The National Register. — London, England, 1808-05-15 00:00:00

3CIA THE NATI, " I wished to send my letter by s courier, hut I know no, surer means of sending It than by yours. The kinglet me then in order to repair to his Cabinet. lie soon returned with the following Letters (Nos. 1 and S 2) in hi• hand, which he gave me, and added these words- 4 My situation is most deplorable; they have seized the Prince de la Paz, and will put lthn to death ; he has committed no other crime than that he has at all times been attached to added, there were no effor4 which he would not have attempted to save the life of his un happy friend, but that he had found the whole world deaf to his entreaties, and bent on vengeance ; that the death of the Prince de la Paz would draw after it his own, and that he Mould not survive him. " ltranjuez, March 23, 1808. " B. PE. MOVTIMY." No. I.—LETTER FROM KIN:. CARLOS IV. TO TUE Exterttott NA oI.rON. " Sin, MY RROTHEK.—Your Nlaiesty will assuredly hear 'with pain, of the events whieh have taken place at Araujuez, and their consequences: you will not, without sympathy, see a hing who has been compelled to resign his throne, throw him self join the arms of a great Monarch his ally, placing every thing in his protection, who alone can fix his happiness, and that of his Whole family, and his trusty and beloved subjects. Under the pressure of the moment, and amid the clashing of weapons, and the cries of a rebellions guard, I found that I bad to choo.c between my life and death, and that my death 'would be followed by that of the Queen : I was compelled to uhdirate the throne : but to-day peace is restored, and full of confideure in the generosity and genius of the Great Man, who has at all times declared himself my friend, I have taken my resolution to resign myself into his hands, and await what he shrill resolve on my fate, that of the Queen, and of the Prince de la I'az. " 1 address myself to your Majesty, and prot,st against the eyents which took place at A ranjuez, and against my dethrone ment. I rely with contidenee, and altogether upon tie cordiality and fricn:lship of your Majesty, pray lug that God may have you is his holy keeping. Sir, my Brother, " Your Royal and Imperial Majest Y's Aifecti•matc Brother and Friend, 3ranjucz, March 25, " C.sttLos." No. If. " T protest and declare, that my Decree of the 19th of March, in which I renounce my Crown in favoar of any son, is a deed to which 1 was compelled, in order to prevent greatcr calamities, and spare the blood of my behved subjects. It is therefore to be cousidered as of no authority. (Signed) " 1, TIIE Kt Na." n VONN E, APRIL 91—Yesterday, at seven in the evening. her Majesty the Empress arrived here. The Administration, the ti:tard of Honour, and several regiments of cavalry, went to meet her. The s hole or the garrison was under arias, and stood in two long rows in the streets. The cannon of the citadel was discharged, and the town wa3 illuminated. Their 'Majesties alighted at the Castle of Mcrae, where the Emperor takes up his residence. To-lay the Empress received a visit from the Prince of the A,aurias. The day before yesterday the Prince de la Paz arrived here. fle dwells in a castle near the town. To-morrow the King and • Queen of Spain ttre.cspccted. SPAIN. M.lOnlD, APRIL 5,1808.-11 is Imperial Highness the Crawl [)ake of Berg, having intimated to his Excellency Don Pedro CevaHos, first Seerrtary of State, ttrlt his Imperial Ma eiesty the Emperor of the French and king of Italy, would be pleased in the possession of the sword that Francis 1. King of France, surrendered in the fainons battle of Pavia, in the reign of the Emperor Charles V. in Spain, which was kept with due eQtimation in the Royal A rinor, since the year 15'25, desiring that it might he thus represented to our Lord the king. • Ills Afajesty being informed of this, and desirous of availing hitnself of every Opportunity to testify to his intimate Ally the Emperor of the French, his high regard for his august person, and the Admiration his unheard of deeds inspire hint with, immediately ordered the attire-mentioned sword to he remitted to his Impe rial and Royal Nlajesty, and thought that the must worthy and resrctahle channel w ()old be Isis Serena II igliors3 the “raml Duke of Berg, who was brought up by his side, and in the same school, and rendered illustrious by his prowess :o ii military talents, and more deserving than any body to he charged with So precious a deposit, and to tr:uoit it iu'e the hands t,t his INALAIEGIST4R. MAY 15: Imperial Majesty. In consequence thereof, and of the Royal Order whirl; was ;riven to his Excellency the Marquis of Astoria, boom-Major to his MajeFty, the conveyance of the sword to the lodgings of his Imperial Highness was arranged with great pomp and cerr.anony. 64 ST. ANTONIO, pall" 2?.. 44 Our young King set off front Victoria an Tuesday last, and next day reached Bayonne, where he was politely received (Como Memano) by the Emperor of France, with whom he nod his Committee dined on Thursday ; but the spirits of the people here have been since damped, Ferdinand V 11. not being yet recognized by Bonaparte as King of Spain. It was like wise reported that the old King (Carlos IV.) has protested against the abdication of the Crown, and he is expected tit Bayonne in a few days." 64 Saturtb7y Aftertonn, April 24. " The letters by the Castile post are this moment delivered, and bring the extraordinary news of the .Prince of the Peace having been taken out of the place of his confinement by orders of the French General Murat, and is now on his way (under a guard of forty dragoons) to Bayonne, for which place the old King was preparing to set out, which cenfirms the above ad. v i ce s from Franey; and, it is notch feared, that thee circum stances may cause a great commotion in this country in a shott time. God grant we may be mistaken," Ike. " Monday Evening, April 44 Advice is this moment arrived here, that the Prince of the Peace actually passed throuzh Victoria early this morning, un der a guard of nearly 'ZOO French bm'se soldiers; and that the old King and Queen are to sleep at Burgos to-morrow evening, on their _way to Bayonne. SWEDEN. noTrEstnert air, MAY 6.—The account'. by the post from Calmar and Carlscrona, on the 2d, respectin; the landing of the Freneh and Missions in the island of nothland, appear to have been examrated. By the at letters from thence, we learn, that instead of 10,000 men, 3,000 only were landed ni the idand, who were all Russians. They sailed from Lieuhau on the 21st of pril, ia nine shim. Of the truth of this, a raptaio from Liebau has made oath, before the government of Stock hoim. This morning arrived the Eurynlus frigate, the lion. ('apt. Dantlas, having on hoard his Royal Dighticss the Doke D'An gouleme and suite. There is nothing to-day from N on% as. A report was current yesterday, that a considerable body of Swedes, s(to, had been surronndrd by 3000 Norwegian's ami taken prisoners ; but this is not vet confirmed. MA V 7.—A messenger who has just arrived from Stockholm, brings the intelligence that the llnssians have already left the Island of Got bland, after plundering, and, as the island was rich, taking away a great booty. MA 'V B.—A fleet of seven transports, with arms and ammu nition, have arrived here from Ph mouth, hound for Cede. SToca 510 rn, M A v 2.--By a report made by Lord Lieutenant lint, out 2.3 d of last month, his R oval Majesty was informed, that, on the preceding day, the Russian's mule good a landhig on the south-sea coast of Goodand, in the parish of Grottingho. Their strength is estimated at about '2OOO men. According to ietelligenee received from Oland, that islaud tea. taken posse-slim of a month ago by some Russian troor, who were, however, soon after recalled in the gre.l.e-t hurry. lint they ltn.ye now landed there a second time. Re ports are current in that island, oncontradbied by the P,,•• Sian Oilit'Crs, I hat their army in rittlatut has sustaive a s''t considerable loss in an attack made on the fortress of s,%ea borg. BR iZII.S. ortnlc4Ncn OF THE PRINCE REGENT. TO COUNT DE PoNrn, cornil.vna Argo cipraiN-Gs.vviit, OP l'IlE PHol - INCE OP 1141112. cc FR I the Prince Regent send von, as itlY we"' loved. greet toz : Duly considering tile report which you Wive made to me, MI the condition of oiv alu t Ill y r oyal re venue, On account of the preent critical state of pantie affairs of Europe, and being desirous to live on that important sutocrt a speedy decision, in order to :,top tlo• farther progress ot of such mazoitadr, A:c. Ido herewith pro% isionatly until a general ssteui of rcgulati.kns, respect tag t h e alutlflo itt !hall have been arrrui:cd, 16 follows