+-------------------------------------------+ | Note: | | | | = around word indicates bold =CAPSULE.= | | _ around word indicated italics _Erebus_ | +-------------------------------------------+ LIFE AND TIMES OF HER MAJESTY CAROLINE MATILDA. LIFE AND TIMES OF HER MAJESTY CAROLINE MATILDA, 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. CONTENTS OF VOL. III. CHAPTER I. THE TRIAL OF COUNT BRANDT. PAGE The Indictment--Brandt at Court--The Assault on the King--The King's Deposition--The Queen and Struensee--Duty of a Good Citizen--The Confidant--The Alleged Forgery--The Sentence Proposed--The Defence--The King at Home--Duties of the Favourite--A Man of Courage--The Royal Gift--Brandt's Letter to his Judges--A Modest Request--Hurried Proceedings 1 CHAPTER II. THE TWO COUNTS. Struensee's Sentence--His General Conduct--The Maître des Requêtes--The German Language--Struensee's Despotism--The Council of the Thirty-two--The Cabinet Minister--The King's Presents--Struensee's Precautions--His Downfall--The Sentence Approved--Count Brandt--His Assault on the King--His Behaviour--The Royal Assent 33 CHAPTER III. THE EXECUTION. Confirmation of the Sentence--Struensee's Correspondence--Rantzau's Treachery--An Unfeeling Court--Struensee's Penitence--The Scaffold--April 28--Execution of Brandt--Horrible Details--Death of Struensee--His Character--Enlightened Despotism--The First Servant of the State--The Queen Dowager 71 CHAPTER IV. THE HIGH COMMISSION. PAGE The Ten Prisoners--The Report--Lt.-Colonel von Hesselberg--Etats-rath Willebrandt--Professor Berger--Unjust Sentences--Von Gähler--Falckenskjold and Struensee--Serious Crimes--The Sentence--The Royal Approval--The Fortress of Munkholm--The Commandant--Resignation--The Order of Release--Curious Conditions--Death of Falckenskjold 103 CHAPTER V. DEPARTURE OF THE QUEEN. The British Fleet--Spirited Conduct of Keith--The Order of Release--The Prisoner Louisa Augusta--The Departure--The Landing at Stade--The Stay at Göhrde--Arrival in Celle--The Queen's Court--A Happy Family--Keith's Mission--Literary Pirates--Reverdil to the Rescue 141 CHAPTER VI. THE SECRET AGENT.