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

THE' ICAMIstAL RI GISTERZ ! , 9`7 prosecutions were on font. And as to the concern that Sir Vicars , Gibbs and the'gr.; take in the busines-, we are re minled of a ridiculous thing that a storekeeper said the other day to a g entleman on the circuit. This storekeeper had • been reprimanded by one of the .Itoles, because, in the course of stone trial, it appeared, that his carelessness in leaving certain waggons exposed hail led to the embezzlement of some of the public property. Some time after this, the poor storekeeper heard that the Judge was going to dine with the Prince of Wales. AccordiNl v he came to the gentleman from whom we heard the anecdote, and gave tokens of the deepest distres. and even de spair. '' What is the muter, my friend ?" said the gentleman. i•hing to console. him. " Oh, Sir," answered the poor man, " I hear the Judge is going to dine with the Prince of Wales, 44 he w ill be sure to tell his Royal Highness of me his lto) al " Highness will tell the King neit time he sees him, and then " the king will take my place away from me !" Tie Independent Whig has been pl-ased to accuse the News papers in general, of having accepted bribes for the suppres s ion of the manner of Mr. Goldsmid . s death. For our own part, we can truly say that we received no application from any of the friends of Mr. Coldsmid, and that we were induced to sop pre.,s the fact of his having, through jealousy, committed suicide by our feelings of delicacy ton ards the survivors: and nothing but the complete publicity of the circumstances at the present moment, should have tempted us to allude to it even thus. We had hoped that it would not become a matter of publ ie notoriety; and sorry indeed should we have been, if for the sake of obtain ing approbation from any curious reader, we had been the cause of misery to the friends he has left behind him, or the means of excluding his body from the consecrated ground of his religion. This Paper observes that no body Spared Mr. Paull, because Mr. Paull had nobody to pay the Newspaper Editors for their mercy. Put an inquest was sitting at a public house on Mr. Paull, and his death could not have been kept a secret beside , there were no family reasons for a delicacy on the subject of hi! suicide. But these observations, and the article in the end of the last Sunday's Paper, on Suicide in general, and on the advantages that the great enjoy above " otrendrec nn note or quatitg,'' remind us only of the burlesque scotiment of the grave-digger. which may do as well for people of one religion as another : " The more pity that great folks should have countenance in " this world to drown or hang themselves, more than other " christians MAY 1. " do you forget thof tny father is still alive 7"—" I must believe that he is dead," answered the other, " because you command here." And it is asserted, that the Prince added, " 31v father not dead, but shortly he shall cease to command; and if I 1.1,1 not yet King. I shall soon be one." The Prince M cut and s ',Tendered the prisoner. PA refs, APRIL 16.—The Emperor and King left Bourdeaux on the 11th inst. in his way to Bayonne. The latest intelligence from Madrid is of the 6th instant, and consists of the following articles, viz. The order of the day, issued by the Grand Duke of Berg on the Itit of April, informs the army, that the Emperor will he shortly present, and at their head ; and General Laribossiere is commanded to see that the troops he perfect ire the montrurres of ficine. His Ilighnesi also testifies his satisfaction at the good intelligence which prevails betwixt the French and Spanish troop, adding, that a French soldier had been pardoned that very day at the request of the citizens of Madrid, but that this should he the last instance of the kind, and that he exhorts the French , soldiers to treat the inhabitants of Madrid with re doubled respect. The first attention of Ferdinand VII. on his accession, was directed to cause the payment of the arrears of pensions due to officers and to their widows; which was done with the money fouad in the possession of the Prince of Peace, which is sappo.ed to amount to •25 millions, and the remainder of his property is estimated at upwards of 500 millions of francs. The Prince's process is not yet commenced ; in the mean while he is chisels' Watched at a village, three leagues frmn the capital, by lOtt life-guards, and 590 foot, whilst his brother, with his ftvnuriter, are shut up in a castle. In general, the :%;ge against the Prince is not diminished, and the charges brought against him have already been re-printed five times t it i s also asserted, that he had a secret intelligence with the English, and intended to deliver up Ceuta to them, and to place himself under their protection with the whole of his treasure. i SPA I N. 'i DET.IILS OF THE ftEroirTrov T11.4T 11.15 T.IKEN MACE IN SPAIIN. lisnntn, M %nett O.—There have passed within the last few days, events tleat have shaken the throne of our Masters. Ow party accuses the Prince of the Peace of being ie concert ith the Queen to destroy the Prince of Asturias ; the other, that the Prince of Asturias was at the head of a party to de throne his father. The say that he received this advice origi ially from his wife. Solemn councils, and long proceedings, followed by acts of banishment, and proclamations, instead of relieving the public mind, inflamed it the more. The French troops, though on the borders of the Ebre, anti at a distance of more than forty leagues from our capital, were in a situation of Ntain quo, t% hich the great numbers of couriers that succeeded each other at every instant, and the important negotiations which seemed to be on foot, did not ser‘c to explain. our troops had been recalled from Portugal, and advanced.by forced marches to the capital. The Court appeared divided, and without plan : That which was ordered one day, was contra dicted the next. There was neither arrangement nor unity of power. In this state of things, on the 15th March the report was, that . the King, who was at Araejuez, was about to retire to Seville; that a great Council, which had been held at the Palace, had so decided it, but that the opiiiilons on the subject were not agreed; that the'Queen and the Prince of the Peace wished logo, but that the Prince of Asturias, and his brother, wished to stay. We were speedily informed, that the troops Which were cantoned in Madrid, had orders to quit the city.— la rm was in every breast, when a proclamation from the King waq published on the 16th, which in some degree restored calm. On the 17111 it was understood, that the Spanish Guards were n 4 march to A ranjuez, and that the .two Regiments or Swiss were alone to remain here. These regiments have not for some time been popular in this city. All the wnrill on this news hurried to the road leading to Aranjuez. " Spaniards," every one cried to the Soldiers, " nill you abandon your country ? Will you " protect the flight of a Prince who sacrifices his subject , . anti " who goes to carry disorder to our Colonies ? Ilave we then as " little spirit as the Inhabitants of Lisbon ?"—Several of the Minkters who were not favourable to the departure, circulated hand bills in the surrounding. villages, stating what was going on, and the imminent danger in which the country was placed. o'l the 18th the peasants hurried in crowds to A raujnez ; relays were already stationed on the road to Seville ; the town wa tilled w ith troops, and the baggage of the Court was parked up in all the apartments. The night between the 17th and lith Via!' sight uf tumult. The home of the Prince of the reao FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANCE. AFFAIRS OF SPAIN. PA nis, A.PR t 15.—The King of Spain on being informed that the Emperor Napoleon intends to go to Bayonne, has.aP pri(inted a Deputation to compliment his MajeAtv, and to acciko party him, in case he should think proper to proceed to i4paitt. Deputation consists of the Duke Frias, the Count Fee mind Nunnez, and the Duke De Nledina Cell, three Grandees of the first rank. Since the Prince of Peace has been tuned out, a Council of Marine has been appointed, at which the King; will pre-ide in person. _ _ . The Moniteur cor.tains the folirming articles from Madrid, dated the 30th and :3lst of Mardi - All the circumstances of the late events are collected, and it . is related, amongst other Clings, that on Cie 18th, in the even ing, the Prince of Asturias said to an Officer of the Guard, " I depend upon you to-night !" and, when this was reported to the Ottards, they agreed to prevent 11w departure of the King, and some pistol shots were exchanged between them and the hussars of the Prince of Peace; hut, when the latter saw the people were also rising against them, they tiled off, and their Master, who had in vain attempted to repair to the Palace, was surrounded at his own home, and discovered behind a chest. When he was conveying to the barracks of the Spanish guards he escaped to a loft, and laid himself, but beittg driven from this biding place. he was taken to the hartaclis of the Walloon 4inarth, and in his way thither several 13 tones were thrown at . kini. When arrived at the latter place he fled into the stables, to l d concealed himself among. the straw. The people who were assembled before the Palace, called 'minty to see their Sove reigns. The Kiug and the Prince of Asturias appeared, and were received with shouts of applause. Thereupon the Prince of Asturias repaired to the place where the Prince of Peace was. This unfortunate man appeared before him, his face be smeared with blood, and faint from the loss of blood from the wound in his thigh. lie said to the Prince of Asturias, " ►ray mercy of your Majesty."-:—" Manuel," replied the Prince, ~t__ „ jam ' Y