This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: ...Royalists, landed in France.--Desperate Entei-prise of Georges--Defeated. Arrest of Moreau--of Pichegru--and ffeorges.--Captain Wright.--Dulse D' Enghien Mixed at Stratburg--hurried to Parit--transferred to Vinccnncs--Tried by a J/i/itary Commission--Condemned and Encuted.--Universal Horror of France and Kurope.--Buonaparte's Vindication of his Conduct--7fis Defence considered.--/'t-. chegru found Dead in his Prison--Attempt to explain hit Death by charging him ici'ti Suicide--Captain Wright found with his Throat cut.--A similar attempt made.--Georges and other Conspirators Tried--Condemned and Executed.--Royiilis.lt tilencfil.--JHoreau sent into Exile. While Buonaparte was meditating the regeneration of Kurope, by means ol cmouering first Britain and then the Northern Powers, a course of opposition to his government, and disaffection to his person, was beginning to arise even among the soldiers themselves. The acquisition of the Consulate for life, was naturally Considered as a death-blow to the Republic; and to that name many of the principal officers of the army, who had advanced themselves to.promotion by means of the Revolution, still held a grateful attachment. The dissatisfaction of these military men was the more natural, as some of them might see in Buonaparte nothing more than a successful adventurer, who had raised himself hijjh above the heads of bis comrades, and now exacted their homage. As soldier they quickly passed from murmurs to' threats; and at a festive meeting, which was prolonged beyond the limit of sobriety, a colonel of hussars proposed himself lu the Brutus to remove this oewCasgar. B suppose to have been the nature of the measures Georges proposed, being the list to which a brave and loyal soldier like Moreau would willingly...