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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

'isin ti pal tof the garden ca?led the Swiss
Va 110). ;1,.d oectryie one of the four large cages ivhich
form pai t of the Innv fabric constructed in that valley.
Three ni -re elephant,, for which the other cages hare
been built, are otpected.

SPA IN.
nrerrr. or THE BELOVED YEIMINANT)•

In order that the husiness of my councils may suffer im
drlay from the want of the Ministers whom I thought
proper to nominate for the Commission of State, created
to decide all pro,ecutions, grounded on the oceurteaces of
the unfortunate by-post period, I order that the said INli
sisters who compose it, cease I heir functions, and that
etch unite hinr:eif to (kit Chamb.'r of Cnuw-il to which h
belongs : and I appoint in their stead, as Judges of the
sand Commission, the Alt-tides of my Household end
Caurt, Dan Francisco Xavier Vazques Varela, and Don
..104 Al•.•izo Vableuebro, under the Presidency of my
Uaalain-G-neral rf this Pravioce, exonerating them from
attendance in the Chamber of Alcaldes during the time
they shall remain in this Commission. And to give an un-
eluivocal proof of the benignity of my heart towards
the unhappy fate of all those under trial and their families,
notwithstanding the penalties which they have incurred
by Law 2d, tit.l, lib. 3, Law lst. tit. 7, and Law sth. tit. 11,
lib. 12, of the Novisi:na Rococilacion : I order that, taking
into consideration the long imprisonment they have un-
dergone, they be treated with all the consideration that
111:4y h compatible with the (Inc administration of justice,
imposing on those who shall appear really guilty the
penalties of banishment, privation of employments, and
lines corresponding to the quality, weialtt, and circum-
stances of the crimes and abuses which they may have
committed ia their political conduct; and if any turn out
to b innocent, that they be forthwith set at liberty. I
order, in like manner, that, upon those who shall be
caev;cted of having been the chief heads of the com-
binations which wer&formed to destroy my monarchy,
oaenly attacking the rights of my sovereignty, and
wounding my royal reputation, be inflicted the punish-
in lit which they- have incurred 11,y- their crimes, according
to the laws of the kingdom ; consulting me in such cases,
u:lt the medium of my Captain-general, as President,
by addres3ing to me directly, the sentences which they shall
p onatmce, before making them public, for my sovereign
relolation thereon. In like manner, 1 order, that upon
their meriting my royal approba!ion, nu resort ej. appeal
shall he admitted from it, unless I think fit to determine
otherwise: and it is alsnmy pleasure that, in order that
the-e criminal; may not suffer too much, all the prosecu-
Coats be finished within the period of six reels or 14.0
months, at It • farthest, reckoning from the day on which
the commis---;(w is installed. FERDINAND.
Madill, Oct. 10, 1 815.

DOCUMENTS FOUND ON MURAT.
(TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN).

PROC' AMATION.

JOACHIM NAPOLEON, KING OF TUE TWO SICILILS, TO

HIS FAITHFUL Sy'llitCTS.

Frlve Jozchini is revorccl to you.
11. Is at; :in in the !nicht of you. Ilk afflictions and )ours
are terfitnia.t•it.

Your King, in announcing to you his return, does not an-
nc.unce a kardun : you taerci offvndcd him; but by MIMS

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to his children the oath he has already sworn to them,
namely, to render them happy ! lie will never be perjured,
and his heart, which you so well know, and your own con-
stant fidelity form your guarantees that his promises are not
deceitful, and that he will not, like Ferdinand, prolong the
epoch of vengeance.
I have lived in solitude, in one of those modest asylums
which are always to be found among virtuous p ,verty.
There I despised the poignards of those assassins of Mar-
seilles, of those canibals, who during the whole period of the
French Revolution, steeped themselves in the blued f their
fellow-citizens. I had resolved to await in my retreat, the
(erre ination of the anti-revolutionary fever which devoured
France, in order to attempt the conquest of my States, and
to seek in your hearts a refine from misfoi tunes, and from
the most unheard of and unjust persecution, when I was in-
duced to remove in consequence of the indignation I felt on
reading; the Letter written by Ferdinand to Lieutenant Field.
Marshal Baron Bianchi. I could not endure, that a Prince,
who calls himself the King and Father of the good Neapoli-
tans, should consecrate, by a solemn monument, the national
dishonour. I could not endure that he should style hostile
banditti, that army which was composed of the flower of all
the classes of the nation—that brave army of which I was the
creator and the chief— that army which had give!, so many
proofs of courage and fidelity—which had coveted itself
with glory—which had elevated the character of the Neapo-
litan people among nations, and which owed its ultimate re-
verses. sole!y to hostile proclamations instigating desertion,
and to the false reports which were circulated of the death of
its King.
I then resumed all my resolution. I threw myself int*. a
small boat. and landed in Corsica, where I immediately
found hospitality, and at the same time offers of service (ruin
all the brave men who bad formed part of the Neapolitan
army.
Secure of the love of my people, and happy thus to recall
them to my memory, I formed and have executed the plan of
re-conquering my States and avenging the national dis-

hotiour.
Soldiers and Citizens ! All of you who possess noble hearts,
and are animated by sentiments of patriotism, assemble
around your King. The offence is common to all. Let us
state it plainly ! The Prince who calls the Neapolitan sol-
diers a hostile banditti, insults the whole nation. lle has lost
his right to the Throne : and Ferdinand pronounced his ab-
dication, by the letter which be wrote to the Baron de
Bianchi. _ .

Yes, brave men, my beloved citizens, we have been injured,
and if the offence is common to all, you ought all to assemble
around your King, to expel from your territory so petjnred a
Prince, a Prince who so often promises pardon, and always
0)0%1 himself vindictive.
May the Casa Laitza, may that monument which Ferdinand
wished to raise to the national dishonour, be erased front its
foundations, and on its ruins may there be erected a column,
bearing an inscription, which shall inform the present genera-
tion, and the most remote posterity, that in that very place,
the national army, after having gained signal victories, not
being able to resist the number of its enemies, was compelled
to sign an honourable peace ; and that Ferdinand for having
constructed the said place in the heart of the kingdom, as a
monument of national dishonour, and for having given the
title of hostile banditti to the national army, was declared by
the Neapolitan nation unworthy to govern, and has for ever
lost his throne. Yes, the nation is offended W hat Neapo-
litan, if this be not avenged, will henceforth be proud of that
name, and show himself in the great society of the world T

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arms ! ! To arms!! Let the nation-rise in mass ! Let every
true Neapolitan, who pospesses sentiments of honour, fly to
my calm)! Let the Provincial Legions assemble ? Let the
army re-organise itself ! Let my brave soldiers rejoin their
standards ! Let the brave and faithful guard of security of
rir good city at Naples once more save my capital !
My my:it palace, all the persons and property of that im-
toethe city, are under its protection !. Let the brave, the faith-
ful t:htians--let the people of Basilicata, of the province
of
oßdermo and of A vellino, let the brave Samoites—let the
peop',2 of Puglia and of 'Terra de Lavoro, who have always
given me so many proofs of attachment, assemble round their
King, their General! Let Ferdinand be counselled to remove
from a Ration which he has so indignantly offended; let him
room to the Island of Sicily ! Let us march to deliver the
capital, and, under the double standard of the cross and of li.
I,tv ivt Ir t is give freedom to out country, and ensure fur ever
its lia;ioni ss and its independence.
Faithfid aod courageous Neapolitans! Do not fear that the
Allied Powers will avail) arm themselves against your King
Your Joachim has neve: abdicated. A military reverse can-
oot destroy his right to the Crown of Naples. In re-conquer-
ing t.i tir,one,tiedoes nothing more than imitate the example
of t•therSovereigns who have re-aßsumcd theirs.

The Quee,n arid, the Royal Family shall he restored to you ;
your hr'';;, far from inspiring in future his neighbours with
fear, will ne !heir best friend. The Emperor of Austria,
who, deceived with respect t• the true political state of the
Cabinet of Naples, awl believing your Kivu; to hold a corres-
pondence with Naiirdcon, made ttpon him so fatal a war,
will become, without doubt, his ally.
The Icturn of your Meg ought to inspire you with no ap•
prchetision, since be can no longer entertain any projects of
aggrandisement either on the States of the Pope, or on the
rest of It jr. The other Sovereigns wf Europe have no in-
terest in d clariog themselves his enemies.
It would be an insult to the good faith of the British Ca-
binet, to suppose that it would not seek to repair the evil it
haa done, in declaring and making war upon us, when, ac-
cording to our conven!ions, hostilities ought not to have
Leen commenced, at least until after the teimination of the
armistice had been denounced.
We declare it to all Europe—we should not have to re-
gret the sad results of the war, were jt not for the invariable
sr stem Which we had irrevocably adopted, of preserving
peace with England We did not comittence our retreat
until after having received a letter from Lord Wm. Ben-
tinck, d.tted Genoa, in which he declared that Naples being
at war with Allbti la, he should be obliged to act aga;nst us
ill his farces ry land and sea, in case of his being required
to do so by the Austrian Commander in Chief.

J replied to hits, that not wishing, to be nt war with Eng-
land, I k►d ol del ed the cessation of hostilities, and withdrawn
to toy own frontiers.
The English General then wished me to make that deter-
mination known to the Austrian Oencral in ('hief. lle at`o
immediately lamed the intention of using his influence with
:Marshal Count Bellegarde, to cause him to CI ase hostilities
on his side, and to accept an armiAice, which 1 was prepared
Su propose to hi►n.

In fact, immediately after, I ordered my retreat to he
crnnienced. The armistice %vas not w7cel.ted, and we can
Pssert. without fear of being contradiett,d, what we have
tater] above. We do not regret all the reverses whit It that
voluntary retreat occasioned; because . it is incontestibie that
the Austrian army should have attacked us in our Old posi-
tiork9iand that the Cabinet of Vienna, rersuaded that we had
rosumed thcz) • (Iraq to act in concet t with its army,