The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-02-10
NINETEENTH BULLETIN OF TIE
GRAND ARMY.

"The Emperor left Potz,iau, at twelve o clock
to infpett the 70 trets Of Spaudau.-'This is a
fine piece of work: the magazines are magu.f-
cent, and meal, OATS, 81. have been fund in
them fluff lent to frrvc the army for two
months; heli les an,uu ron fa..i ent TO dou-
bic the provi6oa for the whole artillery. This
fortifcatiou upon III, Spree, two miles from
Berlin, i, an meal, Uld lie advantage. In our
hands, it would have iuhained icge of two
months after the trenches bad been opeued.
The reafon why the Prnffan Commandant did
no, defend it, was becauteh he had moi received
any orders, aud the Frvnch having arrived be-
fore he had received information of the defeat
of the Pruifi,Ns at Una, the batteries were not
in readinei., aud the place, in manner, dii"rm-
ed
'sTo give an idea ofthe urcom'1' on c0Gfufon
which p'evaetl in the Priiian Monarchy, i: is
fufficent to fay, that the Queen, after her rid.
cuious aud lamentahe journey 10 Etfnrt and
Weimar, pafTcti whole night n Berlin without
fselng iutle perinn that the people wers,
for long time without knowing where The
King was that no pei tn took any care for the
fsfe:y of the Capital and that the c,izehs e
compelled To unite in ordeI to form FTuviiion-
al Government.
"Contempt for the authors Of the war has
reached the highen point. The ManifeRo,
which the people OF Berlin call icandalous H.
bel, and in which no. one Jingle complaint is
brought forward, has Unframed the public mind
againit its author. a needy fcrihber of the name
of Cent?; one ut thofc men devoid Of honour,
who fuffer themielves to be bought with gold.
"The whole of the world is witnefs, that the
Queen has been the caufe Of all the reverfes TO
wuch the Pruiiians have been expofrd. Every
where we hear it faid Z" A year ago, fhe was 10
good, 70 kind; bu, how is fhe changed fince
the fatal meeting between the Emperor Alex
ander and his PrulIian MaieNy."
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obferved, 70 that the fword of the Great FIRE.
derrick was eafly found at Potziam, together
with the fcarf which he wore during the Seveu
Years War; alto the nfgnia OF the Black Ea-
gle. The Emperor took thefe trophies with
traniport, laying, would rather have thee
than twenty FniGns:' then pauhng a little, he
added, 6 iIall fend shelf to- my old fo!diers,
who fcrve9 in the war of Hanover-I faii pre-
tsnt them TO the Governor of the lUvaIds: in
that Hotel they ihaii remain
'After the Queen withdrew from Pn'zdam,
the portrait OF the Emperor of Ruha was
found, which iiie had received FROM that Mo
Ddrch. AT Charottenburg was found the Cor
refpondence between the Emperor Of RutEa
and The King for three years patt. together with
Tome Memorials written by EHgiiih authors, to
prove that nations were under no obligations TO
chleryc any Treaty made with the Emperor
Napoleon, that it was neCe0ary for every pow
er to range itfelr on the iie OF the Emperor of
Euhia.-1hefe documents ought 20 form hiito-
JicaI records: thrv fhew, if il neceiiary,
how unfortunate Princes when they fuffer
women to interfere in Fate affairs. The Noes,
reports, and ha,e papers were fosrttd with
nuik, and lay mingled together upon the
Queens toilette. This Prncefs had turned the
heads of all the women in Berlin. But now "a
Mother change has fucceeded. The E.a iugi.
tiyes that took refuge there were received with
contempt, and they were reminded of the day
when they Aourlihed their fwords upon the
plains of Berlin, they pretended to cut down
all that oppofed them.
" Prince Louis Ferdinand who was killed at
the opening of the campaign, was publicly
nicknamed the little Duke OF Orleans, at Ber-
lin. This young man abufed the Kings good
nefs to fuch degree, that he even fcandazed
him. He was one who, with fome other young
Officers, brUle the windows of Count H1ug-
wiz, on the night when that Minifter returned
from Paris.-We are at lofs TO know which
90 admire mof, the audaciiy or the weakness
of this young man."