The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-29 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 23d contain no political intel-
ligence, but a letter of that date says :--" General Ler-
sundi yesterday received from La Granja a telegraphic
dispatch from Vittoria, announcing that Madame Ler-
sundi had had a miscarriage, and he immediately left for
that place. Before leaving he convoked the Council of
Ministers, and it sat in deliberation for two hours. All
the ministers, after an animated discussion, were of opi-
nion that a circular should appear in two or three days
in the Gazette on the railway question. The tenour of
this document is not known ; but it is known that, in
the Council of Ministers, a resolution was adopted de-
claring that all the concessions of railways, accorded up
to this day with the sanction of the Queen, should be
reported legal and valid. This ministerial resolution
was approved of by the Qiieen. In consequence, M. de
Salamanca is about to commence actively the works of
the northern line. An incident, however, arising from
the intervention of M. Moyano, and on which we have
no details, did not permit the Queen to sign the minis-
terial resolution relative to railways, but nevertheless it
has been irrevocably adopted."

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

PLYMOUTH, FRIDAY,

The General Screw Shipping Company's packet Queen
of the South arrived this morning. Left Sandheads May
16 ; Ceylon, May 26 ; Mauritius, June 6 ; Cape, June
21 ; St. Helena, June 30 ; Ascension, July 4 ; St. Vin-
cent, July 13.
The Lady Jocelyn was at anchor at Point de Galle,
having lost one of the fans of her screw ; her passengers
and mails were sent on to Calcutta by the Hindustan.
The Pottinger and Pekin were at Galle.

The Queen of the South conveyed the overland mails
of the 25th March to 25th April to the Mauritius ; the
delay in the arrival of this mail at Point de Galle was
owing to some injury to the machinery of the Bentirick.
Her Majesty's steam-ship Hydra arrived at the Mau-
ritius on the 6th June. •

The Alexander, from Melbourne, April 5, bad called
at Port Louis, and left a mail, which was brought on
by the Queen of the South.
The Ft elch ship, Paquebot Mexicaine, from Bourbon
had put in, with loss of two men, and was compelled to
throw overboard 1,400 bags of sugar.
. .

The General Screw Steam-ship Company's packet In-
diana, which left the Cape on 26th May, had not arrived
at Mauritius June 61i. Rice was becoming scarce.
Moonghy, the only description in the market, made $3
35c. Four thousand bags grain made $4 per bag.
The Commercial Gazette of 21st May says that when
the American whaler Lancer left St. Marie it was re-
ported that the Queen of the Hovas was positively
dead.

The Constitution, with one or two exceptions, had
been received at the Cape with every expression of gra-
titude, and General Cathcart and Lieutenant-Governor
Darling are restoring order on the borders, and promot-
ing content within the colony.
Wool was being brought into Port Elizabeth in larger
quantities then ever before observed. Seven vessels
were there loading with wool for London. Her Majesty's
ship Hercules, Captain Baynton, arrived June 14th from
Cork, and sailed for Australia on the 20th with 54 mar-
ried couples, and 79 single men, 87 women, 58 boys, and
49 girls.
The steam vessel Dee, Lieutenant G. T. C. Smith,
arrived in Simon's-bay, from Gordon's-bay, June 14,
and left for Algoa-bay, June 20.
In Simon's-bay.—ller Majesty's ships Meander,
Commodore Talbot ; Grecian, Commander the Hon. G.
Keane ; and the Dart, Lieutenant Beane.
The Calcutta, due at the Cape on the 18th June, was
not there on the 21st. There was no intelligence at the
Cape of the Argo, from
.Southampton ; the Antelope,
from Liverpool ; or the Adelaide, from the Australian'
colonies, with gold dust valued at 300,000/.