The aspect of the Spanish Constituent Cortes is peculiar, but
the acts to which it has given effect would seem to imply more con- sideration for the difficulties of Espartero'sdiovernment than we were led to expect. 'It is observed that, at the meeting, the Ministerial front was booked only by deserted benches ; and the array of members seemed to imply that while the most ardent Progresistas held a decided majority in the Chamber, they were prepared not even to render an independent support to the Government, but to act as an Opposition. When, how- ever, it came to voting, we find that Government carried its candidates for the offices of the Chamber of Representatives -by decided majorities. The Moderate Liberals appear therefore in the ascendant when it comes to actual business. We are led to in- fer that Espartero and his Government still possess the qualified confidence of a majority in the Representative Chamber, and that the larger number are prepared to give that Government time and consideration ; but, on the other hand, that the majority of the Chamber desires a policy much more decidedly democratic than that to which Espartero is inclined.
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