English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 1 (of 2)Ashton, John
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English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 1 (of 2)
Ashton, John
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Caricatures and cartoons
If there be one Person so lost to all Love for his Country, and
the British Constitution, as to suppose that his Person or his
Property, his Rights and his Freedom, would be respected under
a Foreign Yoke, let him contemplate the following Picture--not
Overcharged, but drawn from Scenes afforded by every Country:
Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Hanover, which has
been exposed to the Miseries of a French Invasion.
LONDON, _10 Thermidor--Year----_.
General BONAPARTE made his public entrance into the capital,
over London Bridge, upon a charger from his BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S
Stables at Hanover, preceded by a detachment of Mamelukes.
He stopped upon the bridge for a few seconds, to survey the
number of ships in the river; and, beckoning to one of his
Aid-de-camps, ordered the French flags to be hoisted above
the English--the English sailors on board, who attempted to
resist the execution of this order, were bayonetted, and thrown
overboard.
When he came to the Bank, he smiled with complaisance upon a
detachment of French grenadiers, who had been sent to load
all the bullion in waggons, which had previously been put in
requisition by the Prefect of London, Citizen MENGAUD, for the
purpose of being conveyed to France. The Directors of the Bank
were placed under a strong guard of French soldiers, in the
Bank parlour.
From the Bank, the FIRST CONSUL proceeded, in grand procession,
along Cheapside, St. Paul’s, Ludgate Hill, Fleet Street,
and the Strand, to St. James’s Palace. He there held a
grand Circle, which was attended by all his officers, whose
congratulations he received upon his entrance into the Capital
of these once proud islanders. BONAPARTE, previous to his
arrival, appointed two Prefects, one for London, and one for
Westminster. Citizen MENGAUD, late Commissary at Calais, is the
Prefect of London, and Citizen RAPP, of Westminster. He also
nominated Citizen Fouché to the office of Minister of Police.
The Mansion-house has been selected for the residence of the
Prefect of London, and Northumberland House for the residence
of the Prefect of Westminster. As it has been deemed necessary
to have the Minister of Police always near the person of the
FIRST CONSUL, Marlborough House has been given to Citizen
Fouché. Lodgings have been prepared elsewhere, for the late
owners of that splendid Palace.
London was ordered to be illuminated, and detachments of French
Dragoons paraded the principal streets, and squares, all night.
_11 Thermidor._
BONAPARTE, at five o’clock in the morning, reviewed the French
Troops on the Esplanade at the Horse Guards. A Council was
afterwards held, at which the following Proclamations were
drawn up, and ordered to be posted in every part of the City:
BY ORDER OF THE FIRST CONSUL.
PROCLAMATION.
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