CAIRNIE LODGE, CUPAR FIFE, Oct. 20th, 1817.

GENTLEMEN,

I AM induced to address a letter to you, in consequence of two mis-statements that have appeared in the 20th Chapter of the Edinburgh Annual Register, for the year 1815, just published at your printing-office.

The false and exaggerated accounts which appeared in the daily papers, during the period that Napoleon Buonaparte was immediately under my eye, I did not consider worth contradiction; but, as it is known I reside in the country, and that access might easily have been had to me, had the writer of the article in question been anxious to obtain the most authentic information, the public may conclude that I have given my sanction to that part of the 20th Chapter, which applies to Buonaparte and myself. I therefore feel myself called upon, in justice to that person, and to my own character, to point out the objectionable paragraphs. The first begins at the fifth line of the first column of the 335th page, and ends at the twelfth

of the same column and page. The second is continued between the ninth and forty-third lines of the second column of the 339th page.

In objection to the first, I must state, that Buonaparte never conducted himself with arrogance whilst he was on board the ship I commanded. He knew the world too well, and was aware he could not have adopted a measure more likely to defeat any wish he might have entertained of being considered as a crowned head; but, in fact, he never attempted to exact such respect; and, so far from any such being shown to him, he had not even the honours due to a general officer paid on his coming on board the Bellerophon. Any honours that could be construed into those due to the former rank he held did not originate with me, and certainly were not demanded by him.

Where the other paragraph could originate, I am at a loss to conceive; as I assert most solemnly, that at no period, in my presence, (and I was the only person in the ship who had direct communication with him, his

own people excepted), did he ever threaten to commit suicide. It is true, some of his attendants hinted that he would be guilty of that crime, whether with his concurrence or not, I cannot pretend to say; but when the question was put to them by me, if he had ever said he would put himself to death? they acknowledged he had not; and the expression they had construed into that threat was, that he would not go to St Helena; and if I may be allowed to judge from the sentiments he expressed on the subject, it was an act he never had in contemplation. The remainder of the 20th Chapter of the Edinburgh Annual Register, as far as it applies to Napoleon Buonaparte, previous to, and

BIRTHS.

JAN. 1. At White House, Mrs L. Horner, a daughter. 4. At Erskine Manse, the Hon. Mrs Stewart, a son. 5. At Canterbury, the wife of Major Wallace, royal artillery, of three girls, who, with the mother, are likely to do well.-At Newbottle Manse, Mrs Thomson, a daughter.—At Lansdown House, Berkeley Square, London, the Marchioness of Lansdown, a son and heir.—The lady of James Wolfe Murray, Esq. a laughter. 10. Lady Eleanor Balfour, a daughter. 12. At Edinburgh, the Countess of Wemyss, a daughter. 15. At Sculcoates, the wife of John Murray, mariner, of three fine boys. 16. Mrs H. Watson, Queen Street, a daughter. 17. The Lady of Kenneth M'Leay, Esq. of Newmore, a son. 21. In Prince's Street, Edinburgh, the Lady of Wynne Aubrey, Esq. a son. 23. At his Lordship's residence, Hay Hill, the Countess of Ashburnham, a daughter. 24. At his house in Cavendish Square, the Lady of RearAdmiral Sir George Cockburn, a daughter. 26. Lady Hunter Blair, a daughter. 27. Mrs James Campbell, Northumberland Street, a daughter. 30. At Boghall, Mrs Taylor of Blackhouse, a son. Late ly, the Countess of Ilchester, a son.

Lady Edmonstone, a son. Right Hon. Lady Edward O'Brien, a daughter.

FEB. 2. The Lady of William Baillie, Esq. of Polkemmet, a son. 5. At Lettoch, the Lady of Captain Robertson, 74th regiment, a daughter. 6. At her house at Hampstead, Lady Ponsonby, a son. 8. At Crailing House, the Lady of James Paton, Esq. a son. 10. At Allanton House, the Lady of R. Macdonald, Esq. of Staffa, a daughter. 13. At Edinburgh, Mrs Hunt, of Pittencrieff, a son.-At Wauchope, Roxburghshire, Mrs Scott, of Wauchope, a son. 14. At Invermoriston, Mrs Grant, Glenmoriston, a son. 16. At New Coldstream, the Lady of George Clark, Esq. a daughter. 17. At Hamilton Place, London, the Duchess of Bedford, a son. 20. At London, Viscountess Jocelyn, a son and heir. Lately, at Great Linford-house, the Lady of Lieut.-Gen. Loft, a son, her 18th child. The Countess of Waldegrave, a son. The Lady of the Hon. Henry St John, a son. Lady Harriet Paget, a son. Viscountess Pollington, a son. Viscountess Monck, a son and heir. Lady Burgersh, a son.

MARCH 7. Mrs Gordon, Abercromby Place, a son. 14. Mrs Fullarton, of Skeldon, a daughter. 15. At Mount Gerald House, Ross-shire, Mrs Dick, of Glenshiel, a son. 16. At Brighton, the Lady

of the Hon. D. M. Erskine, a son. 20. A labourer's wife in Shuttleston, about two miles east from Glasgow, was delivered of three female children. 24. In Queen Street, Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere, of twin daughters. 28. At Fermoy House, the Lady of Sir James Anderson, Bart. a daughter. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Orleans, a daughter, at the Duke of Orleans' House at Twickenham. 31. At Edinburgh, the Lady of Duncan Matheson, Esq. advocate, a daughter. Lately, the Lady of Sir G. Anson, M. P. a daughter. Lady Brook, a son.

APRIL 1. At Edinburgh, the Lady of William Thomson Honeyman, Esq. of Mansfield, of a still-born son. 5. At Edinburgh, the Lady of William Ferguson, Esq. of Kilrie, a son. 6. In Castle Street, Edinburgh, the Lady of W. Mackintosh, Esq. a daughter. 8. Mrs Patison, Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, a daughter. 12. At Ancrum House, Roxburghshire, the Lady of Sir Alexander Don, M. P. of Newton-Don, a son. 14. At London, Lady Katharine Halkett, a son. 15. At Penicuick House, the Lady of Sir G. Clerk, Bart. M. P. a son. 16. At Meadow House, the Lady of John Swinton, Esq. of Broadmeadows, a son. 17. At Erskine House, the Lady Blantyre, a daughter. 22. At Haddington Mrs Henry Davidson, a son. 24. Mrs Gordon, of Aitkenhead, a daughter. 30. At Camnethan House, Mrs Lockart, of Castlehill, a daughter. Lately, Viscountess Massarene, a daughter. The wife of the Hon. A. Hely Hutchinson, a son.

MAY 1. At Maybank, Mrs Glennie, a daughter. 2. Mrs Henry Douglas, 7, Upper Cadagon Place, London, a son. At Avoch House, the Lady of Sir Alex. Mackenzie, of Avoch, a daughter. 7. At Stirling, Mrs P. Connal, of twin sons. At Osnabruck, the Lady of Col. H. Halkett, K. G. L. a son. 13. Lady Frances Buchanan Riddell, a daughter.-At Durham, the Lady of Hope Steuart, Esq. of Ballechin, a son. 14. At Newton Lodge, Mrs Campbell, a son. 19. At Exmouth, in the county of Devon, the Lady of K. R. Mackenzie, Esq. of Flowerburn, a son. 23. Mrs Folliott Baugh, George's Square, a daughter. 25. In the vicinity of Leith Fort, the wife of one of the artillery drivers was safely delivered of three sons, who,

with the mother, are still in life. 26. At Earl Compton's house, Parliament Street, London, the Countess Compton, a son and heir.-At Monreith, the Lady of Sir William Maxwell, of Monreith, Bart. a daughter. 29. At the Viscountess Duncan's, George's Square, the Hon. Mrs Dundas, of Dundas, a daughter. Lately, the Marchioness of Ely, a son. Lady Thurlow, a son. Mrs Ashling, wife of Mr John Ashling, grazier, of Firsby, near Spilsby, at the advanced age of 64, was safely delivered of twin female children, which, with the mother, are likely to do well.

JUNE 3. At Kilravock Castle, the Lady of Hugh Rose, Esq. a daughter. 4. Lady Frances Cole, the Lady of General Sir Lowry Cole, a daughter, at their house in Spring Gardens, London. 6. In Great King Street, Edinburgh, Mrs R. P. Gillies, a daughter. 8. At Bath, the Lady of Thomas Innes, Esq. a son. 9. At his Lordship's house, in George Street, Hanover Square, London, the Countess Cowper, a son. 10. At Edinburgh, Mrs Cochrane, of Ashkirk, a daughter. 15. At Whitecroft-house, Mrs Henderson Somerville, of Fingask, a daughter. 17. At Carlton Place, Glasgow, the Lady of William Gilkinson, Esq. of two sons. 20. At Sydenham, Mrs Campbell Steuart, of Ascog, a son. 24. At Rankeillour, Fifeshire, the Countess of Hopetoun, a son. 25. At Cork, the Right Honourable Lady Forbes, a daughter. Lately, the Countess of Bristol, a son. The Hon. Lady Mary Long, a son and heir. The Marchioness of Anglesea, a son. The Lady of Sir W. Pole, a son. The Right Hon. Lady Georgiana Charl. Finch Hatton, a daughter. The Right Hon. Lady Wm. Somerset, a son. The Hon. Mrs Dundas, a daughter.

JULY 1. In Upper Harley Street, London, the Lady of Daniel Stuart, Esq. a

son.

8. In George Street, the Lady of Duncan Campbell, Esq. of Barcaldine, a daughter.-At Edmonstone House, Mrs Wauchope, of Edmonstone, a son.-The Lady of Norman Lockhart, Esq. a daughter.At Tarvit House, Fifeshire, the Lady of James Home Rigg, Esq. a son. 11. At Inverness, Mrs Macbean, of Ardclach, a daughter. 12. At Fleurs, her Grace the Duchess of Roxburghe, a son