The Sun.
London, England, 1807-12-25 00:00:00

PRINCgDF,THE P.a4C-E,

'The crisis of thii fortune-fairoured Minion's fate ,
being now arriVed; anti Who maypithaps- have falters
never to rise ,again, the fallowing anecdotes. drawn
from an authentic sources will no doubt interest our ,

readers
. Don MANUEL. Gouoir AINAIm, Prince of
the Peace, was bore on the il.th of March t 787, at
Badajez„ in the province of ,Estremadura, of very
obscure parents.- Early in his life he was sent hit
Madrid, with his' elder brother Tauts,•to• serv'e air
Privates in the King's Life Guards, his family
not having sufficient to support them as CadehLin,
the army. Maitaitch_ remained in. the Guards
obscpritY, until his BrOther's bauishment. This
took place inlconseivente, of the late
,King having
ireason to suspe6t, thaf the Princess of, AsTuews,
(new the Queen) Wait particularly, attached,. to
him. So much was CUARLES alarmed `by
this consideration, that he ordered Lets to be exiled
from Madrid tier life.:. he was allewed bur two hours,
to prepare for' his departure. He was strictly,
enjoined never to approach within' twenty-five-
leaves of 'the Court. He obtained, however,
Company in the Provincial Militia, in the place of
his birth, with a Cross of the Military Order of Al-
cantara. During his exile, which continued mud
the King's death, in 17'88, Lots received many va-
luable
presents sent him .. by the'Princess of ASTU •
aLAS. The presents ,were tiirwartled by MANUEL,
who was introduced to the PrinCess by. the Duchess
of Alva, under pretence of hearmg him play and
accompany on the guitar, which be did con qracia.
On the death of CHARLES 111. the :tame Lsourier
who brought the news into the distri& where he re-
sided, brought him (Lots) his pardon, with the
commission of Colonel in the Life Guards, and
orders tarepair to Madrid without delay.
Almost iminediately after the return of Lots,
the elevation of -IVlsisuEt. commeeeed ; a new
appointment was created for Him, that of Adjutant-
General of the Life Guards, with the rank of Major-
General io the Army. He did, not hold this situas.
tion.long, when he was raised to the rank of Lieu-
tenant-General, and createda Grandee of Spain of
the first class, by the title of the Duke Di: A.t.ce DIA ;
the King granting him the Royal Dome* of
Alcudia, together with the revenues of the most va-
luable of the four Military Orders. His power
soon' liecauie so considerable, that .the proudest
Grandees. felt it necessary to solicit his interest to
obtain even ordinary faVours from the Court.. Even
the. Grand Council of Castile, with the philosopher
and patriot, Count D'Aatsuna, at its head, could
make no stand against him. At the -commence-
ment of the War with the Oligarchy Offrance. in
1793, the pusillanimous opinion of. the Council of
Castile wai.to favour of defensive operations ; that
the several passes ut the Pyrennean Mountains
should be strongly guarded,' and the Army consider-
'ably augmented, before.74llhought.should be enters
tained of sending any forces into the French terri-
;tory.. But the Duke of ALCUDIA thought :other-
wise, and his opinion prevailed. The Connell was
dissolved 'for presumiog to resist. it, and the Count
IYARANDA was banished toSar3gossa. • 7 , •
The War With France had been badly condueled
from the beginning, on .the part. of .Spain; arul
critical state of that country in 1795, compelled xhe
Duke of Ateuota to exchange his plan, and. to
think only Of the means of repairing the injuries the
nation had ittstairied through his rashness and folly.
peace was Called for by the people, who seemed
It would heal all their wounds.
Peace upon any terms appeared to the superficial
Mind of thn'Duke of ALCL/Dlk the best expedient
that could be adopted:; be theretore precipitately..
concluded' a' Peace withTrltne, equally disadvan-7
tageous and dishonourable : 'it left the Spanish Mo-
narchy at the mercy of the French Republic—with
territory abridged—leer resources considerably di-
minished,--her isrissy almost broken down, and 'her
spirits nearly exhausted. The popular joy and gra-
titude, however, was extreme; and the King, in-
stead of punishing :101g:want and presumptuous
Minister, oontrro7i-upon the peace-maker the title
of tbe,PencE • ,
Perhapa there is not to be found among the many
incapable members-of the Cabinets of most Princes
of Europe, a person inferior in talents, qr its any
:mental acquirement; but the eAelusive partiality of.
the Gluon, who had, procured him the favour of
the Ding, Supplies alidefetts—overloOks all errors-- t
and bestows all advancements. lii opposition to
the wishes Of the-Nobility, acrd to countered their
jealousy, he .has 'Made. a vast srddition upstatia
like himself to'fhe Noblesse of Spain.
In providing for his relations, he' has been nearly:
as extravagant as NAPULIWN BeastaeseTE hitnseltY°
Every person who can claim ,the least affinity to-'
him, either. diretSt- or imbrue', iiheall Or•COlititttra4
is sure of a good place, whatevarbis •ItOilities may
The first offices in the country are octupied by
his relatioos. His father, who' was almost illiterate,:
was elevated to one of the highest situations its
Spain.. His elder brother is Viceroy of Mexico and.
the Wesulndies and' his younger brother Dteoo,
who itnearly an ideot,, has been promoted to the
rank of Captain-;Generid in the Army, with large
pensions. . ,`•
The annual 'revenue-of the Prince of the Peace
himself, 'from his numevoes places 'and pensions,'
and faom'4he many-estates given, , him by the royal'
bounty, amounts' to 5z50,000 doliarq, about , ofs„0091.
sterling;' but:as lid iinibster of, the royet issittsury,
no otherbounds are set tee his expellees titaniti*ewn
discretion. .He is supposed to have placedlcousisAcrid*, su4usiitt the public funds of Ent:nob Yronce,
and Holland, th ;,,pathe,, or its that ef
Wife, '4,lli4..:444ll,i.salkehter Yof §n 4P414,-.ol', the
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Its 4 At4alliance, neverlfuoicpw.4 by tb, late.
or present iSine., great baarlasor:3o#A, his 414....
thUrlty; that, site: w, acn,itt,is4 at P 4410 all the
bottoms and alistin4tiona due to a hincess of the
blood.

HOLLES, of Baker7strcet undertook yellers
day, for a het of snl, to run a Mile in 'six Minutes,
another in six Minutes and a hatf, and another in
seven minutes, at three starts, and to be allowed half
an hour to perform tt e. three mites. The race was
on ,the lcilburn-rnad, and ttn Lieutenant., whet
weighs 13 stone, lost the match M the third start.
He did-the first Mile in half a minute less than the
given time, and the second mile he performed with
difeulty in the time, and •he Was a minute over
in going the lout.