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l'-':: .'' ritAMOn, sEivrEMBEItIt. 'f: ...•'!: ', ',
_lkea! or *is kr.' zz 'nit.'-irartoya;• '
, As, ay, on which tfie Crandees of .pa have
the'hbiiiiiir to be presided by Highness.yOor:Royal.
as thi. wpresentativc of tour aitina nephew. the
King; master, is beyond douht.
,the most happy
one this body has beheld sinco itreleation. up In *
present moment -u well became
.tot pretence of
your' Itojal Hi nets, in !he name of lits.Majestyki*
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deserving of the littlest consideritioit.aod all our gra-4
titusle, as that the honour the I(4ng Confers upon us•
proves that his.'MajOstit,is:isteo persuaded :that his
first and greatest interetits pm intimately .conhected
with those of the draddiret.
is In fact, the Monarchy such ns that under which
we have the II 1p1);IWSS to live, forming a 'political
body,. of %Oki, the King is the head, and the Istrbi
lity and People the members, the Grandees, by their
More immediate access to the prison of Ms Majesty,
are favourably placed on an intermedial bite, from.
• whence they are able, and oilght•to emidofall 'their'
efforts, to -Airport the Throne, and nt.the.saute time
to watch over the interests of the People; by wliich
means that happy equilibrium it
,attained„:, which
must necessarily prOduce the stability and tithes of
the State. . .
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" The benefits his Majesty promises to the present
and town- geneiations will render public gratitude
e: et nal ; • the cormtant cares and generous labours AO
his Majesty will place the Mon irchy on the rink
which belongs to it among the calla nations of Eft-
rope, and, loatte4 with the benedictions of the Spa.
bash People, his name will be proclaimed with that
eincete enthusiastri springing front the ifFusiln of
hearts, anti these 'leader actlatitationt repeated by
bur eloldrert. . • .- '•• . • •• •
• " The Grandeet of. Spain will haitets to'set the
- eialtspl:., an 4 arillincier 'cease offering to his 'Majesty
the respectrill'homage Of their gratitude for the sin.
E.
'' ar favatirs• 'Ott hairs received.. 'llk sentiments
, line '
and fidelity towards their Kings and Country
. always distinguished them. It suffices to glance
at our history to be convinced of this fact. But why
"recur to distant times r 'Have not all persons now
living been witnesses of the testimonies winch we
hare given r
[Here the Duke•recalls the services of the Gran-
dees in the late invasion of the stench, the perseest-
thaw. they experienced ; the dear! of Count Maceda
at the battle or -Rioseco: that of the Marquis de la
lt,imaua, the Dnke ut Alniignerque, Lltc. and then
Proceeds to state that the Grand:es have tolleeted
anioug theinsilves the auto of -SOUXO dollars for the
ptitslic set vice:]
fiillittli tie Loup ULTULANI, IiEVNICT.ARY TO To, ;ONTO.
" On this solemn mid menrsrible occasion the
fir-t class of the State wilt be ellowesi to rant;nd your
Royal kiegliness, that hiinour is the soul of Monar-
chies. and that the preservers and guardians, 'of this
hisieur orhust be douse subjects whoa.* political and
civil existence is more particularly
.identified with
the Ssiveleign. Such, Sir, are Me plinciples on which
the i.istiAition of higher Nobility in Monarchical
States it founded, and that of the Spanish Grandees
alight invoke the numerous testimonies history has
transmitted 4.1,-wn to us, in order to prove that the
individuals who have been invested with this dignity
have known how to preserve themselves from that
insolence wl.ieh characterius the Grandees of other
i nations, from their insatiable cupidity, which has
diaitied the public treasury, and from that unheard.
wt miztue of meanness and pride with virhieh, basely
prostrate before fivnueite hliiiiiters; :they h.eve• pur.
chased from the Clirt the alembic right, of tyran-
nizing over the Provinces. -The proivtleges enjoyed'
• 'by the Grandees ol•Sraiii, and *Kick are to he pre-
served to us; ire regillu&st with WisuiChwisdom and.
fritesight, that they Can never wound hut:sanity..—
. These ptivileges were never extravagant or bar bat ous..
-04 thteonuary, it is by beneficence and virtue, qua
Liies trtily-belongiug to thedeposilasies Of honour,
that thWOrarafees of Spain .have at all times acquired
the return •uf the good cud worthy subjects *of the
at twiedry. . ,
--t. +t» kis its order**, render a species of homage to
.."his-ettitis and these•principles that his Majesty most
Probably Coneei,ed'thelligli idea of assembling this
class, anct giving to it a series of regulations. It is
in conformity to the fortieth Article of the latter that
:titi are this day called together ia a general assent-.
' bly, in order •to 'mow the to:toner in which we have
Served -the King doting the hitt year,' and to adept
the mei:toes: nor Suitable to the object of our illsti..
union, whith is Miwiserve inviulabie•the sacred de-
posit of that honour confided to us, its the basis which
- sustains the edifice of a mild and moderate Mortar.
N chy throdgh•the obscevatior, of equitable LIONS and the
respect due to the Savervign. - • :
• * g 4 liy the new existence and fivree of whoa* this
• 'class bas.rectived from the haunt) eif hio•Majesty, it
It.et. begun .to act accil uing tee the spiiltS by which it
was foroled—it has ciasid to coOfine itself to. wain
pretensions and e.iitsettes of Court, tar, which, up to
toe present time, it appeared exclu:ively 'destined.,
Now, dia., Its to his listajesty, the People will. find in
this Ass. mbly, and in the spirit by which it is never.
mate.l, the necessary cosrespondents required by
the patriotic sscieties of the country, the individualt
roost proper to direct the establisnmeats of benefi-
cence and chatity, the in.pectors of public works,
powerful lianas to realize usetul.tlieories,; noble ex.
aroples to form gond naiimial institutions, models of
houonr and warlike vii tu. Ili •the purity and incurrup-
the Magistrate, as well as
:email fir the propagation
,t results.

'nous w4l be sensible of the
' on beholding the rigorous
the r.subtiona given to us by.
_ with his own royalland,,on
last year, have been observed,
oliethir (notwithstanding
chic`) one of • us. is at present
,veered di object of the circular
us through the Kii.ister of
June. 1815. and which Was corn.
ial abbecobly. held on the sth,
the Dukes COnstnissioneri...—
the Present; tLir sum of three
41°1144 bah ban 9ietog, fur she

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Ilia tintefirf. ord'"fg thIR .044"
blinethe Pcirruguese,cossitaissary .gt,Paris to receive.
-the first three quarters of the quota assigned to POt.
fugal in the' .contributions imposed on senate by the
Powers which signed the last Treaty of Paris, kap-
pears to us that the public may wish to.be informed
of the* principleisrpon which the Portueuese Pleni-
potentiaries founded the right on which they laid
Maim to the said contribution—a claim which was
,diaptited to them on account of Portugal not having
entered the Campaign with their contingent against'
France; that being.tioe basis on which the contrihu:
)ion was divided' awn the other Powers. These
locipletmitylkP-- very easily 'deduced from the fol.
towing • NOTE.
" The underaigned Plenipotentiaries-of his Ropil.
Highness we Ponce Regent of Portugal and the
Brazils have received the official communication
which their Highnesses and Excellencies the Minis-
Mrs of the Cabinets (4' Austria,' Russia, Great Bei.;
min, and l'iuss;a, did them the honour to address to
them under dale of the 19th instant.
" The node• signed cannot but approve of the bases
of the arrangement which the four Powers above-
named deem proper to propose to the
,Governmeti.
of his Most. Chtisnian Majesty, and in .which they
appear to have combined', ,j far as cireurostat:ces
Will admit, the essential object of the coalition, via.
the reestablishment &Alm tranquillity of Europe on
sufrd inundations, with thrgoarancee of the just in-
demnities claithed by all the States which took part
in the alliance. ,
ii the .undersigned think the Mlnisters of Anatria;
Russia, Great-13: itain, and Prussia, for the assurance
which they giye them -Cif communicating the answer
of the French Government, and the ulterior resells-
tions to whith it may lead, for the purpose of putting
them in a capacity to contribute, according to the
The
of treaties,to the final result of the aegociation.
four Poweri who signed the Treaty of Alliance
of the 2.5 th of March, will surely not lose sight of
the fact, that Portugal not ogly acceded by a formal
treaty to that alliance, but also this; in-quality of
signing party and of guarantee of the eiecotios of
the treaties of Paris and Vienna, it ought doubtless
CO come in as one of the principal ranks in every ar-
rangement which shall rectify any of the articles of
the said treaties.
0 The undersigned, colavinced of the momentous
nature of existing circumstances, and of the impor-
tance which the Powers must attach to the speedy
conclusion of the negotiation, will abstain from Ito-
peding its progress by any new Claim, on their part,
es against France ; but thinking that the pecuniar y
sacrifices to be exacted of that Power should be dt•
'tined not only to pay the expenses of the war, but
also to reimbUrie each of the Allied Powers for the
preparations and expenses which recent events have
caused, theyrlaim, on behalf of his Royal liighneis
the Prince Regent of Portugal, the right of panel-
pacing in the contribution which shall be imposed ere
France, and in this view they rely on the justice and
impartiality of the High Powers to which they address
their reclamation,.
" The undersigned, the moment the eseape of N t,
pole-on Bonaparte was known at Vienna, interpreting
the intentions of their august Sovereign, and con-
winced of the winrkl,force which the close and imme-
diate union-of all the Powers would produce, signed,
without heaititiim, the declarations of the 13th of
March and the 12th' of May, and by consequence
from that moment, in theoameot their Court, came
under engagements the most solemn. Constantly
following thrsame line of conduct, the undersigned
-Were the-first who fewesally acceded to the Trea,:y of
Alliance M the Sfilli of March ; they immediately
communicated it to the Itegeney of Portugal, whit!:
'fOrthWitli emide all the necessary preparations for pee-1
bring the army On a war footing t and- if that artist
had not entered the field at the moment-when hostile-
ties were terminated, this could only be nuelbe,i,b,
the signal victory which -so -incident', put attend to
the war, and tothe dlitance-itt- which the Seeereisu
of Portugal is pieced, widow' whose sanction it- was.
evidently iripossible- that a delegated Government
could take upon itself the responsibility of causing
troops to march uut of the kinmiom in execution of.
a treaty not yet ratified. This circumetances diens;
cannot annul nrer affect in any degree the right which
the undersigned lay claim to—that of My cowatrod
aid treated Ms ma ties odor wasbers of the alliasice ; inas-
much as Portugal bas been ready ou her side to per-
form all that could be legitimately expected of her;
and she expenses oceasioned by the preparatiooss for
war, sad willow As aide a, facile sohritly. 'haul,:
be-repaid to her out of the mass destined for those
indemnities.

1 • 44 If it were Wished to adopt the basis of not ad-
tratting to participation in . the contraption. any:bot.,
the armies which wok as active part is clic wer,,,thib
principle' would had a great deal too far.. Each of
the Allied' POWilk his Ouquestiontibly fulfilled-del
duties which it siorpOsed on itself.. .and contributed
"mire or less Actively, according to its positron. tip the
happy issue of that war ; but at the &Anse tinze•the
ltossiaii,. Atm, ian i and Sardinian, &c. armies, were
`Unable to reach the theatre of war until after its result
was decided ; the Daiiish contingent had Scarcely pas-
sed its own frontiers whin hostilities ceased ;VoitugAl:
placed politically and geographically in a position still
more distant, ci,old not in these circtinistances but
come up the last. But, unquestionably, had the
, I chances of the war been uni A^ ilurable,slii. would have
Iseen herielf, su ponniance e her engaketueilts,..cs'• '
passed to undergo all its iiconvenaruce, without being
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entitled to coniplain, or topic:id her involuntary lilac-
, tivity. Is it n..t just that, ai in this Cast she would
' have had her share tit the misfortune", she should now
4.l.ina that of the indemnities which Accrue tober ? •
• ot The Mkrieisigned have hitherto confined them.
selves to considtiing the question under the point of
! view of Me lartwor, because they suppose that it may
have been traced vut 'as a rule not to admit of other
reclamation,. Would it not be proper. however, to
pay some regard ill, respect to rottagal, to wins
anterior to the year 1815 ; and if, setting aside Clain.
Wes, it is wished to lay it down as a principle that
the indemnities deruaided of France have no other
object but to defray the eiposes' of the
,last war,
woold it not be OA at bait .tilAt die 04jectinns dill
_ may be made to the 'claisisa Of Portugal is this 'dila

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thotdd be balanced 10, so ene4 (*bet 4ocnittestabie
tarns Oftbich die might allege its her own 110141 ?
Fianee -extorted from Port 1866
tip 1804, the sum of 40 millions of francs for Omit-
'flit. her treaties of peace, which she violated irOtTIC-'
diAttly aftetwards. The FrenCh.arniies three. times.
invaded Portugal, aid committed there the devasta-
tinns And horris which are known to all the world.'
The Portuguese nation supported during six years a
war dispropoitioned to its force; for its own indern.
dence and that of Europe. At the dose of that war,
the Portuguese army found itself ht tic heart of
France, having constantly shared in all the fortunes.
of the British army. And yet. at the conclusion uf
peace, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Por-
tugal gnu alMost the only ofte of lie "Idles who received
no increase of territory, who obtained no indemnity.
no advantage, and' saw himself even so Situated at•
to be obliged ,torestore to Franey rite • colony of
Cayenne; which for so Many reasons he might have
wished to retains
, 66 Such are some of the titles which Portugal could
,allege in her own behalf ; and the undersigned latter
themselves that the august Sovereigns now assembled
Paris will arpreciate all their v.llßity, and will feel
hotir very hard it would be to 'exclude Portugal
any share of the contributions demanded of FriiitCV.
The advantage, besides, which would result to the'
other Powers troils this escrusion would be very incon-
:siderible ; for, by admitting.to this participation only''
:the Powers which-fivnially acceded tp.the tte ity.of the
25th of March, and wholiave troops in France, the
exclusion would be COD fi.ird to PortligalAnd Denmark.
44 The undersigned avail themsetves of this oppOr-
stinky to•renew to their. Higlinksses end Excellencies
the assurances of their high consideration. ,
count neltatAllfa.t.a. • • •
D. JOAQ11111".0iu DA MAMMA.
" Pariii,Se11
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tibility inseparable Irons.
every possible encoulags
and display of these.gteat
Ynur -Royal Mom
truth 1 11,41 T just liiterr4
Cr...Li:ode with which thi
his Majestt, and signed v
the KILLS td October last
you will be able to judge,
the. Gris.ical sasation is WI
placed) Aire have in were
his tvloi•ialy add:email to
sta AK 4th done,
reikliciited:ta us hi rater.;
W the Wise stpOntb thi
Isom tWt time yi) 'to the
hundred tboll“nd
*Mats of the State," ace.
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