The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-07-06 00:00:00, page 1

Tj* Published by Them is Ritchie. nearly op
pot it i" the Gl-he Kichtnnnil, Virginia.
if* CO N D17 IONS :—Five dollars a year, to
f>e p-tid annually in advance. Those who with to
be considered as annual subscribers, must hereafter
designate it at the time of subscribing, otherwise
their papers will be discontinued at the expiration
of the first year._
NOTICE—By virtue of a deed *<f trust made
»n the subscriber*, by Samuel Shelton and
John Staples, I'or tbe purpose thereat expressed, j
rod recorded in the County court of Albemarle r I
*W3ll be sold, for readv money, to the highest bid i
«l**r, at Brown’s Tavern, in tin* town of Warren,;
Albemarle count*-. on Thursday, the twelfth day
of J'l'vccyt *’•<« fnMwinp 1*rnprrh’. v*z :
TWELVE NEGUO SLAVES;
B»h W'll. Nelson, Stephen, l’inilis, Sylvia, Luce,
D'oer, K m and !»*■»• child, Charlotte St her child,
and the of said f-tty-l • q|«vc«.
ONE TR\CT OF LAND,
Lving ir the count) <>l Albemarle, containing
six hundred and fiftv acres, more or less, adjoin- .
in** the lands nf William Hughs, Wilson C Ni '
cholns. estate of Ow -n Lewis Sc Thomas Gools
by : Also,o''o,>*b<r
TRACT OF LAND,
Lving in said county, (Albemarle) containing five
bind:ed and thirty-nine acres, more or less, ad
joining the lands o! Wilson C Nicholas, estate of
John Lewis, estate of J icob Morris, captain John
Harris and Doc* at Uoh»rt Morri»*)n ; U one other
Til ACT OF LAND,
Lying in Buckingham county, containing 103
ac**es, more* or less, »dj lining the L inds of J ones
Staton, Thomas Carter, James Slaton, jr 6t John
Couch, or so much of said Property, i.s will be
sufficient to pay the balances due by said deed,
and expences in carrying the same into <*ff, ct_
Being interested only as trustees, we will conviy
to the pwrcliaser or purchasers of the above na
Tned property, such t«*dnnlv as is v. st<*d in us
PI HARD ANDERSON,
SAMUEL DYER.
AH DREW HART.
ynp 12.tils
^ I Tie, SUBbCKlJd&K, lias b'(Ji< SALE—rti
JL his Gi ss and China Store, first door above
the- Eagle-T-«vern : A supply ot fresh T. as. viz.
Imperial, Hyson, Gun-Powder, Young llyson fit
Souchong Teas,
©M Pvaeli nd Cogninc Brandies,
London Particular, M oleira, jury Sherry, Claret
ami Port Wines,
30 Hhd*. New-Orleans Sugar,
Best refined Piiiladelplna and N. York Loaf do.
Havanna Sugar for preserving,
10 Hampers best Florence Oil,
20 orates Liverpool Ware,
30 Boxes Glass, consisting bf quart and pint
D canters, Tumblers, Wine Glasses, A Cru
SO Casks first quality Whiskey,
£0 Do. Apple Brandy,
10 1);) L'nseed OH, -
50 Setts Table ami Tea, Liverpool and Cantor.
China,
Preserve ancl P.deling Pots ofevery description,
8 oy 10—10 by 12 and 1* by 14 tup.rior quality
W.n-i r.i.w hyJLiie box. _ .
1« lonmond and Brandy Wine F L FF Gun Pow
der by the keg.
6 000 tbs Salt Petrcd Bacon, consisting of Hams
and Middlings,
20 Boxes Spanish Cignrs.
EDWARD HALL AM.
June 1. tf
rl 1 HE White or Bowser’s Sulphur Spring*—
A Greenbrie r county, Virginia.—These Ingli
lv and justly celebrated W uei s, together witii me
Buildings and n part of the Landed euate apper
taining thereto., have been leased bv the subscri
bers, who mean to exert their utmost power to
prepare for the reception and comfortable acenm*
modation of as mam . as a want of health, or a
wish to preserve it, may induce to visit these well
Kno wn Fountains ;sf Health, the military effect
of w.iich, they hope and believe will be much in
crcased by the additional comfort in (lie itceoin
mtaluion which the subscribers mean to a fiord
The season will commence on the first d-y of
July, 1810.
But a good tavern will at all times he kept o
pei for the reception and accommodation ot tra
vellers ami others, under ‘he care of >lr. James
iF zer, a most respectable .nan. h.r whose good
conduct the subscribers pledge themselvc.
WM H UllN DON & Co.
Fredericksburg, ju e 26 tljj
J' 1 r till A * • > AJ-A’\Sn Ull- ;
dcrthe authority of.» power of HinrnvY, from :
I)>-. Robert Mayo, the subscriber v iii aeii. to the
h.-liest bidder, at Amherst court holi-te, on the
third Monday in July nest, being court day, that
valuable TRACI' OF LAND whereon J *.se
Spinner resides The quantity ex eeils 500 <
cres ; 150 of which are prime L w Grounda It
in excellent arable condition The Hgh Landis
liniuiprovud, but promises well for the culture ot
tobacco, &c;
With many other fidvantngcr, of tlii? Land,
there is a Mill Seat, on a bold stream, that may
lie easily improved —The in'iimbraiici: of a leas *
to Mr Spinner, which w is .01 obstacle 10 a sale
according lo tin* appointment of a late advritis—*
mrnt, is removed, except for the ensuing ye if.
The privilege of sow mg am ill grain in tin- fall of
that year, will l>c allowed the purchaser, with the
q^ents accruing from fins time
TERMS—One-lourth of the pur-ltsse mnri y
on the day of sale, and the balance in three equal
Annual payments, to be secured by bond mil *p.
proved security, and a deed of trust on the land
JOSEPH MAYO.
Attorney tor U<,b,rt Mayo
jut- 22_
^Valuable property? for sali^ !
(AT AUC I ION )
BY virtue of « «le«.u o t 1* , executed to the
uhscribers, fiy Kobrr and George Turner,
tf »• cure the payment 1 fcert, in sums of money,
therein mentioned. to B- rtlett Still, which deed
has In tn assigned by raid Still tr, Ellis and Allan
— Will be sold, to 1 lie highest bidder, for i- adv
money, on W« diusday, 13ih of in xt monm,
(July) betv -n ih> Iiimiih of twelve and one o'
clock, at til. .» , Tv’Cm •
THREE LOTS OF LAND,
In I be cwm y 01 Henri'ii, and adjoining the city
df Bichmond, containing six acres twenty-three
pi.les, and known in Ri hard Yoting's survey
thereof, by thf numbers 1, 2 am'3 5 nr so much
thereof s.s may b.- necessary to »«Lsfy the purpo
ses expressed in the deed
THOMAS TAYLOR,
y,tM.”.S BROWN,jr.
H’ne 9ft ids
I'/iiN rayloe’*fe e malleable bar
-* IKON— The Mibscrlbei expects a boat loa l
•>( it * vety day, and m> aus to h «ve a continuance
of Constant supply-r.d therefore invites the
!>m tbs in this place a*, l Peic “-buig, ami in the
country, to nv.K» trial ol it* quality, that the mer
chsnts may know wheret! > ->st is mh» had
AKC.H1H tLD McCALL.
Nsifory on the Basin,
tunc 29.
♦f
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BY Virtue of a decretal order of die Court
of the United States for the fifth Circuit,
3iid Virginia district, pronounced on the 21sl
uay ol June, 1609, amended by an order entered
on the 24Mi day of May, 1810, in a suit wherein
John Lloyd, executor of the surviving partner
of Capcl & Osgood Haulmry, was pl-mUdf, and
Robert Patton and others were defendants, 1
«h dl, on the first day of August next, sell to the
highest bidder, on a credit of one, two and tlircp
yea: s, the whole ofthe Estate called MANS
FIEL13, Subject to the dower rights of the el*
drr Mrs Page, and to a tenancy, during the pre
sent on the balance. This elegant and val
liable property lies within one mile ol Fredericks
burg. The houses are among the best in the
State. The situation is extremely healthy, ami
supplied with ♦hebest water—The soilissuppo
seti to be equal to any oil the Rappahannock Ri
ver ; on the border of which, mexiaustihle quar
ries of excellent f ee stone may be opened, pro
mising great profit to i man of enterprise. Mrs.
Page*9 dower is in 1,014£ acres ; the reversion of
which, aiter her interest *.s spent, will constitute
un« Lot The part held by the tenants of Ro
bert C Page, consisting o;'672* acres, will con
stitute another Lot • and the balance, of 1,137
acres, on which the improvements are, wi.l
make the third Lot. On this l ist, there are -u
bout J00 acres of wood land, ahd on the others,
there is the usu d proportion of wood- If I
should find that it would suit the views of purcha
sers pellet , the Lots may be m idifird on the day
of salo.
At the same- time, &. in pursuance of the same j
orders, l will sol* indifferent Lois, on the same J
terms, about el ven or twelve Hundred acres on
M:«ss„p max devised by the late Col Page to his '
son John i Pa-e. The sales will commence at
1:2 o’clock before the front door of William
Herndon’s Tavern, in Fredcricksourg, and be
adjourned, ii necessary, from day today
The purchaser of each Lot must give bond,
with approved security, tor tne purchase money, 1
and the land is to remain hound Si be re-sold, on !
default of payment, for so much ready inoiuy,
as may be sulH -ient to raise the bn lance then due,
ami the residue, on credit, to meet the future in- 1
stalim nt. or instalments ; tire proceeds of which
re salt is to be in like manner secured; and this
operation of re sale is tobt made as often as such
cessive defaults shall require ; conforming each,
to the terms prescribed tor the tiisi
A compleat map of the land will he left with
Mr Alsop, at Mansfield, who will show the i
premises. BENJAMIN BOTTS
May 29. eptds
LANDS FOR S/vLE— The Subscriber oi
lers for sal ■, his
TRACT OF LAND,
Eying in tbe county of Amherst, on the waters of
Piney river, adjoining the Dads of Jainvs Frank
lin, J >el Franklin's estate, Micaj li Camden,
William S. Crawford and Bartlett Casli ; con
taining hear 900 acres. This tract lies extremely
well; upon it is a considerable qu unity of mea
dow ground, it is very fertile, well watered, and
well adapted to the culture of corn, wheat and
tobacco ; upon it is a plantation sufficient to work
eight hands, a considerable part of it is fresh land,
"•••he .,f ,t is in -I high state of cultivation
—well, enclosed, and divided into four fields ;
each field in its turn lias been sowed in small
grain, a part of the grain has been rolled in the
I i sister of Paris, and the whole have been sowed
in their turn in red clover, which grows luxuri
ant. on thisplaM ition ; ill at, logemer with tile
white clover, which grows naturally upon it,
produces very line pasturage, there is also upon
it a very good apple o.chard, and there has lately
occii built thereon, some useful and valuable Hou
ses A further description is deemed unnecessa
ry* as "*t is presumed that no person will purchase j
without first viewing the lands. The overseer!
living on the plantation, will shew the land to any
pirson wishing to purchase.
ALitO—One other 1'ract, fj'sng in Goochland
county, on both sides of Tuckahoe creek, on the
north side ot the Three Chop road, adjoining the
lands of Benjamin Hughes, Benjamin Waikins,
and Elisha Leak's estate, containing three hun- i
• Ired and fd .y acr: s, a considerable part of this '
Und is cleared, and none of it has been in cultiva- I
tif»n for some ycais past ; it is land of good soil, •
and is well adapted to the culture of corn and
wheat, and is very convenient to market, being
about twenty three miles from the city of Rich
mond.
These Lands will he sold on time, and the pay I
merits made accommodating to purchasers Foi (
further particulars respecting this I <st tract of j
Land, apply to Col Robert It Saunders, living |
near i» in the said county, or t.» the su scriher in '
•tie city of Richmond WILLIAM GALT.
April di. tf
k' I J'ZVVIlYLbONri & PUTTER, have just
A received from London, by way of N Y-m-Ic,
a lar^e supply of articled, which autled to intir
former atuck, tn.tkcs up a very extensive assort
nu-iit It consists principal!. of
Writing Papers, of various sizes and qualities
Counting H use, Chamber & pocket Ink-Stands
Excellent Pen Knives anti Razors
Office seals, \V..x and Wafers
L)i awing Books and \V„ler Colours
Pencils and India Rubber
V lolin IJows, Hair and strings
Mu*ic and Music Books
Ladies* and Gentlemens.* Pocket Books
Travelling and other trunks
PI eying and visiting Cards
f.i A Leaf
Tooth HrurfiC3 with s'lver wire
Chess Men and Boards
Backgammon Table*, Durable & Japan Ink
School Books, Family Bibles
t hey have on hand, h large supply of day books.
Journals and Ledgers, H II Bo ka,' Blank Notes
and Checks, Kt cord an-1 Sheriffs Books, Paper
Hang >gs ter houses, &c. kc Ike.
June J 5 4W
REMOVAL.—THOMAS DlDDEP, grate.
ful for the liberal support lie has experien
ced in his trade, respect I,it.y informs his ensto
mt la and the Public generally, tnat he lias re
moved his Tailor’s Shop to the main street ad
joining Robert 1# IPs , saddler, and opposite Dr
Duvall’s apothecary shop, where lie will thank
I' illy escive any business in In* lint, kud hopes
by attention and endeavors to please, to merit a
Bontintmtce of favor
Richmond, May 8 epr.m
? J i virtue of a deed of trust duly executed
I> and recorded, will be sold st Buckingham
Lou t House on the second rnonday in August
ii-x» (being court day) twenty or thirty valuable !
SLAVES, ampng wliotrj are several tradesmen ; j
uich a* rougliCarp. nters,S!iofm.ikera, Weavers i
kc. Terms of sale, one half t...ah, the other mo*
ty payable the first day of January ft llowing—.
Fi •ml with approved security «dl I e required
or thv last payment At tbe same time anti place
w II be cfFcr fi 4oo acres of LAND tying about
tcveti or eight miles above i' #• s.b.l Court House ;
ci ms tfie same as for * «• si, v<
BY THli TRUSTEE.
May H.
✓ wlJw»rt
PUnr,1C PROPERTY—All the property be
l‘"‘g;i)«r the Commonwealth of Virginia,
in * lie county of Fluvanna. very reef lit I v advert i •
jed in 'lie Enquir**'1 an 11lie Virginia Argus . Will
he exposed to public sale, os Thursday, the 23J
of Angus* next, at the old Arsenal on the B *r
rnrk ftiil in a iid county. Th<* terms of the sale
will Ik 12 months credo, the purchasers giving
bond with security, to he approved of by the lit
enutive. The sale will ••onunenrjp at 12 o’clock,
n<»r will ii 1, • postponed ou ac :ouut of the .wea
titer, unless it is v.-ry incL-m.nt For further in
formation, apply to
' JOHN WILTS.
_C'lstham Flor mna. jiio*> 29. 8w
MuTpH Y ~*Tc7uj vfPT fourth door above
' *«• '*• 1' Tavern h..vr just re.*,.|v«*d
PENNSYLVANIA WHISKEY, in Ilhds.
fnd a ft to Bart ft
cur u /•; n it i a g
Which. ••.er >vtli a gvncrnl o..."*ti'i>ht of
G’IOCF.fiIKS, GLASS and jCHIXA WASH,
1 *f y offer for aide, on Lite most* reasonable terms'
J»n* 12_ lm
A GENTLE'f *.M, who Iris taught the Greet,
Larin and F-'g’.ifh Languages, for several
years p .st, wish s • nployment for the ensttin.:
year. His nunr and pUc ■ >1 residence m .y be
known < y apply..,g to the Editor of the Etq lirer.
with whom he lias deposited the most satisfactory
testimonials of liis qualifications and success as a
Teacher.
jun- 29. w,f
I 'HE Subscriber intendinp in a few days~ti>
- leave this State for Europe, gives notice
>hat FwncisR Strob . is lug attorney in fact to
transact his business in his sus lire.
THOMAS GILE1AT
J'ine 8._ _ 2m
TWO nr three Young L ides (from the coun
try.) whose paren s w!S them benefited by
any seminary of leantiur in Richmond, maybe
accommodated wit i BOARD, in a respectable
f.nidy For particulars, apply to the Editor of
the Enquirer
June 8 tf
jV/T ^DEtll V WINE. believed to be or the vr
1Y1. y best quality—i'ur sale by the Pipe or
H »g .head.
GIBSOX & JRFFFRSOX.
June ip.
C'* rt.HKGI.L and 1. \ i Ki;>■tON, nave
remov'd their SCHOOL, from toe
m.un street, to a shady .ami retired situation on
tile hill, »djo,ning Southgate’s.
May 29 tf
GUN-l'O VDEil ! —T'l'j n.-v- , ■ s ,,I tt.e
RICH MONl) POWDER MILLS oft'
0)P sal-, Sy the keg or larger qtmui.y, F and FI
Gun Powder, gl ized md ung.a jed ; warrant d
equal to any imported, and ,m reason a Me lei ms
Retailers at liberty to return,'the powder, if
not approved. Apply to
JAMES BROWN, Jr Or, i
David y burr
May S3._ 2«•'2w&lawtf j
ROBBERY ! — Ur.ik -n open I «ai night, the cel 1
l .r door of tiie subscriber, and stolen there j
from, 89 pieces
INDIA COTTONS,
(Fine n .flas 12o v • • m the • and seven
or eight boxes MOULD ClNDLLS branded,
Nuthantrl Scort & Co. Rox'-urv.
,j‘ Whoever will (jive ir.f. rirution, so tlist the
tliiei or thieve* maybe detected, wdl he tnu.d
soinely rewarded
B E NJA MIN KIM BALL
July 3. tf
JVT Oi ICE—Mr Joiin Mtikhim of Goochland
•l.’l county, having made to the subscriber uid
to two (/tilers of Ins !■ iends, a tie* d of trust of*liis
whole estate, or the purpose of paying Ins debts,
and for the better support of hi:, family : All
those who liavejitsi d in .nds against him are re
quested to on .ke tin m kno v» forthwith to
Wm FLEMING Acting Truster.
Chrsterfi. , . j.,,, 3 ' 2t
Bank-no ms lost •1 \—n.e follow
b'g NOTES were fin wirded par hv.iI, to
Philadelphia, by vfessr.s. McClure and Elder of
Clarksville, Tennessee, viz
A S 100 No 834. Bank of Virj»i«i« Petersburg1
OHice, 6Jmy. 1895
C 100 800, U;i D Do
7 May, 1805. j
The first halves of the above Notes, were »ert
enclosed in a letter to Samuel Carswell, under
date of the 11th December, 1809, and duly re '
craved. The second halves were sent oil the 18 h '
JJcc 1809 but were not received.
A S 190 No 18",2. Bank of Virg.14 March 13’»9
11 190 198, do. 2d October, 1809 i
The first halves o( the above notes were sent to J
Hubert Smith G* Co. in a letter dated the 11th
December, 1809, and were duly received—The
second halves, sent on the 18.ii Dec. 1809, but
not received
1 S 19 No. 4189, U S. Bank Charleston office,
30th Jiiue, 1807.
A 20 4522, Virginia Bank-!
9 (ay. I He 9
A 20
2427 do.
do.
11 Ap'ii. 1805
Sent the above to Samuel and S. J ,cks >n, 5ib
January, 1899—Not cut, nor received by them.
B S 50 No 795, Bank of Virginia, May 10. 1809
Sent John Morrc.1, 8 Jan. 1810—not tut nor re
ccived.
B S 190 No 1708. Bank of Virginia, March 10
1809
- 50 , 812. do. May 14 I8U9 |
Sent to Jacob Hassinger, 8J.in 1810-Notre
ccived.
Filiy Dollars reward will be paid to any person
who will deliver the above BANK-NOTES, (or
in the same proportion for a»v part ot th. in) to
Me.-.s,-H. Kwttt Smith Qf Co' of Philadelphia, or to
the subscriber in Kiclimoiid.
M. W. HANCOCK
July 3. 3w
BY virtue of a trust deed executed by the
lali
Archibald Canip'Mrll, -sq dee’d. to the
suit
scribors: Will be sold, to the highest bidder,
t'.ir caali, on the pr< on .Satin.(nv 12th M r
n< x . the lot of G HOCND & HOUSES, in the
town of Manchester— late the residence of
U •mphell, and i»t piesrot oerupied by Mr Robl
D’lleilly. The Saie will be made to sntiaiy Cor
neliu* Buck and Olliers 'Utej.st.-d in sai l trust
deed. NICHOLAS MILLS,
yj’.SSL IIIX
Cj The purchaser of the aho property hr,.
‘ iog failed l<. comply with the ternii nf sal—-the
iiibseribers will pi .reed to a, II the n .me on the
premised for caah, on Snln.r! v oeit 7th .n*t.
f Mias',/
T ut!te»
J HiX, >
•julr
C,%
W\NTED. A SEAMSTRESS of good clu
meter and disposition—for whom, « vrn
liber:.| price w.'l be given, in cash. Apply at
this offi
j»» 26 tf
!EF I' in the possession of some pi rsoji. in or
a boat Richmond, byThnmss llnkc, oapt.
nfthe Schooner »*•••-«-oe from Phil id<dphiu. a
box Ml£RCIIA A DIZK, addressed to Charles
Brydie, rare f views L <vc Jk Cutler, Peters
burg. The gentleman in whose core the sai«J
b*»x is left, is requested to give information to
Mr Robert Graham of Manchester, who is au
thorised to receive the same, and who will pay
frei-rl ' ami storage.
July 3 1m
I?" BANK OF VIRGINIA.
TIIE President *n«' uir* cum have this day
declared a dividend of five p**r cent on 'he
canitid st >■ k for the last Italf year. «vh ch will he
o-.id to the shareholders on :<oplic.'t on it the bank
in person, • r uv »»torn v rr'' r l.vh b'st.
yornr d.iockeszhqus a •:ash-rr
July 3 2 w
Europe*
MEMOIRS OF PRINCES.
[Transla'cdfir h • A. Intelligencer]
lfrum the Journal tie L'lim/i.rc.
The Moniteur has g:ven to the world in
several supplements, u collection of pieces
relative to tnc affurs of Spain, divided into
four parts.
Tlu-yfe^r furrt co nprehends two letters
addressed to the E lperor (of France :) one
l>v the Prince of A v arias, daed (he 11: u ()ct.
1807, Sc the *' her bv the king, Charles IV.
tlatetl the 29:h October of the same year.
By this letter the Prince of Aiturias re
quested of >he Emperor the honor of an al
Ranee with a Princess of his august family ;
he declared at the same time that heimeit
ded to refuse wi n invincible firmness any
o*her alliance without the consent and posi
tive apsprobation of the fimperor, fiom a horn
alone, lie said, be liokt d for the selection of
a w»te for him. On his part King Charles
denounced to the emperor the conspiracy
fot ni.-d by liis own son to dethrone him.—
I'he Mom eur makes on ’.lie subject ot these
two letters the following oustrvalion :
“ The Empemr received in Oc oher,
lfcor whilst a. Fontainbleau, the letti r
ot the Prince of Astuiias, whose . xs
tenet* «e oef>re that time had scarcely heard
of. No anterior overture had precede i this
letter, and his majesty perceived the object
to bo to in *ke use oi hts ua ne to give lu llc
affairs *.f Spam a dircc ion ipp >>, e to her
interests; fir the persons who instigated
the Prince of Asturias ro make dm request,
welt knew th it the Emperor had no pi incess
to marry. His majesty indeed adopted
one pnnccss u*g;vt her in marriage to tile
Grand Duke of Baden bui he had-at the
saint time declar< tl that it was tiie last time
he would make ,uch an adoption i tie E *i
peror had.10: t ec were 1 ir . n ais sii • pi isc a:
this letter, when the Spamsa amba*;-ador
the Prince Massaiiuo, asked an audience ot
him. and presented 10 I1111 the letter ot Ki.ig
Charles aOv>\e mentioned. i lie Emp.ot
c 'Utd no longer douot the ex.s.rnce ot dan
gerous intrigues, and lec gmzcti the contri
vances of ihc E. glisii, in spite ot the obscu
rity in which wiey suiignt to conceal them.
tic decided immedi.uely to put his tronu.,
on ihe march to be ready for any even., as
weil as to sitsiuin ihe army he had m Por_
tug.il ; torty thousand men were ordered
towards Spain ; and this precaution proved
useiul. inasmuch astnree months afterwards,
the events ot Aranjuez look. place, and .»e
E nperor received ihe letters and papers
which wili betuuwd hi the second pan.”
lire second fart relates to the revolu.ion
of Aranjuv e .iid to the events which passed
in Spain previous to the arnva'. o, lvmg
Charles and Prince Ferdinand at Bayonne.
J. his pari is composed ot nine and l veinv
letters, written oetween the 18th Marco,
1808, and the 25 hot April of . he same year
1 Letter. of Charles iV to .he Emper >r
lHltiof Al.it cn, He announces ihe reu'eat of
the Prince oi Peace.—2 Leuei ot the 20.h
ot March. King Cnaiics announces to his
Majes y iha for die good ot Ins people, he
is at> ut to abdicate Uieciownin favor of his
well beioveil son the P.mce ot Asiunas
3 Letter of the 27.a of March-iv g
Charles addresses so his maj s y apiu.es
against his abdication - 4 .uni 5 i ac s
o' pro;esca1 ion —• 6. 7, h. 9. Hi, 11, 12 13,
J4. 15 16, 17. la iy 2U 21 22. h> e.s
ot the Queen 01 dpaiu to lie tir .nil rank, of
Berg entreating he libera ion ot die Pi ince
of P.vice ; (lie Q err co.np. i ns bitter,y of
Prince Ferdinand *i r sou, whom stic in > ka
out as the enemy «.t France 2Jl.ei.er c: p ince
Ferdinand to his fail) . -24.L acr ot Prince
Ferdinand to the Emperor, upon tliw tree
amt voluntary abiliCa'ion ut ms aider -25
Answer of his Imperial Maj s t -26..n 1
27. Letters of P. mot Ferdinand to tne ein«
1" for-28 ami 29 Letter s ot the Kmg ffc
Queen to the Emperor before airiviru; at
Bayonne Some •*. these Iti ers have al
ready been printed in the public papers_
amor g others 'he letters nt prince lYrdi_
nand to the emperor. Those of rh< Queen
of Spain contain nearly all the same c >m
plaints against the Prince Fed.nanrl tier
son and tlie same prayers tnr the liberation
of the Prince of Peace. It is enough to in
»ert one or two o them to give a general no
tion of the whole.
No 19-Letter Of the 8l/i of Afrit of
the Ottcen . outs a to the Grand Duke of
Jicrff
bJU. my brother, we d«> not wish to intrude
upon the time cf your Imperial and loyal
highness ; but having no other support or
reliance, you ought t<> know all. We send
to your highness the letter which file Kmg
lias leceivrd from his son Ferdinand, in an*
swrr to that which he wrote to Inm y ester
day morning, iiifonnitig him that we set out
•in Monday* His requests appear to me a
•it*Ic ur.rcAsi nabJe ; and under this idea, the
king wrote to him a moment ngo that we go
witn no retinae but the necessary officers,
d e rest remaining h« re ; ili . we ha I ;>a s
the holy week (befoie Easter) at the Escu
, rial, and that fie could not s.iy how . ing .ve
■ . ..
| may remain there and that, as to the iife
| guards, it would be no matter if duy did
i not go there ; We do no wish i1, ,.od we
had rather see our poor prime >.f Peace
without th^m. \ cstei day evening I think
! we were cautiohed to take r. re, that the
prince (Ferdinand) yet wished to make u
Tatagk iiere. thm last night all. would be
tnt (piil, hot that to night it might no' be.
; Wt did ..ot believe it, lint we ought alw v*
i to he on our guard and we therefore gave*
I information ot ii to Grneiul Wutter. It is
; these life gti&rds dnit do every .thing. • k<1
| make my sun do " hut they w ish, jus li\e
these wicked being s who are very ciuel, a -
j have all the ])i less E'Cmfj’oz. PiHv.yuur
IsijjMtiess, deliver us dite*. as well as my poor
daughter Louisa "ho sufl is lor the same
reason as our common tiieoilhr poor prince
ot Peace and m, btc»u c nve are the tru-i da
ot \ * ur i in pet ml and loyal Ivgl.n.ss of t..,e
Fiencii and ol ilu E'uperm*. \l\ son I t r*
id mam , wntn h£ was'here, spoke cmitc'iip..
It tuousl \ enough of the French i coops, of those
woo were at Madrid, which niakett me
know .hat lit- does noi n>ve theoi. VVc arc
assured nat the ca ri i.uccrs arc like all
the others; ai.d hiudio-c who .ire iiere near
u>, as w.dl as in cap’-un ot tile life gn mis
! who is here, do ti. thing but spv out every
tiling tliey can, m order to inform my son
of it.
i It the E nprror will send us word where
he wishes to see us, we shall be well cemen
ted, and we beg ol you highness dm’ wiu
will cause die emperor to send os as sooii as.
possible out ot Spain he king my misband.
our friend die prince ol Peace •uysetf and
also my poor daughter; but ihave nil. i e? it
be as soon as possible loj moil we arc re_
moved we arc not .in saiety. 1 pray your’
highness to save my friend (.ht Prince .if
Peace) and speedily ; w ; . are .id (partuuu
lady he) in he greo’es.danger ; we desire;
Ins sate y before our own; and we d<> no'li
duu u the ext-r. ions of your i...penal h gn»»
ne»s and tlieempeior, ike.
(Signed)
LOUISA.
Araujucz, Gth April, 1803.
No. 10. Letter from he Queen Louisa t(»
the iirand jjuk <*/ itr>_g*
SIR, my broMir, ui gratitude to your*
imperial and renal highness *%til oe feieniiL
re timing you a mithiii ut thanks tor the as
surance given ui uia . you; lileatt and eu s
the p nr prince ot Peace, wii: ye tree i .•>
days. r.,.. j ,y (.% a'clt -he k ug and i !cei
but shell dissemble m adei to pieservv in
violable the neces.sa.iy secrecy) winch i.ur
imperial and n yal nigniuss -tas caused i.s
us by such desirable news :eliminates •
and having never di-ub etl he trienusiup of
your imperial and io_\al highness, d.-ubt not
a mo nent r.f nuts; ve, in c ui.n at .vn.u
poor i haul ot y mr in penal and nv*!
ness, neve always enlt-i vaincd tins e uiineut.
His Cl ime is Jia o) being devoted .» th®.
E .iperor and to the Fniicu ; for my soi is
not so ; lit* lias made u appear; and tiis i
niodei'i-tc*aitibi'ion has uirimtl liiin away't*
f'll iw the counsels of ills mtu.iiuus ddviseVs
wlm:n he has now ra sed :> the most elet u i-it
stations. 1 deg of you highness to have the
gf-odhes* to teii us when we snail see he
Emperor, and in hat pla , being rtnx ja
tor the in vet view ; ..un i piay you. h#ga
ness not to torget mj poor i laughter Lioui'3
sa.
No. 21. Letter from the Queen Louisa tv
the Grand Duke oj 11 erg
SIR m. brother, are wi the hand-of
tiit; Emperor, am] of yom royal higm.vsst*
Wr. the king my nu.warul, out common
tricntl and myself, m ar nothii g . we hope e
' cry tiling iru ii the Emperor, who.wu: de..
ride proit.p iy 01. our Kite. 1 .ie rn .mem in
which we see the Emperor will be a happy
one to us '.Vly ton will set out miiiiedta e«.
i> ; he will g., to make to the Kuipeioi te
prtseii at ions totally ai war n ith truth „
flies.; will have such, plausible dates ami
forgeries or niipostu.es, that they would ap.
pear true to any one less well informed than
youi imperial and fo, al highness. My sou
lias <leii gated all Ins poweis to comm, i d Sc
take all determinations in the same itvmm-r
as he would hi (Used,n. hs nucte ilieinlaoi con
Antonio, who lias a ver^ mm td capacity Sc
understanding, hut who is cruel, and dispo-.
11 d to do fous (hree &iiiy daughter jLiiu,*
a t possible evil; ai.d though iic nas a coun
cil, tins council is composed of all that <iC
estali e taction which has .,cc..su ueil all t;iV
resolution, and which is n > more friendly to
th« French than my on Ferdinand, not.
wch landing ail that lie pm in ttn G z ie
ol ycstriday ; it is the fear he .has nf mo
Emperor, wnich makes mm speak r.us
1 dare say also that the A i.iiass idor iSen
tiu-iy ot he same Uiftpnsri-.m a- n»v son and
of this wicked pries' Escoiqui z, who haver
d'ne and will do every •lung imaginable to
win t e confidence of y our imperial and roy
nl highness, and above a'l ot the Emperor!
I’repossess Ins majesty on this suoject be!
tore my son can see him.
No. 22. Leuer nf Queen Louisa to the
Grand Duke of lieTg,
SIR, my brother, it is ten o'clock whet,
we receive the enclosed I'tier from my g0rt
Feid.rmnd—we shall write no such letter as
he asks of ns unless lie forces n, to do it. _
A-* to the abdication a protest an-unit* it
has been sen* »n your imperial and royal
highness But wtiat m> son wri cs, either is
lm-e; or, il it be true, the king my husba d
and myself should iitmble. iftiiey could have
ret.ies nted to the Euip. ,ora million „t ims
arrayed in specially colors, to injure us a-,di
the pun I’rmce of Peace, (he Inend ol y
impel ml high..; sh ami -lie admirer Sc „,Ul h
a tached friend ol ihe E .peror. Hu wp
are entirely in the hands <>f v. ur i . p*-- ial
h:gmie*.# and We are ti.-nq l, H» feVr,.ig
any enemy wnh such fritnus and protec
tors. 1
(Signed)
Louisa.
9 h April, 1008.
Letter of f'rincc Ferdinand to his Father
curl n.d in the fare-ding ie ter *
My falter. Genera; S.y.rt isahnit leav
ing us i lain well satisfied wnh him, *s wef^