were conferred upon the followers of LEWIS, whom they had sent for to their assistance, as if the English had no right to the conquests they were making.

The suspicions of treachery which these circumstances could not fail to occasion, received a confirmation from a discovery that was made shortly after, and which forced the Barons to think of their own safety. The VISCOUNT DE MELUN, one of LEWIS's prime confidents, being seized with a mortal disorder in London, caused such of the Barons as were posted there for the security of the city to be sent for. When they came, he told them he could not forbear discovering to them a secret which lay heavy upon his conscience, and if longer concealed from the English would infallibly occasion their utter destruction. Then he disclosed to them that the Prince was resolved to banish all the Barons who had given him an invitation to come over. This resolution, he added, was taken in a council of sixteen French Lords (of whom he was one), and confirmed by the Prince with an oath !

This secret being known had the greater effect, as it agreed with the suspicions they had already conceived of the French. Thenceforth many began to repent of calling in the foreigners, and seriously to think of returning to the obedience of their Sovereign. No less than forty gave the King assurance of their good intention; and LEWIS's party becoming daily more and more weakened, he was compelled to quit the kingdom after experiencing some considerable defeats.

We have also another and a later instance of the kindness of the French towards us, in their behaviour to the house of STUART, who were banished this country for their endeavours to subvert the constitution, and introduce a despotic government in the room of it. How often did they assist the Pretender in his attempts upon this country, and give him every encouragement in their power? Will this too be urged as a proof of their friendship? It certainly was a part of the same policy that would induce their interference now, namely, to foment divisions among us, and aggrandize themselves at our expense.

These instances I urge not to stimulate a national hatred, but in order to shew us that we ought to be upon our guard. I would distrust their professions, as I would take precautions against their threats. I would be suspicious of a Frenchman even with a flag of truce in his hand. I know that they regard us with jealousy, and I would not give them. an opportunity to do us any harm.

As a further instance of their perfidy, I will mention to you

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KING OF FRANCE'S LETTER TO BUONAPARTE. circumstance not generally known, but certainly true. Before our Ambassador LORD WHITWORTH had left Paris, and whilst Buonaparte was endeavouring to cajole him to stay there, that crafty tyrant was not only making active preparations for the very invasion with which we are now menaced, but had really sent dispatches to some of his foreign possessions with instructions for them how to act.

The object of France, and it may be politic for them, is to crush the power of Great Britain; for they know if they could once succeed in that point they must become masters of the world*. They would deprive her of all, influence as a state, - annihilate her trade and commerce, and impoverish her people. This is the point they are striving at, and will strain every nerve to accomplish. They would deprive us of our so long enjoyed dominion over the sea, which as they cannot effect it by a contest upon that element, they are now attemptving by other means. "Carthage must be destroyed," said the Roman senators, who saw their own state would be always eclipsed by so powerful a rival; "England must be destroyed," say the French, who feel the effects of her strength. But though the one prediction was fulfilled, I do not think there is much danger to be apprehended from the other. As long as we remain united and true to ourselves, we never need to fear the threats or the attacks of France.

There is no doubt they would be very glad to create, if possible, a quarrel between the people and the government of this country; nor is the reason difficult to be seen through. The government, supported as it is by the people, is too hard for them; they find we are not to be conquered when acting together, but they are in hopes, that if they once could stir up the one against the other, whichever party succeeded would necessarily become so weakened by the contest, they would easily be able to crush them both afterwards. A nation without a systematic government would be like an army without a general; a mere body without a head, devoid of all energy, and incapable of self-defence.

To be continued.]

A Letter from Louis XVIII. to NAPOLEONE BUONAPARTE. The following intelligence affords a proof that the First Consul, notwithstanding his boasted power and tyranny, feels

* We wish our readers, in confirmation of the above remark, to notice the Memorial of Talleyrand, copied into the present number of the LOYALIST.

himself to be no more than a robber and usurper, but not the king of Frenchmen. He may conquer many a throne, but not that on which he sits. Ruling a mighty host of armed men, he does not rule in the hearts of his people, whom he enslaves. We see him cringing and debasing himself before the magnanimous Louis XVIII and the unfortunate remnant of the Bourbon family in exile. At the levee of MONSIEUR, July 24, 1803, in the presence of the other French princes in England, a printed paper was circulated, containing a particular account of the proposal lately made by BUONAPARTE to LOUIS XVIII. at Warsaw, of renouncing the throne, of France in his favour; and of requiring the same renunciation on the part of the other French princes! To this unjust proposition was returned a negative answer by all the House of Bourbon; and, says the King, "Mr. Buonaparte deceives himself if he thinks he can induce me to transfer my rights; so far from that, he will himself strengthen them, if they could be questioned, by the course he at present pursues."

On the 19th of March the same envoy, we are told by MONSIEUR, again waited on the King, to request a change, not in the substance but in the form of his Majesty's answer. It scenied to be apprehended that it might irritate the usurper to such a degree, as to provoke him to use his influence to aggravate the afflictions of the King. His Majesty answered, that "He should make no alteration in his answer, which was as moderate as possible; and that Buonaparte would be wrong to complain of it, since, if his Majesty had styled him rebel and usurper, he would have said no more than the truth." The dangers of such a reply were then pointed out to the King: "What," replied Louis XVIII. "is malice to require that I shall be driven from my present place of retreat? I shall pity the Sovereign who shall feel himself obliged to take such a part, and shall be gone."-"Oh, no! But might there not be reason to fear, lest Buonaparte should require certain powers to ...withhold from Count de Lille the assistance which he now receives from them?"-The King answered, "I fear not poverty; if necessary, I shall eat black bread with my family and my faithful followers. But be not deceived; I shall never be reduced to that: I have another powerful resource, which I do not think it my duty to use while I have my present powerful friends. I have but to make my condition known in France, and to holdsout my hand, not to the government of the usurper; no, never; but to my faithful subjects: (and, believe me, I shall soon be richer than I now am."

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Anecdotes of the FIRST CONSUL of France. Communicated to the Editors by VERITAS.

To assist in raising the spirit and tone of the British nation to its highest pitch, I think it will be useful to exhibit the character and conduct of our enemies in their genuine colours. Several hints have been already thrown out for this purpose; and it will be my endeavour to supply for your future numbers' such other facts as may tend to throw light on the same subject. Among the perfidious deeds of NAPOLEONE BuonaPARTE, none has excited greater indignation than his treacherous conduct toward the unfortunate Frenchmen who have been mutilated, or fallen sick in his own service. But there are persons so unreasonably incredulous as to doubt whether VOL. I. N° 3.

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he could have been so base and cruel as his enemies have represented. I shall therefore collect, in as narrow a compass as possible, the leading points of evidence on which these reports are founded.

In the first place it should be remembered, that Napoleone Buonaparte shewed no abhorrence of the massacre of Frenchmen at Toulon, Marseilles, Paris, &c. before he was advanced to the post of a General by his friend Barras. As a specimen of his style, I subjoin the translation of an original letter by Napoleone Buonaparte; taken from "Les Annales du Terrorisme," p. 64, printed by Desenne, at Paris, An iv. 1795. "To Citizens BARRAS, FRERON, and ROBESPIERRE, jun. Representatives of the People.

"Toulon, 29 Frimaire, Year 2. (December 4.)

"CITIZENS REPRESENTATIVES,

"Upon the field of glory, my feet inundated with the blood of traitors, I announce to you, with a heart beating with joy, that your orders are executed, and France revenged; neither sex nor age have been spared; those who escaped, or were only mutilated by the discharges of our republican cannon, were dispatched by the swords of liberty and the bayonets of equality!!!

"Health and admiration.

BRUTUS BUONAPARTE,
"Citizen Sansculotte."

The butcheries and atrocities of General Buonaparte in every hostile country through which he afterwards passed, are universally acknowledged and detested; nay, even his own soldiers in Rome are said to have mutinied on this account, declaring their chiefs to be "MONSTERS OF DEVASTATION AND DEBAUCHERY." A late publication informs us (See Letter to N. Buonaparte, translated from the French of Chevalier TINSEAU, p. 54)," that during the early engagements at Mantua with Ge neral Wurmser, the hospital for the French who were wounded, was at Como. Some officers, who are ready to swear to the truth of their assertion, passing through this town in the month of April 1800, were informed by the inhabitants that one morning they beheld, with unspeakable horror, the dead bodies of a number of French soldiers floating upon the surface of the lake, whom this infamous assassin had ordered to be cast into it on the preceding night. Every one of these unfortunate wretches were soldiers who had suffered amputation of some, member or another! This monster caused, at the same time, not only the dead, but even the sick in the hospitals, to be thrown pell-mell into a ditch, at Salo, on the lake of Guarda. It is a fact well