Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I te 20 o Tihema 1810, i whakatairangahia a Bouvet ki te Kapene, a ka tohua hei Knight o te Legion of Honour. I whakamahere ia i tētahi haerenga ki Batavia ki te whakahaere i tētahi atu pakanga i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, engari ko ana mahere i whakakorehia e te whakaekenga o Ingarangi o Java
He aha? I muri i te tau kotahi, i te 6 o Tihema 1811, i tohua ia hei rangatira mo te frigate "Clorinde", i eke ia i te 5 o Hanuere 1812. I whakarerea e ia tenei whakahau i te Oketopa 7 ki te whakawhiti ki te frigate "Aréthuse" me te arahi i tetahi roopu frigate kei roto hoki i te "Rubis", i raro i te Kaiwhakahaere Louis-François Ollivier.