LETTER XII.

Buonaparte's intention to seize on the empire of Germany: his secret

treaties with the petty German Princes at Mentz : the French revo-

lution not looked on as dangerous in Germany: why the Elector

of Bavaria : his character and obligations to Louis XVI: governed by

Montgelas, the idol of illuminati, and patron of atheists: the pro-

gress of illumination in Bavaria Montgelas concerned in the plot

against Mr. Drake: his character.

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LETTER XIII.

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Attendance of German Princes and Princesses on the Empress Josephine

at Mentz, and rich presents to her bribery and corruption openly

practised there disappointment of the German Princes: high

price demanded by Talleyrand for indemnities: his intrigue with

the Countess de L........ and the Baroness de S.......z: repulsed by the

Princess of H...... Buonaparte's jealousy: mistakes the object of

Count de L.......ge's attention to the Empress Josephine: his proceed.

ings in consequence the avarice of the Empress.

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LETTER XIV.

Former intimacy of the writer with Madame Napoleone and her

daughter: their friendly behaviour on his first introduction to them

since their elevation: subsequent change the writer declines the

offer of a public situation: arrested: interview with General Mu-

rat sentenced to be transported to Cayenne on the report of

Fouche, but protected by Princess Louis: cause of Fouche's enmity:

his infamous character, and unbounded authority: the oubliettes,

his invention: his immense property: Buonaparte's reasons for em-

ploying him.

LETTER XV.

The poverty and dependent situation of the foreign ambassadors at

Paris invited by Talleyrand to a diplomatic dinner: his manœuvre

to obtain their declarations respecting the pretended correspondence

of Mr. Drake servility of the Danish and American ambassadors:

their characters: Baron de Dreyer's reasons for wishing to main-

tain his situation. Count de Haugwitz: his birth, political life,

and character.

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LETTER XVI.

The writer accepts an invitation from Princess Louis Buonaparte to

dinner the conquest of Great Britain the subject of conversa-

tion: different opinions respecting the proper mode of treating the

inhabitants when vanquished: imprudent observations of Marquis

de F........ exiled to Blois in consequence, and saved from severer

punishment only by the interference of Princess Louis: her good-na--

ture character of Louis.

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LETTER XVII.

Violent debates in the sacred College, on the journey of the Pope to

France the members bribed by Cardinal Fesch: birth of Cardinal

Fesch his life and adventures his marriage, and desertion of his

wife her application to the Pope his libertinism at Lyons: his

wealth, dignities, and expectations.

LETTER XVIII.

The Margrave of Baden made an Elector by the intrigues of Talley
rand and Baron Edelsheim: character and political life of Edel-

sheim haughty and indecent conduct of Buonaparte to the Elector

at Mentz secret treaty signed there: the vanity and affected con-

sequence of Edelsheim played on and exposed by Talleyrand: his

fondness for orders of knighthood: fawns on Buonaparte, to obtain

admission into the Legion of Honour.

LETTER XIX.

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The journey of the Pope to France unfavourable to the cause of reli-

gion: the restoration of Christianity the most popular act of Buona-

parte's government: the opinion of the people respecting the act of

inauguration by the Pope their faith in his infallibility shaken :

manners and character of the Pope : promises made to him by Buo

naparte not performed: refuses to admit De Lalande to see him:

De Lalande's atheism : enmity between him and Talleyrand. The

Pope's aversion to Fouche: Fouche's impious conduct at Lyons.

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LETTER XX.

Buonaparte's mother the favourite of the Pope : family parties invited

to meet him ceremony observed on such occasions: superstition

of Madame Lætitia Buonaparte : her fondness for relics: buys the

shoulder-bone of St. John the Baptist : robbed of her relics: Fouche

applied to: who discovers pieces of them all in the possession of a

favourite servant: the rest found on Madame Genlis, who had

bought them of a priest: the priest arrested: claims the protection

of Madame Lætitia: threatened with the rack, and confesses his

imposture.

LETTER XXI.

Decrease in the population of Paris not to be lamented: the crimes

committed there not suffered to be published: the system of espio-

nage: immense number of spies: how paid: Buonaparte's private

spies under the direction of Duroc: dispute between Fouche and

Talleyrand: Ducroux employed as a spy by Buonaparte and Fouche

on each other his blunder and execution.

LETTER XXII.

The Pope's manner of passing his time at Paris great stress laid on

his performing the ceremony of inauguration, and sacrifices intended

to have been made, had he refused: all promises to him disregarded:

his blind partiality for Buonaparte: Caprara dissuades Buonaparte

from being crowned by the pope as King of Italy.

LETTER XXIII.

King and Queen of Naples: their firm and dignified conduct: Cheva-

lier Acton his birth: political character: enemy of the French Re-

volution: neutrality of Naples violated: the removal of Acton in-

sisted on by the French government: Marquis de Gallo: his public

employments: a favourite with Buonaparte: suspected of being

tainted with modern philosophy: the Neapolitan revolution in 1799

favoured by the Nobles: character of the Marquis de Gallo.

LETTER XXIV.

Buonaparte and all his family married by the Pope: his courtiers and
grand functionaries by the Cardinals: their regular attendance at
mass and vespers: trick of Salmatoris to expose their hypocrisy : is
punished: Fouche's visit to the Imperial chapel : his discovery there:
the indifference of the common people to religious worship: the mi-

litary compelled to atttend mass: singular occurrence in conse-

quence, and injustice of Buonaparte..

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LETTER XXV.

Seizure of Sir George Rumbold: intended to have been tortured and

put to death why not: Rheinhard officially disavows the outrage :

is disgraced in consequence his political life and character: Bour-

rienne: his employment under Buonaparte : his dispute with him and

imprisonment released and pensioned his extortions and stock-

jobbing his character.

LETTER XXVI.

Joseph Buonaparte's retired mode of life at Paris: his hospitality at

Morfontaine; amusements there, and freedom allowed to the guests.

Montaigne, a young poet, a visitor there : his drunkenness: writes

a poem against it: Madame Joseph's gallantries: duel between her

gallants: Eugenius de Beauharnois forbidden the house of Joseph:

Madame Miot detected by her husband in an intrigue with Captain

d'Horteuil the gallant beats Miot, who begs pardon: Miot's infa-

mous life and character.

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LETTER XXVII.

Conduct of the King of Spain: his weak character: the present the

age of upstarts: the Prince of Peace: his former occupation: his

want of talents: cause of his advancement: his intrigue with the

Queen, and favour with the King: weakness and ignorance of his

administration: disgrace, and misfortunes produced by it: Gravina

his character and ambition: his military exploits intrigue with an

opera girl his marriage-mania involves him in a disagreeable scrape.

LETTER XXVIII.

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Vicious morals, gross manners, and open corruption of the Court of St.

Cloud: anecdotes: Merlin of Douai: his public employments

infamous character, and great wealth.

LETTER XXIX.

Immense number of Buonaparte's household troops: regularly paid, and

strictly disciplined: their privileges, &c.: Military reviews: their

use less frequent since Buonaparte's coronation; number of mili-

tary posted in and near Paris: Army of Invalids: their prejudices :

how employed: mode of enforcing payment of taxes at Paris

houses of the invalids their reading-rooms, libraries, &c.: their

licentiousness and crimes: screened from punishment by the orders

of Buonaparte: Rabais, a horse grenadier: his amours and deban-

cheries accused before Thuriot, and acquitted: his intrigue with

Madame Thuriot: discovered by her jealousy: Thuriot applies in

vain for redress: Rabais's intrigue with Madame Bachiocchi: de-

nounced by Thuriot: arrest and punishment of Rabais: curious ef-

fects discovered in his trunk: Thuriot's rage and violence in conse-

quence his employment and crimes.

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LETTER XXX.

The writer visits Lucien Buonaparte at his country seat : Lucien's va-
luable collection of pictures his hospitality and engaging manners
contrasted with those of Napoleone and Joseph: his liberality: an-
ecdotes : his republicanism : his vices compared with those of Na-
poleone his immense wealth, how acquired: instance of his gene-
rosity and perversity.

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LETTER XXXI.

Reasons for not incorporating the Batavian republic with the French

empire partition treaty of Holland offered by France to Prussia :-

why declined: Buonaparte displeased with the Batavian govern-

ment: violates its neutrality: remonstrance of Count Markoff, how

answered by Buonaparte his determination to change the form of

government in Holland: difficulty of finding fit magistrates: Hol-

land not lately productive of great men: Admiral de Winter: his

character political connections and employments: Generals Daen-

dels and Dumonceau: their lives and characters.

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LETTER XXXII.

Buonaparte advises Prussia of his intention to change the form of go-

vernment in Holland: chief magistrates thought of young Prince

of Orange: Elector of Bavaria : Buonaparte's increasing displeasure

with the Batavian directory: intended to make his brother Stadthol-

der. Schimmelpenninck: his education: want of talents: political

connections and opinions: his embassy to France: bribes Talley-

rand to procure him the appointment of Grand Pensionary: his cha-

racter: Madame Schimmelpenninck: her talents and amiable man--

ners Schimmelpenninck's female friends of the Palais Royal.

LETTER XXXIII.

Buonaparte's cool reception at Milan : ascribed by him to the in-

trigues of England and Russia: measures of security adopted :- fre--

quency of conspiracies in France since the revolution: Buonaparte's

reasons for concealing them : plot of Charlotte Encore: attempts to

stab Buonaparte prevented by Duroc expires on the rack, refusing.

to name her accomplices: their plan and names how discovered.-

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LETTER XXXIV.

All women forbidden to approach Buonaparte without permission: a

female servant of Cardinal Fesch, whom Buonaparte had seduced,

attempts to poison him: discovered and poisons herself: plot to as-

sassinate him at Milan : his agitation on the discovery: speech of one

of the conspirators, who stabs himself: the others torn to pieces on

the rack proceedings in consequence of this conspiracy. Buona-

parte an object of ridicule in Italy league of generals against him :-

its object: the generals disgraced.

LETTER XXXV.

Vanity and Caprice of Buonaparte his rage, on the Emperor of Ger-

many's refusing to become a member of the Legion of Honour : his

threat, and violent conduct to the Austrian ambassador: determines

to incorporate the Ligurian republic with France: Salicetti, the

French minister at Genoa: his birth: employments: a terrorist :

recommends Buonaparte to Barras : displeases him by his familiari-

ty Lucien Buonaparte intended to have been made Sovereign of

the Ligurian republic: why not the change of government how ef-

fected: the Doge and Ligurian Deputation do homage to Buona-

parte as sovereign at Milan : their grief and indignation: The PA-

TRIOTIC ROBBERS: stop Salicetti, and seize his papers: PATRI-

OTIC AVENGERS.

LETTER XXXVI.

Exchange of orders of knighthood between Buonaparte and sovereign
princes: foreign ambassadors invited to his coronation at Milan:

some decline to attend: expenses of the journey to Milan, and co-

ronation General Jourdan: his marriage, and military appointments;

cause of his enmity to Pichegru: his military and political ex-

ploits his quarrel with Massena : his character.

LETTER XXXVII.

Conservative Senate, its heterogeneous composition : character of its

members: Senatorial Commission of Personal Liberty its mem-

bers Lenoir Laroche, Boissy d'Anglas, Sers: their lives and cha-

racters Senatorial Commission of the Liberty of the Press Garat

and Roederer its principal members: pedantry and inhumanity of Ga-

rat an enemy to the liberty of the press: Roederer unprincipled and

profligate rejected by all factions: employed first by Buonaparte :

his incest: his wealth, libertinism, and foppery.

LETTER XXXVIII.

Turkish empire preserved by the mutual jealousies of Austria, France,

and Russia its weakness and anarchy: political intrigues at Con-

stantinople: the neutrality of the Porte more useful than its alliance:

intrigue of the Brissot faction in 1792, to engage it in a war with

Austria counteracted by count de Choiseul Gouffier, then French

ambassador there: De Semonville sent on an embassy thither, in

1793, with rich presents: made prisoner by the Austrians: the Sul-

tan declares war against France: peace concluded: Sebastiani's

mission to Egypt and Syria: General Brune appointed ambassador

to the Porte: his character: his vices: political intrigues and mili

tary employments.

LETTER XXXIX.

Brune's numerous suite of what composed: real object of his mission
avowed by Talleyrand: Markoff remonstrates: Count Italinski: his
character: warns the Divan against Brune: libelled by him in the
Moniteur: Brune's reception at Constantinople: his chagrin : de-
mands his recall, upon the Porte's refusal to acknowledge Buonaparte
as emperor: Joubert, a bearer of a letter from Buonaparte to the
Grand Signior: his education and employments: young men edu-
cated at the expense of the French government in foreign countries:
for what purpose: Joubert's interview with the Sultan: how ob-

-tained its result: his second message, and failure: French emissa-

ries in Austria, Hungary, and Servia: French Officers in the service

of Czerni George and Paswan Oglou: Brune quits Constantinople;

appointed to the command of the army of observation opposite the

English coast his instructions: his wealth, ostentation, and vanity.

LETTER XL.

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Madame de C- -n: her fashionable parties: her marriage with
count de C-n disputed character of count de C-
physiognomical pursuits: trick played on him purchases Madame
de C- -n from a Circassian merchant, and sends her to be edu-
cated in France: his death: Madame de C. -n's numerous suit-
ors and gallants: her pretended brother: her own story: birth and
splendid christening of the son of count de P.
his
crimes and violence: his sacrilege and infamous conduct at Loretto:
treachery and hypocrisy: Cardinal de Bellois his birth: govern-
ed by his grand vicars: Treilhard steals Madame de C.
gold plates his political life: Madame François de Nantes: her
theft, gambling, and prostitution.

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