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London, England, 1815-10-25 00:00:00

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DAT /LS Ii;S:I__LTING_NUNAPAREL'S

ABDI-.4710 A'.

M. De sr. DIDIER Lis Private Seerettry.

For two days and nights meetinrs and committees
succeeded each other in the Elysee Palace without
producing any resu:r. l'•;e Emperm's anxiety seem-
ed to increase. Much husinrgs seemed or be doing,
and ylt no.hiug was (fennel n•cl. Thu time was,
lccwerer, pressiog. Th- Chan) .ers had assembled,
and, horn the violence of the d scussions. it was lain
that the parties stood opposed to each other I the
necessity of an abdicakiun WASAIrraJy arkrn of with
much freedom.

I heard the noise of a carriage which suddenly
stopped at the Palace. It was Prince Lecien's.—)
Napoleon turned pale on seeing him. tie went di wra.
however, and rn..t his brother the garlen.. The .
}'rarer drew the Emperrtr aside into the clhsest walk
in the garden. I Isallowed at A distance by turnings
which 1 knew, and I arriv•ci te•hiod a thicket Al ver•
dure which concealer! me frotn d: m. It is probable
I 6.11.41 Voly the list pit of their conversAtion.
l't ;ace I.tiorN.—., Mete is your firmness now t
Ahaini,:n this iirtsnliition. You know the conse-
quence of not having the connige t:) dare."
Ci F.Nit,Ettott.-6, I I:ave dared too much."

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Yes, ten much, and .
PIO
Dare once again. You deliberate when it is pr per
ybu shauld act. Others are artill and n hbe.
rating. T!:ey will pronounce yAnt
The EMPE11011....." Foiteituie I Let us see Da.
mist."

Ncv returned into the Palace, and the Prince it
Ecictouhl w.,s sent tor. lam not certain what 0.; s
proposed to him, nnr what he replied; but it Apra,.
ed that he would attempt nothing against the rode.
pendence of the nati:atal representation.
Prince Lucien, mu- It agitated, .(:on drove off is
',is carriage. I livar.i him ~.ty to his Secret try--.
4. What can Isty to you ? The smoke of NI ,unt St.
Jean has turned his head."

The Emperor shot himself Up hermetically in a re.
tired cahim.t, and .d:d not come out for an hour. 'He
had asked for a jolly awl coffee, and a valet de
chambre tint it into him by A boy, who, durh.g his
service in the Paiace, had been particularly noticed
by Naralera, and of whom be seemed very toad.—
'.'he boy looked seriously At the Emperor, who was
sit t:ig inotionleis with his hands over his eyes. •••
66 Eat slaw," said the ;" it will do .yon g00.A."
The Emperor asked Are you not from Gone se?"
" No, Sire, I come from Pierre-Fte." " And sour
parents helve a cottatte and van? acres there ?''—
•• Yes, Sire That is a happy life I" His head,
which 'he had tie sru;srineat r..iezd, be then suck
gaut ttite:r Tits :lands.
Napoleon soon after returned to Lis great Cabinet,
where he • found one opeitiii a &so:itch. 66 I, there
any thing new there ?" said ill:. Ent.terrin "
sins a letter. addressed to Ills Majesty
Bonaparte read what folli.ws
" The chastisement of a hero consists is his fall.
Your's is resolved on, and in order that history may
consider it as legal as your contemporaries will be-
lieve it just, the public authurty is about to .pro.
nounce• te. Your acc implices wail n•t toot have it
in their power to des.aif.a.: it as the a ta-k of Vie bayo-
nets of Kalmuck. You may, however, pmvent
Take to yourself the i.onour of descending fr..m a
throne front which you may be dragged. Teas is
the advice of a candid enemy tv!,o has often admired
you, who never geared you, and who, at the pier of
his blood, would have wished to have had to revere
in you the saviour of that yew Id of which you lave
been the scourge. That enemy cannot leave him
whom his genius and the natienal lid have raised to
sovereignty, withuirt saying. to him what hi, foie ids,
it any yet remain to him, onght to say—albeit:cam."
" That I should abdicate !" biting his lips and
crushing the letter in his. hand. 64 What think yos
f it ?" said he to two of the Ministers, the Daily of
Basun() and Regnaiilt St. Jean d'Augely, who had
just entered—the former was silent. 64 1 untie:stsna
you," said Napoleon, affectiny gaiety ; " you agree
with the anon)mous writer. Welt, Count Regnault,
what is.yuur opinion ?" " With men and money you
might still repel the attacks of your assailants 1 but
wittiout them what Call you 4o but yield ?" •" I am
Ate to resi.t.,9 Pobliz opinion is with the Chats.
tiers, and it is the opinion 01 the Cum:nis that a sA.
CrifiCe is required."
11..rc Geueral S.:lignac. iiiictriba of the ersishttr
of
Solianac tuplainte.l the rt:',l..-ror ;" he has
not spoken to me thew tire ye.e..s, can he wain rj
pie,. u the convert;
The Ministers v Sqlign ic was manic.
di
shall therefor.: cionte the ws-rds in which the
saatiteuniy, admitted. was not
General tad stated it himself:

4 it was sealed; the Cl.amber 113,1 determined
to exclitle Nap. loon from the ; but it was
wished to strew rig fer te,:e army in p:oceenings
concerning the peiso,: ul i,s Chia, whe,t power and
glory the troops had GO Song been acrustonnal to re-.
,pect. There was also reason to fer:, that the De-
ca cc of hi!. forfeiture niiglit be rT-ide the uuteSt
insurrection.. The Capi...l migln bccorie the see, e
of serious trolibles, and ;.:e country involsed in A
civil sv.,r. It vppeared y, inerefure, iu order
to :,Void these evils, that the Abdication of N.,poirea
shin 41J proceed from Ininseii, end be considered as a
voluntary actiof doted ness for thecountry. To ohtshr
this object, 1 emploled the means of pecstusion which
appeared to me best c ulsteil rot success. After an
hourand conversition,Napoieonat last yielded
to my urgent recorntuenciatons. lie appeared touch.
ed ,with toe frankness and enPrgy with which I spoke,
while at the same time I reserved the respect which
was due to hisTabk, and sill more to his mit4ortunes.
In a word, 1 left the Emperor ' with the 4ssurance
that he would transmit his act of abdication, and
wised at the Chamber of ft• pieseotatives be.tore the
fiithitore. which was :hen' under consideration, brs
iconic the subject of a positive Decree:"