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Napoleon’s Will—Concludod. |
from the civil list. 4. The Proceeds .
of my houses in the kingdom of Italy,
such ns money, plate, jewels, furni
ture equipages J the accounts will be
rendered by Prince Eugene, and the
steward of the Crown, Coinpagnoni.
Napoleon.
I bequeath my private domain, one
half to the surviving officers and sol
diers of the French army who have
fought since 1792 to 1815, lor the
glory and the independence of the
nation. The distribution shall be
made in proportion to their appoint
ments upon active service. One half
to the town and districts of Alsace, of
Lorraine, of Franche Compe, of Bur
gundy, of the Isle of France, of
Champagne Forest, Dauphiue, which
may have suffered by either of the in
vasions. There shall be previously
deducted from this sum one million
for the townofßrienne,and one mil
lion for that of Meri. I appoint
Counts Mmitholon, Bertrand, and
Merchand the executors of my will.
This present will, wholly written
with my own hand, is signed and seal
ed with my own arms. Napoleon.
My arms, that is to say, my sword,
that which wore I at Austerlitz.the sa
bre of Sobiesky, my two pair of Ver
sailles pistols, my gold travelling box
that of which I made use on the morn
ing ofUlnia and Austerlitz, of Jena,
of Eylau, of Friedland, of the Island
of Labau, of Moscow, of Montmorail:
In this point of view, it is my wish
that it may be precious in the eyes of
my son.
A number of other articles are also
directed to be given to young Napo
leon, on his attaining the age of 1G
years.
A codicil, dated Longwood, April
24, 1821, begins thus:
Out ofthe settlement of my civil list
of Itally, such as money, jewels, plate
linen, equipages, of which the Viceroy
is the depository, and which belong
ed to me, I dispose of two millions,
which I bequeath to my most faithful
servants. I hope that my son Eu
gene Napoleon will pay them faithful
ly. He cannot forget the forty mil
lions which I gave him in Itally, and
in the distribution of the inheritance
ofliis mother.”
Extract from the fourth Codicil :
“ This 24th of April, 1821. >
Longwood. 5
By the disposition which we have
heretofore made, we have not fulfilled
ail our obligations, which has decided
us to make this fourtli Codicil.
We bequeath to the son or grand
son of Baron Dutheil, Lieutenant Gen
eral of Artillery, and formerly Lord
of St. Andre, who commanded the
school of Auxonne before the Revolu
tion, the sum of one hundred thou
sand francs, as a memento of grati
tude for the care which that brave
General took of us when we were
Lieutenant and Captain under his
orders.
To the son or grandson of General
Dugomier, who commanded in chief
the army of Toulon, the sum of one
hundred thousand francs. It is a tes
timonial of remembrance for the
marks of esteem, ot a flection, and of
friendship, which that brave and intre
pid General gave to us.
We bequeath to the son or grand
son of the Deputy of the Convention,
Gasperin, representative of the peo
ple at the army of Toulon, for having
protected and sanctioned with his
authority the plan which we had giv
en, which procured the capture of that
city, and which was contrary to that
sent by the Committee of Public Safe
ty.
We bequeath one hundred thousand
francs to the widow, son, or grandson,
of our Aid-de-Camp, Muiron, killed
at our side at Areola, covering us with
his body.
Ten thousand francs to the subal
tern officer Cantillirtn, who has under
gone a trial, upon the charge of hav
ing endeavored to assasinate Lord
Wellington, of which he was pronoun
ced innocent. Cantillion lias as much
right to assassinate the oligarchial, <i3
the latter had to send me to perish oa
the rock of St. Helena.”
A fifth codicil Raya—
I pon the luiuis omitted in gold
to the Empress Marie Louise, my very
dear and well beloved spouse, at Or
leans, in 1813, she remains in my
debt two millions, of which I dispose,
by the present codicil, for the purpose
ot recompensing ,„v most faithful
.servants, whom, moreover, I recom
mend to the protection of Inv dear
Marie'Louise.” J
On the bock of the codicil is written
~, , 18 my f udh il, or act of my last
“ill, the execution of which I recoin
mend to my dearest wife, the Lmpress
Mane Louise. Navoleon.”
Ihe will is all in Nanolean’s hand
w citing,
f A Paris paper, which ventured to
publish an abstract of the above V ill,
was seized, and prevented being cir
culated. Such is the Liberty of the
Press in France at this time/]
Discovery of living Frogs in a
solid Reck. —(From Hyland’s His
tsry of Waterford.)-—“ The Work
men employed to sink for water
in the lime stone at the glebe of
the Rev. Mr. Dickson, near Dun
garvan, discovered at'the depth of
thirtv-six feet, large quantities of
living frogs : the rock appeared to
be a solid mass, without any pas
rage through which the animals
could he suppose and to ha\e enter
ed.”
A distressing occurrence took
place in the family of Mr. George
Barnard, of this city, during the
last week, which we hope will op
erate as a caution to those who are
in a habit of eating mushrooms. A
quantity of th is vegetable had been
prepared for breakfast, of which
the}’ all partook. .Two members
were soon after seized with vio
lent illness, and a son of Mr. Fred
rick Seymour, an inmate, about
14 years of age, expired on the se
cond dav. One of the children of
Mr. B. is now dangerously sick.
The spacies of plant used in this
instance is denominated the white
mushroom , which is said to he a
deadly poison. Indeed, so dele
terious were its effects, that a cat
which subsequently licked the,
platter on which it had been serv
ed up, expired in a short time af
ter. — Conn. Courant.
A case similar to this look place in
North Carolina a short time since—
one person died in consequence.
France. —The King of France hail
been very ill, but the last accounts
state that he was not dangerously so.
A letter from Paris,of the £Bth Au
gust, says: “The French funds are
again rising, and there is every proba
bility of things remaining in a settled
state. It is rumoured that a Regen
cy is about to he established, with the
Count D’Artois at its head.”
Letters from Paris, say, that
the renewal of the censorship of
the press had excited general dis
pleasure, and was likely to render
the ministry of Villele of short
duration. The ultra journals, it
is said, have suffered more than
the liberal. “ The censors,” says
the Traveller, “have fixed seven
o’clock in the evening as the latest
hour which they will receive arti
cles for examination. In conse
quence of this regulation, a theat
rical report of anew tragedy had
been prevented from appearing in
tbe uolodienne . Some objection
able matter had also been struck
out of one of its columns, and in
its place appears, not a blank, as
in the immediately preceding num
ber but a black spot, as if, accor
ding to a phrase of the London
compositors, the poor §>uotodienne
had been compelled to goto press
with a brick bat. But it should
seem that even the dumb shew of
complaint, by blank or black spaces,
is not to be permitted to the Paris
ian editors.” “ The regime ,” says
the Constitutionel, “ of the censor
ship is established ; as the blank
places in yesterday’s Constitution
el prove ; but these blanks must
net be con firmed. As we cannot
sav all that we wish, we must say
ail that we are allowed to say. Our
readers will make up for the in
sufficiency of our language.” The
same paper copies an article from
the Journalde Paris, in defence of
the censorship, and ironically
recommends it to the good sense of
its readers.
Madrid Aug. 23.—The fortress
of Tariffs was taken hy st®rm on
the 19th, at 5 o’clock in the after
noon, by the French and Spanish
troops. The rebels, who retreated
into the island, were attacked the
next morning at day-break by the
landing of French troops, of the
31st regiment of the line. One
chief only escaped in a boat; the
rest were killed or taken. The
prisoners have been delivered up
to-the Spaniards, to be tried ac
cording to the laws.
Ireland. —A gentleman of re
spectability, who lately arrived in
Upper Canada, from Ireland,
states, that, that unfortunate coun-1
try is in a dreadful state of anar-|
chy, and that the times are daily
getting worse and worse. He
relates the following account of a
trial he was witness to in the coun
ty of Kilkenny.
A young man was arraigned at
the bar, at the asizes, for stealing
three shillings and nine-pence,
made no defence and in a few min
utes was found guilty; he was
sentenced to seven years’ transpor
tation. The young lad replied to
the court, that he was well pleas
ed with the sentence; that he
should count transportation a bles
sing; that he had committed the
crime on purpose ; that, for six
years, he and his mother had
scarcely eaten a comfortable meal
of victuals , that, to convince his
lordship that he had no bad inten
tion in taking the money, he could
now prove that his mother had
found means to pay it back three
days before he was taken. What
a high degree of responsibility is
entailed on those who have the
management of affairs in any coun
try. Ireland began with bad ru
lers hundreds of years ago, and
they succeeded in unhinging the
people’s morals, and introducing
a system of misrule, which the
wisdom of the British government
has of late years in vain endeavor
ed to remedy. 1 feel for this un
happy country. I have seen
Scotchmen (in 1816, I think) dig
ging in the fields in Perthshire,
able-bodied men, at Bd. a day;
and in many parts of Ireland, stout
Irishmen are now, in 1824, happy
to get 4d. for a hard day’s work ;
while Absentee Bishops, Lords,
and Earls, riot in luxury, on the
abundance produced in the fertile
valleys of the Emerald Isle.
Colonial .Advocate
The governor of the Sandwich Is
lands, (now :n London) and the resi;
of the suite of the late King paid a vis
it to several mercantile houses, for
the purpose of purchasing samples of
the different manufacturers which
will prove valuable in those islands.
They estimate that the islanders, even
in their present state of civilization,
will require articles from this coun
try to the amount of more tnan 100,-
000/. annually.
Destruction oj an Algerine brig of
War.
Sir — l have much satisfaction
in acquainting you with the com
plete destruction of the Algerine
brig of war, lately reported to you,
moored alongside the walls of the
fortress of Bona, bv the boats of
the Naiad, under the command of
Lieutenant Quin, of this ship :
The boats left the Naiad at half
past eleven last night, and being
guided in their approach by the
light and fires in the different bat
teries, pulled for what prov ed to be
a 16 gun brig of the largest class,
whose position was of extraordin
ary strength and far beyond what
I had even imagined possible—
She was moored head and stern, in
addition to a chain cable fast on
shore in a bight within about 80
feet of the walls of the fortress,
upon which l counted at least 40
pieces of cannon, some flanking
her on either side, none further off
than short cannister range, and
several within her own length,
amongst which latter were the 16
guns belonging to the brig herself,
the enemy not unreasonably con
conceiving, that by placing them
there, in preference to keeping them
in her, all attempts at boarding
must he rendered ineffectual bv
their fire. I have reason to believe
the greater part of her crew were
landed to work them, the whole of
the Turkish garrison of about 400
soldiers having sufficient employ
ment in managing the other guns,
and keeping up a heavy fire of
musketrv from the embrasures and
wall, almost overhanging her
decks. A few sailors left as look
outs escaped to the shore, leaving
the brig so lightened, as to cause
the greatest difficulty in ascending
her sides. All these obstacles and
the tremendous fire of cannon and
small arms, kept up the whole
time the boats were in sight, which
from the illumination caused by
the burning vessel was lengthened
and served only as the means of
shewing how vain all resistance is
when British seamen and marines
are led bv their officers in the way
they weie upon this occasion.-
Lieutenant Quin did not leave the
brig until she was in a complete
bla/.e in all parts, which ended in
her partially blowing up. 1 have
only to report to you a few men
hurt by severe contusions and
none killed, chiefly to be attributed
to the masterlv manner the business
was conducted by Lieut. Quin.
K. C. Spencer, Capt.
gkeece. ~ ,
Extract from a private letter dated /ante Ju
ly 18, 1524.
I informed you, in one of my
former letters, that large sums of j
money had been sent from I.eg- j
borne to the Captain Pacha; 1 j
mentioned the houses which had
made the payments, the vessels
and Captains employed in trans
porting it, the pleasure of the ene
mies of the Greeks, who anticipa
ted treason. 1 pointed out to you
a person who was directing all the
intrigues ; a pari, of these manoeu
vres have ; succeeded the standard
of the Cross is again bathed with
the blood of Martyrs. The Cap
tain Pacha, Khoreb, who had been
lying at anchor at Metylene for
two months, provided with money
and convinced that he had no
chance of succss from force resol
ved to employ corruption. Being
informed that the garrison of the
fort of Ipsara consisted of 2500
Schvpetars, mercenaries and infa
mous like all those who sell their
blond for money, he addressed
himself to them and gave them
earnest of a greater reward, prom
ising each man 1000 piastres if
they would surrender the batteries
they were appointed to defend.—
The thing was kept secret, and the
Ipsariots, informed that the attack
was to be directed against their is
land, thought themselves in a con
dition to repulse the Barbarians,
when the Turkish squadron appear
ed off the island on July 4-th. A
part of the Ipsariots kept in the
offing to fall on the enemv at the
moment when the action should be
gin. The Turks were to be attack
ed by fire ships, while the batte
ries on shore were firing at the
ships. The people were animated
with an excellent spirit; men wo
men, old and young, received the
sacrament, and prepared to die
fighting. The labaram was hois
ted at the telagraphs, and all the
people, w ith the sign of the cross
on their foreheads, implored of
heaven to grant them victory, or
the palm of martvrdom.
On the 4th at five o’clock in the
morning, the Turkish advanced
squadron doubled the Cape and
approached the harbor; the bat
teries were silent ; the forts gar
risoned by the Schypetars hoisted
Turkish colors. The Christians
hurried eagerly to the spot, and
found their guns had been spiked
during the night bv the traitors,
who immediately began to fire on
their fellow Christians. At this
unfortunate signal the seamen of
Ipsara began to fire at the Turks,
whose large ships could not come
near the shore. All the Christians
who were at hand embarked on
board the vessels, and some of
them escaped. At eight o’clock
the Osmanlis landed.; and the
Schypetars, to whose treason they
were indebted for success were
their first victims. The Greeks,
who could not get onboard ship,
took refuge in the mountains, and
the town was set on fire. The
whole of the 4th was passed in
fighting and in murdering, and the
massacre continued until the Bth.
On the Bth Khoreb blew up the
forts; 73000 heads of women, old
men, and children were hung to
the shrouds and to the yards of
his ships. The Ambassadors of
the Christian powers will soon see
these glorious trophies of barba
rism arrive at Constantinople.
About two thousand sailors,
thirtv of their best ships, and the
Primates succeeded in reaching
Samos. The Island of Ipsara,
which the Turkish commander
has obtained at such an expense
of men and money, is not five miles
long, and scarcely any where two
miles broad. The 14,000 men, by
whom this little island was invaded
would, if drawn up in the usual pa
rade order, extend in a double
line drawn from one end of it to the
other.
Naxos June , 20.—The whole
population of the Island of Caso,
no longer exists. About thirty
individuals of both sexes, have
just landed here, and have told us
as follows :—From the 6h to
the Bth of June, about five o’clock
in the morning, the Egyptian
squadron, consisting of 17 vessels,
which was cruising off Candia,
made sail for Caso to land troops.
I he inhabitants immediately ran
to arms, and placed themselves
at every accessible point, resolved
to conquer or perish. The Turks
protected by their ships, endea
vored in vain to effect a landing.
lhey were constantly renulua
with loss by a well kept L l
on our part. Night put an end ?
the combat, but not to our uneas
ness, for we saw a long time lbw
at a distance, which convinced w
of the presence of our formidable
enemy. At day break we
saw the Egyptian vessels adva nce
The attack was made very bfiskl ‘
and continued till four o’clock i n ’
the afternoon. The sqadron 0 f
Ismael Gibraltar was then ] os{
sight of. We hoped that wt had
saved ourselves, and, after harm*
returned thanks to God, \vel oo £
ed after our wounded. But on the
10th, Ismael Gibraltar followed
bv the greater part of his f 0 r Cts
directed his march on the strong,
est part of the Island, and begj ft
a terrible fire. The combat had
lasted several hours, when v, e
heard loud cries in our rear.—
The enemy had landed on the
northeast side of the Island, \V e
were thus taken between two fires •
our efforts at resistance were una*
vailing, and we were soon dispers
ed. Four or five hundred of on r
countrymen perished with arms
in their hands ; the remainder
took refuge in the mountains and
neighboring islands. The greater
part of our women and children
we suppose have, fallen into the
hands of the enemy.
Retribution. —The accounts for.
merly given from the Dutch pa
pers of the 29th August, on the
authority of letters from Odessa,
that the Turks who landed at Ip.
sara had been destroyed, are am*
ply confirmed by intelligence from
Smyrna andConstantinople. There I
were reports of their fleet having
also been attacked by the Greeks
who are said to have burnt and
otherwise destroyed the greater
part an d t^lat C*? 13111
Pach a then fled with the remain
der to Mitylene, pursued by the
victor* ous Greeks. The latest
Paris papers also announce the re
ception of four circumstantial let
ters ; “ one from Odessa of the
3d Aug. containing news from
Constantinople of the 28th Julq
fully confirming the return of the
Ipsariots with the Hydriots and
Spezz.iots ; they took 80 nd
vessels , and put 8000 Turks to &
sivorcl. The destruction of the
Egyptians at Caso is equallrcer
tain. English vessels have brought
to Malta, the news of the triumph
of the christians.” Strong suspi
cions were entertained that the
Austrian and French national ves
sels in the Archipelago were?"’-
ing information to the Turks of the
weak points in the Oreelc Islands —
tlie French cruisers had in conse
quence been forbidden to eater
among them. An attempt had
been made thro’ I.ord Strangford,
to induce the Greeks to submit to
the amnesty of the Captain Parha,
hut the proposal was everywhere
treated with contempt.
Hydra, July 16.—The Ipsarioi*
have beat the Egyptians in the
neighborhood of Caneel and ha'e
obliged them to shut thennd'ts
up in this fortress. The
and the plains are again in tn e
possession of the insurgent*,
landing attempted by Ismael
rnltarin the vicinity of P°h fa5 ’
tro, did not succeed, and the m
fidels were repulsed in all
ters, and disappointed in 1 e
hopes.
Corfu, July 22.—Warlike re
parations are making to a g rMtt
tent. The retreat of the Turks from
Zeifunyis confirmed, and n 51
lar fate has attended the e *P f
tion which was marching l|
Athens, Mr. Barquierc h" 5
Missolongi for Napoli di
ia, in company with Lord 0
Murray. 180,000 dollars have K
paid over to the Governnun
Napoli on account of the loan,
20,000 to Missolonghi.”
A letter published in
of Missolonghi, received at
the 21st of July, by P"’’ r Lk
the following account ol < uj c h
success: “ The Greek flee
left Hydra the 6th July, haste”
the const* of Ipsara, where ‘
tain Pacha still cruised. ( |, e
which took place there be “
two fleets was most ‘ url ° 0 f fire
Greeks succeeded, by ,n r p‘ in . •f, fri
shipa, in burning three u ” , .
gates, which were c . on ’g s .Amirh
the Vice Admiral, the p e
and tne Rear-Admiral, blew P
Captain Pacha savedl h |j"W . m;
vessel was very much da ..
ny other Turkish trecl ol