Elizabeth-Town gazette., 1819-01-12
ST. HELENA.

letter from BerIrands VINO our redoefs VIII
recollect is the companion Of Napoleon in
his exile, addressed to Las Casas, former
ly private secretary TO the Ex-Emperor
of France. The letter is dated Long.
wood, August 10th, 1873; and, after some
introductory matter OF little importance,
proceeds thus:
:" Can it be possible that the horrible vex-
ations we experience are not with the cog
nizance of the English government !--
And can ii be possible that the private
ennily Of the governor should be suffered
to harass the Emperor, even into death /?
Can Governments and Princes be so easily
deceived 1t is in this state of doubt that
l now write to you.
Things are materially altered since
our departure. 10 the year 1917, and
this of 1878, the vexations practised a.
gainst the Emperor are increased to that
degree, that they can only be consider~
ed as an attempt upon his life. You shall
Judge of this by the detail.--You cannot
but have read in the newspaper of the
month of March certain observations upon
the speech Of lord Bathurst, bui since
then things have got much worse, and the
hatred OF the Governor of this Country
has no longer had any limits.
When you left, the Emperor gave up
riding on horseback, to avoid the suares
and the insults prepared for him by ex-
posing him TO The insolence of the senti-
nels he has been since obliged TO debar
himself even from walking exercise, to
avoid similar inconyenieDcies.- During
.he months of March aud April the En-
peror occasionally went out to come and
see my wife; and sometimes, too, he used
10 seat himself fifty PAGES from the house,
upon the bench which you know, where
he would remain half au hour or an
hour. They devised means to prevent
this, and to oblige him to coDfiue himself
closely to his room. They were aware
hat was no difficult task. They APP
pointed a soldier of the 65th for the gar
dener, and they stationed at my house
serieant or overseer of the workmen--
both very useful at the house, either to
remove any noxious weeds which might
infect the air (for it is an impossibility to
have garden on such spot as tbis,) or to
repair the house, which is ia ruins, and
admits the water upon every shower. ALI
that appeared very reasonable but the
Governor invested these two soldiers with
the power Of stopping whomsoever they
pleased at the very doors and under the
very windows of the Emperor. From
that moment he has never been out, and
it is now upwards of hundred days that
he has not put his head out Of the VIM
dows.
This climate, this entire deprivation Of
exercise, aud this miserable habitation,
have impaired bis health, SO much so, that
you would not know him again. Ever
since the end of September, 1917, he has
ielt the first symptoms of the chronic
hepathetis, which You are aware is NOR
tai in this country. The good O'Meara
attended him, in whom, you know, he has
confidence. Sir Hudson Lowe, 10 the
month of April, at the very time this
Doctor was most necessary TO him, re-
duced him 10 the necessity of giving in
his resignation, and wanted to foist upon
him Mr.. Baxter, whom you all know.
The Emperor refused to see any medical
attendant. From the 10th of April to the
10Th of May, he was without a doctor,
and at last the Russian and Austrian Com
missioners, who were sent out here, being
indignant at this treatment, gave the Gov
ernor to understand, that il the Emperor
should die in that situation, they them
selves would be at loss what to say, if
he opinion should prevail in Europe that
he had been assassinated. 1t appears this
decided the Governor TO reinstate the
Doctor, but there is 40 species of ILL
treatment they did not make him suffer.
They wanted to get him driven from the
table of the Officers of the Goth, but these
brave soldiers disdaining to participate ia
so arbitrary an act, Sir Hudson Lowe
himself gave orders to the Doctor,
through the Colonel, to discontinue TO mess
with the said officers. He has written to
London, and it is probable they will drive
the doctor away. The Emperor will re-
ceive no other; and if the Prince Regent
or Lord Liverpool decline taking cosni-
zance of this fact, he will die here OF
disease, deprived even of the assistance of
his Doctor. The Emperor is, however,
now very ILL., and has been for two months.
He rises at eleven o'clock in the morning,
and retires agaio at two.--Some few days
ago, he had an alarming crisis from the
effects Of the mercury which Doctor o.
Meara had given him, that being pre-
scribed for the liver complaint. Doctor
O'Meara being alarmed at his responsible