[168] Dated Malmaison, June 25. See Fleury de Chamboullon, tom. ii., p. 294.
[169] Hobhouse's Letters from Paris, vol. ii.; Fleury de Chamboullon, tom. ii., p. 298.
[170] "The secretary found himself equally incapable of putting his name to such a communication. Was it sent or not?—this is a point which I cannot decide."—Las Cases, tom. i., part i., pp. 17-20.
[171] "Fouché knew that General Beker had a private pique against the Emperor; and therefore did not doubt of finding in the former a man disposed to vengeance; but he was grossly deceived in his expectations, for Beker constantly showed a degree of respect and attachment to the Emperor highly honourable to his character."—Las Cases, tom. i., p. 17.
[172] Las Cases, tom. i., p. 20.
[173] Parl. Debates, vol. xxx., p. 373.
[174] "It is not to be understood as binding his Britannic Majesty to prosecute the war with a view of imposing upon France any particular government."—Parl. Debates, vol. xxx., p. 798.
[175] Memoirs, tom. ii., p. 292.
[176] Savary, tom. iv., p. 149; Las Cases, tom. i., pp. 24-27.
[177] "At Rochefort, the Emperor lived at the prefecture: numbers were constantly grouped round the house; and acclamations continued to be frequently repeated. He leads the same sort of life as if at the Tuileries: we do not approach his person more frequently; he scarcely receives any persons but Bertrand and Savary."—Las Cases, tom. i., p. 24.