The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-07-12

W. nave CoWpieteu to-day the documents
produced By Lord Castlereagh. They are
precious documents--unexpected too, they
were to the party, who cannot recover from
their surprise and Indignation at having suf-
tered themselves to be drawn on so far, onl-
70 be driven back & discounted in the most
dissrnceful manner. They thought that all
the proofs were on their side; that, like Mac
beth, they had made assurance doubly sure,
and taken bond of fate But like him
too, they found their documents Juggling
iends,'
That palteIed with them in double sense
That kept the word oipromise t. their ear,
And brokS it 10 their hope
We believe, too, they feel their disposition
to finish the verse aud exclaim to Lord
Castlereagh, as Macbeth did to Mac
duff,
wen not fight with thee
The case is complete one. In all these
documents we have the annius of Murat in
favor of Bonaparte. On the 1ith of January
1914 the treaty was signed, which bound him
to act with his resources againt Bonaparte
Directly upon the heels of this solemn COM
pact, creyet month, little month had e
lapsed' we have him expressing his astonish-
ment to his slster-in-la>g, that Eugene Beau
harnnis, should have retired from the Adige,
and that have quilted Tuscany, upon the
notion that he could be the enemy of France
Next we have him seuding message thro'
his wife TO 9Onaparte, of which Bonapar
takes notice in his letter to her am, how
ever, better satisfied with the message he
has sent me through you. II he be sincerely
sorry, let INN watch the moment for proving
to me that he has not been so ungrateful as
PuSllanlmous.' The proof which Bonaparte
wanted is furnished IN a subsequent document
touche appears to have been appointed as a
lecturer and spy to him, and seems TO have
been the Cause of the inaction of the Neapo-
Titan troops, which the allies wished should
march against the viceroy at the moment lac
was about being attacked by gen. Bellegarde.'
The plot thickens AS we proceed-hc assures
the Consul at Ancona, that Ibis intentions
were SO much the purer, as it was agree d
that his army was never to fight against the
FRENCH by whom was it agreed BY hiGi-
self alone--for the stipulation of his treaty
with Austria, bound him to fight against the
French, till the intelligence OF Bonaparte's
victories of the 10th, 18th and 10Th February,
1914, arrived. He then paused The two
last documents are laundering anathemas
from Bonaparte. They are sui generis, none
but himself can be his parallel He distinct
iy aliudes to Murat's contrition and front
ses,' and threatens him with unkingmg him
if he does not behave well and keen his
1u0Td' Continue to correspond with the
viceroy,' is the concluding sentence of Bona
parties last letter. So that whilst Murat
was under engagements to fight against the
viceroy, he was holding a correspondence
with him, which must have been of nature
hsstile to the allies, for, adds Bonaparte,
take care that your letters be not intercept
ted
If it be asked whether these documents do
not prove Bonaparte's dissatisfaction with him
The reply is, that they do not on that &C.
count make his case the better. He dis
pleased Bonaparte-he dispeased the allies
he waved from side to side as successes
attended or abandoned them. But the trea-
ty with Austria bound him not to WAIVER, but
TO carry Ill his forces to the same side, and
to act heartily against Bonaparte. The
hesitation to act in the decisive manner pre-
scribed by Bonaparte, is attributed solely to
his want OF hrmnesS and vigor.
But Mr.. Whitbread's defence of him is a
most curious one. WHY had he vacillated
from Bonaparte to the allies, and from tine
allies to Bonaparte Because his object was
to ascertain which was likely to be successful
Most OF the documents on which the noble
lord rested his defence, were probably writ
ten during the period of hesitation, and when
the King of Naples found that Bonaparte
could not support him, h threw himself into
the arms of the allies Most notable defence!
Call you this backing ? But what becomes
OF his treaty with Austria signed before this
period of hesitation? Had he barganed In
that treaty that he was to vacillate from side
to side until he found which party was TN
strongest, ana that then he was to throw him
self into their arms ?
A principlc OF impartiality prevents ms
from closiag this article without saying, til It
we are not quite satisfied with the conduct of
Lord Castiereagh. He should not have ia
ken the poor miserable party so very IN
prepared. He let them tresspass upon the
premises, and caper and crow as if no one
had the power or inclIna ton to resist them
at least, he should have put up the friendly
warning, men traps and spring guns set in
these grounds But no such thing-they en-
tered them, innocent, unconscious souls not
expecting harm or hurt, when, on sudden,
the traps were set and the mine sprung. -
Some were blown up, and others caught fast.
They had enough to do to extrlcate Mr..
Ponsonby, who was carried off with the US
most difficulty.