Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. IV)
comte de Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné Las Cases
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  • Hannibal, remarks of Napoleon on, iv. [141]
  • Hatfield, his attempts to assassinate George III., ii. [366]
  • Heiresses, French falsehoods respecting Napoleon’s disposal of, ii. [358]
  • Historians, French, Napoleon’s remarks on, i. [334]
  • History, on the difficulties which it presents, iv. [179]
  • Holland, the King of, Bonaparte, Louis, particulars relative to, iii. [321]
    • —The Emperor’s letter to, [325]
  • Holland, public works of Napoleon[Napoleon] in, iv. [57]
  • Hortense, the Princess, ridiculous reports respecting, ii. [190]
  • Hotham, Admiral, visited by Napoleon on board the Superb, i. [27]
  • Hughes, condemnation of, i. [98]
  • Illyria, observations on, iii. [24]
  • Immorality, discourse of Napoleon on, iv. [30]
  • Inconstancy, French, remarks on, iv. [165]
  • Infernal machine, account of the, i. [239]
  • Institute, Napoleon at the, ii. [144]
    • —The Emperor’s rebuke to a member of the, [233]
  • Intrigue, imputed of Napoleon, ii. [360]
  • Iron mask, the man in the, conjectures respecting, ii. [389]
    • —Napoleon, alleged to be descended from, [390]
  • Isle of France, affection of the inhabitants of the, for Napoleon, ii. [17]
  • Israelites, statistical calculation respecting the, iii. [306]
  • Italy, results of the campaign of, i. [131]
  • Jaffa, explanation of the affair at, i. [126]
  • Jena, the Emperor’s danger at, i. [336]
  • Jersey, Countess of, anecdote respecting, ii. [372]
    • —Las Cases’ description of, [373]
  • Josephine, Empress, Napoleon’s comparison of, with Maria Louise i. [198]
    • —observations of Napoleon on, ii. [184]
    • —prodigality of, [185]
    • —her submission on the occasion of her divorce, [187]
    • —curious details respecting her marriage and divorce, [ib.]
    • —Maria Louisa’s jealousy of, [188]
    • —her conjugal attachment, [189]
    • —her arrival at Verona, iii. [114]
    • —her extravagance, iv. [95]
  • Joubert, General, iii. [162]
  • Jourdan, Marshal, observations of Napoleon on, iv. [13]
  • Junot, anecdote of, i. [99]
    • —his expenditure, ii. [391]
    • —reproved by the Emperor, [392]
  • —-- Madame, particulars respecting, ii. [393]
  • Keith, Lord, communication made to the Emperor by, respecting his exile to St. Helena, i. [37]
    • —Las Cases’ conversation with on the situation of Napoleon, [94]
  • Kleber and Desaix, compared, i. [148]
  • La Harpe, Napoleon’s opinion of, and his writings, iii. [55]
  • Lamballe, the Princess of, iii. [399]
  • Lannes, Marshal, death of, ii. [395]
    • —his attachment to Napoleon, [ib.]
  • Lanuse, General, intrepidity of, i. [144].
  • Las Cases, requests permission to follow the Emperor, i. [13]
    • —his interview with his wife, [ib.]
    • —excitement produced by his journey to Rochefort, [18]
    • —goes on board the Bellerophon to negociate the departure of Napoleon, [21]
    • —draws up a summary of the Emperor’s situation at Rochelle dictated by Napoleon himself, [29]
    • —letter from his wife on his arrival at Torbay, [33]
    • —his feelings on hearing of the Emperor’s probable exile to St. Helena, [34]
    • —his intimacy with the followers of the Emperor, [41]
    • —the Emperor’s confidence in, [45]
    • —conversation with Lord Keith respecting the Emperor, [49]
    • —writes an account of the campaigns in Italy at the Emperors dictation, [119]
    • —his reasons for not signing his adherence to the resolution of the senate, [187]
    • —controverts Napoleon’s opinions on the character of conquerors, [191]
    • —particulars related respecting the Fauxbourg St. Germain, [213]
    • —his conduct while the Emperor was at Elba, [227]
    • —visits London, [230]
    • —his return to Paris, [231]
    • —the Emperor’s kindness to, [262]
    • —his facilities for studying the character of Napoleon, [267]
    • —his sojourn in England when an emigrant, [292]
    • —his new apartment described, [329]
    • —his progenitors, [331]
    • —illness of his son, [349], ii. [156]
    • —political self-examination of, [35]
    • —his summary of the occurrences of the last nine months, from his quitting France, [41]
    • —declaration signed by, [83]
    • —his visit to Plantation House, [96]
    • —conversation of with Sir W. Burroughs, [160]
    • —his opinions of legal punishment, [161]
    • —history of his Atlas, [164]
    • —curious anecdote respecting the criticisms in his Atlas, [170]
    • —success of his undertaking, [172]
    • —strange mercantile transaction respecting, [173]
    • —the Council of State described by, [317]
    • —his speech on the conscription, [323]
    • —his sketch of the history of the Court of London during his emigration, [362]
    • —fall of his son from his horse, [378]
    • —his summary of occurrences in April, May, and June, [398]
    • —missions of, iii. [24]
    • —his tour of inspection of prisons, [26]
    • —his historical sketch of the emigration to Coblentz, [61]
    • —consoles the Emperor, [142]
    • —ingratitude towards, [145]
    • —anecdotes related by, [147], [284], [362]
    • —kindness of an English family to, ii. [160]
    • —his cousin’s conduct attributed to him, [244]
    • —domestic affairs of, [281]
    • —his narrative of Napoleon’s return from Elba, [290]
    • —his Journal, [354]
    • —accuracy of the details of, [357]
    • —his interview with Sir Hudson Lowe respecting the signing the declaration, [385]
    • —his present to Napoleon, iv. [12]
    • —his remarks relative to the action brought against Mr. O’Meara by Sir Hudson Lowe, [17]
    • —his account of the East India Company, [75]
    • —his disagreement with Sir Hudson Lowe, [137]
    • —reflections on his situation, [138]
    • —his description of Lord Sidmouth, [153]
    • —his remarks on the affair of the Duke D’Enghien, [188]
    • —visited by the servant who was taken away from him, [196]
    • —his arrest, [201]
    • —confinement of, [202]
    • —attentions of his companions, [202]
    • —examination of his papers, [203]
    • —removal of to Balcombe’s cottage, [205]
    • —his letter to Sir Hudson Lowe on his imprisonment, [208]
    • —his protest, [209]
    • —his mode of restoring Napoleon’s diamond necklace, [215]
    • —Sir Hudson Lowe’s examination of, [217]
    • —anxieties of, [219]
    • —letter of Napoleon to, [220]
    • —his reflections on the Emperor’s letter, [223]
    • —official document relative to his removal to the Cape, [226]
    • —decision of the Governor respecting, [227]
    • —letter which accompanied it, [228]
    • —his correspondence with Sir Hudson Lowe, [229]
    • —better treatment of, [235]
    • —the Emperor’s message to, [236]
    • —takes leave of Marshal Bertrand, [238]
    • —his papers sealed, [240]
    • —declaration of Sir Hudson Lowe to, [241]
    • —letters of introduction given to, [242]
    • —sails from St. Helena, [243]
    • —his passage to the Cape, [244]
    • —statement of his grievances, [245]
    • —his residence at the Cape, [251]
    • —his letters to Lord Somerset, [254], [255], [261], [264]
    • —letter to Lord Castlereagh, [257]
    • —his letter to the Prince of Wales, [259]
    • —singular incident related by, [263]
    • —his removal to Newlands, [269]
    • —account of his stay there, [270]
    • —wines sent by, to Longwood, [273]
    • —his ill health, [275]
    • —proceeds to Tygerberg, [277]
    • —his request to be allowed to return to Cape Town refused, [281]
    • —finally receives his passports, [285]
    • —particulars of his passage to Europe, [ib.]
    • —arrival in England, [291]
    • —his detention in the Downs, [292]
    • —not allowed to remain in England, [293]
    • —his letter to Lord Sidmouth, [294]
    • —proceeds to Ostend, [297]
    • —his letters to the French Ministers, [299], [308]
    • —sent from Brussels, [301]
    • —kindness shewn to, at Aix-la-Chapelle, [304]
    • —rejoined by his wife, [306]
    • —narrative of his residence in Germany, [307]
    • —settles at Frankfort, [309]
    • —his letter to Maria-Louisa, [310]
    • —to Prince Metternich, [311]
    • —to the Emperor of Russia, [312]
    • —to Lord Bathurst, [315]
    • —his petition to the English Parliament, [326]
    • —kindness shewn to, [338]
    • —his plans for sending to St. Helena, [ib.]
    • —transactions of with the Emperor’s family, [339]
    • —pecuniary difficulties of, singularly alleviated, [340]
    • —visits Baden, [341]
    • —proposals made to, at Manheim, [ib.]
    • —his preparations for petitioning the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, [342]
    • —letter of, to the Empress Maria-Louisa, [343]
    • —to the Congress, [344]
    • —to the Emperor of Austria, [347]
    • —to Lord Castlereagh, [ib.]
    • —receives a packet from St. Helena, [351]
    • —communication of, to Lord Liverpool respecting the printing of his letters, [352]
    • —Count Bertrand’s letter to, [354]
    • —correspondence of, with Count Bertrand, [364], [367], [369], [371], [373]
    • —his letter to Mr. Goulburn, [374]
    • —his representations to the Congress, [375]
    • —constrained to quit Baden, [377]
    • —ridiculous reports respecting, [378]
    • —his letter to the Emperor Alexander at Laybach, [384]
    • —receives intelligence of Napoleon’s death, [386]
  • Larrey, Baron, the Emperor’s eulogium on, and generosity to, iv. [9]
  • Lavater, refutation of his system, iii. [44]
  • La Vendée, Napoleon in, iv. [91]
  • Lawsuits, remarks on, iv. [146]
  • League, Napoleon’s account of the, iii. [261]
  • Lefevre, Mad., her goodness of heart, ii. [181]
  • Legislation, conversation of Napoleon on, iii. [349]
  • Legislative body, dissolution of the, i. [183]
  • Leipsic, the battle of, iii. [227], [278]
    • —loss of the French and allies at, [228]
  • Leopold, Prince, and Napoleon, iv. [97], [99]
  • Lepaux, La Reveillere, Napoleon’s description of, ii. [258]
  • Liberality, on the progress of, ii. [62]
  • Line, ceremony on crossing it, [121]
  • London, Las Cases’ sketch of the history of the Court of, during his emigration, ii. [362]
  • Longwood, preparations for the Emperor’s reception at, i. [238]
    • —description of, [263]
    • —etiquette at, iii. [21]
  • Louis XIV., his expenditure at Versailles, iii. [98].
  • —-- Phillipe, during his emigration, iii. [351]
  • Lowe, Sir Hudson, his arrival at St. Helena, ii. [70]
    • —his first interview with Napoleon, [76]
    • —description of his person, [79]
    • —his insinuations to Las Cases, [96]
    • —his ill-natured conduct, [97]
    • —his first insult and instance of cruelty, [99]
    • —Napoleon’s remonstrances with, [116],
    • —ridiculous invitation sent by, [143]
    • —stormy interview between him and Napoleon, [177]
    • —tyrannical conduct of, ii. [227]
    • —his statements respecting the expenses at Longwood, [360]
    • —renewed insults of, [386], [387]
    • —conversation of Napoleon with, iii. [13], [137]
    • —Santini’s projected assassination of, [53]
    • —protest addressed to, [151]
    • —his cavillings, [246]
    • —reduction of the Emperor’s expenditure, by, [256]
    • —limits the quantity of provisions allowed to Napoleon, [289]
    • —fresh vexations from, [309]
    • —his fruitless attempts to be received by the Emperor, iii. [347]
    • —complaints of, [355]
    • —his restrictions on Napoleon’s household, and the Emperor’s observations on, [363]
    • —declaration required by, from the followers of Napoleon, [380]
    • —cruel insult of, [382]
    • —his conversation with the individuals of Napoleon’s suite, [383]
    • —tyrannous conduct of, iv. [3]
    • —new torments invented by, [14]
    • —Las Cases’ disagreement with, [137]
    • —examines Las Cases’ papers, [203]
    • —Las Cases’ letter to, on his imprisonment, [208]
    • —decision of, respecting, [227]
    • —Las Cases’ correspondence with, [229]
    • —declaration of, to Las Cases, [241]
    • —continued ill-treatment of, iv.[iv.] [350]
    • —his tyrannical conduct to Mr. O’Meara, [355]
    • —letter of, to Count Montholon respecting the removal of Mr. O’Meara, [362]
    • —Count Montholon’s answer, [ib.]
  • Lutzen, the battle of, iii. [213]
  • Macoy, Col., visits Napoleon, i. [354]
  • Maintenon, Madame de, the Emperor’s observations on her marriage with Louis XIV., iii. [205].
  • Maitland, Capt., his alarm at the supposed escape of Napoleon, i. [25]
  • Malcolm, Sir Pulteney, introduced to Napoleon, ii. [379]
    • —his conversation with him, iii. [49]
  • Mallet, plot of, iv. [64]
  • Manheim, Las Cases’ residence at, iv. [341]
  • Manufactures, French, Napoleon’s remarks on the state of, ii. [209]
  • Manuscript of St. Helena, iv. [279]
  • Manuscrit de l’Ile d’Elbe, extracts from, iii. [260]
  • Marbois, M. de, ludicrous hoax on, ii. [113]
  • Marie Antoinette, Madame Campan’s account of, iii. [397]
  • Maria Louisa, Empress, her marriage to Napoleon, i. [199]
    • —accouchement of, ii. [21]
    • —reported joke of, [114]
    • —her jealousy of Josephine, [188]
    • —particulars relative to her marriage, iii. [274]
    • —Las Cases’ letters to, iv. [310]
  • Massena, General, i. [189]
  • Medicine, Napoleon’s opinion of, i. [391], iii. [146]
  • Megrigny, Madame de, and Napoleon, iii. [93].
  • Memoirs of Napoleon, by one who was constantly near him during fifteen years, i. [151]
  • Mendicity, establishment for, in France, iii. [22]
  • Ménéval, M., Secretary to Napoleon, iii. [332]
    • —his assiduity, [333]
  • Metternich, Prince, letter of Las Cases to, iv. [311]
  • Ministers, British, perfidy of, ii. [272]
    • —Napoleon’s opinion of, [273]
  • —-- Napoleon’s review of his, iv. [162]
  • Monges, character of, ii. [278]
  • Montebello, Duchesse de, appointed Lady of Honour to Maria Louisa, i. [200]
  • Montesquiou, Mad. de, educates the King of Rome, i. [203]
  • Montesson, Madame de, applies for the title of Duchess of Orleans, iv. [33].
  • Montholon, Count, his letter to Sir Hudson Lowe, iii. [151]
  • Montholon, Madame de, her return to Europe, iv. [382]
  • Montveran, M., his account of the Campaign of Saxony, iii. [213]
  • Moreau, conspiracy of, Georges, and Pichegru, ii. [221]
    • —his trial, [225]
    • —different tactics of Napoleon and, [357]
    • —discovery of the plot of, iv. [183]
  • Moscow, the conflagration of, iii. [164], [172],
    • —consequences of the, [165]
    • —the approach to, [167]
    • —description of, [168]
    • —its public buildings, [169]
    • —cause of the re-burning of, [171]
    • —conduct of the inhabitants of, [173].
  • Murat, death of, i. [351]
    • —particulars respecting, [ib.]
    • —Napoleon’s clemency to, [352]
    • —letter from Napoleon to, on the affairs of Spain, ii. [302]
    • —his treachery, [396]
    • —his character drawn by Napoleon, [397].
  • Nantes, Anecdotes of the Bishop of, iii. [128].
  • Narbonne, Count de, Maria Louisa’s dislike of, i. [202]
    • —attachment of the Emperor to, ii, [89].
  • National Debt, English, remarks of Napoleon on the, iii. [252]
    • —means of reducing the, [253].
  • Nations, plans for the concentration of different, iv. [104]
    • —the Emperor’s reasons for not divulging these plans, [108].
  • Navy, Napoleon’s plans for improving the, iv. [83].
  • Newlands, removal of Las Cases to, iv. [269]
    • —account of his stay there, [270].
  • Ney, Napoleon’s remarks on the memorial in justification of, i. [257]
    • —comparison between the fates of Turenne and, [259]
    • —Napoleon’s reflections on the death of, ii. [15]
    • —reconciliation of the Emperor with, iii. [299].
  • Nintz, Napoleon’s sentimental journey to, iii. [88]
  • Nobility, Napoleon’s objects in creating, iv. [178].
  • Northumberland, the conduct of the crew of, to Napoleon, i. [52]
    • —description of the Emperor’s cabin on board, [53]
    • —departure of, ii. [334].
  • Offenbach, Las Cases’ residence at, iv. [380]
  • O’Meara, Dr., the Emperor’s explanation with, ii. [128]
    • —Las Cases’ remarks respecting the action brought against, by Sir Hudson Lowe, iv. [17]
    • —extracts from his work, [246]
    • —Sir Hudson Lowe’s tyrannic treatment of, iv. [355]
    • —the Governor’s letter to Count Montholon respecting the removal of, [362]
  • Paris, Napoleon’s improvements at, iii. [97]
    • —his entry into, on his return from Elba, [301]
  • Parisians, habits of the, ii. [246]
  • Parliament, Las Cases’ Petition to, iv. [326]
  • Patience, German, curious instance of, ii. [276].
  • Paul, Emperor, character of, iii. [109]
    • —letters of, [116]
  • Physiognomy, observations of Napoleon on, ii. [210], [389]
  • Pichegru, account of, i. [74]
    • —his opinion of Napoleon, [76]
    • —betrayal of, ii. [222]
    • —trial of, [225]
    • —discovery of the plot of, [183].
  • Piedmont, power of the king of, iii. [93].
  • Piontkowski, some account of, i. [364]
    • —caricature on his arrival at St. Helena, [365]
    • —arrested by Sir Hudson Lowe, iii. [360]
  • Pitt, Mr., his influence, ii. [364]
    • —his imputed tyranny, [367]
    • —remarks of Napoleon on, iv. [79]
  • Plantation House, account of, i. [304]
  • Plymouth, curiosity excited at, by the arrival of Napoleon at, i. [36]
  • Poets, French, Napoleon’s opinion of, i. [368]
  • Politeness, importance of, ii. [167]
  • Politics, French, the Emperor’s views of, i. [360]
  • Political economy, Napoleon’s ideas of, and plans on, ii. [350], iv. [81]
  • Polygamy, observations on, iii. [318]
  • Polytechnic school, suppressions of, iii. [124]
  • Pope, situation of the, at Fontainebleau, i. [253]
  • —--, power of the, iii. [129]
  • Portalis, disgrace of, i. [181]
  • Pradt, Abbé de, his analysis of the character of Napoleon, i. [269]
    • —defends the Emperor against the animadversions of the Allied Sovereigns, [271]
    • —describes the Emperor’s Court at Dresden, ii. [103]
  • Prague, the Congress of, iii. [216]
    • —negociations at, [225]
  • Predestination, Napoleon’s ideas of, iii. [347]
  • Prefects, their power, iv. [85]
    • —liberality of Napoleon to, [87]
  • Press, liberty of the, under Napoleon, i. [280]
    • —conversation on the, ii. [291]
  • Prince of the Peace; the, and Napoleon, ii. [298]
  • Princes, Napoleon’s remarks on the education of, i. [204]
  • Prisoners, proposed exchange of French and English, iv. [40]
    • —treatment of, in France, [45]
    • —anecdotes of English, [70]
  • Prisons, French state of, iii. [31]
    • —the Emperor’s observations on, [34]
  • Protestantism[Protestantism] and Popery, iii. [128]
  • Provisional Government, the, presented to the Emperor, i. [13]
  • Prussia, the Queen of, anecdote of Napoleon and the, i. [276]
    • —interview between her and Napoleon at Tilsit, ii. [308]
  • ———— the king of, differences between him and Napoleon, ii. [311]
    • —his awkwardness, [ib.]
  • Rats, annoyances from, at St. Helena, ii. [357]
  • Reade, Colonel, visits Napoleon, iii. [353]
  • Recamier Madame, particulars relative to, iv. [151]
  • Religion, conversation of Napoleon on, ii. [253], iii. [125]
  • Rewbel, described by Napoleon, ii. [258]
  • Revolution, Napoleon’s notes on Robespierre and the other leaders of the, ii. [288]
    • —observations of the Emperor on the, iii. [242]
    • —effects of the, [266]
  • Revolutions, discourse of Napoleon on, iii. [241]
  • Robespierre, character of, i. [221]
  • —-- the younger, i. [100]
  • Rochefoucault, M. de-la,Napoleon’s account of, iv. [166]
  • Rome, the King of, his education, i. [203]
    • —particulars of his birth, ii. [21], iii. [274]
  • Ross, Captain, his agreeable manners, i. [120]
  • Russia, discourse on the war with, ii. [104], iv. [109]
    • —conversation of Napoleon regarding, iii. [162]
    • —the Emperor’s views and intentions with respect to the war with, iv. [19]
    • —physical advantages of, [73]
  • —-- the Emperor of, Napoleon’s remarks on, i. [400]
    • —conversation respecting the war with, ii. [104]
    • —plans of, [107]
    • —his attachment to Napoleon, [312]
    • —Las Cases’ letter to, [312]