152 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1804. 



CHAP. XI. 



jSffalrs of France. — Retrospect to 1 803. — Probable Victcs of Bonaparte, in 

 a Rupture xcith England. — Flattering Statements of J fairs, at the Cotn- 

 wencevienf of the Year, by the Govcrntnent. — Plot against the Govern- 

 ment of Bonaparte detected— Generals Morcaii, Lajollais. and other Con- 

 spiratorsy arrested and imprisoned — Report on this Transaction — Ad- 

 dresses to Bonaparte on his Escape from the menaced Danger — his Reply — 

 General Pichegru arrested — Consideration of the Government tovcards 

 Moreaii — and whi—joiind guilty — pardoned and transported. — Arrest of 

 the Duke D'Enghkn in the neutral Territory of Baden — his high Cha- 

 racter and Reputation — conveyed to Paris — hurried before a Tribunal of 

 lionaparfe^s Creatures at Vincennes — Trial — Cruelties exercised to- 

 wards him — Condemnation and Death ! — Indignation excited in Europe 

 by this Transaction — Conduct of P\.ussia thereon — Resentment of BoiiO' 

 parte — angry Correspondence betneen those Poxiers. — Frrsh Conspiracy 

 againt France announced by her Government — England accused as fcr- 

 tncnting it in foreign Courts. — Messrs. Drake and Smith obliged to quit 

 Munich and >^tutgard, at the Requisition of France. — Fresh Accusations 

 against the English Government — Reply of Lord Haxckcsbury, on its Part, 

 addressed to the different Courts of Europe. — Death of General Pichegru 

 in Prison, supposed to be by Assassination. — Execution of the other Con- 

 spirators. — Ihnaparte^s Views upon the Crown of France. — The Senate 

 j)roposeto elect him Emperor — his Answer — Addresses of different Bodies to 

 the First Consul, on the same Subject — Proceedings in the Tribunate on this 

 Point — Carnot opposes his Elevation to that Dignity — Replies to him — the 

 Measure of elccling him Emperor carried — Decree to that Effect — adopted 

 by the Senate— '^ Scnal us Consultum" thereon — Bonaparte Emperor — an- 

 nounces his Dignify to the Courts rf Europe — Declaration of the Courts of 

 Russia and Sxcedcn upon this Occasion. — Fresh Violation of the Germanic 

 Empire., by Bonaparte. — Seizure of the British Minister, at Hamburgh, 

 by the French — and carried a Prisoner to Paris — confined in the Temple — 

 released upon his Parole. — French Treaty icith Genoa- — highly advanta- 

 geous to the former Power, — Bonaparte orders the Pope to attend his Co- 

 ronation at Paris — Allocution of that Potentate, addressed to his Prelates 

 — arrives at Paris — and crowns Bonaparte — great Festivities at Paris 

 upon that Occasion. — Annual Report of the State of tlie Nation on the 

 last Day of the Year. — Conclusion. 



I^OTWITIISTANDING the hostilities, against this country, de- 

 _L^ lofty tone of menace and in- voted, as it should appear from 

 suit directed by the French govern- tlieir language, to be blotted from 

 mcut, CTcn bct'orc the renewal of the hit of independent nations ; 



and. 



