Star.
London, England, 1831-04-15 00:00:00

NAPOLEON'S TONI B.

When at St. Helena I started one morning with a small party of bro-
ther officers, to view the spot where the remains of the world's agitator
are deposited. With what singular emotion. I took my stand upon the
slab which sheltered the dust of him for whom the crowns, thrones, and
sceptres he wrung from their possessors would of themselves have fur-
nished materials for a monument ! There the restless was at rest—
there the Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Con-
federation of the Rhine. Grand Alaster of die Legion of Honour, re-
posed with almost as little sepulchral pomp as the humble tenant of a
country church-yard.
" After life's fitful fever he sleeps well."
I withdrew my foot—removed with my handkerchief the tracts it had
left upon the stone, and gave a tear to the fate of the exile. I also was
a soldier of fortune. Our party quitted the place with dejected faces.
and scarcely a word was spoken until we reached our quarters. On the
following morning a French frigate arrived from the Isle of Bourbon,
having on board a regiment of artillery. The officers solicited and ob.
tained permission to pay a tribute of respect to their old leader's ashes.
I accompanied them to the ground, and rarely have I witnessed en.
thusiasm like theirs. On their way not an eye was dry, and some,who
had served immediately under " the Emperor," wept aloud. As:they
drew nearer to the spot their step became hurried and irregular, but the
moment they saw the tomb, they formed two deep, and advanced with
uncovered heads, folded arms, and slow and pensive pace. When
within five or six yards of their destination, they broke off into single
files, and surrounding the grave, at uniform intervals knelt silently
down. The Commander of the frigate and the others in succession,
according to their rank, then kissed the slab ; when they arose every
lip was fixed, every bosom full—Correspondenl of ghe Explighman's
.11agasine.

()RAAI A OF THE BRITISH
EMPIRE.
LEOrr—VI'RIOT.
In another page we give a report of the important proceedings at
York on Monday last, before Mr. Justice Littledale, in the cause of
Doe dem. Hungatc, v. Clapham and Gascoigne. As a great deal of the
valuable property at issue is in this immediate neighbourhood, the trial
has excited deep interest in Leeds and the adjoining places. Consider.
ing that many of our readers might wish to know the nature of the
connexion between the families of Ilungate and Oascoigne, we have ex-
tracted the following particulars from the pedigrees in Thoresby's Du.
catus Leotliensis :—Mary Ilungate, oldest of the two daughters and
co-heiress of Sir Francis Ilungate, Bart. of Saxton, was mother of the
late Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bart. of Parlington, which Sir Thomas was
the second husband of Mary, relict of Sir Charles Turner, Baronet, of
Kirklentham, whosz only daughter Mary, by her first husband, is the
wife of the present Richard Oliver Gascoigne (whose only son was killed
by a full in hunting), succeeded,to the estates, and in compliance with
Sir Thomas's will, assumed the name of Gascoigne.
TIIE LATE Ma. TROUTHECK.—It will be seen by our Assize In-
telligence that the trial of the issue directed by the Lord Chancellor, to
ascertain who was of the next of kin to this gentleman, and heir of his
large property, came on at York on Saturday, when a verdict passed for
the defendant. The Attorney. General, who was nominally the defen-
dant, as representing the crown, conducted his case in person.
HULL.—Our docks anti quays have for the last week, presented a
busy and animated appearance, from the great number of country peo-
' pie arriving, to take their passage to North America, by the traders at
this time departing for Quebec. The Almora, Ward, which sailed
on Monday morning, carried out 130 passengers; the Westmoreland,
Knill, and the Amore, Dearness, now about to sail, have already en-
gated, the former 198, and the latter 150.
DADE THE Foaoza.—This person, who escaped from Lan-
caster Castle, where he was confined on a charge of forgery, was
re-taken on Thursday last, at a place in New Islington, near
Manchester.
In consequence of the Editors of the Mercury having stated in their
paper of the 2d inst. that they were persuaded Messrs. Gott would not
wish to pay lower wages than their neighbours in the same line of bu-
siness, a deputation of the weavers waited upon Mr. John Oott and
Mr. Dixon on Tuesday morning, to ascertain if they were disposed to
give the requested advance for weaving (after stating to them what they
were asking was nothing more than what other respectable manufac-
turers in the town were giving for the same quantity of work) Mr. J.
Oott replied, they did not intend to give the advance, consequently
there is no prospect at present of the difference being arranged.
A Rev. Dean, who was very economical of his wine, descanting one
day on the extraordinary performance of a blind man, remarked that
the poor fellow could see no more than " that bottle."—" No wonder
at that, Sir, " replied a minor canon, " for we have seen no more than
that bottle all all the afternoon."
On Sunday last, two lectures were delivered in a large room in Hud-
dersfield, one calling himself Shiloh, the other Elias. The room was
crowded to suffocation. They commenced by stating the reason why
they, as preachers, appeared in blue clothing instead of black. They
considered that black as worn by the clergy, Sec. was a type of igno-
rance, and the darkness of their understanding, &c. while blue was a
type of the contrary, &c. They quoted Scripture to show that they
were what they pretended to be : they said they had been commissioned
by God logo forth to proclaim the Millenium, to put an end to all sec-
tarianism, and produce i hat state, when all shall be of one heart and
mind, &e. to put an end to priesteraft, which they described to be the
original cause of suffering and misery, and for the support of which
millions of human lives had been sacrificed. They said that Hell had
been the pillar by which priestcraft was upheld, and contended that
there was no such place ; neither was there any Devil, except what was
within man's own breast.
About ten o'clock on Monday, the inhabitants were surprised by
the appearance of a number of Wroeites, with their Bowing beards,
the women dressed in green, with white veils, in a sort of procession,
going out of town ; but tbelt surprise was increased in the afternoon,