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it Velma, April 19. 1919.
Sra—Toor liner la Own acrlttod, your arr./ Cobb'.
Amen to the Gommiees order% and ors dierre•al of his
authority tramedimety afterwasils,, would appear to make
other iseasoree accessary that that of re jog to aay Wier
&demised by you to him after serfs a hot as it is
destratilit rem removal from 'Longwood be combifted
with a certain comideratio• towards she pear me whom
you are attending, 1 have received the Governer s &methd,
sotwitbstamlitig, to reply to your triter of tie 12th instant,
as follows:

• Firstly. the hestratellons I "begird to yes, is Ms 11411IP,
es the 10th lastest rhi ant, as yea bass stated, assimilate
yes to the Freed: Prisoriers• at Lesiprood, airless su far
as is coaseisesaess of year basin gives castle to be so arm&
"Dilated say base led yea to soppotee by larpoliaitiria such
to bare bees the Goverases issesties._ _

If considered au • restekties they differ materially from
those imposed opus the. Presets Niters, insomuch as cir-
cumstances might reader a differest hied of moieties or.
nesse, for sidereal compliant with established rules ea
the part of • person in as *lkea, atomise who may Awe
gives reams to suppose Int be is capable of misusing its
trust and opportunities, than the foreign person whole, the
object of their rules, sad who, however they might be die.
posed, could sot with the sun facility evade thew.
If, however, comsidesed simply es as order for the more
easel palominos of your poediesl dude% they impose so
restraint beriad that which it is entirely is the Governor's
discretion and authority to impose, as it is is his episios to
jets whether the only medical penes attached to the
nesillebnent at Longwood, sad the only Cue in this leen
whim Manion Donne* bee hitherto bees willing's cue.
salle shall he at liberty to quit the premises at any time he
pions or sot, leaving he the former cam no medical at-
heismt at all on the eyed, or giving sweetie fur cellist in
peens who visits there the Governer may sot be tofu/end
sic:ensign sot Mite It to essese im.
imenteliso tomes. this peosiseies for pour getting
Lemeweesk but where it /spouted it dose met regsire (as is
the ems of the foreign person when they pass the
limits) that you shield preen naccompanied.
The send musgraph of your letter recite the eine.
tins you made open Aceeptis( year situation, avoldisg,
however, to refer to the *sly insane which costain
them, vie year letter to Lewd Seidl, sad his reply.
The statement you have sow pressmen is not • correct
tramecript of that letter, the omissions sad addition to it are
stated is the Paper amain. Ton say all the coalition
were approved of by the Leeds Commissionen of the Ad.
✓arsity. Their Lordships' sautes have bets thus most en.
wervasteldy brought forward is approval of superadded
darns which they never could have sees; but eves if they
resell Ispproved any such, it le cut likely they would ClOtheittrf
this. as recording poi from obedient to local regulations.
The third paragraph of your letter sem, the Governor
usamifeerd is Ant• last seine intention of noosing spun
you the same restriction as the French prisoners were sub.
jetted to, and that on that occasion you commuoicated the
wiped:ilium you made, sad adding, yes ovoid prefer giving
in your resignation to submitting to any such rretrictiuus,
from whence you draw the inference that the Inetrectimm
now conveyed to you are • demand (or your resignatium
11w Governor desires me to controvert the feet of his
having ever used any 'apogean to justify you is each •
conclusion or Wormier, as that he had au intention to
place you seder the same reetrietious as those imposed spun
the Finch prisoners, so called by you. Such ingestion in
Net was never is bin contemplatiors, sow did any Officer of
his Stag, either at the time to which you refer, or at soy
lime subsequently, ever bear him express it, nor was soy
argument on such point ever brought forward into autumn:on
with you, nor was say ether stipulation ur condition of
your service ever made known to the Governor, to leave or
to merit any trace in his recollection, beyond what was ea.
premed in your letter to him of the 6th August, 1815, sad
is your letter to Lord Keith, of which last, though you may
mot have been aware of it, you bare left a copy with him,
but to neither of which, as written ductuneuts, you have
thought proper to refer.
tYa you left with the Governor the copy of your letter
to Lord Keith, which emetalnsibe only oricireal comlitiou to
which you are authorised to refer in any soffit ial comet tttt lea.
tau* to him, you did not milks known any such stipulation
as that which is mow istrodocedsi reuse
would the Governor
hive entitled you to & so In use opposed to the due
sod anessary exercise of lie as rill, nor did ye .crow.
pony the delivery of that paper with any such declaration as
that which you sew draw in infeieuce from the seperadded
stipulation.
Further, if a matter should arise for any regulation which
might appear to place yes rimier a similar restraint with the
foreign penuas et Longwood, resulting from a breach or
evasion of any established rule, whereby yule might be rca.
de, hog yourself instrumental to their views, and counter-
acting the disposition of your own Government, it is by you,
Sir, the niesserc would be forced, ski sot by the Governor ;
and the more present to your memory such a declarative as
that referred to, the mote premeditated on your part,and tbe
more compulsory on the Governor would your line of pro-
ceeding In such cape appear.
Your inteetioa, l.owewer, to quit this island, was known
in &eland merest mouths before the Governor home it.
Hue dues this accord with your promise to Napoleon Bums-
port. sot 0 quit him as long as, he remained iu hie pervert
stakj IN the above determination it was your Arst duty tu
have selimeiuted the 00?ernor, iu order that Napoleon Mae-
parte also might have bees informed of it, sod you are re.
sponsible for au, ircuureuisuce which may result to him by
not having dime sti.
In reference to that part of your letter in which you ?look
of your iodepriodence and rights as a British subject; the
Goya-neer dens wit consider poor ranneipation from the
dillies of a Surgeon of • mum of war, to be emptnyeil eqnatly
softer the orders of Onveratumit in a particular duty us
shire, Crane any sew privilrce on such brad.
If you were to ratans to row duty on hoard a ship of war.
and circumstances should squire the Commander of it to
convey an order to you slut to quit it without his pirrinintion,
you would wit pireiiiime, nor would be suffer you to tall" tot
pow richla And toilets niletore to him, if acting in ilisohr-
thence to such "Met, iiiirlicuinrly before any rep, rot WM.
WAS Jgainat it, our ir• ut3. N oval Court 51 tell/ pay