The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-10 00:00:00

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

The supplies of meat on sale at these markets are mode-
rate. For most descriptions there is a steady demand, and
pricos rule firm. _ _

Per filb by the carcase.

sd ad
Inferior beef 3 2 3 6 Inferior matton....3 8 4 2
Middling do ...3 84 0 Middling matton..4 24 6
Prime large d0.....4 2 4 4 Prime do 4 I 4. 10
Prime small d0....4 6 4 8 Veal 4 4 5 4
Large pork 3 6 4 6 Small pork. 4 8 5 0

The New Spanish Press Law.

MADRID, March 5.
The following is a summary of the new Press
Law, introduced by the Cabinet and read yesterday
evening in the Senate
All printed publications are considered clandes-
tine which do not state the establishments whence
they are issued, or that are published without the
formalities required by law.
" In Order to publish a periodical, notice must be
given to the governor of the province and to the
press judge of the title of the publication, the name
of the director, and of the office where it is to be
published.
" Two hours before any publication is put into
circulation two copies of the same must be delivered
to the governor of the province or the mayoralty of
the town if it be not a capital, and two others to the
press judge. A sealed receipt will be given on pre-
sentation of the copies.

" The author, the editor, and the printer are
jointly responsible for the due fulfilment of the pro-
visions of the law with regard to printed matter ;
and if this be a periodical, the director, instead of
the editor, will be responsible.
" The press and all its effects are specially and
primarily amenable to all consequences resulting
from judicial and gubernatorial decisions in abuses
of the press.

" If the proprietor of a 'printing establishment be
incapacitated from fulfilling his duties, the publica-
tion must be suspended until the requirements of
the law are fulfilled.

" The author of any printed matter is held to be
that person who can be legally proved to have pro-
duced the original manuscript which served as the
printer's copy.
" The director is considered to be that person
legally proved to have arranged its publication in
the printed periodical.
" With regard to clandestine printing, all those
are held amenable to the law who have in any way
contributed to the publication and circulation of the
matter.

41 An offence against the press laws is considered
consummated when the printed matter is published.
If, when it has not yet been published, and the
copies have been delivered to the governor and

the fiscal, any contraventions of the law are found
to have been committed, the responsible persons
will be considered guilty of a frustrated offence.
" Publication is considered to have taken place
when two or more copies of a periodical have been
distributed, when it has been offered for sale in any
place gr left in any public establishment, or when
copies have been sent to the post.
" Offences may be committed through the press :
—l. Against the person and dignity of the So-
vereign. 2. Against the security of the State. 3.
Against public order. 4. Against society. 5.
Against public morals. 6. Against foreign So-
vereigns. 7. Against private individuals."

Here follows ;serie;of articles stating the cases
u which the offences just expressed are held to be

committed :

" No offence will be committed in writing, pub-
lishing, Or censuring official proceedings, or the acts
of public functionaries in the exercise of their duties,
always provided that no calumnious imputation be
made.

" Offences committed against the Sovereign and
the security of the State will be punished by minor
imprisonment and fines of from 12,000 to 36,000
reals. When the offence has been frustrated, the
punishment will be correctional imprisonment of
from seven to 36 months.

" The offences perpetrated against public order
incur the penalty of correctional imprisonment in
terms of seven to 36 months, and fines of from
10,000 to 30,000 reals. If frustrated, imprisonment
from one to six months.

" Offences against public morals will be punished
by imprisonment from one to six months, correc-
tional imprisonment of from seven to 36 months,
and fines of 5,000 to 10,000 reals. If frustrated,
two months' arrest.

" The circumstance of clandestine publication is
onsidered to aggravate the offence, and will incur
the maximum penalty.
" Offences against foreign Sovereigns will be
punished by imprisonment of one to six months, and
fines of 4,000 to 8,000 reals. If frustrated, impri-
sonment of one to 15 days,
" Offences against private individuals, consisting
of calumny or insult, incur the penalty of imprison-
ment of one to six months, correctional imprison-
ment of from six to 36 months, and fines of 2,000
to 20,000 reals. When the offence consists in pub-
lishing private family events, affairs, or documents,
the penalty will be imprisonment of one to six
months, and fines 1,000 to 10,000 reals.
" The parties aggrieved in the cases just cited are
entitled to claim damages. No indulgence can be
ceded for these offences without a written pardon
being obtained from the aggrieved party. Should

the committal of the offence be frustrated a fine will
be inflicted of 200 to 500 reals ; while in common
law one judge takes cognisance of criminal cases in
the Court of First Instance, there will be a special
press judge in Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville. In
the other cities the judges of first instance in com-
mon law will act—the senior judge taking prece-
dence when there are more than two in one locality.

"In cases of press offences the judge of first in-
stance will proceed in the same manner and under
the same responsibility as in all other common
offences, and proceedings may commence as soon
as the judge may determine after the receipt of the
two copies of the publication.

" Appeal may be made against the sentence of
the judge to the audiencia of the territory, and all
the resources may be used which are authorised by
the common law in other criminal matters.

" The period within which penal action may be
taken against the offences specified in this law is
60 days when the offence has been committed by A
periodical, 90 days if by a pamphlet, 120 for a book,
three months when the offence is insult and calumny
against persons residing in the Peninsula and the
adjacent islands, six months when resident in the
Antilles, and one year in the Philippines.
"In the case of errors and the publication of
false or distorted statements respecting persons,
tribunals, corporations or associations authorised
by the law, the periodical will be obliged to gra-
tuitously insert, within three days, a rectification of
the statements in question.
" If errors are also committed) such as distributing
copies without observing the necessary formalities,
treating religious affairs -without the competent
authority, not publishing within three days the
rectifications addressed to the periodical, and endea-
vouring in any way to render illusory the responsi-
bility of the persons really amenable to the law,
these errors will incur fines of 200 to 4,000 reals.

" Appeal may be made from the fines imposed by
the mayors to the governors, and from those im-
posed by the governor to the Minister of the Inte-
rior when these exceed 3,000 reals. No appeal can
be made from the decision of the Minister. Should
any person upon whom a fine is inflicted be insol-
vent, he will undergo the corresponding term of
imprisonment according to the provisions of the
penal code.
" The previous censorship of dramatic works,
novels, &c., continues in force, and the judge will
obtain the sanction of the ecclesiastical authorities
before giving his own, when such writings treat of
dogma or morality."

A PRUSSIAN SQUADRON FOR THE PIRIEUS.-It is
asserted that an order has been issued for the despatch of
a small Prussian " squadron," a corvette and a steam gun-
boat, to the Piraeus and Constantinople. The object is not
only to exercise the crews at sea, but also to watch over
Prussian interests in the East, as it is feared at BCrlin that
conflicts may arise in Greece, and that Prussian subjects
residing there may be imperilled in person and property.

During the last few days there has been rather
less animation exhibited in the Foreign and Colo-
nial Produce Markets. The public sales of tea have
proceeded slowly without any material change in
prices. Sugars have been in limited demand, but
at about previous rates, while coffee, rice, fruit, and
spices, have remained without variation in values.
In the tallow market there has been a depression
in prices for both present and future delivery.