LIFE OF NAPOLEON

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Chap. XXV.—Increasing Jealousies betwixt France and England—Encroachmentson the part of the former—Instructions given by the FirstConsul to his Commercial Agents—Orders issued by the English Ministers—Peltier'scelebrated Royalist Publication, L'Ambigu—Peltiertried for a Libel against the First Consul—found Guilty—Angry Discussionsrespecting the Treaty of Amiens—Malta—Report of Sebastiani—Resolutionsof the British Government—Conferences betwixt Buonaparteand Lord Whitworth—Britain declares War against France on18th May, 1803, 1

Chap. XXVI.—St. Domingo—The Negroes split into parties under differentChiefs—Toussaint L'Ouverture the most distinguished of these—Appointsa Consular Government—France sends an Expeditionagainst St. Domingo, under General Leclerc, in December, 1801—Toussaintsubmits—He is sent to France, where he dies—The French areassaulted by the Negroes—Leclerc is succeeded by Rochambeau—TheFrench finally obliged to capitulate to an English squadron—Buonaparte'sscheme to consolidate his power—The Consular Guard augmented—Legionof Honour—Opposition formed against the Consular Government—Applicationto the Count de Provence (Louis XVIII.), 16

Chap. XXVII.—Renewal of the War—England lays an Embargo onFrench Vessels—Napoleon retaliates by detaining British Subjects—Effectsof this unprecedented Measure—Hanover and other places occupiedby the French—Scheme of Invasion renewed—Napoleon's Preparations—DefensiveMeasures of England, 27

Chap. XXVIII.—Disaffection begins to arise against Napoleon among theSoldiery—Purpose of setting up Moreau against him—Character of Moreau—Causesof his Estrangement from Buonaparte—Pichegru—The{iv}Duke d'Enghien—Georges Cadoudal, Pichegru, and other Royalists,landed in France—Desperate Enterprise of Georges—Defeated—Arrestof Moreau—of Pichegru—and Georges—Captain Wright—Duke d'Enghienseized at S

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