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upon his representation, adopt measures for sending immediately 

 to England, the Cape of Good Hope or the East Indies, such officers 

 or persons in the military corps of St. Helena, as the Admiral, 

 either because they are foreigners, or on account of their characters 

 or their dispositions, shall think it advisable to dismiss from the 

 military service in St. Helena. 



If there are strangers in the island, whose residence in the country 

 shall seem to be with a view of becoming instrumental in the flight 

 of General Buonaparte, he must take measures to remove them. 



The whole coast of the island and all ships and boats that visit 

 it are placed under the surveillance of the Admiral. 



He fixes the places which the boats may visit, and the Governor 

 will send a sufficient guard to the points where the Admiral shall 

 consider this precaution to be necessary. 



The Admiral will adopt the most rigorous measures to watch 

 over the arrival and departure of every ship, and to prevent all 

 communication with the coast, except such as he shall allow. 



Orders will be issued to prevent, after a certain necessary interval, 

 any foreign or mercantile vessel from going in future to St. Helena. 



If the General should be seized with a serious illness, the Admiral 

 and Governor will each name a physician who enjoys their confi- 

 dence in order to attend the General in common with his own 

 physician ; they will give them strict orders to give in every day 

 a report on the state of his health. 



In case of his death, the Admiral will give orders to convey his 

 body to England. 



Given at the War Office, July 30, 1815. 



The decision of the Cabinet was made public through 

 the press, and was therefore known to Buonaparte before it 

 was officially announced to him. At first he was speechless, 

 after which he abandoned himself to ungovernable rage, 

 declaring that they should never take him from the Bellero- 

 phon alive, but after a few days he recognized the futility 

 of his fury, and appeared more reconciled. 



The duty of communicating to Napoleon the decision 

 of the Government to send him to the island of St. Helena 

 was delegated to Sir Henry Bunbury, who, with Lord 

 Keith, waited upon him with the information. He was to 

 have the choice of four of his friends to accompany him, as 

 well as twelve domestics. He protested strongly, saying 

 he had been compelled to quit the island of Elba owing to 

 the breach of the treaty made with him by the allied sove- 

 reigns, that he had exerted himself to prevent the renewal 

 of hostilities, but that when hostilities were unavoidable, 

 and then unsuccessful, he, on being told that it was only 



