The Express. — 1850-01-21 (London, England)

NARV.tiZ, on the contrary, seems to have outlived his enmities, and literally to have worn them out. We, indeed, cannot altogether forget his put ; but when we behold him, almost the only minister of Europe who wages a constitutional war, and tolerates a constitutional opposition—when we see a man who has risen by military p as owe and support, actually discard that rapport perilous and extravagantly expensive, in order to court favour by popular measures and a more constitutional policy, one anaot,in the present subjection of the constitutional to the military principle of government over all the rest of Europe, but applaud the civilian and constitutional tendencies of the Spanish government. We are aware that the cabinet of General NARTAEZ is threatened in the Cortes by a coalition of the two oppositions, the Inoclerado and pro resists. They have taken their stand upon the budget, a very good and constitutional stand too, insisting on reduction and a system of financial reform. Nartverz, as we lualTrstand, declares himself no enemy to financial reform, nor even to a large reduction of the army. But he objects to a provisional vote, and a session spent in the discussion of the budgets, during which he atd his colleagues on the ministerial benches would be like prisoners on their trial, exposed to the attacks of the parties coalesced against them. He is, therefore, far imitating our Chancellor of the Exchequer, who brings forth his budget, then gets the army and navy estimates voted, and permits the great financial debate of the year to take place—after, not before, the sum total is fixed, and the estimates voted. Whichever party succeeds, and whether the Spanish government be triumphant or defeated, it seems to be decided upon one point, which is the dissolution, of the Cortes, a necessary step, indeed, to reform, and to the settlement of the constitutional government. The present Spanish Cortes were elected' it will be remembered, during the effervescence cured by the royal marriages. That infamous combined's, for which so much money was raised amt spent, and so much violence had recourse ter comvetely vitiated the freedom of the national choice, the object of the French party being to prevent the elution of a national Cortes. The Spanish marriages have borne their fruit, lest in the disgrace and suicide of all concerned in the infamous transaction, secondly in the nullity of the Cortes got together to effect them. Had ICIARTAET been chargeable with the marriages he would have fallen long ago, as his rivals have done, in consequenceof the utter loss of charmter entailed upon them by the act. These marriages have net only ruined the perpetrators, but tended to weaken the crown. Fortunately for ISABELLA and her sister, other circumstances, unexpected too, have arisen to strengthen it. The management of the Carlist party and the conduct of the Culla princes have been such as to break up the faction altogether, and deprive it of hops. Oft-repeated, yet trivial, insurrections, compromising more and more of the Carlist partieaae, without advancing the cause, bad flung discredit ups it, when it become known that the son of Don CAZLOS had himself offered to treat, and that with the eels view of bettering his present interests without emelting those of the party, or of the men engaged for him —some of them in the actual fends of civil war. This put the finishing stroke to the Carlist party in the Pesimuls. And the unpopularity of seeking political reform by the way of revolution having bees established by the outbreaks and anarchy of B , the fortunate soldier who found himself in passesioa of the Spanish government has been enabled to tarn his views towards a new species of policy, sad a mode of government based no longer on and on the military expenditure inseparable The greater part, however, of this dame of General NAILTAEZ, exists but in premises and wards. Before he can command confidenos, he must realise them in acts. His giving utterance to each prolate's, tells very plainly that such reforms are indispensable tatits, that they are possible, and that the, are deaby political opinion. General MARTA/ell • word admitting this, is as significant as Sir ROBERT PM's admitting the truth and the necessity of free trade. These same principles are professed by them in opposition to General