The Express.
London, England, 1850-01-22 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, JAN. 13.
In the Senate to-day, a discussion took place upon
the admission of Castillo y Ayensa, ex-au beseador
to the Pontifical Court. This gentleman's property
qualification wss objected to, se, instead of assisting
in real property, as repaired by law, it consists for the
most part in landed property. It was argued that,
as he bad the rank and pay of a minister plenipo-
tentiary, he should be admitted ; and the fact of his
being refused became his fortune was in the Three
rzi:lsints., would show that that stock was not well
upon by the Senate, which would have the im-
politic effect at decrying it : and when it was said
that funded property was uncertain, a senator, recently
appointed, observed that he himself had been admitted
on showing his title deeds of real property, and that
a few days after all that property had been consumed
by fire, so that one was as uncertain as the other. The
Minister of Justice said that the mooting of this ques-
tion interfered with the prerogatives et the crown. The
law requirinF a senator to have 30,000 reale a year
was made with a view of having senators rich enough
to keep up their dignity, and that indication was ful-
filled in the present case. The admission was finally
conceded. In the Chamber of D. Rutin, the discus-
sion of the bill on public accoants was gone on with.
Every clause of the bill was approved of, with some
few modifications. Vasquez Quripo, the gentlemen
who resigned his sub-secretaryship in the home de-
partment and joined the moderado opposition, made
some critical observations upon the vast sums of se-
cret service money uselessly spent. The minister for
foreign affairs said that the greater port of such mo-
ney was necessarily uselessly spent, but the informa-
tion derived.from It had saved immense sums to the
country.
One of the progresieta party, by dint of declaim-
ing in favour of monopoly and against England, has
found means to get elected for Barcelona, in opposi-
tion to the government candidate.
The general committee on the estimates hes et
lenuth made a report thereon. After praising Moo's
tributary system, and the tariff bit, it says that order
and clearness have been introduced into the finances,
no impost has been done away with, but an important
reduction has been made in one of the heaviest char-
ges in the territorial contribution. The Legislature
has not deprived the government of the means
of applying the estimates for one branch
to another brarch of the same nature, but the govern.
ment is not permitted to apply the money voted for one
service to be applied to another. Former debts have
not been paid, at is true, but they have been classified,
and arrangements have been made to attend re-
ligiously to some, and prudently to others. The esti-
mates have been divided, as in former years, in ex-
traordinary and ordinary. There is, however, a
notable difference between the extraordiiary esti-
' mates of the year 1850 and those of form r years.
In those of former years were comprehended all those
expenses which were not reproduced fr.xn year to
year. In those of 1850 are only comprehended as
extraordinary expenses those which belonged to the
former estimates, and of which payment cannot be
delayed. Estimates for 1850: —Ordinary estimates,
1,146,907,536 reale; extraordinary ditto, 60,000,000
reale ; total, 1,206,907,536—being 58,452,777 reels
less than for the year 1849. 'f ois is wsat the com-
mittee says, but as you have seen, the committee, like
the government, has exaggerated the resources of the
public revenue, and underrated the liabilities of the
treasury.

JAx. 11

The sitting of the Cortes is about to begin. How-
ever, there is little doubt but that the cabinet will
have its own way. Last night it was said thst tho
opposition would muster 105 votes against 130 minis-
teiialists. These letter will not give their sweet
voices for nothing. Nearly all the members of the
committee will receive advatAageous posts for them-
selves or their relations, while those h i have tco
much wealth to covet a portion of the nation's w... 1
have ribbands and stars.