Chapter V: Conduct of Murat towards the Junta of Government 302

The Junta apply to Ferdinand for instructions as to resisting
the French 305

Absurdity of their conduct 306

Agitation of the public mind 307

Orders for sending the Queen of Etruria and the Infante D.
Francisco to Bayonne 308

The Junta deliberate concerning the Infante 309

Agitation of the people of Madrid 310

Departure of the Queen and the Infante 311

Insurrection of the people 312

Defence of the arsenal by Daoiz and Velarde 314

Executions by sentence of a military tribunal 316

The Infante D. Antonio sent to Bayonne 317

Murat claims a place in the Junta 318

Edicts for preserving peace in the capital 318

Circular letter of the Inquisition 320

The Junta discharged from their authority by Charles’s
reassumption 321

Means of resistance authorized by Ferdinand 322

The Junta resolve that they have no longer authority to obey 323

Address from Ferdinand and the Infantes, exhorting the people
to submission 324

Joseph Buonaparte chosen by his brother for King of Spain 327

Addresses from the Junta and Council of Castille to Buonaparte 329

Address from the City of Madrid 330

Assembly of Notables convoked at Bayonne 332

Proclamation of Buonaparte to the Spaniards 332