The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-05 00:00:00

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THE S 7 ATEISMAN.

thortireslll.n.: Toth', posw•-"ful infhiroce of other perinns 1
I,,sitriuoth ii•.he this ner....•1 of in.. epoleation. and 1 will
Irate .-41' rnbhta.. jficer 1.1 the ht wLich they hose
I h cG 111,t.ti;e4. I trtYl. :left•re toot to) consideratiou,
other than the itoreei.oot •epties of ehsrpeter could hese
t" yrd Mr tocot 1.1 public eltpation : rod n.ost
shotift I he. mrrit int( that j,t4tior /*Melt hobo long hero
14 i!hi:elal rru.w tut% to hr spared thr havetthit) of au) further
arpi•si. 1 111111. Plr. )ctur obtakat Illumine Servant.
Fit iNtlti Nl.ll.ll:o'.'s
London, Leirlster•crts•N4:i**l 'its% . IMP).

Parte. hoed r livairhen. Rue de la Pal,.
I:4d WV.

Min— In eonsequenee of the rout ersation I had the honour I
to hold with sovr Ls,:elleney ca baturday last, I take the
of a .dressing sou. as briefls as possible, a written'
statement of the etwel misrepresentations and es:no:ohm
which have prevailed against me. and ut whirl, sour Ever:-
lemea. as it aas eaterat to expect, has SU I igkilly estimated
tlw faisehtuad and injostlee. iii
Your Fatteleney will remember. that in September, MIL
it was derietro in toeCormii offer Ministers of the tiveAltied
Cue ers. turn n•stmtblesl at Paris. that Austria should grant
an asy men to the fugitive K:nr, Jusehim, a hi.. driven hose
his tbrone by the chatter of war. v Ili then wanderine• .'bout I
the oriehboorle...ii of Toulon. in constant danger cleperiolts
iug.by the Lanus of tlie numerous assassins iJsilgated to his I
pursuit. •
In this miserible sitnation he was waiting a impstience
the result of eny nest:6:l64)as in his behalf. with which your
Sacrilege' was well empainted.
TM British f.i is ea mesa room: to gra al him an asgirt !
but, aided iss the hontise• inirictivtion tit the Doke en 'lAA-
"legion. 1 was more stiettes,iul in ins applitation to the
Emperor of Aistria.
In consequence. therefo-e. of the decision which I bed ob.
twined. I rrecired from Prince Nletternieh, ist. An oalcill
-doe:meat. empowering toe to otter an ass him to '• King
Joachim." in the Arstriin duminiuns. under certale con-
ditions; 4d. A letter from Prince Metternich to Comnt titah-
remberg. rcannauder of the Austrian troops in the south of
Fret' e, by whirls it was enjuinetl him to plate an Austrian
livid (Slicer at my disposal. should I re wire it, to escort
" Kim; Joaehite" on his journey to the Austrian frontier;
31. A pntequirt tor King Jwarliim. eider the IMP! of Couut
Lipons, and six remit., of his Alit.* signed h} sour Ilverl-
limey , and ha the %Misters of Austria. Prussia. and Russia.
and destined to pr cure hint sr re conduet to Trieste. from
'ratline. where hr was sopposert to be.---This passport was
furnished me, at tny particular desire, on the des previous
to my leaving Paris; for having just heard of the warder of
lerslial Brun. at Avignon. I roureived that king Joachim
would prefer proceeding to Trieste by set rather thee ,
traverse a district of Frame. which hail thin becotnte the j
theater of political assassination I. lth. A passport frost. thej
French Minister of Pidire. fur ms self. as !tepee I cn al
mission by the Allied Powers. This wits countersigned by
yam. Excellency, and by the Ministers of tar other Aliirs. '
The shore durnooruts were siosjisted to sue retied, oft ety
corn diserrtion. asset Wilmot IMF referee. Po say relate
irons my omission. your Erre/Imo. as will as Primer .11st-
teenIeh. approeml of the rte! had thought proper to soak
th CHI
101 l'aris on the 10th of September. ISIS. On my ar-
rival at Toulon, where the Frrnrh Minister of poi, brit
informed me I should find Kin/ Jusrithe, I ksrot clot, too
closely pummel by those who soott:ht his destruction, lie 14,1
beim compelled to seek refute ita Corsica. I proceettied
thither as WOG as the wind would permit me, and arrived at
Bustle on Monday. the Obth of S-ptenther.
I immediately e.notnitnicated the object of my mission to
the Mayor, end to the Military Commander of the place. as
well as to raplaia Bast•rd. of his Rritennic Milroy's fri-
gate Wander. lately arrived from "aspics ar • Leghorn
with some run-boats, to watch the motirms or K'ng Joachim,
who had elms- star.% previously moored across the island to
Meech). From Captain Bastard I ant leareed that Murat
had projected en attempt at teens ering his lest throe"
with the aid of a few hundred men who hati,loined him Miser
his arrival in Corsica. It was. however. agreed between
Captain Bastard and myself that I should immediately repair
to bias with the offer. which we were both of opinion he
wow Id most gladly accept. and that. at ail aurntc. J should.
without to.s of than% ecruitisenicatetti Captaia Bastard the re-
sod' of m.

%Rh September. nt o'elitek. A. M. I Set not for
Aimed°. where, o't t.. the owthre of the country, a:11.1 the
numerous escort I tossed It twee.gary to take with am I could
not *trier sooner that 14.• afternoon 1.1 the 2:314.

I intent/Widely (withis lotif an hoer after asy arrival) porn-
erunicatel to King Joachim tise object o( my mission. and
thedoetimeuts of Clic+ I was the bearer. lie thereupon sent
me. in iliploeuttic form. an es nsis e answer to my proposals;
but the moment after. reqnesting my at/ondanee. he rand:illy
assured me, " that the decision of the %Hied Powers, which
he had so earnestly and so long solicited and anxiously
awaited, was rime too late—that his correspondence with
Paris having been, as it appeared. interrupted, he Ird ima-
gined I had been easueressnel in my appilestions on his behalf
mid that he was to be abandoned to the fate Which had so keg
impended emeriti's—that rather /bun perish by the dagger of
hired arnasslits. who had been set upon h; !is even is Corsica. he
had at length been driven to the resolution of seeking death
In a more honourable shape: he added, that having now as-
tir:listed to his fate seteral hundred lirate follelerl and men.
his honour would nest yertait him to abandon them to perse-
ention.--1 hod recourse to every argnntent and stipplivnti,,n
to deter him from his tiesperMe and fatal resolution. but he
remained deaf to my entreatks. A Corsican, named Car/t-
-hrill, warmly seppor:ed one (.11 leas: in no. presence) in this
sulfite to the King. This meatier:tan had ticetipied a repect-
able elvii employe rot in the kint;dom rf Ninplrs, and was
any serempanied by his brotl.er. an ',Meer in the !tit-spoil-
ban guards; they had both arrived al Itastiqpie .0m '4111186
frigate the Meander. 'rite ostensible o!..ivrt of their journey
was to t isit their rela•hms in Corsica bot the elder Max,
moreover, f..ralslied wit!: a written ilneinio•nt. signed by Mr.
Medic% Minister of Po.ice and of Fore;en Arkirs to
the ie-
stored King Ferdinand, by whirls he was •commissioned
to weaken. as much as possible. the means of attack which
Joachim might Mice at his disposal. I Mid toned the two
Carahelll at Hestia, not daring to venture Items% the island
to Aim/cies—l took them under try protection, and permitted
them to accompany me on my journey.* 1 .did nut much
trouble my self alum! their missi•.n. whatever it might be, gs
1 Mt myself confident that the unfortunate Monarch %null
joyfully accept the prorered longoiongle-for asylath which
/ had ohteined for him. For reasons which shall soon he
consigned to history, I now regret that I allowed them to
approach him.
NOtaithstanding I haul failed in my Wei° endeavonrs to
dissuade King Joachim from his fatal project, I still ens-
eeived a &OM. hop* (it waft within the verge etsprivieibility)
Mal a moment of reflection might still induce Lim to relax

Whig purpose. In'the then season of the year. the dispersion
of his little equsdron was highly possible. Disseation
amongst his oflicerii. aho were far ;rum being on good terms
lagetlier:elien sea-vietness might asi.itt la diverting Milt
Item the executkin cif his project. I therefore, as a last re-
Merv.. and as physicians oftentimes presfrltts things that
gs• do no harm, if they eats no no good, requested him to
hike Cie passport for Trieste, "for himsel and air attend-
ants," stipplieating him in the most carat. warme 8. rto 'Ol
1 himself at it shottld the least occa•don offe .
On the...tame night. that is between the alittb and 25191 Sep,
'ember. king Joachim ant sail from &leech). with live small
1 vessel., and about three hundred men. Malay men and
°facers, amongst whom Oi-ncral ----i, friends and ac-
getrintances of Carehelli. were not to bigettsad at the Imo-
! meat of sailing, and were leitbehind.
A Jew hours oilier the departure of Me 'spatulas. that Is
at ahead elects o'clock on Meiling morning. the 4901, / jut.
' filled my . agagement towards Capt. Basta rd. by titspateaky
1 re him a courier with an acemmt of what had happened. Mr.
i Camber. on whose reeommendation I employed this res.
?ler. took ailsouttle 0.1 Me same opportunity N write to
'Ms Neapolitan illaistry, to Me Mayor of Dostia. and to
'Captisia !Naomi, through rhombi' dispatch was lobe em-
erged to Ikorlee. he due einsrse of time my muster re-
'. earned. Wilk LettenrJraa the Mayor of [NAN to Mr. Nor-
' tinenghl. Mayor 4/ .liare_ip. from sagas / karat; as serts
I eatfrant the essvitrAtOPV, that by chtssiONOWltit several

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• It sits a ) %cif who flzed upon this
Metternich havitig left it enthvily to tr
*- lied it het my *fah is favour'
lion I 'night have prevented these
Ajai.v.iu.

Jo., _ • repeal.
trod preceediag t•

times on the road. a. Le hod agreed to do. he had arrived
aS tiudia in about thirty hollers. that is, on the evening v
the 3111 h N sept aid that 1 oplain Bastard. in roieseipsesiee
,v ing in,ortnatiun, set ,1/it that taws night in pn.-swit of
rte result of this expedition is well known. king Jon-1
ehine did not avail himself of the passport with which I fur-1
wished him. ,
In viltWing to These transsetions. The Quirterto Ret ;ea '
accuses me of treachery end dishonesty in having sup-
plied Murat with a passport that he might war use of
against the Allies." thereby assisting and etwoureging him
in his hostile enterprise against their interests. The writer
in the Rerlisr hereupon consigns me over the contempt
and discredit of all honourable men, and politely prognosti-
cate. that I must snake my exit by the "snows!
These, sir. are the facts upon which. for the vindication of
my character. I found it mice-wan to bring ea Winn against
11w Editor of the marled/I Haler. t n his positive refusal
to acne to me the author of the libellous paregrsphs.
I.will not uter inch en Lunen to your Excelleacy's under-
standirs, as to think any argewenPs necessary to show you
the eihsurility of the proposition of the Po-lien's, Mat u
passport sPeritittil for Trieste, and for siren iadiridnals.,
(until be oohed no arta furore on hostile descent 011 the feed
qf Narks •of ass arniiit forte of flute handl-id mew!!!
Yntlr Naves
hs. Cresily re riming toxpres.4rd to me such
an opialive on the suhjert. as must merely. one *mild think.
pirtiripatrd by even. person scriuttinted with the esta-
blished facts. and who ha. not the misfortuipe to be utterly
stultified and blimled by hatred or malice.

As Counsel for the Editor at try, (twartie4 Berko. the So-
licitor-001*ml, IN his address to the Jur), detailed in the
Loa*" papers of tise I Ith Ix milt, made so many errors as
It 116 "careers• pesslble to ens leive e.luld hale Arisen from so
deer, simple, and sell autb,mtletted s transaction. It is not
'necessary fur me to deteY, on the present occasion, the it-
rious mis-statements, the ron2okeJ jemhie of events. of dates,
and of plates vri.iris it re heaped ho:rellter in this •' lend-
rings. 'nil cloqieni add, es," of the Solicitor-lienerel's ; yonr
ENr.• !retry has seen many edifying details of them in the
London Journals vii the I lth iostent. I trill at present,
ther,eforc, confine self to remark nitty one . amongst the
numerotts mistake. mole in this addrr.s, and essetted to be
extract it from 1.4. on's verities'. The Solieitor-Generut
au:feted Mal et rr. bits elapsed between the moment of my
first inferricor with Moral at Ajarcio. the (wooing of the
rim. end Ce plain Ita.tard's receipt of my dispatch. of
Noir my book. whisk the Solieitor-Geneeal yowled.
hug p,arcd. what I hole heti. aotsin shewn. Mat Mardi
soli-
rd tot the t I orningnj the VII.. and Captain Bastard receiv-
ed my letter on the et ruing elf the latth !! As to the Soli-
; eitor-Grneval's eunclusion.that I received the bill of 40,000
fronts 'trout Murat '• a. the price nifty treathery.— I will
Nut pollute toy thump& by examining such a production.
bell lame it to rid and be reabsorbed on the soil which gore
if t lc "A.

sto aecuseil of Italia; in opposltion to my duty " eon-
riP4 ed with Murat aga slat the intere•ts or the Allies who sent
nor to bleo." What I bier stated and repeated cons:ruing
tido mission k truth ; but I have nut yet told rill the
troth Won siore come to my knowledge. Should Ihe
forced Iu it. I roe,l! pr qe to the world whit the real parties
were. that '• con,oir..ll" with that credulous and confiding
warrior, and invei•rh.d him to his death.

Thus. Vie. am I it: ell the public prints of the United King-
dom, and apparently with the stamp of legal proof against
Ise. held lip to universal .roves, 114 one who has betrayed his
trust--as a irlse %civil trafficker (venal too !*: in !rowan:. and
in doh one gukty of treati.n, and worthy of an ignowi-
airma.desth !!
Where am I to seek redress fir this; Who will under-
take to repair the 'nine.) that has been done me? Would
laeli nu amen led irrr t:.l of a Jury, supposing that an op-
' portimity were me et* again bringing my caw be-
foie I Jun, ever heal :he wounds that have been inflicted on
my •eilutation! Certainly nut. For the generality amen-
' kind, mere prone to prejtidice than open to conviction.
w end attribute this new result to some favourable point of
law elicited by my Connsel —to some subtlety of pleading.
or of assuagement (as it w odd be called) unconnected either
with my innocence, or with the guilt of Illy traducers.
At a period when a s;cti:n to the hatred of rapricions des-
pntisin, aaeondemned, and even rinser-used. I was here ha-
p soured la solitary mid:lenient. your Excellency generously
Interfered in my behatf, and obtained my liberty of those.
whose most malicious injenuity could not even devisee plea
for my detention. If. under such circumstances, my case
uns hien deemed worthy of yonr Excellency's intervention.
r box much more dime 4 resent bituatiun call fur a dis-
phiy.of your humanity end love of justice? In the former
instance. an body only was in sufferance and iu peril—lil
the present one my honour, my reputation is at stale; and
if effron:ery and falsehood are to prevail in trampling urn
truth sod instiee. It bath little benefitted me to be reseed
from the dnniteons nut of which the humanity of your Ess:el-
lency effected my delivery.
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It is again in your Excellency's power to restore me to
the light—to the light of truth and to the consideration of
society, which I have err sought to obtain. in disregard of ,
all private interest and emolument. I appeal to ion. there- ,
fore, as a man of honour, as a party concerned in the trans-
action in question. and acquainted with all its merits, '
hrther any blame can attaeh to me on the charge imputed
to me. I earnestly implore you would condescend to address
to me In a riting. the favourable opinion son were pleased to
express to me verbally on Saturday last. It ass through
the medinta of y. ur Excellency that I made my unsuccessful
application to the flritish (~vernment on Murat's behalf.
It we. your Excellency who, en my more suecessral
appal-
cation to the Kmperor of Austria, signed my passport as Ka.
soy of the Allied Powers. as also the passport for Tecate
for Murat and sit attendants. To poi' Eicelleney, as well.,
ILA to Prince Nletternich, I gars. as my return to Paris, en
'crowd of my mission, coinelding is
what f hate now stated, and with that which has bore go
aiirrepreseuted and tads-quoted to you, Sir, thereinto.
must I make my appeal.
lour Excellency must needs he a more competent judge
Ilan myself. how far your diplomatic duties, as yon observe.
may require that yon should conialt Lord Castlereagh pre-
vimialy to your favouring me with a written answer to this
letter. Your compliance would appear to me a mere
matter of eamenon inslice—a persons) regard to truth on
the part of your Excellency, and which you could rant
hesita.e a moment to grant me, fe eonArwation of what
you hare verbally expressed, as an irrefragable fedi-
monist of my intiocenca.+ I, however, repose all confi-
dence la the delicacy and honour which distinguish Lord
Castlereagh's private character. I caanot think, for a nso-
meet, flum--fes wlttweetonly place you under a prehlbitioa
which eel, advance no political end. but merely conduce to 1
the transient triumph of falsehood and power over truth sad
the unprotected.
I beg your Excellency will rude, the unavoidable length
F of this letter, and believe me, with the highest einsideration
and respect, your Extent-OWe meet °headset bumble ser-
vant, FRANCIS MACIRONE.
Park, Hotel de flont-bms, Rue de fa Pear,
29d Ike. ISI9.

• in the execution of my mission to Conde'. I Incurred es
axpenee of 140. Prince kletteraich had promissed to ....*
horse me; he has sot kept Ids word.
tTwo or three days after I bad delivered 111111Abb
Claris, Stuart, be sent to ihr se that hi
gm He then ohaervert, that as tlt requisNo he ties
Ek
lettor to lord Castlereagh to obtain fa/emotion sod M-
. ettons with regard to its contents, he would adds.e leo to
e mew alterations in those parts of It whereto I so
clearly describe the positive opinion which Sir (,tittles'
had on several 0011111k11111 expressed in regard to my Ws.
Mon. He sald.that he could not well ask fajermatlon fro*.
Lord Castlereagh, when from the mecum of those wigged
In my letter it would be clear that he had airesdp glees a
most positive and saequivocel opinion. He assured Ist it
would be much to sly own Interest to make souse allwedloos
in those parts of my 'thee. as Lord Castlereagh mcobl then
he more itselined to refers a favonrable answer'. I Mad to
' these representations. tad the next day seat him saelher
espy. with eensiderable modlleatioss Is the prowstealloiled
se. Sir C Stuart, beWower, will wrist. 1400111.2=
dot troth of)telpirla wird Of'wbat I love "Imre
which is i tree copy entre It-tter I delivered to tilli-it—;
own Mil on the lIIM of Mat December.