The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-10-18 00:00:00

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is held. tioni parte and. ell his followers, who never
Mention fills name but- with the greatest contempt ;
and they typ.." 'lt was entirely Owing to this Crea.
tore that, ponaparte abdicated in favour of his Son ;
and thiikt he was continually cert.) hilt ou a thindes-
title cotrespo.ndence wit!) the Allies."
The rl2lkect thic is still paid to Bonaparte by hie
Suite is very great ; as, an
.itistance I shall mention
that he was one day playing at chess with Moutho.
Inn, who is, 1)y far, the pia player of the two.
Bonaparte had evidently the worst
.of the game,
when Moutholon made purpotely sit improper move-
ment, whichwas speedilyobseraed.by the former,
and he ulttinately was the victor. itoutholon praised
the superior skill of his master (tt he termed him),
and declared himself " not coMpelerit Co encounter
such an excellent player again;" at which Iletiaparte
was highly pleased. At this game, or Vingt-un,
Bonaparte generally passes his time ; hut was much
hurt when the Admiral iusisted that neither Of these
games, nor any other, should be played on Sundays.
He has been very inquisitive as to the climate,
&c. of St. Helena, and declares that he shall be more
comfortable there than in Austria. Temperance, he
says, is the only 'means of preserving health, and
adds, that he never was ill but twice in his life, and
on one of those occasions only applied a blister.—
Moutholon'a wife has been unwell, and he enquired
of the Surgeon how she was. Ilesaill, rather better,
but that lie thought the fear of the tropical climates
preyed on her mind. Bonaparte replied nearly in
the words of Shakspeare, " Doctor, thou cannot ad-
minister to a mind diseased." The force with which
this remark was mottle, was observed by every one
near, and apparently !elated to his own feelings.
Bertrand anti his wife are continually with Bona-
parte, and the whole are more reconciled to their fu-
lure destiny.
Sir George Cockburn and Bonaparte are on ex-1
cellent terms, as he is, indeed, with all the Officers
of the ship ; they frequeney play at cards, &c. in
which, occasionally, they have the advantage of each
other.
Hitherto our passage hes been very favourable,
and no particular occurrence has taken place since
we sailed from T.,rb•ty,



BO N. 4 PARTE.
The following letter is said to be from an Officer-
on board the Nurthumberland
ilia kLije.ty', Alp Northumberland. lat. 31.53.
long. 13. 45. Augu.t 92,
As every circumstance relative to the man we and
now conveying from Europe must prove acceptable;
I ethbrai-e this opportunity of detailing some anec-
dotes of him, and also of contradicting some of the
assertions that have been circulated respecting him.
Among the latter is the ono, that he took possession
of Capt.-tin Maitland's cabin the moment he came on,
board the Bellerophon;, refusing that gallant Officer
even a corner of it to sleep iu. Previous to Bona-
parte cowing on hoard, Captain Maitland h$ deter-
mined to give.up his own cabin, and part of the ward-
room cabins were In be appropriated fat the ladies
who were expected. Equally unfounded are tflb
statements that Bonaparte walked the quarter-deck
fulinuslyt with !al., hands beliiiiil him, and talking to
hiniself ; as also, that he asked if the Commissaire
(Purser of the ship) was not a rogue.
Conversing one day about the siege of St. Jean
d'Acre, Botiapaiie observed—" That when Sir Sid-
ney Smith was there, he distributed several Proclama-
tions among the French troops, which made them
waver a little." In order to obviate this; he pub-
Balled an Older, in which he " asserted that the Eng-
lish Commodore was mad," and it concluded with
prohibiting all communicatioo with hint. This, be
added, " had the desired effect, and so enraged Sir
Sidney, that he sent him a challenge to single combat,
which was declined," and Napoleon returning at the
same time for answer, that " when he brought the
ke of Marlborough to meet him, he would accept
it." He stated most positively " that lie would then
have taken Acre, Ir THE ENGLISH HAD NOT TAKEN
Ills BATTERING TRAIN," and added, in English and
French, " had it not been for you English, I would
have been Emperor of the East, but wherever a ship
could get I was always sure to find some of the Eng-
lish to oppose me."
He spoke of the Invasion of Ettglaticl as his firm de.
termination, and said that he intended to have landed
as near Chatham as possible, and to have dashed at
once for London. Ile admitted the great probability
of his not succeeding, and that he might have been
killed in the attempt. That this scheme was not put
Ltsitatetc.—The intention
into effect, ire says, was owing to Admiral Villeneuve ' . of holding a Special
not obeying the orders lie received. He was parti-
0. .
x.,ommission for the County and County of the City
milady inquisitive as to the climate of England, end iatneuck, has been officially announced. On
said t het the cause of so many suicides was the humid. lu"l'Y' the Sheriffs of Limerick received a letter
nee.. of the atmosphere. from the Right lion. Robert Peel, Secretary of State,
The anxiety of the E,.cliah to see him when on *hick the following is an extract :
" Dublin Castle. Oct. 9, 1815.
board the Bellerophon, flattered his vanity In the " Cermasse,—The Lord Lieutenant having directed a See-
treme, and he would frequently stand at the gangway cial Commission to iisue for the trial of certain heinous offences
purposely to afford the mill and wondering multi- against the public peace, recently committed in the ColnCounty an I
County of the City of Limerick, l am commanded by his Ex-
lode an opportunity (Aire!, 'Wing his person. At this celleuty lo desire you will give notice to the prieuriersidin the
Trois of
ces. ttoheprto;
time he Ir.d invariably •
tape ger:
trials
oince, charged
the DlthofwOctober
ouch
ftequelitly used] i,•:cerritig the spertators.— instant.o
There was always a great itennter of well-dressed fe. The Judges who are to preside are not yet offi-
mal.l, many of very elegant in their persons, richly mentioned; but report states, that the Lord
and they never feilud to attract his particular attest- Chief Baron and Mr. Serjeant Jnhnston are to be as-
lion, and he would not fail to notice to those :tear sociated in this Colonial:its& Serjesnt Johnston is
him, how forcibly he gazed on their beauties.
Allteedi...theiss, acting soder the Insurrection Act.
He appeared greatly rtleaseel with the beauty and - Thus, the Cite of Limerick will behold thizm
eleence of Our fair countrywomen, and was always taole
otaseee distinct co.eaisting Courts of c
wishing to know their names, families, and ally cit. jurisdiction, viz.
con:stance that could be communicated to him con. i 1. The Getter.' Sessions of the Peace, for the anal
eeretieg them. • cases of assaults, and clergyabie felonies, &c.
He took particular notice one evening of a young 2. The Sessions ender the Insurrection Act, for
Lady who was very close to the ship, and, as usual, transporting offenders for seven years.
enquired what was her name and family. Its wash,- 3. The Court of Gaol Delivery now to he opened,
formed she was a Miss B—n, daughter of Gen. B. armed with the powers exercised at the Assizes for
H. bowed and took off his hat, exclaiMing several trying capital oharges.
times,. with peculiar emphasis to those near him— .
" Oh, Ckarmante! '—This admiration of the females
tees not confined to Bonaparte, for all his Officers
were equally delighted ; and they expressed their
opinion of the superiority of the English women
over any they had before seen.
Bonaparte giver greet credit to our infantry and
our artillery. lie said, " the British infantry is now
what the French was ten years back, and that the
cavalry is greatly inferior to the infantry in every
thing but sppearanct" He found great fault wits
the construction of the bits, which, he says, " are so
bad, that the men cannot manage their horses."—
Bertrand and the others assented to the troth of this
observation.

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IRELAND.

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TING INTELLIGENCE.

NEVI'MARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1815.
MONDAY, OCT. 16.
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6yr olds. 94. and aged, 9st. 31b. B. C. bona ide the pro-
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Mr. 11stsou's ch. h. Idle Roe, 5-Irs 1
Mr. Vllllers'stw. h. Cwrir, 6-yn old -
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2to l set Idle 134 v. sto 1 ne4 Carle. 51n4 on Mosley.
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j Lord.Suffield's Congress bent Sir. Wilsvat's Capricorn, 8,1.
each. T. Y. c. bur.. II to 8 twit Courrest.
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• 84. Ah. M. 2006,.. 2tol on Tieri,.
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TIMSBA Y. Oct. 17.
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I 94. 21h. T. Y. C.
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One day Bonaparte was speaking of the Duke of
Wellington, and observed, 46 he did not expect he
would have given him battle, bet that he would have
retreated, and waited for the Russians and ether rein-
forcements, in which case," he says, " he must have
been finally beaten ; but that be was extremely happy
to find Lord Wellington did not decline the combat,"
-adding, that 64 he made quite certain of obtain-
ing the victory." Ile also said,.."-" That he ktiew
of the advances of the Prussians, but that he did not
regkrd it of much consequence; and that he was be-
trayed by some of ' enerals," Ile further said,
that " the unive onsternation among his troops
taking place a ime of darkness, he was nut able
to rally the ttives by showing his person to them,'
which he onvinc would hove effectually restored
order h it been d ght ; eat that, in consequence
of its being dar e was borne away by the crowd,
and obliged to HIMSELF."
On being as why he had not given himself up
to Austria ? he replied—" What, give myself up to
a nation without laws, tonour, or faith I No ; the
moment I had got there, I should have been put iuto a
dungeon, and tier r heard of more. In giving my.
self up to the En , I have given myself op to a
nation with hors le and just laws, which afford
protection to ev person."
One day he /Ted, he " ought to.have died the
rley he entere loseow, as ever since he had ex-
perienced a c lamal series of disasters." He fur-
ther observed,' e " would have made peace at Dres-
den, and also afterwards, if it had not been for the
advice of the Duke of Bissau°, who persuaded him
against We."
The invasion of Spain, Bonaparte says, he un-
dertook at the special desire of Talleyrand, who was
continually urging him to that measure, invariably
pointing out the absolute necessity of its being un-
dertaken, and, if possible, accomplished at ■ll ha-
zards.
It is astonishing the detestation in which Fouche

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Coast F',xcnAmoi3Ocr. 18.—We had a little fresh
Wheat in this morning from Suffolk. which, in ad-
dition to what was left unsold on Monday, made a
tolerable show. of samples, and having hut few
buyers, sales were heavy at Monday's prices.—
Ba►ley is full ls 3 per quarter cloaper.—Oats are
rather cheaper, several- cargoes having ■rrived.—ln
Peas, Watts, and other articles, there is no variation.
A phenomenon of a most novel construction is
now &Hy paraded about London ■nd Its environs.
—lt consists of two moving bodies acting at right
angles to each other, for whilst one, which Is en ele-
gaudy painted Car, I. impelled forward by muscular
force—the other, • Wheal, revolves at an angle of
90 degree's, and from a curiously formed aperture,
dispenses to all ranks of the Public, by the hand of
a pretty Youth, Cards of Fortune, Inviting them to
choose the Three Prizes of 150.000, your Prizes
of k '20,000, &c. (in this Matchless State Lottery),
which may All be drawn on TUESDAY, 7Tu Novsm-
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, Two black men, charged with the barbarous at-
tempt to murder M. Petit, the keeper of the lintel
de Paris, at Dieppe, and his wife, are in safe cus-
tody. They can give no account of themselves on
the night of the robbery, and it is generally believed
that the charge will be fully established against them.
Two females who were in the house as guests, when
the offence was committed, are also in custody, by
order of the Police, on suspicion of being accom-
plices. The greatest part of the property deposited
in the bureau that was broke open and robbed, was in
a secret drawer) and thus luckily escaped the Houck
et the thieves.

• This strongly confirms the statement in the recent publica-
tion of M. Prit4l, Artilbiakep ig Mottoes, sad ittatiautalat at
Wanaw.
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