Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol. 3 (of 3) / Queen of Denmark and Norway, and Sister of H. M. George III. of England

APPENDIX C.
(Correspondence of M. le Texier).

Having had nothing material to communicate to you since your departure from hence, I would not trouble you with my letters till I did hear from you, in consequence of our agreement, and now I find myself honoured with your's of the 22nd November and 5th December; both which, for reason of the early frost, and constant easterly wind, I did not receive but lately, and at a short distance from one another. I congratulate you very heartily upon the shortness of your passage, and happy arrival in London, and beg you'll accept of my sincere thanks for the friendly expressions of your letters, and the intelligence you are so obliging to impart to me. I make not the least doubt but you'll be able to employ your time a great deal better, and enjoy quite other pleasures in that great world, where you must almost be lost in, than you did in our little trading town of Hambro'. The inclosed letters which you transmitted to me, have been deliver'd according to your direction. You'll certainly hear from Mr. Holland directly. Mr. and Mrs. Matthiessen and their family, have often enquired for you, are verry glad of the intelligence I gave them from you, and that they may expect to see you, perhaps, in a short time, back again in those quarters, and do return their best compliments to you. I am glad to hear that Garrick approves of the new play that is intended to be performed; but cannot help wondering at the same time of his backwardness of concurring more effectually in its execution; but this may perhaps comme in time, when he has more particularly digested the plan, and seen the first actors in motion. You don't tell me of having seen him yourself: this is, however, what I could have wished, as you are by far better able than Woodward to give him a clear idea of the whole, and remove such objection as he could have to it. I have not yet heard from Beard, tho' I suppose, he must be in correspondence with Holland. As to Foote, I had no letters from him, and none did I expect; as we agreed, before his departure, that he should not write, but when circumstances did absolutely require it. Do you think that Shutter will have orders to advance the performance of this play on the stage he is at this time engaged on, or that Garrick will, perhaps, chose somebody else for having the management of it there. I cannot tell you anything more on this subject till things are come to maturity. Meanwhile, if you hear of something which you think will be worth transmitting, I'll be obliged to you for the communication of it. Our German plays are interrupted till the beginning of February, and the Cristmass vacancies won't allow the balls at the Boselhoff till the latter end of this month. Last week I heard at a verry grand concert the famous violin player, Lolly, who is, perhaps, the greatest virtuoso on that instrument at present in Europe. It is said he'll visit Engeland, where, I dare say, he'll be as much admired as in the other places he has been. You don't tell me how you deal with pleasures and amusements; for my part, my dear friend, I catch as much of the sweets of life as time and circumstances will alow. You must take up with this dish of broken English as it is, and excuse the inaccuracies of it, provided only you are able to understand it. Let me hear from you, and believe me, at all events, your devoted humble servant and friend.

From Mons. T——r, written from Hamburgh,
about the beginning of January, 1775.

No. 2.

MY DEAR FRIEND,

I have received consecutively, and very safely, four of your letters. The first from Z——, the second from Rotterdam, and the two last ones, from yᵉ 14th and 21st instant, from London, which give me a circumstantial account of your journey, and your transactions after your arrival at the last mention'd place. I should have answer'd them by the post of last Friday, if it had not been for the absence of Holland, who having been down to his estates for about 12 days, and beeing only return'd yesterday, it was only this morning I could communicate to him the contents of your last two letters. He is extremely satisfied; as, indeed, he ought to be, of the activity, the zeal, skil, and affection, with which you embrac'd and acted in the cause of Mrs. Yates, and pitty's only that all the trouble you have taken, and our endeavours, cannot prevail on Garrick's obstinacy to act his part in the manner the other actors desire it, in the new intended play, which may possibly be deficient in succes, in case he should persist in his refusal. As we have no intelligence as yet from Woodward or Beard (which we expect, however, every moment), we can form no judgment about his intentions, and therefore we are as little able to give you a cathegorical answer upon your question, whether we can make any further use of your services, or not? and, besides having no true account of the state of affairs from the stage where the play is to be acted. If the comedians have not been interrupted, if they know their parts, if the stage is adapted, if the machinery's are readdy, &c., of which I doubt very much. You must remember that at your departure things did not look very bright, and that we were in apprehension of some disagreable news. Tho' we don't know the circumstances of what has happened there, and tho' the pot is not entirely crack'd, or has not boil'd over, as a certain person express'd itself, something must, however, have been the matter, and discomposed for the present the arrangements that were made, as Mr. Reddish, and two others of the first actors, have left the playhouse, and undertook a journey during this summer to the south of Germany, till the suspicions that probably have been raised are dissipated, and the difficulty's they met with have been removed, which we hope will be towards the winter, when they will all meet again on the stage to make a fresh rehearsal, of which the success may be less doubtfull, if Garrick will second them as he ought. But be the case what it will, we expect every day, and certainly in the course of next weak, ours and your good friend, Mr. Foote, who will certainly relieve us of our anxiety, clear our doubts, and lead us in the way to give you a clear and positive decision. Till then, my dear, good friend, you must be quiet, and remain where you are without taking any resolution (exept on Garrick's immediate orders). This is what Holland entreats you to mind till he has explained himself with Foote, which, as you see, will be very soon, assuring you upon his honour, that his first business will be to settle with him in what manner to employ you, and then to give you immediate and positive resolution if you are to continue in the same station, and send you a draught at the same time; or in case you were at present of no use for to bring the play on the stage, to entreat Mrs. Yates (who is already acquainted with your ability's), in the strongest terms to recommand you to her friend, Mr. Garrick. This, my dear friend, is all I can, and am commissioned to say to you upon this account. I hope my next will be more satisfactory to you; meanwhile be assured that Holland, as well as myself, we have the highest and best grounded esteem for your noble and disinterested way of thinking, and whatever be the event, we shall always congratulate ourself of having made your acquaintance, and cemented your friendship.

Holland begs to be excused in not writing to you himself, as he is extremely fatigued of his journey, and troubled with a vast deal of business which he found at his return; he begs you'll be so good to secure for him the chariot you have bespoke, for which he'll send you the draught you require. I am extremely satisfied with the manner in which you communicate to me what intelligence you give us, and which I understand perfectly. I wish mine were as intelligible to you, which however I doubt of. Be so good, my dear friend, to continue in the same way, but observe at the same time, when you make the cover to Mr. Matthiessen, to lay a small bit of paper between the seal of my letters and Matthiessen cover, as one of them stuck so fast to it that it was tore to pieces in the opening of it, but happily there remained just so much of the seal that it could not be opened.

I'll be oblig'd to you for the books; my mother, brothers, sister, and her children, make their best compliments to you, and wish you health and pleasure. So do I do likewyse, my dear friend; farewell, and remember your devoted friend and servant.

By my next you shall have more, and perhaps a little tit-tat, which time won't allow at present.

The 2nd of May, 1775.

No. 3.

MY DEAR FRIEND,

I received in due time your favour of yᵉ 13th of June, which was soon followed by that of yᵉ second of the same month, accompanying a parcel of silk, and four books, three of which I delivered according to your orders, and kept the fourth to myself, as you desir'd me. Be so good to receive my most gratefull acknowledgement for this mark of your friendship. I have not yet found time sufficient to go through it with due attention, but I'll reserve the perusal of it for those hours which free from business I can devote to friendship, and shall look upon it as a conversation which cannot but afford me a great deal of pleasure, as anything that comes from the author will always be dear to me. When I deliver'd the silk to Holland, I communicated to him the contents of your first of the 13th of June; he join'd with me in his commendations with regard to your noble and disinterested way of thinking, and acknowledged the justness of your expectations with respect to Garrick. He assures you of the continuation of his friendship and esteem, and desir'd me to tell you that he made repeated applications to Beard, for insisting with Woodward to recommand you to Garrick's remembrance; so that I don't doubt but you'll have heard by this time of something beeing done for you, the news of which will be most heartily wellcome to me, you may be assured. Foote has left this place some time ago; but he is soon to return, in order to be married to a young and amiable lady, one of the first family's of this country. He jointly with Holland, is in hopes that you have burnt all the letters and papers which you have received from the latter one, as well as from Miss Bonneval, respecting the unhappy affair that was the object of your correspondence; and they beg that you'll be so kind to confirm them in these hopes, for their future quiet and tranquillity. I expect, my dear friend, not only to receive of your letters, before you leave England, but even during your new intended travels, when you'll be at leisure, and your thaughts will bring you back to this place, where you have undoubtedly left a great many friends, some of which are strongly attach'd to you, and more particularly Bonneval's family. They all of them beg that you'll accept of their best compliments and hearty wishes for your wellfare.

It is with astonishment and sorrow I have read in the several papers the account of the bloody scene exhibited in America. Is it possible that the spirit of rebellion (for as far as I am able to judge I cannot call it liberty) has raised their madness so far as to make them run blindly to their destruction? for what will be the consequence of all this? a shocking bloodshed between children of the same mother, a total destruction of their property, and the utter ruin of all commerce and trade in those parts of the world, while a storm is preparing at this side of the water, which may perhaps strike a fatal blow to Old England, without being able to prevent it. What would become of Brittain's grandeur, if this great Spanish Armada was intended on your coasts, or on some of your American settlements? This opinion gains generally ground here, and few people think this undertaking to be only for the barbarian coast. But what is still more astonishing, is the spirit of division that prevails in the metropolis, and the outrageous conduct of part of its citisents; nothing remains but they should likewise take up arms, in order to render the scene compleat. I pitty with all my heart those who are at the helm; and from my peaceable hermitage (which you have seen), when stretched upon my sopha, I cannot help smiling at the reading of your brilliant regattas and sommer diversions, amidst all those clamours, and while half of the nation is under arms, or preparing themselves to be so. But enough of this. Comment vont les plaisirs, and les amours? I wish you success in both. God bless you, my dear sir; remember him who is very cordialy your devoted humble friend and servant.

July the 18th. N.B. 1775.

No. 4.

MY DEAR SIR,

It was not but yesterday I receiv'd your's of yᵉ 21st July, as we had then two mails due from England, and much about the same time, or a little after you have dispatch'd it, my last (which was wrote about the middle of the same month) must have come to your hands, if it did come at all, for I cannot account for its delay, having desired my sister to have it put in the Post Office. I gave you an account in it of the several applications Holland had made on your behalf to Beard, relative to Woodward's putting Garrick in mind of you; the assurances we had got from Beard of his having acted according to his promiss, and the ignorance we then were in of its success. I have only the time to acquaint you now, that I saw Holland this morning, who told me of Beard mentioning in a letter he had lately receiv'd, that he hoped to have in a few days something to communicate to him about you. That he, Holland, is expecting this intelligence with the greatest impatience, and that as soon as he shall have received it, he will immediately do himself the pleasure of writing to you, in order to acquaint you of it. But, my dear sir, how are we to act in directing our letters to you? as I see it is your intention to set out from England after the 14th of this month. At all events I'll direct what I have to send to you at the direction you left me at your departure, and which I make use of now, in the supposition that you'll leave such orders that anything will be transmitted to you. I have likewise to acknowledge the favour of your former, including a column of the newspapers, for the communication of which I am most sincerely oblig'd to you. I find this account wrote with elegance, and that warm interest the subject requir'd, and don't doubt it will answer the intention it was design'd with. You see, my dearest friend, that our ignorance is the sole cause of our silence, and thus I hope you'll be persuaded to pardon it, and not adscribe it to ingratitude and oblivion, which are sentiments that will never find entrance in our breast; but, on the contrary, be assured that we wish nothing with more ardor then to see you happy, and to see you rewarded, as you deserve it, by someboddy else, it beeing not in our power to effect it, but by our repeated intercessions, which I still hope will have their effect. I must finish here, in order not to miss the time of the post office. Thus farewell, and remember him who is with the sincerest affection your devoted friend and servant.

August the 4th, 1775.

No. 5.

July the 16th, 1776.

Not only, my dearest friend, several little excursions in the country, but also our friend Holland's absence, who did return only since a couple of days, have prevented my answering immediately the very kind letter which you favour'd me with on the 18th of January. It gave me an uncommon pleasure to hear of you, after so long a silence, which I could very well account for, as I knew that you was again on a visit on the Continent. I understand that you did not follow your first plan of crossing the Pirrenean mountains, and going to the south of Spain, for else you would have received a letter which I directed to you at Madrid, a la poste restante, in September last, as we did agree. If it be lost, there is no great news in it, as it contain'd nothing material. It was only une lettre d'amitié, and an enquiry after your health, with a short account of our doing here in the usual stile.

I give you my most sincere thanks for the sentiments of friendship and affection which you honour me with; be assured of the most hearty return, not only from me, but likewise from our friends Holland and Foote, and of the gratefull sense we do all retain of your noble and generous behaviour. Believe me, dear sir, that it gives us the greatest pain and sorrow to hear that nothing has been done as yet on your behalf from Garrick's side, notwithstanding Beard's strong recommendations thro' Woodward's channel. Beard expresses his astounishment at it as well as Holland, and we are entirely at a loss how to account for Garrick's neglect, in not making you a return so justly deserved, and which can come from him only. I do not doubt a moment of Woodward having made all possible applications, and in that supposition, the critical circumstances of Garrick's own affairs, and the hurry and perplexity he has been in, can alone account for his behaviour. Holland desires that you will be assured of his esteem, of his attachment and friendship for you, and how much he wishes to convince you of those sentiments, nothing will be able to efface them out of his heart; and the same I dare answer for Foote, whom we have not seen since last summer, but who is expected here at the beginning of August. As all the hopes of renewing a theatrical entertainement are entirely dropt, you may easily imagin that Beard and Holland do but seldom correspond together, and yet only on friendly terms.

I wish that the presenting the prints may open the way of helping you to Garrick's remembrance, and if means could be found out of being presented to him yourself, this, I dare say, would be of more effect.

I paid for the hire of the carriage at Utrecht according to your desire. Caillé had an opportunity to send hither a person of his acquaintance, to whom I paid the money, and who gave me a receipt for it, so that this point is settled.

I was extremely welcome to my mother and brother, and likewyse to Mr. M——'s family, with the news of having received a letter from you. They were greatly rejoiced at hearing you were well, and safe return from your late excursion. They beg you'll accept of the return of their best compliments, and hearty sallutation to you. Mrs. S—— had the misfortune of loosing again two childern last winter, but three weeks ago she was brought to bed of a boy; this does partly make up the former loss. However, her constitution is much hurt, and she enjoys but very little health.—I would be much obliged to you, if at your leisure moments you would favour me with a short account of your late excursion, and how you was pleased in that tour; for such an attentive traveller as you are, I dare say nothing will have escaped your inspection. I must acknowledge to you that I am tired with the sedentary life I lead here, and the insignificant business I am employ'd in; and between you and me I have made application of beeing sent to England; in how far I shall be able to succeed in this attempt I cannot tel, however, I have some hopes. How happy should I be if I could have the pleasure of meeting you in England, and embracing him whom I esteem and love with all my heart. This, my dear sir, you may be assured of from your affectionate and most devoted friend and servant.

From Mons. Le T—— to N. W. W.

No. 6.

Sept. yᵉ 5th, 1776.

You must pardon me, my dear friend, if I deferred returning an immediate answer to your kind letter of yᵉ 30th July. Holland's absence, and Foote not being at that time arrived, put it out of my power to give you a satisfactory one, before I had seen either of them. They are both here now, and have retain'd for you the same sentiments of friendship and esteem which you have impress'd them with at the beginning of our mutual acquaintance. They acknowledge the justice of your claim on their warmest interest and recommendation on your behalf. They were even beforehand in offering to renew them, and to do anything in their power which might be of further service to you; but they cannot help beeing surprised that all their wishes and join'd endeavours with Beard, have hitherto been unsuccessfull on that subject. How is it possible that Garrick, who makes pretention on feeling and sentiments, can be regardless to the services you intended him, and in which you have so effectually been employed? This strange behaviour is above their conception. However, as they are willing to account for this, more than seeming, neglect, on behalf of the hurry of business, and the many vexations he has labour'd under this year past, they hope that repeated application will be of better effect. Foote, you will remember, has never been in any direct intercourse with Beard or Woodward. But Holland not only accepted writing again in the strongest terms, but told me that having had some time ago a rendez-vous with Beard, you took up great part of their conversation, in which he dwelt upon the absolute necessity that something ought to be done for you, and that they both would write to Woodward on that subject; so that you may be sure, my dear friend, if their goodwill can have any effect, and their recommendation any weight upon Garrick, you cannot, with the help of your friends in England, fail of being successful in your attempt to get a place, the intelligence of which will give me, as you may easily guess, the most complete satisfaction; and so I am positive it would also to Foote and Holland, who, I can assure you, do lament at each time that I do mention you to them, their incapacity of serving you according to their heart's desire, and do constantly express in the most distinguished expression, their high esteem for your personal quality's and noble way of thinking, and their perfect gratitude for your behaviour in general. Those sentiments they will certainly never part with; and they beg that you will do them the favour to continue that friendship for them, of which you have given them such uncontestable proofs; and give me leave, my dear friend, to join my request to theirs, that I may retain the same share in your remembrance.

Mr. and Mrs. M——, and their family, are highly pleased, as well as my mother and brother, to hear of you; they desire that you'll be so good to accept of their best compliments. Mr. Mathias is very much obliged to you for your kind remembrance, wishes you a great deal of good, and gives his best salutes to you.

I will be vastly obliged to you for the new production of your pen, which you are so good to promiss me. I wait for them with impatience, as they will in a manner make me amends for our separation, and let me enjoy your company, at least, in idea.

I have but little hopes remaining of beeing successful in my application for a change in my situation. Tho' I do not give them up entirely for the future, I cannot flatter myself for the present of being so happy to make a trip to Albion, unless some unexpected events would open the way for it.

I perceive that the last disagreable news from the North American Continent, have but little influence on the uninterrupted pleasures of your town. However, the success of the present civil war cannot fail of drawing the most serious consequences at their issue, and of bringing on a prodigious change in a great many fortunes. Well! but let them fight and quarrel as long as they please, I won't much trouble my head about it; but I will ever be ready to convince you that I am sincerely,

My dear Sir,
Your devoted friend and well-wisher.

No. 7.

I can now very easily account, my dear friend, for Beard's silence with regard to your last letter. His absence from his ordinary place of abode, is undoubtedly the only reason of your having been without any news from him since the latter end of June. He has made a tour to Saxony, where he intended staying two or three months, but would be back towards the end of this month; this is what I could learn from our friend Holland, who has likewise been a very long time without his letters (their litterary intercourse being now almost dropt). He thinks your letter cannot be lost, but supposes it has been left at Z——, or only been sent of late to him on his tour; so that you will have receiv'd now, or will probably in a short time, the answer you expected; meanwhile you may, my dear sir, make yourself very easy about the fate of your letter, which certainly cannot be lost. Surprising it is that all applications made on your behalf have hitherto been without effect; nevertheless, I am of opinion you must not give up the hope of success; a favourable moment will probably come, and Woodward will no doubt sease it to remind Garrick of your services. I cannot help having some apprehensions with regard to your intention, which you communicate to me in your last letter, of putting in order the anecdotes relative to Mrs. Yates, in a kind of memoirs; not, my dear sir, that I have the least doubt of your prudence and discretion; but you must know how easily an unforeseen accident may happen which can occasion the los of such a paper, which falling in other hands would certainly be published to the world, and what would be the consequence for those who have had any share in its contents? at least you will, no doubt, keep their names to yourself, and interwow the whole in such a manner, that it must remain untelligible to all those who are no knowing ones. I leave this to your caution, and we all depend upon your known prudence. Both Holland and Foote, who is return'd about a fortnight ago, where his business does call him in the winter time, desire that you'll be assured of their everlasting friendship and esteem.

All your acquaintances here present their best compliments to you. There is since a couple of days a general rumor here of an approaching war. This will to all appearances occasion some more activity in trade, as well as in polliticks. Adieu, my dear friend; I wish you health and pleasure, and beg you will believe me very sincerly and faithfully, yours.

Nov. yᵉ 12th, 1776.

No. 8.

Yours, my dear friend, of yᵉ 26th Nov. and 5th Dec., arrived at one and the same day, as we had three English mails due, owing to the east wind that has constantly blown this long while; and as I have desired, once for all, that any letter which comes from you should remain at my mother's house till I come to fetch it in person; they were not delivered to me till the day before yesterday, so that you must not be surprised at having received no immediate answer to them.

So agreeable your letters have hitherto been to me, so very deeply has the last one affected me. The intelligence you give me, and which accounts at the same time for the presentation of the memoirs in question to Garrick, has afflicted me beyond expression. You cannot, you must not doubt, my dearest friend, of the part I take in the most minutest thing that may interest your wellfare. How should I not feel for your concerns? but at the same time how great are you in my Eeyes, how great must you be in the Eeyes of those who are acquainted with your principles, with the motives that do lead you in this occasion? Be assured that if anything could add to the esteem which you have commanded from me, from Holland and Foote, it would be the disclosure you have now made. I do conceive how it could have hurt your pride with narrow-minded souls; but with us it cannot. Men of honour and feeling, like you, are much above the caprices of fortune, and I am assured that its inconsistencies cannot in any degree affect their way of thinking. We have too many proofs of your strickt honour, disinterestedness, and even self-denial, to harbour the least doubt of any change of sentiment on your side. Not indeed, be easy on that account. Far from disapproving your plan, I would be the first to advise it; so does Holland, so would Foote. Happy we would be if we had interest enough with Garrick to contribute to its success. You know, my dear friend, how deeply we are obliged to you, and how much we have wished to convince you of our gratitude; but, at the same time how unsuccessfull all our endeavours and applications have been. I approve much of your letting Woodward know of your intended plan; he must, and certainly will back it by his interest, and I hope that this will do at least. We have almost lost sight of him, and so likewise of Beard; I don't even know with certitude if he is returned, tho' I suppose he must be so at this time. Holland, who is very sickly, and has been so the whole winter, has not received any letters from him since his departure. Foote is return to the capital, as I told you, and will not visit our quarters before next summer.

Do believe me, my dear friend, that I don't mind any loss of time or expence in our intercourse. I wish to hear from you; your letters are always wellcome to me, and give me a particular satisfaction. This will reach you by the new direction you have given me, and at the same time you'll receive two lines by the former way in order to acquaint you of it. Let me know by your first which of the two I shall keep for the future. All your friends here return their best compliments to you, and wish you well. So does he who is very sincerely and affectionately yours.

The 25th Dec., 1776.

No. 9.

MY DEAR SIR,

It is a long time since I had any of your letters, and it will be near the same that I did not do myself the pleasure of writing to you. What is become of you since, and what has been the success of your application with Garrick? Those, my dear sir, are natural questions from the part of him that interests himself so warmly for you as I do. It would afford me the greatest pleasure if you could see the accomplishment of your desires. Mine did not succeed according to the hopes I had form'd. I have been obliged to relinquish the idea of beeing employed at London, having lately been nominated to the post of Resident at Dantzig, where I expect to be setled towards the end of this year; but first I'll be obliged to go to C——, and intend setting out next week thither. So, my dear friend, that if you do me the pleasure of giving me some news of your welfare, you wil be so good to direct them, during the remainder of this year, at our old direction, where I have given orders that your letters should be kept til my return. You'll however observe not to mention anything of the old topic in them, for fear of their miscarrying, and when I shal have reach'd my new destination, I'll give you another direction for the future, for I should be glad to cultivate our correspondence, and the friendship which has subsisted between us. Be assured, my dear friend, that where ever my fate may dispose of me, I shall desire the continuance of it, for him that is for ever with a sincere esteem, your devoted friend and servant.

The 16th of Aug., 1777.

THE END.

INDEX TO VOL. III.
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.

• Aalborg, castle of, 145;
• Caroline Matilda, designated the countess of, imprisoned there, ib.
• Aboe, lieutenant, groundless charges brought against, 107;
• biographical notices of, ib.;
• how disposed of, 110, 112;
• his death, 112.
• Alexandra, Princess of Wales, the great grand-daughter of Prince Frederick of Denmark, 290.
• Altona, Mr. Wraxall's visit to, 176;
• crowded with the partisans of Queen Matilda, ib.
• Ancher, Kofod, one of the commissioners who passed sentence on Struensee and Count Brandt, 61, 67;
• mercifully disposed, 104.
• Arnholdt, bailiff of Bramstedt, 31.
• Arnim, Herr von, minister of the King of Prussia, intercedes on behalf of Justiz-rath Struensee, 120.
• APPENDIX, containing extracts from the correspondence of Mr. Wraxall with his father, relative to the restoration of Caroline Matilda, 291 et seq.

B.

• Bang, counsellor, defends Count Brandt, 14.
• Berger, professor, employed in incommoding his Majesty, 2;
• groundless charges brought against, 109;
• how disposed of, 111, 112.
• Beringskjold, his political career, 271, 272;
• his conspiracy, and arrest, 273;
• his trial and imprisonment, 277, 278;
• his death, 278.
• Beringskjold, Frau von, her death, 277.
• Berkentin, Frau von, chief gouvernante to the prince royal, and the early patroness of Struensee, 78.
• Bernstorff, Peter Andreas, foreign affairs entrusted to, 279;
• privy councillor, 285, 288.
• Bodenhausen, von, the Hanoverian privy councillor, receives Queen Matilda at Stade, 157.
• Braëm, G. A., one of the commissioners who sentenced Struensee, 61; and Count Brandt, 67.
• Bramstedt, bailiwick of, solicited by Count Brandt, 31;
• described, 32, note.
• Brandt, count Enevold, indictment of, 1;
• retrospect of his career and conduct, 3 et seq.;
• his position at court, 3;
• the different charges against, 4, 8, 11;
• his assault on the king, 5;
• his presuming manners, 7;
• broke the fidelity due to his sovereign by being an accomplice with Struensee and the queen, 8;
• his neglect of duty, 9, 10;
• his joining Struensee in robbing the royal treasury, 11;
• injustice of the charges against, 14;
• defended by Counsellor Bang, ib.;
• the different charges rebutted, 16 et seq.;
• his character not affected by Struensee's forgery, 26;
• his Quixotism, 27;
• his letter to the judges, and petition to the king, 28;
• pleads his youth and eccentricity, 30;
• makes a modest request, 31;
• his punishment predetermined, 32;
• sentence on, promulgated, ib.;
• the intimate friend of Struensee, 43;
• a close attendant on the king, ib.;
• delivery of the sentence upon him, 62;
• the charges against him recapitulated, 63 et seq.;
• his behaviour to the king, 63;
• assists Struensee in producing a misunderstanding, 64;
• obtains large sums from the royal treasury, ib.;
• his assault and battery on the king, 65, 66;
• high treason thus committed, 67;
• his sentence, degradation from the dignity of count, and all other honours, his body to be quartered and exposed on the wheel, &c., 67;
• royal confirmation of the sentence, 67, 68;
• injustice of the sentence, and groundlessness of the charges, 68, 69;
• Reverdil's animadversions on the sentence, 69;
• his sentence announced to him by his defender Bang, 74;
• intercession of Owe Guldberg on his behalf, and the unfeeling treatment of the Queen Juliana Maria, 75;
• intercession of his mother and sister, 75;
• Struensee's letter to, 80;
• receives from Dean Hee the confirmation of his sentence and the day of execution, 83;
• confesses his real sentiments as to his religious belief and moral feelings, 13, 84;
• his penitence, 84;
• preparations for his execution, 85;
• his escutcheon broken, 88;
• his execution, 89;
• the body divided into four quarters, ib.;
• his head exposed on a pole, 94.
• Brieghil, the valet, his evidence, 5.
• Brunswick, hereditary princess of, 157, note;
• her gracious reception of Mr. Wraxall at Celle, 174;
• difficulties created by her presence, 183, 229;
• niece to Queen Juliana Maria of Denmark, 183.
• Brunswick Bevern, prince of, appointed commandant of Copenhagen, 267.
• Bülow, baron von, receives Queen Matilda at Stade, 157;
• an exile at Altona, 177;
• his ring presented to the queen by Mr. Wraxall as proof of his mission, 188;
• his conferences with Wraxall, 190, 223, 224;
• gives instructions to him respecting his proposed visit to the queen, 190, 191;
• his letter to George III., 227;
• his letter on the queen's sudden death, 329;
• his despair, 240.
• Bülow, baroness von, an elegant woman, 176.
• Bülow, marshal von, appeases the crown prince, 286.

C.

• Cabinet orders issued by Struensee, 51;
• for disbanding the foot-guards, 55, 56.
• Caroline Matilda, no longer regarded as Queen of Denmark after the dissolution of her marriage, 141;
• all her ties with Denmark broken off, 142;
• her grief at the deaths of Struensee and Count Brandt, 142;
• her generosity of mind, 142, 143;
• the charges against her submitted to English lawyers, who declared them unsubstantiated by evidence, 144;
• the English court insisted that no sentence should be passed on her, and fitted out a strong fleet, ib.;
• Walpole's version of the affair, ib.;
• his gossip respecting her, 145, 146;
• title of "Countess of Aalborg" conferred on her, 145;
• temper of the English with regard to, 146;
• Sir R. M. Keith's active interference on her behalf, 147;
• concessions of the Danish ministry, 147;
• order of release presented to her by Keith, 149;
• arrival of a squadron to take her away, 149, 150;
• writes an affecting letter to her brother, ib.;
• resolved that she should take up her residence at Celle in Hanover, and be allowed £8,000 a-year, 150;
• interesting anecdote of, ib.;
• her affection for her children, 151, 152;
• leaves a letter for the king, 153;
• his grief at her departure, ib., note;
• her suite, 153, 154;
• her farewell to Denmark, 154;
• the documents connected with the dissolution of her marriage deposited in the secret archives, 156;
• her arrival at Stade, and her joyous reception, 157;
• her presents, ib.;
• her new suite, ib.;
• arrives at Celle, and takes up her abode in the royal chateau, 158;
• her amiability and charitable disposition, ib.;
• her reading and studious pursuits, 159;
• the happiness of her home, 160;
• her great interest in her children, 162;
• her conversations with Colonel Keith, 162 et seq.;
• Grub-street attacks on, exposed by Reverdil, 165, 166;
• her course of life at Celle, 167 et seq.;
• her literary taste, 167, 168;
• her court theatricals, 168;
• her letter to her sister detailing her course of life at Celle, 169;
• her great pleasure at receiving the portrait of her son, 170, 171;
• Mr. Wraxall's introduction to, 173;
• her gracious reception of him, and confiding affability, 173, 174;
• again visited by Mr. Wraxall, who communicates a project, with certain conditions, for restoring her to the throne of Denmark, 182, 186-9 (see WRAXALL);
• instructions respecting the project, 191;
• her important conversations with Wraxall, and plans laid down for further proceedings, 195 et seq., 221, 232;
• her sudden death, 238, 302 (see APPENDIX);
• details of her illness, death, and funeral, 242->9;
• suspected of having been poisoned, 248;
• general mourning for in England, 250;
• monuments erected to her memory, 251;
• letter to her brother, written during her illness, and published after her death, 252;
• evidences of her innocence and purity of mind, 254, 255;
• Mr. Wraxall's portraiture of her virtues and character, 255-8;
• correspondence of Mr. Wraxall with his father relative to her restoration, 291 et seq. (see APPENDIX).
• Carstens, A. G., one of the commissioners who sentenced Struensee, 61;
• and Count Brandt, 67.
• Celle, Queen Matilda's residence at, 158;
• her course of life at, 160 et seq.;
• Mr. Wraxall's frequent visits and interviews with the queen, 174, 180, 186, 190, 195 et seq., 221, 230-3.
• Christian VII., Count Brandt's assault on, 5, 19;
• his profuse presents to Struensee and Count Brandt, 45;
• his power as sovereign, 50, note;
• confirms the atrocious sentences passed upon Struensee and Count Brandt, 67, 68;
• his court festivities and revolting apathy, 76, 77;
• grants a free pardon to Colonel Falckenskjold, and releases him from the fortress of Munkholm, 136;
• receives a letter from his wife previous to her departure for Hanover, 153;
• his expressions of affection for her, 153;
• at the instigation of the crown prince he dismisses his ministers, and appoints a new cabinet, 285, 286;
• drawn into personal collision with the hereditary prince, but the coup d'état is accomplished, 287.
• Colin, Major, appointed commandant of the fortress Munkholm, 135.
• Colleges, impediments of the, 37;
• dismissal of the, 11.
• Commission of Inquiry, the members of, who tried and sentenced Struensee, 61;
• allot rewards to the persons employed in convicting the prisoners, 95, note;
• their proceedings against the minor prisoners of state, and charges brought against them, 104 et seq.
• Copenhagen, bitterness at, against Struensee and his cabinet orders, 58;
• its suburban grounds, 85.
• Council, duties of the, 35;
• abolition of the, 36.
• Council of Thirty-two, established by Struensee, 41.
• Counter-revolution projected by the Danish exiles, 177.
• Court festivities, 76;
• exhibit a revolting exhibition of apathy and want of sympathy, 76.
• Crown prince of Denmark, begins to assume power, 283;
• his examination, 283;
• his determined spirit, 284;
• of age to enter the council of state, 284;
• spirited interference with the court forms of proceeding, 284;
• effects the overthrow of the ministry by a coup d'état, 285, 286;
• proclamation of, as regent, 288, 289;
• Count Bernstorff, the enlightened statesman, his adviser, 289.
• Cypher writing, adopted by Mr. Wraxall, 307;
• key to the fictitious names, 312 (APPENDIX).

D.

• Danish chancery, 38.
• Danish language, Struensee's ignorance of the, 38;
• frequently perverted in translation, ib.
• DENMARK, the constitution of, gives the king absolute power, 40, NOTE;
• feeling of the nation at Struensee's conduct, 42;
• state trials, and execution of the ministers Counts Struensee and Brandt, 89, 93;
• Caroline Matilda's farewell to, 154, 155;
• counter-revolution in, proposed, 177;
• the new ministry growing unpopular, ib.;
• plan for effecting the counter-revolution in, 225;
• terminated only by the death of the queen, 241, (see CAROLINE MATILDA, and WRAXALL);
• retrospective view of, 259 et seq.;
• political reaction in, 259;
• all the reforms of Struensee's government abolished, and the abuses of "the good old times" restored, 260 et seq.;
• triumvirate in the government, 262;
• disunion among the conspirators, 263;
• fate of the ministers, 264 et seq.;
• the indigenate law of, 281;
• the crown prince enters the council of state, 284;
• effects the overthrow of ministry by a coup d'état, 285, 286;
• the counter-revolution completely effected, 287.