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FRENCH PAPERS.

Report of the minister of General Police to the Emperor,

Paris, April 27

I inform your majesty that the sieur Barthemy, officer of the staff attached to prince Ferdinand, and commandant of the castle of Valancay, had acquainted me with the introduction into that castle of a baron de Kolli, calling himself minister of England to prince Ferdinand, who having been brought to my office, I transmit to your majesty the following letters announcing his arrest. "Kolli is a prisoner in the castle of Vincennes, and I wait the orders of your majesty upon the affair. The diamonds and other effects of which he was the bearer, are deposited at the office of general police:

(Signed)
FOUCHE."

No. 1. Is a letter to the minister of general police, by M. Barthemy, announcing Kolli's arrest, and his being forwarded to Paris.

No 2. Is a letter from prince Ferdinand to Mr. Barthemy, governor of the castle of Valancay, dated April 6, apprizing him of the conduct of Kolli.

No. 3. Is a copy of Kolli's examination at the office of general police.

No. 4. Is a letter from Charles IV. addressed to the king of England in 1802, announcing the marriage of the prince of Asturias. It was given to Kolli, with a marginal note by the marquis Wellesley, to be used as a credential to prince Ferdinand. On the back of the letter the following was written in the hand of marquis Wellesley:

"The undersigned principal secretary of state of his Britannic majesty for the foreign department, declares, that this letter is truly the same that his Catholic majesty Charles IV. addressed to his Britannic majesty George III. on occasion of the marriage of the prince of Asturias, now king Ferdinand VII. This authentic document is confided to the persons who will have the honor of laying it before his Catholic majesty Ferdinand VII. to verify their mission.

WELLESLEY."

DOWNING STREET,
Feb. 26, 1810.

Letter from King George III. signed in his own hand, to Prince Ferdinand, entrusted to Kolli.

SIR—MY BROTHER

I have long wished for an opportunity to transmit to your majesty a letter signed in my own hand expressing the lively interest and profound regret I have felt since your majesty has been removed from your kingdom and loyal subjects. Notwithstanding the violence and cruelty with which the usurper of the throne of Spain overwhelmed the Spanish nation, it must prove a great consolation to your majesty to learn, that your people preserve their loyalty and attachment to the person of their lawful king. and that Spain makes continual efforts to uphold your majesty's rights and to re-establish the independence of the monarchy. The resources of my kingdom, my fleets & 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 perseverance of a faithful friend.

To your majesty's faithful subjects, as well as your allies, your presence only is wanted in Spain, where it would inspire a new energy.

I therefore entreat 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 indignities you experience, and of showing yourself among a people who are unanimous in their wishes for your majesty's happiness and glory.

I annex to this letter a copy of the credentials which my minister in Spain is to present to the central junta that governs there in the name and by the authority of your majesty.

I entreat your majesty to rest assured of my sincere friendship, and of the true attachment which

I am, sir, my brother,

Your worthy brother,

(Signed)
GEORGE R.

(Countersigned)
WELLESLEY.

AT The Queen's PALACE,
Jan. 2d, 1810.

No. 5. Is a letter from George III. to prince Ferdinand, being a copy of the full powers granted to Henry Wellesley,

No. 7. This is a letter from M. de Barthemy, giving a description of the festivals of the castle of Valancay, on the 1st of April, in honor of the emperor's marriage, upon which occasion the Spanish princes are represented as having studiously embraced every opportunity of manifesting their joy at the event. They attended the chapel at the castle, and at the conclusion of the Te Deum, prince Ferdinand was the first to exclaim, "Long live the emperor; long live the emperor; long live the empress." The toasts after dinner were, by Prince Ferdinand—"Our august sovereigns Napoleon the great, and Maria Louisa, his august spouse." By prince Charles. "The two imperial and royal families of France and Austria." By prince Anthony, the happy union of Napoleon the great and Maria Louisa." M. D'Amezage, at the table of the officers of their household. gave, "Napoleon the great, and Maria Louisa, the glory and delight of France and Germany; may divine providence grant them a long and happy life." The castle and parks were illuminated in the evening with between 8 and 900 lamps.

No. 8. Is a copy of a letter addressed to M. Barthemy by prince Ferdinand, acquainting him with his wish to become the adopted son of his majesty.