The National Register.
London, England, 1808-07-10 00:00:00

.THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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" This day, the following Royal Order and Decree was rasa
in full Co4acil, addressed to the Dean of the Council
" Moll AND WORTHY SIR,
" By the following Oecree which has been presented to th 4
4uprente Junta of tne Government, by his
1 _mperiat ind Royai
HighneA the Crawl Duke of Berg, Lieutenant-General of the
ingdom, his Majesty the Emperor of the French. tic. has
(teemed it good to proclaim his Serene Brower Joseph Napa-
ott, now King of Naples and Sicily. King of Spain and the
Indies. I, by the command of his Highness, and stinsetu.erst
resolution of the Junta, do present it to your Worship? to ut der
that the same may without delay he put into circulationawl exe&
cuted.
" The Council will see in this Resolution of his Imperial Ma-
jesty, the nimloin of his fore.ight, and the most vas ions proof
of his beneficent intentions towar.ls the Sp mists nation.
" fo proclaim him Kin is to say what i• expected from his
paternal rare,'; and to plyce his illuytci<mis Brother of tho
torone of Spain is to unify for ever interest and bi 01../ ut
France with toe inter, st and dors of Spain.
" His Imperial Iliattess, together whit the Junta, who se
%%ell knew that among the qualitie• which especiall . ovensionci
'ir election of this SovereiAt,, his love ofjostice and oetteticence
are to be enarnera ell. awl tt it hope loot all 'Mae benefits
lie has in ois i'roelomation promised will soon take ef-
'-ct, together with too-e others which his .i1,./j..sty has
•eitlevs reserved in n► us. If, to announce to his people when
i• iippi..irs io hi; toetrop
" • a Palace, low, ISO%
( sigma) " SEILISTIAINO DX PINVELLde
" To the Than of the Council"
[:lyre follows ne Imperial Decree, proclaiming Joseph Kist
of swan awl :he Indies.]

11 s Excellency M. d' A zanza, President a the Junta, dent,
yg‘red the following ,precil
" ‘r.svr tea esi— It is winost pleasing and honour/ibis' task lb
coot rihute to the fel.ei;yr of one's country, and to labour for thb
.% elf ilf the present race, and of posterity. Such in fact
t •Is gre;it object which unites us in this venerable assembly',
c tiled together .;,. ,41.•17,171 ii.oir•r the eve, of the herd
o! r ; t!!•• ti, i•lo• *. •:;4iiivoth t•ti)vror •01. the French,
a...i Kivg of i; • tune-nur the eftraor-
k'inar.:• man tt ho gives us again a :outtity $1 lind 10,41
're ccutu. ics we have been altogether removed trust the
z •-criiment, which has been entrusted at one time to artful men,
who had no other object than with dexterity to oppress the pen-
pie ; at another .time to weak sovereigns without character,
. tlevotite; thenscl, to their pleasures, abandoned the goo
• ci,ineut to their favourites. See 1 it is thus that the Spanish
n:tion has been sinking from the summit of its glory, to which
had raised itself in the 15th and 18th centuries, to the abyss
in which it was plunged, when the last of our Kings resigned
lie right of Government to a Prince, who, for oar happiness,
!elite.: in himself all the qualities requisite to give life to the me-
ion, in the critical state in which it wasentrusted to him. The
ziez4 use which he made of his new power was to impart it to
his Illustrious Brother Joseph Napoleon, a just and Iteoefieent
ilrince, who, raised before to the throne of Naples, had already
proved indisputably, that his Government was paternal, and
Sail no ot!l.^r :'lna the welfare of those who were happy
enougli to live molt'. his laws. He has resolved, that in the
place when: lie reside:. and even in his presence, the Deputies
of the principal town', and the other authorities of oar
u country,'
should ass,ntile, in order to confer on the evils under which
we haw. li amt 19 confitin the constitution which our re-
storer himself will prcielit to us, its r ,•der that it may be the in•
violabLe rule of ottr government. This is the noble and glorie.us
end for which we are assembled here. It is therefore neetssury
that ne should apply our whole attention, and, laying aside ail
party spirit, and all the prejudices of proviaLes, classes, and
ranks, devote all our energies to the common welfare of Spoil).
No one can now have an interest distinct from that of his coun-
try. The menibers of the same family must alike enjoy the
common benefit, and alike contribute to the reipective charge of
s.ipport hr.; the cotumbn splendour. In the eye of the law, they
ho are less favoured by fortune lose none of the respect they
merit, nor of their right to be protected. Let every one of us,
:is far as himself is concerned, sacrifice the benefit we exclusively
enjoy, and of which many are imaginary. .Let as offer them
Jpon the altar of our country, in order to raise a staple and
great monument, in the place of the Gothic and tottering strip;
cure of our former Government. Let us examine it .sselli mid
we shall find that it is the constitution which best4o VOIL whAl/
of our nottntry, upon *lila our attention atust bafita4 ,aptkisip