The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-06-14
mo. IS.

he remained under arrest deprived of All
! communications, unless with the new Attend.
ants appointed to wait upon him. for ths
same afternoon all his former attendant,
1 were put into confinement. ~ I =
On the 3O1h the king, (father) deliver
ed to tue marquis Caballero the decree;
which under the same date was published
throughoW the kingdom, stigmatizine as trail
tors the reigning sovereign, and all those
who were attached to him This decree.
which by order of his majesty.has been cer-
| tined by our officers of the departments Of
favour and justice and Of war, to be the hand
writing of Don Manuel Gosloy prince of peace
VINO was then in the capital but it did nor
| appear as an original document in the suit.
as 1t was,delivcred to the king as soon as CO.
pies We're taken for publication
! On the same day, (Seth Oct.) his present
majesty. seeing himself under arrest and de-
prlved OF communication, found it necessary
to manifest what he had transacted till then
; for.the benefit OF the Country, in order to be.
relieved from the embarrassment nnie,.,
which he laboured-and on the same and fol-
lowing days, in the presence of the marquis
Cahailero. he declared his wishes to rebtier
ms country happy by contracting an alliance
with n princess of the imperial house Of
France; the means he had employed for this.
what he had done to dissipate his fathers
PreJudices, pointing out the calamities occa-
stoned by the bountlless confidence reposed
IN Don Manuel Godoy; that under the APP
prehensions that this parsonage would have
recourse to arms, and possess himself of the
Kingdom when his father expired: the fore-
gong year in dangerous illness, hehad Civ
en- the duke del Infantado decree in his
own hand writing, with blank for the date.
and with the black seal, authorizing him, i'm.
mediately on his decease to take the command
OF the army in Ne.s Il etile-A.-s-
Alter this the prince ofpcace went to the.
Escurial, and proceeding to the present kings
apartment, he gave him a letter to copy,
wherein he asked pardon of his august ia
ther--this he complied with, as he could not
refuse giving him this proof of filal, obedi-
ence and respect, writing at the same time
another TO his revered mother, both which
we're annexed TO the decree of the 5th of No
vember,; whichDin the hand writing of Don
Manuel Gotloy, prince of peace, was deliver
ed to the marquis Caballero, as already Ger
tiiied by his majesty's secretaries.
The oniy, crimes To-: which = suit has beer;
Instituted and carried on against such an IL
ustrIons and worthy parsonage as IS the duke
del lnfantado, were his having received the
decree already mentioned, and supplied his
present majesty with sums OF money to de-
tray certain unavoidable expences Those
IN ike manner, alledged against Don Juan
Escoiquls were for being the author of the
two first papers written in his majesty's hand
together with the letterdated Talavora, and
sosle other Offices dictated by his loyalty and
prediction for his royal pupil.
The marquis de Ayerbe, the count de Orgaz.
and Don Juan Manuel de Villena, have had
no, ether share in the transactions than sery.
ing their master in what they thought to be
luncensura5ie. 1t was intended to implicate
In this suit the duke de San Carlos, count de
Bornos, and Don Pedro Giraldo, butthe at
tempt miscarrieti.
BY the official declarations made by these
persons and others, whom it became neces-
sary to examine, it appears that one of the
imperious causes for taking measures of pre-
caution, and to undeceive the ex-monarch.
was, that Don Diego Godoy, duke de Almo-
dovar del Campo, had intmated to brigadier.
Don Thomas de Jauregui, colonel Of the
regiment of Pavia, the necessity there was
OF changing the dynasty, in consequence of
the perilous state his majesty s health, and
other concomitant circumstances. Of this
indiscretion neither he nor Don Louis de VII
guri, ex-intendant of the HAY anna, WHO. 'tfs
said expressed himself in the same manner.
nave yet excuipated themselves, notwth-
standing the declarations, and CONTAMINATION
of witnesses which then took place.
For the trial of this cause the ex-monarch,
on the 9th November appointed a tribunal
composed OF Don Arias Antonio Mon, dea-
con temporary president of the royal council.
Don Sebastian de Torres, and Don Domin-
so Fernandez Compomanes, members Of the
same council, at which was to assist as se--
cretary, Don Benito Afias de Prada. The
summary being completed, Don Simeon de
VEGAS. eldest member of council, was ap-
pointed to act as attorney general: and to
give the verdict, after all the forrualities and
solemnitics Of law should have been passed
through in addition IN the three rerSonapes
composing the tribunal, were appointed eight
more, 10 @it--Don Gonzalo Josef de Vilches,
Don Antonio Villaneuva, Don Antonio Con-
zales zebra, the marquis de Casa Garcia,
Don Andres Lavauca, Don Antonio Alvarez
Contreas, d. Miguel Alfonso Vilaesmez, all
OF the same council, and ID. Eugonio Manu-
ell Alvarez Cabalero, erfscal Of the coun-
Gil de ordenes.
Don Simon de Vega, kings attorney for.
| the prosecution, in his charge, demanded
that the punishment prescribed by law a.
gainst traitors, should be inflicted on Don
| Juan Escoiquz and the duke del Infantado:
and that more signal punshment should be
| inflicted on the Marquis de Ayerbe, count
de Orgaz, and other prisoners: but the ele [,
ven Judges, seeing that nothing had been pro-
ven against any Of those who had been ar
raigsed for crime so atrocious as was that
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