[350] Arteche, ii. 124.
[351] Toreño, i. 264.
[352] This story is told by Lord Collingwood, in an official dispatch to Castlereagh, dated July 29. He states that he knows that the colloquy took place, and clearly had the information from Castaños himself (Collingwood Correspondence, ii. 199).
[353] Tiradores de España, Provincial de Cadiz, Carmona, Baylen, Navas de Tolosa, 3rd and 5th Volunteers of Seville.
[354] See Arteche, iii. 118.
[355] First cousin to Charles IV, being the son of the Infante Luis, and brother of Godoy’s unfortunate wife.
[356] Napier is wrong in hinting that Canning lent himself to the Sicilian scheme (i. 177, 178) in order to disoblige Castlereagh. Collingwood’s dispatches show that he opposed it, as much as did Dalrymple, and thereby won approval from his government (Collingwood Correspondence, ii. 216, 217).
[357] He sailed on Nov. 4 (Madrid Gazette).
[358] Note the federalist views of the Aragonese Miguel Principe, quoted by Arteche (ii. 121).
[359] Both Florida Blanca and Jovellanos were in favour of making Madrid the meeting-place. The Andalusians defeated them.