or to visit him, cannot use such passes to communicate with the other persons of his family, unless it is so specifically expressed in them.

VII. At sun-set, the garden enclosure round Longwood House, will be regarded as the limits. Sentries will be placed round it at that hour, but will be posted in such a manner as not to incommode General Bonaparte with their personal observation of him, should he continue his walks in the garden after that time. They will be drawn round the house, as heretofore, during the night, and the limits will remain closed until the sentries are withdrawn entirely from the house and garden in the morning.

VIII. All letters for Longwood will be put up by the governor under a sealed envelope, and the packet sent to the orderly officer, to be delivered sealed to any officer in attendance upon General Bonaparte, who will thus be assured the contents will have been made known

to no other person than the governor.

In the same manner, all letters from persons at Longwood must be delivered to the orderly officer, put up under an outer envelope sealed, to the address of the governor, which will ensure that no other person than himself will be acquainted with their contents.

IX. No letters are to be received or sent, nor written communication of any kind pass or be made known, except in the above manner: nor can any correspondence be permitted within the island, except such communications as may be indispensable to make to the purveyor; the notes containing which must be delivered open, to the orderly officer, who will be charged to forward them.*

The above alterations will take place from the 10th instant.

St. Helena,

9th Oct. 1816.

(Signed)

H. LOWE.

* Nothing can surpass the elegance of this composition, excepting its gramatical correctness! or, indeed, the humanity of the regulations themselves!

No. VII.

Translation of the Proposal made by the Emperor, to assume the incognito.

Ir occurs to me, that in the conversation which has taken place between General Lowe and several of those gentlemen, things have been stated relative to my position, which are not conformable to my ideas.

I abdicated into the hands of the representatives of the nation, and for the profit of my son. I went with confidence to England, with intentions to live there, or in America, in the most profound retreat; and under the name of a colonel, killed at my side, resolved to remain a stranger to every political occurrence, of whatever nature it might be.

Arrived on board of the Northumberland, I was informed that I was a prisoner of war; that I was to be transported beyond the line; and that I was named General Bonaparte. In opposition to that of General Bonaparte, which it was wished to impose upon me, I was obliged to bear, ostensibly, my title of emperor.

Seven or eight months ago, Count Montholon proposed to remedy those little difficulties which were produced every moment by adopting an ordinary name. The admiral thought it to be his duty to write on the subject to London; there the matter at present

rests.

A name is now given to me, which has the advantage of not prejudging the past, but which is not in the forms of society. I am always disposed to take a name which enters into ordinary usage, and I reiterate, that when it shall be judged proper to discontinue this cruel abode, I am willing to remain a stranger to politics, whatever event may occur in the world. This is my opinion; whatever else may have been said on this subject is incorrect.

No. VIII.

Translation of the Remarks made by Napoleon on the slip of paper, containing the Governor's reply.

1. THE conduct which has been pursued here for six months, cannot be justified by some detached phrases of a correspondence with the minister. A long and voluminous ministerial correspondence, is an arsenal provided with arms of every description.

2. The last regulations would be considered as injurious and oppressive at Botany Bay; whatever may be said upon it, they must be contrary to the will of the English government, which approved the regulations which were in force until the month of August last.

3. All the observations which Counts Bertrand and Montholon have made, have been useless. A free discussion has been interdicted by menaces.

No. IX.

Letter from Count Bertrand to Sir Hudson Lowe, relative to the presents sent by Mr. Elphinstone.

Longwood, 9th of July, 18—.

GOVERNOR,-I have received the five cases which you took the trouble of sending to me, containing a chess-board and men, a box of counters, and two workbaskets in ivory, sent from Canton by Mr. Elphinstone. The emperor was surprised to perceive by your letter, that you think your duty required that those objects should not be sent. "If I acted," you say, "in entire conformity to the established regulations, I ought to have delayed sending them up." In this case, M. Governor, it would have been pleasing to us had you retained them.

But to what does this refer? Is it because those articles have not passed through the channel of the ministers? In the restrictions of the ministers, it is said,

that letters must come through his channel, but not articles of clothing, busts, furniture, &c. We have conconstantly received from the Cape of Good Hope, many articles which have been sent to us. Besides, Lord Bathurst, in his speech, and you, yourself, in one of your letters, have denied, with indignation, that letters sent by the post, or by other opportunities, have been sent to London to be returned to this place. This cannot, nor has not, authorized you to retain such objects as busts, furniture, books, or any other goods, which have no connexion with the security of detention.

It

Can it be because there is a crown upon the counters? No regulation can exist without being made known to us. Now, it never has been signified to us, that we cannot possess objects upon which there is a crown. would be necessary, in that case, to make a new pack of cards for us, because on those which we possess, there is a crown. The linen, and the small quantity of plate which remains to us, are often sent to town, and are marked with a crown.

But from whom has this regulation, of which you speak, emanated? From your government, which alone, according to the bill, has the right to make any? Your minister declared before parliament, that no restrictions whatever had been made since those which had been printed and communicated to Europe, and which your predecessor possessed, and which had been sent to you. He added, that you have not made any restrictions, but solely adopted measures of execution. Effectively you have not the right to make any.

The emperor does not desire favours from any body, and wishes nothing from the caprice of any person whatever; but he has the right to be informed of the restrictions which are imposed upon him. Your government, the parliament, and all nations have the same right. I therefore beg of you, sir, to communicate to us those new restrictions, and if such exist, they would be in contradiction to the assertion of Lord Bathurst, that they should have no other object than the security of detention. The emperor charges me to protest against the existence of any restrictions or regulations which

shall not be legally notified to him, prior to being put in execution.

(Signed.)

I have the honour, &c.

COUNT BERTRAND.

No. X.

Letter from Count Bertrand to the Gunner.

Longwood, 16th of July 1817.

I HAVE received, Sir, the marble bust of young Na. poleon. I have given it to his father. It has imparted to him the most sensible pleasure. I regret that you have not been able to come and see us, and give us some details, which are always interesting to a father in the actual situation of affairs. It results from the letters which you have sent, that the artist esteems the value of his work to be one hundred guineas. The emperor has ordered me to send you a draft for three hundred pounds sterling.* The surplus is to indemnify you for the losses which he knows you have sustained in the sale of your little venture, as you were not permitted to land; and the chicaneries you have experienced by that event, which was in itself very simple, and would have procured you marks of esteem from every man of feeling.

Be so good as to communicate the emperor's thanks to the persons who have paid him this amiable attention.

I beg that you will acknowledge the receipt of this letter.

I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed.)

To M. Radowich, Master Gunner

on board the ship Baring.

COUNT BERTRAND.

*By means of some unworthy tricks, the poor man did not receive the money for nearly two years.