admittance, but with
no better success.

No sooner was Buonaparte's arrival known in the neighbourhood, than
the ship was surrounded by a crowd of boats, people being drawn from
all quarters to see this extraordinary man. He came often upon deck,
and showed himself at the gangways and stern windows, apparently for
the purpose of gratifying their curiosity, of which, as he observed to
me, the English appeared to have a very large portion.

In the evening, the officer who had been sent to Plymouth, on the
ship's arrival, with despatches for Lord Keith, returned, bringing
letters, from which I give the following extracts:--

Extract of a Letter from Admiral Viscount Keith, G.C.B., addressed to
Captain Maitland, of H.M.S. Bellerophon, dated Ville de Paris,
Hamoaze, July 24, 1815.

"The officer of the ship you command has just delivered to me your
letter of this date, reporting your arrival in Torbay, with the
Bellerophon and Myrmidon, having on board Napoleon Buonaparte and his
suite. I have also received your other letter, explaining the
circumstances under which you were placed, when you were induced to
receive Napoleon on board; and I shall transmit the same to the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, in confident expectation, that his
Majesty's Government will fully approve of your conduct."

Extract of a Letter from Admiral Viscount Keith, G.C.B., addressed to
Captain Maitland, of H.M.S, Bellerophon, dated 24th July, 1815.

"I take the opportunity of your officer's return, to congratulate you
and the nation, and to thank you for the perfect manner in which you
entered into my views on the subject, and for the management of the
blockade, about which I was most anxious. It will not be long ere you
are instructed by the Government: the first express would arrive about
four o'clock this morning, and I attempt a telegraph message, but it
is cloudy. I beg you will send for any thing you may want, to me, and
it shall be sent instantly; and I beg to present my respects to
Napoleon, and if I can render him any civility, I will consider it my
duty, as well as in gratitude for Captain Elphinstone's report of the
attention he received from him on the field of battle."

During the 25th of July, the concourse of people round the ship was
greater than the day before, and the anxiety of the Frenchmen was
considerably augmented by the confidence with which the newspapers
spoke of the intention to remove Buonaparte to S