C70 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1809. 



Imperial Decree relative to Spain. 



In our Imperial camp, at 

 Burgos, Nov. 12, 1808. 



Napoleon, emperor of the French, 

 king of Italy, and protector of the 

 Confederation of the Rhine — 



Considering that the troubles of 

 Spain have been principally the ef- 

 fect of the plots formed by several 

 individuals, and that the greater 

 part of those who have been engag- 

 ed in them, have been misled or de- 

 ceived : 



Wishing to pardon the latter, 

 and to grant them oblivion of the 

 crimes which they have committed 

 against us, our nation, and the 

 Jcing, our brother : 



Wishing at the same time to mark 

 those, who, after having sworn fide- 

 lity to the king, have violated their 

 oath : who, after having accepted 

 places, have made use of the autho- 

 lity confided to them, only to be- 

 tray the interests of their sovereign ; 

 and who, instead of employingtheir 

 influence to enlighten the citizens, 

 have only made use of it to mislead 

 them : 



Wishing, in fine, that the punish- 

 ment of great culprits, should serve 

 as an example for posterity, to all 

 those who, placed by Providence at 

 the head of nations, instead of di- 

 recting the people with wisdom and 

 prudence, pervert them ; involve 

 them in the disorder of popular agi- 

 tations, and precipitate them into 

 the miseries of war : 



We have decreed and do decree 

 as follows: 



Art. 1. The dukes of Infantado, 

 of Hijar, of Medina Celi, of Ossuna, 

 the marquis of Santa Cruz, the 

 counts of Ferran-Nunez and Alta- 

 mnsx, the prince or Castel-Franco, 

 thesieurPicrreCevallos,ex-mmister 



of state, and the bishop of Santaa- 

 der, are declared enemies of France 

 and Spain, and traitors to the two 

 crowns. As such they shall be seiz- 

 ed and carried before a military 

 commission. Their property move- 

 able and immoveable, shall be con- 

 fiscated in Spain, in France, in Italy, 

 in Naples, in the Papal States, in 

 the kingdom of Holland, and in 

 all the countries occupied by the 

 French army, to pay the expences 

 of the war. 



2. All sales and dispositions, whe- 

 ther with the living; whether testa- 

 mentary, made by them or their at- 

 tornies, subsequent to the date of 

 the present decree, are declared 

 null and of no value. 



3. We grant, in our name, and 

 in the name of our brother the king 

 of Spain, general pardon and full 

 and entire amnesty to all Spaniards 

 who, in one month after our en- 

 trance into Madrid, shall have laid 

 down their arms and renounced all 

 alliance, adherence, and communi- 

 cation with England ; shall rally 

 round the constitution and throne, 

 and shall return to order, so neces- 

 sary to the repose of the great 

 family of the continent. 



4. Are not excepted from the 

 said pardon and amnesty, neither 

 the members of central and insur- 

 rectional Juntas, nor the generals 

 and officers who have borne arms, 

 provided that both the one and the 

 other conform to the dispositions 

 established by the preceding article. 



(Signed) Napoleon. 



Convention between the Russian ar- 

 my and that of Stveden in Fin- 

 land, dated 18th Nov. 1808. 



By virtue of the powers vested in 



us. 



