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ANNUAL REGISTER, is 14., 



FOR EIGN STATE-PAPERS. 



Letter from his Excellency Don 

 Joseph Lui/ando to his Excel- 

 lency the Ambassador of his Bri- 

 tannic Majesty. 



Madrid, Jan. 10, 1814. 



Sir, — The Regency of the king- 

 dom orders me to communicate 

 to your Excellency every thing 

 that has occurred since the arrival 

 of the Duke of San Carlos in Ma- 

 drid, until his departure from that 

 capital. Your Excellency will see 

 in this communication an unequi- 

 vocal proof of the frankness with 

 which the Government has acted 

 in this aflPair, and in the declara- 

 tions made to the said duke. You 

 will also see therein a proof still 

 more distinguished of the fidelity 

 of the Government to those prin- 

 ciples which it has recognized, — 

 not choosing even to enter into 

 explanations, however flattering 

 they might be, without the inter- 

 vention and concurrence of the 

 British Cabinet, as well as of those 

 other Cabinets which, having en- 

 gaged in this war, are guided by 

 the same principles of honour to 

 defend a cause as just as it is sa- 

 cred. 



The Duke of San Carlos arrived 

 at Aranjuez in the night of the 

 4th instant, and being presented t(> 

 the Regencjs he delivered to them 

 a letter from the King of Spain, 

 Don Ferdinand Vll, dated Valen- 

 cay, in which, after mentioning 

 the good state of his health, and 

 of that of his dear brother and his 

 uncle, the Infants Don Carlos and 

 Don Antonio, who were with 



him ; and manifesting, that he was 

 acquainted and satisfied with the 

 sacrifices which the nation had 

 made for his Royal Person, — with 

 the brave and unalterable con- 

 stancy of his faithful subjects, the 

 persevering assistance of England, 

 the admirable conduct of her Ge- 

 neral-in-Chief, Lord Wellington, 

 and of the Spanish Generals who 

 had distinguished themselves, — 

 his Majesty declared, that he had 

 been spontaneously invited by the 

 Emperor Napoleon, through the 

 medium of his Ambassador, the 

 Count de Laforest, to adjust a 

 treaty of peace upon propositions 

 founded on the restoration of his 

 Royal Person ; the integrity and 

 independence of the Spanish 

 States ; and exempt from every 

 clause unconformable to the ho- 

 nour, the dignity, and interest of 

 the Spanish nation ; in conse- 

 quence of which, his Majesty had 

 authorized the Duke of San Carlos 

 to treat in the name of his Ma- 

 jesty, abou'- an object so important 

 with Count Laforest, the Plenipo- 

 tentiary named by Napoleon to 

 that effect; and that this treaty 

 being happily concluded, he had 

 sent it to the Regency by the said 

 Duke, in order that the ratifications 

 might be drawn up in due form. 

 Your Excdlency will see this 

 treaty in the copy subjoined. 



The Regency, without vacillat- 

 ing, without entering into any ex- 

 planation or analysis of the arti- 

 cles of the treaty, solely looking 

 to the decree of the General and 

 E.xtraordinary Cortes of the 1st of 



