O'-Meara’s:V oice from ‘St.. Helena. 
but none over my soul., That.soul is,as 
prond, ficree, and. determined at.the.pre- 
sent moment,y;as when, it,commanded 
Buropedn dL, told him, that be, .was ya 
shirro, Siciliano, andinot.ap, Eu glishman; 
and, desired: him not,to,,let me see bim 
again watil cheypame,with,ordersdo dis; 
nites mepavhen,he would find, all, the 
thrown open: 4o admit him., 
iB ery not my custom,’’. continued he, 
i taabuse aby person, but; that man’s 
effrontery, produced bad, blood in .me, 
and Lebuld,not help expressing my sen- 
-timentssiy When the had, the; impudence 
ito;tellime beforedhe admiral that,he had 
changed nothing;,tbat all, was the same 
asavhen he had arrived, I replied, ‘Call 
the, nt Fe offordonnance: here, and. ask 
him. » LpwilkJeaxesit,.to his. decision. 
‘Phisstruck himdumb,,he was mute,’ 
sttHe told)me,othat,he, had found his 
situation), so, difficult, that he had re- 
signed,) 1. replied, Ahat .a’ worse. man 
than) himself -could,,not. be sent out, 
dhough the, employment, was. not one 
wWhiehia; galantuoma would wish to ac- 
eept.o) If; yous haye. an, opportunity,” 
aided he, |“ or if,any one asks you, you 
cawejat, — to peapeat what Lhave told 
aou. ” uu . 
~119 ait ‘vr vciauni S (RESIDENCE, 
-mSifddudson Lowe sent for me to Plan- 
tiga Elouse.. He ‘asked me if I had 
the subject,of their conversation. 
al, repliedysS;some, part of it.” He 
iwished.to-know what it was. I replicd, 
(that supposed he remembered it, and 
ahat I didnot wish to repeat what must 
he: disagreeable to him.” He observed 
that dyhad mentioned it elsewhere, and 
dhatibe had asight;to, hear -it from my 
own lips)|;, Although I had. permission 
1ocommunicate it, I, was not pleased to 
be »obliged,|,to repeat; to..a.,,.man’s 
face opinions such,,as, those which -had 
been expressed .of him; but under the 
circumstances of the case, 1, did, not 
think: proper. to refuse ; 1 therefore jre- 
peated), some, parts.) Sir Hudson said, 
thatdthough be had not commanded jan 
varmy againsthim, yet that be had proba- 
‘bly done him more mischief, by Abe. vad~ 
-viceand information whieljhe had.given, 
pios;|to, and) during, the. eonferencesjat 
Chatillon, some, of) which had not.been 
publishied,.-as;the conferences were 
going on at) the time—than il he, had 
scommanded against, him., ‘Ehat, what 
‘he had pointed out, bad been acted upon 
afterwards, and, was.the, cause: of his 
downfal from, the, throne, ‘\ 1. should 
like,” added he,.\‘ftolet him, know this, 
vin order to. give-him some cause for his 
pearance, 
fine, woman,.bu 
627 
hatred, Ijsball probably. publish an ac- 
count.of-the matter.’ 
Sir-Hudson.Lowe, then, walked. about 
for,.a short, time, biting bisnails, and 
asked me if, Madame; Bertrand had) se- 
peated to strangers any, of, the conversa: 
tion, which bad. passed: between Geueral 
Bonaparte and himself?,, J,replied, that 
I was not aware, that Madame Bertvand 
was yet acquainted with it, . She had 
better not,” said he, ‘lest it may render 
her and her husband's situation mach 
more uppleasant than at present.” He 
then repeated some. of Napoleon’s, ex- 
pressions ina very angry manner, and 
said, ‘‘ did General Bonaparte tell you, 
sir, that I told him. his language wasim- 
polite and indecent, and that I would not 
listen any longer. to it?” L said, “‘ no.’ 
“Then it shewed,” observed the goyer- 
nor, ‘‘great littleness on the part of 
General Bonaparte not to. tell you.the 
whole. He had better reflect.on :his 
situation, for it isin my power to reuder 
him much, more uncomfortable than he 
is. If he continues his abuse, I shall 
make him feel his situation. ,He is,a 
prisoner of war, and I have a right to 
treat him according to. his. conduct. 
Til build him up.” He, walked, about 
for a few minutes repeating again some 
of the observations, which he characte- 
rized as ungentleman-like,. &e.. -until 
he had worked. himseJf into. a passion, 
and said, ‘tell General Bonaparte that 
he had better take care what he does, 
as, if he continueshis present conduct, I 
shall. be obliged, to. take measures ‘to 
increase. the restrictions already, ; in 
force. After observing thathbehad been 
the cause of the joss of the lives of mil- 
lions of men, and might be again, if he 
got loose, he concluded by, saying, “TI 
consider. Ali Pacha to bea much | more 
respectable scoundrel than Bonaparte 2 
THE KING OF PRUSSIA} * 
I asked him, if tlie King of ‘Prussia 
was.a.manof talent. “ Who! n ‘said he, 
“the Kine of Prussia,?” He ‘burst into 
a fit of laughter, .‘‘ He a mari, of talent! 
The greatest blockhead, on earth. Un 
ignorantaccio che non ha ne talento, née 
informazione., JA Don, Quixote in ap- 
1 know him well, He can- 
neh hold, a a soonsratine for. fiye, minutes. 
Not.so his. wife; She Was a very. clever, 
ive ery. “uatosinnaie. Era 
hella, gx ise ¢ He: d’ “intellig’ enza, 
» Mr. Baxter camni Ah and Joined us 
about er, that, the expression was 
sused, 
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