Napoleon's court and cabinet of StCloud : in a series of letters . emigration,our government has never been in ignorance of the cha-racters and foibles of the leading members among theemigrants in England. Otto, however, finished their picture,but added some new groups to those delineated by hispredecessor. It was according to his plan that the expe-dition of Mehee de la Touche was undertaken, and it wasin following his instructions that the campaign of thistraitor succeeded so well in Great Britain. Under the ministry of Vergennes, of Montmorin, andof Delessart, Mehee had been employed as a s
Napoleon's court and cabinet of StCloud : in a series of letters . emigration,our government has never been in ignorance of the cha-racters and foibles of the leading members among theemigrants in England. Otto, however, finished their picture,but added some new groups to those delineated by hispredecessor. It was according to his plan that the expe-dition of Mehee de la Touche was undertaken, and it wasin following his instructions that the campaign of thistraitor succeeded so well in Great Britain. Under the ministry of Vergennes, of Montmorin, andof Delessart, Mehee had been employed as a spy in Russia,Sweden and Poland, and acquitted himself perfectly tothe satisfaction of his masters. By some accident or other,Delessart discovered, however, in December, 1791, that hehad, while pocketing the money of the Cabinet of Versailles,sold its secrets to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. He, ofcourse, was no longer trusted as a spy, and thereforeturned a Jacobin, and announced himself to Brissot as apersecuted patriot. All the calumnies against this minister. 32 THE SECRET HISTORY OK LETTER V Paris, . -05. My Lord,—Thanks to Talleyrands political emigration,our government has never been in ignorance of the cha-racters and foibles of the leading members among theemigrants in England. Otto, however, finished their picture,but added sJf5H A r/J M H Bi ?Llnose ^ by his _A . v\^Y*s Plan tnat {^e expe- dition of M le la Touche was und id it was in following I is that the \ of this traiteta«ft&ee*V & >\uV\v\i><\ jfift -VA\U Under the ministry of Vergennes, of Montmorin, andof Delessart, Mehee had been employed as a spy in Russia,Sweden and Poland, and acquitted himself perfectly tothe satisfaction of his masters. By some accident or other,Delessart discovered, however, i ,, that he had, while pocketing the money of the lilies, sold its secrets to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. He, ofcourse, was no longer trusted as a spy, and thereforeturned a Jacobin, and announced hi
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