1821.1 Political Affairs in August. 17§ 
lion produced by the care of Dr. Auto- 
marchi has not continued, and many re¬ 
lapses took place during* the concluding 
six months of last year, and the disease 
renders him weaker every day. Napoleon 
is extremely feeble and can scarce support 
half an hour’s ride in a carriage with the 
horses walking. He can just walk in his 
chamber without assistance. To his liver 
complaint is added another disorder which 
belongs to this climate—his intestines are 
strongly attacked 3 his digestive organs no 
longer fulfil their functions, and his sto¬ 
mach rejects all which it receives. For 
some time Napoleon has eaten neither meat 
nor bread, nor vegetables 3 he lives but 
upon potted meats and ices. Count Ber¬ 
trand wrote in September last to Lord Li¬ 
verpool, to demand the removal of the 
Emperor to a more favourable climate 5 
and to convince him of the necessity 
of its being in the neighbourhood of 
mineral waters, I have given M. Bona- 
vita a copy of this letter. The governor, 
Sir Hudson Lowe, refused to transmit it to 
his government, under the vain pretext 
that it gave to Napoleon the title of em¬ 
peror. Monsieur Bonavita departs to-day 
for Rome 3 he has experienced the cruel 
influence of the climate of St. Helena 3 one 
year’s residence in this island will cost 
him six of his existence. The letter which 
M. Automarchi has written to Cardinal 
Fesch will give your Highness the circum¬ 
stantial details of the Emperor’s disease. 
The journals of London constantly publish 
letters under the head of St. Helena, which 
abound with lies, and which are fabricated 
to deceive Europe. Napoleon hopes that 
your Highness will endeavour to make 
known the real state of his malady. He 
dies, without succour, on a frightful rock 3 
his agony is terrible. 
Letter from General Count Bertrand to 
Lord Liverpool. 
“ Longwood, Sept. 3, 1820. 
“ My Lord, —J had the honour of writ¬ 
ing to you on the 25th of June, 1819, to 
inform you of the situation of the health 
of the Emperor, who, since the month of 
October, 1817, has been attacked by a 
chronical complaint in the liver. Dr. Au¬ 
tomarchi arrived here in September last: 
he dedicated all his care to Napoleon, who 
obtained from it some relief 3 but since this 
physician has declared, as appears from 
his notes and bulletins, that the disease 
had reached a point at which the aid of 
medicine could do nothing against the per¬ 
nicious effects of the climate 3 that mineral 
waters appeared to him to become necessary 3 
that so long as he remained at St. Helena, 
his life would be only a long agony, and 
that he could hope for no relief but by re¬ 
turning to Europe, his strength being en¬ 
tirely worn out by a residence of five years 
in the dreadful climate of St. Helena 3 by 
the privation of every necessary, and by 
the bad treatment of which he has been the 
object. 
“ In consequence, the Emperor commands 
me, my Lord, to demand, as the only means 
of preservation which remains to him, to 
be transferred to Europe. 
Letter from the Military Secretary to 
General Bertrand. 
“ Plantation-house, Sept. 8 . 1820. 
“ Sir, —The instructions addressed to 
the Governor, not permitting him to receive 
letters in which the title of Emperor is 
given to Napoleon Buonaparte, I am com¬ 
manded to return that which you have 
addressed to Sir Hudson Lowe 3 you will 
find it inclosed. 
“ The Governor commands me at the 
same time to observe to you, that he has 
never received the letter which you state 
that you addressed to him, the 25th June, 
1819, for Lord Liverpool. 
Signed) “ Corregner, Military Sec. 
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. 
The friends of liberty and liberal 
opinions can desire nothing more gra¬ 
tifying than the progress of events in 
the Peninsula. The only error in 
policy is the notion that foreign colo¬ 
nies are of any other use to a parent 
state beyond that of adding to the cor¬ 
rupt influence of the government; and 
hence every obstacle is opposed to the 
independence of the South American 
provinces. 
In Portugal some admirable laws, 
dictated by the true spirit of philosophy, 
have been adopted for securing the 
liberty of the press, which may, as 
long as they are in force, be considered 
as better secured in Portugal than in 
any country-in Europe. 
Madrid, Aug. 13.—The Miscellanea 
lias published the proceedings instituted 
against the authors of the military 
massacres in Cadiz on the fatal 10th of 
March last year. The result of the 
testimony of a great crowd of witnesses 
prove that every possible means of 
seduction was employed to induce the 
soldiers to massacre the inhabitants. 
Brandy and money were distributed in 
the taverns. The Generals Campana, 
Freyre, Rodriguez, and Valdez; the 
Colonels, Gabarre and Capacete, and 
many subaltern officers, are greatly 
compromised. The sentence will be 
quickly pronounced. The three gene¬ 
rals and the superior officers are strictly 
guarded. The people wait with great 
impatience for justice. There were 156 
persons killed or severely wounded. 
TURKEY AND GREECE. 
The exaggerated and contradictory 
accounts 
