Star.
London, England, 1816-04-18 00:00:00

BONA PA 11717.

The following anecdotes respecting BONAPARTE}
are not generally known, and are, we think, wo.tliy
.of publication as beitig characteristic of the man s.
General Becker% accounts of his mission, as he
gave them ip the ministerial circles of Paris, afforded
no clue to discover by what itteitihk Area he had led
this terrible creature so quietly to an ignominious
end ; but it was surmised that the personal par; of
the Ex-Emperor (which we have already seen are
more than becomingly strong) were operated upon.
What the General told was, that he had never passed
a period of more ansiety, and that there was no suc-
cess more difficult.than that which lie had attained.
He said that Napoleon had treated him, from the
first moment, not merely with civility, but even with
familiarity. On the day before the journey began,l
while walking together m tile garden of Malmaison,
the General made some observation concerning
Maria Louisa, and the conduct of the Court of ,
Austria towards trim. Napoleon laughed, gave him
A little playful slap on the cheek, and said—" Alice,
mon ami, to ne connais pas cos gens-la I"
Before Bonaparte's departure, he sent for one of
his early friends-he wished to take leave of him.—
Bonaparte said, " I would not go witbout seeing
you ; we shall never meet again." The other, un-
able to speak, burst into tears. 13 maparte put his
hands on his friend's shoulders with an air of affec-
tion, and said—" Mon cher, ne,vous attendiissez
pas ; dans les grandes crises comme celleci, c'est le
courage, et non pas 14 sensibilite, eons taut."
In a long conversation which ensued, this person
represents Bonaparte as calm, somewhat melancholy,
but not 66 abattu.''

Bonaparte allowed that he had committed, in the
late transactions, two great faults : the first was, that
be had left the army; the other WAS, the getting into
a discussion with the Chambers, and, above all, with
a deputation of the Chambers: the large body might
have been divided or dissolved ; but the committee
WAS armed with more power than the whole, was not
li4hle to disunion, and not subject to be put off and
delayed. Accordingly, said he, when I spoke to them
of the wants of the country, area, cannon, and money,
they answered me with the rigid: of man and the roczal
courraci, and all was lost.
On the road to Rochefort, where he was to embark,
and while he reasained there, Bonaparte received se-
veral deputations from the army, urging him to pin
himself at their head, and swearing to die in his
cause. ‘i You see," said he to Becker, ‘, that the
Provisional Government mistakes the wishes of the
people with regard to me." On these occasions he
would sometimes wake up, as it were, into life and
spirit, and express a tesolution to return to the army,
and conquer Spr die at its head ; but these gleams of.
courage were very short. Indeed, tho:.e who ap-
proached him described him as much we, both in
mind and body; weak, undecided, and pusillanimous,
very attentive to his own little comforts, fond of the
' table, and, though in general somewhat lethargic and
inclined to alsoftlectic seizure, exceedingly alive to all
that concerned his personal safety.
At Rochefort, where he arrived on the Ist of July,
finding the British squadron on the alert, tie bought
la small vessel of the country, with the intention of
escaping to sea in her, and making the-best of his way
to America ; on his announcing this resolution, Ma.
dabee Bertrand, in ad the agonies of tears, entreaties,
and hysteric!, to which violent-tempered ladies ate
subject, implored' him to forego this difficult and
dangerous plan; and Bonaparte acquiesced—glad,
as it is said, of an excuse to abandon an enterprise by
no means suited to his present taste.
At last, pressed upon by General Becker and his
own fears, he endeavoured, on the Inth and the sub.
sequent dar t. to nepociate a capitulation with the se.
ni officer of the British squadron that blockaded
him : this totally failed ; the officer refused to enter
into any engagement whatsoever, but offered to re.'
trice him on board, and reserve him for the ulterior
disposil of his government. To those terms (if terms
they may be called, which terms were none) Napo-
leon acceded ; and on the morning of the lstii of
July, embarked with his sone on board his Britannic
Majesty's ship Betaattorome.
The folloning anecdotes refer to his conduct at
Mr. Balcombe's, at St. Helena :

When L isCasses put down four gold Napoleons for
markers, the youngest of the ladies, who had never
seen any of that coin before, took up one, and asked
what it was. Boon:wane instantly, with more haste
than was consistent with politeness, snatched it out
of her hand, and exclaimed, with a tone half of
vexation and halt of triumph, Ne voyez-vous pas
que c'est moi r pointing to the impression with his
finger.
`then the cards were opened, the cover was, as
usual, thrown away, and was picked up by a little
boy, a son of Mr. Bakombe's, about six yens old.
'The print on the case was the Great illogsd; and the
little fellow, in the pride of his heart, would display-
it to the Emperor, who, however. was in no humour
to relish what he seemed to consider as a joke opon
himself; he snatched the paper from the child with
4 great deal of enspatietice, tare the Great Aftel in
pieces, and terrified the young wit to an ...WWI dis-
tance. •

When the game had gone on a little, it cam: to
Buonaparte's turn to deal. Ile happened to make
some mistake, and as he expressed much impatience
at losing the deal, the whole party requested lie
would try again—he did so, and a second tint: mis-
sed, and then,' said eur reporter, 'it I had not
seen it, 1 could not have conceived that so tiifnig
an accident could have affected any human creature
so seriously ; his whole countenance WolS li.glited up
with fury, and he made a violent contortion of hi.
features, and drew his mouth down oa one side, like
one suffering an inward pang.' He, however, reco-
vered himself enough t ask to have the house searched
for some old cards, and to send Lis Casses to sit at
a table in the corner to play alone with the offending
cards till he should make them run smoothly ; an,i
at this solitary game of patience the count obsequi-
ously played the rest of the evening.
Bonaparte asked the youngest of the ladies whether
she had ever been in England ? she said, yes, she had
been educated there. .01 course, then, she knew gee
graphy ? A lit:le.—What is the capital of Russia ?
Moscow was the ancient capital.—Who then, said
he, (with a look of gay expectation and pride) who
burned it ? The girl, to his utter disappointment,
instead of s,i) ing, "fieu,"ox 66 the Russians, P.O escaje

you," said quietly, ext did not know.
countenince tell at once, and he relap%ed
of theatrical attitude in which he had
reply. Thus he seenwi inclined to ::14
his old games, with two little girls at

TO THE SECOND tzE %D;NG fIF 801
Lk' EN 1 lON LILL.

" Dennis, without reference lo the chlracter
duct of the Person who is the ohject 01 the preeetn
approve ut the nita•ure sent ions Ann c::•
4, To consign to tilinglt eLtie And ;ow:, •T!
Captive Chief, who, after the abdication it his aui
ow British generosity, had surrendered himself to
to his other enemies, is iniwanhy the magnani
country ; and the Trea:ies by which, after his cap!,.
bound ourselves to detain tam ut culiudy, at the will or ,47,
reigns to whom he had never iurrendeted Jp;..ar,„;
repugnant to the princ pies ot equity, and titteilitnicaikji
w bf
expedience or necessity. (niirJ)
" VA:FALL 1101L.198"
And on the third reading, his Royal Htiiiirls U.e!J..s.
Sussex entered his Protest for the Jame reatous.

THE EVENING STALL

LONDON.
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1816.
PRICE OF S LOCKS THIS DAY A I,VELVLO'CLOCR:
Reduced 5998.—C0n5. ma. GOi ii —fur ucc. 61.1
4 per Cent.73if-s•per Cott. 90,;;-1...44% par,
Quu3. 15i---Du. pay. 17,1f—Lacti. till. 13. Si,. 2t. pt.

To-day we received the French .217s1;tesr of Moo.
day : none of the minor Paris J mica's were
lisped on that day, because fors:sith it was Ewe:
Monday, and a holiday. The official Joinn4l
tains an Ordorinance for abolishing the Polyteel.::
School, on account of ihe spirit of insubordmati•
which reigns in it. This was an est blishment
Military, and one of those engines cf d-spotic:a
which BosArAttra introduced : the pill: ls wine cii;.•
cared as Engineils and Artillerists. Tte Sehoi4
will be restored so tar as its real usefulness a
Christiaa State is concerned.
THE ORDONNANCE.
" Loom, &c.

" We have long acknowledged the utility of the
Polytechnic School, fer the promotion of Science
and the Arts, and f )r the amelioration of the public
service. We have ordered our Ministers Secretaries
of Lute for the Interior and War, to submit to iha
QM organization of this establishment, in order to
extend its advantages, to give it a new lustre, and to
bring it to the perfection of which it is susceptible.
" But the recent and general disobedience of the
pupils of this school to the orders of their chiefs, at
the same time that it renders necessity a prompt re-
pression, and an example fur the future, has proved
to us that these pupils, if they were introduced iut4
the public service, would carry into it the spirit of
subordination with which they are animated. Fcr
these reasons we h +vie ordained as ionows :
" Arr. I. The Pupils of the Royal Polytechnic School We 41:1.
missed. They must re:urn immediately v.) tlair la- r
orders of the Minister of War, and an indemnity (c the sure,
of the School.
" Y. There sLall he /ahl before us an accoun• oF the coa•ct
of the small number of Pupils wr.o have rot takeii part in de
last act of insubordination; r(t,erving to cuticle:l the philtre
of ordering some:Linz on tla stAl‘c,, wlacn the rats.
tabllshed aad re-composed by our o; den.
" 3. The Officers of the Staff, and all the military employel,
will Mile from their functions at the School atter ice ti efkisg
up, and will receive new orders from our Minister of Wa
The Quarter-blaster is to remain until after the passing of Lis
accounts.

" 4. •i'he Teachers, Usher,, &e. shall receive hail pay nail
otherwise provided fur.
" 5. The Adminlstrwor, Librarian, Almoner, and Sulr.hern
Employes, shall cut:idol/v. provi,ionally, at full pay, to weal. :n
the school to t..ke care of the turtiiture, &e. of which an iev_u•
tory shall be taken.

"6. A iwnittee of five persons than he named by the Mi•
nisters of %Var and for the Home Dept-mem, to make a reprt
for the new organization, which small be presented for our a -
prubMion. (6ir,.ted) " Louts."
Some further extracs from the Papers receirei
yesterday, will be found in a preceding column.

I A Mail from 411;ved this morning. The
Continental JoUrnals brought by it contain the fol.
lowimg articles

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