Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . binet, andthe formation underGrenville of the Ministryof All the Talents, whichincluded Fox as Secre-tary of State for ForeignAffairs, Howick FirstLord of the Admiralty,Sidmouth Privy Seal,Petty Chancellor of theExchequer, Spencer andWindham Secretaries forthe Home and War De-partments, FitzwillianiPresident of the Coun-cil, and Lord Moira Master-General of the Ordnance. Theslave trade was at once abolished,
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . binet, andthe formation underGrenville of the Ministryof All the Talents, whichincluded Fox as Secre-tary of State for ForeignAffairs, Howick FirstLord of the Admiralty,Sidmouth Privy Seal,Petty Chancellor of theExchequer, Spencer andWindham Secretaries forthe Home and War De-partments, FitzwillianiPresident of the Coun-cil, and Lord Moira Master-General of the Ordnance. Theslave trade was at once abolished, the Abolition Bill beingpassed on March 25th, 1807, and negotiations with the Frenchwere opened which demonstrated clearly the impossibility oftrusting Napoleon. In September, 180G, Fox died, and wassucceeded as Foreign Secretary by Howick. The ministry hadrealised the necessity of carrying on the war with vigour: ii\October, 1806, the battles of Jena and Auerstadt had overthrownPrussia, and on November 21st Napoleon had issued his famous Cv-^ VW-^ 1^c-vV LAST TACK Ui 1)1AU\. (Royal United Service Institution, by permission ofW. E. Eyre Matchatn, Esq.). o ^ 708 e?;glaxd\s struggle fob existence. The Berlin Decrees. Fall of theMinistryof AU theTalents. [1802 Berlin Decrees. By these he declared that the whole of theBritish Isles were in a state of blockade, that France and all herdependent countries were forbidden to correspond or trade withthem, that all English merchandise and all private property ofEnglishmen was confiscated, and all British subjects wereprisoners of war. On January 7th, 1807, the Grenville Ministryrejilied by issuing the first of a series of Orders in Councilforbidding vessels to trade between any ports in the possessionof France or of her allies. A commercial war thus began whichcontinued till 1815. The French soldiers were turned intocoastguardsmen to shut out Great Britain from her markets;the British ships became revenue cutters to prohibit the
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