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
A contribution of twenty millions ordered to be levied upon
London. A deputation was sent to BONAPARTE to represent the
impossibility of complying with the demand, the Bank and the
Capital having been pillaged. After waiting in the ante-chamber
of the Consul for four hours, the deputation are informed by a
Mameluke guard, that BONAPARTE will not see them. Two hundred
of the principal citizens ordered to be imprisoned till the
contribution is paid.
_17 Thermidor._
A plot discovered by FOUCHÉ against the FIRST CONSUL, and three
hundred, supposed to be implicated in it, sent to the Tower.
Insurrections in different parts of the Capital, on account of
the excesses of the soldiers, and the contribution of twenty
millions. Cannon planted at all the principal avenues, and a
heavy fire of grape-shot kept up against the insurgents.
Lords NELSON, ST. VINCENT, and DUNCAN, Messrs. ADDINGTON, PITT,
SHERIDAN, GREY, twenty Peers and Commons, among the latter is
Sir SIDNEY SMITH, tried by the Military tribunals, for having
been concerned in the _insurrection_ against France, and
sentenced to be shot. Sentence was immediately carried into
execution in Hyde Park.
_17 Thermidor._
The Dock-yards ordered to send all the timber, hemp, anchors,
masts, &c., to France. The relations of the British sailors at
sea, sent to prison till the ships are brought into port, and
placed at the disposal of the French. Detachments dispatched to
the different Counties to disarm the people.
The Island ordered to be divided into departments, and
military divisions--the name of London to be changed
for _Bona-part-opolis_--and the appellation of the
country to be altered from Great Britain, to that of _La
France insulaire_--Edinburgh to take the name of _Lucien
ville_--Dublin, that of _Massen-opolis_.
BRITONS! can this be endured?--Shall we suffer ourselves thus
to be parcelled off?--I hear you one and all say, No! No!
No!--To your Tents, O Israel!--for BRITONS NEVER WILL BE SLAVES.
* * * * *
PIDCOCK’S GRAND MENAGERIE,
With an exact representation of
BUONAPARTE,
THE LITTLE CORSICAN MONKEY,
_As he may probably appear at the above Receptacle of Foreign
Curiosities, on, or before, Christmas 1803_.
Ladies and Gemmen!
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