Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-09-19

by the allied powers, he judged it pru.
dent to deposit his precious charge In
the hands OF a person upon whose In
tegrity he thought he could rely. but
who. it has appeared since, basely be-
trayed the Count, as some months ago
"a person brought the original letters TO
London for sale, for which he deman-
ded 80 900 pounds. This was commu-
nicated to some of his maJesty's minis
ters, and to the foreign ambassadors;
and have been credibly informed that
the Russian ambassador paid 100000.
to redeem those belonging to his mas
ter.
February 5, 1915.
The Cambridge store ship arrived
at st. Helena, bringing the melanchol-
ly news of the death of the Princess
Charlotte.
Communicated this intelligence to
Napoleon, who expressed his affection
at the unfortunate event; as, indepen-
dent ofth feelings which naturally a
rose at the fate Of princess cut off in
the prime Of youth and beauty, and
with such prospects before her, he said,
"thar he had not been without hopes
that she would have caused more libe-
raj policy to have been adoptedtowards
himself" Heinve;ghed against the ac-
coucheurs, and expressed his surprize
that the populace had notvtoned them
to death. He observed, "that the bu-
siness had strange appearance, and
that precautions appeared to have been
taken to deprive the princess OF every
thing necessary to support and to con.
sole her in her first accouchement.--
He urged that some. old married wo-
men, who had frequently borne chill.
drsn, ought to have been at her bed
side to comfort her. Had they been
present, they would have perceived
that matters were going wrong, and,
would have insisted upon further assis-
lance being rendered, 1t was unpar-
donable in the old Queen not 10 have
been on the spot. What signified Lee
opold.'' said he, che is a garcon, and
knew not what to do. Had it not been
for me-" added he, "Marie Louise
would have died in similar manner.
During the time Of her labor, l was in
an apartment close by, from whence l
went to her room every now and then.
After she had been some hours in Ia
Dor, Dubois. the accoucheur, came to
me while / was reclining on the sofa,
with great alarm painted on his coun-
tenance, and said, 'sthat the empress
was in a state of great danger; that
there was a wrong presentation" /
asked him if he had ever seen any
thing of the kind before. Dubois re-
piled, "that he had, but very rarely,
perhaps not one in a thousand and
that it was very affecting to him that
so extraordinary case should happen
with the Empress" Forget, said l.
that she is Empress, and treat her as
you would a little shop-keeper in the
Rue St. Dennis-this is the only favor
| ask, of you, Dubois then asked, eff
it were necessary that one should be
sacrificed, which should be saved, the
mother or the chila?" "The mother,
certainly" | replied; cit is her right"
then accompanied Dubois to the bed
side, encouraged and tranquillzed the
Empress as much as possible, and held
her while the forceps were applied
The child was apparently dead when
born, but by frictions and other means,
he was restored to life. His birth pro-
duced delirium Of Joy in the nation.
On the discharge ofthe first gun, that
announced the interesting event, all
the population of Paris, in the greatest
suspense, ran into the streets, the pub.
lie walk and the parks, counting the
number of guns. Twenty-one guns
were to have been fired for the birth Of
princess. and one hundred and one
for that of prince. At the discharge
Of the s2d gun, the Parisians rent the
skies with acclamations and express
sions of universal delight. Almost all
the powers of Europe sent ambassa-
doris extraordinary to compliment me
on the happy event. The Emperor Of
Austria was represented as his god fa-
Their by his brother, the Duke of Durks-
burgh, and the Emperor Alexander
sent his minister for the home depart
ment to Paris. to express his satisfac.
ton on the occasion.
Had the poor Princess Charlotte"
added he, had some person about her,
who would have acted with energy. as
| did, she would have been saved. Now