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