The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-11 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Diaro Espanol states that the Marquis de
Santa Cruz has refused the office of Vice-President
to the Senate. The burial of M. de Mendizabal'
was to take place on the 6th. His body was en?'
balmed, and lay in state on the 4th and sth in
one of the saloons of his house. The body Nrss
covered with the mantle worn by the Emperor r-)911
Pedro of Portugal in his last moments, and which
his widow had presented to M. de Mendizabal as
testimony of her acknowledgment for the eminent
services he had rendered to her illustrious spouse'
Several changes are contemplated in the foreign
diplomatic appointments. The Marquis de Bon-
lua, Spanish Ambassador at Berlin, is, it is 831.19
to replace M. Caballero in the Royal Council:
Gen. Pavia is shortly to leave Madrid for his post
of Captain-General at Manilla.

ITALY.
Letters from Rome would show that the even.
ts
which are now passing on the Danube, and which
had been anticipated for some time, aro not Wit
out their effect on the banks of the Tiber. 11.1
breath of battle has roused the blood of the you*
officers of the army of occupation, and even the(
veterans participate in the feeling. The prospect
winning distinction, and such honour as is gainat the cannon's mouth, is sufficiently exciting ;
account for the sort of impatience manifested
few of the private letters which are received ue.t.c,
It is said that several applications for permissieil Te
witness the operations of the Turkish army 115
been addressed to the competent authorities. ' t
The electoral college of Alessandria has alraes
unanimously re-elected Advocate Ratazzi, the 11,evi.
Minister of Grace and Justice, to represent that
town in the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies..
Advices from Modena of the 4th, in the Pvt.'
montese Gazette, state that the International C°lll,
mittee of the Railroad of Central Italy has ce,lle
eluded its 7th session, after having settled all t"
preliminaries for the commencement of the work:„
A solemn service was celebrated on the 3d, IDe
the Pauline Chapel at Rome, for the repose of
souls of all deceased Pontiffs. High mass vral
celebrated by Cardinal Patrizi in the presence °f
the Pope and the Sacred College.

GERMANY.
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After a Privy Council held by the King.,
Prussia on Friday last, the newly accredited
nista from the United States to the Prussro
Court, Mr. Vroom, presented his credentials
the King at a special audience ; after which, tP
King and Queen returned to Sans Souci, weero ,0
the Court will probably remain till after the Queer'
birthday (the 19th), which will be kept at Potscle
The Staats Anzeiger contains an order from t..,,
Finance Minister for the repeal of the duty on rl6;
till the end of this year. The approaching ac
sion of the Steuerverein, in which this dbuty
also been temporarily repealed, made it necesn'o
for the Zollverein also to take the same step, r
prevent duty-free rice being imported from Hano!net
after the turn of the year without further paYel'-
aftej
of duty. The Conferences have at length,
several months' work, published the result of th'''a
labour. The few alterations that are to be foullllo
in the new tariff are perfectly unimportant. '-'•!.."g
duties on iron, twist, corn, and manufaitti
goods remain unchanged. The southern States
the Darmstadt Coalition have continued their °l,/,
position to the proposals of Prussia most suee%l
fully, and have thrown out every liberal prop a•
for alleviating the burdens on trade and mann'
tures. ers
The order for convoking the Prussian Chata-.A
(for the 28th inst.) has not yet been publisll7o"
until this takes place the doubt which exis,,ts•rst
numerous circles as to whether the lateill
Chamber, which was only elected for one year, ,"4.
be summoned to meet again, will not be clearecii.eir
Members of both houses continue to resign t'tly•
seats, but as these resignations proceed incliffereel is
from all the various parties in the Chambers,. it
difficult to attribute them to other than Po e,
motives. New elections are ordered in each into
but it does not appear at present that their resw.„s.
will produce any great change in the physiognMg
of the Chambers. The business of the approa;_
session will be confined as much as possible te.,l' be
ters of urgent necessity, and every attempt 'ow'
made to curtail its length. • sill"
The New Gazette of Prussia. says :—" It 19 do
gular that at the moment of the return of BaO press
Prokesch-d'Osten to Frankfort, the Austrian 'OO
should publish articles hostile to Prussia.
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Augsburg Gazette of the 3d, and the Post that
Gazette of the 4th, contain articles declariego 0
Prussia is tending to form a Sunderbund,2t
making anti-federal efforts. It appears the
tain plans which were imagined have fallen of the
ground, and that gives the explanation de
aro..
anger of these journals. At all events, Ote
Prokesch-d'Osten has no great reason to be re'
pleased with his sojourn at Berlin. It ma of pre-
membered that his nomination to the pot ara,bll
sident of the Germanic Diet was not fay°. feo
received in Prussia. Great astouishineut nisee
that Austria, who desires the maintenaarticles
peace, should tolerate such aggressive
against Prussia."

course The Afrdomdretshse BELGIUM. dig'
otfhrtohneeS, ewnaaster,eaidn
irneptlyheto theAm
yesterday. Its discussion will take place at 00
next sitting. It is almost a parapbrasldepo-
King's speech, but is full'of patriotism all
tion the to the person of his Majesty. coosti°
But few changes have taken place in presi-
tution of the Assembly, the President, Iri,ce; year.
dents, Secretaries, &c., being the same as lalustice,
s
The various departments of finance, war,/ o'ting•
&c., are being placed upon a permanent o
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