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London, England, 1818-08-25 00:00:00

BONAPARTE.

CONTINUATION Of VITZ COItItIafONDINCE

.DRs O.MILtItA.

Plantation House, Aptil el, lan.
&a,—Although by an instruction from my Government-I am
I dispensed front entering into any personal correspondence with
you, and that the insinuations conveyed in your letter of the
15th instant, preceded by a verbal communication to an officer
of my staff, couched in such highly offensive terms, as caused him
to withdraw from your house, furnish me w4an additional mo-
tive to act according to the letter of that instruction; yet I shall
not derive a motive from such circumstance to omit continual.
eating to you, for the information of Napoleon Bonaparte, the
following remarksl on the leading subject of your letter.
• Mr. O'Nteara's intention to quit Longwood was known in
England so far back as the month of August, 1817, as will ap-
pear by. the extract of a hater annexed, Na. L
I inclose also a copy of the only stipulation he has male known
to me. Your letter states, that Napoleon Ilcuieparteheshietil
sick them seven months past." Win, =AWL: eironique du folk.",
To a question put to Mr. L•Meara, on the 25th of Merck, that
is, one month past, he replied, after a great deal of hesitation,'l
and unwillingness to name any specific disorder, saying at first,
a derangement of the biliary system; that if called upon to give
it a name, he should milk an incipient Hepatitis ; and that even
this might have been wholly avoided by taking exercise, as he
had recommemkd. When asked if he knew al any t bstecle to
Napoleon Bonaparte's taking exercise? he replied, he Mum of
none, except what might be eccasiooed by the state of the or:ether.
You canom, Sir, dispute the propriety of my having desired
to have other medical opinion called in, where such a potattel
difference exists between you:statement and this of Mr. a 11.1.ai
as the words " chronic" and " incipient" convey.
You °Mete " qua depuis dear nes eons ewe evuht chewer Mr.
O'Meara pear remptater par Mr. Radar." Th extract No. I. of
Lord Bathurst's letter, above-referred to, proves this to be un-
founded. Ido not, however, build upon this letter alone. No
such intention has dyer been entertained by Inc. No proposi-
tion has ever been mask from or to Mr. Baxter to occupy Mr.
O'Meara's situation at Longwood; nor, if Mr. O'Meara was to
quit this island, should I approve that Mr. Baxter, with the
ether important duties he has to exercise, shoed be atta:hed to
the establishment at Longwood alone.
As a Gentleman of high professional abilities, and of a high
rank in his profession, he came out to this island, that ha might
be at band, if required, to be called upon in any case of serious
malady; but he did not come out here with any view, design, or
intention whatever, of entering into the situation held be Mr.
b'Mears.
The most remarkable part, however, Sir, of your let'cr is that
where you speak of the fart/wale repugnance entertained Pgnitut
him. I shall no further comment on the terms or spirit of this
uncalled-for and unprovoked expression, than to state, that, on
the late occasion of your seeing Mr. Baster, which was in No-
vember last, you were most solicitous to impress on hie mind,
that the objection of Napolehn Bonaparte to see him did not spring
from any personal motives. You dwelt upon the coufidence, on
the respect entertained as well for his personal as for his profes-
sional qualities ; the eulogium was so strong, that I leave never
been able to obtain from Mr. Baxter the repetition of all you
said to him. Mr. O'Meara has confirmed to him the same fa-
vourable sentiments on the part of Napoleon Bonaparte; the re-
pugnance you at present state it was therefore impossible fur me
to know or foresee ; I shall not fall to Make known to my Go-
vernment the desire expressed for a French or Italian Physician.
in reply to tine two points which you are charged to make
knows to me, and which are the only parts of your letter I can
ooliekkte as coming from Napoleon Bonaparte himself, I beg
leave to observe,
F.rstly, That the commtmication " k liactrur O'Meara. eat
le seal Malicia de ciao qui text tar es au
eanfiance," was not made known until Mr. Cs'Alvara himse.i Lad
actually tendered his resignation.
Secondly, Where you proa4 " contr. sass Yen rC.,• de cLel;ae
preterfe gas en eie..e!..e a calor& a widget* ce use :a L.
dun jugement 401," that Mr. O'Meara being an LEhe.r is ear
King's service, anti employed under Coveramert, use c.vit pro-
eta is necessary to effect Ids removal.
His resignation has been tendered, and if his removal has not
already taken pine, it has been solely from a consideration to
the arguments expressed in your letter, and the difficulty of sup-
plying his place by any other person on the Island, not obi...c-
iao/table to Napoleon Bonaparte himself.
I inclose a capy of my deciainn, in reply to the tender of Mr.
O'hlears's rek,nation, begging leave at the sant: time to express
my sincere desire, however this assurance may be received, to
conciliate departure of Mr. O'.%leara wh_eevor it may take
place, with every pOssible regard in my power to the considers-
dons your letter has presented to me.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient and most humble serrent,

(Signed). 11. LOWg., Licin,nant-dericral:
To Lientenant-G.:eral Count
" TO TfIE covlom.Non.
" LoNcrienon, 2,.th AVM. 1818.

Sta--When on the 12th Amil I was informed by Dr.
O'Meara that he should discontinue the exercise of his functions
as Physician of the Emperor Napoleon, I hastened to send a
message to M:.jor Gorrequer, begging him to favour me with a
call, having same cocumunications to snake to him of the very
highest importance.
" I told this °lacer that I had Intended to apprise him of
our great I egret at Balcombc's house being deprived of supply-
ing the provisions ; that the journey of the principal of that
house to London, could not be a reason for depriving hirti of his
business, since the service had been always performed by _his
partners, Measv. Yowler and Cole, and Mr. Ealeombe had
never directly interfered therewith ; but that the communication
I bad just received from Doctor O'Meara was vastly more im-
portant, and that the. Emperor could not rest a single day with-
' out the aid of Dr. O'Meara. •
" The next illy, the I:th, I had the honour to write you to
the same effect : I had hop:d to have an answer in the course
even of that day, but this is the 24th, and lam still without any
reply. Thus, for twelva days, has the Emperor been deprived
of all medical assistance. In the month of October he was fifteen
days without seeing Dr. O'Meara, at the time you assumed the
astonishing of. imposing upon him the obligation to issue
his bulletins under your dictation, without their being first
submitted to the Emperor, or the original being left in his hands.'
Then, however, his disorder was in its infancy, now it has made'
some considerable progress. Count Montholon, who lodges in
the same part of the building as the Emperor, informs me, that
on the 18th, and today, the 24th, hesswas awakened at two'
o'clock in the morning by the Emperor's valet de chambre, and
remained at that Prince's bedside from two o'clock in the morn-
big till five, witnessing the sufferings he endured, and utterly
unable to alleviate them. Your restrictions upon Longwood, of
the 10th April, have thus already had the saddest effect.
"• I beg, therefore, to repeat my request, that you would re-1
store Dr. O'Meara to the exercise of his faoctions, and diecon- '
tinue to annoy him, and nia'»e• him feel the effects of soch ill
treatment, by removing the restrictions you, so contrary to what
have been in force for three years, have imposed upon him by
your letter of the 10th April, to which he neither is ill nor can
submit, without dishonouring himself.
" la'short, Sir, whatever reasons you may be able to alle7e,
reflect upon the consequences of continuing things in their pre-
sent state, and of depriving the Emperor of the Phr;cian of his
choice, without having substituted atcther; cenfcrwable to my
letter of the 13th April. If r:,e :till persist in this line of non-
' duct, this arbitrary act will be duly appreciated by Europe, by
your own country, and even by your Zdiriners.
I have the honour to be, Etc. " eon.: r
" TO Lieutenant-General Sir Hodson Lowe."
ANSWER.

PLANTATION Ilansr., Arnit, 25, 141 R.

" ant directed by Lieuteu4nt-(wnleral Sir llodson
Lowe to wake the fallowing remaas or: your letter to Win of
r•—• ivcd thic day.
143 IA the ,td, iy *toyer to your's of the 13th, was

I trammltted to Longwood on the et* and deify 'red at yogi:
home on the same day; consequently your letter of. the 14114
width did nbt leave Longwood until this day, mutt have beef
dispatched after his letter of tie sed had arrived there.
" The manner of your addressing Major Gorrequer 011 the
11th the Governor itals already noted; the particular expressions
100 used . he rMrs however, to repeat—they are foreign
English usage.
" If Mr. O'Meara discontinued his functions as a Medical
Attendant on Napoleon Huaaparte, it was entirely without ti'
bovernor's knowledge or approbation.
" The copy of the Governor's dctialoo on Mt. O'Meara
application to resign, width you received yesterdays chews the
he has not been displaced from his functions, but that be is t
continue to exercise them until relieved. Under these circury
stances the Governor considers medical attendance for every
ordinary occasion is duly provided, and that in referring the
application to England, doe attention has been paid at the nrrk
time to what la stated in your letter of the lath, as to the niewas
of Li% replacement.
_" Tie assertion that your letter contains, that the Cloveribt
attempted to impose vatisimobilgation qn Mr. O'Meara as that
he should write Bulled:A under his dictation, be directs me meet
• pointedly to contradict upon whae.ver authority you may have
Made it. .

" In conclusion, Tam directed by the Greenlee to acquait
you as follows:
" lit. 'Dist he will not henefforward receive any letter
communication whatsotver front any person in attendznce u;.<
Napoleon Bemaparte When. the title of Emperor shall be .
to him, titer if any such letter or commualcation bx [nil
mined, it will be rett:rned, acting in this respect In strict cor
fortuity tqthe instruction conveyed in Earl ll.thurat's letter
him, clued rizi.t. 17, I tl7, already communicated to you.
" gdly, Iltitxring to a letter ad,liescod to Mantliolt
dated 30th of August, 1815, that be will not receive any lett.
or commcnitation respecting the situation of Napoleon Bona-
parte from any of the foreign persons iu 4tser.eance ur...m. him
unless it is distinctly expressed In the same that it is written
his authority. I have the hoaotir to be, Sir,
" Your most obedient end most humble servant,
(Signed) " T. READ; Lie:ltem:V-Colo:
"To Licut.-Gen. Count Bertrand." . and Dep.-A:lit. -Gen.

" TO 13. O'MEARA, ESQ,.
" Pc;.ratiox Monti, 2510 Ansa., 181 L
" Stn—l am direct. i. II the 0011C11101* to e.,..f;rtt you wr.l t
quaint me for his in forrnatim—r:lat. How many emits you In
seen ...‘% 2oleou ilotiqarte since the lt:th inst. and orwhat dal
god.' If you have refets-il your medical-aid to Limon any oct
slots since that day?-'fits above questicts being of a very sit
pie n :cure, it is de,:r;:el you will send an immediate answer
them by the bearer. I am, Sir,
(Signed) "C. Col.ararrit, Major, Act. MIL Seci
ANSWER.
•el.onmecon, Virtt Aran., 121 g.
" Stu—l hare the honour to reply, in answer to your op
Lions, that I did not sec Ynpoleon Bonapatte on the ilth.
the 14th, at abort miA.-Jey, he sent for me to ecine td Hs Tor,
but, without his enteri:g i :to medical subjects. I rem:dr-edit:
him about a .quar.er of an hour, and the fali:AN:og roeve:xati
took place: I a..'...:d him hut: he was in heahlei and, uccu:di
Ito my general CilitU.ll; nttelOpted to take his arm, its. oreld•
feel his pulse ; he, however, drew br.t.k hit hard, a:ld:with
answering my tnettion, said, ' Well, Doctor, you are going
quit us; the world will scarcely conceive that /a CueLl (tato.
at my Physician has been put in prattle:. You have no kali,
the Judi:Fes:tierce nec•tssary to r:-ndcr your assistance useful
me. I am uitlied to you for y.sur care. Quit this abode
darkness and of aisle as soon et you can. I will expire on
' KruOst,' Kr wed (71,4:t) by ditetv se, anil without any as astar.r,
Lie then toot: in.'• by the hn:el, v.iii...l. Le squeezed, and appear.
to expel i.ace a ennsethr.thie emotion. I took advantage of t'
to inquire again 'r. aw his h,alth ...rip? Ile ra'li-:d hysending
away, sayit.g, ' l'areweil, Docto:, for ever ! Since that v.e:
he has not seat again for me, and I have not since spoken to h
• I have judged that the most explanatory answer I could give
would be a detail of the cosy-sation which oecurred,,old W
1 tack dew a u.: i...tvint, the room, as it will ptt yo:, In fell ,
session of the state of his mind, which 1 conceived wouid .
agreeable. If I have rot judged right, I begpf you to saoress
what I have related. I Live continued my usual medical duti-
with General Bertrand and Muntholon's families, and with
domestics. I remain, '..:41-, .I',. &c. &c.

(ppm d) " Mum); r O'Alsaz.l. Surg,
.1 To ::hicr Gorrectuer, Act. 511 See."
" TO LIEUTEN A N T.C.V.,:Ejt AL SIR HUDSON LCYW;
(Tranglatlon).

" Lovowocn, trrn. '26, ISIS, NE:TIN T:rni..•o.

" M. Ix. Gomtorrit—l have the honour to seyd you a

to wi.ieh one of your Officer: has written me, and winch I
c.ived half an hour ago. Tie: i_niperor will rot take c-ieniza:
of You alone are charged with the execution of :he re:'
tions which the EU of the 11th of April authorize; your
vernment to impose, and he does not recognize the authorit:
delegating your power. I was going to send you my answe,
your letter of the 21st, and which I received only on the
at seven in the evening. I shall suspend it until you let use It
whether you desire it. Meantime I cannot forbear in ore
you, that now, on the 26th, that is to say for fourteen day 3,
Emperor is without merlin' assistance.
These are the very wards which this Prince address:d
Dr. O'Meara, when that Physician came tp take icave of Mr
They (en) have had the baseness to make attempts on my
titian. You have no longer the independence necessary to
der your assistance usefid. If, therefore, it be true, as
say, that you do not wish to deprive hint of his physician,
store to the latter his rights and his character, until the aui
of your Government be received.
" I have the homn.r to be, AI. Le Gouverneur,
" Your vety humble and very obedient sere ant,
(Signed) " The Cower Bease.tee.
"TO LIEUTENANT-GENER Al, 3-e Et !JUDSON Lo',"
" LONC:t 000; Aran. 27, 1818, Noe e.
" M. 1 r Gol:7llLlliint—l have the honour to request yo;
forward to Lord Liyetp.-)ot il.e original p:diet hereto anpeac
ray letters of tial 13th, 24th, and 'jab of April, and the pre
of the 27th.
" To avoid every ridiculous scene, it is needless for you to
dress any letter for the Emperor if it be not in the ferui ace,
tamed during three years. Tnis I'rince will admit of no innos
vation, t.or deeert in any thing from the stem quo. I cannot
prevent myself from informing you, that the letters which
ceived at one in the 'morning I could not communicate till
the Emperor having suffered extrediely during the night. Sim
this letter, Sir, is the last which I shall have to write to you
specting the affairs of the Emperor, however urgent circa
stances may hereafter become, permit me to lead you to reilei
Lir your interest, that of your children and your nation, on
opprobrium with which so many generations have covered
names of Maltravers and Gouraay.
" I have the honour to he, Monsieur Le Gouverneur,
" Your very humble and very obedient servant,
(Signed) " The Crane B2IITIANZI:

" TO ft O'MEARA, ESQ,.
" PLavrarion-:loco; MAT 1, 101.9.
" Sta--The Governor, who dam not precisely understand tl
meaning of the iusinuations attempted to be conveyed in the siai
and seventh paragraphs of your letter to him of the leth of Apr
desires you will acquaint use, for his infernution,,ln what
stinces ycu were required, as you say, to act in a mintier wis.
you conctived dishonourable to you, as stated in tin ninth pan-
gr,,lph; and what were the verbal insinuations you dill not ChM*
to comply with, as mentioned at the close of the lYils one?
" The plain fact of the acts you state to have beenrequlrea
you, and of the verbal insinuations yob refused cansfliance with,
being all that is required of you, the Governor exptcts your e-
swer withour delay ; any circumstance upon w4c.b you I
have before addressed Lim, will be cons:de:ea as *4704
" I am, Sir, &c. &c. &c.

(Signed)

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