OF THE FRENCH CONSULATE, UNDER Napoleon Buonaparte; BEING AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of his adMINISTRATION, WHICH IS SO LITTLE KNOWN IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. INCLUDING A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. THE WHOLE INTERSPERSED WITH CURIOUS ANECDOTES And a faithful Statement of INTERESTING TRANSACTIONS, Until the renewal of Hostilities in 1803. BY W. BARRÉ, EYE-WITNESS TO MANY OF THE FACTS RELATED IN THE NARRATIVE. 543 Se campo, ti lampe se mere, i perdono. CORSICAN PROVERB. If I live, I murder you if I die, I forgive you. LONDON: Printed by James Cundee, Ivy-Lane, FOR THOMAS HURST, PATERNOSTER AND SOLD BY C. CHAPPLE, PALL-MALL. ROW; ADVERTISEMENT. A FAITHFUL account of the administration of Buonaparte has not yet been published: The shackled state of the press in France has rendered it altogether impossible; and, therefore, whatever has appeared on the subject, in that distracted country, must consequently be under the influence of the government, and cannot be consistent with historical accuracy It is only a few months since the writer of these sheets left France; and, besides having been an eye-witness to many of the facts he relates, has brought with him very valuable documents, on which his narrative is grounded. Those who might find too much acerbity in the language, should recollect that in mentioning robberies and murders, imposture and hypocrisy, apostacy and perjury, craftiness and baseness, it would have been unbecoming not to animadvert on the guilty individuals, who deserve to be branded with infamy. When facts are proved, qualifications are justifiable. But it will be easily perceived that the author is no party-writer. The impartial world will judge of the importance of this publication, and the author claims the indulgence of the reader. He has already translated.into French Sir Robert Wilson's History of the British Expedition to Egypt; and into English, the interesting pamphlet: called Answer from M. Méhée to M. Garat, on the subject of usurpation. CONTENTS. -His Rank at the beginning of the Revolution, of which he shews himself a warm Partisan.-He be- comes a Jacobin, and gets Preferment.-He serves under Barras at the Siege of Toulon in 1793.-His He is protected by Barras, set at Liberty, and taken again into the Service.-Barras employs him with the Jacobins to massacre the Parisians, on the 5th of Oc tober, 1795.-He marries the Mistress of Barras, the Countess de Beauharnais.-He is appointed to the Command of the Army of Italy.-His Successes due |
