The Sun.
London, England, 1848-06-22 00:00:00

ENGLAND AND SPAIN.
TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE SUP'
Sra,—ln the correspondence which has recent!)
taken place between Lord Palmerston and Senor
Isturitz, his Lordship admits that the position
of British ambassadors at Madrid is injuriously
affected, and their influence compromised, by the
frequent reclamations they are under the necesit)
of making in reference to the claims of British sub-
jects en the Spanish Government. That Government
acknon ledges the justice of those claims as well as the
sacred obligation it is under to satisfy them, and for
years past has been repeatedly promising to do so.
Those promises, however, yet remain unfulfilled; and
why then, I would ask, does our Government not put an
end to these evils, by taking possession of the Spanish
colonies, and retaining them until Spain shall think fit
to fulfil the obligations she has contracted with British
subjects ? Does it refrain from so acting for the pur-
pose of disproving, the allegations of the Spanish Minis-
ters, that England was actuated by selfish motives in
rendering assistance to Spain? Even this end will not
be obtained by its forbearance, for those Ministers,
through their organs of the press in Madrid, boast that
England is now too powerless and her Government too
pusillanimous to dare to assume a hostile attitude to
wards them. Let our own Government, then, concede
to Spain the right to boast she is under no obligation
for the assistance she received from us, at her own urgent
entreaties; but let it now at least consult British in-
terests by taking efficacious measures to compel Spain to
fulfil the obligations she contracted with England and
with British subjects. By adopting this course, it will
not only perform an act of justice towards thousands,
who have a just claim to its protection, but our own
suffering colonists would thereby be relieved, the horrors
of Spanish colonial slavery be mitigated, and a fatal
blow would be struck at the iniquitous and diabolical
slave trade.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,

AN ENGLISHMAN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—l cannot refrain from expressing to you the un-
qualified pleasure with which I have read all you have
written on the question at issue between Lord Palmers-
ton and the Duke de Sotomayor. It is characterised
throughout by a knowledge of the real merits of the
case, and by what I may term an intuitive sagacity,
which are beyond all praise. You alone, of all our daily
press (so far as I have been able to judge it), have seen
this matter in its true light. The Times, Daily News,
Morning Chronicle, and I think the Morning Advertiser,
have all been on the wrong scent; of course the Morning
Post, .Herald, and Standard have no further or higher
idea of the matter than how they may may turn it to a
party advantage, and accordingly they bark at Lord
Palmerston's heels. Of the hebdomidal papers, which I
see here and there, my general impression is that they
have not comprehended the true merit of the case.
The rock upon which the whole of the press, and a
large portion of our not over-well informed Members of
the Houses of Parliament have split, has been that Lord
Palmerston did wrong to vex " the proud Castilian" by
writing his celebrated note to Sir H. Bulwer, in which
his Lordship authorised his Minister to give some good,
plain, perhaps unpalatable advice to Sotomayor (mean-
ing always Narvaez), as to his mode of carrying on the
Government of Quee❑ Isabella.
The Peers in the House of Lords, the gentlemen in
the House of Commons, and the writers in the English
press, who have run a tilt with Lord Palmerston, on the
ground that he had unnecessarily wounded the Castilian
pride of Narvaez, Sotomayor, and Co., are merely the
many Don Quixotes running with lance in rest against
windmills.
The Spanish people, considered in their aggregate
character, are a tine. people ; but, unhappily, they have
fallen upon evil days, in regard to their rulers and pub-
lic men. These are venal, unprincipled, arrogant, igno
rant, selfish, and mean, and they misgovern Spain. I
speak generally, and I am happy to say that there are
exceptions, proving the rule.
Well, Narvaez—an unmitigated tyrant, and the
meanest of mankind—comes to the conclusion in
his own addled brain, and in the ignorance of the
affairs of England, that the Chartists are about to reign
paramount, and that at all events Lord Palmerston and
Sir Henry Bulwer (ese Lord Palmerston, con su amigo
Bulver) are about to tall, and that accordingly the time
had arrived for the ass to kick the dead lion. So in his
magnanimity he sends Sir Henry Bulwer off, but, por si
acaso, in case of accidents, he also sends Count Mirasol
to explaie.
Be assured, Sir, that if Narvaez and his clique could
for one moment have foreseen the denouement of their
dismissal of Sir Henry Bulwer, they would sooner have
chopped off their little fingers than have proceeded as
they did. They committed, as we say now, " a grave
mistake."

Narvaez will fall in consequence of his arrogance, his
meanness, his folly, and his ignorance. Lord Palmerston
will be recognised more clearly than ever as the most
consummate diplomatist, and what is more to his honour,
the most dignified and best defender of his country's
rights that modern times has produced for this happy
nation.

That you may know that these are the sentiments of
one long acquainted with Spanish character and feelings,
and in no way connected with Lord Palmerston, I in-
close my card, which you may show to any one you
please. To yourself lam wholly unknown, but I repeat
that your mode of seeing, or rather foreseeing, all the
bearings of the question, displays an insight into na-
tional character, an observation of diplomatic detail, a
sagacity in analyzing it, and a wisdom i❑ anticipating
the ultimate judgment which is to be pronounced upon
it—all deserves the meed of praise from those who wish
to see the best interests of England well understood and
well handled by the press.
London, June 19, 1848. B.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21.
CHELTENHAM BOROUGH.

Motion made, and Qaestion put, "That Mr. Speaker do
issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a
New Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre-
sent Parliament for the Borough of Cheltenham, in the room
of Sir Willoughby Jones, Baronet, whose Election has been
determined to be void.." The House divided:—
MAJORITY—AYES, 59.
Adderley, C. B. Hamilton, G.'"A. Sandara, George
Anstey, Thomas C. Hamilton,EJ.H. Scrope, G. P.
Berkeley, Captain Hayes, Sir E. Sibthorp, Colonel
Bowles, Admiral Henley, J. W. Sidney, Alderman
Boyd, John Herbert, Henry A. Slaney, Robert A.
Boyle, Colonel Hobbouse, T. B. Smith, R. V.
Carew, W. P. Humphery, Ald. Smollett, Al.
Christy, Samuel Jones, Captain Somerville. Sir W.
Clive, H. B. Lewis, G. C. 4111 Stanley, Edward
Crawford, W. S. Mackenzie, W. F. Stanstleld, W. R.
Cubittt, William Maher, N. Taltourd, Sergeant
Dalrymple, Captain Maitland, Thomas Towneley, Charles
Deedes, W. Melgund, Viscount Trullope, Sir J.
Denison, J. E. Mulgrave, Earl 'Verney, Sir 11.
Drummond, Henry Newdegate, C. N. Testy, Hon. T.
I)u Pre, C. G. O'Connell, M. J. Willoughby, Sir H.
Elliot, John E. Pakington,:Sir J. Wilson, Matthew
Fitzpatrick, J W. Palmer, Robert
Fuller, A. E.: Patten, J. W. TELLERS.
Galway, Viscount Pusey, P. Stafford, Augustus
Grey, Sir G. Rice, E. R. Goring, Charles