+ 
treaty of Amiens, and nothing but 
the treaty of Amiens.” 
HISTORY OF EV-ROPE. 
»could not controul, and awaiting 
without dismay, though not without 
solicitude, the result of those com- 
plicated and unexpected changes :”* 
accordingly we find that he ex- 
ecuted the treaty of Amiens, with- 
out the slightest wish of renewing 
‘those relations of amity and mutu- 
al good understanding, which on 
-similar occasions had taken place 
__» between the two countries. 
- ing nothing to fear or to hope from 
+a nation which had without a single 
Hay- 
-remonstrance on the various mea- 
sures of aggrandizement he had 
pursued from the cessation of hos- 
tilities; which had manifested 
such anxiety for peace, as to in- 
duce it to conclude the definitive 
treaty on worse terms, than those 
which had been formally agreed 
upon as its basis; which had suf- 
fered his armaments during the 
same period to stem the Atlantic 
im triumph, unquestioned and un- 
‘controuled; and which had not 
by that instrument provided for 
the security or indemnity of any 
ally, or conditioned for the revival 
or renewal of any commercial ar- 
‘rangement whatever; Bonaparte 
considered Britain in the light of 
_ aconquered country; the treaty, 
“as a system of terms conceded to 
the vanquished, and which it was 
‘too much the interest of France, 
and too gratifying to his own lust 
of power not strictly to enforce! 
In short to use a well authenticated 
he of his, he was determined 
“that England should have the 
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With a disposition thus hostile, 
it may easily be conceived that 
matter of fretful discussion would 
speedily arise between the govern- 
ments of Britain and France; and 
we shall request the patience and 
attention of our readers, while we 
endeavour to arrange the different 
subjects under their distinct heads, 
which we shall for the sake of pers- 
picuity, seperately consider; la- 
menting as we must do as Britons 
and as men, that the recital is one 
tissue of violence, aggression, and 
injustice on the part of France: on 
that of the English government, of 
solicitation, temporizing, and sub- 
mission. 
During the most envenomed pe- 
riod of the malignity of the French 
nation towards Great Britain, and 
while governed by Robespierre, it 
was enacted that all vessels under 
one hundred tons burthen carrying 
British merchandize, and approach- 
ing within four leagues of France, 
should be forfeited. Nearly three 
months after the preliminary arti- 
cles of peace were signed, was this 
cruel and highly penal law, pro- 
-jected during the avowed reign of 
terror and barbarity, put in force 
against an English vessel which 
had sailed from Southampton on 
the 19th of Dec. 1801; the day, 
ever memorable on which the 
French squadrons with an im- 
mense force, had been permitted 
by the British administration, to sail 
to the West Indies, for the purpose 
of reconquering and relieving her 
colonies! In a tremendous gale, 
this vessel arrived in the road of 
; : o We quote from an avowed defence of Mr. Addington and his collcuedaua in 
| meay other respects a valuable and well timed work. 
Cherbourg, 
