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[Illustration: book's cover] Before and after Waterloo, by Edward Stanley 1 BEFORE AND AFTER WATERLOO [Illustration: Le courier du Rhin perd tout en revenant de la foire de Leipsig.] BEFORE AND AFTER WATERLOO LETTERS FROM EDWARD STANLEY SOMETIME BISHOP OF NORWICH (1802; 1814; 1816) EDITED BY JANE H. ADEANE AND MAUD GRENFELL LONDON T. FISHER UNWIN ADELPHI TERRACE MCMVII (All rights reserved.) ECHOES OF PAST DAYS AT ALDERLEY RECTORY [Illustration: Edward Stanley D.D. Bishop of Norwich n. 1780 ob. 1849] CONTENTS PAGE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF EDWARD STANLEY 9 Before and after Waterloo, by Edward Stanley 2 CHAPTER I NEW FRANCE AND OLD EUROPE 25 CHAPTER I 3 CHAPTER II AFTER NAPOLEON'S FALL 73 CHAPTER II 4 CHAPTER III UNDER THE BOURBON FLAG 97 CHAPTER III 5 CHAPTER IV ON THE TRACK OF NAPOLEON'S ARMY 144 CHAPTER IV 6 CHAPTER V THE LOW COUNTRIES 199 CHAPTER V 7 CHAPTER VI THE WATERLOO YEAR 235 CHAPTER VI 8 CHAPTER VII AFTER WATERLOO 247 The originals of most of the letters now published are, with the drawings that illustrate them, at Llanfawr, Holyhead. Some extracts from these letters have already appeared in the "Early Married Life of Maria Josepha, Lady Stanley," but are here inserted again by kind permission of Messrs. Longman, and complete Bishop Stanley's correspondence. Portions of letters quoted in Dean Stanley's volume, "Edward and Catherine Stanley," have also been used with Messrs. Murray's consent. In addition to the MSS. at Llanfawr, Lord Stanley of Alderley has kindly contributed some original letters in his possession. J.H.A. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "LE COURIER DU RHIN" Frontispiece Sketch brought to England 1814 by General Scott of Thorpe, one of the detenus in France for ten years after the rupture of the Peache of Amiens, mentioned page 73. BISHOP STANLEY To face page 2 By John Linnell. From a drawing in the possession of Canon J. Hugh Way, Henbury. MARGARET OWEN, LADY STANLEY " 10 From a miniature in the possession of Lady Reade-Carreglwyd, Anglesey. "FLIGHT OF INTELLECT" " 17 Humorous sketch by E. Stanley. EDWARD STANLEY, 1800 " 25 By P. Green. The original in the possession of Lord Stanley of Alderley, at Penrhos, Anglesey. THE PRISON OF THE TEMPLE " 31 Sketch by E. Stanley, 1802. THE GUILLOTINE AT CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE " 43 Sketch by E. Stanley, LORD SHEFFIELD " 73 CHAPTER VII 9 By Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. From an engraving in the possession of J.H. Adeane, Lanfavar, Holyhead. KITTY LEYCESTER, MRS. EDWARD STANLEY " 82 From a drawing by H. Edridge, A.R.A., at Alderley Park, Cheshire. PARIS, 1814. OLD BRIDGE AND CHÂTELET " 108 E. Stanley. PARIS, LA POMPE, NOTRE DAME " 115 E. S. PARISIAN AMUSEMENTS " 141 E. S. THE CATACOMBS, PARIS " 143 E. S. LAON. HOUSES AND TOWER, 1814 " 161 E. S. BERRY AU BAC " 164 E. S. VERDUN. BRIDGE " 168 E. Stanley. FRENCH DILIGENCE " 193 E. S. DUTCH SHIPS " 199 E. S. DUTCH DILIGENCE ON BOARD A BOAT " 219 E. S. GOAT CARRIAGE FOR THE LITTLE KING OF ROME " 223 E. S. DUTCH TABLE D'HOTE " 226 CHAPTER VII 10 [...]... charge of the astronomical and magnetic operations When in command of the Britomart, in 1840, he secured the North Island of New Zealand to the English by landing and hoisting the British flag, having heard that a party of French emigrants intended to land that day They did so, but under the protection of the Union Jack In 1846 Owen Stanley commanded the Rattlesnake in an important and responsible expedition... spent some time in London with Sir John and Lady Maria Stanley, and in the literary society of the opening years of the nineteenth century she was much sought after for her charm and appreciativeness, and for what Sydney Smith called her "porcelain understanding." The wits and lions of the Miss Berrys' parties vied with each other in making much of her; Rogers and Scott delighted in her conversation... Bishop with hooting and groans He came out alone and unattended till he was followed by me and my brother, determined, as the saying is, 'to see him safe home,' for the mob was highly excited and brutal Bishop Stanley marched along ten yards, then turned sharp round and fixed his eagle eyes on the mob, and then marched ten CHAPTER VII 17 yards more and turned round again rapidly and gave the same hawk-like... across the Channel in 1802, and who were detained by Napoleon for years against their will Edward Stanley and Edward Hussey left France at the end of June, and went on to Switzerland, Italy, and finally to Spain, where the difficulties and dangers which they met, reveal the extraordinary dearth of personal comfort and civilised habits among that nation at the time The dangers and discomforts did not,... keen philanthropist and her father's right hand at Norwich In 1854 she took charge of a detachment of nurses who followed Miss Nightingale's pioneer band to the East, and worked devotedly for the Crimean sick and wounded at the hospital at Koulalee Katherine, the youngest daughter, a most original character, married Dr Vaughan, headmaster of Harrow, Master of the Temple, and Dean of Llandaff She survived... her life and influence For all this he was bitterly censured, but his kindly spirit and friendly intercourse with his clergy smoothed the way through apparently insurmountable difficulties, and his powerful aid was ever at hand in any benevolent movement to advise and organise means of help In his home at Norwich the Bishop and Mrs Stanley delighted to welcome guests of every shade of opinion, and one... travelled there just before the Reign of Terror; and in view of the destruction which had taken place since then, he was evidently convinced that Napoleon's iron hand was the greatest boon to the country He and his companion had the good fortune to leave France before the short interval of peace ended abruptly, and they were therefore saved from the fate of hundreds of their friends and fellow-travellers... induced to accept the offer, though only "after much hesitation and after a severe struggle, which for a time almost broke down his usual health and sanguine spirit." "It would be vain and useless," he said, "to speak to others of what it cost me to leave Alderley"; but to his new sphere he carried the same zeal and indomitable energy which had ever characterised him, and gained the affection of many who... however, interfere with the interest and pleasure of the writer who describes them Then and ever after, travelling was Edward Stanley's delight, and he took any adventure in the spirit of the French song-"Je suis touriste Quel gai métier." His letters to his father and brother show that he lost no opportunity of getting information and of recording what he saw; and he began on this journey the first... the Machine was still standing, and the marks of the Execution very recent On looking out of my window the morning after our arrival here, I saw the dreadful Instrument in the Place de Ferreant, and on inquiry found that five men were to be beheaded in the morning and two in the evening They deserved their fate; they had robbed some Farmhouses and committed some cruelties In England, however, they would . (http://gallica.bnf.fr) and The Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org). [Illustration: book's cover] Before and after Waterloo, by Edward Stanley 1 BEFORE AND AFTER WATERLOO [Illustration:. Before and after Waterloo, by Edward Stanley The Project Gutenberg EBook of Before and after Waterloo, by Edward Stanley This