The National Register. — London, England, 1808-05-01 00:00:00

MAY 1. was defended by his Guards, w ho had a particular watch-word; those at the Castle had another. At four in the morning the p..ople rushed in crowds to the Palace of the Prince of the Peace, but were repulsed by his Guards. The Life Guards took part with the people, and fell upon the Priuce's Guards. The ?ales were ff treed, the furniture broken, and the aparttnents desolated. The Princess of the Peace ran to the staircase, she wtr conducted to the King's Palace, w ith all the respect due to her birth and rank. The Prince of the Peace disappeared. Don Diego ( iodoy, his brother, Commandant of the Life Guards, was arrested by his own soldiers. The King and Queen sat up ii i the whole night between the 17th and 18 . The French Am bassador arrived from Madrid, at five i re morning, and im mediately waited on their Majesties. t. the 18th. a Procla mation by the King dismissed the Prince of the Peace from his employments, and declared that he would take upon himself the command of his armies. This was publi-hed at Araajuez, :tad at Madrid. On the receipt of this intelligence, the people of Madrid rushed ii: crow ds to the house of the Prince of the Peace, and to those of several of the Ministers. In all of them the fur niture and the windows were broken. There was no one to oppose this disorder. the Captain-General hind lost the com mand. The Swiss regiments remained cantoned in their quarters. Art A NJUEZ, M. ItCn 21.—From the 16th to the 21st Madrid and Aranjoez have been the theatre of several insurrections, in which the houses of the Prince of the Peace, the Minister of Finance, Soler, the Director of Consolidation, Espicossa, of other Ministers, and of several relations of the Prince of the Peace, have been pillaged, and the furniture burnt in the pub lic streets. The Prince of the Peace has been arrested in a loft in his own house, w here he had concealed himself for 36 hours. Oo the 16th the King issued a Proclamation, No. I.—(lice the .National Register, April 17.) On the 17th the King made known, by another Proclamation, that he had dismissed the Prince of the Peace *ton his employments, and bad taken upon him - .-elf the command of his army. The tumult, however, still increasing, the King thought fit on the 19th in the evening', to publish the subjoined Decree, No. 2. On the 20th were issued the subjoined publications, Nos. 3. and 3. The head-quarters of the Grand Duke of 13erg were at Aranda. .0a the 19th the% were at Somosierra, on•the 20th at Brabajo, and on the 21st at A ldevanda. lle has with him the divisions of Marshal Mime% and of Geurral Dupont. Ills arrival appears to generallybe . desired. The mass of th e p eo pl e o f M a d r id are ca l m rind tran quil ; and, .as it happens in s i m il ar case s, di sor d ers h ave on l y been committed by a small number of individuals. No. IL—ROY AL D EC!? EE. My habitual infirmities not permitting me to support nn)' longer the important burden of the Goverment of my K ingdom, awl it being requisite for the re-establishment of my health, that I should muoy in a more temperate climate a private life, have determined, after mature deliberation, to. abdicate my Crown, in favour of my heir, my dearly beloved son the Prince or Asturias. My Royal will therefore k, that he %hould he recognised and obeyed, as King and natural Lord of all my Kingdoms and So vereignties, and in order that this Royal Decree of my free and •liiiatatieous abdication, may be exactly and duly fulfilled, you i; ill communicate it to the Council and to all others whom it may coueern. I, 7'n E KISG. Done at Aranjuez, the 19th March, 1808. DON PEDIIO CF:r4LLOS. No. lII.—EDICT. DoN ARIAS ANTONIO MOIART VNLAILDT: Dc IN CO% I it NOR PIK INTERIM oF TUE COUNCIL. The King, our Master Ferdinand VI I th, has communicated to me by divers order', Which i have received, that his Maiest has come to the determination of immediately confiscating all the !notis, effects, actions, and estates of Don Emanuel (u n to. , uherever they softy be found, and that for this purpose his Nla- Jest' , has taken every suitable measure, the said eti'ects imme,liately to him ; that he has also come to the determination shortly coming to this city to be proclaimed; but, he wishe'• liras previously the people of Madrid, so tkvoted and detached to his Royal Person, will give him proofs of eahniiess and tranquillity; assuring them, that he has given orders atrainsi Don Emanuel Godov, his goods awl revenues, which no longer belong to, him t that h.: will think very, seriously of repairing the rungs done to his loving subjects who have suffered in his ratio; and lastly, that he will constantly keep in view the Poinittio n of cll those usettzttres which Ihre calcaliited to ensure ,1 Lxiaptccal. ~,-., . 277 his Majesty also informs me that he has appointed the Duc d'lnfantadu Colonel of his Spanish Guards, conferring on hint at the sante time the Presidency of Castile. The King my 'Master, wishes that those persons who have been confined In • ernsequenre of the events at St. Laurent, will return to his Ma ' iesty's presence. In order that this may be known to all, and that the loyal people of Madrid may know how into It the K ing, our Master, labours for his happiness and their welfare, he has ordered me to communicate it to you, which 1 do by these pre sents. Madrid, the '2oth March, 1808. Do.v Awls .11ua. No. IV.—THE COUNCIL TO TILE PEOPLE OF MADRID. Nothing. ought to disturb the public tranquillity in the happy moment of the elevation to the Throne of Spain of the K 'Ferdinand V 1 Ith. His faithful solders,: have given in• that • happy hour to his Majesty proofs of their devotion and their affection. They ought not to doubt the affection whieli his Ma jesty has for them, and that he will employ himself in arts for the public happiness and for the accomplis!nnent of the desires of the people of Madrid. But what is most important to the suceess of the elevated views of his Majesty is public order, and that this should lie cc sureil, the Council flatters itself that all the iehahitants of this faithful City will retire to their homes, and that they will re. main in the most perf.ct tranquillity, persuaded that they w ill then rive to his Majesty, in the first moments of his rekm, the best testimony of the sincerity of their sentiments, and of those acclamations of fidelity which have been recently heard. ( A true . Copy.) Certified by 11A wrno Lost cw MeNOZ D r. To Ult us, Secretary to his Majesty's Council, &e. itluxuz nt: TounEs PROCLAMATION 11V DON DA ItTO 1.0 ME 31117GN01 DE TOUR ST.CP.ETA it Y TO It IS 31.4-lEiTli, L:04." Vcl 1., &e. "I certify that his Excellency Don Pedro Ccyallos, First Se cretary of State and of Dispatchec, has commnuicated to the • I)ean, Coy ernor, ad interim, oftlke Council, the following Royal Order : Illustrious Signor, one of the first cares of the K big our Mass fer, on ascending the throne, was to etnify that happy event to the Emperor of the French and K ing of Italy. and at the same time to assure his Imperial tend Royal Majesty, that, animated by the same sentiments as his august father, far from changing, in the slightest degree, his political sy stein with respect to • ranee, he will endeavour, by all possilbe means, to draw closer the hands of fr'etalshi,) and strict alliance which fortunately subsist between Spain and the French Empire. Ills Niajes' y has commanded me to make thi4 communica ' lion to you, in ord.r that, upon its publication in Council, the Tribunal may act conformably thereto, in ail the measures taken fur re-establishing public tranquillity in Madrid, as well a' for receiving the French troops, about to enter that city, and adt»ioi.teriog to them Incl . , - requilite assistance ; endcarcurior,, al the same time, to convince the people that they come as friends, 411(1 for purposes athantugeOtts to the King and the Nation. " His Majesty flatters himself that the Council, being inform e of his earnest desire for more firmly consolidating the con nection that exi,its between him and the Emperor of the Frew h and King of Italy, win sladil, by the means in their poirtr, to inspire inhatillants of Madrid 'with similar " May God preserve your Excellency many years.. 1i DUO GEV ALLOS, 64 To the Governor of the Council, ad inltsrlits. " Araiduez, March 521, 180 S." l'.e Madrid Court Gazette of the 31st of March, contains the 6 11(trin g articfc:— . _ .• As the res u lt of the proceedings iu the Escurial is not made public, the King has commanded that a slv , rt,statemeitt should be drawn up relative to this subject, which omen betwr kuovve since the discoveries made Irmo the Papers of the Prince of Peace, whereof the following are the particulars : Ca the tltttb of October last, the law King sent to the Marquis Caballero, Secretary of General Dispatches, several papers, which, it is said, were found among those of the Prince of Asturias, and consist of the following pieces :- 1. A small port-folio of twelve leases, containing a memorial from the Prince of Asturias, the purport of tv hick is to lay . open to the king the lire and misconduct of the Prince of Peace, autl to rattiest tm& &lux to banish him and all his family. ~:: ~t .4tE;a:IMI it_,Y3l~uiliilrPs .: 4 , -