The Sun. — 1808-11-24 (London, England)

BUONAS-ARTE rejeCted his prayer with a sneer c the virtuous prelate persisted for the interest of his look, he pre'ssed him, he _conjured him, not to 'nth% so deep a wound; finally, be iew himself at 1\ is feet, and' refuSed to rise till he lid' obtained this ft .your. He obtained it at length, but—hear me to tht • concIusion.•—BUONAPARTE received in exchange,. and took for Itimse!,7, all the plate which was in Episcopal • Pala-ce of Imola,' and this was not a ;Mall quantity. He took also the jewels, crosses, a nd diamonds which the Cardinal had in the Epi!,i opal Chapel: He -took away every thing which •c,:ti .Id-be taken .; and, in contempt of the.)holy laWs of 110 he left bare. and unfurnished a palace Nu Rich be bad found richly provided with every titrt ,; at the moment of his arNd recount this fa& with pleasure, -because it proves a noble soul i n the Bishop of Imola, who  ramorned the plander of his diocese by the sactifie  of his own.property,; and evinces, at the same time, a base and atrocious soul in the Republican General, who, d'etermined to ipillao some one before his departure, rigicliy,and entirely despoiled a Man venerable for his high plnce, no less than his goodness, who had treated him with the most noble, the most generous hospitality ! ! If it be thus that BuoNAk PARTS does good actions, let the reader judge of the nature of his crimes.  It will be a subje& of astonishment, perhaps, how the Italians, naturally warm and quick of feeling, could suffer their ChurcheS to be thus legiously pillaged—they, in whom a respe6t for religion is deeply implanted; how they could tranquilly permit their property of every kind io be seized before their eyes, without making the slightest resistance. Was not here a motive to contend with perseverance, with obstinacy,' for the two objects most dear to man, pro axis et locis ?  And, in truth, this seems altogether astonishing; but the wonder will cease, when we know that BUONAPARTE, to prevent the possibility of resistance, bad taker' the most tyrannical and perfidious precautions. This odious hypocrite, this pretended restore' of the liberty of Italy, began by disarming all the. inhabitants ! An order was given, and this order was general and rigorous ; so rigorous, indeed, that the pain of death was pronounced against every man who did not surrender his ai."s. It was given, and literally executed; and a number of persons who were desirous either of retaining valuable arms, or of providing a means of defence against therobbers, were murdered with the most unrelenting cruelty, Human nature shudders at the recital of such an unparalleled degree of oppression ; but the fa& itself is not the less certain. " Arms," says JUVENAL, " are never wanting to those who have been despoiled of every thing else." spoliatis arma supersunt ! But, in the present instance, this resource, in consequence of the infernal forecast of BUONAPARTE, absolutely' f'ailed them. 'Two classes of men only were now to be found inltaly the first, composed of armed robbers, indulged in every excess, every species of violence, without fear; these had BUONAPARTE at their head. The second, composed of vietims to their rapacity, entirely disarmed, could only oppose to the most ferocious and general robbery, a deep, but impotent despair ! And it is by step' like these; that this cowardly, perfidious, and blood-thirsty Corsican, has obtained the summit of human grandeur.