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throne a detested family, 2), No,| we have 
suffered enough... Lt is no affair of ours, 
—let them settle it amongst themselves. 
They would) have.made, peace.) |The 
Saxons, Bavarians, Belgians, Wirtem- 
burghers, would have joined'me. The 
coalition was nothing without England. 
The Russians, would have made peace, 
aud I should have been quictly seated 
on the throne. Peace would have been 
permanent, as what could france do 
after the treaty of Paris? What was to 
be feared from her?” 
“These,” continued he, “were my 
reasons for attacking the English. I 
had beaten the Prussians. Before 
twelve o'clock, Thad succeeded. Every 
thing was mine, L may say, but accident 
and destiny decided it otherwise. The 
English fought most bravely doubtless, 
nobody can deny, it. But they must 
have been destroyed. 
THE WAR. 
“ Pitt and bis politics,” continued he, 
“nearly ruined England by keeping up a 
continental war with France.” I re- 
marked, that it was asserted by many 
able politicians in England, that if we 
had not earried on that war, we should 
have been ruined, and ullimately have 
become a province of France. “It is 
not true,” said Napoleon; “ England 
being at ;war with France, gave the 
latter a pretence and an opportunity of 
extending ber conquests to the length 
she did under me, until lL became empe- 
ror of nearly all the world, which could 
not have happened, if there had been 
no war. The conversation then turned 
upon the occupation of Malta, ‘Two 
days,” suid he, “before Lord Whit- 
worth left Paris, an offer was made to 
the minister and to others about, me of 
thirty millions of franes, and to acknow- 
Jedgemeas King of France, provided I 
would give you up, Malta.”—Napoleon 
added, however, that the war would have 
broken out, had Malta been out of the 
question. 
JOSEPHINE, 
Had some. conversation .with him 
relative to the Empress Josephine, of 
whom he spoke in terms the most aflec- 
tionate. His first acquaintance, with 
that amiable being commenced after the 
disarming of the sections in. Paris, sab- 
sequently to the 13th of Vendemiaire, 
1795. ‘A boy of twelve or. thirteen 
years. old presented, himself to. me,” 
continued he, “and entreated that-his 
father’s sword (who had been a general 
of the republic,) should be returned... I 
was so touched by this affectionate re- 
O' Meara’s Voice from St. Helena. 
quest, that I ordered it to, be given.to 
hinny ‘This boy was, Bugene Beauhar- 
nois., (On seeing the sword, he burst into 
tears, I. feltso much»affeeted oby, bis 
conduct, that,I noticed,and praised, him 
much,,;5 A) few) days (afterwardsyo his 
mother, came, to!retum:, me _alovisit (of 
thanks, , I was much -struek with»her 
appearance, and still, more, with» ber 
esprit. ‘This. first, impression was daily 
strengthened, aad marriage was notiong 
in following.” lsd to i 
LOWE'S REASONING?) efor 
Saw. Sir Hudson) Lowe.. Informe 
him of Napoleon’s) state: of shealthy and 
that he had. attributed his, complaints to 
the violence, of the wind, and:the bleak 
and ex posed’ situation! of} Longwood; 
also that he had, expressed /a desire to 
be removed either) tosthe. Briars, or to 
the other side of the island:) | His .cxcel- 
lency replied, “ The factis, that General 
Bonaparte, wants , to) .get -Plantation- 
house ; but the East India Company will 
not consent to have so finea plantation 
given to a set of Frenelimen, to destroy 
the trees and ruin the gardens.” + 
THE JEWS. wi IIa 
During the conversations I took the 
liberty of asking the emperor.bis reasons 
for having encouraged the Jews 80 
much. He replied, “ f wanted to make 
them leave off usury, and become: like 
other men. - There were a greatsmany 
Jews in the countries [reigned over; by 
removing their disabilities, and) by put+ 
ting them upon an equality with Catlhio- 
lics, Protestants,.and others, I hoped to 
make them become good citizens, and 
conduct themselves like) others of the 
community. I believe that: I-should 
have succeeded in the'end. .My reason- 
ing with them was, that, as theirrabbins 
explained to them, that they ought not 
to practise usury to their own tribes, but 
were allowed to do so with Christians 
and others, that, therefore, as I had: re- 
stored them to all their privileges, and 
made them equal to my other: subjects, 
they must consider me to be the head of 
their natiep, like Solomon or Herod, 
and my subjects as brethren of:aotribe _ 
similar to theirs... That, consequently, 
they were, not permitted) to practise 
usury with me or them, but to treatus as 
if we were of the tribe of Judah. That, 
having similar- privileges to. my other. 
subjeets, they were, in like manner, ‘to 
pay taxes, and submit. to the: laws: of 
conscription’ and -others... By this, L 
gained many soldiers. Besides, I-should 
have drawn great wealth to Prance, as 
the Jews are very numerous, and would 
. have 
