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to direct his conduct while General Buonaparte remains under his 

 care. 



The Prince Regent, in confiding to English officers a mission of 

 such importance, feels that it is unnecessary to express to them 

 his earnest desire that no greater personal restraint may be em- 

 ployed than what shall be found necessary faithfully to perform 

 the duties of which the Admiral as well as the Governor of St. 

 Helena must never lose sight, namely, the perfectly secure detention 

 of the person of General Buonaparte. Everything which, without 

 opposing the grand object, can be granted as an indulgence will, His 

 Royal Highness is convinced, be allowed the General. The Prince 

 Regent depends further on the well-known zeal and resolute cha- 

 racter of Sir George Cockburn that he will not suffer himself to be 

 misled imprudently to deviate from the performance of his duty. 



BATHURST, 



MEMORIAL. 



When General Buonaparte leaves the Bellerophon to go on board 

 the Northumberland ', it will be the properest moment for Admiral 

 Cockburn to have the effects examined which General Buonaparte 

 may have brought with him. 



The Admiral will allow all the baggage, wine, and provisions, 

 which the General may have brought with him, to be taken on 

 board the Northumberland. 



Among the baggage, his table service is to be understood as in- 

 cluded, unless it be so considerable as to seem rather an article 

 to be converted into ready money than for real use. 



His money, his diamonds, and his valuable effects (consequently 

 bills of exchange also), of whatever kind they may be, must be deli- 

 vered up. The Admiral will declare to the General that the British 

 Government by no means intends to confiscate his property, but 

 merely to take upon itself the administration of his effects, to 

 hinder him from using them as means to promote his flight. 



The examination shall be made in the presence of a person named 

 by the General ; the inventory of the effects to be retained shall 

 be signed by this person, as well as by the Rear-Admiral, and by 

 the person whom he shall appoint to draw up the inventory. 



The interest on the principal (according as his property is more 

 or less considerable) shall be applied to his support, and in this 

 respect the principal arrangements be left to him. 



For this reason he can, from time to time, signify his wishes to 

 the Admiral till the arrival of the new Governor of St. Helena, and 

 afterwards to the latter ; and, if no objection is to be made to his 

 proposal, the Admiral or the Governor can give the necessary 

 orders, and the disbursement will be paid by bills on His Majesty's 

 treasury. 



In case of death he can dispose of his property by a last will, 

 and be assured that the contents of his testament shall be faithfully 

 executed. 



