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The Daily Dispatch: June 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], The Art of weeping. (search)
tion soon spread to Madrid, and the old King became so much alarmed that he abdicated in favor of his son Ferdinand. Murat commanded the French forces in Spain. He no sooner heard of these transactions than he marched rapidly upon Madid. His was, therefore, a necessity. Unable to bend Ferdinand to his purpose, Napoleon determined to bring Charles to Bayonne. Murat, after some trouble, induced the old King to go, accompanied by his consort and Godoy, (the Prince of the Peace, as he wawhich was increased to such a degree by the departure of the royal family, that, on the 2d of May, a furious mob attacked Murat's soldiers, and were with difficulty dispersed, after the slaughter of many hundred of them. The miserable Junta of Madrid, instead of being encouraged by the spirit which the citizens had exhibited, made haste to make their peace with Murat, by making him President of their body, and putting all power in his hands.--The Supreme Council of the Inquisition, the most p