Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-03

Bertrand made reports 10 Dritlsh oHeers
againsts GourgAnd, upon hi insisting on hay
ina as many wax candles as he tBrrtrand)
who had wife and children, and thai Gopr-
gaud did not return any part OF the provisions
allotted to him.
Mention Of a conversation between Gour>
gaud and Napoleon, resting, suppose, though
it is not explicitly SO stated, upon Gourgaud
uthority:-Napoleon in dispute with G"uI
eaud, is stated To- have said-"For all this, you
would be glad to return TO my service. should
again land in France" "No" replied Gours
pand: "shou'd France be visited by such a
misfortune as your return. would be found on
the opposite side fighting to the last to prevent
the renewal OF your power This is mentions
I'd incidentally after Gen. Gourgaud had lett
England.
No. II Letter from Mr.. Goulburn, Score
,ary of State in Colonial Department, TO Earl
Bathurst, principal Secretary, literally copied:
iCopy.) Downing street, 10th May, 1918.
NV Lord-ln obrdiance 10 your directions,
had several conve rsations with Gen. Gourgaud,
for the purpose Of ascer'aiping whelber he was
disposed to afford any further details upon
the several points advcrted TO in Sir Hudson
loves recent despa,ches.
The information which ! have received from
him, though gwen in considerable detail, is IN
subs ance as foliows-Gen Gourgaud had no
difficulty in avowing that there has always ex-
i,tpt3 free and uninterrupted communication
between the inhabitants of Longwood and this
country, without the knowledge or Intervention
of the Governor: and that this has been made
use Of not only for the purpose OF receiving AVID
transmitting letters, but for tina! OF receiving
Dhamp hic's, money, and other articles, %! which
inc party in Longwood might from time TO
Tine BIZ in want,--lhat .hs corres pondencc has
for the most par, been carried on direct with
Great Brilain,-and that the persons employed
were those Englishmcn who from time 20 time
,isi, St Helena. 10 all Of whom the attendants
or servants OF Bpunaparte have free access,
and who, generally speaking, are wiliing, many
without any reward, and others for very small
pecuniary considerations, to convey TO Europe
any letter or packet inrusled 10 their charge.
I, would appear also, that the captains and o.
theirs on BOARD the merchant ships touching at
the is and, whether belonging to the East In
dia Company, or 10 Other persons, arc consid-
cred al Lohgwood as being peculiarly orcn to
the seduction Of General Buonapar'c's talents:
so much so, indeed, that the inhabitants OF
Longw God have regarded il as 4 matter OF
difficulty 10 procure passage on board one OF
these ships for Gen. Bounaparte, it escape
should at any lime be his object.
General Gourgaud stated himself 10 have
been aware Of General Bnonaparte having re-
ceised a considerable sum Of money in Spanish
dollars, viz loooo" a, the very time he dis
posed Of his plate; but on being pressed by me
as 10 the persons prlry 10 that transaction, tie
con,rned himself with assuring me that the
mole Of its transmission was one purely acci-
denta that il could never again occur, and thai
such being he cese, he trusted that | should
not press a discovery, which, while il betrayed
ts author could have TO effrct, either as 1t re-
garded the punishment of the offenders, or the
preveniure Of a similar act in future The &C.
tuai p .sscssion OF money was, moreover, not
krv in MS view of the subject, to afford any
additional means Of corrup,ng the fidelity of
those who i: might be advisable TO seddce. as
i, was well known tina, any draught, whatever
Nigh, be its amount. drawn by General Buona-
parte on Prince Eugene, or on certain other
me mbers of this family, would be scrupulously
honoured.
He assured me, however, in answer to my
enquiries, that neither Mr.. oaIcombe nor Mr..
O'Mrra were in any degree privy 10 the above
transaction, and that the former, although re-
Gently much dissatisfied with his situation, had
never, in any money transaction. betrayed the
trust reposed in him. He declined, however,
most distinctly, giving me the same assurance
with respect TO their not being, either or both,
privy 10 the transmission Of clandestine corr
respondencc. =,
Upon the subject Of General Buonapar,e's
escape, ne confidently stated that, although
Lougwood was. from its situation, capable of
being well protected by sentres, yet he was Ger.
tain there was no difficulty in Guiding at any
time The vigilance Of the centres posted round
the house and grounds: and, in short, that es-
cape from The island appeared to him in no de-
gree imprac,irablc. The subject, he confessed,
had been discussed at I.ongwood, ana the indi
viduals of the establishment separately desired
to give their plans for eatcting it: bu, he ex.
pressed his belief 10 be, that General Buona-
parte was SO fully impressed with the opinion
that he should be permitted TO leave 81. He!e-
ma, either upon change Of Ministry in Eng.
land, or by the wilingness Of the English TO
bear the expense OF OBTAINING him, that he
would not at presen, run the hazard 10 which
an attempt at escape might expose him. 1,
appears, however, from the statement Of Gene
raj Courtyard, and from other circumstances
stated by him, that General Buonapsre had al
l,,I. lad ~ 4 Il