The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-02-13 00:00:00

NAPOLEON.

Captain Maitland, of the Bellerophon, much to
his honour, has gives. a decided and public contradic-
tion to the scandalous and erroneous statements
which have appeared in the publicstions devoted to
Goverument, reliable to the conduct of Napoleon
whilst on board Ike Bellerophon. The political part
of the. Edinburgh Annual &wirier abounds with
adoptions of the newspaper calumnies and opprobri-
ous epithets heaped upon the illustrious exi:o of St.
Helena. Captain hlritland's letter is addressed to
the Editor of this Edinburgh Publication, and says :
" I must state," says Capt. Maitland, " that
Bunaparte•never conducted himself with arrogance
whilst he Sias on board the ship I commanderf. lie
knew the world too well, and he was aware.keould
not have adopted a measure more likely to'clefeat any
wish be might have enteitained of being considered
as a crowned head; but, in fact, he Dever attempted
to elect such respect; and, so• for from its being
shown to him, he had tint e'en the honours due to a
General Officer paid on his comiti4 onboard the Bel.'
lerophoo: any helpers that, could be construed into
those due to the former tank he had held, did not
originate with me, and certainly were not demanded
by him.
" I can assert most solemnly, that at no period in
my presence (and was the only person in the ship
who had direct communication with him, his own
people excepted) did he ever threaten to eemmit
suicide. It is true, some of his attendant. hinted that
he would be guilty of that crime—whether with his
concurrence or not, I cannot pretend to say : hot
when the question was put to them by me, if he had
ever said he would put himself to death, they ac-
knowledged he bed not, and the expression they had
construed into that threat was, that he was deter.
misted not to go to St. Helena ; and if I may be al-
lowed to judge from the sentiments he expressed on
the subject, it avid an act he uever had in contempla-
tion."

REMIRKABLE EPITAPH,
ON A STONE IN BUNHILL-FIELDS.

Mr. FRANCIS SMITH,
late of London, Book.eller

(whose grateful memory ma; this Stone perpetna'e).
during the reign of T)raiiss • 141111 Opisresoissio in she 17,h century,
for urging the frequency of Parliaments, and publishing
the sentiments of Freemen,
suffered much by Fines. corporal Punishments.
and Forty-two Imprisonments.
lioremitted severity necessarily much impaired his Coolliltilioo
yet this spot did not receive him,
till Heaven, by the hand of the glorionv King Ww.t.tsu,
had reston4l in hiv almost ruined Unmetry
the Rights of Alen' of Chrivtirtetv. and of Britons
Be died, Keeper of she Cnsiom-house to that great Prince,
Dee. 1691.
This Tomb was restored by his descendant,
Timms% Cos,
Citizen of London, 1761.
,be hopes to rest With Ids Family is the mile place.

Me. Enrrost,—lt is said that the above FRANCIS
Salmi suffered Fine, corporal Punishment, and
Fariaktroo Insprisoninenis, for urging the frequency
10. Parliaments. If our friend Tratoinv TRUEMINI,
of ,any other of the lotelligent Correspondents of the
Newspaper, will be so good as to give
little effeiMilendlid Memoir of the said Fitsxcis
SMITU, whether he published any Parodies, or of
what other specie, of Libel he was charged with,
beside thet meet 4rievons one to, the Borough.
mongers, Arestaboi Mitliaments, it might be useful,
sod much ••

• T. H.

RZCOIIIII4II'S REPORTe—MIPPIIday the RECORDER.
mote e Report to the Pamir REGENT of gl conviqs
ender sentence of death. in *legate, when William
;Thachaststr,- Charlotte Newman, Mary Ain James,.
andniuhrs Aid, were ordeertfor elocution on Tues-
day neit ; the others were_iesiptted. •
DARING Rovaaair.--Yesterday, about 11 o'clock,
some thieves entered the area of Colonel Macdonatd's
house, 41, Portugal-street, and during the temporary
absence of the servants, stole p large quantity of
plate, &c. which had been lying it the 'kitchen, end
escaped undetected.