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érnment, and what the nature and 
extent of the various discussions 
they produced, and which at last 
terminated in that most awful and 
i important event, the renewal of war 
_ between the British and French 
‘empires. 
Whether it were, that swelled 
with inordinate vanity at the un- 
interrupted train of success, which, 
while it gave him the greatest indi- 
vidual elevation, at the same time 
shad enlarged to an enormous ex- 
* tent the boundaries of the country 
~ he governed; or that: conceiving 
the most contemptible opinion of 
the degraded state of Gieat Bri- 
"tain, of her total renunciation of 
] the principles of honor, and her 
inability to resist in the slight- 
‘est degree his sovereign will, Bo- 
naparte (not three months after the 
_ peace, and at the moment when he 
_ either passed over in contemptuous 
silence, or confirmed the arbitrary 
decisions of his courts, upon the 
_ complaints of British subjects of 
the infraction of its articles) com- 
menced a series of remonstrances 
to the court of London, expressed 
in terms of the most measured inso- 
_ Tence, complaining of the princes 
of the house of Bourbon, and 
3 others their adherents, continu- 
me ing still to decorate themselves with 
B “the insignia of the French orders ; 
of the countenance and support 
which continued to be given in 
_ England to the French bishops and 
emigrants who were inimical to the 
_ present government of France; and 
Po) — dastly of the liberty of the British 
_ press,* which had presumed to 
question the justice or policy of 
me of the public acts of his go- 
vernment. Onthese several grounds, 
repeated representations were made 
at Paris from M. Talleyrand, aud 
‘at London by M. Otto, between 
the periods of the 4th of June and 
17th of August, 1802; at which 
latter date an official note to lord 
Hawkesbury, distinctly reduces the 
causes of the dissatisfaction of the 
French government to their differs 
ent heads; and after a preamble 
couched in the most dictatorial and 
contemptuous terms, requires by 
the especial direction of the first 
consul, that his majesty’s govern- 
ment shall adopt the most effectual 
measures to put an end to the un- 
becoming and. seditious  publica- 
tions, with which the newspapers 
and other writings printed in Eng- 
land, were filled. 2dly, That cer- 
tain individuals, obnoxious to the 
French government, should be sent 
out of the island of Jersey. ' Sdly. 
That the former bishops of Arras, 
St. Pol de Leon, and all those who 
like them under the pretext of reli- 
gion, sought to raise disturbances 
in the interior of France, should 
likewise be sent away. 4thly, That 
the Vendean chief Georges and his 
followers should be transported t to 
Canada according to the intention 
which M. Otto had been directed 
to transmit to his government at 
the request of lord Hawkesbury, 
5thly, That the princes of the house, 
of Bourbon at present in Great 
Britain be recommended to repair 
to Warsaw, the residence of the 
head of their family; and lastly, 
that such of the French emigrants 
as still thought proper to wear the 
orders and decorations belonging 
to the ancient government of 
7 te € Vide “ State Papers,” Nos. 1 to 13, inclusive of the “ Official Correspondence.” 
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