hal Augereau. The Emperor and
the Empress complimented him on his dress and military appearance,
and Bonaparte said to him _Venez me voir en particulier demain
matin._ O'Connor went and was alone with him near two hours. On
that day Bonaparte did not say a word to him respecting his
intention on England; all their conversation regarded Ireland.
O'Connor was with him again on the Thursday and Friday following.
Those three audiences are all that O'Connor ever had in private
with Bonaparte.

"He told me on the Saturday evening that he should go to Court the
next morning to take public leave of the Emperor and leave Paris
as soon as he had received 10,000 livres which Maret was to give
him for his travelling expenses, etc., and which he was to have in
a day or two. His horses and all his servants but one had set off
for Brest some time before.

"Bonaparte told O'Connor, when speaking of the prospect of a
continental War, 'la Russie peut-etre pourroit envoyer cette annee
100,000 hommes contre la France, mais j'ai pour cela assez de
monde a ma disposition: je ferois meme marcher, s'il le faut, une
armee contre la Russie, et si l'Empereur d'Allemagne refusoit un
passage a cette armee dans son pays, je la ferois passer malgre
lui.' He afterwards said--'il y a plusieurs moyens de detruire
l'Angleterre, mais celui de lui oter Irlande est bon. Je vous
donnerai 25,000 bonnes troupes et s'il en arrive seulement 15,000,
ce sera assez. Vous aurez aussi 150,000 fusils pour armer vos
compatriotes, et un parc d'artillerie legere, des pieces de 4 et
de 6 livres, et toutes les provisions de guerre necessaires.'

"O'Connor endeavoured to persuade Bonaparte that the best way to
conquer England was first to go to Ireland, and thence to England
with 200,000 Irishmen. Bonaparte said he did not think that would
do; _d'ailleurs,_ he added, _ce seroit trop long_. They agreed
that all the English in Ireland should be exterminated as the
whites had been in St. Domingo. Bonaparte assured him that, as
soon as he had formed an Irish army, he should be Commander in
Chief of the French and Irish forces. Bonaparte directed O'Connor
to try to gain over to his interest Laharpe, the Emperor of
Russia's tutor. Laharpe had applied for a passport to go to St.
Petersbourg. He says he will do everything in his powe