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A very extraordinary and most valuable Historical Print, consisting of six whole-length

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THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUMBER,

Being the Nineteenth, of LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE;

OR, BELL's COURT AND FASHIONABLE MAGAZINE,

Published on the First of July, price 2s. 6d.

And which concluded the Second Volume of this Work, with the termination of the Half Year.

THE Subject of the present Print is that of the first introduction of the Emperor ALEXANDER of RUSSIA to the Queen of PRUSSIA, by the King, her husband, who is seen in the act of presenting his illustrious guest to the Queen-Her Majesty, accompanied by the Countess VONNESS, receives him with an air of dignified complacency and august grandeur. At the termination of the Picture are seen the two Brothers of the King of Prussia, Prince WILLIAM, and Prince HENRY. They are dressed in the military habit of the country; but the Queen is attired in a plain and simple manner, much after the Parisian fashion of dress which prevails generally in the Prussian Court.-The Figures are all whole lengths and correct Portraits of the august Personages represented, and so admirable are the Likenesses in the original Print from which this is most accurately copied, that the Emperor of Russia and all the Prussian Court were liberal Subscribers at two Guineas for each Print.

This Interview took place on the 10th of June, 1802, at Memel, a city at some distance from Berlin, and situated on the Polish frontiers.

The SUPPLEMENT may be had of any Bookseller in Town or Country; and those who have not yet completed their Volumes, and failed of receiving it with the delivery of their last Number (No. 18.) are requested to give immediate orders for it to their respective Booksellers.

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Bell's

COURT AND FASHIONABLE

MAGAZINE,

For AUGUST, 1807.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

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ILLUSTRIOUS LADIES.

The Twentieth Number.

HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF RICHMOND.

terest.

CHARLOTTE LENOX, the present || independence at the hazard of his inDuchess of Richmond, is the third daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Gordon. Her Grace was married September 9th, 1789, to Colonel Lenox, now Duke of Richmond, by whom she has a very numerous family.

Upon the death of the late Duke of Richmond, who died at an advanced period of life, and without legitimate issue, his title and fortune devolved upon his nephew, General Lenox, the present Duke.

His Grace represented the county of Sussex in several Parliaments, and had always been warmly attached to the party and politics of Mr. Pitt-in truth, his attachment was of a nature more close and affectionate than political alliances generally are. He maintained his connection with Mr. Pitt at a time when his uncle, the late Duke, was extremely hostile to the conduct of that minister; and though General Lenox was chosen member for the county of Sussex almost solely upon the Richmond interest, he did not on that account hesitate to vote against the opinion of his uncle, or to preserve his

Upon the dissolution of the late ministry, when the friends and adherents of Mr. Pitt were again called to the helm of power, the Duke of Richmond was not forgotten. An offer was immediately made to him of the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland. His Grace accepted the office, and his brother-in-law, the Duke of Bedford, was immediately recalled. here be remarked, that the recall of his Grace the Duke of Bedford was softened to his feelings as much as possible; and in being thns superseded by a near relation, the dignity might be considered as still continuing in the same family.

It may

The Duchess of Richmond accompanied her husband to Dublin a few months since; and is, of course, still in the Irish metropolis.

As a public character we have little to say of her Grace. Her conduct is worthy of her rank, and her affability and good humour make her equally beloved and respected.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE PRESENT QUEEN OF SPAIN.

|| the commission of a colonel in the life guards, and orders to repair to Madrid without delay.

Almost immediately after the return of Louis the elevation of Manuel commenced. A new appointment was created for him, that of adjutant-general of the life guards, with the rank of a major general in the army. He had not held that situation long, when he was raised to the rank of a lieutenant-general, and created a Grandee of Spain of the first class, under the title of Duke of Alcadia, the King granting him the royal domains of Alcadia, together with the revenues of the most valuable of the four military orders. His power soon became so con.

LOUISA MARIA THERESA, Queen of Spain, was born a Princess of Parma on the 9th of December, 1751; she was married to his present Spanish Majesty, Charles IV. on the 4th of September, 1765, and is the mother of three sons and three daughters. Had her royal consort the character of his ancestor, Louis XIV. his people would have been happy, and the independence of his kingdom respected; he would not then have suffered himself to be ruled by a weak Princess, governed in her turn by a still weaker favourite, the imbecile upstart, the Prince of Peace; whose pernicious influence has brought disgrace on his Sovereign, and ruin on his fellow-subjects. As this personage is by the im-siderable, that the proudest Grandees found it politic partiality of the Queen become of great consequence in the actual concerns of Europe, some particulars respecting his origin, the progress and the causes that have contributed to hi advancement, must necessarily find a proper place

in this sketch.

Don Manuel Godoy de Alvarez, Prince of Peace, was born on the 8th of March, 1767, at Badajoz, in the province of Estramadur, of verv obscure parents. Early in life he was sent to Madrid with his eldest brother Louis, to serve in the King's life guards as common soldiers, his family not having sufficient means to support them as cadets in the army. Don Manuel remained in the guards in obscurity until his brother's banishment. I: took place in consequence of information received by the late King, which induced a suspicion that the Queen, then a Princess of Asturias, was particularly attached to him. So much was Charles 1II. alarmed by the intelligence, that he ordered Louis to be exiled from Madrid for life, and he was allowed but two hours to prepare for his departure. He was strictly enjoined never to approach within twentyfive leagues of the court. He obtained, however, a company of the provincial militia in the place of his birth, with a cross of the military order of Alcantara. During his exile, which continued until the King's death in 1788, Louis had many valuable presents sent him by the Princess of Asturias. These presents were conveyed to him by Manuel, who was introduced to the Princess by the Duchess of Alva, under pretence of hearing him play and accompany on the guitar, which he did, as the Spaniards term it, con gracia. On the death of Charles III. the same courier who brought this news into the district where he resided, also brought him his pardon, with

necessary to solicit his in Auence to obtain even ordinary favours from the court. Even the grand council of Castile, with the philosopher and patriot Count D'Aranda at its head, could make no stand against him. At the commencement of the war with the regicides of France in 1798, the pusillanimous opinion of the council of Castile was in favour of defensive operations; that the several passes of the Pyrennean mountains should be strongly guarded, and the army considerably augmented, before a thought should be entertained of sending any force into the French territory. But the Duke of Alcadia thought otherwise, and his opinion prevailed. The council of Castile was dissolved for presuming to resist it, and Count D'Aranda was banished to Saragossa.

The war with France had, from its beginning, been badly conducted by Spain, and the critical situation of that country, in the year 1795, compelled the Duke of Alcadia to change his plan, and to think only of the means of repairing the injury the nation had sustained through his rashness and folly. A peace was called for by the people, as they seemed to believe that it would heal all their wounds. Peace, upon any terms, appeared to the superficial mind of the Duke of Alcadia the best expedient that could be adopted. He, therefore, precipitately conclu led a treaty with regicide France equally disadvantageous and dishonourable. It left the Spanish monarchy at the mercy of the French republic, with a territory abridged, her resources considerably diminished, her army almost broken down, and her spirit nearly exhausted. The popular joy and gratitude, however, was extreme; and the King, instead of punishing an ignorant and presumptuous minister, conferred upou the peacemaker the title of Prince of Peace!

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