The National Register. — London, England, 1808-05-23 00:00:00

MAY 30. dismea ion, were burned and destroyed. l'hese . disturbances Conuaued all night, and next morning the Staff of the Corregi dore, was taken and carried about in a procession, with a flag atfised it, on watch was the portrait of the Prince of the Asturias. fhe mob afterwards proceeded under the direction of too of the most worthless young men of the town, to the great plain, ware they erected a statue of the Prince of the As turias on a throne. They then directed their course towards the Council Douse, where the Cardinal and the Infanta came to Cie wiudows, and endeavoured to restore tranquillity, The In ar,,,eats, however, still kept up the cry of " Long liVe Fer dinand the Seventh," and compelled the quiet citizens to join toes:). Towards the night they attempted to attack other houses, but fortunately, at last, some Reverend Churchmen and brace Citizens prevailed on the rabble to disperse, and peace was restored; but It was necessary to patrole the streets night and day. Gen. Dupont, however, arrived on the a; th of April, with a corps of French troops, lie was received with great joy by Cie citizens, add the tranquillity of the town was completely re--aahlished. The Official Journal of this day contains the following anti s des frofn Spain:— " 'Tai's day we have official intelligence from Madrid, of the 6th. Two (lass before, on the 4th of May, the Junta of the Goverament, in consequence of a letter received from the (;rand D and, in consideration of the difficult and extraordinary situation of public affairs, conferred on his highness the Otlice of " President of the Junta." On the 6th, the following Pro clamation was addressed to the army by the Grand Duke : " So tan ens—On the 2d of May you were compelled to draw your swords ;tad repress force by force; you have behaved well —I am sq•isfied w ith ,ou, and have transmitted an account of your conduct to the Emperor. Three soldiers allowed them selves to lie disarmed; they are declared unworthy of serving in the French army. All have now returned to order, tranquillity is restored, the criminals are punished, the misled have seen their error, a veil shall cover the past, ard coufidence must he restored. Soldiers, resume your former friendly relations a ith the inhabitants; the conduct of the Spanish troops merits praise. The harmony and good understanding which subsists bei een the two armies must be more and more confirmed. " INHA BIT A NTS OP MA DR I D.-11111abiltltS of Spain, be tranquil ; remove from your minds all that anxiety which the evil -disposed wish to excite; return to your wonted occupa tions, and see in Soldiers of the Great Napoleon, the Protector of Spain, only friendly troops--only faithful allies. The Inha bitants of all misses, of all ranks, may as usual wear their cloaks; they shall no longer be detained or disturbed. • " Madrid, May 6. " JO4CHI3i." The Emperor has ordered that the names of the three soldiers, mentioned in the above Proclamation, shall be inserted in the Orders of the Day of the army. They shall, 'during . a mouth, appear at the parade with a stick instead of a suoni. Ills Ma jesty has imposed only this slight punishment, because these sol diers are youths, and he is persuaded that they will take the first opportunity of retrieving their character. Dad they been old soldiers, they should have been dismissed from the army, for a French soldier who allows himself to he disartiled, has lost that which is most essential to a soldier—his honour. SPAIN. BAYONNE, MAY 6.--Our newspapers contain the following particulars respecting the journey and arrival of the Prince of Peace:— • " The Prince of Peace was, on his arrival, accompanied by Colonel Monies, Aide-de-Camp of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of Berg ; he appears to have suffered much during his imprisonment. Not a day passed by during which petiom did not come to hiF dungeon, and tell bim lie would soon he led to the scaffold. When he was taken from prison, in order to be delivered over to the officer who was to take hint to ilal. mote, he had a long beard; during a whole month he had no clean ,hirt be had no person to wait upon him. On the road, he tual ; 'u• conso:at ion of receiving a letter from King Charles I V. aml I he Queen, full of testimonies of their affection. It is said, that on the King's letter, there were the marks of his tears. When the Prince received this, he said, See there, the only consolation I have had this month ; every one abandoned me except my K : the ungrateful, wham I had loaded with beuefits, did not dale• to raise a voice in my favour. The Gardes du Corps, who sold their King, will sell his son also. I have no other ambition now, than to find an asylum in France, and have my children about sue.' " The officer who arcomoanied him 'hewed him on the r "' • Sfokac 7 '• orAPIt • THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 541 • •-•■•■••••... P'• - • - - ..* -- ;"":" 4 * 0 4 , 4 ;Ic • -4'-i*-m"••"• + the newspapers which affirmed that he possessed a fortune of 50 millions. The Prince auswered—' Slander will never cease to -rain my actions; yet I dare challenge my bitterest enemies to lay any thing to my charge in this respect. Nothing further tould be found by me than the 6uini necessary to discharge the daily expeuces of a house like mine. I posse s s no funds in Eng land, France, Italy, or Genoa ; and I can appeal to the Aler• chants of those countries. I have employed the benefactions which I have received from my Sovereign, in purchasing estates in Spain, which every one knows, and winch have now beet; taken from me by i n justice and arbitrary power. having nuts witnessed the horrid deeds which I foretold, 1 wish now tor no, thing but peace and repose. The approbation and friendship of Charles I V. are enough fur my conscience." The following important document has been published here : " By authority, travellers and the public are informed, that all passports, and other instruments, issued by the Spanish Go. verument in the name of Ferdinand the Seventh, since the i9th ult. will not be acknowledged by French civil and military ()di cers." SWEDEN. GOTTENEURCH, MAY Me-The English expedition is ar rived, and all the ships. nearly MU sell, safe at anchor ; it is said they w ill wait the dispositious of the King of Ssteche:. • The remainder of the guu-boats and other vessels given up to the Russians by the convention of Ssveaburg, is *aid to anionnt to bet weep 2 and 300, which will furnish the means of tra ing a great number of troops, mid place the capital (Stockholte) in inioriqeut danger. It is reported, that some Euglish stiff of war are going thither ; but it will be almost imposiible to pee-• vent the Russians from ;owing over within the innumerable rocks lying across the coast of liplaed. --eameeee. TURKEY ! BELGRADE, APRIL 11.—The hopes which had been termed of seeing peace re-established between Russia and Turkey w th out a fresh effusion of human blued, are from day to day (Beli e nishiog, and all the disposition which we see, indicate the re-; sumptioe of hostilities are very pear. Oti the l6th of el:kreli, the 'Russian Counsellor of State Redotinikin, residing le thie f ; city, received a courier front Bucharest, by sehein he learnt, that since the the Porte refused to tweet! to Nu of the proposalst i made by Russia, and to make the renunciatiou of Servia and the other prov:nces reqaired of her, and the truce agreed quire at Sloletja being about to tennipete ;it the end of ,parch, hostilities should immediately recommence. IL. Rodotinkin imparted this intelligence immediately te the Sereian Se nate, requiring that all thee necessary preparetiuns should be made ie Servia, for the prompt opening of the cam ;mien. The demand of the represemative of t h e Emperor A ex:older was iestantly complied w ith, end the greatest activity reigns at this instant - in all Service. Every - where he troops are iu metion ; transports of artillery and am munition are met on all the roads, and great activity prevails iu the arseuals. The General in Chief, Czerni Georges, is IC turned to this city, from the journey he made to his eseite at To. pela, where he resided but a short time after the review of his troops. In order to facilitate the provisioning the fortresses of Service, and that of the armies r ho ate :shout to enter the field, the Senate bus passed a resoiution, prohibiting every kind of exportation of cattle. We have since learnt from Wallachie, that the head-quarters have been tsansferred again from fussy to I Bucharest; that Prince Prowl . ° wski has issued an order, indi cating sprach corps its destination, and the lieocrel under wheel it is to be placed in the next campain. [Here follow some ininete statemeiee concerning the pteitions of the regiments.) Intelligence from Bucharest informs us, that General Millo ' radowitz has been appointed Commauder in Chief of the Itus army iu Moldavia and Wallactia,• in toe place of Prince Prosorow ki, who is obliged to return to Russia, in conseque.ce f ill health. BUCHAREST, APR IL 9.—The number of Russian temps in Wallachia is increasing daily. AU the measures taken by the Russians there resemble the act of taking posJession t ite Rus sian General Milloradowitz has just untitled to Inc Divan of NVullacltia, that Prince Ypsilanti iv ill nave no further autho rity in those provinces ; and he has nontioated provisionally to apply the place of this eutectic itospodar, a Committee of frier principal Boyards. ltappears that Prince Ypsilanti had been but an iostru- ent ref which the It ue.ians e - ated themselves to establish Aleut / 't, `E AA•••11.1••••••W _ •116-