[The three following Articles, which appeared in our Second Edition
last week, are reinserted fir those who take the first.]
THE AMBASSADRESS.
NAPOLEON used to employ female spies ; which is a refinement in the art of procuring intelligence. The refinement is carried one step farther, when an Ambassadress, instead of an Ambassador, is employed. A great Northern Court well understands the benefit of this arrangement. The Ambassadress was regularly bred to her profession, and her Imperial master needs not fear to match her against the ablest diplomates of the day. Our first and best Ministers have succumbed before her : they made soft speeches, while she was picking their brains : all but Lord CASTLEREAGH—the immaculate and impassi- ble—he alone of our prime movers had the courage to resist the ap- proaches of the Protocol in Petticoats. CANNING fell. The Duke tri- umphed—in a way : when at the Premier's residence in Downing Street, her carriage joined those of the string of lady claimants, while she, on foot, found an entrance by the little green back-door —on that morning England was sure to play a losing game. Even the venerable GEORGE himself, whom the reports of the manceuvres of this fair-haired dame of the North used so much to amuse, fell a victim to her syren arts. After an interview of several hours with our late venerable Sovereign, the Ambassadress instantly de- spatched a courier to the land of quass. Whether she told all that passed, is immaterial. Lord LIVERPOOL procured a copy of the despatch, and regaled the eyes of the royal victim with an account of the only results of the meeting which the lady thought worth recording.
This person is now one of the most active and dangerous ene- mies of the Reform Bill. Her position gives her advantages which may at least embarrass—although she must approach this King through a different channel from the last. Let not the uninformed reader be deceived by the artful compo- sition of this lady's advertised parties : they are piedi.ed for show : one Whig of bulk will mask half-a-dozen insidious English Curtis /s..*
" Members of the Green Board of Charles Street.
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