§ Mr. Hindleybegged to ask whether Spain were to be left to itself in the choice of its government, or whether that government were to be chosen for them by France? He wished also to ask whether the Queen of Spain was to be left free to choose whom she might as her husband? or whether that choice was to be made for her by a foreign state?
§ Sir R. Peelwas not called upon at that moment, nor did he desire to enter into the question of the affairs of Spain; but he had no hesitation in saying, that we had fulfilled all our engagements with the present organ of the Spanish Government, and that he had fulfilled all his engagements towards us with perfect good faith and amity. Whatever might take place in Spain, he was convinced that it had been, and was, the earnest desire of the Regent to administer the government committed to his care, on sound constitutional principles? and when the time should arrive for surrendering the high trust reposed in him, he would have the consolation of feeling that he had so strengthened the government of Spain, as to lay the foundation of its future stabi- 88 lity when it should be transferred to other hands. He repeated, that whatever events might occur in Spain, he never would shrink from bearing his testimony to the fidelity and ability of the present Regent of that country.