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» This: evening Count Bertrand, came, 
to my room in order thatiI should assist 
him‘in translating: somejpart of the, new 
restrictions whichnwere;yhe||said; of .a 
nature sooutrageeus to, the,emperor; 
that she! was! induced) to, flatter, himself 
with thesideacthat he-had not understood 
them,» They2were those, parts where 
Napoleon-was) prohibited from,zoing off 
the high road); from-going,on the path 
leading 10 Miss\Mason’s; from.entering 
into, any house,. and.from,conversing 
With any person whom he might mect 1. 
his rides or walks. . Preparedias Twas 
by the governor’s manner, and by what 
T had observed this day, to ex pect some- 
thing, very severe, I) confess that at the 
first. sight of these, restrictions, 1. re- 
mained. thanderstruck, ‘and, even, after 
reading them over three or four times, 
eould svareely persuade myself that. I 
had. properly understood them. 
‘NAPOLEON'S REPININGS. 
. October. 13.—Napoleon . in. bis bath. 
Complained, of headach, and general 
uneasiness; and was a_ little feverish. 
He.railed against the island, and ob- 
served, that he could not walk out when 
the sun was to be scen, for half an hour, 
without getting .a .headach, in conse- 
quence of the. want-of shade. ‘ Vera- 
mente,” said he, “it requires great re- 
solution and strength of mind to sup- 
port such an. existence as mine in this 
horrible abode. Every day, fresh colpi 
di, stilo al cuore,da questo boja, che ha 
piacere a far di male. It appears to be 
his. only, amusement, Daily he ima- 
gines modes of, annoying, insulting, and 
making me ,undergo, fresh_privations. 
He wants to shorten my life by daily 
irritations. By his last restrictions, [ 
am not permitted to speak to any onc 
I may meet, .'To people under sentence 
of death, this is not denied. A man may 
be ironed, confined in a cell, and kept 
on bread and water, but.the. liberty, of 
speaking is not denied to, him., It is a 
piece of tyranny, uvheard, of, except in 
the instance of the man with the iron 
mask. ‘Fn the tribunals of the inquisi- 
tion, a man is heard in bis own defence ; 
but Ihave been condemned, unheard, 
and without trial, in violation fall laws, 
divine and human; detained ‘as a’ pri- 
soner of war in a time of peate;' Sepa- 
rated from my wife ‘and child} Vidlently 
transported here, where ‘atbitrary and 
hitherto! anknovwn’ restrictions ‘are ims 
posed Upon me ; ‘extending even to the 
privation of speech. “Iam sure,” ¢oh- 
tinued he, “that fine uf ‘the ministers 
O'Meara’ sV vice from St., Helena, 
execpt, Lord. Bathurst,*\ would. give 
their consent, to, this last actof tyrauny. 
Elis great. desire, of secrecy, shews, that 
he is afraid of ,hisyconduct,.being made 
kvown,even,to the ministers themsel yes. 
Instead, ofall this mystery, and, espion; 
age,|they, would do better, te treat mem 
such a;mannerasnotio-be afraid of any 
disclosures, being, mades .You,reeollect 
what. I said to,yyouywhen,.this governor 
told me, inpresence of the,admiral, that 
he would: send: any, complaints we had 
to make to. England, ahdiget themipub,, 
lished in,tbe journals, .. You-see nowy, 
that he. is in, fear and), trembling, Jest 
Montholon’s. letter should find its way, to 
England, or be, known to the inhabitants 
here... hey, profess iv, England, to far, 
nish all my, wants; and in.fact Ucy.send 
out many things: this man.then, comes 
out, reduces eyery.thing, obliges me to 
sell, my plate in order, .to purchase.those 
necessaries of life which he.cither denies 
altogether, or supplies, in; quantities so 
small as to; be insufficient; imposes, daily 
new and arbitrary, restrictions, insults 
me and my followers ; concludes with 
attempting , to, deny,,.me the. fanulig nt 
speech, and then has dhe impudencge, to, 
write, that he, has.changed. nothing. 
He says, that if strangers come to visit 
me, they cannot. speak, to, .any,of, my 
suite, and wishes that they, arcs ne, 
presented by him... If my, sen came...te 
the island, and it. were required trae 
should be presented. by,,bim, L woule 
not see him, | You.know,”, conti 
he, ‘ that it was more.a trouble, tI Ph 
pleasure for me to receive many,of, the 
strangers who arrived; some;,of whom, 
. £ c 
would ata curzous beast ; but-stil it was 
consoling to have, the right.to, see 4hem,. 
if I pleased,” " ok de udstare 
HIS, SERVANTS FIDELITY ..0. 4 
The paper sent. by, the governor.. to. 
Longwood, containing an acknowledg-, 
ment from the French. of, their willing- 
hess to. submit, to such. sestrictions as 
had, or might beimposed upon Napoleon 
Bouaparte, was, signed by all, and sent 
to Sir, Hudson Lowe, "The. only alters 
ation made, by them, was ,the substi- 
tuting of “2 Empereur Napoléon,”, for, 
“Napoleon Bonaparte.” On , the. fol- 
lowing day the papers were sat hare 
by the.governor, to Count Bertrand, 
witha demand that Napoleon Boraparte 
should |, be , inserted in . the, place. of 
mercly came to, gaze; al. me, as, they; 
“* The man of the smallest mind in. the 
present ministry of senior clerks in office, 
—Epit. ‘ ane 
‘aide ? Empereur 
