the subject, and told him it was generally believed
in England that he had been murdered: he said, "I took much pains in
investigating that matter, and in ascertaining the cause of his death;
and I have not a doubt that he cut his own throat in a fit of
delirium." Neither Savary nor Lallemand were allowed to accompany
Buonaparte to St Helena; but on the Bellerophon's return to Plymouth,
after transferring Napoleon to the Northumberland, both of them,
together with Planat and the other officers with the exception of
three, were, by an order from the Admiralty, sent on board the Eurotas
frigate, which conveyed them to Malta, from whence, after remaining
some time as prisoners in Fort St Angelo, they were allowed to proceed
to Smyrna.

General Lallemand[14] was about forty-two years of age, of a thick
strong make; his manners not pleasing, and his appearance by no means
prepossessing. During the whole time he was in the Bellerophon, he was
morose and abstracted, and seemed much alarmed lest he should be given
up to the French Government; and there can be little doubt, had he
fallen into its power, he would have shared the fate of Ney, as he
had, with the troops under his command, joined Napoleon on his return
from Elba. He had formerly been, for several years, one of
Buonaparte's aide-de-camps, and during the time he was in the
Bellerophon always did that duty in rotation with Montholon and
Gourgaud; one of them sleeping in his clothes on a mattress every
night outside of the door of the cabin he slept in. The other two
aide-de-camps, Generals Montholon and Gourgaud, were young men about
thirty-two years of age, the former an officer in the cavalry, and the
other in the artillery: they were both of good families; but their
attachment to Buonaparte induced them to give up their country and
property to follow him.

[Footnote 14: [Lallemand, if I recollect right, had begun the
counter-revolution in Bonaparte's favour in the north-east of
France, and anticipated the moment of success, so that his
scheme had failed. I have some reason to think (being at
Paris at the time and much with those who knew something of
what was going on) that he would have been condemned to death
along with Ney had he fallen into the hands of the restored
Government. His person should be described.--SCOTT.]]

Madame Montholon was a quiet unassuming woman, gave no trouble, and