The National Register.
London, England, 1808-05-15 00:00:00

3CIA

THE NATI,

" I wished to send my letter by s courier, hut I know no,
surer means of sending It than by yours. The kinglet me then
in order to repair to his Cabinet. lie soon returned with the
following Letters (Nos. 1 and S 2) in hi• hand, which he gave
me, and added these words-4 My situation is most deplorable;
they have seized the Prince de la Paz, and will put lthn to
death ; he has committed no other crime than that he has at all
times been attached to added, there were no effor4
which he would not have attempted to save the life of his un-
happy friend, but that he had found the whole world deaf to
his entreaties, and bent on vengeance ; that the death of the
Prince de la Paz would draw after it his own, and that he
Mould not survive him.
" ltranjuez, March 23, 1808. " B. PE. MOVTIMY."
No. I.—LETTER FROM KIN:. CARLOS IV. TO TUE Exterttott
NA oI.rON.

" Sin, MY RROTHEK.—Your Nlaiesty will assuredly hear
'with pain, of the events whieh have taken place at Araujuez,
and their consequences: you will not, without sympathy, see a
hing who has been compelled to resign his throne, throw him-
self join the arms of a great Monarch his ally, placing every
thing in his protection, who alone can fix his happiness, and
that of his Whole family, and his trusty and beloved subjects.
Under the pressure of the moment, and amid the clashing
of weapons, and the cries of a rebellions guard, I found that I
bad to choo.c between my life and death, and that my death
'would be followed by that of the Queen : I was compelled to
uhdirate the throne : but to-day peace is restored, and full of
confideure in the generosity and genius of the Great Man, who
has at all times declared himself my friend, I have taken my
resolution to resign myself into his hands, and await what he
shrill resolve on my fate, that of the Queen, and of the Prince
de la I'az.

" 1 address myself to your Majesty, and prot,st against the
eyents which took place at A ranjuez, and against my dethrone-
ment. I rely with contidenee, and altogether upon tie cordiality
and fricn:lship of your Majesty, pray lug that God may have you
is his holy keeping. Sir, my Brother,
" Your Royal and Imperial Majest Y's
Aifecti•matc Brother and Friend,
3ranjucz, March 25, " C.sttLos."
No. If.
" T protest and declare, that my Decree of the 19th of March,
in which I renounce my Crown in favoar of any son, is a deed to
which 1 was compelled, in order to prevent greatcr calamities,
and spare the blood of my behved subjects. It is therefore to be
cousidered as of no authority.
(Signed) " 1, TIIE Kt Na."
n VONN E, APRIL 91—Yesterday, at seven in the evening.
her Majesty the Empress arrived here. The Administration, the
ti:tard of Honour, and several regiments of cavalry, went to
meet her. The s hole or the garrison was under arias, and stood
in two long rows in the streets. The cannon of the citadel was
discharged, and the town wa3 illuminated. Their 'Majesties
alighted at the Castle of Mcrae, where the Emperor takes up his
residence. To-lay the Empress received a visit from the Prince
of the A,aurias.

The day before yesterday the Prince de la Paz arrived here.
fle dwells in a castle near the town. To-morrow the King and
• Queen of Spain ttre.cspccted.

SPAIN.

M.lOnlD, APRIL 5,1808.-11 is Imperial Highness the
Crawl [)ake of Berg, having intimated to his Excellency Don
Pedro CevaHos, first Seerrtary of State, ttrlt his Imperial Ma-
eiesty the Emperor of the French and king of Italy, would be
pleased in the possession of the sword that Francis 1. King of
France, surrendered in the fainons battle of Pavia, in the reign
of the Emperor Charles V. in Spain, which was kept with due
eQtimation in the Royal A rinor, since the year 15'25, desiring
that it might he thus represented to our Lord the king. • Ills
Afajesty being informed of this, and desirous of availing hitnself
of every Opportunity to testify to his intimate Ally the Emperor
of the French, his high regard for his august person, and the
Admiration his unheard of deeds inspire hint with, immediately
ordered the attire-mentioned sword to he remitted to his Impe-
rial and Royal Nlajesty, and thought that the must worthy and
resrctahle channel w ()old be Isis Serena II igliors3 the “raml
Duke of Berg, who was brought up by his side, and in the
same school, and rendered illustrious by his prowess :o ii military
talents, and more deserving than any body to he charged with
So precious a deposit, and to tr:uoit it iu'e the hands t,t his