CHAPTER VIII.

1802-1803. Bonaparte President of the Cisalpine Republic--Meeting of the deputation at Lyons--Malta and the English--My immortality--Fete given by Madame Murat--Erasures from the emigrant list--Restitution of property--General Sebastiani--Lord Whitworth--Napoleon's first symptoms of disease--Corvisart--Influence of physical suffering on Napoleon's temper--Articles for the Moniteur--General Andreossi-- M. Talleyrand's pun--Jerome Bonaparte--Extravagance of Bonaparte's brothers--M. Collot and …