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TTIE STATESMAN.

competent to come to any accurate decision as to the nature or
value of the motives in which they originate.
Port of a sentence contained in my late A °Dims' which
Mr. Jones Els% is inaccnrate, he has himself rendered so by his
in noticing the statement of the officiating Mar- false and garbled quotation. He denies that any attempts were
made.tro •• smuggle me in again," if I may be allowed the ex-
shal of this Prison, which appeared •n the Public I am assured
.that they are the very words tired
Papers of the 10th inst. lam desirous to be as brief Cyregtshie=ing Marshal himself, when expressing his solicitude
as possible. To his llrst charge, that I have employed for my immediate and secret return. He denies that assurances
;loe•eregivoen, as
at
dbia my said Address, that the doors should
all the means in my power to create a belief that he keptceiv .
with scenery,
anyy.
cobuurrioesfytheadedvirt,emanndit‘thatllrsehotail,d he
has treated me improperly during my confinement, how-
and
ever, on the authority of moms persons, that such Pal assurances
and that I have imputed to him a severe exercise of
174:
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ae
in
1, and that
itihs.
the Marshal's account of the circ arostances
his e el!' or; ty, by s• paragraphic statements in the
Public Papers," my answer is, that lie is deceived/ • But the mYost tlagitions misrepresentation contained In this'
or that he attempts to deceive others. No para. unprovoked stateinent of alr..loiva, is his a,,,ertiim, that he I
has every reason to brtiew that for several slicer'''• t/ I
graphic statement, or statement of any kind what- was within a few yards of the King's Bench' Prisonve
11'A
111-' with
ever, was ever inserted at my instigation, or with a view of getting hack into the Prison, and thereby to -Ito create
a hoax against him, by declaration that
Jones,
l never qnitted it I -It 11
my knowledge, its any of the public Jeurnals, rela- is here necessars that I should ts II gr.
tire to the Marshal, or his conduct ; and I 'tiny add, debted to the stretnoh of his •• Varrto ot,`?thaall;l:,"shhee weakness
ns 12' i
that I never occasioned the insertion of any anon).- ofb hisi age tuA).l his aforaaaid instruincntodit7, for the impunity of
report that
(tl,4atailney(odhijleelitcewia(fs mot such as 1 allegird - 1
mous article in a Ness spaper on any matter connect- that. i•lnwlAti. not
ed with my case. NI ither have I seen any comments fraud, hut to perpetrate afoiltr: , is prnieryiserliylVlTlChtaUtinmly) oelste- I
in any of the public Papers on the severity of the pre,os7 would opsh to be believed: but forinoruely it can be'
to be un itioded.. The Marshal is aware that almost as
Marshal towards me: but I have seen malty slander- Sipiroolvieas I bad left the prison, and before he knew that I had
~ac paragraphs relative to myspif ; and also several left it, I sent that let er to the Speaker of the House of (7oints
mons, voltich is inserted iii my late Address to my Constituents. '
psi •igraphs artfully werded, speaking of my confine- How then can he asacrt that he lina every reason to believe that
molt in lite Strong [loom its the past tense, long be- the object of my departure was to return secretly, for the base
rdiwictointestortiblebourpose of practising a /max upon him,—
fare the Marshal hud performed his promise of de-
folly
uvtahoadt the letter
liveri:;;; me from that improper and noxious situation. hose evidencTl:itheinf7l of myth conduct, Speaker
anti:lnlet
posed one to detection and contempt 1 The truth is, that voLr
in my late Address to my Cielstituents, mane of
from being for several soccessive nights within a few yards of
e horn hail been deceived by such last-inc:itiotted pa- the prison-wall. Ia as never so near them st Ithin an hour after
ragrayht, I truly stated, that I hail beets detained in my departure, down to Om moment of tong apprehended in
the House of eointnotos, as I was when that apprehension took
the .Strott‘ llnom more than three weeks, to the great
soon as I had written to the speaker, I ant info
;jiffy of..pv tsealtha and was still there detained, rel. /As soon
where I remained eleven days. and till within one
- • '
uotweliiinniling the above-mentioned promise on the day of any appearance in the Hots,. of Cisininons. During that
Perind,l was occupied in regulating my affairs in that County,
part of the Marthal. This was the only complaint, and in riding about the country, n.s was well-known to the pee-
wild the antsy malium.of complaint, used by me, as le in the ughnbourhood ; none ot whom were base enough to
Ce seduced a bribe to deliver an injured man into the hands
Ito the conduct of that individual; who was too
ofwell-
his oppressors.
known as an instrument, to be its danger of more I in replying to sods a statement as that of Mr. Jones it is im-
than his due proportion of blame from my repre- possible not to call to mind the onfimotied and mischievous re•
.t i
portfsis hiti last summer,
propagated at Bury St. Kdoiond's during the
sen ations. Since,
,however, he assumes more credit
acesmozeosaookd thei...ts Lord Chieftn,imer.wh entie Marshal of the King's Bench
to himself for humanity and fair dealing titan isJustice through the Circuit, For
• • • i•
struct.y his due, I shall for the present leave his iu- : the particulars, t refer to the Appendix (No. IV) of my Letter
strumentality out of the question, and treat with him ; to Lord Lllenhorongh.
; When the Monet' of the Crown Office visited me last week,
as a principal. I in his official capacity, for the purpose of enquiring whether
After haviee it: formed me, as he admits, that I I had any cmplaint to make, I immediately answered, '• None
at all ; I have on complaint to mak. eof the Marshal, nor of any
treat lie contented to remain in the Strong Room for oftheroffiear. of the prison." This demonstrates the falsity of
of ew (logs culla, until be cod make the necessary ' Mr. Jones's assertion, that I have employed every meow' in my
plinimorerdtuoricnreans,evartliiienfethat(l.havn he. been
dimproper)dy treated
c by
art atigemest t a for my snore comfortable aecommoda.
tion, without a word of any conditions on which Jones, I hie -never entertainedn
anisaneg‘ custody,
thought, light, neor'scoarrc6.l-lry.
tbat accommodation was to be afforded, I contend, any thought at all. I have never considered him in any other
the
handsthanht
ofn
an instrument (rather unwilling than otherwise) in
b
that be certainly was not entitled to imposesuch con-others; and my quarrel is not with him, but with
ditlons afterwards. It is no new thing fora prisoner his
4.11.,.ri0r5.
to escape, cur to be re-taken : but to require of any , Mug's Bench, May 12. COCHKANE.
prisotreen Baud with Securities not to repeat such
It will be seen, by au Advertisement in the front
escape, was, I think, a proposition without prece-
of our Paper, that there is to be a Meeting of the
dent ; and such as the 51artisai knew could not he
Inhabitants of Westminster, on Wednesday, for
complied with by me, willintit humiliation, and there..
taking into consideration the justice and policy of
fore could not be priqmsed. by him without insult.— .
engaging, at this time, in a War with France, on
Besides, he had my assurance, that if I were again
the ground of a personal objection to the Sovereign
to quit his custody (which I gave him no reason to
believe I should she may choose to reign over her. attempt, and which, as r observed, .
A Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Borough of
mid believe, it was as easy for me to effect from that
room, as from arty other part of the prison), I should Southwark, has been also convened at the Town
for the same day, to consider of protesting
proceed no further than to the House of Commons ; . 11214
against the necessity of the impending war, and of
and that where he found me before, he might florin's,
- the Bill now in Parliament for renewing the Tex on
egnin: haying had no other abject in view, than that
Property and Income, and likewise to take into con-
of express by some peculiar act, the keen sense
sideration the state of the Representation of the
which ('entertained of peculiar injustice ; and of en-
, People in Parliameet.
dearouritig to bring such additiouni proofs of Oust in-
. . The two vessels which were detained and sent into
pisnee before the House, as were' not io my posses-
, the Downs on Tuesday by the Dee sloop of war are
sion si hen 1 was heard in my defence.
'I he Marshal states, t at he sent me several verbal messages large store ships, La Prudente and Le Expeditif,
declaratory of Id-term-
,, and that he renewed his propositions bound from Brest to Dunkirk with warlike stores.—
by letter. On this 1 have to observe, that although I received Much interest has
been attached to the question in
several such me-sages while the apartments which he had at first
t.tolostsitittaaV.-; promised, were ln a state of preparation; yet, . what mantles. Government would, under the present
ahem they were ready, which was within a week from soy ap- circumstances, conduct itself with regard to these
prehension. I received no communication from him till after ~..';,," A letter received from the Downs on Sa-
d/ .. tier Seri k had elapsed t that i, to say, on Saturday the Ist of '"'
April hermit me a verbal proposal, ait on Sunday the Id, the turday morning, asserts that orders had been obtain-
di:: 4.:,,,ee Ike media, of Ptlrtiament, he wrote me the letter ed from the Admiralty for the giving up of these
which he has inserted in his stateonent. But I 11113 slimly per-
;mid; d that molter the message nor letter would have been seat, vessels.
if the alarsoal had not apprehended that the subject w.is about • FUNERAL OF CArTAIN SIR PETER PARKER.—
to iir mentioned in the house of Commons. Nor have I the Yesterday
least doubt that some alernher of that House was prepared with
a copy of that letter to meet the occasion. remains ol this Officer were interred in the vault, in
The Marshal's di.chaaimin, stint he requested two medical St. Nlaigaret's Church, Westminster, in the left.aisle.
Gentle, ern to attend nee fur the purpose of receiving their sac- t .
I Ite decca sod was brought from Sheerness its the ship's
costive reports as to the PRonswon v g stale or my health., is an
aekarnekottarat, not may that he sasemoseioossif the injurious barge to West minster.bridge ; the pendant was hung
effects of tontimocel confinement in such a place. but that he in- with black crape. Forty-eight seamen attended his
tended io adhere to Isis cmoethoss to the last ettron.ilv.--
funeral, thirty of whom, alternately, were the
lie further admits. that it was toot till Mr. aailmarez. Me sur-
row). had assist d loins that a longer continuance in the Strong bearers of his eoffin. Six Officers, in naval uniform,
Room ,bt he au...wed islet onenennes conseauences,- 110 r up ,h,, „.ii ; f....„, ;.. Palmerbelt)
even thew, until alter he bad made another de:peyote attempt
to enforce hi: ,•ondiliums„ that he •• de-mined to become my mounter, and Captain Pearce also paid the last tree
en iid," as lie floof:Jr1, expresses it, and to remove me to those bate of respect to his memory.
apartinsott- which i ought to have been permitted to occupy
nearly a ))))) nth helms% EXECUTION OF W11.L1.%M Saween.- -This un-
TN:wine hourser. J.-- that.lt was not till after the neat at happy man suffered the awful judgment of execution
Certificate which I r.• C. iced from Mr. Sautuarez,as well as that this
morning, its front of the Debtor's-door, New-
of my ownphssician, Or. Buchan, pointing oft the absolute
necessity of an immediate simage of ahode,had been transmitted gate, its the presence of a vast concourse of specie.
to be Honourable Mr. He a. Chairman of the t: ))))) mince of tore, lie niet hi. fate with resignation. His friends
t'uquirs too the state of to isoits, and by him Itiii before our had made earliest applications for mercy and finding
of me secretaries sof :late; and with Mr., Helmet and Mr. ,
Lnmbton (Member for lite county of Ournam) bad r(nionsilabd that could not be extended to a prolongation of life,
with 11. e alAraluil, that he, "at tits own risk, determined to be. ' for a remission of that part of the sentence which
ono, th 5 friend."' consins his body to the surgeons for dissection , but
mr. June, b.-a-tingly asserts, that if his humanity foray ton- • g
Nirtunate 1N OA mat, tool not I.:•,oraied the solicitude he naturally their applications were unsuccessful, the Executive
felt fee his ono security, he timid, by virtue of his own War- t not thinking it consistent with their duty to advise
rant, Move committed me to tip solitary cell in llorsimoonaer-lane i
ha the Brace UCH man h; and he has not forgotten to add, that 1 that the force of the awful example should be weak.
such ;osey i 9 still within his jorisdietion. Mr. Joan, hew-! ened by taking away any of the terrors of a punish.
rear, is nut the only permit in authority %Me has been taught,
I pant for the crime of murder.
that vindictive potasmotents cannot he iunicted without ex-
ri,inr a degree of iodising whirls those who so " naturally feel , DEAL, MAY 14.—The two French ships that the
a solicitude fur their own security," do not deem it prudent to i Dee sloop of war detained on their passage fedm
freswiter. l Brest to Dunkirk were released the next day, and
eiethe., thootgh a solitary cell in Honemonger-lane, may, as
tie -ay.. be only hall the siaeofthe strong 1? or 11171, it Ciiiiid not, I sailed for their destinatiou.--Came (lowly from
appiehemi, hurt bent move gloomy, damp, filthy, or injurious ' Ihe River the Carman:, Wellington, and Union,
to heal.h, than the last mentioned &memo. And since he could
nutty have confilted me in the former place for *myna, and did • East Indiarnen, bound to India ' • Charles Mills, for
rotlke:mein the tatter far terento-six dues Icnaserucels tee that the Cape and Calcutta; and the Patton from Hull fee
degree tocsin'', retie.- which should entitle him to those " grateful
sentiments for hi- mode of act ing on the occasion," which he su b- ; India ; also the Dart for St. Thomas's; Pluenix for
minim the public it is my ditty to entertain. 1 Quebec, and the Charlotte for Lisbon.—The Ganges
nu The •• glazed light;," taitheted by Mr. Jones, were not put ' East Itidid not put back as sated last Friday,
cl•taman
r• au Ifter I han been thirty hours in the place; and I have'
t't•ta)s understand that 1 was indebted for them to the good I but with several others of the outward bound remains
oSite 4,f Mr. isennet and Mr. Latobton, who happened to he i at sea.
prosecuting their Ervin-, into the state of the prison, at the •
hoe of my return. For this. and all other merrirs of the said
'Ambit, my gratitude is due to their friendship and sense
Id duty, and to his dread of their discoveries and proceedings.
It may be for her observed, that if Mr. Jones had committed
Inc to a solitary cell .• by his own warrant for the escape," he
c""ld hardly have had the conscience to persevere in p..osecuting
Rona deal escape, which, notwithstanding his " humane and
hlua cancer') for an unierimutte Nobleman," he expresses his
'tte:tittle determination to do.
‘I it's respect to the ea pence of three or four hundred pounds,
u Iti h the Marshal con:plains he has incurred on this occasion,
he has, I hope, the t onenlation of knowing that his cond-
i •IGroslto does Ilion the honour to share in the emoluments
'fat other (viz. 60.(1.11th. annually wrung from the bowels of
kieey), will cheerfully contritiotr his proportion.
qtr. Jones is not a little impertinent in his expression of a
s• loupe that tie terrors of the law will discourage me fro a a re-
I •'!ition of ins offence." 1 can hardly bring myself toacknowledge
he authorit) n• this person, notwithstanding the virtue of his
.-"'l starronc. to demo :Maw any maimu of mice an offence
6,:airot the laws, till it has beim proved upon me as such. Still
;%." ran I admit the pampa iety ter decency of his imannation, that
" I have once violated the laws, it is byte's.- stnni that ;1 son to
l'' Preveated from violating them again. Air. Jones, with all his
"Airily, boo adequate judge of my actions, end wholly to-

LORD COCHRANE•S REPLY
TO THE MARSHAL OF THE KING'S BENCH.

.—No frnh orrivnis of Vi heat,
arle and Oats 1. dearer.-10

CORN EXCUA NGR. MAY la.
and wires baitie as Monday.— Ili,
other grain there ib no tilt..rat.n.
Wheat (English) 4J 74 Heaps
Ditto (Foreign) 44 74 Old ditto -
Rye 9O 96 Tick do. ?6 39
Harley 2B 961 Old
Ness ditto Oat;
Malt 62 70 , Fine ditto
White Yeas 44 48 ' Poland do.
New ditto .... ....... Feed ditto 18 2
Ditto Rollers 5O 54 Fine Flour ..... ... 60 65
Grey Pests 32 36 Seconds .... ..... 55 61
3511THEIEL1) MARKET.—MAY 15.
To siuk the Offal, per stoue of nib.
liter . . 4.. 81. it, ss. 81. Head of Cattle ibis day I
Aaron . bi. 01• to 5.. 101. 1 Beasts
Veal ... 6i 01. tst 7s. Gil. I Sheep . 12,430
Pork ... CH. 01. ts. 7s. 01. ! Calves
Lands • ...8, Od. to 9s. o'. ' Firs
1152-IdARKET.
lies.
Cl,;ver ... 61. Os. OA. to 71. 0,. Od.
Straw

bard, and Tuscany the immortal names of Maria
I Theresa, Joseph, and Leopold, are still remembered
Stn,—The Times Ivis seta most laudable example to 1 with admiration and gratitude."
philologists in one of his late edifying Tape's. Aware. NoTE.—To those who may not be so well ac.
of the difficulty which attends the deciphering of all quainted as the Field-Marshal is, with the lopograi.:7
diplomatic jargon, particularly slice the lateglorinue of Italy, it may be
part Servicethat by
upsetting of the Diplomatic Dictionary by the great 1" nature fi‘ing with icular limits, particular Cu.
men at Vienna, he has been kind enough to favour vernments in Italy, 46 the gallant Governor-General
us in one of Iris last week's Papers, with some Notes; does not ellarle to old Dame Noture, and her
on the report made by the Freud!, Ministers to.their i geographical dispcsitions (since a traveller may, whit
Sovereign, respecting the atrocious Declaration of a moderate haste, and without gettiot out of his
the 13th of March, that we might duly comprehend, carriage, over-rea three or four of these " pieties's,*
and fully appreciate its meaning. j Governments sill natural and find limits"), but
perform an equal service to the public in re. means to speak of the 'nature of dart despotic and
Bard to another important Document, and to follow semi-barbarous policy which has cretqanilj irid.rced
so worthy an example, I have ventured to set down Austria to divide Italy into petty dr•itedonsoi, ;hat the
the following hungry sprouts of that family 'MO have with what
ILLUSTRATIVE AND EXLANATORY NOTES ,to lire, becoming at the same time instrumental
ON M.ARSHAL BELLEGAIiDEIS LATE PROCLAMATION to the enslaving of that unfortunate country.—
To THE ITALI ANS, As to the admiration and gratitude with which
that the less acquainted with Austrian candour and the Lombards are called upon to remember tlwt
sagacity who might wonder and nod their head in names of the 'Sovereigns of the iloutes.ok
distrust on reading the Marshal's happy expressions burgh mod Lorraine, they need only recollect
of " Italy flourishing in tranquillity unthr the Ger- the facility with which some of those byrievn.
man sway," of the prudent administration of its lent Beings eased them of their money to give them
Government," 46 and of the paternal kindnesses and ie its stead a paper currency, which, In its hest
benefits heaped by Francis on the Italians," may, by times, experiences a discount of one-half of its ap.
the help of them, come to the real meaning of the parent value—they have only to think of the de.
gallant Marshal's well-rounded periods and expres- grading edicts passed respecting their nobility and
sions. , their most illustrious fellow-citizens—they may bring

To THE EDITOR OF THE STATESMAN.

t I
to their memory the national monuments of public
• PR Oe La al ATION. 'charity and instruction, which Joseph abolished,
" Europe had scarcely begun to cicatrice her that their revenue might serve to the accomplishment
wounds, and the Powers assembled hi the Congress of his extravagaet projects—or the liberal manner in
at Vienna, were met to establish the basis of a long which Ferdinand of Milan monopolised the corn
peace, when an unexpected event again called upon and ether provisions, that he might sell them to the
all nations, already informed by experience of the French army invading Italy, in 179 G—and lastly,
ambition of a single man, to take up arms."
NOTE.—`I his introduction is too clear to need any may reflect on the total arilissemenl to which
No
. they
Yir country has been condemned by all the aucces-
' explanation. The world is pretty well acquainted sire Governors of Austria. Should they do this,
with the methodus medcndi which the Doctors at i and I am sure they will, their gratitude and admires
Vienna base adopted to cicairice the wounds of our t• for those Houses must need be great inchsed.
fair part of the globe. The screams of suffering I
Norway, Saxony, Poland, and Italy, sufficiently I " `The benefits which the Emperor Francis I. has
announce how powerful the applications are which, I conferred on the whole Italian army, and the peter•
in the grand consultation held vn the banks of the nal care with which, without regard to tiwir past
;
Danube, have been prescribed for the final recovery conduct or political opinions, he has treated them,
dl
i destroy entirely, an
of Europe. Besides, we have had commentaries I must without resource, the ca.
, ninies so industriously propagated in the procltte
enough on this subject in our House of Commons, and lu
"
much illustration on the same head has been derived mation of the Kieig of Naples.
from my Lord Viscount Castlereagh's unparalleled ' Nore.—This passage mey-at first appear rather
correspondence. , obscure to most readers. Fortnitately for them and
" In the midst of this momentar disorder, Italy for the Marshal, I have myself witnessed some of_
y
these benefits, and can offor some elucidatiOn on the
might have hoped to have remained tranquil, and,
for her sole defence, numerous troops had already
subject. The benefits to which the Goverenr.Gette.
arrived from Germany."
i ral alludes are, lst. The dish, sting of the Italian
NoTE.—So, Marshal, when all your Sovereigns army on his arrival at Milan, and paving it with
were set about este Slishine the basis of a long peace, bills at a long date on the Mount Napoleon, the
Italy required defence, and this was to have been funds of which he had previously seized upon. '2dly,
entrusted to numerous troops from Germany !
The ordering these same troops is short Bore after. Whom did ou wish to defend Ita from when
wards, %hen the error of disbanding them was ilk.
y ly
,
covered, to join the Imperial standard under penalty
every body would have been snug at home, satisfied
of being considered and treated as deserters in case
with what share of the pudding he might have been
of non-compliance. 3dly, The inquisitorial etarni.
able to terry away from Vienna ? But I see how it
nation of every officei's conduct and way of think.
is. You are overpowered by modesty (your usual
ing, previous to their being dismissed,discarding metty
failing), and dare not say that the numerous bands
ignominiously, and Offering the remainder a mantises.
from Germany went to Italy to supersede others
equally numerous that had preceded them thither for ation into the service with a" inferior rank.
paternal care with which,
......
"
the same praise-worthy motive In respect to tiie, namely, to cover I
their own nakedness, to " get themselves into flesh," without regard to their past conduct and political
opinions, the Emperor has treated them," the Mar-
and to fill their officers' pockets with the double
shal must evidently mean to refer to the imprison.
Napoleons and sequins of the unfortunate Italians. •
They went thither to enforce the exaction of double ment of the most respectable individual% of Lombardy
taxation, to facilitate the exportation of Italian tree- •and the Venetian provinces, and their subsequent
horrors of Dalmatia in 17d
sures to Vienna, and to insist besides on the payment deportation to the
to depot anon
persecution of every liberal-99, an
minded
of the material of their army, which, to favour the
person who refused to cringe to the vulgar Ingo.
productions of Hungary and Bohemia, was sent after
. lence of the Imperial Commissary-General Comte.
them from those countriesl to the utter ruin of ha-
-1 • telli at the same period—or he may allqde to the
lien manufactures.
offi late arrest of fifty of the most illustrious Italians,
" But the King of Naples, at length Otrewing and their imprisonment in the dungeons of Mantua—.
i the mask which had saved him in the most dangerous' or to the exile of General Pino and the Duke of
: moments, without any declaration of war, for which ' Lodi—ur to the forcing the inexperienced youth that
he could allege no just motive, against the faith of : formed part of the Italian army into the woods of
his treaties with Austria, to which alone he owes his : Hungary and Bohemia.
political existence, menaces Anew with his armies the We are now in possession of Murat's proclama.
tranquillity of flourishing Italy ; and not content tine, the absence of which we regretted ; for it would
with bringing with him the scourges of war, he en- have heen curious, indeed, to see what the King of
deavours every where to rekindle, under pretence of Naples could say, even so bad, of the Austrians)
restoring the independence of Italy, the ravaging fire which could be considered as calumnious.
which formerly prepared the way for him to pass
" Lombards, the Austrian Government, sincere
from the obscurity of a private class to the splendour
of a throne." in its nature, and ftstik by system, has promised
NOTE.—Since Murat has shown cunning enough you tranquillity, good order, and*paternal admini-
" .
to find out that he was only cajoled by our Govern-
stration, and it will keep its faith.
merit and by the Allies, who at the first favourable NOTE.—No doubt the Austrian Government will
keep its faith, but in its old pay—the trpeps enter. •
opportunity would have tricked him of his throne; it
is reasonable to suppose that he has likewise discover. ed Milan by ,agreement, and. recognized the ',semi-
ed, that the Italians are no longer to be imposed upon sionary government of the kingdom of Italy ; e fete
'by mere pretences of restoring their independence, days afterwards every thing was declared to belting
' and that their co-operation, which I sincerely hope he to the Emperor Francis, whose victorious armies had
may have, must be purchased by solemn promises conquered Italy. The existeere of the different Mi.
n
! and engagements to complete, with their assistance, nistcrs was guaranteed ; and a month afterwards their
the extermination of their enemies, and the establisestablishments were dissolved, and 93,000 employes
h..
`meet of such a state of things, that they may heve of every class were dismissed, arid their families
the free choice of their own Government. You
plunged into misery, want, led despair. The nit-
,
timbal institution, and the existence of public mono-
know this, Marshal, by experience, and are mighty
' sone at it : hence your attempts at misguiding the
meats were ensured ; yet, after the lapse of safes
weeks, every thing was either suspended or abolished,
few who may be found disposed to listen to your
rhapsodies : but aiunt sulere senes rcpucrasccre.—
and the funds attached to them seized upon and sent
You lay a great stress on Murat's passing from to Vienna. The public debt was recogn;eed ; but
a private class to the Splendour of a high situation; the public creditors of the Mount Napoleon were
hut Marshal, have you forgot Savoy and yourown refused their cap;tals and their interest. But it is a
origin ? Could your fondest nurse foresee at your i task from which my heart recoils to enumerate, at
i full length, the many proofs of Austrian emud faith
birth, that you would be one day the military Viceroy
of Italy ?—And, to ascend from insignificant to more : and paternal government in Italy. The Italian, need
important things, wino was the mighty founder of ' not be reminded of them—they are too fresh in their
that "august Tamil which rules so man nations tin-
memory, and they %s ill of course take the false coin of
der a paternal Government ?" An old Commandant y y
the Marshal's assertions fur *hat its worth,—namely,
of the Militia of Zurich—a petty Lord of the Castle I nothing.
of Ilapsburgh, whose domains would have sunk into " Recollect the happy times anterior to 179 G, the
insignificance when compared to the possessions of institutions of Maria Theresa, of Joseph the Second,
one of our squires—a servant of Ottocar, of Belie- of Leopold, and compare the system of government
mia, whom he afterwards robbed of his kingdom—a with that which has been imposed upon you after.
protege of Bavaria, to which he showed hie grafi- wards, and which, founded MI the same principles,
tude by usurping Austria, Styria, and Candole.— arid announced with the same '
falsities, is presented
The Italians will not quarrel with Murat's gettealo- Ito you now as au object of hope, and a motive for
gical descent ; as a soldier ready to support their r new efforts." .
cause, he is to them more than an Emperor. NOTE.—So, an, Marshal Beilegertle, you forget
44 Because nature has fixed with particular limit* that by a‘societieg the name of falsity to tire offer of
particular Governments in different parts of Italy; independence to Italy, yeti cast a dreadful reproach
and has shown that it is not the extent of territory, on one of your Imperial Archdukes, who in a pro.
the amount of the population, nor the power of the clamation, dated the 2''d of August, Ifse9, had re.
ancient course to the very same trick to separate the Italians
arms, but good laws, the preservation. of ,
habitudes, and a prudent administration which make from their then existing government,--calling upon
the happiness of States) and hence it is that in Lem- them to forfeit their honour and break their oathl to

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