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islands, wooded to the water's edge-the foliage present- the Anaconda brig-of-war leading and sounding. At ing every possible hue. Here and there a planter's the same time a squadron of frigates, &c. under the dwelling, or neat farm-house, deeply embosomed in the command of Captain Sir Alexander Gordon, in the Searefreshing shade of the forest; extensive fields of Indian horse, was detached to create a diversion in the Potomac, corn, the long, luxuriant leaves waving in the light whilst Captain Sir Peter Parker, with the Menelaus, probreeze, and presenting at every moment a new tint of ceeded up the Chesapeake, to a short distance above green-an air of happiness, quiet, and comfort pervades Baltimore, on a similar service. the whole picture, and the spectator involuntarily longs for a home in such a fairy land. Returning to the "Wells" next morning, we fell in with a merry group of negro lasses, proceeding to their master's plantation. They begged of us to make a visit there, and we, "nothing loth," agreed to do so. Crossing a beautiful garden, rich in the fruits and flowers of that lovely clime, we entered a large house, and were shown into a handsome and well-furnished saloon, the floor of cedar, cirée, and polished to a wondrous degree of glossiness and glissiness. The master of the mansion was absent, but bis wife and daughters made their appearance, and received us with well-bred courtesy; whilst the dusky attendants ever and anon presented refreshments, which they urged us to partake of with the most untiring perseverance. This appeared to be their peculiar province, and faithfully did they discharge its duties. In Bermuda, as in the West Indies, unlimited hospitality is quite a matter of course amongst the planters.

The passage up the Patuxent was certainly a daring enterprise. The river, though of considerable depth, is of no great breadth; the banks are, in many places, high, covered with wood; and, from several positions, artillery might have been brought to bear on our crowded ships with tremendous effect. At Point Patience, a narrow spit of sand, where the river forms a sudden and sharp angle, we were obliged to come-to, and await a favourable breeze. This is a spot where half a dozen heavy guns, covered by riflemen in the woods, might keep the whole British fleet in check; but the fact is, that the Chesapeake, and the numerous magnificent rivers that flow into it, present such an extensive line of assailable coast, that the Americans knew not where or when to expect our attacks; and as to guarding the whole of the sea-board, that, for centuries to come, will be impossible; particularly when steamboats are likely to be employed. Still it appears extraordinary that Commodore Barney, who proved himself both a brave and skilful officer, did not offer some resistance to us at Point Patience.

Our large ships had not sufficient water to proceed more than a short distance beyond this point; but the troop-ships, transports, and the Anaconda, steadily pushed on as far as Benedict, a small village about fifty miles from Washington, where the troops were disembarked, on the 19th and 20th August.

At the "Wells" we found a negro fruit and vegetable market established; and here, as well as at Hamilton, and the house we had just visited, we were much struck by the extraordinary difference in the cast of features of the Bermudan negroes, as compared with those born in Africa. The women, in particular, were in many instances-though dark as jet-positively handsome; the nose aquiline, the lips finely chiselled, and the whole Rear-Admiral Sir George Cockburn, who, with a batperson graceful and svelte. A promenade was estab- talion of marines, and a detachment of marine artillery, lished on shore, and the band being landed, each even-had for several months previous been carrying on a series ing the planters and their families came from far and near to enjoy the treat afforded them; the night usually closed with a merry dance, in which the fair 'Mudans proved much better partners than their somewhat languid general manner would have led us to expect.

At Bermuda we found Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, with the Tonnant, on board of which ship Major-General Ross and his staff were received; and, on the 2d of August, sailed, with the Euryalas in company, for the Chesapeake, where they arrived on the 14th, and joined Rear-Admiral (now Sir George) Cockburn, in the Albion.

On the 17th of August, the whole of the expedition entered the Chesapeake. Between Capes Charles and Henry, we found the Plantagenet, Captain Lloyd, at anchor. This ship had, a short time before, been the object of some attempts to destroy her, by means of torpedos exploded under her bottom; and it was really curious to hear the different opinions expressed, as to the effect of those explosions, by the officers and others on board; for whilst some described the shocks to have been of the most violent nature, others spoke of them as quite ridiculous, and utterly insufficient to work any serious damage. It was generally supposed that our first attack would be made on Norfolk; but, after communicating by sig. nal with Admiral Cockburn, we conti ued our course up the bay, until we came abreast of the Patuxent, to which river the American Commodore Barney had retired with the flotilla of gun-boats under his command. This ar mament it was resolved to destroy; and accordingly, the troop-ships and transports, protected by the Royal Oak, the Albion, &c. commenced the ascent of that river,

of successful operations against the enemy, in this and other quarters, had during that period acquired some acquaintance with the nature and localities of the surrounding country, and of the enemy's disposable force; and this knowledge proved highly serviceable when, previous to the arrival of the troops, Major-General Ross landed with him to reconnoitre, which they did, without any interruption, to a considerable distance on the route towards Washington. It was during that excursion, it is said that, at the suggestion of Admiral Cockburn, General Ross first contemplated an attack on the capital of the United States, as soon as Commodore Barney's flotilla should be destroyed. The circumstance of this flotilla having retired as far as possible up the Patuxent,, afforded an excellent ostensible motive for marching the troops in the direction of Washington, without giving rise to any certain conclusion that it was intended to make an attempt upon it.

On the evening of the 20th of August, Admiral Cockburn, with the armed boats of the fleet, moved up the river to attack the flotilla (which had retired about fifty miles above Benedict), whilst the troops advanced in the same direction along its right bank. To the surprise of every one, Commodore Barney's gun-boats, some of which were heavily armed, made no resistance. On this subject, the Aerican General, Wilkinson, has the following passage in his Memoirs :-

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narrowness of the chnanel, the Commodore could have | 10 000 or 12,000 militia and volunteers of the states defended himself, and repulsed any floating force the enemy could have brought against him; and his flanks were well secured by the extent of the marshes on both sides of the river.".

adjoining the capital should always be held in readiness to reinforce that corps. The next step was to erect into a separate military district the whole state of Maryland, that part of the state of Virginia north of the river It is probable, however, that the President's object, in Rappahannock, and the District of Columbia, in the cengiving the order referred to, was to destroy a strong in-tre of which Washington is situated. This extensive ducement for our army to move in a direction which would bring them within such a tempting distance of the seat of his government. On the afternoon of the 22d, the day the flotilla was destroyed, General Ross and the troops arrived at the town of Upper Marlbo-sive preparation, on the 4th of July, the anniversary of rough, a small place on the western branch of the Patuxent, thirty-nine miles distant from Benedict, and within sixteen miles of Washington. Our march thither was accomplished in about two days and a half, and that in the month of August, when the weather was most

oppressively sultry, which, for men who had been nearly three months cooped up on board of ship, was severe work; but it was performed with the greatest cheerful

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tract of country includes an exposed coast of at least a thousand miles, stretching along the large rivers of Maryland and Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay. All these measures were adopted; and, as a further defentheir independence, Mr. Madison issued a requisition, calling upon the several states of the Union to furnish, respectively, as required by law, their quota of a force of 93,500 militia, and directing the magistrates of each state to embody and hold them in readiness for service at any moment they might be called upon. The tenth military district-that environing the metropolis-was to furnish 15.000 out of these 93.500 militia, and for the defence of the capital they were specially destined. Here, then, was no want of numbers to meet us.

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Here we halted till the evening of the 23d, wen we were reinforced by Admiral Cockburn, with the ship On the morning of the 22d. the American army, marines, the marine artillery, and a proportion of the seamen which had been employed against the flotilla; under the command of General Winder, who had been and now, the attempt upon the capital was finally re-joined by Commodore Barney and the men of his late flotilla, was reviewed at the Old Long Fields." eight That our little army had been allowed to penetrate so niles from Upper Marlborough, and immediately afterfar into the land without any opposition worth mention-wards advanced a detachment along the roai towards ing, was a matter of astonishment to us all. The coun- our camp, which, after exchanging a few long shots with try abounded with means for throwing military obstacles our outposts, fell back to their old position. in our way, which it would have required no trifling exertions to surm unt; but, most unaccountably, all those advantages were overlooked or neglected by the enemy, until it was too late to render them available. That they were afterwards discovered, however, appears by the following extract from General Wilkinson's work, already referred to:

"Not a bridge was broken-not a causeway destroyed —not an inundation attempted—not a tree fallen—not a rood of the road obstructed, nor a gun fired at the enemy, in a march of nearly forty miles from Benedict to Upper Marlborough, by a route on which there are ten or a dozen difficult defiles, which, with a few hours labour, six pieces of light artillery, three hundred infantry, two hundred riflemen, and sixty dragoons, could have been defended against any force that could approach themsuch is the narrowness of the road, the profundity of the ravines, the steepness of the acclivities, and the sharpness of the ridges."

On the evening of the 230, leaving Captain Robyns and a ufficient force of marines in possession of Upper Marlborough, Major-General Ross and Rear-Admiral Cockburn, with the troops, marines, and seamen, moved forward, and, before dusk, arrived and took up their bivouac at a place near Centreville, five miles on the road towards Washington. The American army withdrew from their camp at the Old Long Fields about the time that our troops commenced the march from Upper Marlborough, and at nightfall our outposts occupied the ground they had retired from. The Americans fell back till they reached Washington, where they encamped at the navy-yard, and were joined in the evening by 2000 men from Baltimore. This last corps was stationed at Bladensburg.

At daybreak on the morning of the 24th, General Ross moved the troops on Bladensburg, twelve miles from our bivouac, and having made two short balts by the way, we reached and occupied the heights overlooking that village before noon. The direct road from our camp, on the night of the 23d, to Washington, was by a road leading to the lower bridge over the eastern branch of the Potomac, and by that road the distance was only about six miles; but, as it appeared certain that the bridge in question, which was half a mile long, and had “a draw" at the west end, would be strongly defended, both by a large body of men, and a heavy sloopof-war and an armed schooner, known to be in the river, the route by Bladensburg was preferred. The river at that place is not deep, and, in case of the bridge there

Let us now see what amount of force the enemy was in a condition to oppose to us, from the first. It has been made a boast of in the United States that certain hints, throw out by the English commissioners at the conference at Ghent, confirmed by the rumoured destination of our troops embarked in the Garonne, led the American commissioners to acquaint their government that the capital of the Federal Union would probably be the object of an attack in the course of the year 1814. This intimation reached Mr. Madison, who then occupied the presidential chair, about the latter end of June, and.eing destroyed, could easily be forded. on the 18th of July, a plan was, by his directions, laid before his council, suggesting the best means of placing that part of the country in a state of defence adequate to the unpending danger. It was proposed to call between 2000 and 3000 men immediately into the field, and toat

• Wilkinson's Memoirs, vol. i. p. 766.

Let us now examine the relative numerical strength of the British force that so boldly approached the capital of the American Union, and of the army opposed to hein, and posted in a position of their own selection. We shall give a historian of the United States' account f both:-Those who had the best opportunity of counting them” (the British), “calculated that their

whole number was about 4000; and this calculation is Whatever was the actual strength of the enemy in the warranted by the incidents in the field." The author field on the 24th of August, they certainly showed a forthen goes on to state-which he does with considerable midable extent of front, drawn up in two lines on the accuracy―the distribution of our army into three bri- heights commanding the turnpike-road leading from gades, as follows:-The first brigade, commanded by Bladensburg to Washington. Between us was the river Colonel Brooke, of the 44th, and composed of the 4th (the eastern branch of the Potomac) and a long wooden and 44th regiments; the second brigade, commanded by bridge, within point-blank range of several pieces of artilColonel Patterson, of the 21st, and composed of that lery, placed in battery, at a fortified house in advance regiment, the second battalion of marines and the ship ma of the American position. rines; the third brigade (light), commanded by Colonel Thornton, of the 85th light infantry, and composed of that regiment, the light companies of the 4th, 21st, and 44th regiments, the company of marine skirmishers, a detachment of colonial marines, also of royal artillery, with two 3-pounders and a howitzer, and a party of seamen and engineers, with rockets."

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It will be observed that, in the foregoing statement, no direct reference is made to the 15,000 men General Winder was authorised to call out, but on the 3d of September, 1814, a certain General Armstrong wrote a letter, which was published in the Baltimore Patriot, and from which it is clear that the American general not only actually had those 15.000 men under his command, but was directed to add to them as many regular troops and sea men as would make his total force, when assembled. 16 300 men. Dr. Smith further tells us that General Winder, "after the battle, reported his forces at about 5000 men-nearly 2600 less than appears from the preceding detail;" and adds, "the American army had on the field not fewer than twenty-three pieces of artillery, varying from six to eighteen pounders."

Mr. Madison, the president, was on the field, and the effect of his presence is thus described by General Wilkinson :-" Every eye was immediately turned upon the chief; every bosom throbbed with confidence; and every nerve was strung with valour. No doubt remained with the troops, that in their chief magistrate they beheld their commander-in-chief, who, like another Maurice, having by his irresolution in council exposed the country to the chances and accidents of a general engagement, had now come forward to repair the error by activity in the field; determined to throw himself into the gap of danger, and not to survive the honour of his country, especially entrusted to his guardianship."*. How far Mr. Madison justified this confidence in him, on the one hand, and the American army displayed their valour-strung nerve," on the other, we shall presently see.

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The action at Bladensburg was commenced with so much impetuosity by the light brigade, composed of the 85th, and the light companies of the other regiments of our small army, under the command of Colonel Thorn ton, that the wooden bridge, already described, was soon passed, in despite of the heavy fire kept up on it by the enemy's artillery and riflemen. The spot was, however, for the moment, a very unhealthy one, as many of our brave fellows experienced to their cost. Indeed the first volley from the American front-line was well-delivered, and did considerable execution. several of our men being wounded by the buck-shot, three of which are made up, in addition to the ball, in the American mu-ket cartridges. As soon as our skirmishers approached the fortified house, the enemy hastily abandoned it, and retreated to the high ground in his rear.

In support of the light brigade, our right wing was moved forward, under the command of Colonel (now Sir Arthur) Bro ke, of the 44th, who, with that regiment, and the 4th, attacked the enemy's left-the 4th pre sing so rapidly on as to compel him to abandon his guns. The first line, being thus completely routed, was driven in on the second, which, instead of covering their retreat, became utterly panic-struck. and fled without firing a shot! It is reported of the Duke of Wellington. that, when at the battle of Toulouse, the Spanish troops, after having, at the solicitation of their general, obtained the post of honour," in advance, turned tail, and scampered off in "double-quick," at the first fire from the French, his grace very coolly observed-" Well, I never saw ten thousand men run a race before!" But had the duke been at Bladensburg, he most assuredly would have awarded the palm for alacrity in quitting the field to the Americans, who on this occasion completely threw the Spaniards into the shade. Whilst this was going on to the right, Colonel Thornton, with the left wing-about 700 strong-attacked the enemy's right, consisting of 2500 men, including Commodore Barney's seamen, ma

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Making a total of 4,450 men, and sixteen pieces of artillery! Ten pieces of artillery fell into our hands; and Commodore Barney, and Captain Miller, his second in command, were both severely wounded, and taken prisoners. They and their men behaved well, and made the only serious resistance we experienced.

soon as it commenced. But an American writer" shall tell this part of the story: Not all the allurements of fame, not all the obligations of duty, nor the solemn invocations of honour, could excite a spark of courage. The love of a life which had become useless to mankind, and served but to embarrass the public councils, and prejudice the public cause, stifled the voice of patriotism, and prevailed over the love of glory; and at the very first shot, the trembling coward, with a faltering voice, exclaimed, Come, General Armstrong; come, Colonel Munro; let us go, and leave it to the commanding general.'" It may here be observed, en passant, that, in the course of an investigation by a committee, appointed by congress to inquire into the facts connected with the capture of Washington, it appeared that a mere accident saved the president, the attorney-general, and the secretaries of war and state, from falling into our hands, when General Ross, Admiral Cockburn, and Colonel Thornton-at the head of the advance entered Bladensburg.

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On ascending a rise of the turnpike-road, from which we had just driven the enemy, we were greeted by a group of negroes, to whom our victory gave freedom. They were, of course, rejoiced beyond measure at the From the circumstance of the American artillery-happy change in their circumstances, and manifested amounting in all, according to General Wilkinson's their joy in a thousand extravagant ways. Their destatement, to twenty-four pieces-completely enfilading scription of the swagger and blustering of the Americans, the bridge, as has been stated, and proving very destruc- previous to the action, was highly amusing. “Ah! tive to the advancing columns, our loss was much more massa, we tink you neber git here, 'Merikan talk so big! severe than it would have otherwise have been. It One giniral say, Come on, ye English cut-throat, redamounted to one captain, two lieutenants, five serjeants, coat rascals, and see how we'll sarve you!' but, by and and fifty-six rank and file killed; two lieutenant-colonels, by, dat gentleman be the hery fust to run away!" Indeed, one major, one captain, fourteen lieutenants, two en- the whole conduct of the Americans (always excepting signs, ten sergeants, and hundred and fifty-five rank and Commodore Barney) at Bladensburg afforded a most file wounded. Total, sixty-four killed-one hundred ludicrous commentary on the speech of Mr. Wright, and eighty-five wounded. Grand total, two hundred member of congress for Maryland, who, from his place and forty-nine hors de combat. Of the American loss in the house, in the session of 1813-14, made use of the there is no accurate account. General Winder, in his following language:-" There was no evidence against official report of the affair, estimated the loss of his army the courage or conduct of our army, which had displayed, at from thirty to forty killed, fifty to sixty wounded, and not Roman, but American valour: so conspicuous, inabout one hundred and twenty prisoners. "It is be- deed, had been the courage displayed, by both our army lieved, however," says Doctor Smith, "that this is a and navy, that he hoped, whoever should hereafter speak large computation; for Dr. Catlet, the attending surgeon, of Roman valour, on this floor, would be considered as stated the killed at ten or twelve, and the wounded-speaking of the second degree, and not of the first!" some of whom died—at thirty.”*

After this, let the valiant Barbadians, whose only fault is "being really too brave," hide their diminished heads.

As the Americans made such a poor stand, that their loss was comparatively trifling is not surprising; but the above calculation is certainly under the mark. RearAdmiral Cockburn, in his despatch, accounts for our taking so few prisoners, by stating the simple fact, that it was " owing to the swiftness with which the enemy went off, and the fatigue our army had previously under-every one of you!" The commodore was a plain, straightgone." The routed Yankees ran away towards Washington, and our nien-the rear-division having come up just before the short but decisive brush was over-halted

for dinner.

When the Americans first observed the movement in advance of our troops, a loud and general cheer ran through their lines; upon which, one of our old Peninsular "light-bobs"-a genuine Patlander-with the characteristic coolness of a veteran exclaimed, “Och, by Jakers! that's false courage: let us see what you will say to us whin we have been at it for half-an-hour or so." And the old soldier formed a correct opinion of our opponents, from Mr. Madison downwards; for the gallant president was the first to show the high value he set on a whole skin, by turning his back on the fight as

History of the United States, vol. iii. p. 298.

Commodore Barney, whose wound was a severe one, in the fleshy part of the thigh, was excessively indignant at the poltroonery of his countrymen, which he declared himself utterly unable to account for. He frequently exclaimed," there were enough of them to have eaten forward, sailor-like man, and expressed himself unreservedly on every subject connected with the war in general, and the expedition in particular. When he was told that there were serious grounds for suspecting that some of our mien had been poisoned, by whiskey, with arsenic in it, being left in some of the houses at or near Upper Marlborough, (a fact which, to the disgrace of the American name, was afterwards ascertained beyond a doubt,) he appeared thunderstruck, and then imprecated curses on the heads of those who were guilty of such frightful atrocities. He must, however, have subsequently learned that that species of warfare was not confined to the Upper Marlborough doctor and his friends, but was, in several instances, practised by the

* General Wilkinson-see his Memoirs, vol. i.p. 783. Proceedings of Congress, January 6, 1814.

Americans in captured vessels, on the prize-masters and crews put on board to carry them into port.

them in a worthy manner upon the soil of France, and of erecting the last tomb of Napoleon. The government, anxious to accomplish a national duty, addressed itself to England, and requested to have the precious deposit which fortune had placed in her hands. The wish had hardly been expressed when it was complied

After a halt of two hours, we again moved forward along the high road to Washington; and at about eight o'clock P. M. another halt was called, and the different regiments formed on an open space about two miles from that city. The general, the admiral, and some with. These are the words of our magnanimous ally :other officers, accompanied by a small covering party, The government of her Britannic majesty hopes that rode forward to reconnoitre. It was nearly dark, and on the promptitude of its reply will be regarded in France these officers passing the first houses in the straggling as a proof of its desire utterly to efface the national anioutskirts of the town, a volley was fired from the win- mosities which, during the life of the emperor, armed dows of two houses a little farther up the street, and England and France against each other. The governfrom the capitol, by which one soldier was killed, three ment of her Britannic majesty takes pleasure in believwere wounded and General Ross's horse shot under ing that if such sentiments still exist in any quarter him. The light companies left in the rear were imme- they will be buried in the tomb in which the ashes of diately ordered up, but before they arrived, the houses Napoleon are about to be placed.' England is right,were forced and burned, after the men who had fired this noble restitution strengthens the bonds which unite were taken out and made prisoners. The capitol, which us. She has just effaced the painful recollections of the was at no great distance from those buildings, was also past. The time has arrived when the two nations should set on fire. That edifice contained the senate-chamber, remember only their glory, The frigate charged with the hall of congress, the supreme court, congressional the mortal remains of Napoleon will arrive at the mouth library, and legislative archives; and its destruction of the Seine, where they will be removed to another putting entirely out of the question that we were assailed vessel which will convey them to Paris. They will be from it was but a just, though ample, retribution for deposited at the Invalides. A solemn ceremony-a the destruction, by the Americans, of the house of assem-grand religious and military pomp-will inaugurate the bly, at York (now Toronto), in Upper Canada, and the tomb which is to receive them for ever. It is important plunder of the defenceless inhabitants of that and other to the majesty of such a souvenir, that this august sepultowns in the provinces, and the wanton burning of the ture should not be in a public place, in the midst of a village of Newark. noisy and inattentive crowd. It is proper that it should There was also an object of paramount importance to be in a silent and sacred spot, which can be visited with be forwarded by destroying the public offices in Wash-awe by those who respect glory and genius, grandeur ington; but as the subject is connected with a project at and misfortune. He was emperor and king. He was that time seriously agitated (and participated in by many the legitimate sovereign of our country. With such a influential Americans), to separate the northern and title, he could be interred at St. Denis; but Napoleon eastern from the southern and western states-a project must not have the ordinary sepulture of kings. He which shall be entered into at some length in a future must still reign and command in the building in which paper-it need not be further alluded to at present. the soldiers of the country repose, and to which all who (To be continued.) may be called upon to defend it will go to draw their inspirations. His sword will be placed upon his tomb. Under the dome in the midst of the temple consecrated by religion to the God of armies, art will raise a tomb worthy, if possible, of the name which is to be engraved upon it. This monument must be of simple beauty, but of noble form, and have that aspect of firmness and solidity which appears to defy the action of time. The monument of Napoleon must be as durable as his name. The credit which we ask for is for the translation of the remains to the Invalides, the funeral ceremony, and the construction of the tomb. We do not doubt that the chamber will associate itself, with patriotic emotion, with the royal intentions which we have just announced. In future France, and France alone, will possess what remains of Napoleon. The grave, like the memory of Napoleon, will belong only to this country. The monarchy of 1830 is, in fact, the only and legitimate heir of all the souvenirs of which France is proud. It belonged, doubtlessly, to this monarchy, which was the first to rally all the strength and conciliate all the wishes of the French revolution, to raise and fearlessly to honour the statue and the tomb of a popular hero; for there is only one thing which does not dread a comparison with glory.-it is liberty!"

THE ASHES OF BUONAPARTE.

From Fraser's Magazine.

France is at present in a tumult of joy, from the peaks of the Pyrenees to the frontiers of Flanders, from Calais to Geneva. The bones, the ashes, the remains, the relics of the man of destiny, are to be brought back; and Saint Helena is to yield its captive. The grand desideratum is achieved at last. Napoleon is to repose under the dome of the Invalides. Much honour is heaped upon the English ministry, for its magnanimity in surrendering the dust of Napoleon: more upon Louis Philippe for his greatness of soul and patriotism in asking for the restoration of him, who, though he was the glory of France, was the scourge of the Bourbons; but, most of all, upon M. Thiers, for the nobility of the original thought, and the powerful eloquence with which he urged its realisation in the chamber of deputies.

Great is the grandeur of galimatias. We shall therefore translate, as carefully as we can, his speech delivered in the chamber of deputies, on Tuesday, May 12, from what appears to us to be an authenticated report. It is, then, as follows:

It is no wonder that so splendid an oration,-filled with so many fine things, such towering tropes, and such "The king has ordered his royal highness the Prince mounting metaphors,-loaded, besides, with so many de Joinville to proceed with his frigate to St. Helena, to allusions grateful to the gloire and to the cœur sensible obtain the last mortal remains of the Emperor Napoleon. of France, should have been received with thunders of We now ask you to grant us the means of receiving acclamation and applause; and that the friends of the

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