The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-01 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Our accounts from Madrid are of the 27th ult.
The Royal order addressed to the Senate was
publicly read on that day. It invited the Assem-
bly to witted, aw its project of law on railways, and
to give the priority to that presented by the
Government. This commmunication was referred
to the bureaux, in order to be examined by a spe-
cial committee. The Ministry could not oppose
the adoption of that course, but it was determined
should the, conclusions of the Committee be nega-
tive, to close the Session immediately.
The Queen had elevated to the dignity of Sena-
tors M. Jose de Castro y Orozie, Marquis of
Gerona, M. Jacinto Felix Domenech, and M.
Mariano Roca de Togores, Marquis of Molins.
The Chamber of Deputies met on the 27th, but
merely to verify the powers of several newly elected
members.

The Government was to present the law on the
press to Congress in a few days.
Marshal Narvaez left for Aranjuez and Loja on
the 26th.

The Three per Cents. were done at 42± ; the
New Three per Cents. at 224 ; the Debt of the
First Class, at 8i ; and that of the Second at 41.

GERMANY.

According to a letter from Heidelberg, of the
23d of November, the Governmedt of Baden had
issued an order that no more priests should be
imprisoned, but that the refractory ones who had
read the encyclical letter of the Archbishop of
Freiburg should be fined the sum of 10 florins each.
The mediation of the Papal nuncio, Viale Prela,
has been requested. Considerable excitement pre-
vailed through the Grand Duchy, as the number
of the clergy arrested is very considerable.

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

PLYMOUTH, Nov3o.

The overland mail brings intelligence from the
Cape of G )od Hope ten. days later than that by the
General Screw Steam-ship Company's pa.:ket Cal-
cutta, which id:. the Cape September 23, and
arrived here on the 25th of October.

The Queen of the South, Captain Norman, which
left Plymouth on the 16th of August, reached St.
Vincent on the 29th, Ascension on the Bth of Sep-
tember, and, being retarded by strong south-
easterly winds, was compelled, although within 25
miles of Table-bay, on the 27th of Sept., to run
for Saldanha-bay, which she reached on the 28th.
Commander Corbett, the lagicer in charge of the
mails, and Mr. Dickenson, the purser' went over-
land to Cape-town, where they arrived on the 19th
at 8 a.m., and despatched the Sir Robert Peel
steamer to the assistance of the Queen of the
South, which steamed into Table-bay on the Ist
of October.

The South African, Commercial Advertiser of the
24th of September states that,—
`The colonial estimates presented to the Legislative
Council exhibit for 1854 a serious probable decrease of
revenue and increase of expenditure. The revenue is
estimated at 228,811/, 165., and the expenditure at
275,0911. 9s. 6d. Difference against the revenue,
46,279/._lss. 6d.

-‘‘ In former years the revenue received has generally
greatly exceeded the estimated revenue. In 1852, the
revenue received amounted to 281,1461. 16s. 3d„ ex-
ceeding the estimates by about a fourth of the whole.
But that year, and some others, brought into action
many temporary sources of revenue, on which it would
be imprudent to calculate for 1854. There is, therefore,
every chance of a deficient revenue for next year--a
deficiency not likely to fall short of 40,0001. or 50,0001.
"In the course of the last 20 years the revenue and
expenditure have risen from about 130,0001. to 280,0001.,
without any considerable augmentation of existing taxes,
while some have been reduced or abolished. The in-
crease has arisen mainly from the growth of the colony,
and augmented consumption of articles taxed. The
chief augmentation was in the Customs in 1847. In
1846 the revenue from the Customs was 100,7591. ; in
1852 it was 143,9461., in 1841 it was only 48,058/.
"It is probable, therefore, that financiers will look
to this source, in the first instance, to make up the ap•
prehended deficiency for 1854. With the exception
of coffee, sugar, tea, rice, tobacco, and a few other
articles, the present duty is, on British goods 51., and on
foreign 121., for 1001. in value. Supposing the imports
that pay duty to be 1,200,0001., an average rise of about
4 per cent, on the whole would be required to meet the
deficiency."
Lieutenant-Governor Darling has sent the fol-
lowing answer to an address from the inhabitants
of Worcester :

" Government-house, Cape-town, Sept. 21.
" Gentlemen, —I have had the pleasure to receive,
through Mr. Van Breda, your letter of the 14th inst.,
enclosing an address from the inhabitants of Worcester,
which had been prepared in anticipation of my visit to
that town on the recent occasion of proclaiming the road
through Bain's Kloof open for public use.
" I request you to assure the gentlemen who have
taken so much trouble to offer me a hearty welcome to
their town that I am deeply gratified by the assurance
their address conveys of their confidence in my desire to
discharge my duties with the single object of promoting
the true interests of the colony, and that I gratefully
acknowledge the sentiments, so flattering to myself per-
sonally, which they have been good enough to express.
" They may rest assured that the enlightened states-
men (to whatever political party they may belong) who
from time to time form the Ministry of England, well un-
derstand the difference between those temporary irrita-
tions and estrangements that occasionally arise in distant
colonies and that deep-rooted dislike to the dominion of
the parent State which can only be satisfied by a trans-
fer of allegiance.
"If the repeated assurances of her Majesty's subjects
in this colony of continental extraction, and the united
testimony (almost without exception) of all those who
have here represented the Crown of England, were not
sufficient to refute the imputation of disloyalty to which
political malice or intemperance may occasionally, and
perhaps heedlessly, give utterance, the argument ad-
duced in the address with which the inhabitants of
Worcester have honoured me might well be regarded as
conclusive. Why should discontent be alleged where
not a cause for discontent can any longer exist ? For
where, it may well be asked, upon the face of the earth,
is the power whose subjects enjoy so large a measure of
real protection of life and property, so much encourage-
ment to industry and enterprise, and such perfect liberty
of thought, speech, and action, as do the subjects of
Great Britain, in every spot throughout her wide-spread
dominions, where the principles of her wonderful con-
stitution have even been but partially established !
" These principles are about to be brought into ope-
tion in this colony upon a basis more popular than that
on which they rest in the mother country ; but when I
bear in mind the steady, reflecting, mid God fearing
character of the middle classes of the people, I feel every
confidence that the experiment could nowhere be more
safely tried than among ourselves.
" Earnestly hoping that the inhabitants of the divi-
sion of Worcester may rapidly realise the advantages
which the completion of the Bain's-pass— -a work that
reflects everlasting credit upon all those who originated
it and have been instrumental in its completion—cannot
fail to confer—l have the honour to be gentlemen, your
very faithful servant,
" C. 11. DARLING, Lieutenant-Governor."

The Commercial Advertiser remarks hereon—
" In another coluumn will be found a good example
of the tone and temper of mind which governors and
people should cherish towards each other, in the reply
of the Lieutenant-Governor to the Worcester address.
Misunderstandings will occasionally arise in all commu-
nities ; but where there are good intentions, and no ma-
lice on either side, reconciliation is easy and becoming.
The colonists feel assured of the good intentions of her
Majesty's Government, and have taken every suitable
opportunity of expressing their sentiments with frank-
ness and sincerity. The small number of persons who
have been labouring for two or three years past to
awaken discord and sow dissensions have slunk from
view, and were scarcely worth a passing allusion by
either party."

In Table Bay.—The ship' Blackheath, for Port
Philip, and Anna, for Lortdon. Barques Glen-
more, for the Mauritius ; Dido, for the West
Coast ; Valkgreen, for Batavia ; Bell, for Port
Philip
; Cassiopea, for the Mauritius ; and Jan
van Broke, for Batavia. Brigs Vigilant, for East
London ; Amity, for the Mauritius ; Emily Smith,
for Algoa Bay ; Prince Woronzoff and Racer, for
the Mauritius ; Flibberty, for St. Helena ; Cen-
taur, for Algoa Bay. Schooners Albert, for Mel-
bourne ; Cleopatra, for the Mauritius ; Ann, for
Natal ; Elizabeth, for Algoa Bay ; Island Lady,
for Melbourne ; Elizabeth Mary, for Mossel Bay.
In Simon's-bay.—Her Majesty's ship,
.Meander
and Hydra ; His Netherland Majesty's ship Hecla,

17,111„.1 . TT;, ~ 1
Doipum, for ifoiiand ; Lae United States' ships
John P. Kennedy and Vincennes, for India ; Her
Majesty's brig Nerbudda ; Her Majesty's ship
Comus, for China ; the United States' schooner
Fennimore Cooper, the United. States' brig Por-
poise, and the United States' schooner John
Hancock—all three for India. Barks Twe Gozu-
stersf for Amsterdam ; arid Mappa, for Rotterdam ;
brig Apollo, for Rotterdam.
The Zemindar sailed from Simon's-bay on the
24th of September for London ; the Malabar sailed
on the 26th for London, taking besides her original
cargo a quantity of Cape produce, valued at 2,5551•