in Chief.-Proceedings in the House of Lords, upon the Reform of the 56 CHAP. VII. Parliamentary Proceedings continued.-Motion of Mr. Whitbread on the CHAP. VIII. Parliamentary Debates continued.-Motion of Mr. Grey, to bring the 76 CHAP. IX. Parliamentary Debates continued.-Lord Grenville's Motion in the House 3Z3 tending the tending the Committee of the Lower House, appointed to report upon 89 CHAP. X. Parliamentary Proceedings continued.-Conversation in the House of 98 CHAP. XI. Parliamentary Proceedings continued.-King's Message.-Claims of the carried. carried.-Bill brought in to indemnify Mr. Trotter in the House of Com mons.-Debate upon it in the House of Lords.-Carried in both.-Opposi tion to the Duke of Athol's Bill in the House of Lords.-Ineffectual.- Bill passed.-Mr. Windham moves for Copies of the Correspondence res- pecting Captain Wright of the Vincenzo, now a Prisoner of War in CHAP. XII. History of Europe.-Preliminary Observations.-Animosity of the Reply thereto.-Anger of Bonaparte.-Manifestos against the Conduct of England.-Comments of the French Government.-Great apparent Exertions made by France for the Invasion of England.-State of the Flotilla at Boulogne-And of the Army destined for that Purpose. Activity of the Combined French and Spanish Navy.-Farther Views of Aggrandizement of Bonaparte.-Journey to Italy.-Crowned King of Italy at Milan-And annexes Genoa to the French Empire.-Returns to Paris.-Reviews his Army at Boulogne.-Dissatisfaction of the Indepen- dent Powers of Europe.-Treaty between Great Britain and Russia.- Object and Conditions thereof.—Accedence of Austria and Sweden.— Fruitless Attempt of the Allied Powers to negociate with France.—An- nexation of Genoa to the French Empire.-Remonstrance of the Court of Vienna thereon.-Reply of the French Government—Which remonstrates in its turn-Declaration of the Russian Minister at Vienna.-Strongly in- dicative of approaching Hostilities.-Second and stronger Remonstrance of Vienna against the French Encroachments.-Immediate Change in the Mea- sures of France. -Abandonment of her Project of invading Great Bri- tain-And Preparations, by Bonaparte, to attack the allied Powers.— French Note to the Diet of Ratisbon.-Reply of Austria.-War inevi- table.-Preparations therefor.-Injudicious Conduct of Austria towards Bavaria.-Bonaparte addresses his Senate previously to his joining the Army. Decree in Consequence.-Bonaparte leaves Paris, and puts him- CHAP. XIII. History of Europe continued.-Route of the different Corps of the French Army to the Scene of Action-of Bernadotte-Marmont-Davoust-Soult Ney-Lannes-and of Murat, with the Reserve.-Passage of the Rhine by the French Artillery.-Proclamation of the French Emperor- and Address to his Army-which he joins at Kehl.-Receives the Com- pliments of the Electors of Baden and Wirtemburg.-Junction of the French and Bavarians.-March for the Danube.-General Position of the French - Army-Strength of the Austrian Force.-Precautions taken to prevent ed at Guntersdorff.-Head Quarters of the French advanced to Znaim and Brunn taken Possession of.-Bonaparte enters Brunn.-Austrian and Russian Army take a Position between Brunn and Olmutz.--Russians re- CHAP. XIV. Position of the French and Austrian Armies in Italy.-In the Tyrol.-Of determine to attack the French Army.-Dispositions for the Attack-of the allied Army-and of the French.-Address of Bonaparte to his Army.-- Battle of Austerlitz.-Various Fortune of the Day.-Finally disastrous to the allied Army-which loses its Artillery and Baggage.-The French Army take up the late Position of the allied Army.-Loss on both Sides.- Advance of the French Army Austrians solicit an Armistice.-Interview between Bonaparte and the Emperor Francis.-Suspension of Hostilities agreed upon.-Terms thereof.-Most humiliating to the Austrians.-The Emperor of Russia refuses to be a Party thereto and commences the Re- treat of his Army from the Austrian States.-State of the detached Aus- trian Armies at this Moment-of that of Prince Ferdinand—and of the CHAP. XV. |