The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-31 00:00:00

ITALY.

The Gazette of Bologna, of the 22d inst., con-
tains a military ordonnance, signed Lichten.steinf
condemning two individuals to death and ten to
hard labour for life at the galleys. The condemned
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formed part of a band of malefactors who infested
the territory of Faenza. The capital execution
took place in the plains of Capraro on the 21st just'
The Opinion of Turin, of the 27th inst., says
that the appointment of new Senators was mdis-
pensable inasmuch as the President of the Senate
had found it necessary mare than once to adjourn
the house for want of a sufficient number of Ineel-
bers. The new Senators comprise manufacturers
and public functionaries.
The Grand Duke of Tuscany left Florence for
Naples on the 23d, under the incognito of Count
Pitigliano. He was accompanied by his 5011,9
the hereditary Prince of Tuscany. ,By a decree 01
the 23d, the Grand Duke has regulated the powers
of his Minister during his absence from Tuscany
The Council of Ministers was entrusted with the
signature of those acts for which that of the Grand
Duke would be required, but only in case of urgent
necessity.
The Official Journal of the Two Sicilies announces
from Palermo that arrivals from Malta and tho
lonian Isles have been admitted there to free pra-
tique.

SPAIN.
The Madrid Gazette of the 24th publishes the
royal decrees by which M. Jose Borrajo, Director'
General of the Public Treasury, has been, as already
stated, nominated President of the Spanish Conr •
mission of Finance at London, in the room of MI
Sheidnagel, resigned on account of ill health and •
by which M. Cifuentes, Director of Taxes, is er
pointed Director of the Public Treasury.
A letter says :—" Some persons pretend that th,e
new representative of the United States, Mr. Soule,
will, in the course of a short time, issue a note
which the idea of the purchase of the Isle of Cum
will be indicated. In case he should commit 011c'
a political fault, which is not very probable, the
reply of the Spanish Government will soon be
given. It will energetically protest its firm resolu-
tion to defend the integrity of the territory belong-
ing to Spain."

M. Itiquelme, Under Secretary of State, in the
department of Foreign Affairs, has, it is said, been
nominated Minister at Constantinople, and M. Ca-
ballero, the present Minister, will become Under-
Secretary of State, a post he has already worthily
filled.
Our accounts from Madrid are of the 25th inst.
A meeting of the Opposition members of the
Senate was held on the 24th, reinforced by some •
grandees of Spain. It was intended to adopt a
course of proceedings for the Opposition during the
approaching session, but the meeting broke up
without any determination having been arrived at.
was reported at Madrid that Don Jose Jod • ,
quin Mord had been appointed Consul-General of
Spain in London, whither he is to proceed in a
few days. Several changes in the Spanish diplo-
matic corps abroad are mentioned. The appoint'
ment of Spanish minister to Washington had been
offerred to M. Tacon, anclEefused.
General Gezuela was to leave Madrid on th
30th, to embark at Cadiz for the Havannah on the
7th of November.

The Three per Cents. were done at Madrid on
the 25th inst. at 41 cash ; Deferred, 21g.

MADEIRA.

SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 30.
The screw-steamer Brilliant, Captain Newton,
arrived here this evening from Madeira, which
island she left on the 22d inst.

The royal mail steamer Great Western, with the
outward Brazil mails of the 9th inst., arrived in
Funchal Roads on the 18th, and proceeded to her
dostination.

The weather at Madeira was very fine, no rains
having rcently fallen.
There is no shipping or other news thence.
In lat. 44 the Brilliant spoke a large screw"
steamer with a red funnel, supposed to be the
Taurus, from Liverpool, and between Cape Finis-
terre and the Chops of the Channel she passed a
large fleet of outward-bound merchant ships, the
wind blowing strong from the north-west.