Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1808-05-16

and luttcIa, took this opportunity Ct
informing the King, that attempting
to leave the country would be III
vain that his MajeAy had nothing
to fear from the French troops, (then
at IT leagues diftance) and that the
Prince of Peace was traitor to his
country and king. The Council Of
Cattle was afi'rmbled, and their adj
vice was unanimously to the fame
purpofc. The King then it1ued a
Proclamation, Withdrawing from the
Prince of Peace, the titles of Gener-
allihmo and High Admiral; bet this
did not appeafe the psople, who con-
tinued 10 Unfit on the Prince of Al
turias being proclaimed King. At
lat, the King finding there was no
other remedy, ifued fccond procla-
nation on the 10th, by which he re-
fgns his crown to bis fon, who was
accordingly proclaimed to the great
fatisfa6fion of the whole nation. One
of his hrf fteps has been to con6f-
cate all the property which the
Prince Of Peace had ufurped from
the nation, amounting to fome hum
dred millions Of dollars, (having ap-
propriated to himielf the whole pro-
duce Of the lands of the clergy which
have been telling for fome years patty
-225os wales reales Of 600 dollars
each have been found, and an i'm
menfc quantity of gold. He is now
arreited and going to be tricd-he
had been hidden for near two days
in garrett of his palace, but preHcd
by hunger and Thrift, he declared
himlelf 10 one Of the guards, who
Immediately fecured him. Ii is now
difcovered, that he had fent orders
to the Governor of Ceuta to furrcn.
der to the Englilh--it ALTO appears
certain that M. Valdcs, commander
of the fquadron that failed lait
month from Carthagena, had orders
to 90 to Gibraltar and furrcnder him.
felf, but he put into Mahon, under
pretext Of an average, and one Salce-
do was Immediately Gent to fuperfede
him, but it is expected he will not
have arrived in time. La Sonora Tof-
eta Tudo, miffrefs Of the Prince Of
Peace, lat out for Cadiz, on the
18th, with all ths money that was
left in the Treafury detschments
of Hufars have been fent after her,
but it is feared fhe is already on
board the Englifh feet. 1t feems the
plan of this man was, TO take the roy
al family over to Spanifh America,
nAake peace with England, deftroy
the Prince of Aiturias, (Which was
already attempted in October laft)
and get himfelf appointed Regent of
thar country, if not King. The
French government had fecrct ad-
vice of this plot, and fcnt in troops
BY al quarters, with the pretext of
an attack againft Algiers and Glib
raltar, and il was too late when he
dilcovered the real object Of this viz
It. Whatever U lis fate, it is not
probable that the imnenfe property
he has in the Bank Of London, will
ever be recovered by the nation. An
the people in exile by his orders, are
recalled 70 Court. Florida Blaneais
expected to be Prime Minifter ! the
Duke of Infantado lately exiled by
him, is appointed Prefidcnt of the
Council and Colonel Of the Spanifh
Guards +; the Duke of Medinacch s.
Count Fern2n Nunez, are fent TO
compliment the French Emperor at
Burgess and conduit him to Madrid /;
40 blood has been fpilt, but feveral
houfes Of his partizans have been
Plundered and deftroyed by the mob
-amongh them, are thole of Sober
the Minilfer Noriega, the Treat
ursr General Sixto Efpinofa, Cath
ier of the Capitalization Truxills,
late Governor Of Malaga, and broth
er in law to the Prince of Peace.
The King and Queen have afked to
retire 20 Grenada or St. LuCar, but
the Council has oPpofed It as being
too near the coat ; they are allow
ed to chooie between Guadalaxara
and Arenas a fmalI place in the CEN
ire Of Cattle"
- oOCCgsssdJ5oco
BNtract Of letter from ALicamt- March 25.
" The post from Madrid brings advice of