The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-04
FOREIGN.
MEMOIRS
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MEMOIRS
OF THE LATTER YEARS OF THE RIGHT
HONORABLE CHARLES JAMES Fox.
~ his hrivate Secretary, Mr.. 1rofter.
Weiay before our readers some of the par
ticulars this work contains, beforeit can get in
70 circulation; the first of which relates to
| MIR. FoX's visit to France, during the short
| nterval of peace, and his interview with
| Bonaparte, when First Consul
. As we visited the Museum as often as
time could be spared to it, recollect one
day, that all the company we're attracted
to the windows of the gallery of the Lou
vre, by parade in Place dc Carcusel. The
guard, and some other French troops were
exercising. MIR. Fox, with others, were to
the window, but instantly turned away Oh
seeing the soldiers. This occurred some time
before the levee and on that day, as there
was grand parade, we remained in pri-
.ate apartment IF the I'huilleries till it was
svcr Bonaparte, mounted on white char
ger, and accompanied by some general Off
GERS, reviewed the troops, amounting to "a
bout six thousand, with great rapidity The
Consular troops made fine appearance,
and the whole was brilliant and Animal
ing spectacle MIR. Fox paid little or no at
tention to it, convcrsing chiefly, while it
tasted, with Count Markoff the Russian
| ambassador. observed MIR. Fox was dis
Inclined, not only to military, but to any
pompous display of the power of the French
government. An enemy to all ostentation, he
disliked it every where but the parade of
military troops in the heart of the metropo-
| lis, carrying with it more than vain pomp,
must naturally have shocked, rather than
conceded with such principles as those of Mr..
! Fox.
On the day of the grea, levee, which
vas to collect many Representatives of natl
to pay their respects to the First Consul of
France, now established as the sole head of
| government tor life, several apartments,
having the general name Of the Sale drS
.4ni6GsSadfH''S, were appropriated for the
crowd of visitors at the levee, previous to
their being admitted to the First Consul's
presence Lord Holland, Lord r. Spencer,
Lord st. John, Mr.. Adair, and myself, &C
companied Mr. Fox there. | must acknow-
ledge that the novel and imposing scene a
unused and interested me in a high degree.
This grand masquerade of human life was
nconceivably striking the occasion Of as
| sembling the old Palace of the Bourbons !;
the astonishing attitude that France had as
sumed, affected the imagination, and almost
overpowered the judgment. A latent smile
| was often to be caught on the countenance of
different intelligent and enlightened men it
was said, very significantly, can this be real
| ity ? Can SO wonderful fabric be perma-
nent?
His hours were now approaching there
was much greater number of English pre-
sented than any other nation. Mr.. Merry,
the English ambassador, appeared on the
part If the British government, to sanction
and recognize the rank of government OF the
First Consul.
"What think you of all this - said the
! Chevalier dAzara, ambassador from SPAN,
addressing himself to Mr.. Fox. The other
gave an expressive smile. :" 1t is an astonisli-
ing time, cont nue. he; pictures-statues
II hear the Venus de Medicis is on her. wav
what shall we see next - A pleasant
dialogue ensued these enlightened states
men diverting themselves, when scoldng and
anger could avail nothing.
/ The Turkish ambassador graccd the
| spcndi d scene a diminutive figure, accom-
/ panied by - suite Of fine and handsome
men he rcposed ON a sofa. The heat was
excessive, and his cross-legged attitude bn;
/ little relieved him; his Companions spoke
French with great ease, and some of them
were fine Grecian figures.
Count Markoif! covered with diamonds
of most forbiddng aspcct--of sound scusc
however, malgre n face no lady would f,uI
;, n love with. and AZ ungraceful air. The
Marquis Lucchesini the King # Prussia
ambassador, who, from an obscure situation
: b having become the reader to a minister
was elevated to the corps dHiomau1Hc, gal-
div dressed ; always with several conspi-
cuous colors. One Thought Of a foreign bird
seeing him and mis- physi"gnomy corrojo-
rated the idca---agrceable, however, pie1s-
log ~ his man.'crs. easy in his temper, ans
enjoying nationally the amusing sceIcs a.
round him.
"rhe Marquis de Gallo the Neapo,itar
ambassador, an unmeauing nob'cman ofrS.
old school florid IN manner, hut not CO..
{ culated TO produce effcct in politics or con
versation. Have forgotten Count Cobeut
zel that sage and venerable negociator va
there snail eTnaciated hgorc, pale, ans