have taken or maintained possession of the lofty ground upon which they now stand, especially in a country where, more than in any other, respect and authority are connected in the minds of the vulgar with title and external appearance. Besides, the title of Majesty had just been given to the _Central Junta_ and to the late Regency; and if the Cortes had not assumed the same title, it might have been considered as a public acknowledgment of inferiority in power and dignity to these two bodies. Had the Cortes taken the title of _Highness_ and left that of _Majesty_ with the _Regency_, how would it have sounded in the ears of a Spanish public that his _Majesty_ was nominated by and responsible for his conduct to his _Highness_? I have not heard it even insinuated that any future Cortes (or by whatever other appellation the elective representatives of the people shall be distinguished) ought to be addressed by the title of Majesty. This title, it is generally understood, when the Constitution is established, should belong to the King _alone_, as the hereditary representative of the power and Majesty of the nation. In addition to all this, your Lordship will have observed that the title of Majesty was more general in its application in Spain than it is in England. In England it belongs exclusively to the King; in Spain, it was likewise given to the _Camera del Consejo Real_ and to the _Consejo de Guerra_. I ought to beg your Lordship’s pardon for hazarding these hasty opinions, which I submit with great sincerity to your more enlightened judgment.