Under the Salic Law, Don Carlos would have been on the throne.

See _ante_, p.44.

(Ch.

V, Footnote 9)] [Footnote 141: William I., who had abdicated in order to marry again, and William II., his son, who was nearly fifty.] [Footnote 142: The King of Greece, elected in 1833.] [Pageheading: AMBASSADORS' AUDIENCES] _Queen Victoria to Sir Robert Peel._ _25th October 1841._ With respect to the appointment of Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the Queen approves of Mr Pennefather[143] for that office.

The Queen may be mistaken, for she is not very well acquainted with the judicial officers in Ireland, but it strikes her that Serjeant Jackson belonged to the very violent Orange party in Ireland, and if this should be the case she suggests to Sir Robert Peel whether it would not be better _not_ to appoint him.