Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-01-02

Now SIT, let me give you tie history Of tbs az
far rs | r,ceNC I'd IL iropi French Elerel,snt at
Dtidtaux, and that merchant HC.n JGiiise The
gentleman told hv wssnu tricnd "a Boaaparie,
bat lie cauGidiy s,imitt, las superior qua and
TIC EXPIRE ssldit, would give the Devil ais ,iue.
Its vel known IN Face, that while Napoleon
ia Egypt, and burthgECd ~.th Turkish PRISON.
eIs, that tnr prisoners sncw a disposition 10 re-
y"it 1T most critical period, and e;.r was enter
tained by numb oi french officers that they ia
tended tn se tn. IL congutrGrs. At this time,
the Frcuoi Commlsssuy, whose name was Mot,
PROPOSED to POisoN the prisoners, by Introducing
ME ints ther lu,t d5 the beSt secarity against
tl4or revolt. When B,Isap;I ie mode acl,s;u-
ted with ills proposition. Ice sent for las eonniaSary,
srd in tic presence Ca Generals Menou, Merge,
and Bertholiet, rcpi'manded Niiu,, AMI would have
casliered hitn upon the spot, al noi Mot IL c!are
upon ms 67ior as q S0iLe:', tsat he had heeu nrlS
represented and TIT; lac Only had said t,,Ji ,ltey
not too goc, to L. poi.onct," but d;s,!aimyd
any serious intention OF putIir:; such meaSue IL
ccution. THIS ac'Sn,Ns ,dsincng, together with ue
intercessi II itle ge.;!,,.r i'cscn saved Mutt
bat hc was som alter @tSgF0cel b? hunaparte"n =
noher chirg. Ehis must have been the time
when Nliot "hastened away pale AID ai.n05; faI.t-
ig."
Thus you sec that the story about bois, line. the
prisoners NJ Jsia hah some kh,ndauon and the
English only regrut that Napoleon cold not he
pryt, to have acecded 10 the proposition oil his
cummissary.
But why docs Mot NOW clme ont wi,h a new
,lition It his 90 Memoirs" and with the doslsior
which makes the extract re-Iubisled III the GUAR
ierly Review My information this suhe ct is
from the same respect ,hle snurc---Ehe British
reviewers arc undoubtedly ia procession of the par
tcuar facts IS ] have stated tiem a ovc ara from
one OF their own cnuntrv-r,n, .rbo le0S ia EEabfG:
The time dli',0ed TO, and who stated them t1 MIR
Wil,oa, the famous prcpasatqr ~ the stov that
Napoleon had poisoned tie iorlich prisoners 1t
j;N'. But Wilson got ais pay and 50 I'D Mot, rs
you 81 all see.
In 1914, Richard B,doe Andersen, a Scotchman,
was furnished with y, of tne facts rcative to
the prOpoNunn al Mioi Ion poisonng the pisolers
lie WAS furnished with finds andinstrurtons, TO call
Aiiai, the suthor oi work. entitled " Memoirs
at ,he expedition to Egypt" lie found hi.n--bo't
up and suppressed every copy of the first edition,
atre maiatdu so'. p IL or,h. printing olthe new
edition CONDITION tlat ,he author Ould admit tn
9 eNtrart. 81! o: whi.h uh, s,atagly compile!
with, when Mr. Andersen s'.ewed him the ''wri'ten
facts concerning his [Niot) proposition TO poison
the lara prisoners
Mr.. Anderson hr ueht The article added ami now
published as an extract from "Aii rs memoirs"
~rh him from England, where it had been =" ittel
Hnd c0mtoSeeI bv an EngliSl,mar. Bonaparte be-
rg out OF the way at this time, (lSlA) Iii had no
tang to tear, and muyh % hope for. The dread OF
xposore operated raore powerful ~ than the shame
| the transaction.
The OF ly appea,arce Of 4 massacre that occurred
whilst Napoleon in EEyp:. was, II consequence
| of a disposition among the Turks To revolt. The
| insurgents assembled in groups IN the morning, and
! betrayed signs of IN approaehi G seditiou. The
! French commander oCC,airo, General Dupuis, who
had gone amongst them to enquire into ie cause OF
these assemblies, was mastered by them, together
| with several soldiers. the French immediately
Jew TO arms, and the insurgents poured IN from all
| quarters, every insulted Frenchman fell victim 10
| heir fury. The house Cf Gen. Catiar,lii was n
siegcd and taken, those WIN had defended 1t were
| put TO DEATH and the philosophical Instruments and
working shops which ha! been herede posted, were
| DESTROYED.
Tie French, recovering from their surprise,
made strong and speedy resistance to tn torrent
the Turks we're soon put to flight, and took refISe
! in their Mosques, which they considered as nTio-
| liable assy!ums, since no FrenChman had hitherto
presumed enter those sacred PLACES, from The re
! gard FOR the religious usaSes of the people, which
! Bonaparte had never ceased to mediate. but Is
Tenn ussges, by The worshirpers themselves, being
| turned into fortresses of war and offence, the
Wrench thought themselves nu longer bound to reat
! them with their wont.d respect.
iionap.ws, unwilling to come 10 violent extrem
ies with the multitude, summoned them to sarren-
der their chiefs the Turks refused the compromise
the mosques were forced by the seldery, and all who
were within persisted
have many more particulars relative to the
transaction between Anderson aud SIiot, which viii
refound As much To the honor of the So British Re-
viewers" Wilson's does him gor the present
b' aleu- To j. Mot, and his worthy eepyists hop
ing they will long remember
ARsENlCK.