Board of Inquiry appointed 273 Its decision 274 CHAPTER XII. Necessity of a provisional Government 277 Castaños prevents a contest between Granada and Seville 279 Plans for a Government 279 Arrival of a Sicilian Prince at Gibraltar 280 Ambition of the Junta of Seville 282 The Council of Castille advise a Central Junta 283 Project of the Junta of Seville 284 The Provincial Juntas assent to it 289 Unworthy choice of the Junta of Seville 290 The other members unexceptionable 292 Jovellanos refuses all offers from the Intrusive Government 295 Aranjuez chosen for the place of meeting 296 Installation of the Central Junta 298 Conduct of the Council of Castille 299 The Leonese Deputies arrested by Cuesta 300 Cuesta’s vindication of his conduct 301 The Council of Castille interfere 303 Cuesta is summoned before the Junta 303 Declaration of the New Government 306 Jovellanos proposes a Regency, and that a Cortes be summoned 311 Expectations from a Cortes 313 State of the war in Catalonia 315 Duhesme resolves to besiege Gerona 316 Difficulties on the march 317 Troops from Minorca land at Tarragona 318 Barcelona blockaded 319 The Junta of Catalonia remove to the head-quarters 320 Caldagues sent to interrupt the siege of Gerona 321 He attacks the enemy’s batteries with success 321 Duhesme raises the siege 323 Unpopularity of the Commander in Catalonia 324 Difficulties of the service 325 The Marques approaches Barcelona 327 British troops ordered from Sicily to Catalonia, but detained by the Commander 328 Bilbao occupied by the French 329 Difficulties in bringing the Spanish armies into the field 330 The Marques de la Romana 333