The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-02 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Epoca of Madrid of the 27th announces that
the rumour of General Zavaia's probable accept-
ance of the Portfolio of the Marine, in consequence
of General Bustillcs' resignation, has no foundation
whatever, and that Marshal O'D,:,nnell will con-
tinue to direct that department. The El Eco del
Pais of Madrid states that M. Calderon Collantes
has, from motives of modesty, declined the honour
of a title of Castille, which it was the Queen's in-
tention to confer upon him as a reward for his long
services,

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Caurt einsubtr.

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Feb. 1.
The Queen, Princess Helena, and Prince Leopold,
attended Divine service at Osborne this morning,
which was performed by the Rev. G. Prothero.
the Prince of Wales, Prince and Princess Louis
of Hesse, and Princess Louisa attended th e morning
service at Whippingham Church.

Foreign Courts.

BERLIN, Jan. 28.

A grand children's festival was given by the Crown
Prince and Crown Princess yesterday at their palace in
Berlin, to celebrate the fourth birth-day of Prince William,
their royal highnesses' eldest son. Their Majesties dined
with the Crown Prince and Crown Princess on the occa-
sion, and remained to witness the entertainment which
followed.

The Bavarian Minister at the Court of Berlin goes to St.
Petersburg in a few days on business connected with the
marriage contract between the Princess of Leuchtenberg
and Prince William of Baden, who are to be united in the
course of next month.

AUGSBURG, Jan. 28.

In memory of the residence of Queen Marie of Naples at
Augsburg, a silver medal has been granted to the female
scholars in the St. Ursula Convent. The medal bears the
inscription—" Souvenir of the visit of her Majesty Queen
Marie of Naples in the conventual school of St. Ursula.
Augsburg, Jan. 3, 1863." The nuns have received a copy
of the medal in gold.

The Prince of Wales has consented to inaugurate
the Memorial of the 1851 Exhibition, designed by Mr.
Durham, in the Gardens of the Royal Horticultural So-
ciety. The ceremony will take place on the sth of June
next.

His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, Colonel Da
Plat, and suite honoured the performances at the Adelphi
Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and Princess Mary honoured the Olympic Theatre
with their presence on Saturday evening, and expressed
their approbation of the entertainments.

His Excellency the Italian Minister has returned
to the residence of the Legation in Grosvenor-street, from
the Continent.

The E ,r 1 and Countess of Cork are expected in
town to-morrow from Marston House, Somersetshire.

The Eng and Countess Vane are expected in
town in a few days. His lordship has taken a residence in
Upper Grosvenor-street for the season.

The Countess Dowager of Longford and Lady
Louisa Paktnham have arrived in town from Brighton.

Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton come to town
to-day from their seat, Tatton.park, Cheshire.
Lord Ashburton continues at Parts too unwell to
proceed to the south of France or to bear the fatigue of
being removed home. Although considered better, his
lordship remains in very indifferent health.

Lord and Lady John NI inners are expected in
town on Wednesday, from visiting the Duke of Rutland at
Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire.
Lord and Ltdy Faversham come to town to-
morrow from Duncombe-park, Yorkshire.

The Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis,
who has been suffering from indisposition for some days
past, is now, we learn much better.

PERORATIONS—Enumerated by a London

Reviewer.

Macaulay's first speech on the Reform Bill, one
of the most highly wrought of all his speeches,
thus terminated:—

" The danger is terrible. The time is short. If this
bill should be rejected, I pray to God that none of those
who concur in rejecting it may ever remember their votes
with unavailing remorse, amidst the wreck of laws, the
confusion of ranks, the spoliation of property, and the dis-
solution of social order."
Fox closed his speech on the state of Ireland
thus:—

" I shall now relinquish this subject, perhaps for ever,
by repeating a sentiment that I have before thrown out
during the discussion. I will not barter English commerce
for Irish slavery. That is not the price I would pay, nor
is the thing I would purchase."
No illustration, however, can be better than the
rival addresses delivered on the last night of the
debate in December, 1852--the debate which cost
Lord Derby's Government their office. The first
passage quoted is the conclusion of Mr. Disraeli's
peroration ; the second, that of Mr. Gladstone :
" This I know, that England does not love coalitions. I
appeal from the coalition to the public opinion, which
governs the country—to that public opinion whose wise and
irresistible influence can control even the dectees of Parlia-
ment, and without whose support the most august and
ancient institutions are but the baseless fabric of a vision."

You may refuse my appeal now—you may accompany
the Chancellor of the Exchequer into the lobby—but the
limo will surely come when you will look back upon this
vote, as its consequences shall sooner or later unfold them-
selves, with bitter, but with late and ineffectual repen-
tance."

By way of final illustration, the concluding pas-
sages of Bulwer's " Last Days of Poinptii," and 01
"Mill on the Floss," along with Mrs. Olipha"l's
description of Irving's death, tilignt be instanced as
worthy of study for their extreme rhythmical
beauty,