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- ference of men and circumstances 
rendered in him the height of folly 
and desperation. Although the 
Neapolitan coasts were guarded 
by a line of armed vessels, he 
ventured to embark with six 
small vessels, two of which, on 
October the 8th, reached the coast 
of Pizzo, iu the Ulterior Calabria, 
where he-landed with thirty per- 
sons, among whom were Ge- 
neral Francescetti and marshal 
Natali. Proceeding to the village, 
he attempted to raise the people 
in his favour, by crying, “I am 
your King, Joachim; it is your 
duty to acknowledge me.” The 
effect, however, was only to bring 
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upon him the whole armed neigh- 
bourhood ; to avoid whose attack, 
Murat and his followers threw 
themselves into the mountains, 
whence they attempted to make 
their way back to the vessels which 
were in wailing. Being surround- 
ed in their march, after a sharp 
conflict, some were killed, and 
the rest made prisoners. A mili- 
tary commission was assembled, 
which condemned Murat and his 
followers to be shot, and the sen- 
tence was executed on the 15th. 
The whole of his rash enterprise 
was disapproved by his family, 
and his death appears to have been 
little regretted. 
