that ever sailed from Cadiz, her cargo reported worth 200,000_l._’ Another letter, dated November 29, adds, ‘We have this day taken a large Ship from the River de la Plata.’ They had captured the following ships previous to December 3:-- Nostra Signora del Rosario value £10,000 Il Fortuna ” 8,000 St. Joseph ” 12,000 La Virgine Assumpto ” 6,000 Apollo ” 15,000 Signora del Purificatione ” 40,000 Fawket ” 1,100 Gustavus Adolphus ” 1,000 A Settee ” 600 A Ship with Naval Stores ” 40,000 On February 26, 1805, Gillray published ‘The Plumb Pudding in danger; or State Epicures taking un Petit Souper--’ the great globe itself, and all which it inherits, ‘is too small to satisfy such insatiable appetites.’ Napoleon is taking all Europe, whilst Pitt is calmly appropriating all the ocean to himself. [Illustration: THE PLUMB PUDDING IN DANGER.] There is now almost a total cessation of caricature until the autumn; and it probably was in this wise. Napoleon did not actively bother this country; his thoughts were, for the time, elsewhere. On March 17 a deputation from the Italian Republic waited upon him, stating that it was the desire of their countrymen that he should be their monarch, and accordingly on April 2 he and Josephine left Paris for Milan. Another project fill’d his head, For vanity must still be fed; A second Charlemagne to prove, Our hero resolutely strove. Addresses manufactured he, All which were sent to Italy; To get additional renown, He to restore the iron crown Of Italy resolved,--by which He hoped his pockets to enrich. T’ obtain, was certainly his aim, O’er the Peninsula, a claim. Now, Nap, while filling out his wine, Told Josephine his bold design-- ‘My dear,’ said he, and kiss’d her lip, To Italy, we’ll take a trip.’ To bring about this great event, The Emperor and Empress went. When in Milan they both arrived, To coax the people Nap contrived; And being a great Saint believed, With adulation was receiv’d; He, by his condescension, proved How dearly he _his children_ loved. And on the Twenty Sixth of May Began our hero to display Another Coronation splendid, While on a throne he sat attended. Now highly honor’d and rever’d, The diadem of France appear’d On his right hand, and _inter alia_, All its magnificent regalia. Whilst on his left hand, to the sight, The crown of iron sparkled bright; Tho’ iron, this they used to call, The cross was iron, that was all.[6] The rest was diamonds and pure gold, And very lovely to behold. The Cardinal Archbishop then Began the ceremony--when Nap was Italian King protested, And with th’ insignia too invested; The altar steps he hasten’d soon up, And taking quick the precious boon up,