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Vienna, April 26.
The declaration of the 13th of March if known
myself for my country. When I arrived in
F/ance ainidst such dazzling prospects, the
ajaiable manners of the French rendered iqe
perhaps too indulgent to the inconsistency apd
unsteadiness of tbelr character. 1 thought .1
had studied the nation. It abandoned Napo
leon in his adversity, and recalled to the throne
rinee it had proscribed. Ah I Napoleon
Os to France, and the people forsake their
king. What a base aud faithless nation 1 Ne
ver will I retorn to it, and if 1 bad not a son to
whom I have consigned my existence, I would
'shut mysolf up in a convent for the rest of my
d *’S” *! .
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DOCUMENTS
Read bv Lord Castlereagh in his Speech in the
^Vh^nd suffrage of nation,/ The article Houseof Commons on the 2d hfTy, 1815.
whicb-nretends to refate it, presents us with the ; letter from nsliza bonafarte to bona-
■tost scandalous abuse that has ever been made j farte.
•ftlfefai nlly of speech, and of human reason Lucca, February 14,1815.
among an enlightened people. “ Sire—I have had the honor of informing
,The developement of the principles which your majesty by my reports of the 5th and 8th
Napleion account of his.pziipdrii. Thu fol
lowing is the substance ot the conversation he
Necessity alone, said the kin£,
has obliged me to unite with jthc allies,
great extent of the coasts of uiy kingdom ex
posed them to the invasions of the English.-
I'heir maritime strength, and their force init
ly is well known. Who would' hare defended
Srraagetnerft ii
0-i rnfV'rHral I foaau
the puintmf'c’tecutioo; A ponve&ion hie ^
b-C'.i discussed, and would have in fact bceit
signed in the course of the day, by the Russian
min ster, Ind not the approach of tho allied
ministers been announced. Thd motives tor
accelerating the immediate conclusion of th»
** *c4fc*R5 tuc Aui^uuui. uu iHE roulRiCu uf liGupSy Milt) Sllll III. a tUUl UCIewio
my people were discontented in degree remained faithful to him, the spjlre-
consequence ot the stagnation df commerce,! hcrt sion ofiatriguas in the army and in the
•larsstS'Jl <**«**■"'*• ***?■
for the enemy to have reduced them totfee soft ■ 8 ' der#b: ® potion of the officers, to some ar-
detriment of myself aud of France. On the ; r*"geincoi fivotab.e to their, chief, tn sa.isfac*
other hand, ray nation would have been dissa- • 'fao to their persona! honor, before left
tisfied had 1 not acceded to the proposals J him.
which the allies made me, of indemnifying
On tho night of my efrivalj the four minis*
- L J ' a -• B e 'n e .
‘‘‘‘“He ad^eMhat his intention, were so much i « ,5mo , I* T'
the purer on this head, as it was agreed, that I ,n ff 1 .*? then, at the biz.id _cf the in e.nsi
his army was never to fight against the French; J tranquility of France* nor in impeachment of
liwtat
ated the act of the congress of the 13th of . of this month, of the concentrating movement
March, ill demonstrate to the French nation : operated by the prince ef Lucca upon Pisa, in
'that it i ^cr will speak the sacrilegious language ' coasequence of the circumstances which induc-
trhich its oppressor attributes to it—will sepa- I ed me to quit Florence, to order the evacuation
rate its cause from his—preserve to the nation ! that city, and to assemble all the troops of the
its real dignity—and open to it a prompt and J division upon a point of greater security. The
honorable way still to rally to the rest of Eu- ' prince has maintained himself at Pisa- till now,
_ one ( hut having received advice of an English expe-
h,
*
r< ^n!e congress has not deliberated upon sun- | dition amounting by all accounts, Jo at least
positions. It has proscribed Bona far it. This ; 6,000 men, and which appears td be undoubteu-
man cannot, and ought not, to find arty farther ! lydirected from Sicily against Leghorn, Spezia,
asylum among civilized nations ; still less can \ or Genoa, I have determined to order the
he govern. Such is the principle of the act of. prince to continue hi. movement upon Genoa,
proscription denounced against him. It is! in order that his retreat may not be cutoff by
founded upon justice, as well as the legitimate
interest?of nations; it is, therefore irrevocable
Assistance has been offered to the French na
tion and to its government—it is still offered—
It may nobly decline this assistance, by reject
ing from its bosom the principle of the war. It
cannot do without it, as long as it shall bear
the yoke of a man who seeks to dishonor it, by
making it guilty Of a twofold pcijury. •%
A compact united it with its s .vereign—a
treaty haa reconciled ns with Europe. Bona
parte, In arrogating to himself the supreme pow
er, has made it violate both. He replunges It
into the horrors of civil war, anaichy and mili
tary despotism. Is it possible that he dares to
promise Prance liberal institutions, and the em
pire of l£e laws ? 1 Is it possible that this sam<
man canhave the effront -ry to promise to foreign
nations, that he' will respect treaties, and not
interfere In their affairs ? Is it he who pre
tends to make the independence of the French
nation respected ? Hi, leaving the Island of
Elba, his arrival tn France, the titles with which
lie dares to invest himself, the authorities he has
seized upon, the delusions with which he sur
rounds it, those which he is preparing to sup
port it—all these crimes, if legitimated by the
assent of the European powers, would threaten
Social order with complete destruction. and na
tions with the yoke from which they have just
4peen delivered.
No—no experience has been lost for Europe
rafter so many years of suffering and calamity
none will be lost for France. She knows the
coantless evils which the monstrous despotism
of a single man has caused to weigh upon her,
as upon the rest of the universe, while her na
tions feel what they owe to their dignity, as
members of the European family, and to their
internal prosperity as individual stales. This
sentiment, having become common lo all people
and all governments, created a new moral force
in political combinations, which alone made the
grand alliance prosper, and enabled it even to
conquer the general peace at the gates of Paris.
This force exists; it is indestructable,, because
it is composed of the most powerful springs ot
action and of the dearest sentiments—those of
religion, patriotism and national honor.
The treaty of the 30th May, laid down the
basis of the restoration of the public law of Eu
rope, and it established, by its cirasequtnces, a
happy concord between the progress of the spi
rit oj the age, and the perjecting of the insti
tutions, calculated to guarrantee to.eaeh peo
ple the enjoyment of its glory and its Tibet ty.
The congress of Vienna was on the eve of com
pleting the work of the re-construction of the
' political system of Europe. The same con
gress, in the line of conduct which it has follow
ed, proves that all interests have been mature
ly weighed ; and its labors afford the consolato-
vTy result, which insures to nations the inaliena
bility of their independence. It is no longer
the will of the strongest which stifles the voice
«f truth, and crushes the most legitimate re
sistance—it is tho right of each—U is the gen
eral interest—it is Justice and political reason
—no longer armies which decide.
the only road which still remaiifs open.
J have been confirmed in this plan by having
ascertained that some Neapolitan troops, supe
rior in numbers, are, already at Pisluya, and
have foroed our advanced posts to abandon the
passage of Serravalle
I also know that tie enemy intend to cut off
he would recollect constantly that he was him- i what was due, in good faiths to ihe assurance
self a Frenchman, and that he would not for-| given, under the exigency of ibe moment, by
get all he owed to his illustrious brother-in-law.
Me desired the consul to remain at Ancona,
and to continue his functions, assuring him
that his correspondence shouli! be free, since he
was not at war with France. The consul did
not think that it was for him to make any ob
jection. ( ' • .
“ On their arrival at Ancona, the Neapolitan
authorities bad all the Italian arms taken dotrn.
The arms of France, placed ut the consul’s
house, were respected.”
Russia.
BEAUHARKOIS TO BONAPARTE.
“ Volta, February 20,1814.
“ Sire—I have the honor to address to jour
majesty a return of your army of Italy up to
the 18th of ihis mouth.,
“ The king of Naples, who appeared inclined
to march against us, and to yield to the solici
tations of the Austrians, paused as soon as he be-
..•w
The .prince of. Benevento admitted tho
weight ot many of the objection# a.etedi but
declaied that ho did consider h, on the part of
the provisional government, as an object of tho
first importance, to avoid any.thing tli|» might
assume the character of a civil war* even for •
the shortest time; tint ho also found some suck
measure essential to make the army pass aver s\
in a temper to bo made use of.. Upon those!
declarations, and the count do Nesselrode's* ‘
that the emperor, liis master, hid felt it neces
sary, in the absence of the allies, to act for tha
best in their names as well as bis own* I with
drew any further opposition to the principle ot
the measuic, suggss'ing only somo alterations
in the details. , • V *
l desired, however, to decline, on the part
cur communications, by seizing the road which came acquainted with your majesty’* late vie- i of-my government, being more than an ticced
conducts from Pontjemole to Spezia and the
Raviera di Genoa.
1 have thought prpper to give him notice to
keep some troops up-in which the Viceroy must
have reckoned, ana which cannot render any
decisive services els<Afcere.
The projects of the English and Austrians
do away all the doults which the personal con
duct of the king of Naples might create. I
ought not to conceit from your majesty, that
1 have received from him several letters, much
at variance with the Operations of his troops.
The king is in a stie of great agitation. He
tories of the 10th, 11th, and 12lli. He had not ! ing party to tha treaty, and declared that the
yet received the ratification of his treaty the
evening before last i therefore liepc that he
will not add to the wrongs of which he has
been guilty towards your majesty, by firing up
on your troops. I am, with respect, sire, &a
Evoene Napolcon.”
■onaparte to the king or Naples.
“ f say nothing to you of my displeasure at
your conduct, which has been diametrically op
posite to your duty. That however belongsto •
the weakness of your nature. You are a good
act of secession on the part ot Great Britain
shou'd no> go beyond the territorial arrange*
me tits proposed in the trea'y. My objections
for*..
is astonished that the Viceroy should have re- ( soldier on the field of battle, but, excepting
tired from the Adigei and that I have quitted j there, you have no vigor, and no character.—
Tuscany, upon the n«tion that he could be the i Take advantage of an act of treachery which I
enemy of your majetty and of France. He
loudly expresses his devotion and his gratitude
for your person, and las even said to fhe Tuscan
deputies, that lie would prefer receiving the
first blow, to drawirg his sword against a
Frenchman.
oniy attribute to feai, in order to serve me by
good intelligence. 1 rely upon you, upon your
contrition, upon yoar promises. If u ware
otherwise, recollect that you would have to re
pent it. I suppose that you are not one of
those who imagine that the lion is dead, and
I know not how to riconcile this language, of ! that he may be upon (et qu'on peut lui
wh.ch 1 do no* suspect the sincerity, with all , pisser dessus) If such are your calculations,
the arbitrary measures which have endangered
my authority, and tho e which oblige me, even
now, lo provide for the safety of the French
troops assembling at Fisa. Your majesty will
appreciate these contradiction^, wnich seem to
me to proceed from a resolution deemed by the
king conformable lo his interests, but in : o
which he has oeendragged, contrary to his own
affections. 1 am assured that the language
and conduct of the king are similar in his com
munications with the Viceroy.
I. is, nevertheless, certain, that a proclama
tion of general Bel grade’s wnich reeals the
nation of Italy to their former *:ats, has been
re-printed at Bologna under the eyes of the
king.
I'his proclamation, drawn up with much art,
has primuced^he greatest effeei in Tuscany,
where it is extensively circulated.
i am, with profound respect, sire, etc.
Eliza.”
they are false. 1 defeated the Austrians yester
day, and 1 am in pursuit-of the remnants of
their columns. Another such victory and you
will sec that my affairs are not so desperate as
you hare been led to believe.
“ You have done me all the harm that you
could since your departure from VVilna, but we
shall say no more about it. The title ofking
has turned your brain. If you wish to preserve
it, behave well, and keep y ur word.”
FROM the same
letter from eonaparte to the queen
OF NAPLES.
flanges, February 17.
O THE SAME.
March 5.
- “ Sire, mv Brother—I have have already
communicated to you my opinion of your con
duct. Your situation had set you beside your
self ; my reverses have entirely turned your
brain. You have called around you men who
hate France, and who desire to ruin you. I
formerly gave you useful warnings. Wbat you
write to me is at variance with your actions.—
I shall however see by your manner of acting
at Ancona if your heart is stilt French, and if
it is to necessity alone that yea yield. I write
to ray war minister in order to set hi.ra at ease
to our being u.meces.arily mixed it)
especially in t'm recongnilion of Napoleon*#
title, under present crcum*i<ince», were- coo*’
sideicd-as petfectiy reasonable, and I how in
close the protocol ai d nom, which will explain
ihe extent to which I have taken . upon me to
giro assurance on the part of my court.
On my suggestion, the recorgniiion of the
itnpeiial titles ia ihe family weic limbed td
their respective lives, foi which there was a. ’
piecedmt in the ca<c of the king of Poland,
when he became elector of Saxony.
To he arrangements in favor of the empress,
I felt no' oriijr noobj-ctipn, but considered it
due to ihe'diatmgufshed sacrifice of domestic
ieelings which the Cmp-'or of Austria was
making to the cause of Europe.' I should
have wished to substhuie arm her position in
rieu of E ! ba, for the sent :.i Nnpolean’a retire
ments but none havi g the q lality of securiijr
po which he insisted, see : ed disp ^ bte, to *
to w ich equal objections did not occu r j\ird I
did not feel hat I could encourage the alter
native, which M. de Caul incourt assured me
B mapa'tc repeatedly mentioned, mroely, an
sy’um in F.'gland.
O . the same night, the silled ministers had
a conference with M. de Csuiincourt and the
marshals, at which f ‘assisted* The trea'y
was gone through and agreed to with al
terations ; it has been sine* signed and ratifies! ’
and Bonaparte will commence his movement
towa- ds the south lo moirow,nf the d-y follow*
Castleheaoh.
Earl Ba'huret, Isle.
Your husband is a very brave man in the with regard t» your conduct. Recollect that
field of battle, but he is more cowardly than a 1 your kingdom, which has cost so much blood
of it
woman or a monk when not in the presence of j and .trouble to France* is yaur’s only for the
the enemy. He has no moral courage. Ho \ benefit of those who gave it you. It is needless
has been frightened, and he has not hazarded j to send me air answer unless you have some-
losing for a moment that which he cannot 1 thing of importance to communicate. Be
hold but by me and with me. Make him fully member that I made you a king solely for the
sensibly of his absurdjly. When he quitted the . interest of my system. If you should cease to
army without my order, I foresaw all the evil be a Frenchman you would be nothing to me.
councils which would be given him. I am, ' Correspond with the viceroy, taking care that
however, better satisfied with the message he , your letters be not intercepted.”
has sent me through you. If he be sincerely i — -
‘ STATE PAPER,
Europe desires peace—she has doubtless need * sorry, let him watch the moment for proving to
it. but she will not think she has obtained me that he has not been so ungrateful as lie is
It, till it shall be found on the immutable prin- pusillanimous. I may yet pardon him the in-
ciples inherent in each state and on the com- jury he has done me."
mon interest ot all to maintain it. She is re- 1
solved not to be reduced to place it under the
perpetual safe-guard of armies. She cannot do
this, being demoralized. But can this France,
represented by addresses—this France, govern-
ed by a man whom perjury and the infraction
Relative to the person and family of Napoleon
Bonaparte.
IPresented to Parliament.)
VISCOUNT CASTLBREAOH TO EARL BATHURST
“ Lucca, February 18, 1814.
“ Sir*"—I have received the letter from the
minister at war, transmitting to me the instruc
tions of your majesty concerning the evacuation
of the rioman states and of Tuscany, lrame-
ofatl treaties have conducted to the throne— diateiy after the receipt of that letter, I set out
?can this France, as long as this man shall speak for Bologna, where the king of Naples was. I
In her name, protend to inspire that confidence, experienced no difficulty as far as Florence,
which is the first basis of political transac- but upon my arrival in that town, the new au- ..... , .
t; 0 n ? thorities signified to me that I could neither i re g u l a, ri7 >'ansmltted home by Viscount Gaik
! r It is with states as with individuals—their; continue my route nor remain at Florence, as cart and sir Charles S'ewart.
credit resaits only from their actions. that I must go gackYs far as Prato, there to: The burry of a fi-st arrival must excuse
Europe has declared war against Bonaparte, await the answer of the king. I despatched a ' me to your lordship, for adding little to the
’' ^ ‘ courier to that prince, and am returned to: mass of Important and interesting matter,
Lucca, where I am in greater safety than at w j,i ch you a od detailed in the va-iou»
Prato, which is in a state of insurrection. I j 00rna i s , „i h res p e ct to the progress of the
Parie, April 13, 1814.
Mt Lord—I arrived here on the 10th in the
evening.
The gfeat and auspicious events which had
in'ervened between my last despatches from
Dijon, I had the satisfaction to find had been*
Franca can and ought to prove to Eurapo that
e he sufficiently feeis her own dignity, not to
choose t|Kj sovereignty of this man. The
French nation in powerful and free—her li
berty and her greatness repose in^ herself, and
f are necessary to the balance of Europe. The
peace of Paris and the congress of Vienna have
’.'.proved it. _ .
It is in this situation, and in this hope, that
know not what the king will be allowed to an
swer. The Austrian and English ministers re
proach him with being French, and paiticular-
ly with being too much attached to your ma
jesty. ... ’'
^ _ *• The revolutionists, who govern Florence t
the declaration of the 13th of March has been just now, assert loudly that the, king of Naples';
; made. If this act has been founded on a sup- has an understanding with the French, and that ‘
'position, it is Solely from that which is derived he deceives the Italians. They attribute to my
from the esteem which Europe has so justly councils the inaction of the Neapolitan troops,
given to the French ifalion—it has judged her— which the allies wished should march against
it knows that she is too enlightened, in respect the viceroy at the moment when he was about
♦o her true'jnterests—too full of the principles being attacked by general Bellegrade. The
8 f honor, to " think her subjected to the will of king is tick with giief. He now thoroughly
n individual, whose power is composed of the feels in what a situation he is placed. It is
dements which bringon the ruin of states. We difficult for me to make my advice reach him,
repeat it, France has but to return to the prin- If there were as much firmnes in his character
ciples on which social order is founded, in order r as good qualities in his heart* he wouid be
obe at peace with Europe.—Journal de Frank- stronger in Italy than the coalition.
” The Duke of Otranto ”
K
Thearehduchtss MafmLp'uisa.—The arch-:
duchess Maria Loutsh lately; wrote a . letter to ’
count SeJItte, the governor of Parma, which
Letter from the consul at Ancona (without
bappy change which has been cfiecied.
I shall, therefore, on the present occasion,
confine myself to an explanation of wbat has
passed with respect to the future destination
and seffement of Napoleon aod his family.
Your lordship has been alrratiy informed by
lord Caihcart, of the act of abdication wbch
wr.s passed by Bonaparte on the 4 h instant and
of *he assurance given him by 'be emperor of
Russia and the provisional government, of a
pecuniary provision oi six millions of francs,
with a sate asylum in tbe island of Elba. The
act in question was deposited in tbe hands of
Monsieur dsCaulincaurt and the marshals Ney
and Macdonald, to be given up upon the due
execution of engagements on the part of the
allies, wi h respect to the proposed arrange
ment. These persons were also authorised to
tg.ee to ah armistice and to settle
date, and supposed to be written from, 0i demarcation;as might be satiaf:
a line
to the
Lucca.) \ v-. r -. *1
“ The consul had occasion te seethe king of
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, k ' ?4»r a* f?*
rid, in the mean time picvcat an unne-
ff effusion ot Hood,
The report of Bonaparte having seized th/
duke of Wellington’s plate, is quite erroneous.
It has been brought to England.
It was currently reported, that when Bona-
p-rle entered Paris and saw Carnot, who was
the first person h? sent for, he addressed him
thus. “ You are the only man who told me
truth before my reverses.” “ Sire,” replied
Carnot, “ do you wish I should continue to
speak the truth ?” “ I require it ” Well, sire".
France will, and must have a free constitution.”
“ I "ill give it to her ; I am determined she
shall have it!” Such is the dialogue which is
said to have passed between these two extraor- f
dinary men ; the one a republican, who never ,
unbent the rigidity of principles, and the otherr*
a man, who after having rioted In the fullness'.:
of arbitary power, and brought even, monarch*
and nations to obey his mandates, now profess-
es to strip himself of his restored authority, to
revive and consolidate the rights and liberties
of his people.—London paper.
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7
A few hours before Bonaparte entered'Paris*'. ,
all the shopkeepers, who had painted over their
doors, tradesmen to Louis XVIII, altered tho '
latter in a few minutes by the re-appearance of '
the words “ to the emperor Napoleon.” Tbie
was done by tbe application of a wet sponge.—
Tb-y had the words “ Louis XV11I” only
painted in distemper, whilst the others remain
ed in oil underneath. This circumstance aloro
is a convincing proof, that it was generally ex
pected throughout Paris, that Napoleon would
soon return to that city, notwithstanding his ab-.
dication, which, the pledging his signature tmk
honor, they did- not expect he would abide by'’
any longer than he could help.—Boston Cents*
nel. 9
We are informed from various.quarters, that
the greatest inducements are held out by some
people in,this |own, to entice manufacturers
and handicraftsmen to emigrate to America ;
the public houses frequented by the manufac
turers are visited by these agents, and money
to a considerable amount, with various other
tempting advantages, are held ent, in order tn
procure the most valuable workmen to abandon
their countiy. This is a most serious evil,
which should be strictly watched, and the pen
alties enforced. We hope an example may "
soon be made; the penalty by 22d Geo. IE.
Chap. 13, is £500 for the first offence, and
1000 for the second.'—Birmingham paper.
1 ’ -4|g- '
The London Courier of the 11th of May,
asks, w Is it come to this ? the rnuacfrr, pravid.
ing against invasioqi the despot,4rho threat. . j
eped all kingdoms and alj capitals.li fortifying ’ *
St. Chaumont, Montraaj
I* be, instead Of roe:
Berlin*
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