Memoirs of Don Juan Van Halen Comprising the Narrative of His

M EMOI RS D O N J U AN VAN H AL E N ; COM PRISING T HE NARRATIVE OF HIS IMPRISONMENT I N T H E D UNGEONS OF T HE IN! UISIT ION AT A I M D R D , AND OF HIS E CAPE HIS J U NEY TO U IA S , O R R SS , HIS CAMPAIGN WITH THE ARMY OF THE CAUCA U S S, - - 4 0. 6 0. N AN R I T ED ITED , FROM THE ORIGINAL SPA ISH M USC P . 8 1 ru e Arrm- o “ o r ” D ON ESTEBAN AND SAND OVAL. SECO D ED ITIO N N, W I T H A L T E R A T I O N S A N D A D D I T I O N S. I N T WO VO LU M E S. VOL. II . i vy 9- 1 A p p 3 a 0 D 0 0 HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY ' NE W BUR L INGT ON su inm 1830. ‘ 3 “ t v? xx Y ’ J u i l / 0 1. : 3. 0 l a n “ f 232223 l TI L L/ m g A 3 RA W LOND ON S s ’ ‘ b y to . ’ - o n isnf i u u s J on on s co unt m ar sn nnr. j , s , N AR R AT I V E D ON J UAN VAN HALE N. CHAPTE R I . — T he a uthor resolv es on entering the Russi an servi ce His i ntervi ew — wi th some g entlemen of the Russian leg ati on i n London D on — Fermi n Tenet M r. Bludofl The Author em ar s for Ham b k , — — Berlin Spani sh Settlers Arrival in the Prussia n capital—V isi t u n llor raf secretar of the Russi an Em a ss —The eu to Co se K t, y b y thor qui ts Berlin in comlaany wi th Secreta ry Koch. TH E resolution I had formed of pursuing i n so e remote co untr the career of a rms in which m y , I had een ro u ht u na tur ll led me to fix b b g p, a y m e es on ussia who se forces were not likel y y R , y to come i nto conta ct with tho se o f ain and Sp , whose monarch by far the mo st enlig htened o f v o n. 11. n 2 NAR RATIVE or continenta l kin s was univ ersall res the g , y pected fo r the modera tion with which he used hi s n u l mi ted o wer and for he li eral v i ew e i p , t b s b di s n r played in the i te nal policy of his empire. Under thi s fa v ourable impression I finally decided upon ussia co mmunica tin m intentio n o f imme R , g y dia tely proceedi ng thither to a wo rthy co untryman of mine with whom was intima tel connected I y , a nd to a ani sh anker D on ermin a stet Sp b , F T , lo n esta lished in ondon a nd who se hou I g b L , se d h en l m fr uente . ese t e en the first to whom eq T g , lo sed m resolution manifested the u I di sc y , tmost s r ri se a t hea rin it es ecia ll whe he re u p g , p y n t y flected on the slender founda tions upon which my ho es were fo un d m h de . heir s a th o wev er p T y p y, , being excited by the confidence I placed in the success of m underta kin the an ker wh for y g , b , o many yea rs ha d been entrusted with the pecuniary nt ests of the ussi an em ass in n land i er R b y E g , ' er hi s influen e in m o o flered to ex t c y fa v ur. Thi s a ccom li shed and t e resul he effectually p , h t of his friendly interference soon stimula ted me to perse v ere in my plan and I wa s inv ited to v isit one of the entlemen of the ussia n le a i n wh f g R g to , o rom the firs t shewed a liv ely i nterest in my future destin hintin in the most delicate y, g ma nner, that m ecent misfortunes an y r , d the resolution I had ado ted excited hi s dee est interest and ro p , p , p D ON J U N VA H L A N A EN. 3 mi sing to furnish me wi th letters of introduction to his friends of tha t ca ital and o f B rli n p e . On the follo wing day he presented me to the secreta ry ' o f the em a ss M r. Bludofi a t tha t time har é b y, , C g ’ ' Afla ires fro m whom wa s to o ta in h d , I b t e mo st es sentia l re ui site fo r m o urne na mel the q y j y , y, a ss ort a nd who recei v ed me wi h th p p , t e sa me ' a fla bili t a s m introductor ha d done a dv i sin e y y , g m to pro cure a s many letters of recommenda tion a s I o ssi l co uld tha t I ht be etter a p b y , mig b ble to o bta in a dmissio n into the Russian serv ice ; beca use the m eror o win to the num erless etitio ns E p , g b p tha t had been presented to him in Fra nce and German ha d ust i ssued a n uka se decla rin tha t y, j , g he wo uld receiv e no mo re fo reig n officers into his army . m er 1 1 ha d ust co mmenced a nd Nov e b ( 8 8) j , soon the na v ig a tion of the Baltic would be en slender means re uired tha t ti tely clo sed . My q I should proceed to Petersburg h by sea ; but the last v essel fo r Rig a ha v ing sa iled from the Tha mes on he 18th lo st the ortunit o f sa ilin t , I Opp y g , owing to a dela y tha t occurred in the deli v ery o f the a ss o rt occa si ned so me o sta cles which p p , o by b were sta rted by the Spa nish a mba ssa dor to prev ent m de a rture y p . On the 2otb of the sa me month I fo und a tthe house o f the ba nker the pa ssport and sev eral letters B 2 4 N A R RA T I VE o r o f recommenda ti on a nd I ma de the necessa r , y pre r pa ra tions fo my depa rture. hese once co ncluded fo und m self ma ster T , I y of a as s o rt ten letters o f introductio n a urse p p , , p wi th sca rcel sixt o unds in it and a o rt y y p , p tea u of clo thes more fi t fo r the dra wi ng - room tha n o tr v ellin uch were the slender mea ns wi h f r a g . S t whi ch I reso lv ed to meet the rig o ur of a clima te like tha to f ussi a a nd to underta ke a o urne R , j y by land so lon a nd a i ful to seek m fortunes , g p n , y a mo ng a peo ple o f who se cha ra cter I was to tally i nora nt no twithsta ndin the v a rio us ac cou s g , g nt I had rea d res ectin them a nd the info rma i n p g , t o I was indebted for to the fri end o f the ba nk er but to o v er ala nce these i nco nv eniences ha d ood b , I g heal th a etter resolution and the mo st san uine , b , g hopes of success. n e24th of o v em er sailed fro m Gra v es O th N b , I end o n bo a rd a n Eng li sh merchant v essel bo und fo r a m ur h which la ce we rea ched three d H b g , p a ys after. first ca re on la ndin wa s to My , g , re air to the ho use o f the ussia n con sul- eneral p R g , ro ff fo r whom ha d a letter o i M r.

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