Star.
London, England, 1821-07-05 00:00:00

PROM THE NEW TIMES.

" Sic transit Gloria Mardi ! —lt was but a few years am%
this man saw himself at the head of the moot formidehle
the world ever furnished, with nations for his treasury int
Kings and Emperors for his attendants. It seemed titsissuits
could withstand his power, and that his prosperity was as bow.
less as his wishes. Pride compassed him about as a *mow
violence covered him as a garment.' But his greatness is unula
dream when one awaketh is removed from the face of he
earth; and we scarcely mark the hour of his departure. II"
are striking and awful lessons to mankind,and especially tothau
who have received talents, and weulth, and power above their
cotemporaries, and who turn these gifts to their own um.k
aggrandisement, instead of directing them to the benefit of their
fellow men, to the maintenance of order and true liberty, nd
the promotion of religion and virtue, the sure and only :nada
to temporal and eternal happiness.

•' It Is difficult to say how far BONAFAITE may have decrired
himself into the belief that he had done good to othcrsin tae
course of his career; but he too palpably betrayed anuttet
regard of every principle which stood in the way of his own ag.
grandi,tment. When we look back on the vain and prepontrous
claims which he openly advanced to universal admiration: Art
blush that this ' enlightened' age, as it is called, could be at
dupe of such empty ostentation. Even now, the weak and tie
discontented think of him only as a great man unfottunatt! Ica
getting that his nthfortunes were the genuine, natural, and ntl/4
cessary results of his vices."

The following is a hasty outline of the eventful
history of this extraordinary man:
IiONAPARTZ was born on the 15th of August, 1769, at Ajaetb,
in the Island of Corsica. Ile was the eldest son of CAR LO
NAPARTZ, a lawyer, of Italian extraction, by ;:is wife, Lines
Rearsotnn. General PAOLI was his godfather, and General
Maasatur his early patron. It is remarkable that Nantes
and his illustrious conqueror, the Duke of Wzrzatc-ros, web
born in the same year—his Grace having been bona is May,
1769. He was brought up in the Royal Military School
France, as an Engineer, and first distinguished himself as rack
at the siege of Toulon, when that place was in the pourssioe of
the British. He afterwards became the instrument of the Di.
rector 13 , by whose interest he was appointed to the
command of the French Army of Italy, in which aimed= he ,
ran a most glorious career of victory, and ultimately &coda
peace with Austria. Shortly after, he projected the memorabk
Expedition to Egypt; but on experiencing reverses in thug-au.
ter, he returned to France. Availing himself of tls: then dis
tracted state of the country (the war with Austria being a.
neared in his absence), he contrived by violence to overthrow
the Executive Directory, and under the Constitution which Sr.
ceeded, was appointed First Consul, or Chief of the Repel:li;
for a limited term, but afterwards for life, in consequence d
his having, by extraordinary exertions in the field, again ton.
pelted Austria to accept of peace. His ambition, howere,
aspired to the Throne, and in 1804 he assumed the title of La.
peror of the FRENCH, and was crowned by the Pore. Afters
long course of victory, he experienced his first reverse in Spa,
from the brilliant courage of the British Army, ander theca.
nand of the illustrious WELLINGTON; and soon afterwards the
fatal campaign in Russia put an end to his power, and he RN
compelled to abdicate the French Throne in the year 1814.
His abdication was followed by banishment to the Isle of Elba,
where every attention and splendour, consistent with security,
was provided: Nrirm.rox, however, escaped from Elba on the
26th of February, 1814, at night, on board a brig, with a far
hundred followers, and landed on the Ist of March, at five is
the afternoon, in the Gulf of Juan. Being well received, he
proceeded onwards, entered Paris triumphantly on the 206,
and immediately resumed the reins of government. The Kite
had sent an army to oppose him, headed by Marshal Nee, ohs
betrayed his Sovereign, and joined NAPOLEON. The success of
Boxaratset did not, however, long remain without a severe
check. The fortified line of the Netherlands towards France,
which was occupied by strong garrisons, chiefly in British pay,
were greatly reinforced under the Duke of WELLINGTON, and a
Prussian army trader Prince Execute. To oppose this force,
Narotoom left Paris on the 12th of June, 1815, and gained se-
veral partial advantages till the 18th, when he was totally de-
feated near Waterloo, and fled back to Paris, where he declared
his political life to be terminated, and withdrew in privacy. The
conquering armies entered Paris on the 3d of July, and on the
Bth Loins rc.entered the Capital, followed by the Allied Sove-
reigns. Naroxiox reached Rochefort, where he endeavoured
to escape by sea; but finding the attempt vain, he surrendered
himself to a British man of war, which sailed immediately far
England, and soon anchored in Torbay. He there remained m
board until another ship was prepared for his reception, which
carried bins to St. Helena, the place of his exile and death.

The Paris Papers of Monday arrived this forenoon.
The Censtitutionnel contains a paragraph which, if
true, may be considered as declaratory of war be-
tween Russia and Turkey. It says, that " the Diva
having refused to reply categorically to the note d
the Russian Ambassador, the latter has quitted Cos-
stantinople."=An article from Lisbon of the 16th
June confirms the account of a destructive confla-
gration in that capital contained in the private letter,
which we have given in another part of our Paper-

Charleston. Papers arrived this morning to the
of May. The following is an extract :

" BUENOS AYRES, MARCH es.

" Ramires, who has collected a considerable force al Fore
Rio, with which it is reported he intends to attack the province
of Santa Fe, has caused great alarm here; and all the adzes le
well as strangers have been called upon to take up arms. Co
rera, at the head of a small force, composed of Indians ad di-
affected citizens, from different quarters, had invaded the pro"
vince of Cordova, the Government of which had taken the fril
to oppose him. In the meantime, Deputies had been appointed
by the different Provinces to a General Congress, about to se,
semble at Cordova, for the purpose of adjusting their difference*,
and establishing a union; but it is doubtful whether their la
bours will have the desired effect."

The Kixn returned to town on Tuesday evening
rum H.tnxi.ou Court.