498 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1810. 



I think it my duty, sir, to avail 

 myself'of this opportunity to repeat 

 to your excellency what I have 

 already had the honour to commu- 

 nicate to you. Prince Ferdinand is 

 animated with the best disposition; 

 he is profoundly impressed with the 

 opinion that his majesty the empe- 

 ror is his only support and his best 

 protector. A profound sense of 

 gratitude, the wish and hope of 

 being declared the adopted son of 

 his majesty the emperor; such are 

 the sentiments which fill the heart 

 of hishighness ; and undersuch cir- 

 cumstances it was, and at the 

 time when the prince had assem- 

 bled every person of distinction in 

 the province, at the castle of Va- 

 lancay, to participate in the bril- 

 liant entertainments which hegave 

 in celebration of their majesties' 

 marriage, — thatthe baron de Kolli 

 came to deliver his wicked and ri- 

 diculous messages. Assuredly no- 

 thing could have been more 

 easily anticipated than the recep- 

 tion he has experienced. 



I request that your excellency 

 will transmit to me a detailed ac- 

 knowledgment of the receipt of 

 the various articles which I have 

 addressed to you. 



1 have the honour to be, &c. 



(Signed) Berthemy. 



No. II. — Copy of a letter from 

 Prince Ferdinand to M. Berthe- 

 my, governorof thecastleof Va- 

 lancay dated April 6, apprising 

 him of the conduct of Kolli. 

 Sir,— An unknown personhaving 

 introduced himself into this place, 

 under the pretence of working in 

 the turnery line, has subsequently 

 ventured to make to M. D' Ame- 

 zaga, our first equerry and intend- 

 ant, the proposition of carrying me 



ofFfrom Valancay, of delivering to 

 me some letters which he had, and 

 in short, of bringing to its issue 

 the project and plan of this horrid 

 enterprise. 



Our honour, our repose, the 

 goodopiniondue to our principles, 

 all would have been singularly 

 compromised, had not M.D'Ame- 

 zaga been at the head of our house- 

 hold, and had he not on this'peril- 

 ous occasion given a fresh proof of 

 his fidelity and his inviolable at- 

 tachment, both to his majesty the 

 emperor and king, and tome. This 

 officer, whose first step was to in- 

 form you at the very instant of the 

 enterprise in question, apprised 

 me of it immediately after. 



I am anxious, sir, to inform 

 you personally, that I am unac- 

 quainted with this affair, and to 

 take this occasion of again mani- 

 festing my sentiments of inviolable 

 fidelity towards the emperor Na- 

 poleon, and the horror which I feel 

 at this infernal project, of which I 

 wish the authors and abettors to 

 meet with condign punishment. 

 Accept, sir, the sentiments andes- 

 teem of your affectionate 



(Signed) Prince Ferdinand. 



P. S. I request that you will 

 come to M. D'Amezaga's at half- 

 past three o'clock. 



No. III. — Copy of Kolli's exami- 

 nation at the office of general 

 Police. 



On the 8th of April, 1810, was 

 brought to the ministry of general 

 police, an individual arrested at 

 Valancay on the 6th, who was in- 

 terrogated as follows : — 



Q. What are your name, sur- 

 name, age, place of nativity, pro- ' 

 fession, and domicile? — A. Charles 

 Leopold, baron de Kolli, aged 32 



