est shops, and the principle cafes. It leads
also to the post-office, to the opera, and to the Plaza del Duque, so
called from its containing the house of the Duke of Medina Sidonia; but
it possesses, likewise, two other ducal residences, besides others of
almost equal pretension. These mansions are scarcely ever occupied by
their proprietors. It is a small irregularly formed place, and its ducal
habitations, whatever they may be internally, by no means improve its
appearance.

A few streets further on is the Alameda. This is a place magnificent in
extent, but possessing no architectural merit. Its principal ornament is
an avenue of elms, of about half a mile in length, at the head of which
are placed the two antique columns and statues of the temple of
Hercules. At the further extremity, on the left, is the church of the
Jesuits, closed since the revolution.

THE END.

LONDON:

Printed by S. & J. BENTLEY, WILSON, and FLEY,

Bangor House, Shoe Lane.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] The very polite individual alluded to no longer fills the post of
Consul at Bayonne.

[2] The following inscriptions are placed at the feet of the respective
statues:

"Aqui yace el muy Ilustre Senor Don Pedro Hernandez de Velasco,
Condestable de Castilla, Senor del estado, y gran casa de Velasco, hijo
de Don Pedro Hernandez de Velasco, y de Dona Beatriz Manrique, Condes de
Haro. Murio de setenta y siete anos, anno de mil cuatro cientos y
noventa y dos, siendo solo Virey de estos reynos por los Reyes
Catolicos."

"Aqui yace la muy Ilustre Senora Dona Mencia de Mendoza, Condesa de
Haro, muger del Condestable Don Pedro Hernandez de Velasco, hija de Don
Inigo Lopez de Mendoza, y de Dona Catalina de Figueroa, Marqueses de
Santillana. Murio de setenta y nueve annos, anno de mil y quiniento."

[3] The above woodcut may, it is hoped, serve as a guide to future
travellers in their search for this head, of which it has no pretension
to give an adequate idea.

[4] It will be seen that this letter was written shortly after the
Queen's return to Spain, and previous to the publication of her
marriage.

[5] It is probable that this threat, supposing it real, may have
assisted in determining the Queen's resolution, since executed, of
publishing the marriage.

[6] The crown was valued in Cadiz at a hundred and sixty thousand
pounds, of which the emerald, which supports the cross, represents forty
thousand.

[7] She is of a wood, whether artificial