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NAPOLEON'
Dragoons, under the ordite-of Colcmel Nasser Abreu•l
whom he directed to Naar Ati) position at Iso, one
league from tumbles/ ithricfstitted Antis, wrens • •
same•clay, and entered tuilt,bles; but he abandoned
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it otethe 7th, and wfts ptirsued is far' as Pampeluna sphere, hut a
by the Royalist troops." of the observer
• The above issan nut reCial 6f the movements of greatest events
the armies in Navarre up:tcrthe pith instant. We im- which he lived
patiently await the result of thebperatina:of General Whatever, therefore, relates
(Monne' against Vittoria.
• • continue to excite great interest, That Interest will now,
Ceftoht THE JOURNAL 1711,1PAntS. j howevea, ensure groat gratification front two volatile Weeks
PAttl3, DECg 111 BEd 23. • which have just appeared, entitled
..Napokon'i ilfeamai and
If people would keep in mind the only official pub. Les Caws Jo:mm4l. These Worits,wriuen undeF the leintediate
lication which the Government have yet
A made with inspection of NArocioN,by -his constant and most confidential
respect to the affairs of Spain, viz. that • -Europe left attendants, shew not only the secret springs of thoset events
to France the affair of interfering or not vrith Spain,
which astonished the world, but contain Much of the poi_
we should not see such eagerness in hoping or fear-
vate history of one of the most ettirsordinary individuals that
ing a positive decision before France is in a situation •
any age or country has produced. The following are extrastsi
to take a.past—that is to say, before the result of se-
parate and direct negotiations with Spain, the union
of the powers of the state, and the preparation of sub-
sidiary means indispensable on the supposition of war,
enable us to form a reasonable and well-grounded
opinion on this important question. The question is
no longer European—it is French :it no longer be-
longs to Congress, but to the Councils of the King of
France : it falls within the jurisdiction of Parliament
as a matter of finance, and, in a political point of
view, is an affair of Ministerial responsibility.
Those Journals which dream of nothing but abgs-
lute Monarchy, announced decisive and hostile deter-
minations before the opening of the Session. It may
not be now in the power of the Ministers to decide
anything but peace ; but the resolution for war is too
closely connected with the vote on the Budget to
allow of its being adopted before the meeting of the
Chambers, and before the ascertained certainty of a
majority of votes conformable to such a resolution.
We are far from fearing such a result : therefore
we ate very cautious in collecting that sort of authen-
tic intelligence which certain Journals lavish upon
those who gape for it.
All the fluctuations of the exchange, the factitious
and temporary rises and falls, produced by the insi-
dious circulation of mere humours, are, in fact, no-
thing more than the tricks of Stockplobbing,,by which
cunning and party spirit lay the timid and the cre-
dulous under contribution. We cannot too earnestly
warn the honest speculator, and, above all, the quiet
Stockholder, against such deceptions, by begging
them to consult, not the newsniongers of the Ex-
change, who, in two or three hours, reap the fruits
of the lies which they have spread about in the morn,
ing or the preceding evening, but the spirit of oar in-
stitutions, the true interests of France, the wisdom of
the Throne, the silence of the Congress of Verona, the
attitude of England, the moderation of the Spanish
Government—circumstances which, to all reasonable
men, are so many guarantees of a peace, which can
cause none to despair but the enemies of Constitu-
tional Monarchy.
We can warrant the news that a Treaty of Alliance,
offensive and defensive, between Spain and Portugal,
has been signed and ratified. This news is official.
—Constiiutionnel.

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On our leaving die Bellerophon in the morning to
virit the Superb, the Emperor stopped short in front
of the guard drawn up on the quarter-deck to 'salute
him. He made them perform several movements,
giving the word of command himself. Having de•'
sired them to charge bayonets, and perceiving this
motion was not performed altogether in the French
manner, he advanced into the midst of the soldiers,
!Mt the weapons aside with his hands, and seized a
musket from one of the rear rank, with which he
went through the exercise himself according to our
method. A sudden movement—and change of coun-
tenance amongst the Officers and others who were
present, sufficiently expressed their astonishment at
seeing the Emperor thus carelessly place himself'
amidst English bayonets, some of which came in
contact with his person. This circumstance produced
a most striking effect. On returning from the Superb
we were indirectly questioned on the subject, and
asked whether the Emperor had ever acted in the
same way with his own soldiers? while th! greatest
surprise was expressed at his confidence. Not one
amongst the Officers had formed any idea of Sove-
feigns who could thus explain and execute their own
commands : it was therefore easy to perceive they
had no just conception of the personage now before
them, notwithstanding his having been so marked an
object of attention and curiosity for about 20 years. -

I was again sent for.by the Emperor; who, after
alluding to different subjects, began to speak of St.
Helena, asking me what sort of a place it could be ?
whether it was possible to exist there? and similar
questions. " But," said he, " after all, am I quite
lure of going there ? Is a man dependent on others.
when he wishes that his dependence should cease?"
We continued to walk to and fro in the cabin ; he
seemed calm, though affected, and somewhat absent.
er My friend," continued the Emperor, " I have
sometimes an idea of quitting you, .and this would
not be very difficult ; it is only necessary to create a
little "mental excitement, and I shall soon have es-.
caped. All will be over, and you can then tranquilly
rejoin your families. This is the more easy, since my
internal_ principles do not oppose. any bar to it ;—I
am one of those who conceive that the pains of the
other vhrrld were only imagined as weounteipoise to
those inadequate allurements which are offered to us
there. Goo can never have willed such a contradic
tion to his infinite goodness, especially for an act of
this kind ; and what is it after all, but wishing to re-
turn to him a little sooner ?"

MADRID, DECEMBER 14.
(EXTRACT PROM A PRIVATE LETTER.)
A Treaty of Commerce between Spain and Eng-
land, is more than ever talked of. I possess very
certain information on this subject. It is impossible
to overlook the injurious .effect it may have upon
France, and particularly on the Southern provinces,
which derive great advantages from their commercial
relations with Spain ; but if the policy rif France is
hostile towards us, can we hesitate in such a negocia-
tion, and will she have any right to reproach us, for
giving advantages to a Power which refuses to unite
itself to our enemies ?
The Spanish Ministers have entered into a new
contract with a foreign house, for the supply of
70,000 muskets. In the meantime, the manufacture
of arms in the Peninsula is carried on with the
greatest activity.
Several of the richest London bankers have sent
agents to Madrid, with full powers to negotiate the
new loan of forty millions of reals vellon opened
by the Spanish Government. Sir H. Cox is among
the number. These Gentlemen express the greatest
confidence in the affairs of the Peninsula, and in pri-
vate society readily state, that before they left Lon-
don with the view of engaging in this negociation,
they took care to obtain positive assurances (torn the
English Cabinet, that they might undertake it with
perfect safety, in as far as regarded the hostile inter-
vention of England. As to war with the other Con-1
tinental Powers, we in no way fear it.
There is a report that General Morillo is about to
be appointed to the command of an army of reserve,
which is to consist of 36,000 strong. From the mo-
ment this rumour began to circulate, every one, at
least all those who thoroughly knew the part Mo-
rillo played in the affair of the 7th of July, naturally
asked—Can the Government have changed in any
degree the plan•which it seemed, and still seems, to
follow? Has it yielded to foreign influence? Or has
it been found necessary to make concessions to the
party which previously held the reins of the State?
These are the questions generally put, but to which
no one knows how to reply.

I remonstrated warmly against such notions. Poets
and philosophers had said that it was a spectacle
ve o ,t h y of the Divinity, to see men struggling with'
.fortune. What might not the mere change of a Mi-
nistry, death of a Prince, that of a confidant, the
slightest burst of passion, or the most trifling dispute,
bring about ?
" Some of these suggestions have their weight,"
said the Emperor, " but what can we do in that deso-
late place?"—" Sire," I replied, " we will live on the
past ; there is enough of it to satisfy us. Do we not
enjoy the life of Cesar and that of Alexander's. We
shall possess still More—you will re-peruse yourself,
Sire !" "Be it so !" rejoined Napoleon ;" we will
write our memoirs. Yes, we must be employed ; for
occupation is the scythe of time. After all, a man
ought to fulfil his destinies ; this is my grand doctrine:
let mine also be accomplished." lie-assuming from
this instant an air of ease and even gaiety, he passed
on to subjects totally unconnected with our situation.
While walking in the stern-gallery with the Empe-
ror, at the usual hour, he drew from under his waist-
coat, still conversing on a totally different subject, a
species of girdle, which he handed to me, saying—
" Take care of that for me :" without interrupting
him, I placed it under my own waistcoat. The Em-
peror told me, soon after, that it contained a diamond
necklace, worth two hundred thousand francs, which
Queen Hortensia forced him to accept on his leaving
slalmaison.

After our arrival at St. Helena, I frequently spoke of
returning the necklace, but never received any reply.,
Having mentioned the subject again when we were
at Longwood, Napoleon drily asked, " Does it annoy
you ?"—" No, Sire,'• was my answer; " Keep it then,
said he. From wearing the girdle so long, the neck-
lace became, as it were, identified with my. person;
and I thought so little about it, that it was not till
some days after my being torn from Longwood, and
by the merest accident, that it recurred to my me-
mory. Before quitting the island, I had the
pressible satisfaction of ]snowing that the necklace had
reached the hands of the Emperor.
I need scarcely observe, that the English are ac-
customed to remain a long time at table after the
dessert, drinking and conversing: the Emperor,
already tired by the tedious dinner, could never have
endured this custom, and he rose, therefore, from
the first day, immediately after coffee had been
handed round, and went out. on deck, followed by
the Grand Marshal and myself. This disconcerted
the Admiral, who took occasion to expresi his sur-
prise to his Officers; but Madame Bertrand, whose
maternal language is English, warmly replied, " Do
not. forget, Admiral, that your guest is a man who
has governed a large portion of the world, and that
Kings once contended for the honour of being ad-
mitted to his table." " Very true: rejoined the Ad-
miral; and this officer, who possesses good sense, a
becoming pliability of manners, and sometimes much
„elegance, did his utmost from that moment to ac•
commodate the Emperor in his habits. He shortenci
Ithe time or sitting at table, ordeting coffee to Na-

A letter of the 11th inst. received yesterday from
Vienna, says—" The loan meditated by this Govern-
ment for the amelioration of the paper system, and
the payment in part of the debt due to England, for
it embraced both those objects, is indefinitely post-
poned. The motive for this is the decline of the
funds, assisted by the re-action, of the alarms of the
Paris market, but chiefly caused by the sales of the
leading capitalists intending to contract for the loan,
and willing to do so with the greatest possible advan-
tage to themselves. The houses which have con-
ducted the principal operations are those of ROTHS•
CH I LD, PA KISH, and GEITMULLEN, but whose objects,
by the procrastination of the measure, are wholly
defeated."—The metalliques are quoted on the 11th
inst. at 83k.
Letters trom Copenhagen communicate the extra-
ordinary fact, that the merchants there are shipping
barley and oats to the port of Konigsberg, the late
harvest having proved so very unproductive- for
these sorts of grain.
As a proof of the enurishing state of the cotton
trade, we need only state that W. Futuaitti, F.ss, has contracted
for the building of a factory in Blackburn, which, it is said, will
oontaiu about 36,000 spin:lles; and Messrs. I.teesiv 'and Co.
have also determined upon erecting another spinning.factory, ca-
-1 gable of holding about 20,000 apittdles.

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