[296] See Memoir of the Operations of the Allied Armies in 1813 and 1814, by Major-General Lord Burghersh; second edition, p. 49.
[297] French Envoy to the Duke of Saxe Weimar.
[298] "M. Metternich told me, that he wished Napoleon to be convinced that the greatest impartiality and moderation prevailed in the councils of the allied powers; but that they felt themselves strong in proportion to their moderation: that none of them entertained designs against the dynasty of the Emperor Napoleon; that England was much more moderate than was supposed; and that there never was a more favourable moment for treating with that power."—M. de Saint Aignan's Report. See Montholon, tom. ii., Appendix.
[299] Fouché, tom. ii., p. 150.
[300] George Hamilton Gordon, fourth Earl of Aberdeen K.T., F.R.S., and P.S.A.
[301] Speech to the Senate, Oct. 7.
[302] Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, was born in 1769. In 1821, he succeeded his father, as Marquis of Londonderry, and died in 1822.
[303] Dated Frankfort, Dec. 1, 1813.
[304] See the correspondence in Savary's Memoirs, tom. iii., p. 140.
[305] "The Emperor placed no confidence in the sentiments expressed in the declarations of the allies. He had said long before, 'They have appointed my grave as their place of rendezvous, but none of them will venture to come first.' He now added, 'Their time of rendezvous has arrived. They think the lion dead; and the question is, "Who will give the ass' kick." If France abandon me, I can do nothing.'"—Savary, tom. iii., p. 158.