The Emperor of Russia arrived at Schwe at, on the
Oder, on the 5th instant. He had been for three days tumbling about in the Gulf of Finland, having embarked at Cronstadt with the intention of going by water to Stettin, and thence to Troppau, or Friedland, (which of the two does not appear quite certain), in order to hold a conference with the Monarchs of Austria and Prussia. The bad weather obliged him to put back to St. Petersburg ; from which city he departed by land without delay, and proceeded to Schwedt. The following account of his arrival there is contained in a letter published in a Hamburg news- paper.
" The Emperor of Russia has taken everybody by surprise ; for he arrived in a plain carriage with four post-horses, without any previous announcement of Nis coming. When the plain carriage, quite alone, without -any atteuclawe be- sides the postillions, arrived, and an officer in Prussian uniform stepped out, and hastily asked for the King, he was not recognized to he the Emperor ; bur ulnae one of the servants was heard to address him as his Majesty. As he was gotog to the King, and went to a wrong door, he hastened back over the court-yard and was welcomed by their Royal Highnesses the Princes William and Charles, with the most cordial embraces and loud expressions of joy. It was as if a long wished-for dear friend returned to the bosom of his expectant family. At the same time with the Emperor, General Benkendorff has arrived."
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