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. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. afraid. damme! O dear! zvliat icilt bccofiic of yeKoastBeef? Damme! whos afraid .-^ O dear! Odear!Other figures are introduced, but they are the crisis was rai)idl\ ai)i)ruaching. On the 1 Jth nf (iSo3.) RETURN OF LORD WIIITWORTII. 73 May Lord Whitworth wrote Lord Hawkcsbury : Theremainder of this day passed without receiving any com-munication from M. de Talleyrand. Upon this, I deter-mined to demand my passports, by an official note, whichI sent this morning by Mr. Mandeville, in order that Imight leave
. The dawn of the XIXth century in England, a social sketch of the times. afraid. damme! O dear! zvliat icilt bccofiic of yeKoastBeef? Damme! whos afraid .-^ O dear! Odear!Other figures are introduced, but they are the crisis was rai)idl\ ai)i)ruaching. On the 1 Jth nf (iSo3.) RETURN OF LORD WIIITWORTII. 73 May Lord Whitworth wrote Lord Hawkcsbury : Theremainder of this day passed without receiving any com-munication from M. de Talleyrand. Upon this, I deter-mined to demand my passports, by an official note, whichI sent this morning by Mr. Mandeville, in order that Imight leave Paris in the evening. At two I renewed mydemand of passports, and was told I should have themimmediately. They arrived at five oclock, and I proposesetting out as soon as the carriages are ready. He didnot, however, land at Dover until a quarter to twelve onthe night of the 17th of May, where he found the FrenchAmbassador, General Andreossi, almost ready to he did early in the morning of the 19th of May, beingaccompanied to the water side by Lord ta^ifftfl ClIAlTICR IX. Declaration of War against France—Napoleon makes all the English in Franceprisoners of war—Patriotic Fund—Squibs on the threatened invasion—TheNew Moses —Handbill signed A Shopkeeper— Britains War-song—Who is Bonaparte ? —Shall Frencluuen rule over us?— Aa InvasionSketch. ON the 16th of May the King sent a message toParhainent announcing his rupture with theFrench Gov^ernmcnt, and the recall of his ambas-sador, and laying before them the papers relating to theprevious negotiations ; and on the i8th of May, HisMajestys Declaration of War against France (a some-what lengthy document) was laid before Parliament. Notime was lost, for, on the 20th of ]\Iay, Lord Nelson sailedfrom Portsmouth in the l^ictory, accompanied b) theAiiiphion, to take the command in the INIcditerranean ;and prizes were being brought in daily. Whether it was in reprisal for this, or not, there are nom
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