STATE PAPERS. 



673 



Considering that the council of 

 Castile has shown, in the exercise of 

 all its functions, equal falsehood and 

 feehleness: That after having pub- 

 lished throughout the kingdom, the 

 renunciation of king Charles the 

 4th, and of the princes don Fernan- 

 do, don Carlos, don Francisco, and 

 don Antonio, of the crown of Spain, 

 and after having recognized and 

 proclaimed our legitimate rights to 

 the throne, they had the meanness to 

 declare, in the eyes of Europe and 

 posterity, that they only subscribed 

 these different acts with interior 

 and perfidious restrictions : 



We have decreed and do decree 

 as follows: 



Art. 1. The members of the 

 council of Castile are removed as 

 cowards, and unworthy of being the 

 magistrates of a brave and generous 

 nation. 



2. The presidents and procura- 

 tors of the king shall be arrested 

 as hostages. The other members of 

 the council shall be required to re- 

 main at Madrid in their houses, un- 

 der pain of being prosecuted and 

 punished as traitors ; are neverthe- 

 less excepted from the present dis- 

 position, all the members of the said 

 council who shall not have signed 

 the declaration of the 11th August, 

 1808, as dishonourable to the dig- 

 nity of the magistrate as to the cha- 

 racter of the man. 



(Signed) 



Napoleon. 

 H. B. Maret. 



In our Imperial Camp of Madrid, 

 December 4. 



&c 



Napoleon, emperor of the French, 



Vol. LI. 



We have decreed and do decree 

 as follows : 



Art. 1. The court of cessation, 

 erected by the second title, art. 101, 

 of the constitution of the kingdom 

 of Spain, shall be immediately or- 

 ganized. 



(Signed) Napoleon. 



In our Imperial Camp of Madrid, 

 December 4. 



Napoleon, emperor of the French, 

 &c. 



We have decreed and do decree 

 as follows : 



Art. 1. The tribunal of the In- 

 quisition is abolished, as contrary to 

 the civil sovereignty and authority. 



2. The property belonging to 

 the Inquisition shall be put under 

 sequestration, and be united to the 

 domain of Spain, to serve as a gua- 

 rantee for the vales, and for all 

 other parts of the public debt. 

 (Signed) Napoleon. 



In 6ur Imperial Camp of Madrid, 

 December 4. 



Napoleon, emperor of the French, 

 &c. 



We have decreed and do decree 

 as follows: 



Art. 1. The same individual 

 cannot possess more than one com- 

 mandery. 



2. From the 1st of January next, 

 every individual possessing several 

 commanderies, shall designate the 

 one he prefers preserving— the 

 others shall revert to the disposal 

 of the king. 



(Signed) Napoleon. , 



2X In 



