The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-12-11 00:00:00

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BON.II).IIII'E'.S' ARItIVAL AT ST.
lIELENA.

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Extracts fromirtievs received from Officers of his
i NajPstyis-bhip NOlllll4lllberland :
" 11. iu. S. Northusnberland, Ott. 20.
" ‘VP arrived here on the 15th, after rather a
pleasant, though long. passage, of 10 weeks; . and
General Bonaparte landed on the 16th in the eveis.
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pr.r.e the mob. You Must judge of the state of his
Hoed and spirits by %bat he did and what he soot
, during the passage. He never came out of 144
c:ihin nut in the eveeings after dinner: be then, al.
• without exception, went and leant against the
breach of the foremost gun an the weal:ter-side of
the quarterdeck, whence he never mOvell. G..tte. I
• Bertrand and .La% Canes always evn" nut with
him, and with whom he ever continued in con.'.
Irersatiork hp appeared to take little noticesef bit
other companints4. His dress, • upon these ores.
Si, was iwurriably a green coat, with ton
e; aelets, inlet-Oodles, with silk stockings, and
pumps, milli gold buckles.. At the usual 'ceremony
of passing the Line, which. we did on the 23.1 of
So.)t. (general flosapsrte made a pretest to Old
Neptune of one hundred Nllloleoll4 ; the French
General' acid children gave hint a double Napoleon.
each. The . Coutite,a Bert sand is one of the most
pleasant and agreeable %omen I veer conversed with.
She said, she wished oe had missed the island ; and
I do not wonder at it ; for if its boundless craggy
rot ka and tufty mountains stiike the tenses of a
stranger, who can depart at his plesi•ure. with a
cold lie4irt-appalling effect, what mutt he the feelings
of bartisheilMajote! Nature seems to hare formed
it for security to its inhabitants. Mid General Ho-
naparte cver•entertained a hope of escape, when he
came in sight of this place,.it must have been !moist'.
ed for ever.; the whole. world beside. i,shoultkful;-
pose, does not present such Another spot." . , •

" Nitribumberhiad, On. 18, 1815.
44 Bonspatte was very much pleased with. the at-
fention !dwet tn. him, whilst on board-this .shipi
however he might have felt upon
,sehiects connected
with brio.:ing hint here. fie • •poisitett- &inked
Captain 11,is, on the quarter-deck, for his kind-
tiebs, and requested he would do the same for l‘im
to the Oilirerg. He appeared
,very solicitous not to
give the least trot.ble whilst on board. Every thing
is very scarce and dear here. The Redixde returns
to England with the Adniiral's dispatches."

' . ~ St. mania, On. n. 1
On the 10th instant, a sloop of war arrived with 1
the intelligence that a fleet was approaching our
Island, in which was Bonaparte !—This news threw
vs all icon great confusion. On Sunday, the 15th, ;
the Northumberland arrived here with the
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Eeror and his suite. On Monday his Sur i
nglishman) called on me, and took me with m
ou board. I was introduced to General Bertrand
and his Lady, and the other passengers; after re..
maining • few minutes in the ward room, Bona-
parte wee announced to be on deck, when we all
went op. I approacheJ him, and took off my hat ;
be did the same: he silted me if there were any good
watch-makers in the place? I told him there was a
very good one, a Mr. Solomon., who is also a very
respectable merchant. Ile requested hie to take his
watches to him, as they were out of repair; one was
a large gold repeater, the other a silver repeater,
both musical • the latter, he says, he always had
with him ha his carriage.

ZIPILAIP• —lie Lefler No. VI. signed " Tea GHOST or
W Ili I N nrox," about the 60th line, instead of "the despot
thus forced," read, " Abe despot thus fenced by Divine upd
human lows," tic.
In the Letter signed " .T." In Sutordas's Paper, in the 4th line,
read for the retrenchment intend of from, ac.

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