Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-12-12
BONAPARTE.
authentic Particulars Of Bonahqrte, from,
an Officer on bard fhe .NortAumkerland,
since she sailed.

authentic Particulars Of Bonahqrte, fon,
an Officer on bard fhe .por1lumkerland,
since she sailed.
- W. Slap Northumberland, lat. 81 SIS,
l1n Is as, August p, 1915.
As every circumstance relative to the
man we are now conveying from Europe
must prove acceptable, embrace this op-
portunity OF detailing some anecdotes Of
him, and also o. coatrad.csing some OF the
| asser ions that have been circulated res
pecting him. Among the latter is the one,
that he took possession of Captain Mat
lands cabin the moment he came on board
; the Bellerophon, refusing that gallant Off
| Ger even corner of 1t to sleep IN. Previ-
Gus 10 Bonaparte's Coming On board, Capt.
Maitland had determined TO give up his
own cabin, and part OF the ward-room Ca
bins were to be appropriated for TIE ladies
who were expected. Equ,lly unfounded
are the statements that Bonaparte walked
the quarterback furious!y, with his hands
! behind him, and talking t. himself; as al
So that he asked II the COmmissaire (Pur-
| ser OF the sh p) was not rogue.
Conversiag one day about the seiee of S.
! Jean d'Acre, BonapArte Observed" That
when Sir Sidney Smith was there, he dis
tributed several Proclamations among the
| French troops, which made them waver a
| little" In order to ooviate this, he pub
Eshed an Order, in which he (" asset ted
that the English com .nander was mad, % and
| 1t concluded with prohibiting all comrnuni-
| cation with him. Tins, he added, had
the desired effect, an SO enrageI Sir Sid
| rey, thathe ssnt him a challenge to single
combat, which was declined" and NaDo-
| leon RETURNING at the same tins for answer,
| that " when he brought tie Duke of Mari
| borough to meet hun, he would ACCEPT it,"
lie stated most positively, that he would
| then have taken Acre, if the English had
not taken his batterng train" & added. in
| English and French, " had it not been for
| you English, would have been Emperor
OF the East, but wherever a ship coul get,
l was always sure to find some of the En-
| glish To oppose me-"
| He spoke of the Invasion of England rs
his hrm determination. and said that he in
tended to have landed as near Chatham AS
| possible, and to have dashed at once f,,.
London. He admitted the great probabiIi-
! ty of his not succeeding, and that he might
have been killed in the attempt. That
| this scheme was not pat into eff ct, he saws,
was owing to Admiral Villeneuve's not O
| beying the orders he received. He was
| particularly nquisitive as to the climate of
| England, and said that the cause. of so ma
ny suicides was the humidness of the atmos-
phere.
The anxiety of the English to see him
when on board the Bel!erophon, hattered
his vanity in the extreme, and ne would
frequently stand at the gangway, purposely
to afford the gaping and wondering multi
tude an opportunity of beholding his per-
son. AT this time he had invariably a spy
! g ass in his hand, which he frequently used
in observing the spectators. There was al
ways great number OF we'll dressed fe-
males, many of them very elegant in their
persons, and they never failed to attract
his particular attention, and he would not
| tail to notice TO those near him, how forci-
bly, he gazed on their beauties.
He appeared greatly pleased with the
beauty and elegance of our fair countrywo-
men, and was always wishing to know
their names, families and any circumstan-
| ces that could be communicated to Linn
concerning them.
lie took particular notice one evening Of
young lady who was very close to the
ship, and, as usual, inquired what was her
name and family. He was informed she
was Miss b, daughter Of General
b. lie bowed and took off his hat, excIai-
ming several times. with peculiar emphasis
to these near him Oh, CharD,ante I'-
| his admiration OF the females was not
confined to Bonaparte. for all his officers
were equally delighted and they express
ed their opinion of the superior ty of the
English women over any they had before
\ seen.
Bonaparte gives great credit to our in
iantry and our artillery. He SAID. "the
British infantry is now what the French
was ten years back, and that the cavalry i
greatly inferior to the infantry in every
thing but appearance" He found great
fault with 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 truth ofthis
| observation.
One day Bonap rte was speaking ofthe
duke oil Wellington, and observed, " he did
not expect he would have given him battle.
but that he would have rctreated, and wal;
ted for tie Russians and other reinforce
ments, in which case, lie says. he must
have been finally beaten but tina. ne was