n provinces of old Poland, planted on
the banks of the Vistula the Grand Duchy of Warsaw, which he gave to the
King of Saxony, with the intention of increasing or destroying it
afterwards as he might find convenient. Thus he allowed the Poles to
hope better things for the future, and ensured to himself partisans in
the north should the chances of fortune call him thither. Alexander,
who was cajoled even more than his father had been by what I may call
the political coquetry of Napoleon, consented to all these arrangements,
acknowledged 'in globo' all the kings crowned by the Emperor, and
accepted some provinces which had belonged to his despoiled ally, the
King of Prussia, doubtless by way of consolation for not having been
able to get more restored to Prussia. The two Emperors parted the best
friends in the world; but the Continental system was still in existence.

CHAPTER XII.

1807.

Effect produced at Altona by the Treaty of Tilsit--The Duke of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin's departure from Hamburg--English squadron in
the Sound--Bombardment of Copenhagen--Perfidy of England--Remark of
Bonaparte to M. Lemercier--Prussia erased from the map--Napoleon's
return to Paris--Suppression of the Tribunate--Confiscation of
English merchandise--Nine millions gained to France--M. Caulaincourt
Ambassador to Russia--Repugnance of England to the intervention of
Russia--Affairs of Portugal--Junot appointed to command the army--
The Prince Regent's departure for the Brazils--The Code Napoleon--
Introduction of the French laws into Germany--Leniency of Hamburg
Juries--The stolen cloak and the Syndic Doormann.

The Treaty of Tilsit, as soon as it was known at Altona, spread
consternation amongst the emigrants. As to the German Princes, who were
awaiting the issue of events either at Altolna or Hamburg, when they
learned that a definitive treaty of peace had been signed between France
and Russia, and that two days after the Treaty of Tilsit the Prussian
monarchy was placed at the mercy of Napoleon, every courier that arrived
threw them into indescribable agitation. It depended on the Emperor's
will whether they were to be or not to be. The Duke of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin had not succeeded in getting himself re-established in his
states, by an exceptional decision, like the Duke of Weimar; but at
length he obtained the restitution of his territory at the request of the
Emperor Alexander, and on the 28th o