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together. An order from the town-major en- 

 ables strangers to enter the inclosure, procure 

 slips of the willow, and, one of the cast-iron 

 railings surrounding the vault being broken, 

 either accidentally or on purpose, the attendant 

 will permit visitors to enter and tread over him 

 now dead, who, when living, trod on the necks 

 of monarchs. 



Should there be visitors of both the French 

 and English nations at the sepulchre of Napoleon, 

 it is interesting to observe the feelings produced 

 in the minds of both : the first regarding the 

 spot as both sacred and classic, by the presence 

 of the mortal remains of one, the former ruler of 

 their nation, and who, under the revolutionary 

 flag, had gained so many laurels, which it was 

 his fate to lose at Waterloo, against an allied army. 

 He then found himself a voluntary prisoner, on 

 board one of those British ships of war, which 

 had, under the proud banner of Britain, cleared 

 the ocean of his ships, and he at last died an 

 exile on the rock of St. Helena. This affords a 

 fine lesson to posterity, of a great genius, who 

 having elevated himself to be the ruler of 

 a powerful nation, fell, and died in captivity, 

 through his over-ambition. The French shed 

 tears on visiting the grave of their beloved em- 

 peror ; and the album, kept at the tomb for the 



