The Sun.
London, England, 1815-05-03 00:00:00

partof Murat, bat of a most Skilful management
of his troops to defeat the objects 1114F11 had been
ag'reed upon by the Allies, and in one -instance; to
facilitate the escape of a considerable holy of the
enemy. He had not, however; relied merely on
the opinion of General Nugent,- but had also
taken the opinion of Lord V. Bentinck, who,
being at that tune near the spot, had good 00-
porinnities of judging.- Lord W. Bentinck had
informed him by a' letter, that he conceived that
lre conceived that the object of -Murat Was very
clear, " that he wanted 'to hold the - balance in
his own hands, to keep possession of Italy south
of r;,e Po, and then to throw his weight into the
scale which appeared niost likely to prepon—
derate." Prince Talleyrand also tool him that
he-had the clearest proof's- that long after Murat
had been negociating with 'The Allies, he was
also in direct negociation with Bilonaptirte
for the possession of Italy -south • of the PO.—
It is true that Buonaparte, not then thinking so
humbly of his fortune, treated his proposal with
the utmost contempt, and talked of Murat as a
madman and a fool. It appeared that even in the
month of Fetruary last year, the Queen. of Naples
was in direct communication with Buonaparte,
and made proposals to hint on the part of bee
husband. As to the merit that was claimed for
his not joining the Viceroy, the fact was, that he
could not join him as their pretensions were in-
compatible. in in fact claimed allow half of his
Vice-royalty. The House would now see the •
cruel situation in which Minister's had been placed.
They had been reviled in every corner of the coun-
try for supposed breaches of faith, Which the Gen-
tlemen on the othersidesoconfidently-eharged them,
with. He trusted that he had been able to collect-
sufficient documents to prove to the House and the
Country, that there had been no breach of faith on :
"the part of the British Government._ He admitted
that the lion. Gent. had fairly and properly, this
night, said that the case was a prima facie one,
and called for some answer or enquiry. lie thought,
however, that any mail who had the least value for
the honour and character of his country, or. the
government snider whiCh he lived, should, even if -
there was a prima facie- case Of breach of faith,
suppose. that the Government would be able to
give it an answer, and Justify their condriet. Mi- •
Onisters,- however, had been most violently attack-
ed by other gentlemen in that House, upon souse
loose .documents that had got into their hands,
and before the time had -arrived-when they could go
into their justification... As he had wished to-get
possession of what, documents he could find re-
specting
the conduct of iVistrat, he intreated Prince
Talleyrand to-have search made its the bureau. of
Paris. A dilii.;eut search had been made, and
very important documents had been found. He
should now read. to the House many extracts
of the correspondence which bad been found,
that passed as that time between the Princess •
BOrghese, Buoriaparte, and the King and Queen
of Naples. Lie should also react extracts to prove
the opinion of the French Constituted Authorities
on his condnct.• From the Ist letter, which was
from the Princess porehese to Buonaparte, dated.
Lucca,,Peb. 14th, be read the following extract :
" The King of Naples is in a state of great agi-
tation_ He is astonished that the Viceroy should
have retired front the banks of the Adige, and
hopes that he has not forgotten the benefits he
had received from your Majesty." The 2d letter
which, he should read, was front Buonaparte to.
the Queen of Naples, and was dated Naugis, the
17th of -February. At the time this letter was ~
written, Buonaparte did oot despair of-his fortune,
and treated Murat in the stile of a master, This
letter. contained the following expressions
" Your husband is a brave mark in . the field,
but more cowardly than a woman when he has
been a month from the field. He has no mo-
ral courage. He, should know that what be
has, he cau only hold by we, and with me.—
When- he quitted the army Without; orders, and
ever since, he- has, beets doing are as much mis-
chief as he could. I may, however, yet pardon
hint.. Recta
.hins to a sense of his duty, and let
him watch for a favourable moment to sinew me
that he is not as ungrateful its .be-lias been pusil-
lanimous." He should next read an extract from
a letter front Fouche to Buonaparte, dated Lucca,
February 18. This letter stated, ";.that the King
was sick with grief ; that he felt thoroughly the
circumstances in which he Was placed, and that
the 'English and Austrians-reproached him with
too ,intich attachment to his Imperial Majesty.'?
He then read an extract of a letter from Eugene
Beauharnois to Buonaparte, ..dated the'.2Bth of
February, This letter exprtssetF " that the Vice-
roy had the strongest hopes that the King of Na-
ples would not add to the wrongs he had been
guilty of towards his Imperial Majesty, by firing
at I.'s troops." He next react an extract of ,a
letter from the French Consul at Ancona, which
had do date, but was certainly written about the
same time. That letter stated the substance of
the conversation between him and Murat. The
King of Naples told-him that necessity alone com-
pelled , him to join the Allies. The maritime
strength of England was always threatening his
states with invasion, and his people were discon-
tented at the stagnation of trade. He said that
it was agreed that his army was never' to fight
against Frenchmen." The next letter which he
bad to read was a very curious document :
was a letter from Buonaparte to Murat, giving,.
him an account of his successes over the Aus-
trians on the 10th, I lth, and 12th, and threat-
ening
hint with the effects Of Isis displeasure if
he did not change his conduct. He, however, ad- 1
dressed him with some degree•of courtesy, its still
giVing him the title of a King. This curious in-
strument began in this manner—" Sire, my bro-
ther, your conduct has been diametrically oppo-
site tm.your (bay. "That, however, belongs,.to the
weakness of your character. You are a good
soldier in the field of battle, hut elsewhere your
conduct has. been most pusillanimous. I still rely
upon your contrition, to repair the faults yon have
beets guilty of. If it should turn out otherwise, .
you may repent it. I hope you are not one of
those who think the lion is dead, .aed —" (Lord
C. said .he did not know how to react the next
phrase in English, but he would give it to them
in the original—r" et qua Von peut pisser sur
(Loud laughter
defeated the Austrians yes-
terday. Ant)ther victory will restore my affairs.
You have done me all the harm you could ever