f it; that I may have a document to prove that I was
forced to quit the ship, and that my inclinations were not
consulted." I replied, "I can have no objection to write such a
letter, and shall do it this evening." I was then going to retire,
when he requested me to remain, having more to say. "Your Government,"
he continued, "has treated me with much severity, and in a very
different way from what I had hoped and expected, from the opinion I
had formed of the character of your countrymen. It is true I have
always been the enemy of England, but it has ever been an open and
declared one; and I paid it the highest compliment it was possible for
man to do in throwing myself on the generosity of your Prince: I have
not now to learn, however, that it is not fair to judge of the
character of a people by the conduct of their Government." He then
went on, (alluding to the Government,) "They say I made no conditions.
Certainly I made no conditions; how could an individual enter into
terms with a nation? I wanted nothing of them but hospitality, or, as
the ancients would express it, 'air and water.' My only wish was to
purchase a small property in England, and end my life there in peace
and tranquillity. As for you, Capitaine," (the name by which he always
addressed me) "I have no cause of complaint; your conduct to me has
been that of a man of honour; but I cannot help feeling the severity
of my fate, in having the prospect of passing the remainder of my life
on a desert island. But," added he with a strong emphasis, "if your
Government give up Savary and Lallemand to the King of France, they
will inflict a stain upon the British name that no time can efface." I
told him, in that respect, they were under an erroneous impression;
that I was convinced it was not the intention of his Majesty's
Ministers to deliver them up. "Je l'espere," "I hope so;" was his only
reply.--I then took my leave of him for the night.

That I may not break in upon the occurrences of the 7th, I shall here
insert the letter I wrote at Buonaparte's request, and a copy of the
orders under which I acted in removing him from the Bellerophon to the
Northumberland.

"H.M.S. Bellerophon, Start Bay,
7th August, 1815.

"SIR,

"I beg to acquaint you that I have this day received orders from Lord
Keith, Commander in Chief of the Channel Fleet, to remove General
Buonapa