The Diaries and Letters of Sir George Jackson K. C. H; From the Peace of Amiens OT the Battle of Talavera Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ...of returning to Warsaw. It is said to be conveyed to him in terms amounting almost to a general prohibition to his again taking up his residence in the Prussian dominions. There exists much dissatisfaction with the present proceedings of the Bourbon family. It is felt that the meeting of the French princes in Sweden has so much the appearance, under the circumstances oi the moment, of active hostility to Bonaparte, that this country cannot consistently afford any further countenance to the members of that family. It is, however, whispered, that M. Laforet, on leaving Mayence, was desired by Bonaparte to solicit this prohibition from the king, and that the granting of Bonaparte's request was facilitated by the fact of Louis having shortly before written to the King of Prussia, to inform him that the Emperor of Russia had offered him an asylum in his dominions. M. Oubril's being at Frankfort, gives rise to a supposition that Bonaparte has attempted to renew the negotiation. 23rd.--The King of Sweden's letter to the French Charge d'Affaires at Stockholm was not made known to Bonaparte, it seems, until he had left Mayence and had arrived at Treves. He was most violently irritated on reading it, --sent off an estafette instantly, to make it known at Berlin, and wrote with his own hand, " J'ai re?u l'infame note du Roi de Suede. Je le meprise, et je l'exposerai au mepris de sa nation. C'est au dessous de moi de lui faire la guerre. Mais je rappellerai mes agens commerciaux." The King and Queen of Sweden, by the last letters, were about to embark for Ystadt; and it had been thought advisable to give publicity at Stralsund to the hopes entertained of immediate assistance from Russia. The proceedings of the king are narrowly watched by this Government. The...