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F'''m III" E"~'"M Transcript .I,Iv nm.
WELLINGTON AND NAPOLEON
EEcoLLEct!oNS OF TIE roET ROGERS


In tho "l;ec"!cctions' by Samuel EorerS.
Just published IL London, we find several
very Interesting statements concnrn;r,
l'onapa'ic, il the chapters headed "n.kc
OF W "llluyton.' We make several cytrac,s
thcrc!lon, and ;hc reader will bear in mind
that th" wor,!s quoted are those Of the
Duke himself, In spr#hin. to Mr.. l.nrcrs
"i his grea; an'as"nist II. Waterloo. We'll
ling:"" remarked :"iIOn"J.lh L itrre,. yu,r:
though ddlrg the battle Of Waterloo we
were once. Understood, within n Quarter
o! = mile Of each Other regret it much:
Tor he was a most extraordinary man. To
me he seems to have been at his acme at
'he Peace "f Fioit. and gradually to have
'!"ci'"cI alr"rwar :" The Duhn thus conrn-
Ties his comments on Napu!y"n;
".kt Waterloo h., had the finest army he
ever co,n,nan'l"d; and everything up to the
ons". ra'i%' have turned ont aS he wished
In'i""l, l." c"',i! no. have expected 70 beat
ID" iin>>ianS. - lIr Ii! Il, l.i.ny. in cour
nous. li"; t"o such arni.S rs ;lox,. =,
Wt'c,.on lavc seldom ,o,.t i'll may ;,,.
from vi.al .I:..v ia O, ,h,, I,,. i, '.
BATH. Of .,.a...,. = I,.;,. ,r .,i,,,, ,,,... :.
nv t:onas wore, new. l,n, ,r,. ,,,,. g l., "
though ih,v '":.ls""vr. Ill; better perhaps
.lian laory wr.o L,v. f,url,, ,,,,,:,
TO the w,y il v,.;,b ,n,oc ,f our o,.;,,,.
.,r.; Enu:..,.,,s l,,,rol l.., -,
i'll, co,uc from :. .lo,,,- :, .xno.,, ,u,,,
They ran - ai ..,;ckt,
Il :,.ajn so,..k;u. .ory,,o,co, H.. n.,.
said:
.r,n.r,,.o ,,. ::. =, :,
one Of his ,rrc,,, :, cr,ors ,,,,o, l.. 'In
w;,l, S,.,.,, . far H., ,,.,
wcs un..,,.n.r..ho .r, :.
imno.s:ll f., ..,., ~. o,, or ,,o.-
have often sail !, wo,l,,I,. H..
I m;rh, not nv,,o 500 + .a,..9.
like a cannon ball m,,.,, r., -, I.lo
rebounds. his c,rc.r i ,ro, r, o,
was c.r,,;,,'v - ,....ror w
but lie appears 10 mo to L,vo wo,,.,, .on.,
on many occas;onsl Az o,o finn, Io..
him ,liTrp i, S,,,;rl !, nors.., ,
himself shou!,j have r,,,,,.l ., lo...
an accession Of 10000 mrpn
The iullow;nr statements sh,vs how ill.,
diplomatiSts were at fault on an innor,,,,
OCCASION "Wlcn E,naparte left Eth, FIR
France, I was al Vienna and ro...;,o1 ,Lo
news from Lord Eut.hc,s!, our >T,:.,.r .,
Florence. The instant it camo .o,,
municated i, to every member of tbo Cn,-
oress, and all launched. ,ho E,,,or,. 81
Russia most Of ,il .Wb,t was :, vo,r u,
ter to MS Majesty this moruino ~ s,;l III.
physician; 'for when nc broke tho con, ho
clappcd his hands and burst ont :, ,,uon;n,, :,
Various were the coniect ures nc 70 wh;,,,,r
he had gone: but none wo,,,l ,lL.ororE
All were sure tL,t in Er,,co Ia ,u,,
massacred bv the ,o,,ls vh.n l.,
ed there. r.m.mLcr r,r,.rr,,r. .,.
so well: .pour In Eu,ce 1ro,.rn
The mcc,irr of W,lI;,o,>, ,, p,.,
on the field Of Waterloo vho, r -, 3
battle had ceos.I and u, "a h,.,. o,,1
had bcnup Las boc, ,..o,;I,o, No., :,
Here is the Dukes occou,t w,;.,, 1:C,s.
very much from fine n;..,r;. .,.o.,..:
OF the scene: "Whrn al w.s avor rI,nn
er and mat ,t To N.;,
midnight when he came: and r;,1;ro ~ Lo
threw his arms round me anil l;ssoa '' ,,a ~
on both checks ms T sat in flo aoIu.
was then in pursr;,. I'm, &c -.
fresh, halted mine and left ths hus;aoss
to him. Tin the dav was c,r so,no ,;o,o
encountered with the eoyus d;o1o,nn,;a,,a -
They would not leave mo. saw uhat +
would7 We summed af,.rwa,,,. .,.o.h.
between night and morrinc IN . snan;ov.