mile off. The solniers and others were obliged
Ito lie clown on the ground and hold themselves
1 fast by the grass, or any thing they could get to
I save themselstes. This may appear strange, but
so it was : the power of the wind was excessive.
The island of St. Lucie has suffered the most.--,
1 The .vessels Were driven on shore at Barbadoes
and Martinique, but no damage of any conse-
quence to the hotises -or . other buildings. Very
fortunately all our little squadron, viz. Scamander,
Brazen, and Childers, are safe. :,The Brazen lost
her boat, but nothing more. In short, the fatal
21st of October will be felt and temeuibered by
the St. Luciano 'as long as they live."

PORTSMOUT,I, JAN.. s.—Sailed hit Majesty's
ship
.Grecian on a cruise. •
SHEERNFSS, JAN. s.—The brig mentioned yes-
terday.as being on the Blythe is not an American,
but the Hibernia, of Waterford, hound to Lon,
don ; she was still on sllore Otis morning.
117/6. ybettits Sense 9—We bare beard of a Play
called " Who wants a Guinea ?" This was curious enough., but
it was reserved for the ingenious Author of-an " LSsAY ou .
CAPAUITY and GENIUS," lately put:11,11(A, to ask, Who
wants Sense? . It is indeed a strange question, and certainly
seems, rather rrradoxic.ll. Fist 'till now it has been held au
axiom, that one roan Wits 1)9111 a Poet, another a Philosopher,
and a third an Orator, while the rest of mankind were born
to drag on-a dull, plodding 'devoid of all 'Dental energy.
But the scene is now changed, and men are now told from
the pen of a rhilmopher,o(Mr. Locke's school, that all men
are equally capable of improvement in intellect—that they
are not born with particular organs which should sit limits
to their understandtin,rs. He has examined the- lives of il-
lustrious men in all.the departments of Literature, and shews
that an)' individual, placed in similar circumstances, might
become equally eminent. The Theory is benevolent, ii‘nd we
hope universal perusal marshew it. is foniuLed in trutk. in
short, the. Anthoi- of. the Essay on capacity; autl tstaius
Forth that any man who wants may have Seco.

0 E T It. V.

. .
ATYDRESSED TO 51. TtEiCA.ZE, ON A At CF..NT NdArINTATIOIST. TO TUE

LEGIOV 00 HONOUR.

snarls les terns afireux d'autreftri.;
On mettait sans pixie les voleurs snrla croix ;
GI tee au o)am...,,ement de nos mecurs, .
'C'est ia Oi2C aujonrd'hni qu'on met sur les roleurs.

TitANSI.I7ION.
In ancient times--'twas no great loss
hey hung I he thief 'won the cross ;
But now, alas.! 1 sao with grief,
We hatig the Cross spun the thief.

- •• . •
REGISTER OF FASHION.

rASHIONABLF. CHANGES.

The Earl and Countess of Coventry and family, from
Croome,W-orcestershire, .to•Streat ham, Surrey.; the Duke of
Devonshire, for, his seat, Chatsworth, Derbyshire; the.Mar-
gnis of.Tavistoek, at his seat in Bedfordshire, from a tour;
LOrd Middleton, at his seat, Briddal, from,War-
wiekshif e; 'the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Long Wdlesley, fOr Wan-
stead-House, Essex.

sPokriNo INTELLIGENC.

STATENIENT OF T.F.-1E ODDS :pN THE DEkBY AND'

OAKS
sTAKEs, 1818.— JAN. b. •
. DrBBY..'• •
• Taken 10 to 1 airct c. by 0. c ille, out of Allegretta.
10 to 1 agst Waty, out of.Millonia.:-
Taken 12 to 1 agst c. by Sorcerer.-out of Hornby Lass.
13 `to 1 apt c. hy WaXy, oryt of Ringtail.
16 to 1 agst Brother to Crecy.
17- to 1 agst ch. e. lry Marmion; out of Lancashire
Witch. . • ••
17 to 1 agst c. hySelim, out of Parasol.
• • OAKS.
Taken G to 1 agst Loo, by Waxy. • •
• to 1 agaiust any other. , . •
N.B. For the NeWmailit t St. Leger Stakei twenty-five colts
and fillies are named, and for the Doncaster St. Leger Stakes
fifty. one. On the Doncaster Stakes 11 to 2 was betted and
taken about Mr. Lumley's Castrella colt; and on the New-
market Stakes 10 to 1 about the Miltonia colt.

TIVNTING.—tIie Pi-ince Regent's Stag Hounds meet Fri-
day, at Maidenhead Thicket, at ten, if hunting weather.----The
Duke of Grafton's Hounds inert to-morrow, at Ash Ley,, at
half:past test.—The Hatfield Hounds •meet Thursday, at
Luton ; Saturday, :11.1(ennel, at half-past ten.

FROM THE. warisu MONITOR,
(Late ANTI-GALLICAN) of Sunday last, Jan. 4.

NAPOLEON'S CAMPAMN IN SAXONY, IN THE
YEAR 1813, BY BARON VON ODELF,BENL AN FAL-
WITNESS IN THE FRENCH HEAD-QUARTERS.

" Napoleon's Generals were accustomed to
hold themselves in readiness to proceed from place
to place at a otoment's warning, and blindly to
sacrifice themselves to the.will of the Emperor.—
Sottlt hArl receody ordered his best ,cavalry to re-
move ftdor Spain to Germany. During the ar-
mistice, his lady quitted Paris fur Dresde►► ;..two
days alter her arrival•there, the Emperor having
received intimation of the retrograde movement

of his troops from t'itroria !o the French Iron-
tier, Souk was again unexpectedly appointed tc
take a co,mniand in Spain. He was unocr the tie.

cessity of departhig Chat Vey 'night,. otr
horses, mules, ana carriages, and distni*sing his
•servants.. The Officers of his Stall were in the
smile sitliatitw, as 4 he greater number accontßanied
; the Duchess bid farewell to the bean-

fill city of Dresden, atter a visit of three. days.
Napoleon'* Adjutants, Se,cretarif s, Orderly
Officc!s„and every individuell near him, from the
Great Ecuyer to the uwa.lest attendant, were sub-
jected to the most incredible drudgery and con-
straint. Canlaincourt was indefatigable in his at-

tendance, and, like wore compelled to be
it: readiness to serve the Emperor hourly, and
even momentarily ; and, at the s-me time, to ob-
serve a certain degree of elegance in their dress.
In the towns cvhere Napoleon usually fix: d his
quarters, all were crowded together; besides the
Emperor's sitting-loom, cabinet, the salott de ser-
vice, and dining-room for the Officers', a bed-
chamber and study were always assigned to Ver-
thier, so that the Aides-de-camp wile freuently
obliged to content thenrselves with very miserable
accommodation. A man' of high birth, like Ge-
ner,at Narbonne, who, in'the'capaeity of Ambas-
sador at Vienna, formerly enjoyed the most splen-
did establishment,'frequentiv lay, daring the lat-
ter half of the campaign, as Aide-de-camp to the
Emperor;on a bed of straw, or a pair of stools, in
Napoleon's anti-chamber, in order to be ready to
rouse him perhaps six or eight times in one. night,
whenever any important accounts or dispatches
arrived. In N ipoleon's anti-chamber the whole
of the Officers on duty lay on beds of straw ; two
Aides-de-camp, each of whom had an Aide-de-
:camp under him, a Chamberlain, two Orderly
Officcis, and two pages—and when there was the
slightest expectation of an approaching rupture
or engagenosnt, all were ready at a moment's
warning.' Thus• the anti-chamber not onfre-
(rettily presented an appearance similar to the
bowels of the Trojan horse. Rostan, tfte cele-
brated Mamebike, whom Napoleon had hio.:glit
with him Irani' Egypt, slept on the ground 'treat'
she Emperor's apartments, generally facing the
door ; he served Napoleon in the capacity of a
Squire, resembling, in all respects, theirtithful
Sancho Pa_oza, except that he was not under the
necessity of attending to his own steed, and had
as many relays as the 'Emperor himself. As soon
as Napoleowmounted his horse, Rostati was be-
hind !rival, carrying his great coat, cloak, a small
portmanteau, and an oil-skin covering for himself.
tle stressed and undressed Napoleon, was con-
staidly near his person, and occasionally waited at
his table. It is honouring him too far to\ suppose
that he shared the confidence of Narniloon, or wAs.
invested with a certait'rrook. Though Rostan had
irolo wed the Emperor in various etigki,,:e,teott;
yet he never Obtrined the Cross of the Legion 01
Honour. Caulaincourt,.and the Officert who had
served longest under the Emperor, always address-
ed hhn in the langitage which they ;night he ex-
pected to use to an interior, and he lived with the
superiOr Officer's of the Emperor's lionieltidd.----
Rostan hag now become a naturalized Frenchman,
and is married to a Parisian woman, whose por-
trait be wears iu his busurn. There. is something

so exlrelridy, Tre.F.ssrs nhotit this m
rhe eandidexpression I,,r4tt
hrown,,eyvs, and frankii!4ss-01 untilner, tat .t it is b.,t
no, weans ,snypiising. that NaNleot) have
placed, issipticitreiiJnee uu hi, fidelny.q:Atid
Itostah did nor .tollmy the Filiiperorwheti'lle.was
ii;lrledlroin the sitinpit of This -t4lor_si,,ariii
to retire to Elba.. Ilerl►aps,he dreaded the irti
table disposition of Napoleon, and preferred re-
siding n) Paris—a place to which be is much at -
tactse!L .

liesiiles Rostan,_ there was a sham ?:slamelnke'
in the service of the Emperor, hisbead -Quart ers.
lie was .a native of 4Versailli,s,, and 't.tioi:git he
a ore the same sort. of, dress as Rostan, he was tar
fromeurying the smite privileges. lie was k-ept
en reser,ce withjhe.rest ok the
herras Itostan was alWays near the person of the -
Emperor himself. • • ,
At. Napoleon', bead quarters '-a 'particular
apartment
,was always fixed upon, as a study for
hint and his :Cabinet Secretary. This closet was
looked ,upon as more important than theEmperin's
own 'private chamber. Witch Napoleon bivouacked
Atrith his. :troops, a closet was Imediately fitted up
acrjuiuing his own tent. lothe centre stood a
large, table, over which, was spread a map of the
theatreof,,the war. During the, CaMpaign of
Saxony, he made use of l'etri's map, •the same tot -
viticit he Mad been accustomed to refer in the year
106.; and on which he set great value. This map
was already spread out in proper form before Na-
poleon entered the house, and stuck over with
ohms various colours,, to mark the positions of
tie various corps d'arinees and the enemy. This
was,t he business of the Director of his Topogra-
phic Bureau, who was constantly engaged with
him, and wit() was acipiainted with the positions
better than any other individual. This map was
his inSeparable companion, and the most essential
piece of his portable furniture. At night it was
surrounded lty '2O to 30 candles, in the centre of
which the 'Compasses were placed. . When be
mountd his horSe, rhe Grand Ecuyer Caulain-
coilit; who was constantly near his person, always
carried the map fas7ened to his breast, that he
might be in readiness to produce it whenever the
Emperor called out " la carte."
"- it °nee happened that the Emperor wanted
the map, and the pieces were not placed in the
proper order. Ile seethed to be transported into
a foreign Country, gild, with some degree of irri-
tation, he proceeded toat range time divisions him-
self. At this moment a violent gust of wind
arose. and threw them all in disorder. Napoleon,
in a fit of passion, seiz.d the map, and threw it
mind; r the feet of the horse on which the Duke de
Vicenza was riding. His txcellency was Under
time necevity of alighting, and with the assistance
of 3-1. page once mot e'spread out time map. The
Emperor appeared, however, to repent of his rash-
ness, for a teW moments atter he said, in a softened.
tone, Dounez mai la carte anti requested that
Camila-int-mat would put it in order. •
" In the. four corners of Napoleon's Cabioec
small tables were placed. wheueser they could he
plocured, at which the Etnperor, his 6ecretaries,
bod the Director of his Bureau Topo,;raphique,
were accustomed to write. Ile usually (tie: iteit
tO this latter, MINI lie paced ahnut tine room,
'dressed in his ordinary wren uni!otni, 'and not
mu:frequently wearinz, his hat, As be was'accus-
tomed to have all the fancies that entemed his
head pot into execution with the utmost expedi-
tion, no one could were whit sufficient 'avidity
for hiM, and it .consequently became necessary to
write his thoughts by cyphers.
" It is impossible to conceive the-rapidity with
which Napoleon, dictated, anal decree of faci-
lity which his Secretaries attained in this species
of writing. One of them, who was a very young
man, excelled all the rest in ' expedition. The
cyphers employed were of course klieroglyphics.
A Dragon's tail was used- to express the whole
French Army—a ship, time corps of- bavoust—a
thorn, the Mils!' Empire.---ii mushroom, com-
mercial cities, &c. It- is said that Napoleon poss.
sessed singular facility itt decyphering this hiero-
glyphic writing, which may readily be supposed,
since he himself fixed the signification of the
signs which were made use of. •
" Notwithstandiog th, • numerous secretaries
and clerks employed in Napoleon's Cabinet, none
of his proceedings.jvere ever divulged. '1 here Was
an officer styled Gardien du Portefeuil, who was,
perhaps,- the most patient man in all France
Amidst all the ulit& of war, his anode of living
was certainly more simple, though, at the sante
time, more wearisome than any other individoal
at the head-quarters. Several year, of tried fide-
lity tendered his situation- a permanent
Though he was dressed like a common Huissier,
yet he wore his embroidered collar, which was the
insignia of the high officers of the court. The
Valets-de-Chambrehmi rite care `of the lat ge leather
porte•folio of the Cabinet, and the boxes contain-
ing the papers of tile iltircats Topographique. The
Gardien din Portpjfeuil was the Keeper of the Sanc-
tuary, like the Sphinx in. the Gardens of the
Egyptians, and he never quitted time door of, the
Cabinet, except when it was necessary to relieve
him on aceount-of excessive fatigue. To fi:l this
office, a vigorous constitution and au extraordinary
share of patience were requisite, tor, when Na-
poleon took a fancy to sit up and mite for the
whole night, he 'was never suffneal to stir front
hiS post. This was it simple but a utmost painful
duty, when the head-quarters atare fixed it, one
place for any length of time. The moveable ar-
ticles belonging to the Cabinet, or Bureau Tupo7
groplaque, which al stays follnwed the head-quar-
revs, were ustially conseyeil in two e4ri }ages. The
greater portion wits, however, HI behind oma
the frontiers, prev‘iwis to Napoli:o..l's advance to
SaZouv,

‘. Dieting the Jtuss,ian catnpaign a most serious
tel.*" was likewise sustained, a the,
opinian of the Officers at the Emperor's
hold, was quite kr( parable. Of 'all the beautital
maps and plans witti et hkh Napolvon had 0.11 this
occasion provided himself, not a •single sheet was
saved. The fcwofficets of the tlouse-
hold who escaped, thought dicinseh es happy ill
possessiog even the articles of -nece,sary clothing.
Napoleon's beautiful collection of nwiuscripts be-
came A prey to the general desola ion allay
valakble works, by taling iota the -11'a ads of the
scientific and powelful, coutribute to ,the,wellare
of empires instead of their destruction!"