J-ank, tlint they miglit, according to their 

 settled form, devolve on the ex-einperor, 

 whose sounding titles had passed away 

 with the powrer that bestowed theoi. 

 The rank of general is considered as ade- 

 quate to all his claims on a government 

 who never acknowledged him under any 

 other. A captain's guard of marines 

 was arranged on the poop lo wait his ar- 

 rival, with orders to present arms, and 

 th,e drum to beat the roll thrice ; the 

 usual salute to a general officer in the 

 British service. 



The barge of the Tonnant reached tlie 

 Northumberland in a few minutes after 

 it left the Bellerophon.* Our quarter- 

 deck was covered with officers, and there 

 were also some individuals of rank, who 

 had come round, from motives of curi- 

 osity, to view the passing scene. Besides 

 the object of general attraction and at- 

 tention, the batge contained Lord Keith 

 and Sir George Cockburn, Marshal Ber- 

 trand (who had shared in all his imperial 

 roaster's fortunes), and the Generals 

 Moiitholon and Gourgon, who had been, 

 and still continued to retain the cities of, 

 his aides-de-camp. As the boat ap- 

 proached, the figure of Napoleon was 

 readily distinguished, from his apparent 

 resemblance to the various prints of him 

 which are displayed in the windows of 

 the shops. The marines occupied the 

 front of the poop, and the officers kept 

 the quarter-deck. An universal silence 

 prevailed when the barge reached the 

 tide, and there was a grave but anxious 

 aspect in all the spectators, which, in 

 the opinion of others as well ns myself, 

 was no small addition to the solemnity of 

 the ceremonial. Count Bertrand as- 

 cended first, and, having bowed, retired 

 a few steps to give place to him whom 

 he still considered as his master, and jh 

 whose presence he, appeared to feel all 

 his most respectful homage was still <lue. 

 The wJiole ship's company seemed at this 

 moment to be in breathless expectation. 

 Lord Keith was the last who quitted the 

 barge; and I cannot give you a more 

 complete idea of the wrapped attention 

 of all on board to the future of Napo- 

 leon, than that his lordship, high as he 



• I have been given to understand that 

 Bonaparte's conduct on hoard the Helle- 

 rophon had bt-en such as rutlifr to conci- 

 liate the good humour of all on board, so 

 that his departure was not attended with 

 any the slightest mark of disiipprohatiun 

 or disrespect ; but with that kind of awful 

 gtiencc wliicli accompanies the falal close 

 of u public exccutioa. 



tVarden^s Letters on Napoleon. 593 



is in naval character, admiral also of the 

 Channel Fleet, to which we belonged, 

 and arrayed in the full uniform of his 

 rank, and with the decorations of h>$ 

 Order, did not seem to be noticed, nor 



scarcely even to be seen, among tha 

 groupe which was subject to him. 



With a slow step Bonaparte mounted 

 the gangway, and, on feeling himself 

 firm on the quarter-deck, he raised his 

 hat, when the guard presented arms and 

 the drum rolled. The officers of the 

 Northumberland, who were uncovered, 

 stood considerably in advance. Thosa 

 he approached, and saluted with an air 

 of the most affable politeness, lie then 

 addressed himself to Sir George Cock- 

 burn, and hastily asked for the capitainc 

 de vaisseau, who was immediately intro- 

 duced; but, finding that he did not 

 speak French, he successively spoke tr> 

 several others, till an otRcer of artillery 

 replied to him in that language. 

 napoleon's person. 



Ilis dress was that of a general of 

 French infantry, when it formed a part 

 of his army. The coat was green faced 

 with white; the rest was white, with 

 white silk stockings, and a handsome 

 shoe with gold oval buckles. He was 

 decorated with a red ribbon and a star, 

 with three medals suspended from a 

 button-hole. One of them represented 

 the Ifon Crown, and the others different 

 gradations of the Legion of Honour, 

 HiS face was pale, and his beard of an 

 unshaven appearance. Indeed, his <;e- 

 neral aspect justified the conjecture that 

 he had not passed tlie preceding night 

 in sound repose. His foreliead is thinly 

 covered with dark hair, as well as the top 

 of fiis head, which is large, and has a 

 singular flatness: what hair he has be- 

 hind is bushy, and 1 could not discern 

 the slightest mixture of white in it. His 

 eyes, wtiich are grey, are in continual 

 motion, and hurry rapidly to the various 

 objects around him. His teeth are regu* 

 lar and good; his neck is. short, but his 

 shoulders of the finest proportion. The 

 rest of his figure, thnugh a little blended 

 with the Dutch fulness, is of a very hand* 

 some form. 



COUNT BERTRAND. 



In a conversation which I had ni\h 

 Count Bertrand on the following day, fie 

 complained in very forcible terms of ihe 

 ncedkbS cruelty of their allotment. That 

 the emperor (lor that title he continued 

 to receive from his attendants)had ihrowrl 

 himsell on ilie mercy of Eogland, frortt 

 a full and cunsaliiK/ confidence tf.nt he 

 tliould there fijid a utiice ui fsfujje. . He 



