Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart, the Second and Third Marquesses of Londonderry: With Annals of Contemporary Events in which They Bore a Part ...

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... rendered memor- able by the battle of Waterloo . Charles William Vane , the second son , came into the world on 18th May 1778 . The mother of the eldest was Sarah Frances , daughter of Francis , Marquess of Hertford ; and of the second ...

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... rendered her the ornament of every society in which they moved , while they fitted her to take her proper place in the elevated Court circles to which his high position in public life ultimately raised him . It was not less material to ...

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... rendered necessary a union of the two countries , and the repeal of the re- maining Catholic disabilities unavoidable ; of both of which measures he was ever after a firm and consistent supporter . These first approaches to a more ...

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... rendered the insurrection most formidable , and clothed it with its worst horrors . From the correspondence of Lord Cornwallis , now published ( who succeeded Earl Camden as Lord - Lieutenant in Ire- land ) , it appears that the regular ...

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CHAPTER I	1

Family of the first Marquess	2

Character of the two brothers in childhood	3

Striking anecdote of Charles Stewart 5 He enters the army in 1791	4

Superior interest of military to civil biography	6

Character of the first Lord Londonderry	7

Noble anecdote of Lord Castlereagh on Strangford Lough	8

His early life at Cambridge	9

Bloody combat on the evening of the 27th July	343

Battle of Talavera	344

Desperate attack of the French on the centre and right	345

Victory of the British	346

Picturesque anecdotes during the battle	347

Position of the British army after the battle	348

Diplomatic relations with Russia	349

Tagus	350

His travels abroad and first parliamentary contest	10

Severe parliamentary contest in the county of Down Page 1 2 3 4 6 9 10 12 16 17 18 19 21 22 24 25 2222 20	11

Lord Castlereagh enters the militia and marries the daughter of the Earl of Buckinghamshire	12

His declaration in favour of Reform	13

His debut in the Irish Parliament	14

Dangers of Ireland in 1793 and Lord Castlereaghs views on	15

Lord Castlereaghs views on the subject	16

Lord Castlereaghs views of the French war in 1793	19

Lord Castlereaghs views of affairs in Ireland in 1794	22

Camden	23

Declaration of Earl Camden against further concessions	24

Appointment of Lord Castlereagh as Keeper of the Seal	25

Lord Fitzwilliams liberal policy and his dismissal succeeded by Lord 26 Origin of the Irish revolutionary troubles and wretched former govern	26

Mutual advance of the opposite armies	29

ment of the country	30

Armed volunteers of 1782	32

Real objects of this movement VOL I	33

Success of the Allies on the French right and desperate conflicts there 575	35

Treaty between the Irish rebels and the French Government	36

S Page 36 Cuesta abandons the British wounded 349	37

Lord Castlereaghs measures for increasing the military force of	39

its strategic advantages	41

Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald and Captain Ryan	42

Napoleons reception of the Austrian proposals	47

Earl Camden is succeeded by Lord Cornwallis	48

Military forces at Wellingtons disposal and Lord Castlereaghs great	49

27	53

Efforts of Lords Cornwallis and Castlereagh on the side of mercy	54

28	58

Opening of a direct negotiation between France and Russia	59

29	70

Results of the rebellion	72

30	74

Appointment of Lord Castlereagh as Secretary for Ireland in lieu of	78

31	79

Importance of this memoir	88

Views of Government and Lord Castlereagh on Catholic emancipation	95

Increased resistance to the measure	96

Lord Castlereaghs advice to Government on the language to be assumed in bringing forward the measure	98

The Union is passed in the British House	99

The Union is rejected by the Irish Parliament	100

Effect of this defeat on Mr Pitt Lord Cornwallis and Lord Castle reagh	101

The English Government resolves to persevere	103

He continues to assist the determination of Government on the subject	105

8587	106

Renewed preparations of French for invading Ireland	107

Disturbed and alarming state of the island	108

Military force in Ireland at this time	110

Increasing difficulties with the militia and yeomanry	112

Naval preparations of the French for the invasion of Ireland	113

32	114

Changes in the project of Union at the instance of Lord Castlereagh	115

The measure is carried in the Irish House	116

Treasonable efforts of the Opposition and dismissal of Lord Down shire	118

Increasing difficulties attending the measure which is at length passed	120

Its reception in Parliament and the country	122

Difficulties on the part of Government in the creation of peerages	123

Its settlement by concession of Ministers	126

Difficulty in regard to the Catholic claims	127

Increased difficulties attending the Catholic question	128

Difficulties of the King and Cabinet on the subject	130

Mr Pitts views on the occasion	132

Illness of the King which precludes all further discussion of the Catho lic claims at this time	134

Lord Hardwicke the new LordLieutenant	135

Beneficial effects of the Union	137

Lord Hardwicke succeeds Lord Cornwallis in Dublin and Lord Castle reagh remains in London	138

Obloquy to which Lord Castlereagh was exposed from the magnitude of his public services	139

CHAPTER II	141

24 His measures in Parliament regarding Ireland 142	142

Woeful picture of Ireland by the Earl of Clare	145

Se Page 6 Lord Castlereaghs able memoir on the Catholic claims	147

Which was eminently characteristic of Lord Castlereagh	152

Returns relating to the Roman Catholic clergy	154

His plan for endowing the clergy	155

Renewed insurrection	160

Death of ChiefJustice Kilwarden	162

Trial and execution of Emmett	163

Lord Castlereaghs appointment as President of the Board of Control	164

Critical situation of Great Britain at this time	165

And of India	166

His memoir on the relations of France and England in 1802	167

Negotiations previous to renewal of the war	169

His memorandum to the Cabinet on the negotiation with France	170

Grounds stated by Lord Castlereagh for renewing the war	172

Lord Castlereaghs early intimacy and cordiality with Lord Wellesley	173

The assistance he rendered him with the Court of Directors	174

33	175

His success with the Directors in regard to Lord Wellesleys measures	176

Threatened reduction of the army	178

His disinterested conduct in public appointments	180

Lord Castlereaghs opinion of Lord Wellesley	181

Lord Castlereaghs acknowledgment of Lord Wellesleys conduct and promotions on the Mahratta war	183

Change of Ministry and return of Mr Pitt to office	184

Forces of Great Britain to resist invasion at this time	186

His plan for the destruction of the Boulogne flotilla	187

Mr Pitts foreign policy at this time	188

Great difficulty in the way of forming a coalition against France	189

Mr Pitts treaties with Austria and Russia	190

Terms of the last treaty of alliance	191

To which Austria at length accedes	192

Negotiations of France and England with Prussia	193

Efforts of Britain to engage Prussia in the alliance by sending an army to Germany	194

Lord Castlereaghs military measures	195

The British expedition lands under favourable circumstances	196

Battle of Austerlitz and change of Prussias policy	197

Return of the British expedition largely reinforced from Hanover	199

Magnitude of Lord Castlereaghs propositions already made	201

Peace of Presburg	203

Death of Mr Pitt	204

Mr Fox in vain endeavours to make peace	206

Fall of the Whig Cabinet and return of Lord Castlereagh to power	209

for War	212

Treaties in consequence concluded with the Allied powers	213

But the succour is promised too late to save from Friedland and Tilsit	214

The secret articles of Tilsit become known to the British Ministry	216

Copenhagen expedition and capture of the Danish fleet	218

Great impression produced by this stroke in Europe	219

Arguments of Opposition against the expedition	220

810 Lord Castlereaghs answer 221223	221

Vindication of the Copenhagen expedition furnished by Napoleon to his historians	225

Judicious placing of the British army after Copenhagen in Sweden	226

Lord Castlereaghs plan of an attack on South America	227

His plan for detaching it from the Spanish Crown	228

His early conferences regarding it with Sir A Wellesley	229

Lord Castlereaghs plans in regard to South America	230

The success of the Copenhagen expedition hastens Junots march to Lisbon	232

The Prince Regent of Portugal and fleet sail for Brazil	233

Great naval force at the disposal of Napoleon	234

State of the land forces	236

Lord Castlereaghs system for supplying the army with troops and the defence of the country	238

Advantages of the ballot for the local militia	239

True principles on the subject for Great Britain	240

Great success of Lord Castlereaghs measures for recruiting the army	242

Breakingout of the Spanish war	243

Lord Castlereaghs disposition of the land force and transports of Great Britain for active operations	244

His projected operation against Boulogne	245

Portugal is selected as the battlefield by Lord Castlereagh	247

Choice of a Commanderinchief	249

Landing of the expedition and battle of Vimeira	251

Convention of Cintra which in the circumstances was expedient	253

Advance of Sir John Moore into Spain	255

Great effects of Sir J Moores advance against Soult	256

Lord Castlereagh disapproves of the abandonment of Spain by the British army	257

Lord Castlereaghs instructions to Moore and Baird for the disposal of the army which retreated to Corunna	259

Lord Castlereagh resolves to persevere in the Peninsular contest	260

country	262

His plan for increasing the regular army	263

Which is with one modification adopted by Government	266

Difficulties regarding Sir John Cradock in Portugal	267

Lord Castlereaghs instructions to Sir A Wellesley	269

Force collected in Portugal under Sir A Wellesley	270

Lord Castlereaghs and Napoleons opposite plan of operations	271

Complete discomfiture of Napoleons left naval wing by Lord Castle reagh	272

Extreme difficulty of getting specie in the Peninsula and Lord Castle reaghs efforts to obtain it	273

Strange proposition of Marshal Soult which is declined by Castlereagh and Sir A Wellesley	274

Lord Castlereagh on the passage of the Douro	276

Lord Castlereagh authorises the British advance into Spain	277

Lord Castlereaghs striking speech in Parliament on the battle of Talavera	278

Lord Castlereaghs measures for the defence of Portugal	280

Lord Castlereagh had divined for long the naval projects of France against Great Britain	281

Lord Castlereaghs plan to defeat Napoleons naval confederacy	282

Plan of the Walcheren expedition vast importance of it	284

Reasons for preferring the Scheldt to the Peninsula	285

Lord Castlereaghs early Cabinet Memorandum regarding a Walcheren expedition in 1807 and 1808	287

The Cabinet hesitates and requires the opinion of military men on the subject	289

Great delay of the Cabinet in making up their mind on the subject	290

Immense force employed at last on the expedition	291

French forces there and defenceless state of Antwerp	292

Lord Castlereaghs instructions to Lord Chatham for the conduct of the expedition	293

The troops at length embark and reach the coast of Holland	295

First successes	296

Ruinous halt of the British army to besiege Flushing which is taken	298

Steps and letters of Napoleon on hearing of the expedition	299

Napoleons plan of defence of the Scheldt	300

Ease with which Antwerp might have been taken at first and even after the fall of Flushing	302

Arrival of the British at Batz and abandonment of the advance	303

Rejoicings at Antwerp and vainglorious boasting of Bernadotte	304

Rapid and fatal progress of the Walcheren fever which compels the eva cuation of the island	305

Cause of the failure of the expedition	306

Great dissatisfaction in England at the failure of the expedition	308

Intrigue in the Cabinet to overturn Lord Castlereagh	309

Lord Castlereagh challenges Mr Canning who is wounded and they both resign	311

Mr Cannings conduct was unjustifiable though the duel was equally so	312

advance of the age	315

Causes of the general distrust of Lord Castlereagh at this time	316

CHAPTER IV	318

He is appointed AidedeCamp to the King and UnderSecretary of State for Ireland	319

First operations in Portugal	320

His advance into Spain with Sir John Moore	321

Gallant actions near Sahagun and retreat of the army towards Galicia	322

Disastrous march to Corunna	324

Horrors of the retreat	325

Battle offered at Lugo and march to Corunna	326

Arrival of the army at Corunna	327

Preparation for the battle of Corunna	328

General Stewart sails to Lisbon as AdjutantGeneral of Sir A Wellesleys army	330

State of affairs when he landed in Portugal	331

Advance to the Douro	332

Soults incipient revolt against Napoleon	333

Advance of Sir A Wellesley to the Douro	334

Passage of the Douro	335

Pursuit of the French out of Portugal	336

Operations in Spain are determined on with Cuesta	337

Plan of operations	338

Interview with Cuesta and appearance of the Spanish army	339

Advance to Talavera and preparations for a battle there	340

The French forces unite and again approach Talavera	341

Position of the troops at Talavera	342

Noble conduct of Sir A Wellesley	351

Continued disasters of the Spaniards and retreat of the British into the valley of the Guadiana	352

Return of General Stewart on leave to England	353

General Stewarts exposition of Sir A Wellesleys plans	354

Thanks of the House of Commons to General Stewart	356

General Stewarts answer	357

He is made a Knight of the Bath	358

CHAPTER V	359

Disasters in Spain which had led to the new position taken by Wellington	360

Improved condition of the British army	361

Lord Wellingtons position and prospects at this time	362

Desponding feelings in the army	363

Siege and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo by the French	364

Unsuccessful skirmish of advanced posts	366

Severe fight with Craufurds division	367

Results of the combat and siege of Almeida	368

Siege and fall of Almeida	369

Gloomy aspect of affairs in the British army	371

Political difficulties of Wellingtons situation	372

Massena by Napoleons positive orders invades Portugal	373

Approach of both armies to Busaco	374

Massena is goaded on to attack	376

Defeat of the attack on the British left	377

Results of the battle on both sides	378

Great service of Sir Charles Stewart in this battle	379

Massena turns the British position	380

Wellington retires to Torres Vedras	381

Horrors of the retreat	382

Sir Charles Stewarts description of the lines of Torres Vedras	383

Weak points of the line	385

Massena resolves to blockade the lines only	386

Depressed condition of the French army	388

Wellingtons foresight of Massenas designs	389

Movements of Wellington on the retreat of the French	391

Improved health and spirits of the troops	392

Wretched condition of the French army	393

Wellingtons difficulties	394

Firmness of Wellington at this juncture	395

Napoleons plan for a fresh invasion of Portugal	396

Massenas difficulties as to crossing the Tagus	397

Great successes of Soult in Estremadura	398

Napoleons order to Massena at this period	399

Operations of the French and English for crossing the Tagus	400

Massenas retreat	401

First operations of Wellington in pursuit	403

Which is carried by the Allies	404

Continuance of the retreat	405

Continuance of the retreat across the Ceira	406

Difficulties of the pursuit	407

State of the French army when it reentered Spain	409

Material losses of the French army during the campaign	410

CHAPTER VI	412

Wellingtons movements to regain Badajos	413

Wellington undertakes the siege of Badajos	414

Position of the troops covering the blockade of Almeida	415

Massenas reasons for resuming the offensive	417

Necessity of relieving Almeida and Badajos	418

Attack of Massena on Fuentes dOnore	419

Arrival of the Imperial Guard and renewal of the battle	421

Preparations for battle on the 5th by Wellington	422

Desperate conflict in Fuentes dOnore	424

Massena retreats without a further attack	425

Lord Londonderrys reflections on this battle	426

This was a turningpoint in Sir Charles Stewarts fortunes	427

Massenas orders to Brennier to evacuate Almeida	428

Blowing up of Almeida and escape of Brennier	429

Wellington despatches troops and stores for Estremadura	431

Operations for the first siege of Badajos	432

Progress of the siege which is suspended	433

Forces on both sides	434

Description of the field of battle	435

Gallant attack of Stewarts division	437

Gallant advance of Houghtons brigade	438

Glorious charge of the Fusilier brigade under Cole which regains the day	439

Victory of the British	440

Results of the battle on both sides	441

Soult retires to Llerena and Beresford resumes the siege of Badajos	442

Improved situation of Wellington 387	443

Description of Badajos	444

Commencement of the siege	445

Repulse of the storm of Fort St Christoval	446

A second assault on Fort Christoval is resolved on	447

Raising of the siege and forces on both sides	448

Wellington offers battle to Soult and Marmont which is declined	449

The French generals decline the conflict	450

Habits of the army when in these cantonments	451

Movement of the army to new cantonments on the Tagus its reinforce ment and plan of operations	452

Ciudad Rodrigo is revictualled and Wellington establishes a distant blockade	453

Wellingtons preparations and advance of the enemy who relieve Ciudad Rodrigo	455

Approach to El Bodon	456

Glorious cavalry action under Alten and Sir Charles Stewart	457

Retreat of the British to Guinaldo and their dangerous position	458

Splendid appearance of the French army here collected	459

Marmont declines battle	460

Retreat of the British and its reasons	461

The French decline the conflict	462

The French go into winterquarters	463

Wellingtons projects at this time	464

Wellington approaches Ciudad Rodrigo	466

Investment of Ciudad Rodrigo and its difficulties	467

Wellington resolves on an attack on the place	469

Storm of the greater Teson	470

The rampart is breached from a distance	472

A practicable breach is made	473

Plan of the assault	474

Aspect of the trenches before the assault	476

The assault of the place	477

Fearful disorders after the place was taken	478

Great results of this conquest	479

Return to Britain of Sir Charles Stewart and death of Lady Stewart	480

CHAPTER VII	482

Regency question	483

35 Lord Castlereaghs speech in support of the restrictions 484	484

Ferment in the country against the Peninsular war	487

711 Lord Castlereaghs speech on the Spanish war of 1809 488493	488

Growing despondence on the Peninsular war in the country	494

Grounds of Lord Castlereagh and Wellingtons confidence in the war in the Peninsula	495

Immense difficulty of getting specie for the British army	497

Appointment of the Bullion Committee	498

Bullion Report	499

Mr Vansittarts counterresolutions	500

1829 Lord Castlereaghs argument against the Bullion Report 501512	501

Result of the debate	512

Reflections on this speech	513

What if the report of the committee had been adopted	514

Lord Castlereaghs speech on the battle of Albuera 515	515

Great distress in Great Britain at this time	517

The Orders in Council issued by the British Government	518

Their disastrous effects in Great Britain	519

Effect of the American Nonintercourse Act	520

Events which led to Lord Castlereagh being appointed Foreign Secretary	521

Debate on the Orders in Council	523

4244 Lord Castlereaghs reply 524526	524

Repeal of the Orders in Council	525

Situation of Europe when Lord Castlereagh returned to power	528

Great change produced by Lord Castlereaghs accession to office	529

Forces of Great Britain at this time and their distribution	530

Treaty between Russia and Turkey	535

Alexanders half promise of the throne of France to Bernadotte	541

Schwartzenbergs mission to Paris	549

Conclusion of this conference	556

and Prussia	568

Combat of Königswartha and defeat of the French	599

Decisive attack of Ney with the French left wing on the Allied right	605

Continuation of the retreat and combat at Haynau	611

Conclusion of an armistice	614

Further discussions of Napoleon direct with Austria	617

Conclusion of the armistice of Pleswitz	618

Thierss reflections on this armistice	619

Review of the Allied army	620

CHAPTER IX	622

Sincerity of Austria and her views	623

Great advantages which this state of affairs gave to Napoleon	624

Lord Castlereaghs view of the alliance	625

Importance of Bernadotte to the alliance	626

His equivocal attitude towards the Allies	627

Sir Charles Stewarts account of him in his published work	629

His private correspondence on the subject	630

His real views and designs	632

His real and secret views at this period	635

State of negotiations at Prague	636

Napoleons line of policy in consequence	637

Preliminary difficulties in point of form stated by France	638

The Emperor Francis comes to Gitschin in Bohemia and Metternich to Dresden	639

Explicit explanation between Metternich and Nesselrode	640

Signature of the Treaty of June 15 by England Russia and Prussia	641

Sir Charles Stewarts efforts with Bernadotte renewed	643

Interview of Metternich with the Allied sovereigns	644

Napoleon invites M de Metternich to Dresden	645

Interview of Metternich with Maret	646

Interview of Metternich with Napoleon	647

Metternichs answer 648	648

Conferences continued 651	651

Great sensation produced by this interview	653

Renewal of the conference between Metternich and Maret	654

News of the battle of Vitoria and its great effect	656

Napoleons reasons for fixing on the Elbe as his line of defence	657

Napoleons measure for fortifying the Elbe at Koenigstein and Dresden	658

His works at Torgau Wittenberg and Magdeburg	659

His measures regarding Hamburg and Werben	660

Immense exactious of Davoust at Hamburg	661

Forces which Napoleon had collected by the middle of August	662

Plan of operations agreed on by the Allies at Trachenberg	663

Forces of the Allies at the resumption of hostilities	664

Napoleons plan of operations for the campaign	665

State of the negotiations with Austria	666

Intrepid conduct of Lord Cathcart and Sir Charles Stewart in regard to an Austrian subsidy	668

Change of policy on the part of Bernadotte	670

Treacherous attack on the free corps of Lutzow and the poet Körner	672

Sir Charles Stewarts gloomy views of the negotiations	673

Napoleons delay in sending plenipotentiaries to Prague	674

Fresh difficulty raised by Napoleon as to the form of the conferences	676

Secret conference of Metternich and Narbonne	677

de Narbonne in vain tries to persuade Napoleon of his danger	678

Napoleon goes to Mayence to meet the Empress	680

Final proposals of Austria	681

Noble conduct of M de Caulaincourt	682

Termination of the congress and declaration of war by Austria against France	683

Napoleon tries in vain to engage Austria in a further secret negotiation	684

Fresh effort of M de Caulaincourt to bring about a peace	685

Last effort of Caulaincourt to induce Napoleon to make peace	686

Sir Charles Stewarts confidential conversation with Metternich	687

Grand review of the Austrian army	688

Advance of money to the Austrians by Lord Cathcart and Sir Charles Stewart	689

Difficulties about a commanderinchief	690

French review	691

Reflections on these conferences	692

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Tittel	Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart, the Second and Third Marquesses of Londonderry: With Annals of Contemporary Events in which They Bore a Part ... Volum 1 av Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart, the Second and Third Marquesses of Londonderry: With Annals of Contemporary Events in which They Bore a Part, Archibald Alison Volum 1 av Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart: The Second and Third Marquesses of Londonderry, Archibald Alison
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Utgiver	W. Blackwood and Sons, 1861
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