‘As no tavern would permit such infamous scenes to pass under its roof as those you propose, you must, _Monsieur le Comte_, return once more to the _booth_; and worthy disciple of LOCUSTA,[113] choose in London a public place to make an open-air exhibition of your talents.’ And like the scorpion, which carries its sting in its tail, he adds a foot-note, which refers to the heading of his letter: ‘_M. de Morande’s Answer to Don Joseph Balsamo,_ _self-created Count of Cagliostro, Colonel in the Service of all the Sovereign Powers in Europe._’ ‘If it was not the case, it would be very singular to have seen, in the year 1777, M. Cagliostro calling himself in England Colonel of the Third Regiment of Brandenbourg, and, afterwards, in Russia, Colonel in the Spanish Service; for which, however, he was reprimanded by the magistrates of Petersburgh. Having forgot to take his Commission with him, he could not exhibit proofs, and was obliged to put down his regimentals. This check on his conduct made him abscond from Petersburgh. Every Russian nobleman in London knows this anecdote, and, without presuming to mention names, we trust that this will be found to be the case upon enquiry.’ To this letter Cagliostro replied with another in the _Public Advertiser_ (p. 2, col. 1) of September 9, 1786, in which he repeats his challenge, and declines to sit down to breakfast with a carnivorous animal. De Morande, of course, could not be silent, and replied in the _Public Advertiser_ (p. 2, col. 1) of September 12, 1786. He reiterated the charges he made against Cagliostro in the _Courier de l’Europe_, saying, among other things, ‘I have said that you were in England in the year 1771, under the name of _Balsamo_, and that you were then a needy, as well as a _very indifferent_ painter; that twenty persons, at least, are ready to prove it. You take no notice of this second assertion, which becomes serious, _by the oath you have taken under that name_, of which I have a legal copy in my possession. ‘I have said that you have made your appearance under another name, THAT OF CAGLIOSTRO, in the year 1777. I have several _affidavits_, amongst which there are some of your own, which authenticate very curious anecdotes concerning you; to this you have replied nothing. ‘I have said that you falsely pretended then to be a _Colonel of the third regiment_ of Brandenbourg; that you had, at that time, a law-suit in the Court of Queen’s Bench, _about a certain necklace, and a gold snuff-box_, which you asserted to have been given MADAME LA COMTESSE, but which you were obliged to return, and pay all Costs, on the Clear proofs given by your adverse party, that you obtained them _under false pretences_. No reply has been made to this.