The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-07-27 00:00:00

BONAPARTE.

Bonaparti, we learn, demanded all the homage
due to a Sovereign in his passage to the British shores.
His letter to the Prince Regent is signed 44 Napo-
leon" only—not in the character of a private
indivi-
dual; for he claims still to be Sovereign of Elba,
though no longer Emperor of the French.
Persons from London and from other Otis are
flocking down to Plymouth, though they know that
: Bonapatte is not expected to land, and that they
' cannot go on 1).,a ill the Bellerophon; but they can
row in boats round the vessel, and can occasion-
ally catch a gliinpse of him. Ile is the greater
part of the day in the tterti gallery, either walk-
ing backwards and turnouts with his hands be-
hind him, as he.is represented In some of the pic-
tures in the print shops, or surveying the shipping
and the shore through ael tss. Iti general he
keeps shine, Beitrand and Lallemand remaining
at some distance behind h'ot. Osrasionitly he
beckons to one of them to point out something to
him, or to make some obset tritium Ile then walla
on alone. Captain Alaitland is more frequently
with him than any one of his suite, ilia] he pays him
great attention. Ile is its good health. As usual he
passes but a short time at his meals, and drinks but
little wine. Ile is said to drink regularly to the
health of the Prince Reizettt. Coffee is frequently
served up to him on the deck, and when lie first came
near the land about Tcrbay, he is reported to have
exclaimed, rnfin, refill cep bean pup. ! (at length,
here is this flue country!) adding that he had never
seen it except from Calais and Boulogne, when the
only points that :ould be seen were the white and
bold tacks about Dover. lie is plainly dressed, in
general ia a green coat, without any decorations, and
a corked hut. •

On board the Bellerophon Bonaparte still played
the Emperor. Captain Maitland showed him his
own cabin, and said he should hare the whole of it,
except one corner, which the Captain said he would
close in for his own bed. Bonaparte said he must
have the whole.to himself, which the Captain politely
y ielded ; and shortly afterwards Napoleon invited
him to dinner. When he went on hoard the Superb,
Bertrand first ascended the side, and was introduced
to the Admiral ; Napoleon followed. " The Em-
peror," said Captain M. Napoleon bowed to the
Admiral, and without further ceremony walked into
his cabin, and sent his compliments that he would be
glad to speak with him!!
Nothing escapes his notice; his eyes are in every
place, and on every object, from the greatest to the
most minute. He immediately asked an explanation
of the ropes, blocks, masts, and yards, and all the
machinery of the ship. Ile sent for the Boatswain,
to question him ; that Officer always fitting out the
French ships. lie requested the Marines to pass in
review before him, examined the arms, evolutions,
dress, &c. &c. am! expressed himself highly pleased.
He enquired into the situation of the Seamen, their
pay, prize-money, clothes, food; tobacco, &c. ;
and when told of. their being supplied by a Purser
or Commissary, asked if he was not a rogue.
In conversing with the Admiral, he said, " I have
given myself up to the English ; but I would not have
done so to any ether of the Allied Powers. In sur-
rendering to any of them, I should be subject to
the caprice and will of an individual ; in submit-
ting to the English, I place myself at the mercy of a
nation."

Another account says—" By some passengers who
came in the Bellerophon, it appears, that Bonaparte
was quite at his ease on board that ship; took pos-
session of the Captaites cabin, sans ceremunie, in-
vited the Officers of the ship to• his table, talked
with great freedom on the present state of things,
said it was imposaiitle for the Bourbons to govern
France, and that Napoleon It. would very soon be
recalled to the Throne, that l'ouche was an ass, all
totally unfit for the office assigned to him. lie ac.
knowledged that England alone had ruined all his
grand plans, and that but for her he had now been
Emperor of the East as well as of the West. He
walked on the poop and quarter-deck, conversed
with the seamen, and affected great gaiety and un-
concern. In short, such is the talent of this ' Child
and Champion of Jacobinism,' that before they ar-
rived in Torbay he was considered by all on board as
a devilish good fellow."

Yesterday morning at half-past eleven o'clock, the
Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES left Carlton-house
to proceed on her way to Weymouth. Her Royal
Highness was attended by the Countess of 111,CIIESTER
and Colonel ADDENHIWKE. A close coach and four
followed, in which were the Rev. Dr. SHORT, her
Royal Highness's Sub-preceptor and Chaplain and
Mrs. CAMPRELL. A chariot and four followed, in
which were her Royal Highness's principal page,
and two female domestics. The Duke of KENT
visited her Royal, highness precious to her depar-
ture.

Cononut's INQUEST.—Yesterday an Inquest sat
before A. GELL, Esq. at the Green Coat Boy,
Tothill-fields, on the body of James Campbell, an
half-pay officer, and formerly holding a commission
in the German Legion, wlio cut his throat on Mon-
day morning, in Tothill-fields Bridewell. The de.
ceased had lodged fur nearly two years with Mrs.
Strachey), Hope and Anchor, Five-fields, Chealtea,
and on Saturday he was charged with having robbed
her to a considerable extent. Clarke, constable, ap-
prehended him, and at the time of the apprehension, a
good deal of the stolen property was found or traced.
In his room were 27 bottles of spirits, linen, &c. and
in his pocket the duplicates of two silver watches, all
which property had been stolen from Mrs. S. After
the loss of the watches, which were thus traced to
bin), be had the hardihood to advertise them. On
1)6114 taken, he said, " 4 He was done for now !" On
Sunday he talked a good deal, and very rationally,
with Alexander Julian Marcelot, another prisoner.
On Monday morning, he borrowed a razor, for the
purpose of shaving himself, and ab.,ut two hours
afterwards he was found dead in an out-house, with
his throat cut. No other act of insanity was ad.
duced, hut, as in addition to the charge of robbery,
a bill for 1001. of a very questionable composition,
was hanging over his head. The Jury, after some
division of opinion, concluded that his distresses had
produced derangement, and returee I a verdict of—
' Lunacy.