The National Register. — London, England, 1808-10-16 00:00:00

- OCT. 16. • tu the mean time, General Savory concerted with the Em peror iii what manner they should prepare to give the finishing bl o w; and while the French troops iu the vicinity .or V itttiria ware making suspicious movements, he made his appearance in that city, with the letter to his Majesty from the Emperor. ." To the contents of this letter, which were neither flattering nor decorous, General Savory lidded so many and such vehement protestations - of the interest which the Emperor took in the %%Mare of his Majesty, and'of Spain, that he even Went so far as to say, I will.suffer my head to he cut oil, if within a quar ter of an hout* of your Majesty's arrival at Bayonne, the Ern pernishall not 'hove recognised you as King of Spain and the Indies. To suppurCitiinwo consistency, he will probably be gin by giving- you the title of Highness, hut in five minutes he will give you that of MOM', and in three days every thing will be settled and your Majeety mat return to ..Spain immediately.' "‘ His Majesty, however; hesitated as to . the course which he Fatild take; bdt anxious lo t redeent the - pledge which he had gien, and, above all, to relieve his beloved subjects frotn the cruel anxiety in which they were, he banished from his healrt e‘cry - apprehension of danger, and . shut his ears against to -canal sets, and those of other persons in his train, as well as to the supplications of that loyal city ; and determined to proceed 16 Bayonne; his ktoyal mind being incapable of suspecting that a Sovereign, his filly, should invite him as a guest, for the par pose of making him a prisoner, and of putting an end to a dy nasty, which, so tar from having (Mended him, had given him so many strikiug proofs of its friendship. "Shortly after, he was met by the deputation of the three Grandees of Spain, who had been sent meet the Emperor ; and their representation, with respect to the intentions of the Emperor, was not the most flattering. He was, however, now to near Bayonne to think of changing his course, and he there fore Continued his journey. " There came out to meet the King, the Prince of Neufchatel mid Dome, Marshal of the Palace, with a detachment of the Guard of Honour, which the citizens of Bayonne had formed to attend the Emperor, and they invited his Majesty to enter Bay onne, Where a place-had been prepared for his residence. " His Majesty was doubting what could be the meaning of a reception that he so little expected, when he was informed that the Emperor was coming to pay him a visit. His Imperial Ma jesty arrived, accompanied by a number of his Generals. The King went down to the street-door to receive him, and both Monarchs embraced each other with every token of friendship and affection. The Ediperor staid but a short time with his Majesty,' mid they embraced each other again at parting. " Sonu after Marshal Duroc came to invite the King to dine sith his Imperial Majesty, whose carriages were coining to convey his Majesty to•the Palace of Maroc : this accordingly took place. The Emperiir came as far as the coach-steps to re ceive his Majesty, embraced him again, and led him by the hand so the apartment provided for bins. " The King had no sooner returned to his residence, when Ge: neral Savory waited on.his Majesty to inform him that the Em peror had irrevocably' determined that the Bourbon dynasty should . no longer reign in Spain ; that it should be succeeded by h ; and therefore his Imperial Majesty required that the Kin,, should, In his 0,0 name :aid that at all his family, ptiounce the Crown of Spain mid the ladies s iu favour of the dynasty of Bu napatle, 16 . . It would he difficult to describe the surprize u ith which the Ft?yal mind of his Majesty was affected, and the consternation With Which all those who were nearest to his person %vete struck hearing of such a proposition. His Majesty v% iv, apt yet re ..overed from the fatigues of a toilsome journey, w hen the same man who had made hiin so many protestations of security at lladrid and on the road, who had drawn .him from his capital mditis kingdom t o Bay' onne, on pretence of adjusting mutters ')! the greats importaacg to both States, and of his being re .,11;1144 h$ his ImPerial Majesty, hail the audacity to be the hetire; of SO Seitudalons a proposal. "On the following day, 1 v. - as sent for by the Emperor to Royal Pulses;, where 1 found the Minister of Fore ign Af fairs, ChamPagny, proposals verbraly Waitin4 to enter upon ti discussion of the stated by, (*offal Savory. • I instantly com plained of th proceeded in t. perhd wtth yr hick so important an affair was ; representing Oat the King, ini , 'Ntasiert eanse'tn liaYnnu l e relying on thi assitrances - given by General Sivitry, in f tie /nuna'neffiad.., t uf s !hq_'Sdripir6r, old in the presence of the Dukes del anti° , U. Ala i n - 'Egcniquiz.. and myself, that his '''perial Majesty would recognize bun at the very tirst inter- •rvi rt i re t ' •! T • - •, TIIE' NATIONAL R AtiISTER• 661 . MO • view between the two Sovereigns, in the Imperial Palace of Marne; that when his Majesty expected to witness the realiza thin of this promised recognition, he was surprised with the propositions above alluded to; and that his Majesty had autho rized me to protest against the•violence dune to his person, in not permitting him to return to Spain; and as a categorical and final ansoer to the solicitation of time Emperor, that the King neither would nor could renounce his Crown in favour of another dynasty, without being wanting in the duties which he owed to his subjects and to his own character ; that he could not do SO in prejudice to the individuals of his (ion family, who were called to the succession by the fundamental laws of the kingdom; and much less could he consent to. the rstablisionent of another dynasty, which ought alone to be called to the throne by the Spanish nation, in virtue of their original right to elect another family upon the termination of the present dynasty. " What confidence, ir added, can Europe place in her treaties with France, when she look to the perfidy oith hich that of the 27th of October iris been s jointed ? :CO %% hat must he her terror when she sees the captious means, the seductive artifice,, and the false promises by o Inch his Imperial Majesty has con fined the king in the city of Bayonne, in order to despoil him of the Crown to which, with the ieeim, pressible joy of his people, he has been called by the fundamental loos of the kingdom, and the spontaneous abdication of his august lather. Posterity will not believe that the I:mperor could have gisen so great a blow to his own reputation, the loss which kill teats. no other means of concluding a oar with hint. than that of total destroc- • thin and exterminatiou. " This was the state of the discussion, when the Emperor, who had overheard our conference, ordered to enter his Cabinet, where, to my great surprize, I was iusiti,ed by his Imperial Majesty with the iota:nous appellation of traitor, upon no other ground, than that having been Minister to Charles I V. I. continued to serve his son Ferdinand VII. 111. also accused me, in au angry tone, of having maintained, in an official con ference with General Alontion, that my Master, in miler to his being King of Spain, did not stand its need of the recognition of the Emperor, although that might be necessary, in order to con tinue his relations with the fleoch Government. " His Imperial Mikjesty manifested still greater irritation on account of my having said to a foreign Minister, accredited to the Court of Spain, that if the French army oflered any viola tion to the integrity and indepeudence of the Spanish Suvereignt), 300,000 men would convince them that a brave and generous nation was not to be insulted with impunity. " After this ill-treatment which I met with, which was as sa tisfactory to my own feelings, on account of the real cause of it, as it was painful on account of the Royal Personages whose interests were in question, his Imperial Majesty, with his natural asperity, .entered into a conversatiou upon the points which had already been dismissed. lle was out insensible of the strength of my re4sons, and the solidity of the arguments by which supported the right, of the his dynasty, and the whole nation ; but his Alajesty concluded by telling me, e I have a system of poliro my men. lOU 1114gla in adopt more liberal ideas ; lu be less sm:Tplible on the point of honour, and not sarri a fiec the prosperity of Spain to the interest of the Bourbon " The tricks of diplomacy could not prevail over the firmness of the l' ing, or the zeal of his repivsentatives, and the indivi duals of his It oy - ul Household, who deliberated at a Council (his Alajesty being present 1, upon the interests of the King and the nation; so *it the Emperor saw himself under the necessity of changing his plan, in order to accomplish his purpose, and he wished that the Royal Parents should depart for Bayonne, in order to make them the instruments of the oppress' and dis grace •of their sun. Fur, this purpose he ordered the Grand Doke of Berg to employ all hi, arts to accelerate their journey to Bayonne. , " The 'loyal Parents required, that the Favourite should precede them initteir journey, and the (rand Duke made vari ous applications. to the Junta of Government to obtain his liberty. The Junta had no authority to liberate him, having in this point been laid under positive restraint by his Nlajesty's orders from Vittoria, as has been already mentioned; hut the Coigitil, misled by the suggestions of his Imperial Majesty, and intimidated by the tbreat that the Grand Doke would obtain by irresistible foeue•witat would but be coneeded as a favour,. the„ Junta ordered the. release of Don Manuel Gudoi, who was am meitimel y e 4 to Bayonne, under an adept *eaves --~., j