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SClea ovetement would have done, and fixing upon
SOP'. slaveryy eternal ignominy and disgrace. France has
over us, nor *et her foot in our territory. We.
' amiftdoles mastered her, not by deceit, butter ftike of arms
*a BOW Wade her Kitty prisoners, and we have made the no-
! -awe are the same Spaniards, and Francs, and En-
rye. mg* World shall see, that wo are not lass pliant, nor
1. heave than the Most glorious of our ancestors.
10. All persons of education in the provinces should be stimu-
lewd to frame, prhit, and publish frequent short discourses, in
wart to preserve the public opinion and the adder of the nation,
wadatiog at the same time the infamous diaries of Madrid, whit%
die 11111101Cti of the late Government has permitted, and still per-
' -mite, to be published in Madrid itself, and has caused to be cis-
' culated abroad, detecting their falsehoods and continual contradic:
tions-s-let them cover with shame the miserable authors of these
dries, and sometimes extend their remarks to those Charlatans,
the French Gazetteers, and even to their Moniteur ; and let them
display and publish to Sin, to all Europe, their horribb Will-
hoods and venal praises, for they afford abandant matter fur such
await. Let all such perverted minds tremble at Spain, and let
France know that the Spaniards have thoroughly penetrated their
designs, and therefore it is that they justly detest and abominate
them, and that they will sooner by down their lives than submit
to their iniquitous and barbarous yoke.
11. Care shall be taken to explain to the nation, and to convince
then, that when freed, as we trust to be, from this civil war, to
which the French have forced ins, and when placed in a state of
tranquillity, our Lord and King Ferdinand VII. being restored to
the Throne, under him and by him the Corers will be usembled,
abuses reformed, and such laws shall be enacted as the eircetm-
stance.; of the time and experience may dictate for the public good
and happiness. Things which we Spaniards know how to do,
which we have dor e as well as other nations, without any neces-
sity that the vile French should come to instruct us, aud, accor-
ding to their custom, under the mask of friendship, and wishes
for our happiness, should conMve, for this alone they are contriv-
ing, to plunder us, to Violate our women, to assassinate us, to di.-
privc us of our liberty, our laws, and our King, to scull at and de-
stroy our holy religion, as they have hitherto done, and will al-
ways continue to do so as lon4 as that spirit of perfidy and ambi-
tion which oppresses and tyrannizes over them shall endure.
(Signed) JUAN BAUTISTA PAR.DO, Sec.
By order of the Supreme Junta.

AUTHENTIC INTERESTING NARRATIVE Or THE
LATE PROCEEDINGS AT MADRID.

11111 NAEWATIVIC or THE. TRANSACTION. AT sr *Din', ON
MONDAY,'HZ YD OP MAY, 1808, IT LN /VEMLISH GENTLEMAN
WHO WAS THERE ON THAT HAT.
The public mind had never been in a state of per-
fect tranquillity since the middle of March, when the
intention of King Charles the IVth to remove to
Seville with all the Royal Family, etas first suspected.
The deposition of the Prince of the Peace on the
18th, his imprisonment on the 19th, with the abdica-
tion of King Charles, and accession of his son, Prince
rerdina.nd, which took place on the same day, were
events that gave geeat satisfaction, and might in time
have produced the happiest effects ; but the arrival of
the French troops at Madrid, the delivery of the
sword of Francis the First to General Murat, which
had remained in the Royal Armoury as a trophy ever
'.since the battle of Pavia, the departure of King Fer-
dinand for Burgos, the delivery of the Prince of the
Peace to the French, and finally, the King's deterrni-
' nation to pass the frontier and put himself in the
hands of the FrLach at Bayonne, were circumstances
which revived the ferment, and gradually increased it
'to such a violent degree, that some formidable explo-
lsion was hourly dreaded by the Junta de Gobrionc
(of which the Infant Don Antonio was left Preei.
dent), and every possible means was used by that
Junta, to quiet the alarms of the people, and prevent
them from proceeding to open acts of violence against
'the French.
A Pane or Extraordinary Courier used to arrive'
every evening from Bayonne, with accounts of the
transactions there ; those accounts were never pub
:fished in the Gazette, but circulated in the form
extracts from private letters of the King's attendants,
I and the first of them afforded a momentary satisfac-
tion, as they consisted solely of details of the honours
paid to Prince Ferdinand on his arrival, and the cor-
dial receptionhc had from Bonaparte. The subsequent,
accounts became daily less satisfactory; first, obscure
hints were given, that all was not well, and then it
leas explained more clearly, that the intention of the
Ruler of France was to prevail upon Ferdinand to
resign his crown.
The Parte due on Saturday, 30th April, did not
arrive. It was still dud-on Sunday evening, the Ist
of May, and many thousand people were assembled
at the Puerta del Sol, and other streets near the Post-
Office, in anxious expectation of the Messenger. •
The French garrison of Madrid remained all night
under arrps ; and the Sun of Monday, the 2d of May,
arose on many an unfortunate inhabitant, who was'
' destined never to see another morning.
This day was fried on for the departure of the
Queen of Etruria, and her brother the infante Don
Francisco de Paula, for Bayonne. The curiosity of
many people led them to the square before the Pa-
lace to witness the scene, and many of the wives and
families ,ent there to take leave of their husbands
and parents, and to lan their own hard fate, in
being left without any certain provision. When the
first carriage appeared at the gate, many of the mob
expressed a suspicion, that the Infante. Don Antonio,
President of the Junta, Or Provisionary Government,
was also to leave them, and under thiam:sZonception
the riot began.
They cut the traces of this ea riage, and forced it
back into the Palace-yard, but on being assured that
Don Antonio was not to leave Madrid,. they permit-
'ted it to be again yoked and brought out. -An Aid-
de-Camp of General Murat was sent by him to en-
quire into' the busineti ; the mob seemed disposed to
treat him very roughly, but by the interference of
some Spanish Officers, he was selcued and permitted
to return to his Commander.

bitterly, which both affected and irritated the people.
a party of French soldiers, and then the scene of hor.
ror and bloodshed began.
It is not easy to ascertain whit certainty whether •
The carriages were then allowed to proceed win,
the Queen of Etruria and her brother—the latter sa.
observed to shew great: reluctance, and even to cry
At this moment the ram ! Aid-de.Camp returned with
the mob or the French soldiery were the first aggres-
sors ; but the French soon began to fire collies of thus-
quetry among their opponents, and many ineocent
spectators fell ; one fine boy of eight years old was
shot dead in a window by the first discharge ; this
was about elevan in the morning. The news spread
like wild-fire all over the towel, and in less than an
hour every individual of the lower classes who had
the means, was armed and in the streets.
At first the Spaniards had in most parts of the town
the advantage, even although the Spanish troops
were not allowed to take any concern in the affair,
having been all locked up in their Barracks by their •
officers ; and a great number of French troops fell,
whose arms were afterwards made use of by those of
who had none ; but as soon as the
by General Murat began to take
tahiespoSpsiatinoitishs
gimvoebn,
effect, the preponderance was decidedly on the side
of the French ; all the troops of that nation in town
were called out., and columns from all the camps in
the neighbOurhood entered by different gates, each
accompanied by one or more pieces of flying artilleoe
syhich raked the streets as they advanced, and were
afterwards stationed in such places as they were likely
to act with most effect. ile:.ides this, the infantry
fired vollies into every cross street hp which they
passed, and aimed particularly at every window or
balcony where any person was to he seen.
The most glorious defence made by the Spaniards
was at the Depot of Artillery in Casa de Monteleone,
formerly the Hotel of Sir Benjamin King, when Am-
bassador at this Court, and where the remains of that
most respectable Minister are interred.
To this depot Murat sent a detachment to take
possession of the artillery and stores, but they found
• it already occupied by a handful of Spanish artil-
lerymen and inhabitants, under the command of two
brave Artillery Officers, named Doaiz and Velavde.
Those two Gentlemen took the command of a few
, artillerymen, and some of the populace, who volun-
teered their services, and having pointed a twenty-
four pounder, loaded with grape shot, at the gate of
the depot, fronting a long narrow street, by which the
French column must necessarily advance, they gave
, them such a warm reception, and made such consi-
, derable slaughter, that the French Commander could
make no impression, and was obliged to apply to
' Murat for a reinforcement. Two other columns were
dispatched to their assistance, which attacked the lit-
tle garrison WA both flanks from the windows and
roofs of houses in the neighbourhood, and summoned
' them repeatedly to surrender ; but the officers re.
jected every proposal of terms, and ge...antly held out
to the last moment of their existence. One of them
was shot dead by a musket ball, and Mr. Doaiz, hav-
ing his thigh broken by another, continued to give his
orders sitting on the ground, until he received three
other wounds, the last of which ut an end to his glori-
ous earner. A coeporol of artillery remained with the
command, who seeing no prospect of further success-
ful opposition, offered to capitulate with the French
General, who agreed to grant them terms ; but while
the Articles were arranging, the Town Major of Ma-
drid arrived on horseback, waving a handkerchief and
proclaiming peace—on which the French were al-
lowed to take possession of the depot.
Their less at this point has never been correctly
ascertained, but must have been very considerable, as
et; rounds of grape and canister shot had been dig.
charged among the first column, as iteleibanced by the
long narrow street already mentioned. About two
o'crock the firing ceased all over the town, in conse-
quence of the personal interference of the Council of
Castile, and tither Tribunals, who paraded the streets
on horseback, attended by many of the Spanish No-
bility, and some of the French Generals, and escorted
by bodies of horse, consisting of Spanish gardes de
1 corps and French Imperial Guards intermixed. The
inhabitants then fondly flattered themselves that the
I scence of carnage was at an end, but they soon found
I that one o'" a more cool deliberate nature was deter-
mined on. In the afternoon Murat isued a general
order to the troops, desiring a Military Tribunal to
be immediately formed under the Presidency of Ge-
neral Grouchy.
Before this Tribunal all persons were brought who
had been made priioners in the morning .or tonna is
• the streets-in the evening, with any sort of weapon,
'however trifling, about them. The bearer of a mus-
ket, a sabre, a pen-knife, or even a pair of scissars,
Iwas held equally cnlpable, and all such persons were
. immediately condemned to be shot, and the sentence
was executed without delay. Three groupes of forty
each were successively shot in the Prado ; a great
many, but the number unknown, were shot in the
church of the Solidad, near the Fuerta del Sol, anti
several other grotpes of thirty er forty met a similar
fate, near the gate of San Vizente.
' Several more persons were tried' and shot on the
following day, but their number is not thought to
have been considerable.
The numbers that fell on either side have ricer
been correctly asceretined. The French carefullr
concealed their loss, but it is known that one Genital
and many other officers were killed ; and as a coml.
derable desertion took place among their German
and Italian soldiers, it has been asserted that the dimi•
nution of their numbers from all causes, oa the Ril
.of May, exceeded 4000 men.
The total number employedin Madrid on this Jay
is said to have been about 1`1,000; and had the Spa-
nish troops been permitted to act with the populace,
it is probable that not one of the first 12,000 would
,have escaped ; but it was more fortunate for the capi-
tal tint this tbd not happen, as there were above 50,000
inane French encamped and quartered in the enrirens,
the whole of whom would have' been immediately
put in motion, and the consequence must have been
the sackinlaa destruction of Madrid.