CHAPTER XVII.

REIGN OF GEORGE III. (_continued_).

Sympathy in Ireland for the French Revolution--Intrigues with the French--Attitude of the Roman Catholics--Failure of Fitzwilliam's Efforts at Reform--Open Rebellion begins--The Mission of Fitzgerald and O'Connor to France--Disclosure of the Conspiracy--Arrest of Fitzgerald and his Confederates--Outbreak of the Rebellion--Battle of Vinegar Hill--Arrival of Humbert's Expedition--Its brief Success and Surrender--Suicide of Wolfe Tone--Desire of France to invade England--Napoleon advises the Expedition to Egypt--He gives Nelson the slip--His gigantic Projects--Surrender of Malta--Nelson's Pursuit--Napoleon's Campaign--Battle of the Pyramids--Surrender of Cairo--Battle of the Nile (or Aboukir Bay)--Pitt's second Coalition--The Income Tax--Projected Union of Great Britain and Ireland--Proclamation of the Parthenopean Republic--Italy regained by the Coalition--Suppression of the Revolution in Naples--The Allies in Holland--Napoleon's March into Syria--His Defeat at Acre--Battle of Aboukir--Napoleon returns to France--_Coup d'État_ of the 18th Brumaire--Death of Tippoo Sahib--Napoleon's Letter to the King--The Union with Ireland--Means by which it was carried--Its Reception in England--Napoleon crosses the Alps--Battle of Marengo--The French recover Lombardy--Battle of Hohenlinden--Treaty of Lunéville--Corn Riots--Breach with Russia--Pitt's Resignation--The King's Illness--The Addington Ministry--Revival of the Armed Neutrality--Battle of Copenhagen--Peace between Britain and the Northern Powers--The Expedition to Egypt--Battle of Alexandria--Evacuation of Egypt by the French--Negotiations for Peace--Treaty of Amiens 460