STATE PAPERS. 



501 



Asturias, actually king Ferdinand 

 VII. This authentic document is 

 confided to the person who will 

 have the honour of lay ins: it before 

 his Catholic majesty Ferdinand 

 VII. to verify his mission. 



Wellesley. 

 Downing-street, Feb. 29, 1810. 



No. V. — Letter from King George 

 III. signed in his proper hand, 

 to Prince Ferdinand, intrusted 

 to Kolli. 



Sir, my brother, — I have long 

 wished for an opportunity to trans- 

 mit to your majesty a letter signed 

 in my proper hand, expressing the 

 lively interest and profound regret 

 I have felt since your majesty has 

 been removed from your kingdom. 

 Notwithstanding the violence and 

 cruelty with which the usurper of 

 the throne of Spain overwhelms 

 the Spanish nation, it must prove 

 a great consolation to your majesty, 

 to learn that your people preserve 

 their loyalty and attacimient to the 

 person of their lawful king, and 

 that Spain makes continual efforts 

 to uphold your majesty's rights, 

 and to re-establish the independ- 

 ence of the monarchy. The re- 

 sources of my kingdom, my fleets 

 and armies, shall be employed to 

 assist your majesty's subjects in 

 this great cause, and my ally, the 

 prince regent of Portugal, has also 

 contributed to it with all the zeal 

 and perseveranceof a faithful friend. 

 To your majesty's faithful sub- 

 jects, as well as your allies, your 

 presence only is wanting in Spain, 

 where it would inspire a new 

 energy. 



I therefore intreat your majesty, 

 with all the frankness of the alliance 

 and friendship which bind me to 

 your majesty's interests, to consider 



of the most prudent and effectual 

 means of escaping from the indig- 

 nities you experience, and of show- 

 ing yourself among a people who 

 are unanimous in their wishes for 

 your majesty's happinessand glory. 



I annex to this letter a copy of 

 the credentials which my minister 

 in Spain is to present to the cen- 

 tral junta, that governs there in 

 the name and by the authority of 

 your majesty. 



I intreat your majesty to rest 

 assured of my sincere friendship, 

 and of the true attachment with 

 which I am, sir, my brother, 

 Your worthy brother, 

 (Signed) George R. 



(Countersigned) Wellesley. 

 At the Queen's Palace, 

 London, Jan. 31, ISIO. 



No. VI. — Is a letter from George 

 III. to prince Ferdinand, being a 

 copy of the full powers granted 

 to Henry Wellesley. 



No. VII. — This is a letter from 

 M. de Berthemy, giving a descrip- 

 tion of the festivities at the castle 

 of Valancay, on the 1st of April, in 

 honour of the emperor's marriage ; 

 upon which occasion the Spanish 

 princes are represented as having 

 studiously embraced every oppor- 

 tunity of manifesting their joy at 

 the event. Theyattended the chapel 

 at the castle, and at the conclusion 

 of the Te Deum, prince Ferdinand 

 was the firstto exclaim "Longlive 

 the emperor ! — Long live the em- 

 press !" The toasts after dinner 

 were : by prince Ferdinand, " Our 

 august sovereigns. Napoleon the 

 Great, and Maria Louisa, his au- 

 gust spouse." — By prince Charles, 

 "The two imperial and royal fami- 

 lies of France and Austria." — By 

 princeAnthony, "The happy union 



