Richmond palladium., 1833-03-09
HONAPARTE'S VOYAuL 10 81.
HELENA.

small volume OF l23 pages l2mo. under
.he above title, comprising the Diars Oh
Real Admiral Sir George Cockburn, du-
ring his passage from England to ST. lie
lena IN 1878, for the purpose OF taking
out Napoleon Bonaparte TO that Island,
under the direction of the British uoV-
ernment. II is nothing remarkable that
such dairy should have been written, or
that il should be published; but that IL
should first be published An this country.
- certainly not IA little extraordinary. II
appears that the private secretary oi the
Admiral. since deceased, reserved one
copy Of the manuscript To him.eii, no
doubt with the consent of his superior,
which copy, having been obtained from
The family connexions oY the deceased.
has passed into the hands of the present
publishers. ''rhere Is another copy oil
this manuscript In existence" says the
Preface to the volume before US, (which
was, at one time, Ill the course of Pnolica-
ton in England, but considerations which
may be obviously inferred from the char
ac.er Of the production itself, then led to
IT'S suppression, and must continue I" pre-
vent It's appearance from that quarter. -
\ brief extract, which IL all that We can
properly take fIOm so small a book, OF
which the copy right IS secured. vii, sei'e
10 give our readers ali idea Ut the nature
Of It's contents.
..lIe attributed, solely, to the disatiec,-
ell 1liicers Of his army, his Waterloo dis
as.eT-.
The statement Of Genera! Gourgaud,
respecting his having mistaken the Pru>-
SLAMS for ien. GrOuchy's division, he con-
tradlcted, and assured me, he knew early
in the day, that the Prus-ians were cio-
sing on his flank; that TINS, however,
gave him little or no uneasincss, as he be-
tleycd that Gen. Grouchy would also close
with him at the same time. He had,
moreover, ordered u sufficient force To Op
pose these Prussians. They were in fact
already checked, and he added, that he
con-it,crcd the battle 20 have been, upon
The whole, rather ia his favor than other
wise, throughout e day; but that after
dark, the disaffected officers 70 whom he
haG a';uded. promulgated the cry OF
'Saure gui peut'
This spread such confusion and alarm
t,,rough1 1ut his whole line, ,h,t II became
Impossiole TO counteract II, or to rally his
troops, situated as they were. iaad 1t
been ia night, he was positive the result
would have been very different. Then
it would have teen onl, necessary to have
placed hi.nsei. IN a Conspicuous situation,
H. front. 10 have insured the rally lag OF
all his troops around hlm; but II was
trea cherry ana darkness combined, which
hsS nlH al
Iic said that Oh the n,orning of the 9Th
June, he did not entertain the most us
TAM idea, IN Il the Duke III Wellington
world nave wii,iugly allowed hlm To- have
brpush, the English army to decisive
battle; and had therefore been the more
anxrous to push on, and If possible to force
II, iuI he thought nothing else could offer
chance OF surmounilng the diifcuitiee
with which he vas surrounded. But he
aided that If he could have beaten The
Gn..i>a army, their situation was such,
thai be was positive tnat ardly any of the
f.n.i~ll forces would nave escaped. Tie
Ru-sisn army. ha,lng been already bca-
tea on the l6tii, would (u.,on a J declued
DIS ,ster 10 .I,e Eugi,-h) have been i"rce1
70 max d prectpi!ate retreat. al perhaps
haze zen dispersed. certainly entirei>
disorsan,zed; and he might thea ha' I
pushed ON hv forced marches to meet The
A,str,ans, before any Juncti"n cpuio nav
taken place between them and the R,>-
sIau-. In such circumstances. success
II. -, efforts would have t.een pro5a bic,
-vc.. If hostlilties had neen otst,nateiy
per>a,,ercd in. However, In the state OF
,!.i.s. at that time. he had relied MAINLY
he 81 III. rather upon I. t idea. that a VIC
torv over the 4 g,lsh array IN Belgium,
A,;h lis immediate Consequences. would
have ueen sufficient to have produced Il
ch"nCe of administration IN Eng and.
and have afforded him d chance of conc it,-
ding an immediate general truce.
\ cessation Of ho>tili,icS was reali> bis
first oLIect. for France was hart.l. euual
To the effort she VAS then making; ano II
was impossible for her 10 think OF oppo-
slng an adequate resistance 10 the numer
ou, forces of the 4 lies, IT once unItcC
Sind actin. III concee. agains' him.
Circumstances. Il twever, having iaker
:hc course they ii and having forced
hins tn act as he hd4 done, he thought
Grrai Britain had not pursued the wise-
po.icv, in ref,isin. t. receive hlm in /;
trie i.> manner. He would have yiver
iis rord Of honor not 10 have quirtee. the
kin.,..oin. nor To have Interierea III any
M ,ner. directly or indirectly, IN the at
fans # France oI III politics ot any sort
unless especially requested So In Go, by
The (,.upraj hei,eyerj