1Chevalier Artand’s Italy, p. 377; ‘L’Univers pittoresque, Europe,’ tome 2, Paris, 1857, ed. Didot. 2‘Ragguaglio Storico di tutto l’occorso, giorno per giorno, nel Sacco di Roma dell’anno 1527, scritto da Jacopo Bonoparte, gentiluomo Samminiatere’ (from San Miniato, near Florence) ‘che vi se trovÒ presente.’ 3Notes and Queries, 3rd series, vol. xi. p. 307. 4From ?a???, good, and ?e???, part or share—Buona-parte. 5Notes and Queries, 3rd series, vol. xi. p. 507. 6Memoirs of Madame Junot, Duchesse d’Abrantes, Bentley, London, 1883. When quoting from her memoirs I always use this translation. 7Napoleon omitted the ‘u’ in Buonaparte while general-in-chief in May 1796. 8Madam Junot was very proud of her descent from Constantine Comnenus, the tenth Protogeras of Maina, who quitted Greece in 1675, landed at Genoa Jan. 1, 1676, and arrived at Corsica March 14, 1676. 9Buonaparte et la famille, ou Confidences d’un de leurs anciens amis, Paris 1816. 10Denying by every means the authority of nations, obedience to princes, or liberty to the Church. He usurped the goods of all, the treasure of neutrals, the souls of nations: in very truth he was an execrable tyrant. 11The Corsican’s Downfall, p. 9. 12Buonaparte the Emperor of the French considered as the Lucifer and Gog of Isiah and Ezekiel, &c., by L. Mayer, Lond. 1806, p. 86. 13Memoirs, p. 269. 14His nephew was afterwards prefect in Corsica. He was a relation of Napoleon. 15Daughter of Charles Bonaparte, the Emperor’s uncle, and wife of Paraviccini, a cousin, also, of Napoleon. 16Memoirs, p. 7. 17Buonapartiana, ou Choix d’Anecdotes curieuses, Paris, 1814. 18The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax (William Combe). London, 1815. 19Memoirs, vol. i. p. 10. 20Memoirs, vol. i. p. 33. 21For instance, see Notes and Queries, 3rd series, vol. vii. p. 364. 22Romance of London, vol. iii. p. 172, ed. 1865. 23Memoirs of Madame Junot, vol. i. p. 73. 24Memoirs, vol. i. p. 80. 25Amours et Aventures du Vicomte de Barras, Paris, 1817. 26Notre Dame de Thermidor, p. 429. 27Madame Tallien and Madame Viconti. 28Madame Junot’s Memoirs, vol. i. p. 249. 29Gillray, evidently, was not particular as to dates, for Napoleon married Josephine in 1796. 30History of the French Consulate under Napoleon Buonaparte, &c., by W. Barre, London, 1804. 31R. H. Horne. 32G. M. Bussey. 33The Lord Mayor of London, Thomas Blackhall. 34A bogey, a bugbear. 35The Directory. 36He was the father of our great caricaturist, George; but there is little doubt from the internal evidence of the pictures, that George either wholly produced, or materially helped in the execution of many caricatures signed with his father’s name. 37Fox’s residence. 38The True Briton, May 11, 1798. 39Histoire de Bonaparte, Premier Consul, Depuis sa Naissance, jusqu’À la Paix de LunÉville, Paris, chez Barba, 1801. 40The italics are mine.—J. A. 41Memoirs, vol. i. p. 209 42Eleven hundred guineas were collected at once on the first day, besides which, the Times, October 4, says, ‘The Royal Exchange and London Assurance Companies have subscribed 100 guineas each, and the East India Company have voted 1,000l. towards this benevolent and patriotic fund.’ 43From Bonduca, by Henry Purcell, A.D. 1710. 44There is a long account of this lady in Amours secrÈtes de NapolÉon, des Princes et Princesses de sa famille, &c., by M. de B.... 2 vols., Paris, 1844, 12mo. 45Napoleon in Exile, or a Voice from St. Helena, &c., by Barry E. O’Meara. 2 vols., London, 1822. Vol. ii. p. 127. 46Ibid., vol. i. p. 329. 47History of Buonaparte, price 6d. Printed by Cox, Son, & Baylis, 75 Great Queen Street. 48Vol. i. p. 209. 49Of Aboukir. 50Which probably gave details of the defeats of the French by Suwaroff, who is thus described in the Vienna Gazette (according to his portrait by Gillray, May 23, 1799): ‘This extraordinary man is now in the prime of life, six feet ten inches in height, never tastes either wine or spirits, takes but one meal a day, and every morning plunges into an ice bath; his wardrobe consists of a plain shirt, a white waistcoat and breeches, short boots, and a Russian cloak; he wears no covering on his head either by day or night; when tired, he wraps himself up in a blanket, and sleeps in the open air; he has fought twenty-nine pitched battles, and been in seventy-five engagements.’ 51In the Times of November 15, 1799, we read of this dinner (November 7) that ‘Buonaparte gave the toast, “To the union of all Frenchmen.”’ The same paper records that Bonaparte had presented Moreau with a robe enriched with diamonds, which he brought from Egypt, and was valued at 10,000 livres. This probably purchased his aid in the coup d’État of the 18th Brumaire. 52A gross exaggeration, for he only had his coat torn by a Deputy who had sufficient courage to collar him. 53This was one of Fuseli’s celebrated ‘Milton Gallery,’ a series of 47 pictures, produced between the years 1790 and 1800. 54No. 8, Nov. 7, 1800. 55The Porcupine, No. 13, Nov. 13. 56Ibid. No. 28, Dec. 1. 57The Porcupine, No. 30, Dec. 3, 1800. 58The Porcupine, No. 60, Jan. 7, 1801. 59The Porcupine, No. 61, Jan. 8, 1801. 60Dec. 31, 1800. 61Lauriston. 62Porcupine, No. 291, Oct. 3, 1800. 63Porcupine, No. 298. 64An allusion to his play of that name. 65Memoirs of the Later Years of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox, by John Bernard Trotter, Esq., late private secretary to Mr. Fox, London, 1811. 66Fox. 67Trotter. 68Her real name, vide his Marriage Register, was Elizabeth B. Cane. 69January 1, 1803. Artist unknown. 70A name bestowed on young Addington. 71Garnerin, the aeronaut. 72Lord Whitworth. 73St. James’s Chronicle, May 17/19, 1803. 74Whitworth. 75Is from Mr. Stanhope’s speech at a meeting of Yorkshire noblemen and gentlemen, at the Castle, York, July 28, 1803, for the purpose of addressing the king on the situation of the country. 76‘Death is an eternal sleep,’ vide Robespierre’s Decree. 77Another name for old Nick. 78November 3. 79Fesch. 80Placentia. 81Who had the chief share in promoting the Concordat with the Pope. 82The Treaty of Luneville was signed Feb. 9, 1801. ‘A bawbling vessell was he Captain of, For shallow draught and bulk unprizable.’—Twelfth Night, act 5, sc. i. Trifling, insignificant, contemptible. 84Pidcock’s Menagerie was one of the best and largest that used to exhibit in Bartholomew and other fairs: the animals being hired from Cross’s famous collection in Exeter ‘Change. At this time (1803) Pidcock was probably dead, as he exhibited in 1769. The show was afterwards known as Polito’s. 85Hanging them. A revival of the old Revolutionary cry of ‘À la Lanterne!’ 86Indicative of Hanover. 87The Marquis of Hartington in a speech in the House of Commons, March 17, 1884, said ‘there were now 209,365 volunteers enrolled, of whom 202,478 were efficient.’—Morning Post, March 18, 1884. |