Smyrna times., 1859-06-23

| NldsSeIdnO ana M. mercy u ATSenteduI u
whom he had brought letters of introduction,
and his shrill thin voice had made go disagree
able On impression on my ear that recognised
| il at once.
| "The conversation soon became interesting.
Fouche first inquired what proof GodOy could
| give of his absolute power IN Spain and by
what means could he offer to the Emperor sat
| isfactory pledges OF drtuItIve rupture with
the Prince of the AsturIas.
"lsqulerO commenced by eluding this ques-
ton. being evidently reluc ant to return posi-
tive answer; but Fouche was not man to be
duped, and he at once abruptly repeated his In-
curry; upon which the cunning Spanard, who
found himself in the tolls began 10 Say hat hI>
master (Don Godoy) had no m"re earnest wish
Than that OF convincing the great Nanoienn of
his good taith of which he was prepared Ia
furnish the most undeniable proofs
"' Butt he asked III his turn, is your soy
reign equally sincere towards my master! Is
he concealing nothing from hlm which, for
their common interest, he ought to reveal Z
"'The Emperor observed Fouche with equal
ambiguity, does not possess single document
which can be srrvlceabe To hln
"'Oh pardon me- said the emissary of Go
doy jocosrly,' we know, beyond all possbIIty
of doubt, that the Infant has written to the
Emperor, and that he has even proposed an al
lance with him. 1t his Imperial Majesty will
dellver up this document to my master, it will
no sooner be in his possession than he will be
powerful enough to arrest the Infant on
charge of high ireason."
- Do you really mean to say that he would
venture TO do so = exclaimed Fouche, IN a tone
OF surprise
al do, your Excellency and also that he
could do much more
"' What may that be =
"'All that His Majesty the Emperor may
r. quire OF him.
"a second Don Carlos returned Fuuche,
in so low a voice that | scarcely heard the
words-and 1t l. prOnable that l,qulere answer
ed by smile, for ne assuredly made no verba
reply.
There was a temporary silence, during
which | shuddered with apprehension and ter
rof, for unders oud my peril should | be sur
prlsed listening to such u conversation asd, OF
the other hand, felt the most painful sympl-
thy for young prince whom | believed to be-
innocent of all crime, aud who | saw about to
fall into a treacherOus snare.
1T was Fouche who resumed Well, mon
sieur,' he sId calmly, it that letter pro-
duce sue, result, which certainly must ra Use
an eternal barrier between your master and The
lufant, 1t shall be eiyered to you tor il Is true
that We possess II. NJ. de Beuharnais, the
French Anbass dor at Madrid, has transmitted
| to the Emperor u autograph letter OF His Royal
HIghness The PrInce OF the Asturlas, in which
he has requested his imperial Majesty to select
| wife for him in his august .iamll y-and has
also expressed great alarm lest his app 'catlon
should come to Tue knowledge of Don GodOy.'
"That Isquiero was breathless with exu.ta-
ton a the words of FOucne, was evident, for
although he certainly struggled to suppress,
! them, three or four low sobs esca ped hm and
when the Police Minister had concluded his
revelation, the willy SpanIard led the couversa-
ton towards the p olect of treaty, the aim o
hch was to send Charles w TO America. on
conditoa that the Principally of the AIgarves
was to be ceded to the Prince of Peace, who
would, when this cesslon had been accomplish
ed, place himself enIIreiy at the discretion O
the Emperor.
"These subjects and many others were sue
cesSlvcly discussed; aad 1t was placed beyond
all doubt that day that the royal family OF Spain
was betrayed. But by whom That Is q
question that | cannOt answer. Had Gudoy
authorized his agent to make these important
promises Was not Isqulero, who hal sold
himself body aud soul to the interests Of Ma.
poeOn, exceeding his Instructions In one
word. was the Prince Of Peace innocent oil
gully!
"Who shall say ~
This much, at least is certain-that thC
cabinet of Madrid received information of the
letter written TO Napoleon-the original sketch
having been found among the papers of The
Prince of the Asturlas, who was arrested il
consequence of this imprudence, and anothe
of equal Importance in which he had argued Il
writing, upon The measures which it would b.
expedIent to adopt IN case that his .overergi
, lord and father should die before himself, as II
the common Course Of nature might be antlcI
pated.
"The two proxies al length separated, afie
having made a new appointment for a tulur
day, and in another place while | was so ex
hausted by fatigue and alarm, that ] did no
] even rise from my seat until Madame de C
$ after their departure, came to set me at liberty
when, as some compensation for the menta
D suffering that had undergone, | reproacbe
o her bitterly for having offered to allow Foucn
to enter the closet, knowing as she must do tha
my life would not have been safe ~ lbg ever
d OF discovery.
e 80 You take wrong view Of the case : sh
= said with all the cOmposure of diploma tlst
l. Ii the Poice-Mlnister had detected you,
l. could never have been suspected, since Offsrt
re to open the closet; bat exaggerated my Tea
s in order to mike you more prudent. AS to you
ID self, every one knows that you profess
E. love me, aud could not have the slightest u
ss tion of this political intrigue, it would har
v been supposed that you were jealous, aud HI
1t concealed yourself to watch me- Relnembe
;e moreover, that when | offered the key of d
&c closet to FOucbe, the Spanard had not y
made his appearance; SO that you would ha
been we'll laughed at, and there would ha
De been an end of the matter
re II did not agree with her nj the time; anC
am still convince that had Fouche discover
le me in my hiding place, even had he not co
as sidered il expedlent to treat The afar serious
" he would haveR nevertheless considered d
b, presence a: that particular moment mare tn
30 equyoc il in lis tendency; ard such suspict
once engendsred 10 the mind Of the Duke dc
er ran.o was tantamount TO condemnation.