CHAPTER IX.

1806 The Continental system--General indignation excited by it--Sale of licences by the French Government--Custom-house system at Hamburg-- My letter to the Emperor--Cause of the rupture with Russia-- Bernadotte's visit to me--Trial by court-martial for the purchase of a sugar-loaf--Davoust and the captain "rapporteur"--Influence of the Continental system on Napoleon's fall. I have a few remarks to make on the famous Continental system, which was a subject of such engrossing interest. I had, perha…