The Sun.
London, England, 1805-02-04 00:00:00

fishing to leave Madrid, since in the space of
dAys he fulti four, times demanded his pass.
ports, and that, at the last solicitation, he had even
threatened to remain there as a. private
dual, or else to depart, without passports, the King
,und himself under the necessity if granting them
r. him, however Onpleasing for His Majesty might
let the consequences which would atise from
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cipitate a step..
At the same time thst this unexpeaed stroke de.
p'ivcd lis Majesty of nearly all the hopes be had
ti:l then entertained, his heart was,penetrated with
fle deepest afilinkn, on learning the dreadful event
of the sth of ()dotter, and the disastrous, 6ircum,
..:zevity which it had been accompanied.
rh,,ogh the details which. he received .froff all
quitters, and the uniformity, of all the accounts,
ylve to this intelligence all the force of an ioduhi.
fan, Ills Majesty, under the influeoce of the
invariable reniiude of his sentiments, and not
haeirg as yet received officiaLinformatiou on' this
i;- hl, flattered himself by calling in, question the
reality of a similafoutrage st Icot,he could not
ptrsoade hienself.,that it had hceu caused by an or,
is sled by the British Govistimeur, flis Ma.
jesty has consequently crcleretf*lnts to demand
rt;em categorical explanations,on the. detention rtf
Frigalcit, on the inst,t4iont wtlich in3y have
bc6l ma to the English Contrtian3erm, and oo.the
motives which nal), have Wu:ea the British Charge
d'Affaires to break off all communic4tiun.. with the

Spanish INiinis.try.
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Notwithstanding the coincidence of !well alarm.
iris rote, once with the irregular condua of Mr.
heft!, the King could um resolve w take any rues.
sure which had the le4tit appearance of hostility...—.
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So much had he at heart the contittonce of Peace
It was not. till after having learnt, nin an authekic
manner, the an of. violence exercised on t.he above.
mentioned Frigates, by virtue 'of .40 express miler
of the British Government, that His lVlojosty found
himtelf tinder the necessity, in order to consult the.
intctettt Peovle, to order an Embargo t•)' be.
laid, by way of :reprisals, on all Engtiilt vro.
petty throughout his Dominions. •
In this state of things, if the.,King can no longer
Ilattephimaelf with the hope of °accommodation- if
the syatern motitested for sometime past... by
l crud t;eetnit to rentler inevitable a rupture betAeen
Iwo Tqflioni, of which the reciprocal interest ought
t, !cad them to live. zlways in good understanding
wi..11 each other, His Mitjesty has nlt'at,,leag Alan.
tiontil the tie,,i.Le to liwo to Pacific Overtures, rand
is brill (14 ,sed avail himself of all the, meatwof
comiliotion which may be cotOpatible urith,the
nits, of his Cioicn, and the eatery, of fib, Ki'ngtioms,
Bat if, notwitlotanding this conciliatory. and pa.
which I .have the honour,;. con- •
form ably' to' the wishes ttf rbe King, my Master, to,
make to your ExCellency, the Britith'Government

titll'decid,e on taking thcresoitition to declarers en
againsChirn, His isitijesty, in that ease,; con.
in,the fidelity of I;is sobjetts, and in the pu.
rity. 61 144 COnqienCep will have recourse to those
forces which Providence has entrusted to hint ior
the detancelif his Penple, sod will'cortunit to thic
f Itune of W;te, the result of it conflill which he hoe
degree provoked, anti with the consequences
et which he will accordingly nut Bare to reproach
kirnself. •
I Avail tnytelf ofthi9 eprirtunitv,
(Sigurti) 'IItC Chev. D'Ampti4A,
Ta hii Exeellvnry Lord liarronoky, Pr;vtifrai
li‘crtfitiy la is far "Voir,.

IMPERIAL PARI,I.I,IIENT.

1/OUSE OP' PEERS.,

FA.rutbAY, its. 2.
THIS 'Malt Duty Dili Petiairm Duty lill
were brought fteM the, Catiltetupo, anil :cad ir Ark;

lime.
A I‘44ss.ige %VW) aho hfoll gl,l from the Commons,
srat.pg, ihev 11.1,1 givk:n p.rinishi!..n to Sir Tno.
spa IrtiATHFot TONE, r.:.1,1 n i
F. (I, to at,t„rt the Coiriatitteg ul,rite 1.0ra3 on the
)Sth inst. agrceably to their request.
Earl CANT) RN informed the House, that the
Patters relative to the Suite of the National Defence