Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-05-05
LONDON, March IS.
BONAPARTE,

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ders, has been published 10 a pamphlet
with some PREDATORY remarks by NJ.
Santine, who calls himself :. Ruissier
du Cabinet dc rEmpereur," from
which the following are extracts
81 am = native of the Island Of
Corsica at the age of eighteen en-
tered the military service in the bat
talon of Corsican sharp shooters. ]
was present at the battles of Ulm,
.Austetlitz, jena, Prussian Eylau,
Friedland, Ratisbon. Eckmuhl, As,
perm, Ypersberg, and finally, at the
battle OF Polask +; aiter which quit.
ted the profession OF a soldier for that
| of a Courier. When thc Emperor
departed from Fontairbleau for the
island of Elba. | determined on fol
lowing him, without feeling any con-
Germ about the rank in which | might
continue nv services. A short time
after uur arrival, ! was presented to
the Emperor. He recognized an old
soldier who had ncyer failed in the
fu!G!ment of his duty and had the
goodness TO grant me the place OF
Messenger to bis cabinet, and Keeper
Of his Port Folio. returned to
France in 1915, in the suite OF the
Emperor; End afcr tie Battle of Wa
tcrlOw, l accompanied bin TO Roche
fort. and on board tie English ship
the Bellerophon. Finally. l was one
of the few faithful servants OF his Ma
iesty. who had the happiness to fol-
low him to ST. Helena. where. for
nearly a year, ! served near his per-
son.
The emperor on his arrival, resided
in the house of a merchant named
Balcombe, where he remained for
about two months. Mr.. SaiCOmb' S
house was neither suitable nor conye-
nient but for this, Sir George Cock
burn was in no way biamcabic. On
every occasion he enicavOured TO con-
Ciliate the duties of his Office, with
the respect and dcsiCacy which were
due to the rank and misfurtUnes OF his
august prisoner. From thence the,
Emperor WAS transferred to Long
wood, which was once farm belong
ing to the East India company. I'M
this wretched asylum he still! remains
His sleeping chamber is scarcely large
enough to contain a bed and a iewI
chairs. The roof OF this howell con-l
sists ofpsper. coated with pitch. which
is beginning to rot. & through w'ichI
the rain water and dew penetrate. I'M
addition to all these inconyen;Fnces.theI
house isaifGSssSteS sii.4fs. . griao asS
tcvrrv thing they can reach. All the
Emrerur's linen, even that which was
lately sent from England. has been
gnawcd and completely destroyed by
them. For WAN, of clothes. the linen
was necessarily expnscd upon the
floor. When the emperor is at din
ner the rats run about the apartment,
and even creep between his feet.
The report ola house having been
built fcr the emperor. which, it has
been said. was s-nt from England, is
entirely false. Some pieces of tim
Der work have. indeed, arrived, but
the governor declared that house
cannot behuilt in less than three or
four years.
Wien the emperor was established
at Longwood, S. G. COCkburn in
troduceG the MOS exact economy into
every branch Of he expenditure. The
emperor. however. never wanted what
was necessary, and the Admiral al
ways took care that nothing should
be refused which. with the due regard
to locality, the person of the emperor.
and his duty, was indispensable.
1t is not. however, economy. which
the new Governor has introduced into
the household of the emperor ; it is
absolute want.
1t is to be rcCoIlcctcd the Governor
took upon himself the entire charge
ofthc maintenance Of Napoleon and
his suite but the provisions he fur
nished were always in too small a
quantity, and also very often OF bad
quality. In the latter case. when the
|empcror's house-stcward (Cypriani)
has found himself under the necessity
|ofscnding back the provisions. the ar
|ticlrs were never replaced by others
more fit for use. and it has been ne
cessary to wait until the following day
for a supply.