The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Countess de Montijo, mother of the Em-
press, arrived at Bayonne on the 21st, and left in
the morning of the 23d for Madrid. She was
waited on by the civil and military authorities, and
was serenaded by the band of the 35th Regiment.
The Queen of Spain has given orders that the
Countess shall be escorted from Irun to Madrid by
a guard of honour.
The Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived in
due course. The Gazette contains a royal decree,
by which the Order of the Golden Fleece is con-
ferred on H. R. H. the Prince of Prussia. These
journals publish a report of the sitting of the Se-
nate on the 22d, on the motion proposed by the
majority of the committee on the affair of General-
Narvaez. The principal speaker was the Minister
of War. He declared that General Narvaez, when
in power, had done the very thing of which he now
complained ,• and that the terms of the royal
decree
respecting him were also justified by those which
he had used when minister in depriving Captain-
General the Marquis de Rodil of his places, grade,
and decorations. The Minister complained of the
publication of the remonstrance addressed by Ge-
nerall Narvaez to the Queen ; said he would not
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but
accuse him of having personally calmed it,

th-dught he was bound to protest against it, in order
to free himself from all suspicion. M. Ros de Olano
replied, and made a warm ..eulogium on Narvaez
though, he said, he had when in power carried the
principle of authority to excess. In the sitting on the
23d the debate was resumed by the Minister of Ma-
" rine, and was continued by M. Pena A.guayo, who
maintained the right of the general to return to
the Senate. The Minister of the Interior pro..
ceeded to reply, and was speaking when the post
left. The proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies
on the 23d were confined to the examination of
election returns. The committee on the demand
of the government for authorisation to levy the
taxes has elected M. Esteban Collantes its pre-
sident, and M. Hurtado its secretary. The cold
continued excessive. The 23d being a holiday, the
Stock Exchange was not open.

Among other GERMANY.
propositions that will engage the
attention of the Germanic Diet in considering the
question of the federal fortresses, is that for the
construction of a fortified camp around Rastatt
(Baden). for which Austria requires 4,000,000
florins, to be paid by the Confederated States.
The German Journal of Frankfort states that
the French Government has proposed to the Ger-
manic Diet to enter with it into a treaty for the
protection of literary property, but that the Diet
refuses to open at once negotiations on the „subject,
as the moment is not opportune.
On the 23d, the police of Heidelburg went to
the house of Professor Hagen, ex-representative of
the National Assembly of Frankfort, and seized all
his papers. _

A- Vienna letter in the Augsburg Gazette states
that the Austrian troops who were on their return
from the South have received orders to halt.
The Archduke William, Commander-in-Chief of
the Austrian army, by an order of the day of the
23d, makes known that the army is not expected
to take part in the subscription now raising for
erecting a church to commemorate the escape of
his Majesty from assassination. The reason assigned
is that their pay is too small to permit them to
make sacrifices, and also that they have given so
many proofs of their loyalty that no more are
needed. A deputation of the Saxon colony from
Transylvania was received on the 22d by the Arch-
duke Francis, father of the Emperor of Austria,
and presented an address expressing their hearty
congratulations on -his Imperial Majesty's recent
escape.
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