The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-16 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The contents of the Madrid journals of the 10th
are not important. In the Senate on the preceding
day, the motion of M. Lopez and other senators of
the Progressist party, was rejected, after an ani-
mated discussion of 70 votes to 32. The committee
on the affair of General Narvaez was to meet on
the 10th to receive the explanations of the Presi-
dent of the Council of Ministers and of the Minister
of War. Its report, it was believed, would not be
presented for several days. The Chamber of De-
puties, in its sitting of that day, continued the
examination of election returns. The Marquis de
Pidal made a sharp attack on .the Government for

its interference in certain elections, and the Minister
of the interior replied. It was said that the Coun-
cil of Ministers had resolved to create a number of
new senators. It is stated by one of the journals
that an agreement has been signed between M.
Grimaldi and M. Salamanca for providing funds
for the execution of the Northern railway, and that
the French Government is very favourable to the
line.

The Spanish Government has just concluded,
through the firm of Salamanca, a Three per Cent.
loan at 46f. for 900 millions of reals (about 230
millions of francs) with the house of Baring, of
London. But of these 900 millions of reals 200
millions are destined to pay off old debts, the regu-
lation of the matter being entrusted to the firm of
Salamanca. Nothing has as/yet been decided as to
the ulterior proceedings.
The following are the prices of Stocks :—Three
per Cents. 431 ; ditto Deferred, 24 1-16 : Re-
deemable Debt, first class, 1g ; ditto, second
ditto, 5k ; Coupon Certificates, 51. Exchange
on London, 51.

ITALY.
The New Zurich Gazette of the 13th states that
a dispatch had been received from Colonel Bour-
geois stating positively that the number of Austrian
troops on the extreme frontier of Lombardy is
15,000, being double the usual number.
The Ticinese journals announce that the pro-
prietors of the printing-office of Capolago, near the
frontier of Lombardy in that canton, have resolved
to remove the establishment to Piedmont, in con-
sequence of two refugees who are placed at the
head of it having received orders to quit the canton.
It appears, however, that it is not true, as asserted
by the Austrian Government, that revolutionary
documents Were printed in the office.
The Austrian Lloyd states that the amount of
the property in Lombardy placed under sequestra-
tion is 50 millions of francs.
The Giornale di Roma of the Bth states that on
the 6th the .Pope performed the ceremony of
blessing the Golden Rose. On the 7th his Holiness
held the Secret Consistory already announced, and
created the following cardinals :—Mgr. Michele
Viale Prela, apostolical_ nuncio to the Emperor of
Austria ; Mgr. Giovanni Brunelli, nuncio to the
Court of Spain ; Mgr. Scitowski, primate of
Hungary ; Mgr. Morlot, Archbishop of Tours ;
Mgr. Recanati, Bishop of Tripoli ; Mgr. Savelli,
Minister of the Interior at Rome ; Mgr. Caterini,
Assessor of the Roman Inquisition ; and Mgr.
Santucci, secretary to the Congregation of Ecclesi-
astical Affairs. His Holiness then proposed several
bishops and archbishops, among whom were the
Very Rev. Jacques Daniel, for the see of Coutances,
and the Very Rev. Joseph Ginoulhiac, for the see
of Grenoble.