1800
Bonaparte'swishtonegotiatewithEnglandandAustria— Anemigrant'sletter—Domesticdetails—Thebell—ConspiracyofCeracchi, Arena, Harrel, andothers—Bonaparte'svisittotheopera —Arrests—RarielappointedcommandantofVincennes—TheDucd'Enghien'sfoster-sister—The3dNivoise—FirstperformanceofHaydn's "Creation"—Theinfernalmachine—Congratulatoryaddresses— Arbitrarycondemnations———Bonapartes' hatredoftheJacobinsexplained— Therealcriminalsdiscovered—JustificationofFouché——Caesar, Cromwell, andBonaparte—ConversationbetweenBonaparteandFouché—Pretendedanger—Fouché'sdissimulation—Lucien'sresignation—HisembassytoSpain—WarbetweenSpainandPortugal—DinneratFouché's—TreacheryofJosephBonaparte—AtrickupontheFirstConsul—Athreedays' coolness— Reconciliation.
ThehappyeventsofthecampaignofItalyhadbeencrownedbythearmistice, concludedonthe6thofJuly.Thisarmisticewasbrokenonthe1stofSeptember, , inacampaignoflessthantwomonths, hehadrestoredthetriumphoftheFrenchstandard, ; , wherehispresenceattractedprodigiousthrongsofpersons, alleagertoseeandapplaudhim.
, protestationsoffidelity, and, inshort, , andIhavepreservedmanyofthem; amongtherestwasonefromDuroselBeaumanoir, ', 12thJuly1800, andthefollowingarethemostremarkablepassagesitcontains: