The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-07 00:00:00

SPAIN.

A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, dated the
sth inst., states that the Cortes have conceded the
Almanza Railway to M. Salamanca.
Marshal Espartero has addressed the following
speech to the officers of the National Guard who
came to congratulate him on the occasion of his
fete

K I thank you with all my heart and soul for the
congratulations which you address to me, on the
part of the always heroic National Guard of Madrid.
I rely on its efforts and on those of the whole na-
tion, that together we may consolidate for ever the
liberty and the happiness of our country and the
constitutional throne of our Queen. In order to attain
this object so dear to us—and I say us because I also
am a national guard—we wi!l devote ourselves with con-
stant zeal to the preservation of public order and obedi-
ence to the laws, which the nation, in the exercise of its
sovereignty, has voted ; and if the enemies of our hap-
piness dare to excite disturbance, we shall know how to
confound and to chastise them. National Guards, I
rely on your affection—rely always on mine, and on my
highest consideration and esteem."

Letters from several parts of Germany inform
us that the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna are
severally treating with the secondary states of
Europe with opposite ends. The Prussian Go-
vernment is in communication with Holland, Den-
mark, Sweden, and other states, endeavouring to
engage them to neutrality in the present war,
while that of Austria is—or rather was until Fri-
day last—trying to secure the adhesion of the same
states to the treaty of Dec. 2.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states that
preparations are being made at Constantinople for
the organisation of a military hospital for the Pied-
montese troops. The medical staff and the Sisters
of Charity that are to minister there were to leave
Genoa in a few days.

Councillor Meysenburg, of the Vienna Foreign-
office,lis appointed to act as protocolist of the Vienna
Conference, a position similar to that which Gentz
occupied at the Vienna Congress of 1815. M. Mey-
senburg is spoken of as a man of keen and perspi-
cacious intellect, and great political knowledge.

Baron de Prokesch presented to the Diet of
Frankfort, on the 3d, Count de Rocheberg, as his
temporary successor to the post of Austrian Envoy.
The powers of the new Imperial representative
were at once admitted, and he was, in addition,
unanimously appointed to take M. de Prokesch's
place in all the committees of which that gentle-
man formed part.

A letter from Corfu of the 24th ult. says :--" A
regiment of militia is expected here to take the
place of the 48th line, ordered to the Crimea. The
Impe' ador steam transport has arrived here from
England, with 950 soldiers on board to reinforce
the garrisons or the lonian Isles."

A letter from Odessa of the 18th February states
that the town is well prepared for an attack on the
part of the Allies ; it is full of soldiers, and there
is not a point on the coast where cannon have not
been mounted."

SOCIETY OF ARTS.—At the ordinary weekly meeting
of the Society of Arts this (Wednesday) evening the
paper to be read is on "The Sewage of London ; its
composition and value as a fertiliser." By Mr. J. B.
Lawes. Colonel Challoner is to preside. An animated
discussion on this interesting question may fairly be an-
ticipated.
Among the most startling wonders in connection with
electricity is the announcement that M. Bonelli, of
Turin, has invented a new electric telegraph, by which
trains in motion on a railway are enabled to communi-
cate with each other at all rates of velocity, and, at the
same time, with the telegraphic stations on the line ;
while the latter are, at the same time, able to communi-
cate with the trains. It is added that M. Bonelli is in
possession of a system of telegraphic communication by
which wires are entirely thapeusecl with,74401014/76

ATTSTRALIA.

THE RIOTS AT BALLARAT-LOSS OF
LIFE.

We have advices from Melbourne bringing fur-
ther and important intelligence of the fatal dis-
orders at the gold fields. In the Melbourne Morn-
ing Herald of' Dec. 5, we read :
" A Government Gazette Extraordinary was issued
yesterday morning, in which his Excellency the Lieute-
nant-Governor proclaims martial law within the district
of Buninyong, to be in full force from and after twelve at
noon on Wednesday, the ,3th of December inst. ; but it is
especially declared, that no sentence of death shall be car-
ried into execution without his Excellency's express con-
sent. It is further proclaimed that no arms, ammunition,
munitions of war, food, or supplies shall be brought within
the district of Buninyong, after the said 6th of December,
without his Excellency's consent."

A second Gazette Extra ordinary was issued in
the afternoon, as under :

" Notice—Recent events at the mines at Ballarat render
it necessary for all true subjects of the Queen, and all
strangers who have received hospitality and protection
under her flag, to assist in preserving social order and
maintaining the supremacy of the law. The question now
agitated by the disaffected is not whether an enactment
can be amended or ought to be repealed, but whether the
law is or is not to be administered in the name of her
Majesty. Anarchy and confusion must ensue unless those
who cling to the institutions and the soil of their adopted
country step promptly forward. His excellency relies upon
the loyalty and sound feeling of the colonists. All faithful
subjects and all strangers who have had equal rights ex-
tended to them, are therefore called upon to enrol them-
selves, and he prepared to assemble at such places as may
be appointed by the civic authorities in Melbourne and
Geelong, and by the magistrates in the several towns of the
colony. " CHAS. HOU:IA.Ig.
"Melbourne, 4, Dec. 1851."
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About four o'clock on Sunday morning the mili-
tary surrounded the camp formed by the armed
diggers at Eureka, in which there were about 200
men. A of mounted troopers fired over the
heads of the diggers, and then the troops poured in
repeated volleys, which were returned by the dig-
gers. After firing for about ten minutes the insur-
gents pulled down their banner—the Southern
Cross—and surrendered. The troops immediately
ceased firing, and took their prisoners. 123 pri-
soners were taken, and about 26 killed. I myself
counted 21 dead bodies, all dead from gun-shot
wounds. A large number of tents in the vicinity
of the battle-field were burned. The casualties on
the part of the camp are :-1 private of the
12th, 2 ditto of the 40th, killed ; Captain Wise,
dangerously wounded ; Lieutenant Paul, severely
ditto ; about 30 rank and file wounded. At the
time of my leaving (two p.m. yesterday), a large
number of persons bad been arrested ; among
others, Mr. Seekamp, of the Ballarat Times.
The correspondent of the Argus rites :

" BALLARAT, Dec. 3.—At four this morning (Sunday)
the troopers advanced on the right of the Warraneep
Gully, and another division on the left of the Eureka
line, encompassing the camp of the diggers. A shout was
raised, and after a sharp tiring of about twenty minutes
the troopers called to the soldiers, who were advancing,
that it was all over. The camp of the diggers was con-
structed of piles of slabs collected from the neighbouring
holes.

" The following is the official return of killed and.
wounded :

" BALLARAT, Dec. 3,1854.—1 have the honour to inform
you that the casualties on the part of the military are
one private of the 12th Regiment killed, two privates of
the 40th killed. Captain Wise, 40th, is dangerously
wounded ; Lieutenant Paul, 12th, seriously wounded.
Several privates of the 40th and 12th more or less wounded.
No official return has yet been made, bat the correspondent
of the Argus can have it to-morrow by applying at the
camp. 125 prisoners made, but the casualties on the part
of the insurgents aro not known.—l have the honour to be,
sir, your most obedient servant,
ROBT. REDE, Resident Commissioner.'

" In the case of Captain Wise amputation is considered
necessary, he having received two wounds in the leg.
Nearly all the ringleaders are taken. Fifteen are lying
dead in the Eureka camp. Sixteen are dangerously wounded.
A German has received five different wounds. The Eureka
camp, as well as the stores and tents in the neighbourhood,
have been burnt to the ground. The London Hotel is the
chief repository for the dead and wounded. The troopers
swept the diggings, and are making several captures now
at the moment of writing.

" 10 a.m.—Several waggons containing wounded and
confiscated property have passod on the way to the camp.
At present every one is as if stunned, and but few are
to be seen about. The flag of the diggers, `The Southern
Cross,' as well as the ' Union Jack,' which they hoisted
underneath, were captured by the foot police."