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State of Europe.—Effect of the Peace of Amiens upon Spain—Portugal—~. 
Austria—Prussia—Swcden—Denmark—Italy.—Onty beneficial m its 
‘effects’ to France.—Discontent of Russia—War breaks out between 
England and France.—Ambitious views of Bonaparte on the Turkisle 
Empire in Africa—Exo ope—and_ Asia.— Mission of Sebastiant.—View's 
of Bonaparte frustrated by the War,—Directs his whole attention to the 
' Invasion of ‘Britain.—Vast preparations at Boulogne—At Brest—and 
at Bayonne.—Levies contributions on Portugal_—Tyranical conduct to 
the Dutch.—Designs on Germany.—State of the, Empire.—French 
invade and conquer Hanover.—Acquiescence of Austria, and Prussia 
thereto.—And why.—Spirited conduct of Denmark.—Insolence of Bo- 
-naparte to Russia, and violation of his Treaties with that Power—- 
Posture of Europe at the close of the ¥Year.—Conclusion. 
HE year cf nominal peace 
which Europe enjoyed in 
2802, was to France alone ulti- 
mately benelicial. The French 
government, however it might af- 
fect moderation at-the treaty of 
Luneville, never, in point of fact, 
gave up any of the advantages it 
had gained in the war over the dif- 
ferent powers which had coalesced 
against her; but on the contrary, 
through the medium of that peace, 
contrived to increase both — its 
territory and influence; and in 
some degree to’ restore its finan- 
ces from the derangement, which 
interior disturbance and the first 
year’s expences of the war had ne- 
cessarily occasioned. 
At the close of the year 1802, 
France was every way more powerful 
than atits commencement, while on 
the other hand Europe had grown 
proportionably weaker. It had 
been the undeviating system of the 
French government, while treating 
with the other powers of Europe, 
to manifest a specious moderation, 
but which was followed by the 
assumption of the most absolute 
dominion over them. 
ity to this principle, it had some 
years before signed a peace with 
Spain on terms apparently equita- 
ble; but from the moment of the 
signature of that peace, Spain des- 
cended from the rank of an inde- 
pendant nation, to a state of abso- 
lute vassalage. In like manner the 
treaty of Luneville appeared in its 
conditions sufficiently reasonable, 
had Franee ever intended to have 
carried them into execution; and 
in the treaty of Amiens, from the 
moment that the preliminaries were 
signed which led to it, Bonaparte 
seemed to consider Great Britain 
(as well as Spain and Austria) to: 
have fallen from the rank it form- 
erly held to the condition of a 
secondary 
In conform- . 
