The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-29 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived.
The Gazette contains a royal decree, dated the 21st;
which enacts that, for various reasons set forth by
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Eleuterio
Juantorena, " who represents himself to be charged
with the affairs of the Holy See by delegation of
Cardinal Brunelli and Mgr. Franchi," shall imme
diately cease his functions ; and that, until a per-
son shall be specially nominated by a brief of the
_Pope to exercise the jurisdiction in disputed mat-
ters of the Nuncio's Tribunal, and shall have re-
ceived the Queen's approval to exercise it, that
Tribunal shall be closed. The Queen has given
28,000 reals (7,000 fr.) to the funds for the relief of
sufferers from cholera in Madrid and other parts of
the kingdom. The Minister of Finance has deter-
mined on presenting the budget for 1856 to the
Cortes without delay. A letter of the 24th, re 7
ceived in advance of the mail, says :—" The Go-
vernment is taking measures to pay the interest
on the debt due at the end of December, 1854, and
June, 1855, as it is anxious not to present itself to
the Cortes without having fulfilled that obligatio

A letter from Tunis states that at noon on the
15th, in honour of the fete of St. Napoleon, a sa-
lute of 21 guns was fired from the fort ; and that
one of the Ministers and the first aide-de-camp of
the Bey waited on M. Leon Roches, the French
Consul, to offer the congratulations of his High-
ness. Au Austrian corvette which was at anchor
in the roadstead, waiting the arrival of the squad-
ron of the Archduke Maximilian, also hoisted the
French flag and fired a salute of 21 guns. A mass
and a Te Deum were performed at the Catholic
church.

A letter from Bucharest, of the 16th, says that
on the previous day the fete of the Emperor Napo-
leon was celebrated with great pomp in that city.
After mass and a Te Deem in the Catholic church,
the French Consul, M. Beclard, received the visits
and congratulations of the Count Corinini, and the
Austrian military authorities, the Ministers and
dignitaries of the principality, the Consular Body,
dtc. In the evening a grand banquet was given,
and toasts to the Emperor and Empress were drunk
with enthusiasm.—The funeral of the Grand Vor-
nik Alexander Ghika, brother-in-law of the _Hos-
podar Stirbey, was performed on the 12th with
great ceremony.

A correspondent of the Universal German Ga-
zette writes from Berlin, 23d, that the late reduc-
tion of the Austrian forces will lead to a similar
measure in the Prussian arm, in order to dimi-
nish the expense caused by the great increase
lately made in the artillery and cavalry depart-
ments.

The King of Wurtemberg is travelling at pre-
sent in Switzerland, under the name of Connt de
Teek. His Majesty intends proceeding by Zurich,
Lucerne, and Berne, to Interlaken.

A telegraphic despatch announces that on Sun-
day the Princess, wife of Don Miguel, gave birth
to a daughter, in the Palace of Heubach, in Ger-
many.

The Belgian Moniteur publishes a decree from
the king, nominating a commission to prepare the
revision of the present commercial code in that
country: It is to be divided into two sections,
one to sit at Antwerp, and the other at Brussels.

A letter from Vienna of the 22d says :—" The
concordate between the Austrian Government and
the Papal See now only waits for ratification. It
is drawn up in Latin, and the text is now being
composed at the imperial printing-office. The
clerical-party are not, it is said, exactly satisfied,
as-they regard the affair as a kind of compromise.
The relations of the high ecclesiastical functiona-
ries with the Holy See have become more easy than
they were under the late Emperor."

THE CLAPTON POISONING CASE.—The adjourned in-
quest on the body of Mrs. Emma Candy was resumed
on Monday before Mr. Bruges Fry, coroner. The jury,
after some deliberation, returned the following verdict :
—" We find that the deceased, Emma Candy, died by
swallowink a quantity of arsenic, by whom given we
have not sufficient evidence to prove."
GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The Gist
half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company
was beld yesterday at their offices, 71, Lombard-street;
John Wilkin, Esq., in the chair. The report of the
directors, and a statement of the accounts for the half-
year ending 20th June last, were read to the meeting.
The report, which was very satisfactory, was unani-
mously received and adopted by the proprietors. The
usual, dividend was declared, and the cordial thanks of
the proprietors voted to the chairman and directors for
their continued zealous services in the management of
the company's affairs, after which the meeting senarated.
BATTLE OF THE TOHERNATA.—Among the killed on
the field a Russian general officer was recognised by his
uniform ; his head bad been carried away by a round
shot. Another general officer, wounded, was taken to
one of the French ambulances. He was in much dis-
tress. Speaking in French, he said to a French officer
by his side at the ambulance, "This is a sad day of dis-
grace for Russia, not to have set free the passage of the
Tchernaya, defended by one French division." Another
Russian officer, who was made prisoner, and conversed
in German, asked " What was done in front of Sebas-
topol t" and nn Leing told that nothing important had
taken place there, expressed surprise. He afterwards
explained that it was understoofi in the Russian army
that simultaneaus with the attack to gain the Tchernaya
an assault was to be made by an overpowering force
against the French and nglish works before the Kara-
belnaia.

Three new medals have just been struck at the Paris
Mint. On one is placed the portrait of the Emperor,
with the following inscription on the opposite side:
" Victoire de Tractir par les Armees unies de France,
d'Angleterre, et de Piedmont, 16 Aout 1855." The
second is in honour of the Queen of England's visit,
and gives on one side the portraits of the Emperor
and Empress, with the legend—" Napoleon 111,, Em-
peror ; Eugenie, Imperatrice ; and on the reverse, por-
traits of the Queen and of Prince Albert, with the in
scription—" La Heine d'Angleterre et le Prince Albert
visitent la France, Aout 1855 ; and on the reverse,
within a crown, the following words—" Leur sejour
a Paris, 18 Aout 1855.
A letter from Warsaw of the 18th in Speller's Gazette,
says :—" It is now certain that Prince Paskiewitch will
retain his post. He has received a very gracious letter
from the Emperor, in which he is charged to effect dif-
ferent reforms. This fact is sufficient to prove that the
Grand Duke Nicholas will not, at all events for Rome
time, succeed him as viceroy of Poland. The visit of
the Emperor to Warsaw has been postponed,r probably
on account of the intensity of the cholera."
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about at par (according to the last tariff), which, at the
English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for stan-
dard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17 ; and, the exchange
at Paris on London at short being 25.07 i, it follows that
gold is about 0 38 per cent. dearer in Paris than in Lon-
don. By advices from Hambure.' the price of gold is
427 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of
3/. 17w. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 13 6 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on
London at abort being 13'4 it follows that gold is 0.71
per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in London. The
(ionise of exchange at New York on London for bills at
64 (lays' sight is 110 per cent. ; and, the par of exchange
between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent.,
it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.42 per cent.
in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for
charges of,transport and difference of interest, the pre-
sent rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of
gold from the United States.