_December 12, 1813._ _Friends and Foes--up he Goes--Sending the Corsican Munchausen to St. Cloud._ Published by R. Ackermann.--The Emperor is left, unsupported, in the hands of his enemies, now turned into tormentors: he is thrown into a blanket and tossed up into the air, and is suffering worse discomforts than did Sancho Panza under a similar infliction; crown, sceptre, and sword are shaken off. '_O misericorde!_' cries the flying Munchausen as he is sent up to the clouds. John Bull (whose wig and hat have been thrown aside), the Dutch Mynheer, and Spanish Don are performing wonders with their side of the blanket; then come the Cossack, the Pope, the Pole, the Prince Imperial of Austria, the Emperors of Russia and Austria, and the Kings of Prussia, Hanover, and Würtemburg, who are all lending a hand to torment the Corsican.
_December 14, 1813._ _Political Chemists and German Retorts, or Dissolving the Rhenish Confederacy._ Published by R. Ackermann.--A delicate operation, which has engaged the attention of all the leading Powers of Europe, is supposed to be proceeding. The colossal power of the Corsican is undergoing transmutation, and the conqueror is gradually being resolved into his original elements. A _German Stove_ supplies the furnace, and the fuel is recruited from John Bull's _Coal Tub_; that patriotic person is assisting the process as one of the leading experimental chemists; _Dutch bellows_ are furnishing various powerful blasts; the _Spanish Don_ is pounding some effectually irresistible chemicals in his famous mortar, _Saragossa_. The Corsican has been forced into a receiver; Bernadotte is pouring in a portion of _sulphate of Swedish iron_ before the cover is fixed on; the Emperor, who has been reduced to mere pigmy proportions, is praying for time: 'Oh, spare me till the King of Rome is ripe for mischief yet to come!' In various retorts are seen the several elements which entered into the Imperial analysis, now resolved apart--_Intrigue and Villany_, _Ambition and Folly_, _Gasconade and Lies_, _Arrogance and Atrocity_, _Fire and Sword_, _Murder and Plunder_. All the leading States of Europe are engaged in the operation; the King of Würtemburg is giving his instructions; Prussia, Austria, Hesse, &c., are all interested in the success of the operation. The Pope has contributed two potent agents, _Fulminating powder_, and _Drops from the vial of wrath_. Russia, Poland, the Emperor of Austria, &c., are seated, as chemists, at a table dividing out the agents selected to dissolve the structure raised by Napoleon. From certain tracts at the Cossack's feet we learn that the 'liberty of Germany' and the 'downfall of Boney' are settled projects; while the name of Napoleon, as protector of the Rhenish confederacy, is crossed out, and that of 'Francis, Emperor of Austria, restored 1813,' is substituted in its old ascendency.
