The Emperor left Saint-Cloud on the 15th of April, at four o’clock in the morning, and at midnight of the 16th entered Mayence.  On his arrival his Majesty learned that Erfurt and the whole of Westphalia were in a state of the deepest alarm.  This news added incredible speed to his march, and in eight hours he was at Erfurt.  His Majesty remained but a short while in that town, as the information that he there received set his mind at rest as to the result of the campaign.  On leaving Erfurt the Emperor wished to pass through Weimar in order to salute the grand duchess, and made his visit on the same day and at the same hour that the Emperor Alexander went from Dresden to Toeplitz in order to visit another Duchess of Weimar (the hereditary princess, her sister).

The grand duchess received the Emperor with a grace which enchanted him, and their conversation lasted nearly half an hour.  On leaving, his Majesty said to the Prince de Neuchatel, “That is an astonishing woman; she has the intellect of a great man.”  The Duke accompanied the Emperor as far as the borough of Eckhartsberg, where his Majesty detained him to dine.

Note by constant.—­His Majesty’s household, reorganized in part for this campaign of 1813, was composed of the following persons: 

Grand marshal of the palace, the Duke of Frioul.

Grand equerry, the Duke of Vicenza.

Aides-de-camp:  Generals Mouton, Count de Lobau; Lebrun, Duke de Plaisance; Generals Drouot, Flahaut, Dejean, Corbineau, Bernard, Durosnel, and Aogendorp.

First ordinance officer, Colonel Gourgaud.

Ordinance officers:  Baron de Mortemart, Baron Athalin, M. Beranger, M. de Lauriston; Messieurs Barons Desaix, Laplace, and de Caraman; Messieurs de Saint Marsan, de Lamezan, Pretet, and Pailhou; there was also M. d’Aremberg, but at this time he was a prisoner in the town of Dantzic.

First chamberlain and master of the wardrobe, the Count of Turenne.

Prefect of the palace, Baron de Beausset.

Quartermaster of the palace, Baron de Canouville.

Equerries, Barons Van Lenneps, Montaran, and de Mesgrigny.

Private secretaries, Baron Mounier and Baron Fain.

Clerks, Messieurs Jouanne and Provost.

Secretary interpreters, Messieurs Lelorgue, Dideville, and Vouzowitch.

Director of the topographical bureau, Baron Bacler d’Albe.

Geographical engineers, Messieurs Lameau and Duvivier.

Pages, Messieurs Montarieu, Devienne, Sainte Perne, and Ferreri.