The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-15 00:00:00

SPAIN.

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A despatch from Madrid, dated the 13th inst.,
says :
Yesterday the Cortes rejected a proposition tend-
ing to censure the Ministry.
The Minister of Finance declared to-day in the
Cortes that he would only have recourse to a forced
loan as a last resource.
The French mail which left Paris on the 9th, and
the mail which left Madrid on the 10th instant,
were burnt. hy some insurgents in Castile.
A private telegraphic despatch from Madrid an-
nounces that the Cortes unanimously and without
a discussion, adopted the following proposition on
the sitting of the 14th instant :
" We demand a declaration from the Cortes that they
are completely eatisfiei with the noble and loyal con-
duct of the French Government, which by its vigilance
and aid (which have never been found wanting) has con-
tributed to frustrate the machinations of the enemies of
the liberties of Spain, and of the constitutional throne of
Dana Isabella II."

AMERICA.

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.

The United States' mail steam-ship Arago, Cap-
tain Lines, with dates from New York to the 2d
inst., has arrived. She brings $500,000 specie,
$105,000 of which is for England, 240 passengers,
and the usual cargo.
The Pacific arrived out at New York on the
morning of the 31st of May.
The steam-ship Star of the West had arrived
from California with $413,791 in gold dust and a
week's later intaigence. The Legislature ad-
journed on the Bth of May, without electing a
United Shtes' senator. . .

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At Great Salt Lake a wanton assault had taken
place by a Mormon mob upon a party of army
officers and some ladies. .

From Mexico there are dates to the 12th ult.
Santa Anna had not returned from an expedition
to Michoacan. Robberies and executions were
daily taking place, and there were no signs of ame-
lioration.
The Kane Arctic expedition was to' leave on the
2d inst.

At Washington the Nicaragua scheme was re-
ported as entirely abandoned. An order from the
Post-office department that both British and Ame-
rican postages to Turk's Island must be prepaid
was to be issued shortly.
The Canadian Parliament had adjourned without
definitely concluding a proposition to denote lands
to soldiers enlisting in the Foreign Legion for the
Crimea. A further grant of 5,0001. for the Paris
Exhibition was voted.
Havannah news to the 25th ult. states that the
prevalence of yellow level-end small-pox bad created
great excitement. The siege of Cuba ceased on the
23d. In the markets sugar was unchanged, and
molasses brisk.
Several fires had taken place at New York and
other towns.
In the New York money market the business in
exchange was moderate, and sterling for best signa-
tures was quoted at 9i to 10i ; France, sf. 15c. to
sf. 121 c.
The supply of outside bills was still limited ;
others were without change, and the demand fair.
The cotton market had again advanced one-
eighth to one-f.ourtb, with an active demand ; the
coffee market was also better, with a fair demand.
Western and state flour was 6! c. to 121 c. lower,
and was quite irregular. The demand for the East
and home traide had been good. Canadian was
without change. Rye flour rather firmer, and
corn-meal steak ply. There- was a fair demand for
grain ; rye waslsoarcea and wanted ; oats lower,