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APPENDIX.
The fact is this :—In Spain two protocols are always
drawn up: one of them, the genuine original, contains the
deliberations literally and at full length; this belongs to the
Cortes, and is kept at the office of the secretary to the per-
manent deputation of the Cortes. The other is a summary
of the deliberations, made under the direction of the asses-
sors, and belonging to the Council of Castile. This second
protocol was mislaid in 1808, during the disturbances at
Madrid, when the archives of the Council of Castile were
removed to Seville; and it was this that was recovered by
Cevallos, the minister.
XVIII. The author is mistaken in what he says (p. 18
and 19) concerning the remonstrance of Le Marchand,
publicity, for all Europe was informed of it, and nothing but this great change
was talked of for some time in all the diplomatic conversations of all the capitals.
The events which followed 1789 caused it to be lost sight of, and determined
Charles IV. to defer indefinitely the promulgation of that act. It. was no more
thought of till 1809 ; but in 1809 it again became a subject of public attention
in the following manner :—•
“ The French armies occupied Spain ; Joseph Napoleon reigned, or pretended
to reign, at Madrid; the Spanish princes were prisoners at Valenjay ; the junta
of Seville was organizing resistance in Spain. At this critical moment, it was
impossible to say whether the princes of Spain would ever be released from
their captivity. The princess of Brazil thought fit to assert her eventual rights
to the crown of Spain in case her brothers should die in confinement—rights con-
ferred upon her by the act of 1789. The original act was not in the possession
of the junta ; it was supposed to be in the bands of king Joseph at Madrid : the
fact is that Charles IV. had retained it, and that among his papers it was found
after his death.
“ The junta of Seville instituted a solemn enquiry concerning the existence
and the tenourof this act. In this enquiry the depositions of all the still survi-
viving members of the Cortes of 1789, and of all the ministers of Charles IV.
living at that time, were heard. The reality and the tenour of the act were
unanimously attested, and the junta of Seville recognized the eventual rights of
the princess of Brazil.
“ This investigation has been published ; the office of foreign affairs possesses
a copy of it.”—Extract from the speech of the duke de Broglie to the Chamber of
Feers, on the 9th of January, 1837.—(Note by the French Translator.)
APPENDIX.
The fact is this :—In Spain two protocols are always
drawn up: one of them, the genuine original, contains the
deliberations literally and at full length; this belongs to the
Cortes, and is kept at the office of the secretary to the per-
manent deputation of the Cortes. The other is a summary
of the deliberations, made under the direction of the asses-
sors, and belonging to the Council of Castile. This second
protocol was mislaid in 1808, during the disturbances at
Madrid, when the archives of the Council of Castile were
removed to Seville; and it was this that was recovered by
Cevallos, the minister.
XVIII. The author is mistaken in what he says (p. 18
and 19) concerning the remonstrance of Le Marchand,
publicity, for all Europe was informed of it, and nothing but this great change
was talked of for some time in all the diplomatic conversations of all the capitals.
The events which followed 1789 caused it to be lost sight of, and determined
Charles IV. to defer indefinitely the promulgation of that act. It. was no more
thought of till 1809 ; but in 1809 it again became a subject of public attention
in the following manner :—•
“ The French armies occupied Spain ; Joseph Napoleon reigned, or pretended
to reign, at Madrid; the Spanish princes were prisoners at Valenjay ; the junta
of Seville was organizing resistance in Spain. At this critical moment, it was
impossible to say whether the princes of Spain would ever be released from
their captivity. The princess of Brazil thought fit to assert her eventual rights
to the crown of Spain in case her brothers should die in confinement—rights con-
ferred upon her by the act of 1789. The original act was not in the possession
of the junta ; it was supposed to be in the bands of king Joseph at Madrid : the
fact is that Charles IV. had retained it, and that among his papers it was found
after his death.
“ The junta of Seville instituted a solemn enquiry concerning the existence
and the tenourof this act. In this enquiry the depositions of all the still survi-
viving members of the Cortes of 1789, and of all the ministers of Charles IV.
living at that time, were heard. The reality and the tenour of the act were
unanimously attested, and the junta of Seville recognized the eventual rights of
the princess of Brazil.
“ This investigation has been published ; the office of foreign affairs possesses
a copy of it.”—Extract from the speech of the duke de Broglie to the Chamber of
Feers, on the 9th of January, 1837.—(Note by the French Translator.)