rumour of his assassination, 82; his intrigue with Madame Fourés, 83, 84; his schemes of conquest, 84; celebrates ‘Ramadan,’ 85; capitulation of El-Arisch, 85; massacre of troops at Jaffa, 88-97; siege of St. Jean d’Acre, 98; victory over Achmet Pasha at Mount Thabor, 98; capture of his battering train by Sir Sydney Smith, 98; siege of St. Jean d’Acre raised, and retreat to Jaffa, 98, 99; accused of poisoning his sick soldiers at Jaffa, 100-8; returns to Cairo, 108; he leaves Egypt, 110-13; feeling in the army, 113, 114; arrival in Paris, 117; public dinner, 117; dissolves the Council of Five Hundred, 118-22; made Consul, 122; takes the lead, 123; fresh Consuls appointed, 125; their salaries, 125; his letter to George III., 126; answer to same, 127; battle of Marengo, 130; death of Desaix, 130-2; plots against Napoleon’s life:--that of Oct. 10, 1800, 136-8; that of Dec. 24, 1800, 138-40; Napoleon’s portrait, 140; his Concordat with the Pope, 143; the Flotilla at Boulogne, 143, 144; negotiations for peace, 144; attends to home affairs, 151; ratifies the peace of Amiens, 151; made Consul for life, 155; receives Fox, 156-58; behaves rudely to Lord Whitworth, 166, 172, 173; ultimatum, 175; tour to Belgium, &c., 239 Napoleon (_continued_), vol. ii.-- Cadoudal’s conspiracy, 7; trial and execution of the Duc d’Enghien, 7, 8; proclaimed Emperor, 12, 13; his coronation, 23-34; sends a letter to George the Third, 35; visits Italy, 40; crowned king of Italy, 41; his name given to a constellation, 42; war with Austria, 43; withdrawal of ‘Army of England,’ 43; surrender of Ulm, 45; battle of Trafalgar, 47; negotiations for peace, 57; victories of Jena, &c., 62; proclamation to blockade England, 62; invasion of Poland and entry into Warsaw, 65; battle of Eylau, 66; capture of Dantzig, 69; meeting with the Emperor of Russia at Tilsit, 69-73; declaration of war by England, 80; English troops sent to Spain, 82; raising the siege of Saragossa, 84; defeat at Vimiera, 84; convention of Cintra, 84; meeting of Emperors and Kings at Erfurt, 93; the broken bridge across the Danube, and the retreat to the island of Lobau, 96; battle of Wagram, 97; divorce from Josephine, 100-9; proposes to marry the Grand Duchess Anna Paulovna, 111; betrothal to Maria Louisa, 111; his marriage, 114; birth of the King of Rome, 116; his christening, 117; Napoleon as a father, 119, 120; said to have been present at a naval engagement off Boulogne, 123; goes to Dresden, and meeting of Sovereigns there, 124; visits Dantzig, 124; war declared against Russia, 124; entry into Wilna, 126; battle of Smolensko, 126; battle of Salamanca, 126; battle of Borodino, 127;