The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-28 00:00:00

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as of a very doubtful chara, 'ter, he was compelled to
vote for the original motion.
idiculed the motion
Mr. T. DuNcoMitE happily ,
and the amendment, pronouncing them a,'l to be ab-
surd, and Mr. Hustn's proposed amendmen 't the most
absurd of all. Through the whole debate noth 'flg• what-
ever which concerned the couatry had been thy 'tight of
—no money would be saved, nor the people in a.ly way
served. The speeches of the Tories accused tho Go-
vernment of having been guilty of a gross job ; tho :no-
tion said nothing of the kind, it was a sort of falsity, at:(d
he would not vote for it.
After a few words from Mr. WYNN and Mr. LID..
DELL in reply, the House divided, and the Ministers.
were defeated by 240 to 212—majority 28. Such is
the legacy which Mr. RICE has bequeathed to his
friends. Thereafter the House speedily adjourned.
Neither the debate nor the result has disappointed
us. We expected the defeat, though we did not anti-
cipate so large a majority, and we had already ,raid that
the [notion was brought forward for a party parpose
regardless of the public. It turned out, accordingly, a
kind of personal fight ; crimination begat recrimination,
and assault was answered by assault. That nothing
was at any time to be obtained by the public was evi-
dent, from this consideration—that the pension came
from the Civil List, and the money, if not bestowed on
Sir J. NEWPORT would have been bestowed on some
one else, perhaps a less worthy character. The
friends of science and art may complain that funds
destined to encourage them are appropriated to re-
ward political services, but the public may be as much
benefited by the latter as the former. That the
whole debate was a mere personal and a party squabble,
is evident by Lord Mouvscrit calling the original mo-
tion a pointless, spiritless resolution, and by Lord J.
RUSSELL at the same time admitting, in the words of
the resolution, that the grant of such a pension ought
not to be drawn into a precedent. At the same time
all the speakers on both sides bore undivided testimony
to the merits and services of Sir J. NEWPORT ; and Sir
JAMES GRAHAM said if the pension had :been granted
before he was appointed Comptrolls r of the
Exchequer he would have cheerfully acquiesced
in it, and never questioned it. Mr,. LEADER.
properly characterised the dispute between the parties,
as the difference betwixt tweedledum and tvteedledee,
and quite unworthy of the House of Commons. We
agree with Mr. LEADER. The Ministers alight, with
the consent of men of honour of all parties in the
House of Commons, have given Sir JOHN N..c:WPORT a
pension, but unfortunately it was contamina,'ed by a
provision to enable Mr. SPRING Rice to support his
newly created Peerage. The public, as Mr. HUME
said, look on that with suspicion ; they say it is a job,
and both Sir JOHN NEWPORT and the Ministers suffer
from the company they keep. Lord MoNTEs.oLE's
character and acts have inflicted this heavy blow ort the
Whigs.

The Ministerial crisis in France continued up to is
late hour on Wednesday evening. Appearances were
then in favour of M. Tututs, but the capriciousness of:
the KING prevented all who approached him from giving
any decided opinion as to the materials of which his,
MAJESTY may choose to form the new Cabinet. His
threat of resigning the crown and retiring into private
life having given more pleasure than pain in the political
circles of the metropolis, has greatly increased the
acerbity of a temper which the rejection of the Dotation
Bill had rendered scarcely endurable. When this threat
was reported in the Capita/c of Sunday, we dwelt at
some length on its extreme folly ; and we are sur—
prised that Louis PHILIPPE, after his experience of the
cool way in which it was received by all France in 1831
should be so rash as ever again to repeat it.
One thing is however certain, M. TRIERS was at
last summoned to the palace, and received from the
KING instructions to form a Cabinet. The ex-Minister
arrived at the Tuileries at one o'clock on Wednesday,
and at four o'clock was still closeted with the KING.
Lists of the new Ministry were handed about, but it
would serve no purpose to publish them in the columns
of an English journal.
On Tuesday night, at twelve o'clock. the Queen of
the FRENCH and the Duke of ORLEANS set out for
Brussels, to make preparations for the marriage of the
Duke de NEMOURS.

In the columns of the Moniteur we find the followibg
telegraphic despatch from Spain :
" Bayonne, Feb. 25.
" THE LIEUTENAN -GENERAL COMMANDING THE 2orrf
MILITARY DIVISION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL.
" Espartero arrived at Aluniesa on the 191.11. All the
besieging artillery is collected. Disorders arose among
the garrison of Segura on his arrival, and on the 20th there
were hopes of a capitulation."
Six Madrid mails were overdue in consequence of the
Carlists having blocked up the road between Madrid
and Calaytayud.

The Sentinelle des Pyrennees of the 22d says, that a
great number of Spanish emigrants have been arrested
in Bayonne, suspected of a participation in the plots for
disturbing the Northern Provinces. A captain, impli-
cated in the rebellious movement at Bilboa, was shot by
order of the authorities.