O'Meua’s Voice from St. Helena. 
lowed ‘by an order’ that ‘he should be 
sent to’Siberia; ‘whilst the other prison 
crs were sent’ to & mucly less ‘northern’ 
destination’ ‘Vandamme ‘teplied) with 
gréat saig froid, “It may be; sire; that 
Tam @ robberand a pluiderer 5 (but) at 
least P have not to-reproach’ myself-with 
having ‘soiled(my. hands’ with the blood 
oPa‘father!!” a8 iikw 
SUS: OF AB HIS' PLANS. 
J expect’ nothing from® the present 
ministry “but ill treatment:® The “more 
they want to lessen me, the more I will 
exalt fyselfo oTt° was my intention to 
have ‘assumed: the’ nameof ‘Colonel 
Metron} who'was*killed ‘by my side at 
Aftcola; covering the with'his body, and 
to have lived as aiprivate person in Eng- 
land; itt some part lof the country, where 
Timightthave lived retired, without ever 
desiring to'mix in'the grand world. I 
woul never have gone to London, nor 
have dined out. © Probably I'should have 
seen 'very® few persons.° Perhaps I 
might ‘have’ formed a friendship with 
some “savans. I would have rode out 
évery ‘day, and then’ returned to my 
books.” ‘TL observed, that as long as he 
kept up the title of majesty, the English 
ministérs would’ have‘a pretext for keep- 
inf himoin!) St.°Helena. He replied, 
“tliey foree ‘me'to it. T wanted to as- 
sume ‘an weognito’ on my arrival here, 
whieh was proposed to the admiral, but 
they will not permitit. ‘They insist on 
éalling*me General Bonaparte. I have 
no'reason to be ashamed of that title, but 
Fwill not take it from them. \ If the re- 
public had not a legal existence, it had 
no’ more right to'constitute me general, 
than first'magistrate. | If I were in Eng- 
land now, and a deputation from France 
- were 'to‘come and offer me the: throne, 
DPwould not accept of it, unless I: knew 
such to be the unanimous wish of the na- 
tion. Otherwise I'should be obliged to 
tarn bourreau, and cut off 4he heads of 
thousands to keep «myself! upon! it 
‘oceans’ of ‘blood must flow*to:keep» me 
there—T have made noise enouglvin the 
worldalready, perhaps too: much,:and 
anionowgetting’ old) ando wantiretire- 
ments” These,” ‘contiiued hey tf were 
the motives which induced me*toiabdi- 
cate the last time,” 
“909. (0 OPHE) DETENSION. i 
- Pobseryed to him, that when hewas 
‘emperor, he ‘had caused «Sir: Geonge 
‘Cockburn’s brotherito:be arrested, when 
envoy at Hambargh, and iconveyed: to 
Franec, where he was detained for some 
years. He appeated surprised at. this, 
and endeavoured to recollect: it. « After 
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a pause, he asked me, if I was sure that 
the’ personso ‘arrested: was Sir George 
Gockburn’s ‘brother.: Dreplied, that I 
was perfectly'so, as the admiral had told 
me. the! ‘circumstance y himself. © “Lt ‘is 
likely enough,’ oreplied ‘he, “but D-do 
not‘recollcet the name. T)suppose,‘hows 
ever, that'it must: have’ been at the'time 
when’ I «caused ‘alll ‘the: English b'could 
find on the continent to be detained, be- 
cause your government had seized)upon 
allothe Frenchships, sailors; ‘and pas- 
sengers, they could lay their hands/upon: 
in harbour, oriat sea, before the declara- 
tion of war.« 1, inmy turn, seized upon 
all: the English that I could find at land; 
in order to shew them, thatiif they. were 
all-powerful ‘at sea, and) could do: what 
they Jiked there, : Dowas equally so: by: 
land, and: had as’ good: a» right: to» seize 
people on my element as they had upom 
theirs. Now,” said he, “I canscom- 
prehend the reason why your mibisters 
selected him. Iam surprised, however, 
that he never told me any. thing about 
it. A man of delicacy would not:have 
accepted the task of conducting,meé 
here under similar circumstances.:\) You: 
will see,” continued he, “that ina short 
time the English will cease to hateames 
So many ‘of them have been and: are) ini 
France, where they will hear the trutby 
that they will produce,a revolution of 
opinion in England—I will leave: it, to 
them to justify me, and I ‘have no 
doubts about the result.” Te 
NEW INSULTS; rio 
October 10, 1816.—Had,' sone :con- 
versation with Napoleon:in his dressing- 
room, during which I endeavoured to 
convince him that Sir, Hudson Lowe 
might in reality have intended, to offer 
civilities at times when his conduet,was 
supposed to-be insalting;, that, bis, ges 
tures sometimes indicated, intentions far 
from his thoughts ;/and-pavtienlanly, ex 
plained, to him that, Sir Hudson Lowe's 
having Jaid his hand .apon, his |swords 
proceeded: entirely from .an) involuntary 
habit which be:|bad of, seizing; his, sabre, 
and raising it; between,bis,side and, his 
atm, (which; T,endeavoured to.shew, him 
by gestures) ;,,that, he; bad, himself, ex- 
pressed tome that, none but a confirmed 
villaine would -attempt; to draw upon an 
unarmed, man.) “Pen 2, ragazzi, dot- 
tore,! xeplied, Napoleon, “se non é boja, 
almeno'\ne:ha,Varia., }Has he shewn you 
the: new ‘restrictions jheyhas sent to us?” 
I replied, that he-had not. said a word 
about them. . ‘¢.AA;” answered the em- 
peror, “son .certa che abbia qualche cosa 
sinistva in-vista.”’ 
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