Interesting Facts Relating to the Fall and Death of Joachim Murat, King of Naples: The Capitulation of Paris in 1815; and the Second Restoration of the Bourbons: Original Letters from King Joachim to the Author, with Some Account of the Author, and of His Persecution by the French Government |
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Page 17 - Russias, in concert with their high allies, his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, and his Majesty the King of Prussia...
Page 162 - Monsieur l'Ambassadeur, j'ai reçu la lettre que Votre Excellence m'a fait l'honneur de m'écrire le...
Page 158 - Le roi prendra un nom de particulier. La reine ayant pris celui de comtesse de Lipona, on le propose également au roi ; II. Il sera libre au roi de choisir une ville de la Bohême, de la Moravie ou de la Haute Autriche, pour y fixer son séjour. S'il voulait se fixer à la campagne, cela ne souffrirait point de diff1culté dans ces mêmes provinces; III.
Page 35 - ... for Gaeta where Napoleon's sister took in her young family, she was conducted to Trieste. King Joachim immediately on landing in Cannes, wrote to Fouche charging him to speak for him to the Emperor and to ask the latter to allow him to go to Paris. Napoleon's only answer was to ask his brother-in-law what treaty of peace had been concluded between France and Naples since 1814.
Page 107 - He declared that he thought it incumbent upon him to die in the profession of the religion in which he had been educated, and requested the assistance of a clergyman, from whom he received the Eucharist. He had upon his person a portrait of his queen and children, which he placed upon his breast ; and refusing to sit upon a stool which was offered him, or to have his eyes covered, ho smiled upon his executioners, and received the fatal fire.
Page 161 - Lorsqu'on vous remettra cette lettre, j'aurai déjà fait bon chemin vers ma destination. Ou je réussirai, ou je terminerai mes malheurs avec ma vie. J'ai bravé mille et mille fois la mort en combattant pour ma patrie, ne me serait-il pas permis de la braver une fois pour moi-même? Je frémis seulement pour le sort de ma famille.
Page 164 - I coNSiDER.it my duty to add to the letter which I had the honour of addressing to your Excellency this day concerning M.
Page 158 - ... est fixée. Quant aux conditions que SMI et R. impose à l'offre d'un asile en Autriche, je me réserve de traiter cet important article dès que je serai réuni à ma famille.
Page 160 - Y voit-on les égards dus à un monarque malheureux qui a été formellement reconnu par toute l'Europe et qui, dans un moment bien critique, a décidé la campagne de 1814 en faveur de ces mêmes puissances qui maintenant, contre leurs propres intérêts, l'accablent du poids excessif de leurs persécutions!
Page 14 - ... Minister, he assured them that he was authorized to accede to the treaty on the part of his government. At the conferences of Chatillon, too, when some arrangements were proposed by Talleyrand on the part of France, in relation to Italy, it was distinctly stated by all the four Ministers of the Allies, " that Italy then formed no part of the question ; the coalition having already resolved to re-establish the antient governments of Italy, except at Naples, where the title of King Joachim had...