QUEEN OF DENMARK AND NORWAY,
AND
SISTER OF H. M. GEORGE III. OF ENGLAND,
FROM FAMILY DOCUMENTS AND PRIVATE STATE ARCHIVES.
BY
SIR C. F. LASCELLES WRAXALL, BART.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. III.
LONDON:
WM. H. ALLEN & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W.
1864.
[All Rights reserved.]
LEWIS AND SON, PRINTERS, SWAN BUILDINGS, MOORGATE STREET.
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THE TRIAL OF COUNT BRANDT.
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The Indictment—Brandt at Court—The Assault on the King—TheKing's Deposition—The Queen and Struensee—Duty ofa Good Citizen—The Confidant—The Alleged Forgery—TheSentence Proposed—The Defence—The King at Home—Dutiesof the Favourite—A Man of Courage—The Royal Gift—Brandt'sLetter to his Judges—A Modest Request—HurriedProceedings 1
THE TWO COUNTS.
Struensee's Sentence—His General Conduct—The Maître des Requêtes—TheGerman Language—Struensee's Despotism—TheCouncil of the Thirty-two—The Cabinet Minister—The King'sPresents—Struensee's Precautions—His Downfall—The SentenceApproved—Count Brandt—His Assault on the King—HisBehaviour—The Royal Assent 33
THE EXECUTION.
Confirmation of the Sentence—Struensee's Correspondence—Rantzau'sTreachery—An Unfeeling Court—Struensee's Penitence—TheScaffold—April 28—Execution of Brandt—HorribleDetails—Death of Struensee—His Character—EnlightenedDespotism—The First Servant of the State—The QueenDowager 71
THE HIGH COMMISSION.
The Ten Prisoners—The Report—Lt.-Colonel von Hesselberg—Etats-rathWillebrandt—Professor Berger—Unjust Sentences—VonGähler—Falckenskjold and Struensee—Serious Crimes—TheSentence—The Royal Approval—The Fortress of Munkholm—TheCommandant—Resignation—The Order of Release—CuriousConditions—Death of Falckenskjold 103
DEPARTURE OF THE QUEEN.
The British Fleet—Spirited Conduct of Keith—The Order of Release—ThePrisoner Louisa Augusta—The Departure—TheLanding at Stade—The Stay at Göhrde—Arrival in Celle—TheQueen's Court—A Happy Family—Keith's Mission—LiteraryPirates—Reverdil to the Rescue 141
THE SECRET AGENT.
The Court at Celle—Mr. Wraxall—Presentation to the Queen—Hamburg—TheDanish Nobility—The Proposition—Th