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most heroical exit from his high 

 part in the political drama. He 

 was no real hero, and it is a ques- 

 tion of little importance what con- 

 duct is most suited to the coun- 

 terfeit of that character. Against 

 any danger to his life, he was pro- 

 tected by the honourable behaviour 

 of 3Iarshal Maruiont. Prince 

 Schwartzenberg having, on April 

 3rd, sent a letter inviting him to 

 accede to the decree of the senate, 

 by which Napoleon was declared 

 to have forfeited the throne, and 

 to pass with his corps under the 

 new government, the marshal in 

 reply expressed his willingness to 

 contribute to the interests of 

 France ; but required, as prelimi- 

 nary conditions, that all troops 

 quitting the standard of Napoleon 

 snould have leave to pass freely 

 into Normandy ; and that, if 

 events should place his person in 

 the hands of the allies, the Prince 

 should guarantee his life and 

 safety, and he should be sent to a 

 country chosen by the allied 

 powers and the French govern- 

 ment. These terms were agreed 

 to; and the emperor of Russia 

 proposed to Napoleon in the name 

 of the allies, that he should choose 

 a place of retreat for himself and 

 his family. His choice fell upon 

 the island of Elba, on the coast of 

 Tuscany. 



A treaty between the allied 

 powers and Buonaparte was signed 

 on April llth at Paris, the terms 

 of wliich sufficiently proved either 

 his own remaining consequence in 

 their opinion, or the powerful in- 

 tercession made in his favour. By 

 its articles, after his solemn renun- 

 ciation, for himself and his de- 

 icendants, of the sovereignty of 

 France and Italy, it is stipulated 

 that " their Maitsties the Emperor 



Napoleon, and Maria Louisa, shall 

 retain their rank and titles for life, 

 and that all the branches of his 

 family shall also possess the title 

 of princes ; that the isle of Elba 

 shall form a separate princi- 

 pality to be held by him in full 

 sovereignty and property for life ; 

 and that there shall besides be 

 granted to him an annual re- 

 venue of two millions of francs, 

 with reversion of one million to 

 the empress, and that to the mem- 

 bers of his family shall be assigned 

 a revenue of two millions and a 

 half of franks; that the duchies 

 of Parma, Guastalla, and Placen- 

 tia, shall be granted in full sove- 

 reignty to the empress, with suc- 

 cession to her son and descendants ; 

 that the property possessed by 

 Napoleon in France as Domain 

 shall form a capital not exceeding 

 two millions of francs, to be ex- 

 pended in gratifications to persons 

 according to a list given in by him ; 

 that free passage shall be given to 

 all of the family, and their suites, 

 who chuse to establish themselves 

 out of France, and an escort of 

 l,-200, or 1,500 of the imperial 

 guard to Napoleon himself to the 

 place of embarkation ; and that 

 he shall be allowed to take with 

 him, and retain, 400 men as his 

 guard. Other favourable articles 

 to himself and his followers are 

 added, and the allied powers gua- 

 rantee the execution of the whole 

 treaty. It is however observable, 

 that the signatures are only those 

 of the ministers of Austria, Russia, 

 and Prussia, and that the British 

 government refused its concur- 

 rence further than concerned the 

 assignment of Elba to Buonaparte, 

 and that of the Italian duchies to 

 Maria Louisa. 



The denosit'on of Buonaoatte 



