CHAP. XI.

The great Theatre of the War in the Peninsula, the Frontier of Portugal.-

Reduction by the French of Ciudad Rodrigo-and Almeida.... 182

CHAP. XII.

Plan of Lord Wellington for the Defence of Portugal, and at the same time

supporting the Cause of Spain.-His Army for near Three Months after his

Retreat from Talavera, how stationed.-His Army augmented by Portu-

guese Troops, disciplined by Field Marshal Beresford. - How quartered in

and after the Month of February. -Their Positions when they come nearly

in contact with the Enemy advancing on Portugal-And their Line of Re-

treat on strong and impregnable Fortifications near Lisbon. After the

Surrender of Almeida, Lord Wellington begins to retreat and concentrate

his Forces. Marshal Massena, at the Head of the French Army of Portu-

gal, pursues.-Lord Wellington, for impeding as much as possible the Ad-

vance of the Enemy into the Interior of the Country, obliges the Inhabitants

to quit their Homes, and remove or destroy all that could be of use to the

Enemy. The Plan of Massena for turning the Left Flank of the Allies,

frustrated by Lord Wellington - Battle of Buraco-The French repulsed

in an Attack on the Position of the Allies; but they turn the Left of the

Allies, and advance on Coimbra, whither Lord Wellington, with the main

Body of his Army, arrives before him. -Retreat of Lord Wellington to his

Lines at Torres Vedras. These described. -Difficulties in which the French

are involved, being drawn into a Snare by the military Genius of Lord

Wellington. Their Sufferings, particularly from want of Provisions.-

Their Positions at first in front of the Allies. - Skirmishes.-Massena

hemmed in on all Sides. His Operations confined to Self-defence against

the Allies, and against Famine. Relative Positions of the French and

the Allied Army of Portugal at the close of 1810...

CHAP. XIII.

190

A French Corps sent against Badajoz.-A kind of false Attack. The Inten-

tion of it. The main Efforts of the French pointed against the Allied

Army under Lord Wellington.-Address to the Spanish Nation by the

Junta of Badajoz.-Nature of the Warfare carried on by the Guerillas.-

Celebrated Chiefs of the Guerillas. - Successes of the Guerillas-unavailing

against the steady and combined System of the Enemy. - Great Hopes from

the approaching Mecting of the Cortes. - Form of electing the Deputies of

the Cortes. Deputies elected to the Cortes even in the Provinces occupied

by the French.-Meeting, Installation, and Transactions of the Cortes.-

Political Conduct of King Joseph in Spain.-His Situation there very

uneasy and unpleasant. The Measures adopted for conciliating the Spa-

niards by Joseph, condemned by Napoleon. - Atrocities committed by the

French Generals in Spain. -The Duke of Orleans invited to-And dis-

missed...

209

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CHAP. XIV.

Spanish Provinces of America. -Revolution in. --Traced to their Causes.-

The Colonies divided into two grand Parties.- Civil War begun....

CHAP. XV.

223

Marriage of Buonaparte with the Archduchess Maria Louisa of Austria.-

- Addresses from all Quarters, and Festivities on this occasion. - Character

of the new Empress.-French Troops pour into Holland. -Treaty between

Napoleon and Lewis Buonaparte.-Infringed by the former-Lewis abdi-

cates the Throne of Holland in favour of his eldest Son. - Farewell Address

of Lewis to the Dutch. -The Character and Conduct of Lewis contrasted

with that of his Brother Lucien. Conference between a Dutch Commis-

sioner and the Marquis Wellesley, British Secretary of State, on the Sul-

ject of a Maritime Peace.-Annexation of Holland, and all the Territories

between the Elbe and the Ems to the French Empire-And of the Valais.-

New Measure for recruiting the Naval Force of France.-Population of

the French Empire.-Annexation of Hanover to Westphalia.-Extension

of the French Conscription Laws. Various Modes in which Buonaparte

rivetted the Chains in which he had bound the French-And Means by

which he provides for his personal Safety. His Rage against English

Commerce. Curbs the Priesthood at Rome

232

Election of a Successor to Charles XIII. King of Sweden. Death of the

Crown Prince, Charles Augustus of Augustenburg. -Murder of Count

Fersen, High Marshal of Sweden. -Competitors for the Succession of the

Crown of Sweden. The successful Candidate, Marshal Bernadotte, Prince

of Ponte Corvo. Suspicions of French Intrigue and Instigation in the

Murder of Count Fersen, and even the Death of the Prince of Augusten-

burg. Grounds of these. - Character and Anecdotes of Count Fersen.-

Bernadotte strives by all means to gain the Affections and the Confidence

of the Swedes. War declared by Sweden against England.-Arrival of

the Ex-King of Sweden in England. Character of that Prince.-The

Danes return to their old Business of Piracy.-Preparations and Attempts

of King Murat to invade Sicily frustrated by the Vigilance and Vigour of

the English General, Sir John Stuart.-War between the Turks and

Russians

243

CHAP. XVII.

History of the Dispute between Great Britain and the United States of

America. Naval and Colonial Affairs of Great Britain-in the Mediter-

ranean in the West Indies-the East Indics-and on the Coast of Ger-

many-Meeting of the British Parliament. Indisposition of the King.

-During this, the Prince of Wales appointed Regent of the King-

dom......

ייייי

253

I. Abstract of the Public Laws enacted by the British Legislature. Passed

in the fiftieth year of his Majesty's reign

II. Brief Reports of some important Law Cases in the year 1810 331

III. Liberty of the Subject-Collection of Papers relative to the Affair of

ibid.

..

..

Sir Francis Burdett

New Patents granted in 1810

..

Account of Livings in England and Wales, under 150l. a year

The Thanksgiving Prayer

:

ibid.

..

..

The Prayer for Restoration of his Majesty's Health

Statement of the Gold and Silver coined from the Restoration to the 25th of

420

March, 1810

421

..

Quantity of Strong Beer brewed in London from the 5th of July, 1809, to

Prices of Meat, Sugar, Salt, Coals, and Bread, in London, for 1810

Earl of Chatham's Memorial on the Expedition to the Scheldt

Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons concerning Sir

Francis Burdett's Arrest

..

439

Extract from the Fifth Report of the Committee of the House of Commons on

Abstract of the Report from the Select Committce of the House of Commons,

on sinecure Places

473

Extracts of Papers laid before the House of Commons relative to the East

India Company

486

..

Official Accounts of the Produce of Tares

Net Produce of Excise

ibid.

Report concerning Kolli's Plan for liberatin

liberating Ferdinand, King of Spain. ibid.

Bonaparte's Decrees for annexing Rome, Holland, and the Hanse Towns to

France

502

..

III. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL.

Proclamation from the Superior Spanish Junta

Massena's Address to the Portuguese

Lord Wellington's Address to the Portuguese

Decree relative to the Finances of Russia

515

ibid.

..

Decree of Non-Intercourse, Sc. with Great Britain

Anecdotes of the last Hours, with a Sketch of the late Right Honourable

523

Manners and Customs of the Tupinambas, excmplified in the extraordinary

Adventures of Hans Stade

550

...

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Religious

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Amusements of the American Spaniards

Characteristic Sketches of the American Spaniards

594

Anecdotes of the Mexicans, including a Description of Mexico, its Lakes,

of the

Directions for taking care of growing Plants at Sea, by Dr. Roxburgh 619

Account of the Mahogany Tree, and

cutting thereof at Honduras 620

Memoir on the Tunis Broad-tailed Sheep, by Richard Peters, Esq. 624

Method of preserving and keeping in vigour Fruit Trees planted in Orchards

or Fields

..

630

..

Observations upon Luminous Animals, by James Macartney, Esq. 631

..

USEFUL PROJECTS..

650

Improvements in the Aqua Tinta Process, by which Pen, Pencil, and Chalk

Drawings can be imitated. By Mr. J. Hassell

650

..

Method of preparing Ox-Gall in a concentrated State for Painters, and for

other Uses. By Mr. Cathery

653

Method of procuring Turpentine and other Products from the Scotch Fir.

Inquiry into the Composition of some Weapons and Utensils of ancient

Bronze, by M. Klaproth

On the Forcing Houses of the Romans, by Sir Joseph Banks

Account of ancient Customs in Cheshire

the Sheriff's Breakfast

..

MISCELLANEOUS.

Manners, Customs, Laws, &c. of the Mosquito Indians

Account of the Salt Works at Namptwich, in the County of Chester

Ode for the New Year, 1810, by Henry James Pye, Esq. Poet Laureate 690

Ode for His Majesty's Birth Day, by the same