O’ Meara’s Voice from St, Helena. 
try... “If Lam taken. serionsly, ill,” said 
he, ‘then acquaint, me, with, your opi- 
nion, and. ask my,.consent to -call, in 
others... This governor, during | the, few 
days that Iwas:melancholy, and, had.a 
menfal_affliction .in} consequence ofthe 
treatment Execeive, which prevented, me 
from going .out,,in ;order that, I might 
not ennuyer, others, with my. afflictions, 
wanted to send, his physician fo me, un- 
der, the, pretextof inquiring, after my 
health. I desired Bertrand to tell him, 
that I had mot.,sufficient; confidence in 
his. physician.to take any thing from his 
hands. That if I were really ill, I would 
send. for. you, in, whomI have confi- 
dence; but.that a.physician was of no 
use imsuch cases, and.that I only wanted 
to be. left alone,,;.I, understand that he 
proposed ..an . officer, should .enter_ my 
chamber to. see me, if I did not stir out. 
Any person,” continued, he, with much 
emotion, .“‘ who, endcayours to force his 
way into,my apartment, shall be a corpse 
the, moment he -enters) it... If he ever 
eats bread or meat.again, I am not Na- 
poleon.. This Lam determined on; I 
know, that I shall. be, killed, afterwards, 
as what ..can onedo against.a camp? I 
haye. faced:death too many. times to fear 
it,.,, Besides, Lam convinced that this 
governor; has .been sent, out by Lord 
art» b.told) hima few days ago, 
that if,be,wanted to put an end to me, 
he; wonld havea very good opportunity, 
by. sending somebody to force bis way 
intemy, chamber. That I would imme- 
diately, make a corpse of the first that 
entered, and then I should be of course 
dispatehed; and, he might write home to 
his, government, that ‘ Bonaparte’ was 
killed in-a.brawl., L also told bim to 
leave me alone, and not to torment me 
witb his hateful, presence. I have seen 
Prussians, ,Tartars, Cossacs, Calmucks, 
&e,;, but never before in, my life have I 
beheld so ill favoured, and so forbidding 
a countenance., Id porte le empneint 
sun son visage.” haat 
» After this, he mentioned, his -appre-, 
hensions of being afllicted with an attack; 
of, gout,,, 1, recommended him, to take 
much,.more. exercise. 
do,” replied, he, “‘.in this execrable isle, 
where; you; cannot ride.a mile without 
being wet through; an island, that even 
the, English; themselves: complain . of, 
though used to humidity 2?” 
* During the. short interview that this 
governor had with mejin my bed-cham- 
ber,’’ continued, he; one of - the. first 
things which | he proposed was, to send 
you away, and to take) bis own surgeon 
; 
“ What ean, I, 
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in your place. This be repeated twice ; 
and. so,carnest was he to; gain his object, 
that, although I gave him a most. decided 
refusal, when he, was going out, he tarn- 
ed about,, and again proposed it, 1 ne- 
ver saw sucha horrid countenance. . He 
sat,ona chair opposite to;my, sofa; and 
on the little table between us; there: was 
a cup of coffee. His physiognomy made 
such an unfayourable impression upon 
me; that I thought his looks had poison- 
ed it, and Lordered Marchand to throw 
it out of the window; I could not have 
swallowed it for the world.’’* 
‘“« Tt appears,” added. be, “ that this 
governor, was with Blucher, and is the 
writer of some official letters to your 
government, descriptive of part of the 
operations of 1814, I pointed them out 
to him the last time I saw him, and 
asked him, Est-ce vous, Monsteur? He 
replied, ‘ Yes.’ I told bin that. they 
were pleines de faussetés ct de sottises. 
He shrugged up his shoulders, appeared 
confused, and replicd; ‘ J’at ecru voir 
cela.’ If,” continued he, ‘ those letters 
were the only accounts be sent, he be- 
trayed his country.” 
GENERAL MOORE. 
“ Moore,” said he, “ was.a brave sol- 
dicr, an excellent officer, and, a man of 
talent. He made a few mistakes, which 
were probably inseparable from the dif- 
ficulties with which he was surrounded, 
and caused perhaps by bis information 
having misled him.”, This, eulogium 
he repeated more than onee ; apd ob- 
served, that he had commanded. the re- 
serve in Egypt, where he bad behaved 
very well, and. displayed talent. [.re- 
marked, thatMoore was always,in front 
of the battle, and, was generally upfor- 
tunate enough to be wounded... ** Ab!” 
said he, “ it is necessary sometimes. He 
died, gloriously—he died like a soldier.” 
Menou was a man of courage, -but po 
soldier.‘ Yon, ought not to have taken 
Egypt. If Kleber had lived, you would 
never, have. conquered, it,.An army 
without, artillery or cavalry,, The Turks 
signified nothing... Kleber was an irre- 
parable. loss, to Mrance and to me. He 
was,a manof; the brightest, talents, and 
the greatest; bravery, L have composed 
the  bistory., of, my awn campaigns in 
Egypt and of, yours, hile Iwas at the 
sro azonrehthr tires sation oi 
* ‘These‘ave strong expressions relative 
to'a' man, who, siuce his! veturn, has been 
graciously received by George the Fourth, 
and\ been variously! promoted and -distin- 
guished !— Evity | 
Briars. 
