The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-25 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Spanish Cortes were opened.i on the 19th.
In the Senate the Marquis de Vuuma presided and shortly after he had taken the chair, the Pre-
sident of the Council, and all the Ministers in
grand costume, entered. The President of the
Council read a royal decree authorising the hold-
ing of the session of 1854, and he then formally
declared tho session opened.
In the Chamber of Deputies the same decree
was also read.

The Chamber afterwards proceeded to elect its
president and vice-presidents, and had not con•
eluded its operations when the post closed.
Intelligence had reached Madrid of the death of
the Queen of Portugal, but it was resolved not to
let the Queen know it at once from the fear that
that it might create an unfavourable impression
on her, and especially not to let her know that her
Majesty had died in childbed. Queen Christina,
on arriving in her palace, found the Queen, the
King, and the Royal family waiting for her.
Passports had been sent to the Duke and Duchess
de Montpensier, in case they should desire to go
to Madrid to attend the confinement of the Queen ;
but it was not believed that they would do so on
account of the ex-Queen Marie Amelia of France
being on a visit to them.
The 19th being the fête day of the Queen
Isabella, the Stock Exchange was not open.

ITALY.
The Milan Gazette publishes an edict, dated the
19th, correcting some errors in the list lately pub-
lished of the 72 refugees whose property has bee°
laid under sequestration, and announcing that the
90 days during which private claims may be ad'
vanced upon the said property shall commence
from the above date.

The Giornale di Roma, of the 15th, states that
Pius IX has left the Palace of the Quirinal, and
removed to the Vatican.
The dissolution of the Piedmon.tese Parliament
was preceded by the following report to the Kingt
signed by all the members of the Cabinet :
"Sire—Some votes hostile to the measures proposed 11
the Government to the Senate of the kingdom in the
course of the present legislative session, have led to the
belief that the Ministry no longer possesses the cog'
dence of that body. When it is considered that the
Senate is e'sentially conservative, and composed of Ilea
of prudence, such a fact can only be explained by the enr
position that many of them have conceived the opinion
that the Ministry, though supported by a large
nia)°,,
rity in the Elective Chamber, does not in reality en)
°y confidence of the majority of the nation. Under
e;
such circumstances, we think it the strict duty of gin--
ters attached to constitutional liberties, desirous in order
to preserve them, of perfect harmony among the gre,..
1t
powers of the State, and therefore at all times, and more
particularly in the present difficult times, feeling
necessity of being strengthened by the evident sympathys
of the country and the certain support of both bransih-b
of the legislature, we think it the strict duty of etler
Ministers, we repeat, respectfully to propose to 3":.)u
Majesty to ascertain, by new elections, the free opio,lo
of the country. Should your Majesty concur in
is
same view, the undersigned have the honour to submit
the following decree for the royal signature."
.17lie Cologne Gazette states that the endeavntlll2
of the Charge d'Affaires of Prussia, at Turin, "
induce the Sardinian Government to place the (11
on the brandies of the Zollverein on the same f°(:„.1 •
ing as those of France have not been successitT
but it is still hoped that he will attain his object.