§ MR. MURROUGHsaid, he would beg to inquire of the First Lord of the Treasury, whether the Government were prepared to adopt any and what means for the prevention of the armed interference of France in the internal affairs of Spain?
§ VISCOUNT PALMERSTONSir, I apprehend that there is at present nothing in regard to the affairs of Spain which could lead to any interference on the part of the French Government with those affairs. The Emperor of the French is a man of great justice, and would, I think in any case, feel that foreign interference with the affairs of the Spanish nation, except under circumstances which we cannot foresee, would be unjust. He is also a man of great sagacity, and the lessons of the past teach that those Sovereigns of France who have been led to interfere in the affairs of Spain have always, sooner or later, found that interference more or less disastrous to themselves. There can be no reason for apprehending that there is on the part of the French Government any intention to interfere in Spain.