Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-12-11

| the Goth 1t seems the principal aualiti-
| cation required for this post is the know
ledge of The French language. b.
has directions not unnecessarily To iAtrude
himself upon his prisoner, but he must see
lam once IN the course OF the day. No
! person OF Bonaparte's suite is suffered 10
| stir without ii guard, and even his meniai
servants have IL soldier Sent with them,
whenever they wish 10 visit James Town,
&c. Bertrand and his wife occasionally
| pay morning visit 10 sir Hudson Lowe.
AT first Bertrand was looked upon here as
| dcser' lagpariicular respect, both as never
having pledged his faith TO Louis XVIII.
F., and aS devoting himself 10 perpetual exile
only that he might be near his old com
mander: but for my own past any opiui
on Of him is much changed since have
! learnt that ne did actually pledge rs He
| glance 10 his lawful sovereign, before the
rebellion OF March, 1878; and that he has
| lately made several attempts 20 get leave
No come to England and abandon Bona
parte Ia his fate. Beside Bertrand, the
only person of note now remaining with
| Bonaparte, is gen. Gourgon. avery young
man, apparently not more than p or 20
| years OF age.
| 4" In personal appearance, our prisoner
is grown very lusty; his hair is close cut
and about his upper garments, there is d
| great air or carelesSness, not TO say filth
ness. He is generally III uniform, with y
star and order, and Il gold snuff box in his
hand. About his legs he is very neat, al
ways wearing silk stockings and Shoes
| He plays d great deal at billiards, anu haas
a fine library. The only chance an officer
OH guard has of seeing him is through the
window, as he seldom or never stirs out
of the house.
"When his physician advised him TO
| take more frequent exercise, observing,
| that he would otherwise hose his life, Do-
naparte answered 'tdln mieMr'-(so much
| the bettcr.) In the same strain, half in
| les1 and hall IN earnest, when MI Bal
comb informed him that Miss Eliza Rai-
comb had been very Ill, at tire point Of
death, his only reply was so much the
better; she Is such noisy girl.' The
| Ba:combs, you know, are family with
| whom he has been, from the beginning,
on terms OF great familiarity, and Miss
| Eliza often used 10 romp with him, being
quite young and lively girl and under
no impressions of restraint, from the idea
OF his former grandeur. His remarks on
sir Hudson Lowe, and on NJ. Montehenu.
Tie French commissioners, are particular
| ly spiteful. OF the latter he observed.
that they could moi have found a greater
foof IN all France When he was fold,
that some of the regulations to which he
Was subjected were for his own bene-
ut, Aye said he, holding up the cane
i'll his hand, SO you might Tell me If YOU
were to give me good tlreshing with
ms STICK. The soldiers know him only
by the name of BOiey; 10 persons of SUI
Perior rank, lie Is fond OF playing off all
| lie ans OF the ex-emperOr. When the Of
ficers OF the SD and Goth regiments were
| about TO leave the island, they had for
NAL audience of leave of his mock maies-
~. lie Kept them there waiting in his
SaH d'dmdiepce about ten minutes, when
he came In, followed by Bertrand. The
ofiicers were placed in circle, and Bona
parie, commencing with the colonel, ask
Ell each one of them some trifiing ques-
ton or other, such as how long he had
been lnthe service, &c. After giving audi
ence TO the officers, he sent for the guar
Ter master, and SAID some few words TO
him rather in Jest the purport of which
was, that he must have made great deal
OF money at St. Helena. A this audience
SIR George Bingham acted as master of
the ceremonies.
The parsonage about whom / have
been thus long entertaining you, is very
little thought or spoken Of by the inbab;-
tants of st. Helena themselves; nor do
they seem precisely TO understand the de !
gree OF emlnerce attaching 10 his charac- !
Ter or present situation, which YOU will |
say Is 10 great wonder. In fact, the good |
natives trouble themselves very little a.
bout European affairs all they desire is, !
that Bonaparte should quit their country, |
and that because the restrictions imposed |
upon the shipping prevent the influx of |
strangers TO the place, which is their prn- |
Of ID ii
and army enter fully into the feelings of |
the Inhabitants in ibis respect, tho from |
adIiicren1 motive. They find the regula- !
lions necessary TO guard such prisoner |
particularly irlsome in Il place like St |
Helena. / he officers of the army are o. |
biiScd constantly TO appear IN full uni |
form, buitOned up, with boots d side arms: |
the men were for length oftine very sick |
ly. At that period they were encdmped. |
Now that barracks have been BULL for |
them, they are better off. The climate |
does not suit enCampments there are |
such strong wiadS that oiienfimes I'm the
night tie officers have had their trnts
blown down: very heavy ruins also occur
frequently ON the Rock. When the sun
shines, IL IS oil course, very powerful -
and lhe valley, where James Town is sits
ated, is iBsufCrably hot and oppressive
Ii is true that the officers Of the kings
troops have double pay. besides cations,
whilst they remain Oh the island :bnl on |
the other hand, there are several unplea-
SAINT circumstances, among which ] must |
reckon tie sort of jealousy which exists
between these officers and those Of the !
ST. Helena regiment. The former do not |
associate with The latter, who may be con- !
sidered as a sort of local militia, and be- !
sides being soldiers, are traders, since !