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11~ TItAV.BI...SIN BUROPE.êhat:aotel i , and bigh iu' the estimation of;the·. royal family, whichproba...bly rnateriaHy conduced ta her ruine Various good reasons are assÎgn...able for it; but one imay suffice.Itserfedto provehow little royalfavour couldavaiI ~~ainst the sovereign, will oftheminister.TheDuqued'Aveiro's private oh8oraoter wasmostrespectable. HeWàs better hnownthan lflost, from hisslituatioll ofgenerai Oif horse,which aIso rendèred his enmity,were ibst:lrmised, formidable toa.iusurp,..lfig rninister. Like nineteen twentieths ofth.e nobility, he was disgustedwith a court, \vhereCarvalbo carried aH''\ftthahighhand; and,itbe lat..ter knew that he was vulneMîble on the point ofexhaustion of lIhietreasury,which reforOJsand cpnfisc~tions came very à propos to &UppJ.y.eÔITuptiofi oràvarice was n0t ptedominant in Carvalho's,mind; fOF,likeRobespieFre in later days, his passion for blood rendered these butfeeble gratificati'ons.Next; as to the factSêharged, and in regard to the unities ofthe tragedy,time, place,andaction.---The thirdJi)f September wasthenigh,t,the vicinity ofthe church ofl\fem?ria the place;-and mark howweUthishamgstoge,ther: when Carva,lho is dust, and his pillaI' of infamydilapidated,the ancientname oftllechurch will be eonverted byfutuFegenerationsto a commemoration oftlierecent action, and adduced aS.a proofofthe point of facto rrheact was, the discharging a fire-aFm loadedwithilugs into the carriage in whichhis majesty was, andwoundinghim.Here it is to be fi'tst observed, that the qneen of Spain, t(heking}ssister, died on the 28th of August. OntheSOth, in'conseq'uence afthismelanêhûly èvent,hisITlàjesty declal'èS hisdeterminationto sedludehimself from an business, cerètnony, company, andeven 'sight.!Ft isweB known what affliction 'the king of Spahlwas oppresSffd 'withon the sâfile'eVent.FIere 'thenate iille two monaréhs'of,tllcPenitisulaouthêirbedsof \vôe, anâ 'thewôrId. thus :}eft'f'QriCœrv'a:lbo 'to'bustle·

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