CONTENTS. 



of an intended Dictatorship, and Cries for maintaining the Constitu- 

 tion. — The actual Constitution of France distinguished from certain 

 Republics. — Motion for renewing the Oath of Fidelity to the Consti- 

 tution. — Agreed to. — And the Ceremony performed with the greatest 

 sang froid, even by the moderate Party. — Message from the Elders. — 

 Buonaparte appears in the Council of Five Hundred. — Uproar and 

 ■ Violence. — Litcien Buonaparte, together with his Robes, lays aside 

 the Office of President. — Threatened by the adverse Party. — Carried 

 out of the Hall by a Party of Grenadiers. — The Soldiers harangued by 

 both the Buonapartes. — The Council of Five Hundred dispersed, and 

 the Legislature thus dissolved by a military Force . . [18 



CHAP. III. 



Effects of lohat passed in the Council of Five Hundred on the Delibera- 

 tions and Measures of the Council of Elders. — Meeting of the mo- 

 derate Party in the late Council of Five Hundred. — Speech of Lucien 

 Buonaparte on the critical State of the Nation. — A Committee of Five 

 appointed to report on the Measures proper to be adopted in the present 

 Crisis. — The Council addressed by the Chairman of the Committee, 

 by Boulay de la Meurthe, and again by Lucien Buonaparte — The 

 Council adjourned, and the Session terminated. — Reflections . [27 



C H A P. IV. 



First Measures of the consular Government. — Proclamations by the 

 legislative Body. — And by the Chief Co7isul. — New Oath to be taken 

 by allpublic Functionaries. — Letter to the foreign Ministers of Fratice. 

 ■ — Written Defences of the Revolution of St. Cloud, and the provisional 

 Government. — Letter from the Chief Consul to the Army of Egypt. — 

 Conciliatory Coriduct of Buonaparte. — Professed Spirit of the new 

 Government. — Odious Laws repealed. — Measures of Finance. — Of 

 police and internal Government. — Mercy extended to various Classes 

 of Men. — Marine a7id Commerce. — A new Constitution . [41 



CHAP. V. 



The Return of Btionaparte from Egypt, the leading Event in the His- 

 tory of 1800. — The vast and unbounded Power vested in him by the 

 nc%u Constitution. — General Expectations and Presages. — Able and 

 prudent Conduct of Buo7iaparte. — The Justice and Moderation of his 

 Government. — His Solicitude to pacify and tranquillize France. — 

 Means adopted for this Purpose. — Both of Persuasion and Force. — 

 War in the ivestern Departments. — Armistice. — The War renewed. — 

 Overtures from Buonaparte for Peace with England.— Rejected. [66 



CHAP. VI. 



Meeting of Parliament. — Message from the King, respecting Overtures 

 of Peace from the Consular Government of France. — Debates thereon 

 in both Houses . . . . . [76 



CHAP. VII. 



Messagefromhis Majesty , respecting the Employment of German Troops 

 instead of Russians. — Debates thereon in bothHouses. — Motions for 

 an Inquiry into the Failure of the Dutch Expedition, in both Houses. — 



