The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte

, he rose early, and entered the dressing-room to make his toilet. Whil

ink of that in Paris?"-"Many persons," replied M. Cambaceres, "will go to the repre

ll have him put out-of-doors by the

iers begin to hiss

to the mosque at Cairo. They will watch me; and seeing their general remain quiet an

just left Augereau, who was vomiting fire and fury against what he calls your capricious proclamations

at noise; and yet if he has a little imbecile cousin, he put

going to take possession of his see of Rouen? Do you know it has the finest archiepiscopal pa

. From that moment his

that of a courti

wo companions the subject of the conferences on the Concordat. "The Abby Bernier," said the First Consul, "inspired fear in the Italian prelates by the vehemence of his logic. It might have been said that he imagined himself living over again the days in which he led the Vendeens to the charge against the blues. Nothing could be more striking than the contrast of his rude and quarrelsome manner with the polished bearing and h

nsul, "that that kind of cap would prevent

, and with a broad embroidery of palms, in gold, on all the seams. His sword, which he had worn in Egypt, hung at his side from a belt, which, though not very wide, was of beautiful workmanship, and richly e

, especially amongst the military, found it rather a matter of raillery than of edification; and those who, during the Revolution, had contributed all thei

classes there was a large number of pious persons, who had deeply regretted the suppression of the forms of devotion in which they had been reared, and who were v

ather, the cardinal legate, pleased all, except perhaps a few dissatisfied old priests, by his indulgence, the worldly grace of his manners,

e legend of the saints of the old calendar with the days of the ass, the hog, the turnip, the onion, etc. Besides, if it was skillfully computed, it was by no means conveniently divided. I recall on this subject the remark of a man of much wit, and who, notwithstanding the disapprobation which his remark implied, nev

he washerwoman, for whom ten days

people accustomed to working six days in succession, and resting on the seventh, found nine days of consecutive labor too long, and consequently the suppression of the decadi was universally approved. The d

s the last general-in-chief of the army of Egypt, and was said to have turned Mussulman at Cairo, ex-Baron de Menou. In spite of the defeat by the English which he had recently undergone in Egypt, General Abdallah-Menou was well rec

d, in order to punish the inhabitants for their continued insurrections. Some time afterwards, having again refused to obey the order these commissioners of the Convention gave, to mow down with grapeshot the insurrectionists of Paris, he had been summoned before a commission, which would not have failed to send him to the guillotine, if General Bonaparte, who had succeeded him in the command of the army of the interior, had not used all his influence to save his life. Suc

n was the occasion of a fete, celebrated on the 15th of August. This was the anniversary of the birth of the First Consul, and the oppor

riving there, "Honor to the memory of the best Frenchman who ever sat upon the throne of France," and ordered the restoration of the column, which had been formerly erected, in me

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replaced by this, "On this spot Henry the Fourth sto

ressed. He did not form so good an opinion of the Mayor of Evreux, and interrupted him abruptly, in the midst of a complimentary address which this worthy magistrate was trying

er questions which. her usual kindness and grace dictated to her, asked him if he was married, and if he had a family. "Indeed, Madame, I should think so," replied Monsieur de Ch-- with a smile and a bow, "j'ai cinq-z-enfants." -"Oh, mon Dieu," cried Madame Bonaparte, "what a regiment! That is extraordinary; what, sir, seize enfants?"-"Yes, Madame, cinq-z-enfants, cinq-z-enfants," repeated the of

mbaceres, Archbishop of Rouen, came to meet the First Consul at some distance from the city. The Mayor Fontenay waited at the gates, and presented the keys. The Fi

magistrate who so worthily enjoys my confidence and your own;" and made Fontena

e right; in the second carriage was General Soult and his aides-de-camp; in the third carriage, General Bessieres and M. de Lugay

brave men placed themselves in line, two and two, and preceded thus the carriage to the hotel of the prefecture, where the First Consul alighted. The prefect and the mayor of Rouen, the archbishop, and the general commanding the division dined with the First Consul, who sh

which were illuminated and ornamented with allegorical transparencies in praise of the First Consul; and each time he showe

cture, the municipal council, the clergy of Rouen, and the courts of justice, and was obliged to listen to a half-dozen discourses, all expressed in nearly the same terms, and to which he replied in such a manner as to give the orators the highest opinion of their own merit. All these bodies, on leaving the First Consul, were presented to

ry one wore an air of rejoicing which delighted me, and contrasted strangely, I thought, with the dreadfu

ity, forming a volunteer guard, passed the bridge of boats, and reached the Faubourg Saint-Sever. On his return from this excursion, we foun

peace, with their speeches, one of which contained a remarkable sentence, in which these good magistrates, in their enthusiasm, asked the First Consul's permission to surname him the g

f the most highly esteemed men in Rouen. His countenance inspired confiden

lightful fete prepared, which the First Consul found much to his taste, and upon which he complimented the prefect and the mayor on several different

inspector-general of police, and the staff of the Consular Guard. In a factory of the Faubourg Saint-Sever, the minister of the interior presented to him the dean of the workmen, noted as having woven the first piece of velvet in Fr

threescore young men of the most distinguished families of the city, who, following the

e mayor, where he took breakfast, and then visited the town in detail, obtaining information everywhere; and knowing that one of the first wishes of the citizens wa

lmed with homage and benedictions; and we returned f

nner. He remained a long time on the ground floor of this building, where there were displayed magnificent specimens from the industr

incipal merchants of Rouen, who were waiting to compliment him. He seated himself in this charming circle, and remained there perhaps a quarter of an hour; then passed into another room, where

e would set out. I awoke feeling badly, was sick the whole day, and would have given much to have slept a few hours longer; but we were compelled to begin our journey. Before entering his

h attention and interest in examining the products of the industries of the district, complimenting the guards of honor who passed before him on their fine appearance, thanking the clergy for the prayers in his behalf which they addressed to Heaven, and leaving for the poor, either in their own hands, or in the hands of the mayor, souvenirs of his stay. On the arrival of the First Consul at Havre, the city was illuminated; and the First Consul and his numerous cortege passed between two rows of illuminations and columns of fire of all kinds. The vessels in the port appeared like a forest on fire; being covered with colored lamps to the very top of their masts. The First Consul received, the day of his arrival at Havre, only a part of the authorities of the city, and soon af

ually are, but on which the First Consul and Madame Bonaparte especially complimented the authors. The illuminations were more brilliant even

est pleasure in conferring with them in regard to the commerce of Havre with the colonies. In the evening, there was a fete prepared by the merchants, at which the First Consul remained for half an hour; and on Monday, at five o'clock in the morning, he embarked on a lugger for Honfleur. At the time of his departure the weather was a little threatening, and the First Consul was advised not to embark. Madame Bonaparte, whose ears this rumor reached, ran after her husband, begging him no

y, chanting a Te Deum for the anniversary of the 18th Brumaire; and these countless voices rising to heaven for him affected the First Consul profoundly. He repeated sever

f Pollet, and the work on the docks, which was then just beginning. He admitted to his table the sub-prefect, the mayor, and three sailors of Dieppe who had been given boarding-axes of honor for distinguishing themselves in the combat off Boulogne. He ordered the construction of a breakwater in the inner port, and the continuation of a canal for navigation, which was to be extended as f