Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-05-03

gust and the act Of the Brstish par
IliameDt, cal led the Emperor Napo-
|leon-Bonaparie and gave han IN
lIy the title ofgeneral. The title of
general Bona parte, is doubtless emi.
ueutly glorious-The emperor bore
liz at Lodi. at Castiglone, at ElgoIl,
at Arcole, at Leobeu, at the Pyra-
Imids at Aboukir ; but for seventeen
years he has born that Of first con.
sui and Emperor, which proves that
he has been both first magistrate Of
the republic, sovereign Of the fourth
Those who think that
nations are llocks which belong
of divine right in certain families
do not belong to the age, nor 90
they participate in the spirit of The
English legislature, whica has Sc.
Iveral times changed the. order Of
its dynasty, because great changes
had taken place in public opinion,
lin which the reignias priacrs noS
participating, they became enemies
10 the welfare Of the great majority
OF the nation. for king are only
hereditary magistrates. who exis.
for the welfare Of nations, and 10:
nations for the satisfaction Of King.
It is 10 tie same b efai spirit,
that orders have been given that The
Emperor Napoloanshall not be allow.
led 10 write or receive any letters,
r unless they are opened asd read BY
the English Ministers and officers at
st Helena. They have. iaterdistcs
TO him the possibility OF receiving
intelligence from bis wife, his no,
thcr, his son, OF his brothers, AMI
When III order to avoid, the ineenre
! nicnce of having his letters read By
subaltan officers, he wished TO seq
letters sealed to the Prince Reseui,
he was told that the order could not
be departed from. Ieuersmrst pass
open, snch beiHs the instructions %
the ministry. This conduct neei,
no observation !: il gives rise bow
ever, TO strange ideas as TO the spi-
nit OF the administration which cOul[s
; dictate what would be disavowed e.
ven. at Algiers. Letters have ARR
we'd at st. Helena for the officers il
the suite of the Emperor !; they
!, were broke open AID Transmitted TO
you, but you have not communicated
them, because they did not come
Through the channel OF the English
ministry. Thus they had TO 60 back
1000 leagues and these officers
had the grief Of knowing, that there
was in diligence on the rock, FROM
their wifes, their mothers. their
cbildren, and that they cou'd not
know he nature of il for six months
The heart must solsce itself!
! They csuld not obtain either tue
MOrnin, Chronicle, Morning. Post
or any French journals. Now aud
then q few stray nunbers OF tue
Times reached LonswoOd. In con'e-
quence OF a request made on board
tine Northumberland, some books
were sent. but all those relative to
the affairs of late years have been
carefully kept back. He wished 10
correspond with bookseller In ION
,don, in order to have direct the
books which he wanted and tbOse
relative 10 the events Of the day
this was prevented--Au English au
thor, having made tour to Franco
and hayipg published an account o.
liz in London, he took the trouble to
transmit it to you, in order that il
might be presented 10 the Emperor;
you thought proper not TO transmit it
because it was not sent 10 YOU, by
the express desire of your sovera-
ment. Ii is said also that other books
sent by their authors have not besa
transmitted. because some OF them
were inscribed to the Emperor Na-
ipo,eon, and others to Napoleon The
Great. The English ministry mot
authorized to order any Of these
vexatioBs, the law. although unique
by which the British parliament
regards the emperor Napoleon a.
prisoner of war, has ne. er prohibited
prisoners Of war from subscrio'1S
to journals or receiving printed pook'
I-sueh a prohibition only takes
place in the dungeons q the iHq'
sition.
Tie leland of 81. Helena IS ten