The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-24
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" Scarcely had he left the audience chamber,
when he began 10 make The IN ost urgent a,,plica
tons, to induce his majesty to meet the Empc-
ror, assuring him that this attention would oe We
ry grateful and tiattering to his imperial majesty,
and he asserted so repeatedly, and in suc. posi-
tive terms, that the Empcror's arrival might be
expected evee mcment, that it impossible
not to give credit to his assertions. IL was, i'm
fact, very hard to suspect that general, the en-
voy OF an emperor, should nave come uierelv Tor
the purpose Of deception. ,
" The King, at length. yielded to so MANY So
iic'iations, and go many if.ttering hopes and as
surances; and his love Of his subjects, and ar
dent desire 90 contribute to,Iei,hap.in b. put
ting an end to this dreadful crs,. trium psd in
his generous heart over every feeling OF repug-
nance and apprehension.
g, :" The day appointed for his majestys dcpar.
ture arrived. General Savary, affecting the
most Jealous and assitluous attention to his ma.
jes,y, solicited the honor % accompanying him
on his Journey, which, at the tarthest, could only
extend to Burgess, according In the information
which he hadJust received of the Emperor's APP
Proach.
- During his absence, supposed to be only for
a few days, the king left at Madrid Supreme
lunta OF Government, consisting of the secrets
ries of State, and presided over by his uncle the
most Serene Infant Don Antonio, in order that
the urgent affairs OF the government should be at
tended to.
Gen. Savary followed him to Burgos, in a
separate Carriage, but the emperor not having ar
rived there, lie used every eXertion to induce his
majesty to continue his Journey far as Vito
ria Various discussions arose as to the course
winch ought to he pursued but artifce and pes
hoy commended with honor, Innocence and good
tsth; and in so unequal strife, the same bcne
violent intentions which drew his majesty from
ms capital, urged him to proceed TO Vttoria.
General Savary, convinced that his majesty
had resolved to proceed no farther, continued his
edy, oil acquaintng the Emperor with ali that
passed, and oFnroouring letter from him which
should determine the King to separate himself
from bis people.
sc III Vittora, his majesty received informant
on the Emperor arrived ut Bordeaux, & was
OH lbs way to Bayonne-in consequence OF this
aoivice, the Infant Don Carlos, who had been
waiting at Toiosa, proceeded on to Bayonne,
whitheI he had be 3 invited by the Emperor,
who, however, delayed his arrival some days
longer.
Nothing particular occurred at vittoria, en-
cept that the supreme Junta of government 1t
Madrid having written t.at the grand duke OF
Berghad imperiousy demanded that the tavori,e
should be released and placed in his hands, his
majesty d!d no. think proper to comply with this
demand ard in communicating this determine
tion to the Junta Of Government, enioined them
to enter into no explanations with the grand duke
respecting the fate Of The prisoner
-
Tie emperor IN what manner they should prepare
To give the finishing blow and while the French
troops in the vicinity of Vittoria were making
suspicious movements, he made his appearance
in that city, with the letter No 3, to bis majesty
from the Emperor.
Z" To the contents Of this letter, which were.
neither fatteriug nor decorous, gen. Savary adj
ded so many and such vehement protestatons OF
the interest which the Emperor took in the vel
fare OF his majesty. and of Spain, that he even
went so tar as To say, will suffer my head to
be CIT of, if, within a quarter of an hour of
your maJesty's arrival at Bayonne, the emperor
shall not have recognized you king of Spain
and tine Indies. To support his consistency,
be Will probably begin by giving you the title of
HiShness, but in five minutes, he will give you
that of Majesty, and in three days every thing will
be settled, and your majesty may return to Spain
Immediately"
His majesty, however, hesitated as TO the
course which he should take but anxious TO re-
deem the pledge which re had given, and above
81, to relieve his beloved subjects from the cruel
anxiety in which they were, lie banislIed from his
heart every apprehension of danger, and shut
his ears against my counsels, and those of other
persons in his train, well as to the supplicati
ons Of that loyal city, and determined to proceed
60 Bayonne his royal mind being incapable of
suspecting that a sovereign, his ally, should in
vIte him as guest, for the purpose OF making
him prisoner, and OF putting an end to dynas-
W "ihNi, ~ 'Ai 'lllilb HAS
given him so many striking proofs of its friend
ship.
&c Scarcely had his majesty set foot on the
French territory, when he remarked that no one
came to receive him, until at his arrival at St Je-
an de Luz, the mayor made isappearance, atten-
oled by the municipality. Tie carriage stopped,
and he addressed his majesty with the most live
y expressions of the JOY he felt at having the ho-
nor of being the first to receive king, who was
the friend and ally Of France
Z" Shortly after, he met by the deputation
OF three grandees of Spain, who had been sent
off to meet the emperor and theirrcpresentati-
on with respect tO the intention of the emperor,
was not the most flattering. He was, however,
now too near BayOnne 10 think of changing his
course, and he therefore continued his Journey
There came out TO meet the king the
prince OF Neuichatcl and Duroc, marshal
OF the palace, with detachment of the
guard OF honor which the citizens of Bay
onne had formed to attend the emperor, and
they invited his majesty to enter Bayonne.
where place had been prepared for his re-
sidence. This residence appeared to all,
and was in reality but little suitable to the
rank OF the august guezt who was to occupy
it. This remarkable and expressive ne
glect formed singular contrast with the
studied magnihcence which the king had
employed in making the preparations
Madrid fer the reception Of his ally.
" His majesty was donbtiug what could
be the meahtg Of reception that he so lit