tion of Buonaparte to the Inhabitants of Carinthia. Letter of Buonaparte to Prince Charles, offering Terms of Peace. Prince Charles' Reat Vienna. fufal. Alarm, preceed. Advance of Buonaparte towards of Prince Vienna. Defeat of the Auftrians, and further Retreat of Prince Charles across the Murb. Serious Propofitions for an Armiftice from the Court of Vienna. Accepted by Buonaparte. Conditions of the Armistice. Reflections on the relative Situation of the Auftrian and French Armies, 222 Commencement of Hoftilities on the Rhine, Pofitions of the French and Auftrian Armies. Retreat of the Auftrians behind the Lahn, and Paffage of the French acrofs the Rhine. Propofals of the Auftrian General for an Armiflice-rejected. Defeat of the Auftrians on the Lahn. Further Defeats of the Auftrians, and Retreat to Frankfort. Pofition of the Army of the Rhine and Mofelle under general Moreau. Paffage of the Rhine in Face of the Auftrians at Kehl. Dangerous Pofitions of the French, Defeat of the Auftrians, and Capture of the Fort of Kehl, the most brilliant Action of the German War. Preparations for the Invasion of Germany. Arrival of the News of the Preliminaries of Peace to the Armies on the Rhine. Sentiments of the different Parties at Paris refpecting the Peace. Caufes of the Signature of the Preliminaries by Buonaparte. Government of Venice. Sketch of the different Situations of Venice with respect to Auftria and the French Republic. Accufations of the French against the Venetian Government. Infurrection against the French, Majacre of the French at Verona. Letter of Buonaparte to the Senate. Anfwer and Proclamation of the Senate. Retaking of Verona by Augereau. Laudohn's March from the Tyrol. Danger of the French in the Venetian States. News of Peace. March of the Prench to Venice. Declaration of War. Annihilation of the Government of Venice, and Escape of the Patricians. Provifionary Government. The Arfenal, the Flect, and Stores. Venetian Islands in the Adriatic and Archipelago made French Departments. Reflections on the Fate of the Venetian Government. Formation of the Cifalpine Republic. Government of Genoa, Enmity between the popular and patrician Parties. Causes of its apparent Neutrality with respect to the Coalition and France. Secret Afifiance faid to be given to the Emperor by the Genoefe Government. Increafing Difcontents of the popular Party. General Infurrection of the Gengefe against the Government. Defertion of the Military Forces to the People. Diffolution of the Patrician Government of Genoa. Provifional Government formed. State of Genoa changed into that of the Ligurian Republic, CHAP. XI. 235 Partial Renewal of the French Legislature. Increase of the Anti-Directorial Party. Nomination of Barthelemy to fucceed Letourneur in the Directory Pichegru Prefident of the New Aflembly. Repeal of different reftaining Latos Dfuffion on the Colonies. Denunciation against the Commaries. Inculpations of the Directory and Minifiers by the Anti-Directorial Party Party in the Councils. Decrees against the Public Dilapidators. Ren flections on the Situation of the Directory, and the Conduct of its Opponents. Report of the Commifion of Finance to diminish the Expenfes of Government. Report of the Commiffion on the internal State of the Republic. Propofal for the Recall of the refractory Clergy, and the Abolition of the refraining Laws. Of the Emigrants from the Departments of the Rhine and Toulon. Formation of the Conftitutional Circle in Support of the Directory. Suppreffed by Vote of the Councils. Licentioufness of the Journalists. New Denunciations against the Minifters of Finance and Marine. Charges on the Miniftry. Renewed Denunciations against the Directory. March of Troops towards Paris within the Distance permitted by the Law. Explanation of the Diretory. Application of the Directory for Supplies-rejected. Deeree of the Councils for refraining the Power of the Directory, and for the Increase of their Body-Guard. Sufpended State of the Negotiations for Peace between the Republic and the Emperor. Increase of Difaffection between the Legislative and Executive Authorities. Addresses from the Army, promifing Support to the Directory. Denunciation of the Army-Addreffes in the Councils. Report on the Subject of the Diffenfions. Speech of the Prefident of the Directory. Addreffes of Departmental Adminiftrations to the Councils. Preparations for Hoftilities between the Executive Government and the Councils. Decrees of the Councils for arming the Citizens of Paris. Emigrants and Royalists at Paris prepared to take Advantage of the Diffenfions, State of the Public Mind at Paris. Secret Plan of the propofed Attack on the Government known to the Directory. Events of the Revolution of the 18th of Fructidor. Affembly of the Councils near the Directorial Palace. Proclamations of the Directory to make known the Confpiracy. Pretended Correspondence of Pichegru with the Prince of Conde. Report of the Committee on the Confpiracy, Refolutions of the Councils. Reflections on the indifcriminate Sentence of Exile, passed againft divers Members of the Government and others, CHAP. XII. 245 Meffages of the Directory on the Mode of raifing Supplies, and on the filling up the Vacancies in the Directory. Banishment of the Journalists. Nomina tion to the Directory. Disorders in the South. Recall of the French Negotiators at Lifle. Miffion of others. Departure of Lord Malmesbury. Abfurd Account of Lord Malmesbury's Miffion publifhed in the official Papers of the French Government. Reflections on the forged Letter. Final Clofe of the Negotiation between the French Republic and England. Negotia tion with the Emperor for definitive Treaty. Suppofed Caufes of the Delay in the Negotiations during the Summer. Treaty of Peace concluded at Campo-Formio. Principal Conditions of the Treaty. Pacification with the Empire-referred to a Congress. Surrender of Venice to the Emperor. Despair of the Venetian Patriots. Portugal. Treaty of Peate negotiated by Portugal with France during the Summer-difolved. Impit. fonment of the Portuguefe Embajador. Ambiguity of the Conduct of the Spanish Court. Difaffection and Inefficacy of the Allies of the French Republic. Affairs of Holland. Treaty of Alliance, offenfive and defenfive, with the King of Sardinia. Reflections on Clauses in the late Treaties. Procla Proclamations of the Directory against the English Government. «Review made by the French Government of the Conduct of the Neutral Powers during the War Of Switzerland. Decree of the Directory demanding the Ex pulfion of the English Embassador to the Helvetic Confederacy. Departure of the English Embajador. Object of his Miffion at Berne faid to be difcovered in Pichegru's Correfpondence. Deputies from the Senate of Berne 19 Paris ordered to leave the Republic. Deputies from the United States of America. Reflections on the Conduct of the American Government 433 Con temptuous Sentiments of the French Government towards the new Prefident of the United States. Probable Failure of the pending Negotiation Foto of Supplies for the ensuing Years Report on further repraining Lagos Mfpecting the former Nobles Propofitious of the Committee-rejedad with Indignation. State of the Church Meeting of a National Ecclefiaftical Council. Retrospect of Ecclefiaftical Affairs during the last Year. Theor philanthropifm. Report on the prefent State of the Catholic Religion in France-In Corfica-In the French West India Ilands. Religious State of the freed Negroes Negro General, Toufaint l'Ouverture-In the French Colonies in South America-In the Mauritius-In the East Indies In the Levant At Conftantinople. Sentiments of the Fathers of the Gal lican Church, with refpect to the Papal See. Support of the Papal See by Proteftant Eftablishments. Probable Caufes of this Support. The Sects in Germany. Difpofitions of fome Lutherans to enter the Bofom of the Catholic Church, State of Popery in other Parts of the World, Reflections of the Bishop of Blois on the approaching Regeneration of Mankind. Proceedings of the Council. Plan and Conditions of the religious Pacification. Reflections on the Articles enjoined by the Council. Civil State of the Colonies in the Weft Indies. Views of the French Government on the Colonifation of the Coafts of Africa. Meeting of the Congrefs at Radftadt, Affairs of the Cifalpine Republic. Letters of Buonaparte to the Cifalpine and Ligurian Republics. Departure of Buonaparte from Italy. Opening of the Cifalpine Legislature. Reflections on the State of Italy. Provifional Formation of Ancona into a Republic. Fourney of Buonaparte through Switzerland and Radftadt to Paris. Sketch of his Victories. Prefentation of the Ratification of the Treaty by the Emperor to the Directory, 260 ' CHAP. XIII. A Affairs of Rome. Treaty of Tolentino. Embarrements of the Pabal Government. Extreme Poverty of the Treafury. The Subjects of the Pope compelled to contribute the whole of their Plate. Secretary of State, Cardinal Bufca, difmiffed. Cardinal Doria appointed to that Offices Revolutionary Movements in different Parts of the Papal Dominions. ENDbally from Spain to the Pope. Indifpofition of the Pope. Farrous Candidates for the Tiara. ludignation of the People against the Nephews of the Pope. Clergy obliged to render in an Account of their Poffe Gins. "Fafeph Buonaparte fent as Embassador to Rome Popular Tumule at Rome. General Duphor killed. The Pope and his Miniftry innocent of the Murder, Melancholy Confequences of this Affair. French Directory make it an Elk cufe for overturning the Government. March of General Berthier: Infur (ration of the People at Rome. The Roman Republic proclaimed. Flight of the Cardinals, Se: Extraordinary Efcape of Cardinal Maury. Rapa... (city and indiferiminate Oppreffion on the Part of the French. Pope confined to his Palace. Fortunes of his Nephews confifcated. Review of the Caufes (which precipitated the Decline and Fall of the Papal Authority. Difaffection of certain Catholic Princes. Conduct of the Proteftant Powers to ·wards the Pope. “Disputes with the French Clergy previous to the Revolu tion. Conduct of the Pope after that Event. His Conduct after his Abdication. Removed from Rome. Happy and refpectable in Retirement. His Character. Reflections on the Revolution, and the new Government (eftablished by the French at Rome, 281 3. Affairs of Switzerland. Difputes with the French Directory. Infurrection in the Pays-de-Vaud. Interference of the French. March of General Menard. Revolution in the Pays-de-Vaud. Negotiations between the Government of Berne and the French Directory. Seditious Movements in the Bernefe Territory. Infurgents of Arau difperfed. Fresh Negotiations. Swifs prepare for Defence. Cafile of Dornach taken by the French. Soleure and Fribourg taken. Action between General d'Erlach and the French. D'Erlach completely defeated, and killed by his own People. Surrender of Berne. Submiffion of all Switzerland. Revolution there. Helvetic Republic founded. Pretended Preparations for the Invasion of England. Plan of founding a Colony in Egypt. Expedition of Buonaparte. Surrender of Malta to the French. Buonaparte arrives at Alexandria. That Place taken by Storm. Rofetta, Ee. taken. Cairo' taken. Battle of the Pyramids. Battle of the Nile, and Defeat of the French Flect by Admiral Nelfon. Reflections on the Expedition of Buonaparte. Proceedings of the French Legislature. Election of the new Third. Election of a new Director. Reflections on the prefent State of France, PRINCIPAL OCCURRENCES 309 (3) PUBLIC PAPERS. 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