The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-07-12

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The Duke Of otranto.
Paris, April %, 1916"
LONDON, May G.
Yesterday we were favoured with several
numbers of the Madrid Gazette to the 9Th of
April.-The Gazette of the 21st of March
contains the following:
-frticLeS 7vhich Charles ~, hrot1oses to his
august son Ferdinand vi, for his accent
ance and solemn dhtiro6ah0n.
Article 1. The REIMBURSEMENT to my be-
loved son of the crown of Spain imposes on
him and his successors the obligation of afford
ing me the sum necessary to support me-
with that decorum which the high rank in
which it pleased providence to place me re-
quires. Experience has taught me that the
sum afforded to me since my departure from
Spain has been insufficient to supply the cx-
pences which are Indispensable to the decen-
cy and accommodation of my person, and
that of my august house. am aware of the
depiorable state of the nation, and of the diff
hcuities ofmy beloved son; but know also
that nothing would be more painful to his in
genuous soul, than that his august parents
should want the coDveniences which are re-
CURED by their high rank, their parental
claims, and their advanced age, in which his
own honor and that of the nation are inter
ested. That the good OF the latter and of my
beloved son may be made compatible with my
own comfort, l propose that there be allowed
me in future II millions of reals annually, to
be paid monthly in advance. If my son can
not at presentpay me the millions of reals,
| forming the difference between the 8 millions
which he has assigned me, and the IL millions
which request, this excess shall be claim
which shall have upon the nation, & which
the nation will satisfy when its situation is me-
liorated.
a. 3 From she time at which the victorious
arms o. Spain began to expel the Usurper
till my son assigned me millions of reals,
there was period in which was destitute
OF all assistance. During this period l con-
tracted debt of millions of reals. debt
which my son and his successors ought to &C
knowledge as their own, for the purpose Of
exonerating me from this burthen, and O in
denln.y me for the sum which it was their,
duty to afford me during the said period of
time. Let it, therefor, be an obligation on
my son and his successors to pay me the sid
arrear of six millions of reals within the period
OF three years, that l may settle with my Gre
ditors, orlet my son take upon him the debt
as his own, and stipulate with my creditors
for their payment.
'' g. Should my beloved wife survive me,
nothing can be more becoming our dear son
than that lie should afford his good mother
means OF subsistence betting her high rank,
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own son. The love which bear my august
wife, and tho obligation / am under, that she
should live comfortably ever after my death,
make 1t my duty to fix her widows portion
before God shall call me to judgment. 1t shall
therefore be an obligation on my son and his
successors, to pay the Queen my wife, the an
Eual sum of eight millions Of reals, by month
ly instruments.
-. My teloyed SOP, the Infaut Den Fran
1e Bat1I. hoe hoo, al. l.
high rank, and as such is entitled to enjoy
that establishment which his brothers and I'M
c!es have always enjoyed. Presuming that
his loving brethren VIII not deprive him of
this right, it viii be obligation on him and
his successors, to pay him in future the usual
donation which is paid to the Infants OF
Spain.
" 5. Should i've in Spain, I shall have a
right to choose my domicle in that province,
and city whose Climate agrees best with my
constitution, advanced age, and habits. But
not hndn5 II convenient, at least for the pre-
sent, to return to Spain, it shall always be at
my option TO live in the country which suits
me, and transfer my domicile to it.
. 8. AS the title OF King and the royal pre-
negatives which my spouse and ought 70 con
tinue to enjoy during life are sacred, and that
the honours and respect due to us may be
paid wherever we reside our beloved son g
the sovereign 10 whose country we reside, that
the rights, prerogatives, & distinctions which
belong to our rank and high dignity shall be
preserved to us.
~. Inc present articles having been e7s-
ahmed & approved by my son, shall receive
corresponding ratification.
" Rome, Jan. IL, 1915.
(Sgned) CHARLES"
The above articles Of agreement having
been accepted by the King our Lord in due
form, were ratified by tho Father King at
Rome on the 9TH Of March, and the rat flea
tons exchanged, accompanied with the res
friction, that King Charles shall not reside in |
any country where Bonaparte or Murat bear
rule.
" A royal decree Of the oath Of March es- |
tablIshcs new order in Spain, by the name |
OF the Royal American Order of Isabella the |
Catholic of which It describes at great
length the insignia"