CONTENTS. 



CHAP. XIV. 

 Spanish Provinces of America, — Revolulion in — Traced to their 



Causes The Colonies divided into two grand Parties — Civil War 



begun • 223 



CHAP. XV. 



Marriage of Buonaparte with the Archduchess Maria Louisa of Austria, 

 —Addressesfrom all Quarters, and Festivities on this occasion. — Cha- 

 racter of the netv Empress. — French troojjs pour into Holland — Treaty 

 between Napoleon and Lewis Buonaparte — Injringed by the former. — 

 Lewis abdicates the Throne of Holland in favour of his eldest Son. — 

 Farewell Address of Lewis to the Dutch. — The Character and Conduct 

 of Lewis contrasted with that of his Brother Lucien. — Conference 

 between a Dutch Commissioner and the Marquis Wellesley, 

 British Secretary of State, on the Subject of a Maritime Peace. — 

 Annexation of Holland, and all the Territories between the Elbe and 

 the Ems to the French Empire — And of the Valais. — New Measure 

 for recruiting the Naval Force of France. — Population nfthe French 



Empire Annexation of Hanover to Westphalia. — Extension of the 



French Conscription Laws. — Various Modes in which Buonaparte 

 rivetted the Chains in which he hod bound the French. — And Means 

 by which he provides for his personal safety. — His Rage against 

 Englisli Commerce.'— Curbs the Priesthood at Rome 232 



CHAP. XVI. 



Election of a Successor to Charles XIII. King of Sweden. — Death of 

 the Crown Prince, Charles Augustus of Augustenburg. — Murder of 

 Count Fersen, High Marshal of Sweden. — Competitors for the Suc- 

 cession of the Crown of Sweden, — The successful Candidate, Marshal 

 Bernadotte, Prince of Ponte Corvo. — Suspicions of French Intrigue, 

 and Instigation in the Murder of Count Fersen, and even the Death 

 of the Prince of Augustenburg. — Grounds of these. — Character and 

 Anecdotes of Count Fersen.— Bernadotte strives by all Means to gain 

 the Affections and the Confidence of the Swedes. — War declared by 

 Sweden against England. — Arrival of the Ex-King of Sweden m 

 England. — Character of that Prince.— The Danes return to their old 

 Business of Piracy.— Preparations and Attempts of King Murat to 

 invade Sicily frustrated by the Vigilance and Vigour of the English 

 General, Sir John Stuart.— War between theTurks and Russians. S^S 



CHAP. XVII. 



History of the Dispute between Great Britain and the United States of 

 America, — Naval and Colonial Affairs of Great Britain — In the 

 Mediterranean — In the West Indies — The East Indies, and on the 

 Coast of Germany. — Meeting of the British Parliament. — Indisposi- 

 tion of the King, — During this, the Prince of Wales appointed 

 Regent of the Kingdom 253 



