O'Meata’s Voice from St. Helena. 
ill, Marchand oceasionally; read: to! hinv 
until he fell asicep. At timessbe rose at 
seven, and wrote ordictated until break- 
fast time >: or, ifothe morming wasovery 
fine) he ‘went out: to ride.) When he 
breakfasted)in his own roomy ‘it was ges 
nerally, servedron:a little roundtable, at 
bétween nine and ‘ten; when alony with 
the rest of his suite, ateleven: in either 
ease ld ila fourchette.|: After breakfast, 
hegenetally dictated: tosome of his suite 
for aifew>hours, and attwo or three 
o'clock) received’ such visitors, as, by 
previous! appointment bad: been directed 
to-present themselves. Between: four 
andi five, ‘when! the weather permitted, 
he: rede ont! om horseback or in the ear- 
riage, accompanied by all his suite, for 
an boupor two; :ihen returned and dic- 
tatedoor read: untileight, or oecasionally 
played-a game at ehess, at whieh time 
dinner: was announced, which rarely ex- 
ceeded twenty minutes or halfan hoar in 
duration. "He ateheartilyand fast, and 
didnot appear to be partial to high sea- 
soned er rich: food.» One of his most 
favourite dishes was'a roasted leg of 
muttou, of which I have seen him some- 
times pare the outside brown part off ; 
he was also: partial to mutton chops. 
He rarely drank: as’ muchas a pint of 
claret ‘atchis ‘dinner, which was gene- 
rally.maich. diluted with water. After 
dinner;} when the servants had with- 
drawn;;and when there were no visitors, 
he-sometimes played at chess or at whist, 
but’ more frequently sent for a volume of 
Corncille, or of some other esteemed au- 
thor, and -read aloud for an hour, or 
chatted -with the ladies and the rest of 
his suites“ He usually retired to his bed- 
room at ten or eleven, and to rest, im- 
mediately afterwards. When he break- 
fasted or dincd in his own apartment 
(dans Vintérieur ), he sometimes sent for 
one of his suite to converse with him 
during the repast: He never ate more 
than two meals.a day, nor, since ] knew 
him, had le ever. taken more than a very 
small cup of coffce after cach repast, and 
at no other time: 1] have also been in: 
formed hy:those who have been in his 
servicerfor fifteen years, that he had ne-" 
ver exceeded ‘that 
first knew him. 
ST. HELENA. 
_ “In this: isola maladetta,’ said he, 
“ there is neither sun normoon to be 
seen for the greatest; part of the ‘year. 
Constant rainand fog. Il ds worse than 
Capri. Have you ever becnat Capri?” 
continoed he. I replied in the affirma- 
tive, “ There,” said he, you can have 
quantity since they 
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every thing: you. want from the continent 
ina few hours.” Heialterwards made 
a fesw remarks upon some absurd false- 
hoods: which bad been published. in’ the 
ministerial) papers respecting him; and 
asked iif iti were“ possible that the Eng- 
lish-eould. be so foolishly eredulons as to 
believe all the stuff we published about 
him.” 
COCKBURN. 
“ Weis not,” said he, “a man of a 
bad heart; on the contrary, I believe 
him to be capable of a generous action; 
butvhe is rongh, overbearing, vain, cho- 
leric, and capricious; never consulting 
any body ; jealous ofhis authority ; car- 
ing little of the manner in whieh he ex- 
ercises it, and sometimes violent without 
dignity.” 
FEES. 
He then asked me many questions 
about the relative price of articles in 
England and St. Helena, and concluded 
by asking if I took any fees for attend- 
ing siek people on the island. I replied 
in the negative, which seemed to’ sur- 
prisehim. ‘‘ Corvisart,” said he, * not- 
withstanding his being my first physi- 
cian, possessed’ of great wealth, and in 
the habit of receiving many rich presents 
from me, constantly took a Napoleon 
for each visit-he paid to the sick. In 
your country particularly every man bas 
his trade: the member of parliament 
takes money for his vote, the ministers 
for their places, the lawyers for their 
opinion.” 
CHRONOMETERS. 
“ How shameful it is,” said he, “ for 
your government to put three or four 
hundred men on-board of a ship destined 
for this place without a chronometer, 
thereby running the! risk of a ship and 
cargo, of the value perhaps of half a 
million, together with the lives ‘of so 
many povert diavolt, forthe sake of say- 
ing three or four hundred francs for a 
watch. J,’’ continued he, ‘ ordered’ 
that every ship employed in the French 
service should be supplied with one. It 
is a weakness in your government not to 
he accounted for.””” He then asked’me 
if it were true that a court of inquiry 
was then holding upon some officer for 
having made too free with the ‘bottle. 
“Ts it-a crime,” added he, “ for the 
English to get drank, ‘and will a court- 
martial be thesconsequence ? for, if that 
were the case, you'would have nothing 
but court:martials every day. was 
a little merry on-board every day after 
dinner,’ TI observed that there was a 
wide difference between being merry 
and 
