uded. The articles of
this treaty were the cession of Saltzburg and other territories of the
Rhenish confederation to France; Cracow, and part of the Austrian spoil
of Poland, to the duchy of Warsaw; and another small portion of it to
Russia, Napoleon did not stop here in his attempts to ally himself
with Austria: regardless of his union with the faithful Josephine,
he stipulated for the hand of an Austrian princess; and the Austrian
emperor sold him his daughter. He was married early in the next year to
the Archduchess Maria Louisa.

BRITISH EXPEDITION AGAINST NAPLES AND WALCHEREN.

During this year the British cabinet prepared two expeditions: the first
against Naples, under Sir John Stuart; and the second against Antwerp,
for the purpose of destroying Napoleon's maritime preparations in the
Scheldt. Each, also, had a secondary object in view: that of creating a
diversion in favour of the Austrian emperor. Both, however, failed, from
being too long in preparation: Murat had ample notice of the Sicilian
expedition, and he defeated every attempt to obtain a footing, or to
excite insurrection in his kingdom. As for the armament destined for
the Scheldt, the chief command of which was given to Admiral Sir Richard
Strachan, it was so long getting ready that news arrived of the Austrian
defeat at Wagram, some days before it sailed. It was the largest and
most complete armament that ever left the British shores; and
consisted of thirty-nine sail of the line, thirty-six frigates, and
a proportionable accompaniment of gun-boats, bomb-vessels, and small
craft. The troops which it was intended to convey amounted to about
40,000 men, making together with seamen and marines a sum total of
100,000 men. The expedition was intended to be secret; but long before
it sailed its destination was disclosed to the enemy, who took all
possible means to frustrate its designs. It sailed on the 29th of July,
and at first it was successful: Flushing was captured after having
sustained a severe bombardment. But here the British successes ended.
Antwerp was by this time placed in such a posture of defence that it
would have been in vain to have made an attack upon it; while the forts
on the Scheldt were well manned, and preparations had been made for
carrying the fleet of the enemy still higher up the river, in case
the British should succeed in forcing a passage. Immediately after the
capture of Flushing, with a view of pursuing ulterior m