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London, England, 1835-12-05 00:00:00

of a complete financial budget are not unknown to the Esta-
mento, and they are consequently not surprised that your
Majesty has, for the present, abstained from presenting one.
Certainly this branch needs measures of prompt and radical
reform, which, in proportion to their difficulty, require to be
proceeded •in with wisdom and circumspection. Our situa-
tion, with respect to our exterior as well as interior debt,
which remained to be regulated by former Cortes, pre-
scribes to us much caution and reserve, in order that we
may. not destroy, without having first built up, the credit.
of the country, within and without, from innovations use-
lessly accelerated. The Estamento, Madam, having re-
liance on the experience- and knowledge possessed by the
Government, believe that—in all the modifications pro-
jected in this branch—they will proceed with all due' cau-
tion, and will know how to unite, happily, resolution with
prudence.

The administration of justice has received from your
Majesty many important improvements, and still hopes for
many more ; opportunities for which will be afforded by the
new codes, with the formation of which different commis-
sions have been charged by your Majesty. The Estamento
also begs to offer its thanks to your Majesty for the atten-
tion you have been pleased to give to the Establishment
upon a proper foundation of the administration of justice ;
in the right exercise of which principally rest the good
order of society, and the stability of the Throne. The
Estamento also thanks your Majesty for the vigilance
shown by the Government in bringing forward so many
measures of public utility ; as for instance, those for the
better regulation of the public granaries, and for the re-
moval of all natural and political obstacles, which im-
peded the free communication, by land and water ; and
also for the desire you have shown to advance education
among all classes of your subjects. None of these mea-
sures merit more attention than the organic laws on the
corporations and provincial deputations, which were the
consequence of the vote of confidence in your government,
passed by the last Cortes. On a well-combined municipal
regimen, and upon a wise administration in the provinces,
depend nearly exclusively the consistency, the vigour, and
the progress of the great reforms.which are in preparation ;
and if the tree of political and civil liberty is not well fed,
and nourished in its roots, its lofty branches will fade for
want of aliment. These, Madam, are the ideas which have
been excited in the Estamento of the Proceres of the king-
dom by the words spoken by your Majesty at the opening
of the present Cortes. We are sure that the nation in ge-
neral will agree with us in the expression of our unalterable
fidelity to our Queen Isabella 11., and of our sincere gra-
titude to your Majesty for the immense benefits which
the nation has received at your hands. It is not possible,
Madam, that the Spaniards can forget them, or ever de-
ceive the confidence which your Majesty has placed in
them. Your Majesty intends, and it is a truly Royal
intention, that the Spanish people should enjoy all the bene-
fits of political liberty, and all the security of public order.
For this, it was indispensable that your Majesty should
resuscitate public opinion from the lamentable nullity into
which it had fallen.

This your Majesty has accomplished, and succeeded in
making it a firm barrier round the throne of your august
daughter. Public opinion is not ungrateful. It wreathes
the brow of Monarchs with garlands which never fade, and
rewards them with immortality for the benefits which they
bestow upon their people.