The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-13 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID Dec. 7.
—The Carlist insurrection is
Catalonia is again stated to be completely sup-
pressed, and that ast band of insurgents to be " an-
nihilated." The Gazette says that the Government
is aware that attempts were being made to create
disturbances in that province, but that it does not
fear them. The same journal says that the loss of
the Spaniards in the affair with the Moors at
Melilla was only 4 officers and 12 soldiers, but that
that of the Moors was 100 killed and a great num-
ber wounded. The number of deputies who con-
tinued absent themselves from the Cortes was 85.
The export of wheat from the port of Bilboa in the
months of October and November was 58,053
fanogas, and of flour 171,477 fanegas (the fanega is
equal to an English bushel.) A Madrid letter
says :—" The Minister of Finance has received no
communication relative to the establishment in'
this city of a branch of the Credit Mobilier of Paris,
by English and French capitalists, which some
newspapers say has been resolved on."
The Madrid journals of the 7th have reached us.
The Nacion and the Occidento say that an attempt
is being made to form a new party to be called the
Liberal party, the principles of which are to be
the maintenance of the monarchy with the fullest
liberty possible. The formation of such a party is
warmly approved of by Marshal O'Donnell. The
complaint made by Lord Howden of an English
vessel having been fired at by the Spaniards in
Africa, would not, it was supposed, create any dif-
ficulty between the Spanish and English Govern-
ments. Some French and English capitalists had
purchased the timber in the vast forest of Menullos
in the Asturias ; others were treating for the pur-
chase of the marble quarries at Canges de Finco,
in that province ; and a French company had un-
dertaken the construction of the railway from
Malagar to Almodovar without any subvention.
Great damage has been caused by inundations in
Valencia ; in one district not fewer than eight cloth
manufactories were thrown down by the violence
of the waters. Modifications in the ministry were

again talked of, and were considered probable. A
letter says that, on the 7th, the Cortes proceeded
to discuss the budget of the Ministry of War, and
that M. Bayarii complained that the pay of cap-
tains-general of provinces and of other military
authorities was far too high, but the Minister of
War defended it as necessary.

Letters have arrived from Jerusalem to the 11th
Nov. The building of the Church of Beit-Djalla,
for which a firman had been obtained by the exer-
tions of Mgr. Valerga, the present bishop, was
being actively proceeded with. Two villages occu-
pied by a Greek population, Ram-Allah and Gofne,
having evinced tendencies towards the Roman
Catholic creed, the bishop, in returning from Naza-
reth to Jerusalem, visited these places, and re-
ceived a most enthusiastic reception. Scarcely had
he arrived at Jerusalem, on his return, when depu-
tations were sent from the two villages, and the
consequence was, that an ecclesiastic was appointed
to visit the Greek populations every Saturday and
give them spiritual instruction. The hospital of
Jerusalem was increasing, there being 26 beds
there at present. At Nazareth, the school opened
by French nuns in Feb. last reckons 80 pupils.
The Porte is represented as affording a most liberal
support to all the efforts made by the French resi-
dents, and the bishop to improve the condition of
the natives.

A letter from Carlsrulie, of the 7th, says :—...
" The first sittings of the Second Chamber have
been devoted to the constitution of the bureaux,
and the nomination of the committee to draw up
the reply to the speech from the throne. The Re-
gent has named as President of the Chamber a su-
perior employe of the Ministry ofJustice, M. Jung.
haus, a distinguished lawyer, without political
antecedents, but a man of an upright and energetic
character. The first Vice-President is M. Schaaf,
a man well known for his strong C, nservative prin-
ciples ; and the second is M. Prestinari. The Mi-
nister of Finances has presented to the Chamber
the budget for the year 1856, and has pointed out
the reasons for an increase of taxation, in order to
re-establish an equilibrium between the receipts
and expenditure. These additional taxes will be
levied both on land and on capital. The Minister
concludes his report by assuring the Chamber that
the Government will always observe the strictest
economy, and will confine its demands within the
bounds of the most urgent necessity. The expenses
in the budget presented are set down at 21,200,811
florins, and the receipts (incluing the proceeds of
the new taxes) at 21,477,930 florins."

A letter from Venice, of-the 4th, says :—" The
Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian arrived here the
day before yesterday. He stopped for the night,
and on the following morning left for the Imperial
Palace of Stra, without receiving the visit of any
one. The state of the Prince is said to be as satis-
factory as possible, but from the place chosen for
his residence there is reason to think that it is still
such as to require the greatest care, and that his
medical attendants consider it necessary for him to
be kept as quiet as possible."

A letter• from Warsaw of the sth, in the _Augs-
burg Gazette, says :—" Intelligence from St. Peters-
burg states that the check at Kars produced much
annoyance amongst the war party who had always
supported Gen. Mouravieff. That general bad
been in disgrace, when the war party succeeded in
obtaining for him the command of the troops in
Asia, because they considered him an excellent
general. That opinion is not by any means a uni-
versal one, and certainly is not shared in by the
Emperor Alexander."

The Constitutionnel publishes the following tele•
graphic despatch from Berlin :
" A grand festival took place on the 4th, at the
winter palace of St. Petersburg, to celebrate the
arrival of her Majesty Anna Pawlowna, Queen
Dowager of the Netherlands, sister to the late
Emperor, and aunt to the reigning one."

The Provincial Diet of Schleswick was closed at
Flensburg on the sth. It adopted previously to
separating, by 27 votes to 13, the motion of M.
Maquardsen, relative to recognising the forced
loans of 1849 and 1850. The assembly also adopted
unanimously the motion of M. Kruge, tending to
dissolve at once the corps of gendarmery which had
been created in the late troubles.