_Napoléon le Grand. Inventée par Dubois; Alex. Tardieu effigiem del. Deposée à la Bibliothèque Impériale._--A parody of the French plate of Napoleon's apotheosis-- Astre brillant, immense, il éclaire, il féconde, Et seul fait, à son gré, tous les destins du monde.-VIGÉE. The head of Napoleon appears as the centre of the constellation, _Polar Star_, elevated, in this case, like that of a traitor, on a pole, and surrounded by entwined and hissing serpents. Above is the face of Satan, wearing a crown of _Damnation_, supported by two escutcheons, marked _Heart of Tyrant_, and _Vulture_, with scourges and pronged forks. The pole is elevated on the great globe; in either corner is a French eagle; above the Imperial ensigns are pikes, axes, and standards, 'flags manufactured for the Empress,' &c. The lustre of the constellation, Napoleon, is likely to suffer an eclipse from the sudden descent of a Dutch comet--a philosophic Hollander, seated astride on a barrel of Hollands Schiedam, the contents of which he is ignominiously discharging over the head of the solitary star of the firmament. The golden rays with which the _astre brillant_ is illuminating the universe owe their source to the following luminous achievements:-- Assisting in the assassination of Louis the Sixteenth, my Benefactor. Murdering the citizens of Paris under Robespierre. Murdering the citizens of Toulon. Insulting the Pope, robbing and plundering the churches, &c., &c. Poisoning my own sick soldiers at the hospital at Jaffa. Murdering the Duke d'Angouléme. Treacherously betraying the King of Spain and his family. Murdering the inhabitants of Madrid in cold blood. Murdering Captain Wright in the Temple, at Paris. Marrying two wives and intriguing with the daughter of one of them. The murder of Palm, of Hofer, &c., &c. Leading 500,000 Frenchmen to perish in Russia by the severity of the season 1812. Losing another similar army the following year in Germany, 1813. Writing lying bulletins. Losing all the colonies, commerce, and shipping. And for all these brilliant exploits I am now to be sent headlong to the Devil.