The National Register. — London, England, 1815-02-05 00:00:00

MR NATIONAL FEB. 5. of throwing himself into the arms of the Emperor of France. He had received a short time before a letter from Napoleon, inviting him in very presslag terms to repair to him at his head•gnarters at D r e s den probably," said he, " to celebrate the festival of peace , rather than assist him in continuing the war, that he had the more need of his counsel and assistance, as the Viceroy was far from and death had deprived him of two faithful friends, Dttroc and ltes skits. He was sensible he was in want of peace, Isis army being disorganized, the Finances of France in a bad condition, and age which had increased his corpulency, rendering him less fit for war than he had been." Scarcely had King Joachim arrived at Dresden, v:hen one of his Plenipotentiaries to Au tria ; who suspected that the Courier had been delayed, repaired to him from Prague, to communicate to him the contents of the dispatches sent to Count Mier. The King, to be sure of their authenticity, demanded a cove. It was sent him from Prague, and the Austrian Secretary of legation, who had accompanied Count Mama to Napoleon, had or)ers to decypher it to the King of Naples; but the Armistice drawing to a close, the Secretary had, out of precaution, delivered the Cipher to General Bubna, on Isis departure from Dresden, and thus the instruction remained hid in obscurity; a circumstance which gave rise to fresh suspicions, and which only the most solemn asAtrances of the Neapolitan Plenipotentiary were able to dispel. Then the King of Naples dui not let Isis troops join the French army ; but not being able himself to leave it, he remained with Na poleon till the battle of Leipsie. " On the :'lst of October, King Joachim wrote to Thionaparte that lie was going to return to his dominions; and he, in fact, set out on the same day. Napoleon, in his answer made him some re• proches on this account, and warned him at the same time not to listen to any proposals on the part of Austria. " On the 11th of May there appeared at Naples an ordonnanee in favour of the English commerce. The King a►►thorised Prince Cariati, whom the Austrian Cabinet hail commissioned to engage him to take part in the war against France, to negociate for tl►is purpose with the coalition. At the same time he sent the Marquis of St. Elia to Sicily to Lord W. Bentinck, to cuter into ncgoeiatioii t►kh England, but this last step produced no effect. While this was passing, Prince Metternich proposed to King Joachim, to negociate at the same time with Austria and England, Lord Aberdeen having powers from his Court for this purpose. While the necess►ny in• structions were given at Naples to Prince Cariati, Count Nopperg arrived at that city on the 50th Dec. 1813. On the 11th January. 121.1, the King of Naples signed, by the mediation of Cuunt Napperg, at; Naples, a Treaty of Alliance with Austria, by which that power guarantees to King Joachim the sovereignty of his kingdom, and promises him the same guarantee from the other Powers as well as Ferdinand the Fourth's renunciation of his rights to Naples. Time same Treaty promises to King Joachim an encrease of territory sufficient to give a good military frontier to his kingdom. Gen. Nupperg communicated this Treaty to Lord Wm. Bentinck who repaired in person to Naples, and concluded there, Feb. 3,181.1, an Armistice with the Duke de Gallo, Minister for Foreign Affairs. This Convention stipulates, that hostilities shall cease between Great Britain and Naple•,and that the commercial relation's between the two States and their subjects shall he re•established. It was at the same time resolved, that the Generals of the Austrian, English, and Neapo- litan armies shall form in concert a plan of operations, according to their united armies should act in Italy for the same cause. EGT WI i W I " On the 23d of January King *Joachim set off to join his army, 1 tome detachments of which had already begun the siege of Cevita Vecchia, and of the Castle of St Angelo ; and on the 7th of Februa? y General Nugent concluded a Military Convention with the Neapo litau General Levrr,n. About the time the_King of Naples was informed by the Austrian Cabinet that it Lad not ratified the Treaty concluded with him January 11, 1814, because Lard Castle reagh, after having deliberately examined it, had made with his ow a •hand changes and additions, that the English Government might make no difficulty 10 ; iotit agreeing to it. The substance of these changes was, Ist, Joachim was to renounce all pretensions to Sicily, and co-operate, in securing to the reigning Dynasty the possession ' of that country, and in procuring it an indemnity for the kingdoui of Naplei. .241, That the augmentation of territory for Naples was to he regulated for a population of 400,000 souls, and be taken from the Roman States. The Austrian Cabinet further declared on this occasion' to that of Naples, that these changes were to be discussed in concert with the Ministers of Russia and Prussia, anti Rat al I were agreed, that if King Joachim subscribed to them, all the Cabinets would accede to the Treaty by particular Conventions This declaration was confirmed on the 10th February by a note from the Austrian Plenipotentiary, as well as by a dispatch from Lori Castlereagh, to Lord IV. Rentinck, from Basle, January fld, which, charged the latter to make all hostilities cease, on the part if England against Naples, and to take the most proper measures to induce Om King of Sicily to do the same on his side. '' The King of Naples adopted these modifications, and immedi ately ratified the Treaty, by a letter written with his own hand to the Emperor of Austria. The ratification of this last power did not take place till the 4th of March. '' We refrain from all reflections on the campaign of the Austrian and Neapolitan Armies in Italy. The two Armies, or rather their Commanders, do not . seem to have had 4hat reciprocal confidence which would li . ave been necessary to act with saccess against the Viceroy of Italy, who, notwithstanding the inferiority of his numbers' defended himselffor a long time with glory against the two others. We shall merely r. ma k in general, that Naples l-might into t!.. field the 30,00 d men stipulated by the Treaty, of which al-n :r 17,000 were detached in Tuscany, before Leghorn, Civita VircLi,:. the Castle of St. Angelo and Ancona, and the 13,c0.1 others, :tett I on the Po, and towards Parma and Placentia. At the beginning (;;- March Lord Win. Bentinck landed with an Anglo Sicilian division near Leghorn, though it had been at first settled, that this debark ation was to take place near Genoa; some days afterwards Lord llcutinck rep:tiled to Reggio, the headquarters of King Joachim, and required hint to deliver np Tuscany and to make the Neepalira I: troops evacuate it without delay, which the King refased-14, Because Tuscany was occupied by his troops merely to be restored to its . rightful owner, the Archduke Ferdinand. 2d, Because t! I. evacuation, without any military purpose, was contrary to the digni ts and intcre:ti of N:iple=. 31, Because such a cession must at least be the price an finitive treaty with England, which the King continually propo. , ed. 4th, Because the Sicilian troops in Tus ca n». had circulated a Manifesto of their Government, to enforce ot. pletension‘ of the old dynasty to NapleF. The King o::.rcctl, potwithstanding, "to give up to Lord Bentinek the eq!'l,:nrn J i t , 'filseaux, provided the Administration of the c9iintly should still b, continued in the lime of tl,e King, and his flag still fir. upon tilt. fortresses." Lord Bentiock declared ou the other laud, that