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NEAT 7• Tit E NATION. It is, nevertheless, certain, that a Proclamation of General Bellegarde's, which recalls the nations of Italy to their former state, has been reprinted at Bologna under the eves of the King. a This Proclamation, drawn up with mulch art, has produced the greatest effect iu Tuscany, where it is extensively circulated. " I am, with profound respect, Sire, dm. (Signed) " ELIZA." LETTER FROM BUONAPARFE TO THE QUEEN OF NAPLES. " NANGES, FEB. 17.—Your husband is a very brave man in the held of battle, but he is more cowardly than a woman or a monk when not in presence of the enemy. He has nb moral courage. He b a g he'en aril he has not hazarded losing for a moment that which he cannot hold' but uv nie mil with ntr.. Make him fully sensible of his absurdity. IVlien he quitted the army without my order, I fru-v*3w all the evil councils, which would be given him. I am, l i on ever, satisfied wit): the message he sent me through you. Übe is sincerely sorry, let him watch the moment for proving to we that he has not been so ungrateful as he is pu-illanimous. I way yet pardon him for the illjnry lie has done me. INTERCEPTED LETTERS. FROM FOUCHE TO BUONAPARTE• " Lucca, Feb. 18, 1814. "SIRE,-1 have received the letter from the Minister at War, trans minim; to me the instructions of your Majesty concerning the evactt alea of the Roman States and of Tuscany. Immediately after the receipt of tlNit letter, 1 set out for Bologna, where the King of Na• ples was. I experienced no difficulty as far as Florence, but. upon my arrival i • that town, the new Authorities signified to me - that I could neitlier continue my route nor remain at Florence, and that 1 must go hack as far as Prato. there to await the answer of the King. dispatch d a courier to that Prince, and am returned to Lucca, where I al. in greater safety than at Prato, which is in a state of in surrecilon I know not what the King will be allowed to answer. The Austrian and English Ministt rs reproach him with being French, and fart ciitarly with being too much attached to your MAJESTY. 'The Revolutionists, who govern Florence just now, assert loudly that the King of Naples has an mid' rstanoing with the French, and that he deceives the Italians. They attribute to my councils the inaction of the N-•:molitan troops, which the Allies wished should march 2gainit the Viceroy at the moment when he was about being attacked by Getter.' ht Ilegarde. The King is sick . with grief. He now tho roughly feels in whit a situation he is placed, It is difficult for mevo make my advice reach him. If there werl as much firmness in his character as giod qualities in his heart, he would be s• ronger tis Italy than the coalition. (Signed) " The Duke of OTRA NTO." EXTRACT /FROM tin CORRESPONDENCE OP THE CONSULS. KINGDOM OF ITALY. LY ITER FROM THL CONSUL AT ANCONA (WITHOUT DATE, AND • SUPPOSED TO IL WRITTEN FROM LUCCA.) " The Consul had occasi-n to see the King of Naples on account of his passports. The following is the substance of the conversation he hail with him. Necessity alone, said the Xing, has obliged me to unite with the Allies ; the great extent of the coasts of my kingdom exposed them to the invasions of the English. Their maritime strength, and their force in Italy, are well known. Who would have defended my kingdom, had I carried my army beyond the Po? be sides, it would have been impossible for me to make it leave the king dom. On the other hand, my people were discontented in ,conse. guerce of the stagn a ti o n o f commerce , w hi c h pr e vented them from realizing the productions of the soil, it would! have been easy for the enemy to have reduced them to the sole detriment of myself and of France. On the other hand, my nation would have been dissatisfied had I not acceded to the proposals which the Allies made me, of in. deinnif) ing myself for Sicily by the countries on this side the Po, which his Majesty the Emperor of the French Was obliged to renounce by the force of circumstances. He added, that his intenti•nts were so much the purer on this head, as it was agvert that his army was never to tight against the French ; he would recollect constantly that he was hi mse lf a Frenchman. anti that he would nofforget all be owed to his illustrious brother.in-law. He desired the Cinsul to remain at Ancona, and to continue his functions, assuring hir. that his corre spondence should be free, since lie was not at war with France. The Consul did not think that it was for him to make any objection. " On their arrival at Ancona, the Neapolitan Authorities had all the Italian arms taken down. The arms of France, paced at the Consul's house, were respeeted." • EUGENE TO NAPOLEON. " Vola, Feb. O. 1614. " a s—l have the honour to address to your Majesty a return of }nut. army of Italy up to the 18th of-this month. " The King of Naples, who appeared to ward' against us, and to i troops. _ ant, (Signed) TO THE KING OF NAPLIES. " I say nothing to you of my displeasure at your conduct, which has been diametrically opposite to your duty. That however belongs to the weakness of your nature. You are a good soldier on the field of battle, but, excepting there, you have no vigour, and no characw. Take advantage of an act of treachery, 'which I only attribdte to fear, in order to serve me by good intelligence. I rely upon you, upois your contrition, upon voua PROMISES. If it were otherwise, recollect that you would have to repent it. I suppose that you are not one of those who imagine that the Lion is dead, and that he may be upon (et qu'on pent lui piscer dessub).—lf such are your calculations, they are false. I defeated the Austrians yesterday, and I am in pursuit of the remnant of their colutniis. Another such victory, and you will see that my alltirs are not so desperate as you have been led to believe. " You have done me all the harm that you could since your depar ture from V 1 Una, hut we shall say no more about it. The title of King has turned your brain. If you wish to preserve it, behave well, AND KEEP YOUR WORD. TO THE KING OF NAP LIS. . March 7. Slits MY BROTHIR—I have already communicated to you my opinion of your conduct. Your sitnatian had set you beside yourselt, my reverses have completely turned your brain. You have callkd around you nen who hate France, and who desi'e to ruin yqu. I formerly gave you useful warnings, what you write to me is at vari ance with your actions. I shall, however, .ske by your manner of acting at Ancona if your heart is still French, anti if it is to necessity alone that you yield. I write to my War Minister, in order to set him at ease with regard to your conduct. Recollect Opt your king dom, which has cost so much blood and trouble to. France, is youll'S ONLY FOR THE BEN Errr of THOSE WllO SAYE AT YOU. It is needless to send me an answer unless you have something i portent to com municate. RIMILMBIER.TNAT I MADE 1166 A 'KIND WALE POP. Tilt INTEREST or MY SYSTEM. Do not deceive yourself. If you should cease to be a Frenchman, you would be nothing to me. Continse to corre"poiid with the Viceroy, taking care that your letters be not Lt. teicepted. onnoommons DECLAMATION OF TM? KING' OF FRANCE. GHENT, Artist IL 18i5. . 44 At the•moment when we are about to: place ourselves amid our people, we consider that we 9we them in the face of Europe, a formal deelarat ion of our Allies. -` " When Heaven and the Nation ree2lled us to the Throne. we made before t;od the solemn promise, very soothittig to our heart, to forget injuries, and to labour without relaxation for the happiness of our subjects.—The sons of Sr. Loris have never betrayed either Heaven or their Country. " Already had our people recovered, throUeb our care, plenty at home and peace abroad—the esteem of all nations. Already the throne, weakened by so many shocks, had begun to be firmly re-established, when treason forced us to c :it our capital, and to seek refuge on the confines of our Sta;cs. However, Europe has taken up arms—Europe, faithful to its treaties, will know no other King of France, except our selves. Twelve hunched thousand men are allot* to march, to assure the repose of the world, aud, a second time, to de liver our fine country. "An this state of things, alnan whose whole strength is at present made up of artifice and delnsion, endeavours to lead astray the spirit of the nation by his fallaci. , us ptoinises—to raise it against its King, and to drag it along with him into the abyss, as if to accomplish his frigh:ful prophecy of ,18 14 :-- "if I fall, it diall be known how much the overthrow of a great man costa." " Amid the alarms which the present danger of France have revived in onr hearts, the Crown, which we have never looked upon but as the power of doing good, would to cur I eyes have lost all its alarms, and I‘c should have rettausal REClVl:Z ommoommustimaccr ,...lo.7 • yield to the solicitations of the Austriens, paused as soon as be be- came acquainted with your Majesty's late victories of the 10th, 11th, and 12th. He had not yet received the ratification r t his 'TreAty the evening before last. I therefore hope that he will not add to the wrongs of which he has been guilty towards your Majesty, by tiring upon your troops. I am, with respcct, Sirs, &c. (Signed) " EUGENE NAPOLEON."