"I likewise enclose a copy of an order respecting the arms of General Buonaparte and the whole of his attendants, and request you will give directions for their being delivered to me, that they may be disposed of as the order directs.

"I have the honour to be,
&c. &c. &c.
Fred. L. Maitland."

"Lieut. General Count Bertrand."

Copy of the order alluded to.

"By the Right Hon. Viscount Keith, G.C.B.,
&c. &c. &c.

"You are hereby required and directed to deliver the persons, named below, into the charge of Rear Admiral Sir George Cockburn.

"Given on board the Tonnant,
At anchor under Berryhead,
7th August, 1815.
Keith, Admiral.

"By command of the Admiral,
"James Meek, Secretary."

The four domestics underneath, who had come to England in the Myrmidon, also accompanied him:—