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God, who watches over his creatures, does not permit the consummation of atrocious deeds, when the intended victims are innocent. Thus His omnipotence has saved me from the most unheard-of catastrophe. My people, my subjects, all know Christianity and settled habits. They all love me, and I receive from all of them proofs of their veneration-such as a conduct of a parent calls for from his children. I lived persuaded of this felicity, and devoted to the repose of my family, when an unknown hand discovered the most atrocious and unheardof conspiracy, which was carried on in my own palace, against my person. My life, which has so often been in danger, was too long in the eyes of my successor, who, infatuated by prejudice, and alienated from every principle of Christianity that my paternal care and love had taught him, had entered into a project to dethrone me. Informed of this, I thought proper to inquire personally into the truth of the fact, and surprising him in my room, I found in his possession the cipher of his correspondence, and of the instructions he had received from the vile conspirators.

In consequence of this discovery, I immediately convoked the governor and council, in order that they might make the necessary inquiries; and the result has been the detection of several maleVOL. XXXVIII.

factors, whose imprisonment I have ordered; as also the arrest of my son at his residence. This is an additional aggravation of the affliction I labour under; but however painful to my feelings, it must be subinitted to, as it is of the utmost importance to the suppression of such a conspiracy. At the saine time that I direct the publication of this affair to my subjects, I cannot avoid expressing to them the regret by will be alleviated by the demonstrations which I am agitated; but, that regret of their loyalty.

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By command of his majesty, I transmit this decree to your excellency, in order that it may be duly promulgated.

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Signed by the ministers, and ad-' dressed to all viceroys, &c. &c.' Nov. 5. This day the king addressed the following decree to the governor ad interim of the council of Castile :

The voice of Nature unnerves the arm of vengeance, and when the of fender's want of consideration pleads for pity, a father cannot refuse listening to his voice. My son has already de clared the authors of that horrible plan which had been suggested by the evilminded. He has laid open every thing in a legal form, and all is exactly consistent with those proofs that are required by the law in such cases. confusion and repentance have dictated the remonstrances which he had ad4S

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dressed to me, and of which the following are the chief:

Sire and Father,

I am guilty of failing in my duty to your majesty: I have failed in obedience to my father and any king." I ought to do nothing without your majesty's consent, but I have been surprised. I have denounced the guilty, and beg your majesty to suffer your repentant son to kiss your feet.

St. Laurent, Nov. 5.

Ferdinand.'

were thrown by my first decree; for in that they saw the danger of their sovereign and their father, who loves them as his own children, and by whom he is beloved.

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(Signed) D. Bartholome Munoz."

By the royal decree of the 30th of October, inserted in the circular letter, which is addressed to you the 31st of the same month, his majesty has deigned to make known to his council, that his august person, thanks to the 'Madam and Mother, assistance of God, has been delivered I sincerely repent of the great fault from the catastrophe which threatened which I have committed against the it king and queen, my father and mother! With the greatest submission I beg your pardon, as well as for my obstinacy in denying the truth the other night. For this cause, I heartily entreat your majesty to deign to interpose your mediation between my father and me, that he may condescend to suffer his repent

ant son to kiss his feet.

St. Laurent, Nov. 5. Ferdinand.'

In consequence of these letters, and the entreaty of the queen, my well-beloved spouse, I forgive my son; and he shall recover my favour as soon as his conduct shall give proofs of a real amendment in his proceedings. I ordain also, that the same judges who have heard this cause from the commencement, shall continue the process; and I allow them to conjoin others, as colleagues, if they shall find occasion. I enjoin them, as soon as it shall be finished, to submit to me their judgment, which shall be conformable to law, according to the magnitude of offences, and the quality of offenders. They ought to take for a basis, in reducing the heads of the accusation, the answers given by the prince to the interrogatories which he has undergone; they are copied, and signed by his own hand, as well as the papers also in his writing, which were seized in his bureaus. The decision shall be communicated to my councils, and to my tribunals, and be circulated among my subjects, in order that they may acknowledge my compassion and my justice, and may alle viate the affliction into which they

On this subject the council has proposed to his majesty to allow it, as well as all the people and communities of the kingdom, to return thanks for this favour to the Omnipotent, by a solemn festival. His majesty having deigned to consent to the wish of his council, has resolved to give it immediate execution, and has determined to give the necessary orders for such a festival in the capital and its dependencies.

This order of council, with a view to its due execution, is hereby communicated to you M. M. the archbishops, bishops, prelates, seculars, and regulars of the holy churches, desiring you to acknowledge to me the receipt of the present decree.

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(Signed) D. B. Munoz.' Frankfort, Nov. 5. We have received from several places the important news that the emperor Alexander has assured the king of Denmark, that he would employ all the means in his power to force England to give the crown of Denmark reparation and satisfaction for the crying injustice she has done it.

Bayonne, Nov. 6. All the letters received from Spain vary respecting the details of the conspiracy discovered at Madrid-but they confirm the existence of it. If we may credit private accounts, the king of Spain, after the execution of the measures ordered against the heir to the crown, convoked a grand council, at which he exposed the motives which had led to this act of just severity-He declared that the examination of the pa

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pers found at the prince's had furnished too clear a proof of his son's correspondence with his enemies.-This declaration was proclaimed at Madrid, and sent into the provinces, where it has produced the deepest sensation.

Dresden, Nov. 6. Nothing positive is known here, or even in Russia, of the actual relations between that power and England; it is reported, however, that the British government has given to the cabinet of Petersburg, the posi

tive assurance that it has no hostile intentions against it;-but it is added, that the court of Russia has demanded restitution of the Danish fleet; and that the emperor Alexander insists upon England consenting at length to re-establish a maritime peace upon just and solid bases. Lord Leveson Gower has not yet quitted Petersburgh, and has lately sent to London an important note delivered to him by the minister for foreign affairs; which contains demands relative to this subject.

Banks of the Maine, Nov. 7. They write from Vienna that a convention has been concluded between the imperial courts of France and ours, according to which Austria cedes the territory of Gorz and Gradisca, as far as Isanzo, to the kingdom of Italy; and keeps, on the other hand, the fortress of Brannau. The 10th of November is fixed upon. for the ratification of the above convention.

Nov. 11. Count Orlow, admiral in the imperial Russian service, passed on the 8th instant through Augsburg, on his way to Paris.

The Erlangen Gazette contains the following article:

The negotiations between France and Austria were brought to a conclusion at Fontainbleau, on the 13th October, and all matters in dispute are completely settled between the two courts; and couriers are said to have been sent, both to Brannau and Silesia, with orders for the French troops to return to France.

Fontainbleau, Nov. 14. His imperial majesty is expected to leave this place on the 20th, but it is not known where he is going. Since yesterday some persons

seem to think he will go first to Bourdeaux; others persist in considering the journey to Italy as certain. But the em peror does not disclose his secrets, and we shall probably not know where he is , gone till after he has set off.

Paris, Nov. 14. In the Moniteur of to-day is contained the following intelvention which has been concluded beligence-The ratification of a contween France and Austria, took place M. de Champagny, and M. Von Meton the 10th at Fontainbleau, between

ternich. In conformity with this convention, the fortress of Brannau is to be yielded up by France to Austria before the 10th of December. The province of Montfalcan is ceded by the emperor of Austria; and the boundary between the kingdom of Italy and the Austrian states, is to be the vale of Isonzo. By the way of the execution of the treaty arrangenients, all impediments in of Presburg are entirely removed.

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Nov. 15. To-day letters have been received from Bayonne which appear to confirm the intelligence of a conspiracy in Madrid. It is asserted that the prince of Asturias (the prince royal of Spain), together with a considerable number of persons of distinction, among whom were the duke de l'Infantado, and the viceroy de Pampelune, have been arrested.

Nov. 16. The English general Moore embarked at Messina with seven regiments of infantry.-The convoy was dispersed by a tempest on the 26th of October. A ship of war and several transports perished on the coast of Sicily.

An article frem Madrid of the 1st says, the prince of Asturias has been arrested.-Yesterday all the members of the different councils were invited to assemble at the place of their meeting, to hold an extraordinary sitting.-A proclamation was read, which had been issued by his catholic majesty.—In the night of the 31st of October the captain-general of Madrid procceded with a detachment of infantry, to the palace of Infantado, and desired to speak with the Duke-he was answered, that the duke was gone away-Seals were put upon his papers.'

HOME NEWS.

Dublin, Nov. 20.

WE are happy to contradict a report that prevailed in town this morning, that two Holyhead packets were lost last night-the weather prevented the packets from sailing from our harbour, and we are well convinced the same cause had the same effect at Holyhead, and except these two, there could be no other at sea.

It is with the deepest concern that we are obliged to state the following fatal effects of the storm last night. On Wednesday evening last, three transports with volunteers for the 18th and 97th regiments, chiefly from the South Mayo militia, sailed from the Pigeonhouse dock, for Liverpool. Yesterday morning they had gained so small an offing, that they were discernible from the heights about Dunleary, and dreadful to relate, one of them, on board of which were 120 soldiers, with several women and children, were driven on the rocks under the battery at Dunleary Point, and all perished, except the crew and two soldiers, who were preserved by taking to the boat. Among the unhappy sufferers on this occasion, we regret to find the name of lieutenant M'Clean of the 18th regiment, who had charge of the recruits, he was a young officer of unquestionable merit and uncommon promise. Another vessel is stated to have struck on the White Bank, near the South Bull.

Further accounts state, that a Parkgate vessel, with recruits for the 97th regiment, foundered in the gale; also a brig, a sloop, and a very large Swedish ship, which had formerly been a frigate.

In the multiplicity of reports on this distressing subject, it is also said, that two vessels have foundered off Killiney Bay. This morning the bodies of several soldiers, with 97 on their buttons, were drifted on shore along the coast in the neighbourhood of Black-rock and Dunleary.

Last night, during the snow-storm, as the, lord chancellor was returning to town from the Phoenix-Park, his coach was upset. We are glad to find that none of his lordship's family received any serious injury. They were brought to town in the solicitor-general's coach, which happened to be returning from the Park at the same time, and with difficulty avoided a similar accident. Lord Manners's coach remained all night in its subverted situation.

Deal, Nov. 21.-Dispatches came down this morning, and were put on board the flag of truce at day-light. The schooner being ready got under weigh immediately, and sailed for Calais, where it is probable she arrived by noon. The nature of them is kept so profoundly secret that not a syllable is known here; they are, however, pretty generally conjectured to relate to a negotiation with France. The Messenger who came over the other day remains in London.

Portsmouth, Nov. 25. Arrived the Indus from Madras, (a single ship,) and the Fox cutter, of this port, from Lisbon; she left the Tagus en the 15th instant, at which time the Portuguese had seven sail of the live, two frigates, and a schooner, ready for sea. On the 9th instant two sail of

Russian men of war arrived in the Tagus from Gibraltar, and on the 11th two sail more and two frigates; also a Portuguese frigate, and a merchantman from the Brazils richly laden.

London, Nov. 26. Two suicides were committed on Tuesday, the one by a young inau of the naine of Wootton, a draper's apprentice in Oxford-street, who swallowed a dose of aqua-fortis; and the other by a tradesman in Tottenham-court-road. The former was found in a state of pain and despondency, at the breakfast hour in his sleeping-room; and on being questioned, he confessed what he had taken, and assigned no other reason than that life was a burden to him. The other person cut his throat in bed, after his wife had risen, about eight o'clock in the morning. His conduct was noticed to have been very strange and out of the regular way the whole of Monday, but not such as excited any particular alarm. The deceased had retired from business a few month ago, and was in his 60th year. Dec. 2. Sir Robert Wilson arrived in the middle of last night with dispatches of the highest importance from Petersburgh. Dispatches of a nature decidedly hostile. The ministers were summoned to meet in council early this morning. Messengers were sent off to all the out-ports, and the following letter was transmitted to the lord

mayor:

Stanhope-street Dec. 2,

My Lord, I have the honour to acquaint your lordship, that dispatches have been received from his Majesty's embassador at the court of Petersburgh, by which it appears that the emperor of Russia having published a declaration, in which his imperial majesty announces his determination to break off all communication with England, to recall his minister, from this court, and not to permit the continuance of a British mission at the court of Saint Petersburgh: His Majesty's embassador has demanded his passports, and is now on his return.

I have lost no time in communicating this intelligence to your lordship, in

order that it may be made as public as possible. I have the honour to be, &c. George Canning.

Dec. 3. After the transmission of the letter to the lord mayor yesterday morning, two ofher communications were made. the first stated that

The dispatches received from St. Petersburgh were sent from that place on the morning of the 9th ultimo, at which time no embargo had been laid on the British shipping in the ports of Russia; it appears that about 20 sail of British vessels remained at Cronstadt, most of which were loaded. On the 31st of October there were 52 British ships at Riga; and on the 23d of October the River at Archangel was frozen over, and no British ships remained there.'

At Batson's coffee-house, the accustomed resort of our Russia merchants, the following communication was also publicly exhibited :—

• The governor of the Russia company has received from Mr. Canning the copy of a letter from lord G. Leveson Gower to Sir Stephen Shairp, informing him that an end had been put to alí political relations between the courts of London and St. Petersburgh, and that he should, in consequence, leave the country in a very few days. The date of the letter is Nov. 8, 1807.

Sir Stephen Shairp mentions that there were 20 ships at Cronstadt, some of which he hoped would get away.'

The dispatches brought by Sir Robert Wilson were carried by that gentleman to Mr. Canning's house in Stanhopestreet, between three and four yesterday morning. After the cabinet council was held, telegraphic orders were sent to the different out-ports, to Deal, to Yarmouth, to Portsmouth, to stop and detain all Russian ships.-There is a Russian frigate at Portsmouth, and immediately after the receipt of the telegraphie dispatch, a frigate was directed to lay upon her quarter.-Expresses were sent off to Plymouth, Falmouth, Ireland, and Scotland, with orders similar to those transmitted by the telegraph.

Dec. 3. In consequence of the orders from government, the Russian frigate

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