CONTENTS. 



HISTORY OF EUROPE. 



CHAP. 1. 



Heturn of Buonaparte from Egypt to France. — His Letter to the Army 

 of Egypt. — The Companions of his Voyage.— Arrives at Corsica.-- 

 And at Frejus in Provence. — Enthusiastic Joy ivith which he was 

 every luhere received. — Proceeds by Lyons to Paris. — Hopes and Con- 

 fidence of the Parisians, and in general all the French centered on this 

 military Chief — Situation of the French Republic at this Period, 

 external and internal. — State of Parties. — War in the Western De- 

 partments. — Weakness and Half-measures of Government. — New 

 political Changes meditated by Abbe Sieyes. — Personal Interview 

 betiveen the Abbe and Buonaparte. — Buonaparte caressed and courted 

 by all Parties. — The Army alone courted by him. — He favours and 

 joins the moderate Party. — Character of Abbe Sieyes. — And of 

 Buonaparte. — Spleiidid Feast givenin Honour of Buonaparte. — Pro- 

 ject for a Change in the Government and Constitution. — Necessarily 

 communicated to considerable Numbers of the Members of both Coun- 

 cils. — Yet kept Secret till the Moment of Explosion. — The Council of 

 Elders empowered by the Constitution of 1795 to transport the Legis- 

 lature whenever it should think Proper to any Commune within a 

 certain Distance of Paris. — Cojnmand of the French Troops in and 

 near Paris, vested, by the Council of Elders, in Buonaparte. — Trans- 

 lation of the Legislative Bodies and the Directory to St. Cloud . [1 



CHAP. n. 



The Village of St. Cloud filled with Troops, and Spectators from Paris. 



— The Two Councils constituted there. — Resignations of the Direc- 

 torial Office. — Motion in the Council of Elders for inquiring into the 

 Reasons for their Translation to St. Clotid. — A Debate on this Subject 

 suspended, by a Motion for Messages to the Coimcil of Five Hundred 

 and the Directory, which ivas agreed to. — Buonaparte comes into the 

 Hall and addresses a Speech to the Council of Elders, in which he states 

 the Danger of the Country, andinvites them to associate their Wisdom 

 with the Force they had placed under his Command for its Salvation. 



— Opposition to Buonaparte, and a Change in the Constitution. — 

 Buonaparte goes out and harangues the Soldiers and the People. — - 

 Returns, and insists on the Necessity of taking Measures for the Reali- 

 zation of sacred Principles that had hitherto been only chimerical. — 

 Motion by Dalphonse for renewing the Oath of Fidelity to the Consti- 

 tution.- — This Motion opposed, and the Defects of the Constitution 

 briefly stated. — The Council of Elders adjourned till nine o'clock in 

 the Evening. — Proceedings in the Council of Five Hundred. — Motion 

 for a Committeefor lyiaking a Report on the actual State of the Nation. 

 AndproposingMcasurcs for the public Interest. — Suspicions ca pressed 



