Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-03-07

terrupted me. his3 calling OF names, and
these Seeding epiihetsoul serve TO amuse me
produce far different sensations. You have
The continued)a writer whom y, eatly admire
l believe he is ofyour country, Il Scotchman--
Macpherson, Jhe author Ossiai. There is also
aperson ofthe name ofBelsllam; on what, ab-
iects has L. written."l replied, that be-
lie,ed he hal written an account of the reign
OF our excellent sovereign" 4" Yes (he said)
yonr laws permit youto write OF kings, OF mn
isters, aud OF one another."-'Ies a replied)
such is the privilege OF kngi,slmen; and pos
sessing the iuiirmities of human nature, they
may sometimes abuse IT, MiSconception, party
spirit, and perhaps, factous minds may, Ut
times, tend To propagate and support errone-
GUS and even violent opinions; but the love of
Justice and oftruth form the genuine character
of Englishmen." -" Nevertheless ! he observed
You appear to handle my character rather
roughly andmore SO, since 1 have been III your
power"
To that opinion, Generate answered ra-
Their quickly must be-; leave TO address di-
rect negative: we have not always had the lei
sure TO examine English publications which
you ENJOY at present, but do asSule you, that
from the time of your becoming first Consul of
France, to the moment when YOU set your foot
OH the deck OF the Belerophcn, the English
press has never ceased 10 illuminate its displea-
sure against you and this without exception.
for the parties who differed in every thing be-
sides, expressed but one aud the ssme opinion
OF YOU. This presume you must have known
at tie time, Though the vast PROF ects that have
occoplcd your ininu, may have prevented your
memory from retaining detail Of our literary
offences Your official papers however, mark
ed their perfect acquaintance With the HOSTILE
~ of our journals, and returned their paragra-
pine missiles IN every direction. You were "a
ther angry with old ngIand .vile., YOU or tered
the TohitsHr to call US a " Nation OF -hopkeep-
ers.' great commercial nation, we ceItslu,y
are, and may we ever remain so for ii is that
commerce which has provided fountain Of
resources, whose tiiluc would have prevent
ed even tie native and irresistible bravery OF
EnglishInen from making the late additions
TO our national glory. But we are alSoa most
noble minded, maguanlm0us, and generous
people, and were never known 10 insult con-
quered enemy ; nay, how often has IL happen
ed that both oar saiIors y our soldier have risk
cd their lives To save fallen foe! Even when
you had thrown away one or the brightest dia-
denis in Europe, and had accepted splendid
sceptre i'll Elba, you were instantly treated
with comparative mildnesS by the more pre-
vailing public opinions in England. And now
that you are as you chuse 10 term il, in our
power, generous natureiS known to be excl
ted. \ es, sir, there are numbers who would
have rejoiced to hear that you ha bit the
ground on the held of battle, who now dis
posed TO wish YOU every comfort that can be
safely allowed in Your present situation. IL
the Northumberland had overtakcn YOU in
a French man of war, endeavouring to make
your meditated escape to America every Off
Ger, and every sailor and soldier would be
be brayely engaged in the attempt to take
burn, sink, or destroy the ship that bore you
vet, as you have readily acknowledged, YOU
have been treated by them, during the whole
of the voyage, with every gentle manly and
polite attention. And i'll ma> venture TO
speak of myself, and | shall beg leavo to add
that was bred up in the hatred you: nay
that ITO proofs of Holy Witt were more
strongly imprinted i'm my mind, than the
truths of the then universal prevailing opinion
concerning you; nevertheless, | am ready to
shew YOU every personal courtesy, to be thank
tul for the civIlltIeS have received from You
and to offer yOu such servicea as l am permit
ted by the beuevOieuse of the government
which serve, X may be consistent with those re-
gulations which its political wisdom has
thought necessary to provide for the safeguard
and ultimate security of your person." / was
resolved TO speak my sentiments with freedom,
and YOU may think, my goo, friend
that did not balk my resolution. could not
indeed, torbeaT to defend the generous temper
of Engiishmen, when il received such AN at
tack.
My candid sentiments and unreseryed Ian
guage appeared, however, TO meet my audi
tors appro baton and he asked ana, TO my
great surprise, If i remembered the history of
iCapt. Wright. ianswered-" Perfectly we'll;
and it is prevailing opinion i'll England, that
you ordered him TO be murdered in the Tenn
pie. With the utmost Tapidity ofspeech he re-
Piled" For what object? Of all men, he
was the person whom ! should have most desi-
red to i've. Whence could have procured so
valuable an evidence as he would have proved
on the trial Of the comspirators in and about
Paris The heads of it he himself had landed
on the French coast" My curiosity was at
this moment such as to be betrayed i'll my
locks. Listen" continued Napoleon, " and
YOU shall hear. The English brig OF war
commanded by Capt. Wright, was employed
by your government III landing traitors and
spies OH the west coast OF France. Seventy
of the number had actually reached Paris
aud so mysterious were their proceedings, so
yelled inimpenetrabie concealment, although
General Ryai, of the Police, gave me this IN
could not be discovered. ] received assur-
ances that ny lite would be attempted and
that though l did not give entire credit to
them, [ took every precaHtion for my pTeser-
vaton. The brig was afterwards taken near
L'Orient, with Captain Wright, its command
er, who was carried before the Project Of
the Department of MOrbeau,a Nannes. Ge-
neral Julian, then Project, had accompanied
me in the expedition to Egypt, and recognised
Capt. Wright on thefirst view OF llim.-Intelli-
eence of this circumstance was instantly trans
mltted to Paris, and instructions. were expo
ditiOusly returned 10 interrOgate the crewse-
paratcly and transfer their testimonies to the
Minister OF Police. The purpOrt OF their ex-
nmiuationwas at first very unsatisfactory; but,
although, on the examination of one of the
crew, some light was thrown OF the subject. lie
stated that the brig had landed several French
men, and among them he particularly remem-
bered one. very merry fellow, who was called
PichcgTu clue was found, that led To the dis
coyeTy ola plot, which, had "a succeeded,
would have thrown the nation second time in
10 a state of revolution.
Captain Wright was accordingly conveyed
To- Paris, and confined in the Temple; there TO
remain till IL was found convenient to bring the
formida beaccessaries of this reasonable design
to trial. The law of France would have sub