The Sun.
London, England, 1808-05-23 00:00:00

SMITIIFIELD MARKET, MAY 23.

This day's msrket was tolerably well supplied with
Prime Beasts, and the chew of,..Cattle,in other reS,
Pe6-13 was somewhat considerable; Mutton and Pork
'lre dearer than our last rt pont ;
.VeAl is cheaper;
tcL't and. Lamb support lash prices,- and the trade in
.g,..ttero was rather brisk. The sales in the_Flay-
inarm:t were :pretty lively; Hay obtained a better
thatt Fiy.tay's market; Straw and Clover con-
tinue the lame ai Pei last. _
CoRN.E.xcHANcix, MAY 23. The. arrivals of:
`\?!_eat to-day are -short, and sales are made at an
tlfitvance of vs. and 3s. per 'Aivarter ; the supply
_of
Oh'}eY also short,. b '
but not higher • Malt is dull of
; beans full 23. per quartertlearer ; Oats and
':4se. tolerable supply, and the sales at stnt4l.
; Plour rather higher. •
os a 6.;s a 75t. art TiCk.UPA.U3 , • 633' a 695 Cid
"to -78 s a yls•r.: Oats - a 4as a 45s c't!
3 53S CA I'olilnd ditto 465 a 475 MI
•tit • 4311, a.l Potatoe ft 4911 oA
• ettti it 724 oti i,GtOti ?tea -. 401 a 441 —s ad,
t„tc •
• tra.e z 455 a 155 s c 4 Flow 6os 63s on
•
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",(41,1) 66's tAs att • ,

FROMTHE DUTCYI PdPERS.

• • NEWREVOLUTIQN TN SPAIN.
•
PAnrs MAY :-Monitertr of vet '44
dontains the' following. articles
SAYONNE., MAY 6.--The'following particulars 4.e..
contained in a Letter fromMadrid,rdated May :Ml'
seven in the evening :
c" The people of Madrid, since the events at
4ranjuet, have been constantly in a state of fer-
Ment. Their pride and presumption had arrived at
the highest pitch Of which it_ is possible to form
any conception.. The vi&ory which they had ob-
tained over their King, the trophies which they
'were -elated .with having snatched froth the two
hundred carabineem 'who .formed the life-guard of
the .PRlN'bk of Pilktst' inspired hopes that every
'thing must give way to their fantacies and.licen-
tiousness. Every day were injuries dOne to the
French.; `sometimes the guilty were punished in an
exemplary manner, but the French always discover-
ed the coolness and tranquillity of the strong,. to-
wards- the commotions of the multitude. It is
true, that the good-sense of the great body of, the
respeelablO inhabitants of Madrid confirmed this dis-
position on the part of the French. , .
" Within these two days, the asseMblages of the
people were more numerous,. and,appeared to have
some determinate obje& in view. 'Reports and
Proclamations in .r6anuscript were dispersed over
the, country ; cool spe&ators of those things, -as
well Spaniards as French, saw a critts apprcaeh7
lug, and saw it with pleasure, for without ~ome
severe lesson, it was impossible to bring back the
misguided mulitude to reason.
" The Queen of ETRURIA, and the Infante DON
FRANCISCO, indignant at the affronts to which they,
were daily exposed, asked and obtained permission
to set out for Bayonne. The Grand 1,146 bf
BeRG sent one of bi 4 Aides-de-Camp with his
compliments and assurances that they should sus-
tain no injury ; ,having reached the court of the
palace, the Aide-deLCainp .was surrounded by the
assembled mob, but he' defended himself long, and
at last- was on the point of sinking, when ten gre:••
nadiers of the guard advanced with charged bayonets,
and rescued bins.

At the same moment; a second ,Ofteer was
wounded by another mob. The great street of
Alcala, the Sungate, and the Great Square, were
cove- red with the populace. ' The Grand Duke
caused 'the alarm to be beat, and every one re-
' paired to his pest, while a battalion of the Grand
Dukes's piquet, with two pieces of cannon, ad-
vanced near the, court of the palace, , where the
seditious were the most daring ; being drawn up
in line, a firing began from two flanks ; the grape-
shot, flew through the different streets, • the o..rayed
crowds were disperied in .a motneni, ant the
greatest dismay suCceetled to the most extravagant
arrogance.
The Grand Duke had sent orders to General
Oaouetty to scour the street of Alcala, • for the
pt*pose of dispersing an assemblage.of more•thar.
2QiOOO men, who, were iu it and the adjacent
squares. Thirty discharges.ef artillery. with grape-
shot, with several charges of cavalry, cleared all the
streets.; After this# the insurgents took refuge in the
houses, anti began to tire from the windows. LW-
PliVr-Getterals cl'utf.tor and 1!?u ant ti broke open
the doors, and all who were. found with arms in
their handli were. put to the sword. A detach-
ment of, hors-guards, at the. head of which was
M PUEStsin.-, Chet t.i!spadron, made several charges
in time Square. This Officer had two horses killed
ueder him; and General GROUCHY had a horse
wounded. . _ .

I, While this was going forward, the insurgents
made • for the arserial, to get pos3ession of eight
and twenty piece's of and to arm them_
solves with to,ooo .muskets which Were, there at
handl bht General LI:FRANC, whri, With his bri-'
• ,
,gads;, was quartered in the Convent of San ,Ber-
nardino, advanced with his regiment, by forced
marches, so that the insurgents had scarce time to
tire sonic caritioh shot. All who werefound in the
arsenal were put to deaths-and thefire-arms whiCh
they had began to take from the chests, were' agtho
locked up.,
A great number of
,peasants from th4n neigh-
bouring villages were summoned into the city before.
the grind attempt ;. ,but when they Saw how §peedi.
,ly the insurrection was put, clowll, they.eudimvppr-
ed to escape to the Country ; but they were wateh-
-0 by the cavalry, at the different outlets of the
city, and .all taken with arm it; their hands were
shot.
. _

" The French garrison of Madrid were alone en--
gaged in this affair, eonsigin;- (3f t‘.,!•6 battalions of
fusileers of the guard, conumnded by COI. Fawn-
*torts, a picquet of infantry, and five or.six bun-
Bred cavalry. ' When the cannon 'was heard, and
the alarm was given in the live camps, thedivisions'
were fetmetl, and advanced with rapid march to- '
wards Madrid ; when they arrived, order wa already
restored; the garrison of Madrid, coMposed of 3000
men, was quite sUfficient to bring the insurgents
back to their senses. Our loss is reckoned at 25
killed, and between 40 and 50 wounded. • That of
the insurgents amounts to. some thousands of the
.lowest orders. ~ .
" The Junta, or Government Council, immedi-
ately gave orders fiir disarming the whole city ; all
'good Citizens rejoiee at this regulation, and view
with pleasure the punishment of those insurgents,
who, had it not been for the presence of the French,
would, by overturning the Throne of the late King
of have annihilated the kindgdom, and have
plunged this brave nation into a state of long decay.
" When the Emperor here received information
of what had fallen out at Madrid, he immediately
went to King Cutiatixs, who was just returned from
the Empress, with whom'he had been partaking of a
chjezoie. "Ah !" exclaimed, the old King, upon
hearing a relation of the events, " I have foreseen
this misfortune. 'Those guilty men, who, in order
• to accomplish their object, have set on the people,
hoped to be able to manage them* but they have
fallen into the pit they thetnselves have dug."
The King instantly resolved to appoint :the,
Grand Duke of BERG Lieutenant-General, of the
Itiogdom, and .has accordingly sent -patents to 'the
Junta, and to the Councils of 'Castile and of War. He
has recalled Don Atsii•ONto, whom he had placed tit
the head of the Junta, as baying neither saftit=icht
steadiness nor en4iith Of expel-idle-01'0i such difficult
circumstances,

t. ;:,f‘ The Kitt afterwards called to hirn the Prince-
_ of AvrOttiAie and giving him the letter of the Grand
tuke of BERG 10 read; containin, a detail of these
„
preiitA, said to " See then, what has tk.en Inv
1-1-)art lironght about by the Counsel which wicked'
men h:ive given.you, by flattering the prejtidicei Qf
Lae people, and by forgetting' the sacred respell
:yltielt is due to a Throne and lawful. authority,
commotions are like tire, easily excitdd; but
, t
,ng experience, another arm than yours, is, neces-
y to quench them."
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VLA.I ES,TY TIIO lIMP.mr.,, -XII TO,
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_ - JAIL pitisch ov TI3Ik.IS.

f• noTHEa have received the, fetter of
your Royal Highness: in the papOs vvhictx.you heye
received from the King, your Hightttss's father, you
must have found a proof of the interest winch I
have always felt for you. You will permit me, tin-
der the present circumstances, te speak. to ypu with -
truth and frankness. I wished by r 0 Journey to
Madrid, to draw over my illustrious friend to spine
necessary ameliorations of his States, and.al:!io to give,
a certain satisfaction tote public feelings. jho
meval of the PRINCE of PEACE appeared to re.C., tp, be
necessary for the prosperity o his Majesty and thi*
of his subjeas. The affairs of theNprth had retarded
My journey: The events at Aianjuez took place.
I pass no-decision on what had previ4usly fallen out,
nor, npon the conduet of the Panktcr. of PEACE j but..
know well. that it is dangerous for Kings to accus-
'tom their people to shed blood, or to tea; to redress
thernsch,.l pray God, that your.iteyel AiglinesS
way never, feel this by your own exp.:riencts. It is
net the inurest of Spain to injure tt Prince ;Ow has
married a Vriticess of t4oßlood Royal, and .ylto, for
a long timeAreded.theatfairs Olthe Kingdom:. He
no longer has any friends ; your Royal Highness will,
pois-ess them no longer than while You,shall be for-
tuoate, The people-willingly revenge themselves for
that homage which they pay tiA. How can the pro-
cess be drawn up
.against the, PatNca of PEACE,
without involving iu it the Queen and the King 'your
Father ? This process would give nourishment to
hatred and la6lious- passions, the. issue of which
would be fatal to your crown. r ?fir' Eopc4;
ness hac-n4,oiher right thereto than' that whick you
deiive from your mother. If this process degrade
. her, your Royal Highness destroys your own right.
He who has lent an. ear to weak and disloyal Coun-
sels, has no right to past sentence on the PRINCE of •
Peace. His Misdeeds, if he can he reproached with
them, gO to destroy the rights of the Crown. I have
frequently expressed a desire that the PRINCE of
PEACE Etl9,Uld be removed from affairs; the friend-
ship of Xing CIrARLES has often indked me to re-
main silent, and to turn away 'iny eyes• from the
weakness of his condoci. Unhappy mortals that we
were! weakness and error, these 'arc our Mottos!
but all may be arranged; namely, that the PRINCE
of Pesca should banished from Spain,. and I
should invite him tout place of retirement in. fi'rance
As to the abdication of King CHARLES the Fourth,
that has taken place at H moment when my troops
were traversing Spain.; and in the cps of
and of posterity, I should seem to lilve Sent so many
troops solely for the purpose of pushing from his
Throne my Ally and Friend. Asa neighbour So-
vereign, 'it is tit that I should know this libdiCiition,
beforn•l4ckhovyledged it. I say it to your Royal
iighness, to the Spaniards, and to the whole world,
if the abdication of King: CHARLER has proceeded
from his own will, if he was nut
,driven to it by the
Insurreoon and uproar at Aranjuez, I. make no '
- scruple to accede to ,it; and to acknowledge your
Royal Highness as King of SettN. The eircurn
specaion•which I have observed for this month past,
must be a security to you tor the support which you
shall find in me, should ever party ditterenCes di4urh
you, in your turn, upon the_Throne.
4' When lc,titg, CuAlmes made me acquainted.
with the events of last October. I was very flinch
atfeeled by them ; and 1 thick: that by my efforts
the affair. or the Escurial received a happy isstke.—
Your Royal Highness was:, much to blame ; I have
no., need of any other Proof of this, thaWthe letter
which you -wrote to me, awl which 1 shalt always
• desire to-consider as not having cattle tp me. Your
RoYalilightiess must distrust all poplar comkno-
tions and ituturredions. ..ijiqv V my soldieis ?nay
te•muiderzd, but the. suljustition of Spain sl,udi be
the consequence of it. •I see with pain that Some
persons at Madrid have dissemituted certain letters
of the Captain-General of Catalonia, end have done
every thing to excite disturbances among the-peo-
ple.. Your Piztl Highnesi perfectly comprehends
'my meaning. You. perceive .that I. have touched
slightly upen.- many points, which it would net be
proper to enlarge upum •

" You may be assureJ that I will rconduEt nip!
8e1( in every thing towards von, in the same \vay
as to yOurSather. Yon may rely upon my.
desire to arrange every thing, and of finding an'op!'
portnnity,of giving you proo or perfect regAnk
anti esteem. Herewith accept,
" April 16, 1 suJ."

NO, 2,--TRANSLATION or A•, LLTTER WRITTEZ/, IN
SIPANISII, BY KING, CHARLES Jr. Tomis SUN,

T'll2 y INCR OW ASTI)LitAI,

‘.‘ MY SON !7-7-The faithless councils of the men
who sprround you, have brought Spaill.'illlo a. most
distressing situation. The country now cannot be
saved but by the Emperor.
Since the Peace of Basle, I have been alw,ays
convinced, that it was the first interest of my pee..
PIP to
,preserve a good undurstanding. with France,
and I have considered no sacrifice too great to attain
that objeef. Even When France. was the prey of.
temporary Governments, I deter Mined to press airy
own inclinations, and be ;hided otily by a regard to
sound policy and- the welfare of toy subjecls: 'but
When the French Emperor had. restored order in
"France, then my apprehension .was in a great degree
removed, so that I had then new reasons for remain-
ing faithful to my system of alliance..„.
When England declared war -aginnst France, I
had the good fortune to remain neutral, and theTeby
to afford to my people the .advantages of prace.
EtWapd, however, wen after captored four of any
Frigates, and made war upon me befure war was.declared. Thus eras I compelled .tai repel (date by
force, and the evils of war were extended to my
subjects. _ _

" Spain being surrounded by coasts, and being
de'4ted for her greatest prosperity to ber trans-ma-
ntle 12-,3*cx,tiao-r, bultered liNVe than any ocher emu,-

try by the wut, The interruption"' or trick; and alt'
;he creri contietied with thati.foate ot..atfair, were
experienced by "n'w sunje6ls;, kotnc of
_l,Vhom %vete,
uticandid enough to tbrow all the blame. upon me
end my Ministers,
.I had, .however, least the
consolation, that the country wa4 safe, and, !had no '
reason to be alarmed for the preeersaiion of Ply'Pro-
vinces. At the same time, I was'the only King of
Ai:trope who !Ned in this-security, tifnid't tile tote'
vtitsiplis of- these latter. times ;"'.and. -shoal :still.
havo.enjoyea tranquillity, had it not been for the •
athilee Which bas turned you aside from' the.path of
dtry. You have -been too easily led away' by the
hared syhich y'eut first wife cherislwd against
Franc, at -you have participated in her obstinate
dislike to -My Ministers, your mother, and myself:
I resorted to the rights of a: Father and a King,
and arrested you when found amongy6oF papers
:proofs of your Olt. tut at the end' of my career, •
boot to -beconixtite prey of. grief, 144 for
tears of-your moZher, ai forgave yoti.

Mewilw hile, my subjeab were. agitated, by the
false representations of a 46tion, at the head of
which you placed yourself'. From that moment the
peace of my lifewas,gone, and to the evils which.
higallen 'my people, I had still-to add, that disc.
t'fest ''7ll,ich the disunion of my family had OcL:asioned.,
Even ti* Ministers were slandered. to the Etnperor
9f the. .i7l'ench,- who, thinking he perceived that
Spain wi.ilte4.loßdepart from her alliance, and. seeing
the disposition to disorder even in my family,. oF,stt;
pied; 'under various -pretexts, my States with his
Troops ; but so ;long as they remained on the right
side of the Ebro, and appeared destined to it
a communication with. Portugal, I hoped that
he would return to those feelings of respett.an4
friendship which the had always testified towards
me. •

Wlien I learned that his troops adyanced to-
wards my caliital, I felt it necessary to assenible my
army around me, in order to wthibit tnyeelf to my
illitstripus 411 y in that state which became the King
of Spain. Thus I expected his doubt* would be re-.
moved, and tn, own interests adjusted, j. recalled
my troopSitoin Portugal, and ordered these in Ma-
drid to evacuate that capital, and. direed them to.
aSsenthle. on several points of the MonatJiy. This
was not done for the ptirpoie of Oflndening•my
subjeas, hitt, on the contrary, .in order to maintain
more worthily the glory of the CrOvn.
My-long experience convinced me that the
Broperor of the French, consistently with his own
interests, and the extended paVitical system of the
Continent, could entertain on wi<h prpjudicial to.
My House. But, in thernesotimv., what wai.your
condinA ? You threw my whole Pnlace into con-
fusion. You'instigated navy guard to turn against
me. Your father was 'your prianner. .My Prima
Minister, whom I had reared and adopted into my
family, was dragged bleeding from dungeou to dun-
geon. You hate disgraced my grey hairs; you have,
bereft them eta crown. worn with lustre by my an-
cestors, and which I have preserved withunt a stain
you have asceeded my throne, apd L tla put your-
self into the hand,s ut'the people of ..;ladrid, who
are instigated by the numbers ut your party, and, of
the foreign troops that have 'entered the city.
" The conspiracy at thelscerial was accpmplish•
ed, and the acts ut' my ciliernitiOt were cunsigued
to, publiO cotttempt. Qld, and loaded With iniirmif
ties, I could not withstand this new Misfortune, mid
fled to the French' Emperor, no longer as a King aC
the head of his troops, and surrounded with the
lustre of the throne, but as an unfortunate and abau-
doped Prince. ; have found a place of Oefuge end
protedion in,the midSt, of his.army. ram indented
to him for my lite, far the life of my Queeo, and tot
that of my 'Prime Minister. -thave followed you to
Riyonne. Yon have broughtittrairs to such a state,
that heneeforth every thing must depend upon the
arrangement and protettion of this great Prince,
. .
" To have recourse tot iosurrealions of the people
to platit the standard of ',faction, Would be the ruin
of Spain; and .would reduce ynurselt, my kingdom,
tursobjetas, and my family, to the greatest ivretch
ednesi. 1 have opened my whole heart to the km-
peror. Heis aceu;iiiited with all the insultit I have
received, awl the usermion iMpOsed upon the. He
his declared twilit,. that he will never acknowledge
YOuttl% King, and that the enemy of his tallier earl
excite. no confidence* the breast pf a stranger. He
~,has besides shewn, me letters which contain proolis
of your aversion int. France.

`" Vatter tiles* circumstances,. it is evidently my
right, and still more evidently my dnty, 10 'spare' the,
blood of my subjeas;.and not at the end ofiny day
to adopt a couro_i which would expose Spain to fire
and. sword, and reduce the country to the most wretch-
ed. condition. Assuredly you ought, faithful- to your
duty, and to the'feelings of nature, to have rejcae4
the traitOrous coonciii given you. Itad yott
iktanty,appeni-e.; by my .side ready for. my de lc:Dec!,
110 40 W hail till the .u4ogurse ,natine had
raised ' you to ite Throe; then. tfie interests
of Spain might have been brought' to coineiLte with
the interest of all.

"- For these six months circumstances have been
very critical ; but Such n& they were, ...I„ should not
have feared to meet them supported by the goad
condud of my bUbjeai; and even my own feetilc
-ettbrts ;. but, above all,\with the moral power which.
1 should itivenossessed in 'proposig to my ally,an
arrangement calculated to reconcile the interests of
my subjects and my family. In depriving we of my
crown, yOU haVt.; broken your own in I,l,,icc:i ; you
have strippel it of 111 that was illustrious, of 41 that
rende,red it sacred M the cysts of men.
" But your condua towards me, and your intepcept-
ed letters have creded a brazen Wallbetween you and
1 the throne of Spain. lam a lt.ing, in the right of
mY.ancestars, .IVly abdication 'tilts a Consequence of
compulsion: .4 have, therefore, nothing to receive
. from yon. I can consent to no meeting-44 will
,consent to nothing that may occasion a civil, viar or
mut-1.0116th every thing ought to b done for ale
pc.hpie; but nothing by them, antinto forget this
principle is to make ourselves guilty of all the con:
• Sequences which- its neglet occasions.

I have, through try whole life, aaerifieed my,
self for my "people,_and, at...the years at which 1 ain.
arrived, I shall never do any ae-t repugnant to their
religion,, their tranquillity, and their prosperity.
all my Sacrifices will be forgotten whenever I 041.41::
foibuied that the red,viitgi or .Spun, the inviQuithnty
of my proviii.ces, and their privileges and independ-
ence are,secured I shall then lie dowp in riw grave,