coachman was the only English servant in her suite. On the 16th of August her royal highness arrived with her retinue at Hamburgh, under the title of the countess of Wolfenbuttle. She visited the theatre there the same evening, and was received with the loudest acclamations by the audience. Early the next morning she set out for Brunswick. In the evening of the 18th she arrived at Bruns wick, and at a short distance from that city was met by his serene highness the duke. A general illumination took place in compliment to her, and it being the duke's birth-day, the festivities and rejoicings were unusually great: the whole of the public authorities were ready at the palace to receive her royal highness. On the 29th she left Bruns wick on her journey to Italy; and arrived on the 3rd September at Frankfort, under the title of the duchess of Cornwall. On the 6th she arrived at Strasburgh, at which place she remained several days, visiting the public places, promenades, &c. and appeared highly delighted with the amusements and exhibitions she witnessed. The generals and prefects of the department of the Lower Rhine, marshal the duke of Valmy and the mayor of Strasburgh, had severally the honour of paying their respects to her royal highness. In the latter end of September, after visiting Berne, Lausanne, &c. she arrived at Geneva, where the ci-devant empress of France, Maria Louisa, had just arrived before her. During her first tour on the continent, her royal highness the princess of Wales was received with all the honours and distinctions due to her exalted rank and station. At Cassel she was visited by his serene highness the elector, and her royal highness the electress, the princess of Denmark. She visited the public institutions, and conversed with the professors of the museum. At Strasburgh, we have already stated, the duke de Valmy gave in her honour a magnificent fete, at which were exhibited a variety of military manœuvres. At Berne, she was visited by her imperial highness the grand duchess Anne Petrowna, her cousin, consort of the grand duke Constantine, and daughter of the emperor of Germany. At Milan, the princess of Wales was received with the highest honours. On the 17th of October, 1814, towards the mid-day, Il Campo di Marte was crowded to witness the military parade, in which infantry and cavalry were to manoeuvre, and fire vollies in honour of her royal highness, who was seated on the most elevated spot of a spacious area prepared for that purpose. She afterwards rode along the ranks, amidst the acclamations of the surrounding multitude, amongst which were distinguished some shouts of liberty and independence, as if her presence had rekindled the half-extinguished hopes which the Italians entertained of being redeemed from their political bondage by the hands of the British nation. In the evening she visited the theatre, attended by count Bellegarde and all the officers of his etat-major. The theatre was most brilliantly illuminated Giorno. An immense concourge of people continued, during the performance, to testify their de light at the presence of the princess, who several times ascended into the ridotto, and bowed her thanks in the most graceful manner. The literati of the country also waited upon her royal highness to testify their respect and homage. It was about a week after her arrival at Milan, that her royal highness took into her service the celebrated Bartolomeo Bergami, an Italian, as courier, footman, and valet de place. He was a few months afterwards appointed her chamberlain, and, as a further proof of her majesty's consideration for his services, all the members of his family (with the exception of his wife) were promoted to respectable situations in her household. Towards the end of October, the princess arrived at Rome; where she was visited by the exking and queen of Spain, and the queen of Etruria with her children. On the 2nd of November, she had an audience of the pope, who received her with the greatest affability, and with all the respect due to her rank. The same day her royal highness visited the Vatican, the prince Canino, and the workmanship of the cele brated Canova. The prince Canino, on the 3rd, gave a brilliant fête to her royal highness. On the 9th of November the princess of Wales arrived at Naples, and was received with distinguished honour. The king went to meet her, and these illustrious personages entered the city about five in the afternoon, in the king's carriage, amidst loud acclamations. A guard of honour from the royal guard was stationed at the princess's residence. On the 17th the king of Naples visited the school of Mars Diversa, where his majesty waited the arrival of her royal highness. The king invited her to a collation, which she accepted, and about four o'clock these illustrious personages took their road to the capital. The princess sat in the king's carriage on his right hand; all the inhabitants of the road, from Aversa to Naples, preceding them, and hailing their monarch and their royal visitor with loud and long-continued acclamations. Her royal highness remained at Naples until the following March. In January she gave a grand entertainment, the principal feature of which was a masked ball, in which her royal highness appeared, attired as the Genius of History, and crowned the bust ofking Joachim. Scarcely had her royal highness commenced her continental travels, when, by a strange coincidence of circumstances, she lost almost all the English in her suite. Lady Charlotte Lindsay, at the instance of her brother (lord Glenbervie) left the princess of Wales at Leghorn, having remained with her royal highness only 24 days. Lady Elizabeth Forbes took her departure at even an earlier period. Sir William Gell was compelled to forego the honour of attending upon the princess, in the capacity of chamberlain, in consequence of a severe fit of the gout, and his colleague, the honourable Keppel Craven, was obliged to visit Germany on family affairs, and in order to meet his mother, the margravine of Anspach; captain Hess was recalled to join his re giment; Mr. St. Leger went no further than Brunswick. Subsequently, however, the princess wrote to him to join her at Genoa, at the same time offering the post of maid of honour to his daughter: he, however, declined the honour, alleging ill health as the reason. From Naples her royal highness went towards Rome, remaining on the way three days at Civita Vecchia: she then passed on to Genoa, where she met with lady Glenbervie and her lord; but they could not be prevailed upon to accept of situations in her suite. The Clorinde frigate brought lady Charlotte Campbell and her daughter to Genoa; to the latter the same proposition was made, with si milar success. From Genoa, May 15, accom panied by Bergami, still in the capacity of a courier, her royal highness returned to Milan, on board the Clorinde, where she was joined by lady Charlotte Campbell, who remained with her a few weeks, during which term she paid her own expenses, and kept a separate table." It was now that her royal highness received into her service, as a lady of honour, under the title of countess of Oldi, Bergami's sister, who filled the situation previously occupied by lady Lindsay. Her royal highness did not remain long at Milan; she soon set out for Venice. In August, 1815, she visited Mount St. Gothard; thence she proceeded to the Borromeo Islands. Her majesty next proceeded to Bellinzona, at which place Bergami was admitted, for the first time, to a seat at her royal highness's table. She afterwards went to Lugano. Her royal highness at length purchased an elegant villa of the countess of Pino, upon the banks of the lake of Como, situated only a short distance from the town of that name. The country around this pleasant casino is varied and beautiful. The house looked directly on the lake, and the garden, which was most tastefully laid out, contributed much to the beauty of the scene. Her royal highness had an avenue of trees, planted at her own expense, of nearly two miles in length, reaching from Como to her palace. Here she fixed her residence for a time, occasionally making excursions to other places. Her royal highness remained at Villa D'Este until November, 1815, on the 15th of which month she embarked, with her suite, on board H. M. ship Leviathan, captain Briggs, for Palermo. Her royal highness remained on board until the 26th November; hav ing visited Elba, and arrived at Palermo on that day, where she went to court, accompanied by Bergami, now elevated from the rank of courier to that of chamberlain. From thence she went to Messina, where she remained several weeks. On 6th January, 1816, her royal highness embarked on board the Clorinde frigate (the vessel which had previously carried her from Civita Vecchia to Genoa), for Syracuse. On this occasion captain Pechel, who, but a short time before, had been accustomed to see Bergami act in the capacity of a menial servant, refused to sit at the same table with her royal highness's new chamberlain, and remonstrated with her accordingly. After taking two days to consider of it, she finally declined the table and society of captain Pechel. On the 30th of the 'month her royal highness arrived at Syracuse, and thence proceeded to Catania, and afterto Augusta in Sicily. During her stay at Catania she obtained for Bergami the title of knight of Malta, and on her arrival at Augusta, that of baron della Francina. At the latter place her royal highness honoured her chamberlain with her portrait, taken in a Turkish dress. From Augusta the princess of Wales set sail, with her suite, for Tunis in Africa, in a polacre, hired for the purpose. In this vessel her royal highness sailed from Tunis to Utica. On April 16th, 1816, she arrived at La tona. From Africa the princess of Wales sailed to Athens, where she arrived on 22nd April, 1816, having remained one day at Malta. After visiting some of the Grecian Islands, she proceeded from Athens to Constantinople, and thence to Ephesus. At Jerusalem, where her royal highness had a picture painted of herself and suite (in which she was represented as riding upon an ass, in imitation, it may be presumed, of the Great Author of Christianity), she instituted a new order of knighthood, entitled the order of St. Caroline, of which she constituted Bergami the grand master. At Jaffa, the princess of Wales embarked on board the polacre. On this voyage, the weather being remarkably sultry, her royal highness had a tent fitted up for herself and her chamberlain on deck, under which they reposed at night, without the presence of any other person, for several weeks. This circumstance formed an important feature of the subsequent trial of her royal highness, on her return to this country, to claim her rights and pri vileges as a queen. In September, 1816, her royal highness once more took up her residence at Villa d'Este, on the lake of Como. Some time after her return she purchased a splendid seat, which she presented to her chamberlain. It was subse quently designated the Villa Bergami. In February, 1817, her royal highness made a tour in Germany. Passing through Inspruck, she arrived at Carlsruhe, where she remained a short time. After this tour, she pursued her way back to Italy: she returned through Milan to the Villa d'Este, whence, after a short stay, she passed on to Rome. On the 9th August, 1817, the princess of Wales arrived at Pesaro, where she made a temporary sojourn. On her return to the Villa d'Este, she made several excursions to various parts of Italy. Of that estate her royal highness subsequently dis posed, and her permanent establishment was at Pesaro. The subsequent events of her life, so far as they are of any interest, will be found in the History and Chronicle of this and of the preceding year. SKETCH of the LIFE of BONAPARTE, with a LIST of his principal ACTIONS. As this year has seen the death of Napoleon Bonaparte, we think it will be useful, without pretend ing at present, to enter into a detailed account of his life, simply to record his birth and parentage, and give a list of the dates of his principal actions. Napoleon Bonaparte was born at Ajaccio on the 15th of Aug., 1769. He was the second son of Carlo Bonaparte, who, having studied law at Rome, resigned the gown for the sword, fought under the banners of his friend Paoli, and much distinguished himself by his talents and bravery. When Corsica submitted to France, he was on the point of expatriating himself, but was dissuaded by his uncle Lucien, archdeacon of the cathedral of Ajaccio. In 1767, he married a young and beautiful lady, Letitia Ramolini, by whom he had five sons and three daughters. On submitting himself to the new government, in 1768, he was much noticed by the count de Marboeuf, the governor, and named a member of the deputation of the Corsican nobility to Louis XV. He was soon after nominated judge lateral of the tribunal of Ajaccio, and died at Montpellier, of a cancer in the stomach, having proceeded thither for the benefit of his health in 1785, at the age of 39. Napoleon was early sent to France, and Originally Buonaparte: it is common with Italians in France to frenchify their names for the sake of the more easy pronunciation; Napoleon did this. the patronized by a brother of M. de Marboeuf, a prelate, who sent him to a college in the village where he resided, and afterwards got him admitted into the military academy of Brienne. He joined the military school of Paris in 1784, and in 1785 was appointed to the artillery in the regiment de la Fere. Barras became his patron during the revolution, and he first distinguished himself at Toulon by his superior skill in directing the batteries. He was soon after named general of brigade; and on the 13th Vendemaire (Oct. 5,) 1794, he commanded the conventional troops and defeated the Parisians. In March 1796, he married Josephine de Beauharnois, widow of the count de Beauharnois, who was beheaded four days before Robespierre. Barras obtained the liberty of madame de Beauharnois from prison soon after that event. Three days after his marriage, Bonaparte left his bride for Nice, to take the command of an army of 60,000 men, the great object of his am. bition; and after several skirmishes, he out-manœuvred the Austrians and Sardinians; and with troops deficient in every thing, won the battles of Montenotte, Millesimo, Dego, and Mondovi, in April. On the 10th of May he gained the battle of Lodi, and soon found himself master of Piedmont and the Milanese. August the 3rd, 1796, he conquered at Lonado, and on the 5th, at Castiglione. In the same year he fought |