The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (Volume 4) (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1910. Excerpt: ... HT. hopes to meet her on the sea, 304; threatened with bankruptcy. 304; exchange of prisoners with, 307; her colonial interests, 3o0; Russia opens her ports to, 316; refuses N.'s offer of peace in Spain, 319; armistice with Russia, 321; threatens to bombard Con- stantinople, 321; under Castle- reagh's leadership, 328; to be driven from Spain, 328; arouses Sweden against France, 350; nego- tiates peace between Turkey and Russia, 350; distracted condition of politics in, 377; naval defeats, 378, 379; United States declares war against, 378; assassination of Mr. Perceval, 378; negotiates treaty between Russia and Spain, July, 1812, 392-393; in grand European coalition against N., 392; Metternich's negotiations with, 395; returns to Pitt's policy, 399; abandons Hanoverian schemes, 399; proposal to bleed her colonies, 408; proposed isola- tion of, 408; the allies' reliance on, 422; guarantees a war loan, 417; treaty with Prussia, June 14, 1813, 417; treaty with Russia, June 15, 1813, 417; issues paper money, 417; to be kept out of the continental peace, 419; Metter- nich proposes that she continue the war, 419, 420; commercial agree- ment with Sweden, 424; influence in Holland, iv. 30, 41; determina- tion to crush France, 31; at the Congress of Frankfort, 41; pro- posal that she hand back French colonies, 41; "maritime rights," 41, 45; prolongation of the war in Spain, 51, 52; desire to establish equilibrium in Europe, 67; signs treaty of Chaumont, 76; effect of the triple alliance on, 76; troops occupy Bordeaux, 87; party to the treaty of Fontainebleau (April, 1814), 133; distinction in, between the two Napoleons, 133; N. con- templates taking refuge in, 135; N.'s eulogy of her civilization and chivalry, 140; negotiates secret treaty with Austria and France, 145; regency in, 161; lack o...