§ MR. DARBY GRIFFITHwished, on the last day of the Session, to elicit some words of wisdom from the noble Viscount at the head of Her Majesty's Government in relation to a question which had lost an eloquent exponent in that House, owing to the acceptance of office by the right hon. Baronet the Member for Tamworth (Sir Robert Peel). The despatches published by the Foreign Minister in the autumn of 1859 were all that could be wished; but his answer to the right hon. Baronet the other day seemed to give a new version to the case. The noble Lord the other day appeared to consider that he had made an engagement as to Tangiers, but that as to Tetuan he said nothing in direct terms, and that in harmony with his despatch he could allow Tetuan to be occupied permanently by an European Power. The fact was that Tetuan and the country up to Ceuta was nearer to Gibraltar than Tangiers was. The passage by land to Tangiers was easy, and there would be no difficulty in a force from Tetuan taking possession of that town. There could be no doubt that if the Spanish forces held possession of the coast of Morocco our communications with Gibraltar and the Mediterranean would be greatly interfered with. At present the Spaniards held possession of Melilla, upon the confines of French Algeria, and the extension of their power over the coast between the two points, which must follow, would leave the whole seaboard in the possession of Spain, who might at any time be made a catspaw by France to injure this country. If the recent conduct. of the noble Lord had been actuated by any desire to make a firm friendship with Spain it was an entire mistake. The only means of obtaining a sincere alliance with Spain must be by the surrender of Gibraltar. So long as we retained Gibraltar, which was a thorn and offence in their side, every Spaniard would detest the name of England. We had taken Gibraltar by a coup de main, and the Spaniards had repeatly made attempts to recover it, in alliance with France; and it was vain to expect that they would prefer the alliance of England to that of France so long as they hoped to wrest the fortress from us. It was futile to expect any gratitude for our exertions during the Peninsular War, because Spaniards argued, first that what 1857 we did was with a view to our own in-tests; and next, that if we had let them alone they would have driven Napoleon out of the country much sooner than was the case with our assistance. He would remind the noble Lord of the opinion expressed by Mr. Fox that if Gibraltar were given up to Spain the Mediterranean would become a lake from which she could exclude us whenever she pleased. He wished to ask the noble Lord, Whether there was any intention on the part of the Government to allow any European Power to obtain possession of Tetuan or of any part of the coast of Morocco in the Mediterranean, with reference to the security of the fortress of Gibraltar?