eived this morning, from the chief of the Royalists, between the
Loire and the Vilaine.

"Although the force of the Bellerophon would be sufficient for the
ships at Isle d'Aix, if they were to give you an opportunity of
bringing them to action together, you cannot stop them both, if the
frigates separate; I am, therefore, now anxious you should have a
frigate with you: therefore if any of them should be with you, keep
her for the time I have specified; but if you have no frigate, and
this should be brought to you by a twenty-gun ship, keep her with you
for the same time; she will do to keep sight of a French frigate,
although she could not stop her.

"If this is delivered to you by Lord John Hay of the Opossum, do not
detain him, as her force would be of no use to you, and I want him
_particularly_, to examine vessels which sail from the Loire."

Extract of an Order from Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Hotham, K.C.B.;
addressed to Captain Maitland of H.M.S. Bellerophon, dated Superb,
Quiberon Bay, 6th July, 1815.

"Having this morning received information that it is believed Napoleon
Buonaparte has taken his road from Paris for Rochefort, to embark from
thence for the United States of America, I have to direct you will use
your best endeavours to prevent him from making his escape in either
of the frigates at Isle d'Aix; for which purpose you are,
notwithstanding former orders, to keep any frigate which may be with
you, at the time you receive this letter, in company with the ship you
command, for the space of ten days, to enable you to intercept them in
case they should put to sea together: but if you should have no
frigate with you at the above time, you will keep the ship delivering
this, (which will probably be the Slaney or Cyrus,) in company with
the Bellerophon, ten days, and then allow her to proceed in execution
of the orders her Captain has received from me."

The Slaney brought the letter and order, parts of which are extracted
above, and having no frigate in company, I detained her as part of the
force under my command, though she was, on the 8th, sent down to the
Mamusson passage, with orders for Captain Green of the Daphne, and did
not return until the evening of the 11th.

On the 8th of July, I was joined by a chasse-maree bringing a letter
from Sir Henry Hotham, part of which is as follows:--

Extract of a Letter from Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Hotham, K.C.B.,
addressed to Captain Maitland, of H.M.S. Be