The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-02 00:00:00


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Prince of Asturias and
Itif•int':i D.:a and'. on Awrot,ro have re-
' p,:.`:Ated their reoonciation of• all their -rights to tire
Spanish throne trireadvexpressed by Arens assent to
The. treaty pr,,,ioosly known. to intre butt conclud-
ed), by a ,i-,olentn,. Noel:in-ration addressed to the
'Spaniards, from Rony,ler-tox, on the 12th inst. and
Whi iS rtibil-N:O•in, this day's Monitetri. Tits
document is w 'the 44,i110wir4-t let t•
_'Dui FELDINAND (Prince of Asturias), and 4,te
Infants Dou'UAßt.os and Don ANTortfo, deeply 4en-
tibia of the attachtnent and fidelity displayed tur
wards thcfn by all the Spaniards, with the utmost.
grief behold theal on the point of being plunged
into anLircliy, and threatened with Al the dreadful
calAnrities-consequent thereupon ; and being-aware
that -these ina,-,great, pleasure, proceed front
the state•of igl'iorauce in winch, they now•ale,. both
as 'to the principles of the conduit hitherto pursued
by :their 'Higlinessus, and the plansalrea4y formed
for the benefit of their country, their Highnesses
tifid thethselves under the: necessity of making An
etrOrt to open their eyes, by that' salutary counsel
which they require, in order to prevent any obstruc-
tion to the execution those plans : and thus to
give them the'deart?st-proof 'of the affeclion which
tlfey Cherish fur them.
l'so`theit' HiglintSges cannot, therefore; abstain '
front informing them, that the circumstances under
which the Prince, upon the abdication of the King,
assumed threitti of government.; the occupation of
sett raf provintesof tlie kingdom, and-of all the.fron-
tier fortresses, by A numerous body of French troops;
the adttal preritutaa a more than 60,000 of that na-
tion in theCapitaj and the enviionS;, in short, the
khowledge of many cithdr riNannsiantes known only
to.themselves, Convinced them titist, surrounded by

difficillties.toeyhad4nly'citosen, aitiong various ex.-
. Tiedi<wti, that which was likely to produce the least
evil ; and tlnit, rsbch, they resolved upon a jour-
ney to Bayonne.-
"'On the arriol Of their Royal ilighneses at
Bayonne, .the Prince, then King, was unexpectedly
apprised that his father 'had protested awiitist, his a&
eta' abdication, declarinr that 'it tkas not voluntary.
The Prince, who acct fed the 'Crown only under
the impression that the abdication was voluntary,
was no sooner inforrned of the existence of such a
`retest, than his sense .of • filial duty. instantly deter-
mined him to give' baelci'the. thrOne. But a short
tune after, the King his fatll ; abdicated,it in his
own name, and that of big whole rate; in favour of
the Emperor of 'the Fr`tncli, ink order, it+. the Ern-
,Feror, consulting the good of the nation, should
.detertnine the person and race which should hem-
after occupy it. ' -
,"
" Their Royal Highnesses,in this state of things;
considering the situation in. which themselves stand,
nud, the (141 :tilt- circumstances in which Spain is
placed—considering that, under these circumstances,
any attempt an the part of the inhabitants of Spain,
for the maintenance of their rights, would be not
only uselt.ss but ruinous,: and could only tend to
make •strearns of blood flow, and tu'render certain
the loss of at least a great part of her provinces, and
that 'of all her transmarino colonies :—Being further
convinced, that the inost eifeaual means of pre-
venting these evilk, is that their Royal Highnesses,
for themselves, and all connthed with them, should

ii;icrit to, the rtuunciatio❑ of their right to the

renunciation already executed ry tha
Xing, their Father ; 'taking also into consideration,
that 1414- Nhjesty the Emperor of the French en-
g:lgs; lit this case, to maintain complete t he independ-
enCe amd, integrity of the Spanish Monarchy, and its
tratimuarine Coh,ities, without retaining the smallest
of its dominions fur hictisalf, or ieparating any part
from the-whole; that his Imperial Majesty.engages
to maintain the unity or the Catholic religion, the
security of property, and the continnatice of the ex....
istiog laWs and •nsagts Which have for so long a pe-
riotrof time, and in so indi,fpUtable a manner, pre-
s&rv6,l the power and honour of the Spanish 'nation
their iiigue,:es conceive that they ittford the most
undoubted lot of their generosity, and their affec-

tioi towards it, and their eagerness to return the
ardent AttalAnnent whiclir-it hear% 'towards them, by
sacriticing,,to the wiliest a their power, their inch-
v(dual and personal intett,,,t:: for the benefit of that
natton, antl•by• this present instrument to assent, as.
they already have assented in a particular treaty, to
the reituneiat iohofall.t heir rights to t he throne. They
aecordin4ly 'release the Spainarthrfrom all their du-
ties in-tlits .respeic.t, and exhort them to consult the
eotunion interests. of their country,: by condu6ting
themselves in a peaceable manner, and by lobkiog
tar tite";r- Itaoiness to the power-and wise arrange-
ot the tatiperor• NAPOLHONI. The Spaniarus
rtt~ayassure themselves that by their zeal to conform
their condua to those arrtingements, they will give
their !'rive and the two Infants the strongest proof
f their'_ loyalty; in like manner as their Royal High-
, slesses giVe them the greatest example of their pa-
ternt adeolion, by renouncine their rights, ,arid
sacrificing their own interests for the happiness of
the Spaniards, the Mole obje6tof their wisires.
(SiO4:ci) es 1, T E Pl( N •
" CA4LOSANTONIO.'"
13ceur4kain, May I*, at:St

O.):PrY OF A C,III,CULAII 1.1.:1113it YltOM Tut cOl/NCti:
SLIPSIEWE AND' GIINIMAL "it.) ALL

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InelanChoireortsecittetteys of the disgratx"-
fill tumult in this r.4l,italbit. Inst. by the Ilo-
b...nee, of the people to,.virch, the troops of the Ern-
ant- of the French, have :rendered the most aetive
vigilance necess:.try on the parr of all 11n Magistnicies,
and all the respet-ztable,boies of the nation,. in ordttr
to, prevent the retie•val of 1111(1 to pre-
.
serve tianquillity in every corranonny, which is
actuated by it due attention to its own interests, no
Jess than tty,the laws of hospitalitylowards ft ien,ily
officers and soldiers, who numeric) per Sun, rind who,
`tipott this instant, have given tbt greatest proofs of
good oral. and by punishing those who
nave: been guilty of e.serisses,. or s ho have ill-treated
any Spaniard in his liersonorppoperty,
" it is very probable that the' evil intentions or
ignorance of thoughtless awn have led to thy corn-
tuission at revolulatiary disorderir, tinder the mask
(A patriotism and Intacin»ent,to the Sevvrei,gn. Li
itnthereforti the duty of those who are better iron n -