The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-29 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Heraldo, Madrid journal of ;the 23d, states
that some sensation had been caused at Saragossa
on the 20th, by the report that the Bourbon regi-
ment which had been marched from that town had,
after proceeding some distance, refused to go fur-
ther without knowing where it was to be taken ; that
thereupon the captain-general had gone after it,
and did not return until he had ascertained that
the regiment was continuing its march for Navarre.
A letter of the 24th says :—" All Madrid is at
present occupied with the pilgrimage which the
Queen is to make to-day to the church of Atocha,
to decorate the statue of the Virgin with the Col-
lar of the Golden Fleece and the Order of Charles
111. But what is not generally known is, that the
Queen in acting thus only executes what was the
wish of her august father. A few minutes before
the departure of Ferdinand VII. for Vallencay his
Majesty went to the church of Atocha, and pre-
sented to Our Lady of Atocha the rich Collar of
the Golden Fleece, which he wore, together with
his Grand Cordon of the Order of Charles 111., to
which was suspended a cross in diamonds of great
value. In 1836 these two precious objects disap-
peared from the church, and were replaced by a
collar and a cross in metal. Queen Isabella 11.
desiring that the intentions of her father should be
respected, and wishing to render homage to his
memory, made a vow to restore those vary valu-
able objects to our Lady of Atocha. Such is then
the object of the pious pilgrimage which her Ma-
jesty is to make this day."
The Three per Cents. were done at 34 45 • the
New Three per Cents. at 18 30 ; the Debt Of the
First Class at 8 10; and that of the Second at 4 35.

ARRIVALS OF GOLD.—The Admiral has arrived from
Melbourne, whence she sailed on the 19th of December,
with 45,592 ounces of gold, valued at 182,300/. The
Sovereign of the Seas, the Blackwall, and the Harbinger
have left Port Philip with an aggregate amount of
120,000 ounces of gold, equal to about 500,000/.
TAKING STOCK.—The Commissioners of Customs have
given notice of their intention immediately to commence
taking stock of all the goods at the bonded warehouses
throughout the United Kingdom, in conformity with the
clauses in the Customs Consolidation Act, requiring that
process, and its repetition every five years.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE.--
An unfortunate accident happened in the Victoria
Theatre on Monday night during the first performance
of Mazeppa, which threw a portion of the audience into
a painful state of excitement. It appears that in order
to give due effect to the piece the management had en-
gaged a number of horses, and Mr. N. T. Hicks, the
comedian, was cast for the leading character, Mazeppa.
The performance proceeded most satisfactorily, until that
part of the play came on where Mazeppa, after crossing
through the waters followed by ravenous wolves, is seen
to rush over the mountains on his wild steed, when
by some accident the horse slipped, and Mr. Hicks was
pitched head foremost against some of the machinery,
which so severely injured him that he was obliged to
be carried away. Medical attendance was promptly
obtained, but the sufferer was recommended to be at
once taken to his home, which was accordingly done.
Mr. J. T. Johnson took the character for the re-
mainder of the performance, but that portion of the
audience who were unaware of the accident, on finding
that Mr. Hicks's character had been transferred to
another, began to give vent to their disapprobation by 1
hooting and hissing, when Mr. Johnson came forward
and made known the nature of the accident, stating at
the time that he had un;tertaken the character at a
moment's notice, but if they were not satisfied with
rilazeppa, they could have any other performance they
chose to call for. The explanation was perfectly satis-
factory, and the remainder of the entertainment posed
off with oktf.