Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-06-15

acting for Charles ", of Spain. The motif of tho business was tho closing of the long sca-Coast from the Bay of Biscay to the Gulf of ROSaS against tho com merCe and inCursiOnS of England. Ma polcon easily brought tho Spanish min iStrr and his master under his influence. It was agreed that tha compact between them should bo confirmed by partition of Portugal. Godoy ryc, ived his hriho of l5, GOO, coo francs!
 Marshal Junut was sent with m army ,0rp~ to Portugal, and on the 30th of NovymNtr. lS01, Er entered Lisbon. Maria l. and tho prince regent John and the royal family. taking to flight. found refuge in Brazil. .unot published his 0&>t,r r's celebrated proclamation tu tho effect that the II0uSn If BragauCa had ceaS"d to reign. For the timo it ap- r, ar, Il that thr reformation If ancient kingdoms bright ho effected with pen stroko and proclamation,
 The spanish Bourlns had fallen into an imhrnglio that might we'll excuse tho interference of a foreign power. Charles ". was virtually fool. The queen, who ruled him, was devoid of virtu" Godoy, her favoritc. who ruled her, was COnSpiratur. Don Ferdinand, prince of Asturias and heir to tho crown, intrigued tn take his fathers life! The king to savr Gnduy, was induced by a mob to resign tho throne to his loving son, whl took the title of Ferdinand VII. Charles. however, instead of Cm- barking for America, according to the compact, soon sought to recover his crown, and appealed to Napoleon to as sist him.
 It was tho appeal of sick sheep to a healthy lion! Tho lion invited the sheep and tho household of the sheep to meet him at Bayounc, On the frOntier- There ill the first week in May, ISOS, was held the conference of the lion and tho sheep. | The lion said that they should all resign their claims to him! Ferdinand should ] have tho kingdom of Etruria Charles | should receive tho castle and parks of | Chamhord, and a pension of G,OOO, 900 francs. Tho rest should bo cared for. | Ferdinand rcmunstrated, and veutured on rupture for which he and Don | Carlos Were imprisoned at NalruCai. A | proclamation was issued that tho House | of Bourbon had ceased to reign \ | ,Tunta was convened in Castillo; a new constitution was formed, and on the 9th of June. IS0S, Joseph Bonaparte was | declared king of Spain and the Indies. Personal forces now again appeared l C0ntcnding with the absolute. Jerome | BOnapartp, youngest brother of Napo- leon, being at Washington, was intro, l ducud tu the Pattursons of Baltimore. | At the age of nineteen he took Elizabeth Patterson for his wife. The marriage was Solomnized by Bishop Carroll. Jer. ome desired to return with his Ameri- eau bride to France; but his mother de | Clared the marriage invalid, on accoun! of the son s minority. An Imperial edict was issued to that effect. The Emperor forbade his brother to bring his wife tC France, and called on the Pope to an. null the marriage.
 Plus VII. refused to grant the divorce. From 1905 to 1897 Jerome and his beautiful wife were kept aloof. Mean, while, on both sea and land, he dis. played greater talents than were shown by any other Bonaparte save only the Great One. The Emperor wanted hi. brilliant youngest brOther-who in case of failure of heirs to himself was de clared successor to the Empire-to be king of Westphalia. He ordered him tc take in marriage the princess CathariDs of Wurtemberg, The wishes of Jerome and the despair of his wife were put aside as sentimental trifles, and tho new lolitical marriage was confirmed il August of 1907. He who had crowned Napoleon in Notre Dame now broke with him-and broke himself agains him. In February of 1908 the angry Emperor ordered General Miollis to oc cupy Rome. He proceeded to punish th' Holy Father by taking away the prov inces of Ancona, Macerata, Fermo anC Urbino, and annexing them to the king dom of Italy. Still the Pope would no recede. The dispute became hot, and tn, Emperor wrested from the supreme pon tiff the remainder of the Roman States The Pope. in Juno of 1909, hurled