The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-07 00:00:00

SPAIN..

SvANtaaus,
The .second of May will be a day of mourhing as
well for me as for yourselves.
Our cotnmon enemies having first provoked me
in a manner to wear out my patience, have conchided
by exciting a part of the people of Madrid and of the
adjacent villages to such excesses, that in the end it
has been necessary to employ the irresistible force
confided tcymy command.
I was previously informed of the efforts of the ill-
intentioned, but I still wished to persuade Myself
that nothing would disturb the public tranquillity.
I was prepared for the worst, but still trusting .that
my.precaations would be superfluous., This morn-
ing, the storm I bad long apprehended, has burst.
A number Of circumstances and incendiary libels had
prepared me for it, by informing me of the means
that had been employe'd to mislead the populace•
The signal for. the blow was the departure of
the Queen of ETaufttA and the Infant DON
FRANCISCO, who were Called to Bayonne by the
King their. fat her. One of my Aidrde-camps, who
was at the time in the Palace, was on the point of
perishing, by the hands of the seditious ; at the same
time all the French who were found alone in the
different quarters of Madrid 'Were assassinated. I was
at last cotnpelled to give orders to punish such enor-
mous offences.-

With what horrible joy will the enemies of France
and Spain contemplate a day in which generous
Frenchmen were cetnpelled to wound deluded Spa-
niards: The common enemies of both Countries
. .
will continue to use their efforts to obtain other
triumphs, not. less horribly, in other parts of. this
beautiful kingcldm. Their futile hopes shall be
frustrated through my frankness and your sound
judgment. , Brave Spaniards, I speak to you with
sincerity, upon an event not less painful to your bo-
soms than to Mine ; and at the same time I will ex-
plain 'to you your,sitnation. CHARLV the Fourth
And his Son are now met together, at Bayonne,
With the Emperor NAror.rioN, to settle the fate of
Spain. The Emperor does not think proper to
wait the , issue of such a momentous decision, tut
make.known to you the feelings that animate him
in behalf of a magnanimous nation, which lie is
desirous of
,preserving from a revolutionary crisis ;
and to call on her to establish such political institu-
tions as are best adapted to her chara6ler.
He therefore assures you, and charges me to repeat
to yon, that, he wishes to maintain and secure the in-
tegrity of the Spanish Alonarelly,
be distnemberedol the slightest part of its territory ;
it shall not even lose
a' village, nor sutler any of the
contributions, the levy cif' which are authorised by
the laws of war in conquered countries, 'bet which
the ill-intentioned only will suppose applicable to
an Ally.
Will you not unite, brave Spaniards, with me,
to' prevent the evil-minded from disturbing such a
happy prospel. I wilt ,not suppose you capable of
such blindness as to suffer yourselves to be led
astray by base agitators, who wish to condud you
to your ruin
_ _ _

When the public repose is the obje& of ogr care,
is not the interest of the army which I command
also that of those who have dignities and property
to preserve ? Do not the disturbances of the mul-
titude, which insult the majesty of the laws, threaten
both. , - •

Noblemen, ' Ptoprietors, Merchants, Manufac-'
Curers, use your greatest influence to prevent every
.3pF4Aes of sedition, this exercise of Magistracy is the
right nod duty of your station.

Am of Religion—your duty calls upon you
to stem the delusion of the people,lrcause you. know
the secrets of their consciences, which your voices
ditre4 with so much authOrity. •.

Depositaries of the Civil and Military Pgwer--•
the most direel.,revonsibility lies on you, if you
twee& using your rower with vigour to crush
sedition. in its cradle, or to check it in its first move-