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farmers, lies in part of the valley of Soller, 
and in its outskirts presents some beau- 
tiful subjects for the pencil: during our 
stay, we lodged at the house of the Mar- 
quis del Campo Negro, whose steward 
and his wife, inthe absence of their lord, 
attended to our accommodation. This 
house, which was rather mean, derived 
no advantage whatever from its being 
placed in-so beautiful a spot of the cre- 
ation: for itis approached by a lane, and 
its front looks upon a stony dilapidated 
wall. I arose with the sun to contem- 
plate the richness of the celebrated vale 
of orange-trees, which is well watered by 
a variety of little brooks, but though very 
beautiful it would be much improved, in 
picturesque effect, if other trees relieved 
the rich monotony of the view. 
ROYAL FAMILY. 
Attended by an Englishman long re- 
gident. at Palma as an interpreter, we 
had the honour of an interview with two 
members of the unfortunate royal family 
of Spain, Donna Maria Theresa de Val- 
labriga, and her daughter the’ Infanta 
Donna Maria Luisa de Bourbon. The 
. former is the niece of the late Don Pedro 
Estuardo (Stuart) Marques di San Leo- 
nardo, a brother of the old Marshal 
Duke of Berwick, and who, with the 
consent of Charles III. was married to 
his youngest brother the Infant Don 
Louis, upon condition that she should not 
be acknowledged, nor the issue of the 
marriage entitled to any privileges. Don 
Louis had been bred to the church ori- 
ginally, was raised to the rank of car- 
dinal, and appointed archbishop of To- 
ledo, which he resigned on being dis- 
pensed from his vows. Soon after his 
death, Jeaving three children, a boy and 
two girls, it was publicly declared that 
the early and singular inclination, which 
these children had exhibited for the 
church, had determined his majesty to 
yield to their pious propensities ; and ac- 
cordingly the girls were placed in a con- 
vent, and the boy committed to the care 
of the cardinal. Lorenzana, then arch- 
bishop of Toledo, and educated in the 
palace of that town, to which elevated 
rank he has since succeeded, and is like- 
wise a cardinal and archbishop of Seville. 
On the death of the king, the eldest of 
the girls, as before noticed, was married 
to Godoy, the Prince of the Peace, the 
words of the patent; for the Spaniards 
deem it impious to say Prince of Peace, 
an attribute of our Saviour, though com- 
monly called so by the English. Shortly 
Leiters of Anna Seward: 
after ‘these nuptials, performed by. the 
brother with royal magnificence, a.pro- 
clamation appeared, restoring the chile 
dren of the late Infant Don Louis to 
their just rights, in which King Charles 
IV. endeavoured ‘to apologize for the 
conduct of his father towards them, and 
consequently, had Spain remained in 
tranquillity, the succession to the Spanish 
monarchy would have been as open to 
them, as to the other branches of the 
royal family, it being generally believed 
that the cortes, holden upon Charles the 
IVth. accession, had rescinded the prag- 
matic sanction of Philip the Vth. son to 
Louis the XIVth. by which the crown was 
limited to male issue alone, and thus the 
females, as formerly practised in Old 
Spain, were admitted to an equal right. 
Donna Maria Theresa, and her young- 
est daughter, were living in great retire- 
ment in the palace of the Marquis of 
Sollerick, having recently made their 
escape under circumstances of romantic 
piece and enterprise, attended by a faith- 
ful priest, Michael de! Puego, from 
Zaragoza, where the young Infanta had 
been placed in a convent. ; 
The former of these two personage 
was a noble-looking and rather dark 
woman, the latter very fair and of a fine 
complexion. Donna Maria held the 
French in such abhorrence, that she 
avoided making use of the language as 
much as possible. In our presence, she 
took an affecting and painful review of 
the reverses of her fortune, and with 
tears said, “though politics have but 
little attracted my attention, I have long 
foreseen the subtle intentions of Buona- 
arte, and the overthrow of the august 
ouse to which I belong. What will be 
our final destiny I know not, nor can [ 
tell where we shall be obliged to seek an 
asylum,” here she was so affected, that 
she paused for a minute, and then ad 
ded, “I look to Heaven, there is my only 
consolation!” Through the interpreter, 
I recommended her to seek protection in 
England; but the horror she entertained 
of so long a voyage, and the desire of re- 
maining in any part of Spain that held 
out for the legitimate throne, seemed to 
have too full possession of her mind to 
induce her to attend to the recommens ~ 
dation. 
EEE 
LETTERS or ANNA SEWARD. 
Written between the Years1784 and 1807. 
IN SIX VOLUMES. . 
1y_other words this work consists of 
the Life and Opinions of Miss Seward, 
written 
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