"Admiral, I once more protest against the injustice of your country;" and soon after joined in a kind of general conversation.

Whilst on board the Northumberland, it was observed, he stamped the usual impression on every one there, as elsewhere, of his being an extraordinary man. Nothing escaped his notice; his eyes were in every place, and on every object, from the greatest to the most minute. All the general regulations of the service, from the lord high admiral to the seamen-their duties, views, expectations, pay, rank, and comforts, were scanned with characteristic keenness and rapidity. The machinery of the ship-blocks, masts, yards, ropes, rigging, and every thing else-underwent a similar scrutiny. He sent for the boatswain, who, in the French service, usually fits out the ship, to learn the minutest particulars. By his desire, the marines passed in review on the quarter-deck. examined their arms, dress, and evolutions, with attention, and expressed himself highly satisfied. The grog, tobacco, clothes, food, pay, prize-money, and routine of duty of the seamen, were equally inquired into. When informed that the necessaries were supplied by a purser or commissary, he jocularly remarked, they were sometimes sad rogues.

He

The ill-fated Marie Louise remained devotedly attached to Napoleon. When he had surrendered himself to England, she applied to learning the English language, with the apparent hope of passing her days with him in this country. Disappointed in that expectation, after he had sailed from Plymouth, she cherished his remembrance by frequent visits to a romantic valley in the neighbourhood of Vienna, called by the same name as the place

of his deportation, St. Helena. In November, 1815, she made a voyage, on board an English vessel, to Porto Ferrajo, in the isle of Elba. After having announced, that the only motive that induced her to come to the island was the desire to visit the house which had been occupied by her husband, Napoleon, she landed, with all her suite, and procceded directly to the place of her pilgrimage, which she visited with a sort of religious attention and devotion, observing every thing in the minutest detail, and particularly Napoleon's chamber. Arrived in the saloon, she perceived his portrait, and, stopping before it, she said, "Napoleon, I salute thee; I have had, and shall preserve all my life, the greatest esteem for thee." The illustrious lady then passed into the billiard-room, and, some one having presented to her the cue with which he used to play, she signified her desire to have it, and to enclose it in a box as a precious memento.

The next day, she returned, and dined at his habitation, where she passed the night. At her departure she appeared satisfied with all that she had seen, and very contented with her voyage.

CHAPTER XIII.

Napoleon on his Voyage to St. Helena-Arrival-Descriptions of the Emperor's Residence at the Briars, at Longwood, &c.Treatment of Napoleon by Sir Hudson Lowe-Visit of Lord Amherst to Napoleon at St. Helena-Napoleon's great Reliance on the Justice of the Prince Regent-Letters from Count Bertrand to Las Cases, on the Conduct of Sir Hudson Lowe, and the Treatment of the Emperor's Attendants-Note written by Napoleon in the Margin of Sir Thomas Read's Letter.

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THE course of the Northumberland was shaped to cross the Bay of Biscay, and double Cape FinisThe wind was fair, though light, and, for a long time, nothing could be more dull or monotonous than the time passed by Napoleon and his attendants. The emperor breakfasted in his own cabin at any hour, but his suite took theirs at ten, in the French style, while the English continued to breakfast in their own way at eight.

The emperor sent for one of his suite every morning, to know what was going on; as the distance the ship had run, the state of the wind, and other particulars connected with the ship's progress. He read a great deal, dressed at four o'clock, and then came into the general cabin: here he played at chess with one of the party. About five, it was generally announced from the admiral that dinner was ready. Napoleon's two valets stood behind his chair. At first, the admiral was in the habit of offering to help the emperor, but the acknowledgment of Napoleon was expressed so coldly, that this practice was discontinued. The admiral still remained attentive afterwards, but only pointed out

to the servants what was preferable: they alone were employed in these matters. Napoleon was generally silent; and even when French was spoken, he seemed as if unacquainted with it: if he spoke, it was to ask some technical or scientific question, and to address a few words to persons whom the admiral occasionally asked to dinner. Count Las Cases was mostly employed to translate Napoleon's questions into English.

The long dinner-time of the English, occupied by the dessert, drinking, and conversing, was so disagreeable to the emperor, that, after the first day, he rose immediately after coffee had been handed round, and went out on deck, followed by Marshal Bertrand and Count Las Cases. This disconcerted the admiral, who took occasion to express his surprise to his officers; but Madame Bertrand, whose maternal tongue was English, rather warmly replied, "Do not forget, admiral, that your guest is a man who has governed a large portion of the world; and that kings once contended for the honour of being admitted to his table."- "Very true," rejoined the admiral ; and this officer, whom Napoleon often praised for his humanity and good sense, did his utmost, ever after, to accommodate the emperor in his habits. He shortened the time of sitting at table, ordering coffee for Napoleon and his suite, even before the rest of the company had finished their dinner. The moment Napoleon had taken his coffee, he rose to leave the cabin; upon which every one stood up till he had quitted the room, and then continued to take their wine for another hour.

The emperor, after dinner, would remain walking upon deck with one or two attendants: this be

came a regular practice.—Whilst Las Cases was walking with the emperor, at the usual hour, one day, in the stern gallery, Napoleon drew from under his waistcoat, still conversing on a totally different subject, a kind of girdle, which he handed to Las Cases, saying, "Take care of that for me." Without interrupting him, Las Cases placed it under his own waistcoat. The emperor told him soon after, that it contained a diamond necklace, worth two hundred thousand francs, which Queen Hortensia forced him to accept when he left Malmaison in 1815. After they arrived at St. Helena, Las Cases frequently spoke to Napoleon of returning the necklace, but never received any reply. Having mentioned the subject again at Longwood, Napoleon dryly asked, "Does it annoy you ?” “No, sire," was the reply. "Keep it, then," said he. From wearing the girdle so long, Las Cases thought so little about it, that it was not till some days after he had been torn from Longwood, that it recurred to his memory. He could not bear the idea of depriving the emperor of such a resource: still he was in the most rigorous confinement, surrounded by gaolers and sentinels. He knew not whom to trust. At last an Englishman, to whom he had often spoken, came to the prison on a particular errand, and Las Cases, being determined to run all risks, addressing this Englishman, said he thought he was a man of principle, and added, “I am going to put it to the test, though in nothing injurious, or contrary to your honour-merely a rich deposit to be restored to Napoleon. If you accept the charge, my son will put it into your pocket." He answered only by slackening his pace, and the necklace was transferred to this man, almost in sight of military attend