Volume II Part 2 (2/2)

Alvanley had a letter from Montrond yesterday froht hi that he wrote to him to ask his advice what he had better do, that he should have liked to retire to his own estate, but it was too near Paris, that he should like to go into Alsace, and that he begged he would arrange it for him, and in the meantime send him so continues off Cowes,him

They came off without clothes or preparation of any kind, so ed to furnish Mesda; it see says he and his son have retired froress of events; that his conscience reproaches hie's Hall on the King's birthday was the finest thing possible--all good and hot, and served on the late King's gold plate There were one hundred people at table After dinner the King gave the Duke of Wellington's health, as it was the anniversary of Vilasses down I can't agree with Charles X that it would be better to '_travailler pour son pain_ than to be King of England'

I went yesterday all over Lambeth Palace, which has been nearly rebuilt by Blore, and admirably done; one of the best houses I ever saw Archbishop Juxon's Hall has been converted into the library of the Palace, and is also a fine thing in its way It is not to cost above 40,000 The Lollards' Tohich is very curious with its iron rings, and the names of the Lollards written on the walls, is not to be touched

[Page Head: CONVERSATION WITH MARSHAL MARMONT]

_At night_--Went to Lady Glengall's toof his adventures, but he had done his Paris talk before I got there; however, he said a great deal about old ca and Buonaparte, which, as well as I recollect, I will put down

As to the battle of Salalory of the English arms, he was inferior in force there; our ar, well paid, and the country favourable, his 'denuee de tout,' without pay, in a hostile country; that all his provisions careat escorts, and his communications were kept up in the same way Of Russia, he said that Buonaparte's arot to Moscow, destroyed by farees withplaces where abundant anisation were to be found, as he had done at Vienna and elsewhere, but in Russia supplies were not to be had Napoleon had, however, pushed on with the same rapidity and destroyed his army Marshal Davoust (I think, but am not sure) had a _corps d'armee_ of 80,000 men and reached Moscoith 15,000; the cavalry were 50,000 sabres, at Moscow they were 6,000 Soenerals had not dissuaded hi to Russia Marht to have stopped at Smolensk, made Poland independent, and levied 50,000 Cossacks, the Polish Cossacks being better than the Russian, ould have kept all his communications clear, and allowed the French arns what he wished to accomplish in one; instead of which he never would deal with Poland liberally, but held back with ulterior views, and never got the Poles cordially with hin of 1813 he said that it was ill conducted by Napoleon and full of faults; his creation of the army onderful, and the battle of Dresden would have been a great movement if he had not suddenly abandoned Vanda him on to cut off the retreat of the Allies It was an iarrisons in the Prussian and Saxon fortresses The can of 1814 was one of his most brilliant He (Marht in most of the celebrated actions, but he never had 4,000 men; at Paris, which he said was 'the most honourable part of his whole career,' he had 7,500[5] Napoleon co himself into the rear as he did; he should have fallen back upon Paris, where his own presence would have been of vast importance, and sent Marmont into the rear hat troops he could collect I repeated what the Duke of Wellington had once told me, that if the Emperor had continued the saed the Allies to retreat, and asked hireed with this, but said the Emperor had conceived one of the y that ever had been devised, which failed by the disobedience of Eugene He sent orders to Eugene to assemble his army, in which he had 35,000 French troops, to aotiation for the evacuation of Italy; to throw the Italian troops into Alessandria and Mantua; to destroy the other fortresses, and going by forced e of Mont Cenis, collect the scattered _corps d'areneral, which would have made his force amount to above 60,000 men, and burst upon the rear of the Allies so as to cut off all their coene 'revait d'etre roi d'Italie apres sa chute,' and he sent his aide-de-camp Tascher to excuse hiahter and Buonaparte's niece Marmont was presented to her, and she heard hi, and soldierlike in histo Russia

[5] [This assertion of Mared treachery that Napoleon when at Fontainebleau chose to ascribe his defeat]

[Page Head: CRADOCK'S MISSION TO CHARLES X]

He was very communicative about events at Paris, laainst his wishes and feelings; he disapproved of Polignac and his ht of In theto St Gerht him the newspaper with the _ordonnances il tomba de son haut_

Soon after the Dauphin sent to hiht be some 'vitres cassees,' he would take the coan He had 7,000 or 8,000 men; not a preparation had been ht of resistance, had not consulted Marmont or any military ht estafettes to the King one after another during the action to tell him so and implore him to stop while it was time They never returned any answer He then rode out to St Cloud, where he i to yield It was not till after seven hours'

pressing that he consented to name M de Mortemart Minister, but would not withdraw the edicts He says that up to Wednesday night they would have compromised and accepted M de Morte still deht he yielded, but then the co at the Palais Royal took place, at which the King's fate was deter when his offers arrived, it was too late, and they would no longer treat Marratitude by the Court, and had taken leave of the and Dauphin; the duchess of Berri alone shook hands with him and thanked him for his services and fidelity He says never man was so unlucky, that he was _marechal de quartier_ and could not refuse to serve, but he only acted on the defensive; 2,000 of the troops and 1,500 of the populace were killed The Swiss did not behave well, but the Lanciers de la Garde beautifully, and all the troops were acting against their feelings and opinions Marmont said that Stuart had sent Cradock to Charles X to desire he would go as slowly as he could, to give time for a reaction which he expected would take place

Cradock did go to the King, but I rather doubt this story[6]

[6] [Colonel Cradock (the late Lord Howden) was sent by the A, and had an audience at Raation of the Duke of Orleans The proposal entrusted to Colonel Cradock was to the effect that the King and the Dauphin, having abdicated, should quit France with the Princesses, but that Henry V should be proclaiency of the Duke of Orleans Louis Philippe offered to support this arrangeent, if Charles X

sanctioned it The King received the coouleme was consulted, and vehe of the Orleans family, 'ils sont toujours les memes,' and she referred to the preposterous stories current at the tiency of 1715 The offer was therefore rejected These facts were not known to Mr

Greville at the ti afterwards, but they confir,']

August 27th, 1830 {p038}

At Court the day before yesterday; Parliaued and summoned General Baudrand came afterwards and delivered his letter, also a private letter 'from the Duke of Orleans to the Duke of Clarence'--as the French King called them, 'anciens amis' He ell received and well satisfied I never knew such a burst of indignation and contenac's letter has caused--a letter to the President of the Chamber of Peers As Dudley says, it has saved history the trouble of crucifying that man, and speaks volumes about the recent events Such a man to have been Priust 29th, 1830 {p038}

[Page Head: DINNER AT LORD DUDLEY'S]

Dined with Dudley the day before yesterday to meet Marmont, who is made very much of here by the few people who are left He had been to Woolwich in the iven orders that everything should be shown to hiratified, and he found the un which wounded him at Salamanca, and who had since lost his own arm at Waterloo Marmont shook hands with hih ca, and flew up to him with 'Ah,the cannon's h's ht about _all He has always disliked and never invited me, but now (to all appearance) we are friends He said he had been to see an old man who lives near the world's end--Chelsea--who is 110 years old; he has a good head of hair, with no grey hairs in it; his health, faculties, and reater temperance than other people I sat next to Palreat deal of conversation with hie infer that he has no idea of joining Governar Ellis assured me the other day that there was not a word of truth in the reported junction between Lord Grey and Huskisson The Duke has got two ements, but I am afraid he is not prepared for all the sacrifices his position requires It is now said that the exasperation against the late Ministers (particularly Polignac) is so great in France that it is doubtful whether they will be able to save their lives