Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1806-10-20
BONAPARTL'S DISCIPLINE.
Pari5, Sept. 1906.
MY LORD,

~fA', DIpE' AOO5'
Ny LORD,
SINCE my return here, have new
er neglected to preGent myielf before
our iosereign, on his days Of grand
reviews, and grand diplomatic audi
ences. never faw him more con-
defending, more agreeable, or, at
leaf, Ieis ofenhve, than on the day
of his lalt lcvee, before he fet out to
be inaugurated a king of Italy nor
worse tempered, Petulant, agitated,
abrupt, and rude, than on his frf
grand audience after his arrival from
Milan when this ceremony had been
performed. lam not the only one
who made this remark J; he did not
Dispute either his good or i'll hu-
mour and it was only requiGte to
have eyes and ears to fee and be
difgufed at the difference cf beha-
flour.
have heard a female friend Of
Madame Bonaparte explain, in part,
the caule Of this alteration Juf
before he fet out for Italy, the agree
able news of the fuccefs of the frft
Rochefort fquadron in the Wet IN
dies and the efcape Of our Touion
feet from the vigilance of Lord Nell
fon, highly elevated his fpirits, as it
was the hrIt naval enterprife Of any
confequence Gnce his reign. | am
certain that one grand naval victory
would flatter his vanity ard ambition
more than all the glory OF one of hi s
mott brilliant continental campaigns.
He had ALTO, at that time great ex-
pe6tations that another negotiation
with RuiIia would keep the continent
fubmiiIye under his dictature, until
he fhould find an opportunity OF
crufhing your powet. You may
be fure that he had no fmaH hopes Of
ttriking a blow in your country,
after "a junction of our feet with the
SPanilh nor by any engagement be-
tween our Brett feet and your chan
mel feet, but under a fuPpofition
that you would detach fquadrons TO
the Eal and Wet Indies, in fearch
Of the combined feet which by an
unexpected retnra, according TO or
ders. would have then eft us matters
Of the Channel, and if Joined by the
Batayian feet perhaps even of the
North Sea BY the incomprehenG
bic activity Of Lord Melton, and by
the defeat Tor, as we call il here, the
negative victory Of Villeaeuyc and
Gravina, all this frit lrofpe9 had
vaniGaed. Our vengeance againa a
nation OF lbopkeepers, we were not
only under the neceGty of poitpon-
ing, but from the unpolite threats
and treaties Of the Cabinet Of St.
Petersburg. with thofe Of Vienna and
ST. James's, we were on the eve of a
continental war, and our gun-boats
initead of being ufeful il. carrying an
army to the dcitruaion Of the tyrants
of the feas, were burthen(ome, as an
army was neceHary to gaurd them,
and to prevent thefc tyrants from
capturing or deltroying thcm. Such
chan es in 70 ihort period Of time
as three months, might irritate ten
per lefs patient than that of Napole-
on the 6rf.
AT his grand audience here, even
after the army Of England had NOV
ed towards Germany, when the die
was cast, and his mind ihould, there
fore, have been made up, he was al
most infupportable. The low bows,
and the till humber exprefIions Of
the Pruilian ambafador, the Marquis
Of Lucchsini, were hardly noticed !;
and the Saxon Ambafador, Count de
Buneau, was addreicd in a language
thar no weli-bred matter ever u(es in
fpeaking TO mental teryant. He did
not cat look, or utter word, that
was not an iDfult to the audience, and
difgrace TO his rank. never before
faw him vent his rage and difappoint-