Star.
London, England, 1808-10-11 00:00:00

EXPOSITION

40 THE PRACTICES AND MACHINATIONS WHICH LED TO
ris USURPATION OF THE CROWN OF SPAIN, AND THE
ILEANS ADOPTED ST THE EMPEROR OF TIIE FRENCH
TO CARRY IT INTO EXECUTION.
(Cmciedet/fro, the ST4A yesterday.)

010 this state of things, the new King made his
public entry into Madrid", without any other parade
than' the most numerous concourse of all the inhabi-
tants of the capital and its environs, the strongest ex-
pressions of love and loyalty, and the applauses and
acclamations which sprung from the joy and enthu-
siasm of his subjects---a scene truly grand and im-
pressive, in which the young King was seen like a
father in the midst of his children, entering his cai-
te as the regenerator and guardian angel ofte
Monarchy.
et The Duke cif Berg was an eye-witness of this
sale; but far from abandoning his plan, lie resolved
to persist in it with greater ardour. The experiment
upon the Royal Parents produced the desired effect ;
bat whilst the beloved King, who came to the throne
under such good auspices, continued to be present, it
was impossible to carry the plan into execution. It
was, therefore, necessary to make every effort to re-
move Ferdinand VII. from Madrid.
u To accomplish this purpose, the Grand Duke
every moment spread reports •3f the Arrival of a fresh
courier, with accounts of the Emperor's departure
from Paris, And that he might be speedily expected
to arrive in this capital. He directed his efforts in
the first instance to induce the Infant Don Carlos to
set off to receive his Imperial Majesty, upon the sup-'
position that his Highness must meet him before he
had proceeded two days upon his journey. His Ma-
jesty acceded to the proposal, being influenced by the
purest and most beneficent intentions. He had no
sooner succeeded in procuring the departure of the
Infant, than he manifested the most anxious desire
that the King should do the same, leaving no means
untried to persuade his Majesty to take this step, and
assuring him that it would be attended by the most
happy consequences to the King and the whole king-

dom.
" At the same time that the Grand Duke of Berg,
the Ambassador, and all the other Agents of France,
were proceeding in this course, they were, on the
othet side, busily employed with the Royal Parents
to procure from them a formal protest against the
abdication of the Crown, which they had execeted
spontaneously and with the accustomed solemnities,
in favour of their son and legitimate hell.
re His Majesty being incessantly urged to go to
meet the Emperor, painfully hesitated between the
necessity of performing an act of courtesy to his ally,
which he was assured would be attended with such
advantageous results, and his reluctance to abandon
his loyal and beloved people under such critical cir-
cumstances.
" In this embarraSsing situation, I can assert, that
asy toastarit opinion, as the King's Minister, was,
that his Majesty should not leave his Capital until he
received certain information that the Emperor was
already arri'ed in Spain, and was approaching Ma-
drid ; and that eetn then, he should only proceed to
a distance se short as not to render it necessary to
deep one night out of his Capital.
His Majesty for some days persisted in the reso-
lutien of not quitting Madrid until he received cer-
tain advice of the Emperor's approach ; and he ivould
have probably continued in that determination, had
alit the arrival bf General Salary added greater
weight to the reiterated solicitations of the Grand
Duke, and the Ambassador Bealthanmii.
" General Savary was announced as Envoy froth
the Emperor; and in that capacity demanded an audi-
ence from his Majesty, which was immediately grant:
ed. At this audience he professed that he wits sent
by the Emperor merely to compliment his Majesty,
and to know whether his sehtittients With respect to
France Were contiiiinatile to those of the Ring his
father, in which case the Emperor would forego all
consideration of what had passed, wbuld in no de-
gree interfere ht the internal cdncerns of the king-
dom, and would immediately recognise his Majesty
as King of Spain and,the
" The most satisfactory answer was given to Ge-
neral Sayan., and the conversation was continued in
terms so flattering, that nothing more eould have
been desired. The audience terminated with an as-
surance upon his part, that the Emperor had already
left Paris, that he was near Bayonne, and on his u ay
to Madrid.
" Scarcely hid he left the Audience Chatnher,
when he began to make the most urgent applications,
to induce his Majesty to meet the Emperor, assuring
:rim that this attention would be very grateful and flat-
tering to his Imperial Majesty ; and he asserted so re-
peatedly, ant :n such positive terms, that the Em-
peror's arrival might be expected every moment, that
it was impassible not to give credit to his asseitione.
It was in fact very hard to suspect that a
the Envoy of an Emperor, siloald have toitieGlna;
for the purpose of deception.
" The !king at length yielded to so many solici-
tatiaes, and so many flattering hopes and assurances;
and his lave of his subjeeta, and ardent desire to
contribute to their happiness, by putting an end to '
this dreadful crisis, triumphed in his generous heart
*wee every feeling of repugnance and erappiehensicin.
• a Tha da,aoppinted for his Majesty's departure
Gtneral:Savary, affettinsr the most iealous
And assiduous attention to his Marsty, solicited the
honors of accompanying him on his journey, which, I
at the farthest, could onlyeatend to Burgos, accord-
ing to the iureernation which he had ilia tetcircd of
the Emperor's approach.
"During his absence, supposed tube only for a few
days, the King left at Madrid a Supreme Judta of Go-
vernment, .consisting of the Secretaries of State, and
presided over by his uncle, the most Serene infant
Don Antonio, in order that the urgent affairs of the
Covornment should be attended to.

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