How Napoleon was Treated at St. Helena.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 426, 7 December 1889, Page 6

How Napoleon was Treated at St. Helena.

Napoleon's allowance during his imprisonment at St. Helena was nominally large, twelve thousand pounds rt >oar, as, muck as the Governor himself received in pay and allowances ; -and Governor Sir Hudson Lowe was always trying to, force it down to eight thousand pounds. The Emperor's puite was large. Lowe sent away several of them. But he could not, or dared nor,' go to tha root of tho evil, Ihe monstrous charges made by' tlic' commissariat agents, who made fortunes by charging from twelve to fifteen shillings for a skinny fowl, and six. shillings a pound for maccaioni. The consequence was that Napoleon ' was* "'■&hV r ay« Fending his plate to be sold ; at one timo nearly live hundred pounds' worth of it, Anothor quarrel was that the money was not allowed to come tb* him*,' 'fcrtt wasr lodgVd''\vith"Mr Balcombe, the pifrvej'or, in whose pretty house, the Briars-, Napoleon stayed while bleak, unhealthy Lo.nguood was being altered to receive 1 him, and whose pretty daughter boxed little Count La* Casas' ear 3 when he tried toVteal a kips. Napoleon ah\a\?had tho plate .broken up, aud the cyplier cut out. This angered Lowe, who pointed out that it would .sell much better with the evidence of its origin on it. Tho food was poor ; tho meat pome times ?o bad that even Captain Poppleton, who had to inspect it, was obliged to tend it back. Mutton *, was charged two shillings a pound;" pork fifteenpenee ; cabbages from a shilling to half-a-cro vn each ; eggs Hve to cix shillings a dozen. Tho water was execrable and very scarce, often tasting of the barrel* in which it was rolled up to Longwood. Napoleon spent'a good deal of time in his bath ; and when he complained of the scanty supply, Sir Hudson grumbled at his waiting so much stewing in hi 9 tub while the gairison was not over well supplied. Once the Long*ood party had colic. They thought the cause was 6ome \vine that had newly come in ; and Cipriani, the cook, was sent to borrow a dozen more of the claret they had been buying from tho fifty-third's mess. TheGovernorwasfurious; and hissecretary, Major Gorrequer, said plaioly — llf he won't drink what he's got he ought not to be allowed any other.' The colic was real ; but tho wine was not in fault. Count Moutholon found that the copper saucepans wanted tinning : and, afier the usual fuss, a now set was sent up. Sir T. Reade was worse than Lowe. \\ hen j Sir T. Strange, an Indian Judge, wanted to I pay his respects, Napoleon refused to receive him unless he came through Bertram!, adding — •Thosewhocome direct from the Governor I will not see. 1 should teem to be obeying his orders if I did.' Reade urg(d Lowe to insist on, Strange beinsr admitted. f 1 If I wore Governor,' he said, with oaths - which it is not necessary to repeat, ' I'd muke him, feel he" was a prisoner.' "^ v • Somebody said — "' '* x> ''" • --- ' Why, you couldn't do much more than has been_ done; uhle'ps'j^du were to' put'Jiim in irons.' • , ' Oh, yes,' answered Roade. 'It he didn't do as I wished I'd take his books from him. That's what I advit-e the/Governor to do. He's an outlaw .apd a prisoner, and the Go- , vemor has a light to treat him as severely as he like?, and nobody has any business to interfcie.' — 'All t'»o Year Round.'

Nothing looks moro like a man of sense than a fool who holds his tongue. Life is short — only four let t,er> in it; Three- quarters of it a " lie* and half of it an " if". Miuard : "Sir, if you want to eir.oke in this carriage you must either get out or throw away youi cigar. Republics wero ever ungrateful They put their great men on postage stamps and then punch their head*. Just Like fi Woman. — A woman will save up for a month for a personal treat and then share ib with the family. Mother: Johnny, your face is duty. Johnny : Well, so ia the earth's face, and nobody makes a fuss about that, do they ? We believe it was a trell-meaning citizen who alleged as a reason for nob wishing to live on a hill that the climb-it did nob suit him.