LIFE

OF

NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE,

WITH A

PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE FRENCH

REVOLUTION.

BY

SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. 1771-1832

VOL. IV.

ROBERT CADELL, EDINBURGH;

HOULSTON AND STONEMAN, LONDON,

1847.

Thin

12-28-23

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CONTENTS

OF VOLUME ELEVENTH.

LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE

PAGB

CHAP. XVI.- General rejoicing on the return of Buona-

parte. Advances made to him on all sides. -Napoleon

coalesces with Siêyes. - Revolution of the 18th Brumaire

(Nov. 9). Clashing Views of the Councils of Ancients,

and the Five Hundred.-Barras and his Colleagues resign.

-Proceedings of the Councils on the 18th and 19th-

Sittings removed from Paris to St Cloud. - Commotion

in the Council of Five Hundred. Napoleon menaced

and assaulted, and finally, extricated by his Grenadiers.

-Lucien Buonaparte, the President, retires from the

Hall Declares the Council dissolved. Provisional Con-

sular Government of Buonaparte, Siêyes, and Ducos,...

CHAP. XVII. Clemency of the New Consulate. Bene-

ficial change in the Finances.-Law of Hostages repealed

-Religious Liberty allowed. - Improvements in the War

Department. Pacification of La Vendée. Ascendency

of Napoleon. Disappointment of Sieyes. Committee

formed to consider Siêyes' Plan of a Constitution-Re-

jected as to essentials. A new one adopted, monarchical

in every thing but form. - Siêyes retires from public life.

-General view of the new Government.-Despotic

Power of the First Consul,

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CHAP. XVIII.-Proceedings of Buonaparte in order to

consolidate his Power - His great success-Causes that

led to it. Cambacérès and Le Brun chosen Second and

Third Consuls.- Talleyrand appointed Minister for Fo-

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reign Affairs, and Fouché Minister of Police-Their Cha-

racters. Other Ministers nominated. - Various Changes

made, in order to mark the Commencement of a new Era.

-Napoleon addresses a Letter personally to the King of

England-Answered by Lord Grenville. - Negotiation

for Peace that followed, speedily broken off. - Campaigns

in Italy, and on the Rhine-Successes of Moreau-Cen-

sured by Napoleon for Over-caution. -The Charge con-

sidered. The Chief Consul resolves to bring back, in

Person, Victory to the French Standards in Italy-His

Measures for that Purpose,.........

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CHAP. XIX. - The Chief Consul leaves Paris on 6th

May, 1800- Has an Interview with Necker at Geneva

on 8th-Arrives at Lausanne on the 13th- Various

Corps put in motion to cross the Alps. - Napoleon, at the

head of the Main Army, marches on the 15th, and

ascends Mont St Bernard. On the 16th, the Vanguard

takes possession of Aosta.-Fortress and Town of Bard

threaten to baffle the whole plan-The Town is captured

-and Napoleon contrives to send his Artillery through

it, under the fire of the Fort-his Infantry and Cavalry

passing over the Albaredo. Lannes carries Ivrea. Re-

capitulation. Operations of the Austrian General Melas.

-At the commencement of the Campaign, Melas advances

towards Genoa Actions betwixt him and Massena. In

March, Lord Keith blockades Genoa. - Melas compelled

to retreat.-Enters Nice-Recalled from thence by the

news of Napoleon's having crossed Mont St Bernard-

Genoa surrenders-Buonaparte enters Milan Battle of

Montebello-The Chief Consul is joined by Desaix-

Battle of Marengo on the 14th.-Death of Desaix-

Capitulation on the 15th, by which Genoa, &c., are

yielded. Napoleon returns to Paris on the 2d July,..... 88

CHAP. XX. Napoleon offers, and the Austrian Envoy

accepts, a new Treaty-The Emperor refuses it, unless

England is included. - Negotiations with England-fail.

-Renewal of the War.-Armistice-Resumption of Hos-