vernment with a violation of the law of nations, in com- mencing hostilities before a declaration of war; reta- liates by detaining all Bri- tish subjects liable to mili- tary service then within his power; seizes Hanover, and occupies both Holland and Naples, 22.; assumes the title of emperor of the French, and king of Italy; commences the subjugation of Europe, 36.; leaves Paris to join his army; takes Ulm, 40.; enters the capital of Austria; pursues the fugi- tive court of Vienna; ob- tains the victory of Auster- litz, 41.; reduces Francis, emperor of Germany, to the style and title of emperor of Austria; places the crown of Naples on the head of his brother Joseph, 52.; makes his triumphal entry into Berlin, 57.; enters Poland to attack the Russians; joined by the Poles, ad- vances to the conquest of continental Europe, 67.; defeats the Russians in se- veral sanguinary but inde- cisive battles; obtains the memorable battle of Fried- land, 69.; his interview with the emperor of Russia, 70.; his triumphal entry into Paris after the conclusion of the peace of Tilsit, 72.; refuses to acknowledge Fer- dinand king of Spain, 83.; invested with the sove- reignty of Spain; dictates to the Spanish nation a consti- tution resembling that of the French empire, 86. ; ap-
points a meeting with the emperor of Russia at Er- furth, 102.; obtains from him a pledge to support the title of his brother Joseph to the throne of Spain, 103.; divorced from the empress Josephine, and married to the
archduchess Maria Louisa of Austria, 147.; invades Russia; establishes his head quarters at Wilna, 207.; takes Smolensk by assault, 208.; enters Mos- cow, 209.; makes overtures of peace to the emperor Alexander but without ef- fect, 211.; sets out for Paris, 215.; leaves Paris
Mentz; commences the campaign of 1813, 240.; returns to Paris, 249.; his plan of military organi- sation, 259.; leaves Paris; invests his brother Joseph with the chief command in the capital, and appoints Maria Louisa regent, 260.; joins his army again, 261.; his letter to Caulincourt in reply to prince Metternich, 264.; defeats the combined Prussian and Russian armies of Yorck and Sacken at Montmirail, 265.; directs the authors of the capitulation of Soissons to be tried by a council of war, 268.; his heroism at the battle of Arcis-sur-Aube, 269.; ab- dicates in favour of the empress and her son, 277.; signs his unconditional ab- dication, 278.; flies from Elba back to France, iii. 16.; obtains loans from the Italian bankers through his
sister Caroline, queen of Naples, 19. ; lands at Cannes, 20.; arrives at Grenoble; received by the soldiers and citizens with delirious joy, 22.; enters Lyons in triumph, 24.; enters the Tuilleries, 25. ; re-constitutes the council of state, 35.; his answer to the declaration of the con- gress of Vienna, 36.; sends orders to General Grouchy to leave the Duke of An- goulême at liberty to quit France, 37.; makes an overture to the British go- vernment; addresses a letter to the Emperor of Austria, 40.; his conversation with Fouché on discovering his secret correspondence with Metternich, 48.; his ha- rangue at the national con- vocation of the Champ de Mai, 51.; opens the session of the newly created cham- ber of peers; leaves Paris to take the command of the army, and open the cam- paign, 53.; addresses his troops from his head-quar- ters at Beaumont, 56.; re- turns to Paris after the battle of Waterloo, 87.; assembles a council, 88.; retires to Malmaison; his letter to the provisional go- vernment, 93.; takes leave of Malmaison for ever, 95.; arrives at Rochefort, with the intention of proceeding to the United States, 102.; places himself voluntarily in the hands of the British admiral; his letter to the prince regent, 103.; ar-
rives at Plymouth Sound; addresses a letter of remon- strance to admiral Lord Keith; forced on board the Northumberland, and sets sail for St. Helena, 104.
Navarino, the battle of, iii.
Necker, madame, her charac-
ter of Mr. Fox, i. 64. Nelson, commodore, i. 290.; gains the victory of Abou- kir, which obtained for him the title of lord Nelson, 299.; killed in the battle of Trafalgar, ii. 39. Netterville, lord, ii. 168. Newcastle, duke of, i. 17.; becomes lord of the privy seal, 37. Newnham, alderman, i. 150. Ney, marshal, iii. 23.; his
name omitted in the impe- rial bulletins of the battle of Waterloo, 90.; appears in his place as a peer, 91.; trial of, 120.; execution of, 121.
Ney, madame, her interview with the duke of Welling- ton, iii. 117.
Nicholson, Margaret, attempts to assassinate the king, i.
Nicholas, emperor of Russia, iii. 279.
Niepperg, count, iii. 43. Norfolk, duke of, deprived of the lieutenancy of the West-Riding, and the co- lonelcy of the West York militia, i. 297. North, lord, succeeds the
duke of Grafton as first lord of the treasury, i. 59.; commanded by the king to
return the seals of office, i. 108. Northumberland, duke of, succeeds lord Anglesey as viceroy of Ireland, iii. 34.
O'Connell, Mr., iii. 337. O'Kelly, count, i. 134. Orange, prince of, iii. 63. Orthes, battle of, ii. 273. Otto, M., ii. 13.
Pajol, general, iii. 57. Paine, his Rights of Man, i. 239.
Palmella, M. de, the Portu-
guese minister in London, applies to the British go- vernment for military aid on the faith of ancient al- liance and express treaty, iii. 290. Palmerston, lord, appointed secretary at war, iii. 322. Pampeluna, capitulation of, ii. 255.
Paris, state of, ii. 275.; en- tered by the allied sove- reigns, 276.; a defini- tive treaty of peace signed between the allied powers at, 281.; capitulation of, signed at St. Cloud, iii.
Parliament, the dissolution of, i. 120. Parr, Dr., his conversation with the prince of Wales, i. 55. Payne, admiral, his letter to
Sheridan, i. 179.; comptrol- ler of the prince's house- hold commissioned to pro- ceed with a squadron to receive and bring over the princess of Brunswick, 258. Paul, emperor of Russia, his
admiration of Bonaparte; abandons the confederacy, and proves himself the es- pecial enemy of England, ii. 5.; assassination of, 13. Pauline, Borghese, princess, iii. 19.
Pedro, don, emperor of Bra- zil and Portugal, abdicates the crown of Portugal in favour of his eldest daugh- ter, iii. 288.; sends over his abdication by the hands of the British minister, sir Charles Stuart, 289. Peninsular war, commence- ment of the, ii. 94. Peel, Mr., commences his political life, iii. 135.; his elaborate report of the se- cret committee on the re- sumption of cash payments, 181.; appears as the chief opponent of catholic eman- cipation, 236.; brought in and carried four bills, pro- posing specified mitigations of the criminal law 261.; appointed secretary of state for the home depart- ment, 321.; his speech on the passing of the catholic emancipation bill, 349.; brings in a bill to disfran- chise the Irish forty shilling freeholders, 353. Perceval, Mr., succeeds the duke of Portland as prime minister, ii. 128.; com- mences proceedings for the appointment of a regent, 135.; triumph of, 183.; assassination of, 187.; his character, 188. Perrot, sir Richard, i. 42. Petty, lord Henry, chancellor of the exchequer, ii. 46.
Pichegru, the French general,
Picton, sir Thomas, iii. 63.;
killed in the battle of Wa- terloo, 74.
Pitt, his advice to the king, i. 12.; resigns the seals; the king announces to him a pension, with a peerage in his family, 15.; cha- racter of, 16.; commanded to attend the king, 32.; raised to the peerage by the title of earl of Chat- ham; takes the privy seal, 38.; resigns the privy seal, 39.; returns after two years' retirement for his health; his speech in the house of lords on the Ameri- can war, 61.; death of, 62.
Mr. William, first lord of the treasury and chan- cellor of the exchequer, i. 108.; refuses to resign, 114.; receives addresses on his triumph; invited to a public dinner in the city of London, 125.; attacked by a mob returning from a public dinner; parallel be- tween him and his father, 126.; introduces a plan for the better government of India, 128.; proposes a war with Russia in support of the Turks, 132.; moves the recommitment of the Quebec government bill, 234. ; his reply to Sheridan on his mentioning the in- adequacy of the prince of Wales's income in the house of commons, 135.; his observations on alderman Newnham's motion, 151.; his conversation with the
prince of Wales on the state of his affairs, 161.; proposes to increase the prince's income, 163.; his conference with the prince of Wales at Carlton house, 164.; his interview with the king, 178.; his speech on the regency question, 184.; com- municates to the prince by letter his plan of a restricted regency, 192; receives a let- ter from the prince in reply, 193.; answers the prince's letter in the name of the ministers, 194.; his inter- view with the king on his majesty's recovery, 203.; resignation of, ii. 7.; be- comes the most remarkable advocate of the peace of Amiens, 15. ; succeeds Mr. Addington as first commissioner of the trea- sury and chancellor of the exchequer, 28.; his recon- ciliation with Mr. Adding- ton, 31.; ministry and death of, 41.
Plunket, Mr., made attorney- general of Ireland, iii. 245.; submits the catholic claims to parliament, 260. Pole, Mr. Wellesley, ii. 159. Poniatowski killed in the bat- tle of Leipsic, ii. 248. Ponsonby, Mr., ii. 135.
sir William, iii.
74. Poole, sir Ferdinand, i. 214. Porchester, lord, ii. 131. Portland, duke of, appointed first lord of the treasury, i. 100.; becomes third secre- tary of state under Mr. Pitt, 252.; succeeds lord Grenville as premier, ii.
Randolph, doctor, i. 271. Rastelli, an Italian, brought over as a witness against the queen, iii. 229. Reille, general, iii. 57. Reynier, general, ii. 58. Richmond, duke of, master- general of the ordnance, i. 108.; appointed lord lieu- tenant of Ireland, ii. 62. Richelieu, duc de, iii. 113. Robespierre, his character, i. 249.
Robinson, Mrs., i. 69.; her intimacy with the prince of Wales; their correspond-
ence under the names of Perditta and Florizel, i. 73.; discarded by the prince of Wales, 92.; death of, 94. Mr. Frederick, succeeds Mr. Vansittart as chancellor of the exche- quer, iii. 256. ; called to the house of peers as lord
Goderich, 305.; succeeds Mr. Canning as first lord of the treasury, 318.; re- signs, 321. Rockingham, lord, first com- missioner of the treasury; bis dismissal, i. 36. ; second ministry of, 85.; death of,
97. Roden, lord, iii. 335. Roland, madame, i. 249. Rolle, Mr., i. 152. Romilly, sir Samuel, attempts to mitigate the criminal laws, ii. 162.; vindicates the legality and uprightness of the delicate investiga- tion, 227.; returned mem. ber for Westminster; his death and character, iii. 171.
Rose, Mr. George, ii. 163. Ross, general, i. 112. Rostopchin, general, governor of Moscow, ii. 210. Rothiere, the battle of, ii. 263. Russel, lord John, introduces, with an able speech, the consideration of the sacra- mental test and corporation acts, iii. 327.
Rutland, duke of, i. 108. Ryder, Mr., appointed to the home department, ii. 129.
St. Cyr, general, defeats ge- neral Witgenstein at Pol- tosk; created marshal of France, ii. 208.; appointed by Louis XVIII. minister of war, iii. 102.
St. Ledger, Mrs., i. 258. St. Pierre d'Isube, the battle of, ii. 255.
Salamanca, the battle of, ii. 200.
Sandwich, lord, i. 31.
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