The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-23 00:00:00

THE CONTINENT.

SPAIN.
Advices have arrived from Madrid of the 17th
inst. They state that it was thought that the
Ministers who had retired had not done so of their
own accord, but that their retirement had been de-
manded by the President of the Council than he
might strengthen his Cabinet in order better to
meet the Cortes. The Minister of the Interior had
published a circular in which he declares that he
considers diligence, probity, and intelligence indis-
pensable in public functionaries.
Madrid Bourse, Nov. 17.—The Three per Cents.,
47 ; Exchange on London, 50 GO paper.

BELGIUM.
The Central Section charged to examine the bud-
get for foreign affairs commissioned one of its mem-
bers to ask the Minister to furnish information
relative to the state of the negotiations with France
on the subject of the literary convention. The
Minister replied that he had no information to give,
and charged the member to transmit these words,
" Say that I have nothing to reply."
The subject of the extradition of the Polish offi-
cers, naturalised Belgians, at the request of the
Russian Government, is now being minutely dis-
cussed by the sections, where it meets with general
disapproval. The measure is looked upon as a
breach of the law, as a want of national dignity,
and as a subserviency to the Russian Government.

GERMANY.
A funeral service for the Duke of Wellington
was performed on Thursday, in the garrison church
at Berlin ; it was attended by detachments of all
the troops in garrison in Berlin, the Generals,
officers, and Princes of the Royal Family ; the body
of the church and galleries were crowded with every
variety of uniform, Lancers, Artillery, Cavalry of
the Guard, Hussars, and the different regiments
of the line ; the late Duke's own Prussian regiment,
the 28th, is at present quartered on the Rhine, and
was not represented. The communion table was
draped with black cloth, and the stands of the
lighted alter candles were bound with crape. The
decorations were of the simplest kind, sufficing
only to indicate the event, and, excepting the ad-
dress of the preacher, there was little in the service
itself that denoted the occasion ; yet it had much
interest for the English present. It was a faint re-
flection of the grand solemnity being celebrated
almost at the same hour in the Cathedral of
St. Paul. It was the last mark of honour
by an old national ally, to one whose name is asso-
ciated with the greatest and most united effort
Germany has ever made against a foreign enemy.
Of the Royal family there were present Prince
Albrecht, Prince Adalbert, Prince Karl, and
Prince George ; General Wrangel, the Commander-
in-Chief of the province, and all the Generals under
his command, also attended. The English Minister
Lord Bloomfield, is confined to his room by illness
and could not attend, but the Embassy was repre-
sented by Mr. Bligh and Mr. Norman, the attaches.
Mr. Fay, the Secretary of the American Embassy,
also attended the ceremony. No member of the
Austrian Embassy was present.
The sermon was preached by the Military Chap-
lain of the division, M. Strauss. He took his text
from the third chapter of the Second Book of
Samuel,—
" And the King said to his servants, know ye not
that there is a Prince and a great man fallen this day in
Israel."
He gave a brief sketch of the late Duke's career ;
his unequalled success and its causes ; his success
ho ascribed to his wonderful talent as a commander
and his stedfast and indomitable perseverance as a
man ; but he was also supported by the conscious-
ness of contending for a just cause during his many
conflicts, and after they had ceased his simple and
upright life, and his sense of piety, were as re-
markable as his brilliant triumphs : he must have
zit during his career that "God was with him."

SWEDEN.
The brlletin issued on the morning of the 12th
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is as follows :
" His Majesty, whose feverish state again increased
considerably in the afternoon, had another attack of
bleeding at the nose in the evening. This recurred se-
veral times in the course of the night, and hindered his
Majesty from sleeping. In consequence of this, the
Royal patient is considerably weaker than before. At
four o'clock this afternoon, no improvement whatever
had taken place in the King's state, and serious appre-
hensions are entertained.
"The state of the Princess Eugenie appears to be
somewhat improving, though the progress is so slow that
it is almost imperceptible. The fever has subsided, and
there is less prostration of strength."

APPEARANCE OF MR. ROEBUCK IN THE HOUSE I
Last evening the hon. and learned member for Sheffield
entered the house shortly after its sitting, and took the
oaths along with several other hon. members. He
looked much better than when last seen in public, but
there was a lack-of that energy and activity in his man-
ner which characterised him during the greater part of
last session,