A Voice from St. Helena. 
was brought by a peasant to the king 
of Saxony, with information that some 
officer of. great. distinction had been 
struck by a cannon shot. The king, 
conéeiving that the name of the’ person 
miet perhaps be ‘discovered’ by the 
boot, sent it to'me. It was exainined 
at my head quarters, but all that could 
be ascertained was, that the boot was 
neitlier of English nor of French manu- 
facture.’ The next day we were in- 
formed ‘that it Was ‘the leg of Moreau, 
It is nota little extraordinary,” continu- 
a Napoleon, “that inan' action a short 
time afterwards, TDordéréd the same ar- 
tillery officer, with the°-same guus, and 
under, nearly simifar circumstances, to 
throw eighteen or twenty bullets at once 
into a Concourse. of officers collected 
together, by ‘wltich General St. Priest, 
another Frenchman, a traitor and a man 
of faleni,“who had a command in the 
Rassian army, was killed, along with 
many others. Nothing,” continued the 
‘emperor, ‘‘is more destructive than a 
discharge of a dozen or more guns at 
‘nee ‘amongst’ a group of persons. 
‘From one or two 'they may escape ; but 
froma number discharged at a time, it 
is almost impossible.” 
_... ‘AIS PROSPECT OF DEATH. 
: “Dee. 14.— Napoleon very unwell. 
‘Hall’ pissed a very bad night. Found 
‘him in bed at eleven, p.m. ‘‘ Doctor,” 
said he, “I dhad’a nervous attack last 
night, which kept me continually un- 
easy and) restless; with a severe head- 
»ach;,andiinvoluntary agitations. I was 
»Without.sense for a few moments. I 
yerily thouglit and hoped, that a more 
violent. attack would have taken place, 
which would have carried me off before 
morning, 1 seemed as if a fit of apo- 
plexy was coming on. | I felt a heavi- 
ness and giddiness of my head, (as if it 
were overloaded wiih, blood,) with a de- 
) sive to.put myself in an upright posture. 
I felt a heat in, my head, and called to 
those about me to pour some. cold water 
over it; which they:did not. comprehend 
for! some time. Afterwards, the. water 
felt. hot, andI thought it smelt. of, sul- 
‘phur, though: iu reality it .was, cold,” 
_ At) this, time he was in, a free perspira- 
ytion, which I) recommended: him to, en- 
‘courage, and his head-ach was much 
diminished, |, After I had recommended 
every thing I thought necessary or ad- 
visable, he replied, “ One | would, live 
too long.” He, afterwards spoke about 
funeral rites, and, added, that when he 
died, he would wish that his body might 
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be, burned. “It is the best mode,” 
said he, ‘fas then the corpse does not 
produce any inconvenience; and as to 
the resurrection, that must be accom- 
plished by a miracle, and it is easy to 
the Being who has it in bis power to 
perform such a miracle as bringing the 
remains of the bodies together, to also 
form again the ashes of the dead.” 
I mentioned to his exceNency, the 
fit of syncope with which, Napoleon had 
been attacked: “‘It would be lucky,” 
replicd Sir Hudson Lowe, “if he went 
off some of those nights in a fit of the 
kind.” I observed, that I thought it 
very probable that he would be attacked 
with a fit of apoplexy, which would 
finish him, and that, continuing to lead 
his present mode of life, it was impos~ 
sible he could remain in health. Sir 
Hudson asked, what could induce him 
to take exercise? I replied, to mode- 
rate the restrictions, and to remove 
some of which he complained so much. 
Sir Hudson Lowe made some obser- 
vations about the danger of allowing a 
man to get loose who had done such 
mischief already. 
HIS REPINING. 
“What a fool I was to give myself 
up to you,” continued he; ‘I hada 
mistaken notion of your national cha- 
racter; I had formed a romantic idea 
of the English. There entered into it 
also a portion of pride. I disdained to 
give myself up to, wny_of those, soye- 
reigns whose countries I had conquered, 
and whose capitals L had entered in tri- 
umph; and I determined to confide in 
you, whom I had never vanquished. 
Doctor, Tam well punished for the good 
opinion I had of you, and for the con- 
fidence which [ reposed in you, instead 
of giving myself up to my father-in-law, 
or to the emperor Alexander, either of 
whom would have treated me with’ the 
greatest’ respect?’ 1 observed, that it 
Was possible that Alexander might have 
sént him'to Siberia; ** Not’at: all,” re- 
plied Napoleon; setting: aside: other 
Mmi0tives, Alexander ‘would; through po- 
liey,) and from the desire which he’ has 
‘to make chimself popular, have’ treated - 
mé"like’‘a king, and fF should have 
hid palaves’ at'‘command. "Besides, 
Alexander is° a ogenerous’\man, and 
would have taken a'pleasnre in treating 
me well; and my father-in-law, though 
he is an imbecile, is’ still’a religious man, 
and in¢apable of committing crimes, or 
“pes acts ‘of cruclty as are practised 
nere.” , dade 
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