CHAPTER XVIII.

REIGN OF GEORGE III. (_continued_).

Napoleon's Plans of Conquest--Sebastiani's Report--Napoleon's Complaints against the British Press--Espionage and Confiscation--He continues his Continental Aggressions--Napoleon's Interview with Lord Whitworth--Imminence of War--Negotiations for Pitt's Return to Office--War Declared--Napoleon arrests British Subjects in France--Seizure of Hanover--Emmett's Rebellion--Naval Attacks on the French Coast--The Mahratta War--Battle of Assaye--Successes of General Lake--Battle of Laswaree--Battle of Argaum--Conclusion of the War--Renewed Illness of George III.--Increasing Opposition of Pitt--He offers to undertake the Government--He forms a Tory Ministry--Wilberforce's Abolition Motion--The Additional Force Bill--Scheme for blowing up the French Fleet--War with Spain--The Georges Conspiracy--Murder of the Duke D'Enghien--Napoleon becomes Emperor--His Letter to the British King--The Condition of Europe--Lord Mulgrave's Reply to the Letter--Ministerial Changes--Weakness of the Ministry--Attack on Lord Melville--Whitbread's Motion--Melville's Defence--His Impeachment voted--Secession of Lord Sidmouth--The European Coalition--Hastened by Napoleon's Aggressions--Rashness of Austria--Invasion of Bavaria--Napoleon marches on the Rhine--Capitulation of the Austrian Army at Ulm--Occupation of Vienna--Battle of Austerlitz--Treaties of Schönbrunn and Pressburg--The Baltic Expedition--Expedition to Naples--Naval Affairs--Nelson's Pursuit of Villeneuve--Calder's Engagement--Battle of Trafalgar--Death of Nelson--Continuation of the Mahratta War--Lord Lake's Engagements with Holkar--Siege of Bhurtpore--Defeat of Meer Khan--The Rajah of Bhurtpore makes Peace--Treaties with Scindiah and Holkar--Death of Pitt--Payment of his Debts by the Nation 485