The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-25 00:00:00

DENMARK. AND SWEDEN.

The reply of Russia to the declaration of neutra-
hty on the part of Denmark had arrived at Copen-
hagen on the 20th.
Russia, it is said, refuses to consent to that neu-
trality, and calls on Denmark to take one aide or
the other.

It is said that the envoys of Austria and Prussia
were sent for by the King. The conference is sup-
Posed to have turned on the question of neutrality.
The Ministers of England and France had pre-
viously had an audience relative to the same
matter.

In the sitting of the Danish Folkothincr of the
17th, the Government announced that it intended
adjourning to better times the presentation of the
common constitution for the whole monarchy, in
the hope that in the interim irritation and pre-
judices would have calmed down.
The Swedish Diet, in its sitting of the 15th, had
propositions presented to it by the Government
making modifications in the customs' tariff in a
free trade sense. Reductions on several articles
and protective duties are proposed instead of the
prohibitive duties which before existed.

SPAIN.
At Madrid, on the 19th, there was a good deal
of talk on the measures of the Government. Some
persons contended that the Cabinet would confine
itself to the adoption of measures of an adminis-
trative character of grave importance—such as the
suppression•of the royal and municipal councils,
the diminution of duties on articles of consumption,
-and other measures of a like kind. The greater
number of. other persons thought the said acts
would be followed by the adoption of political mea-
sures—that is-to say, a dissolution of the Senate, a
complete transformation of the electoral system,
and the convocation of the constitutional Cortes.
It was also. rumoured that the ministry would
"andon its projected measures, not feeling itself
strong enough to resist the opposition.
General Cordova was spoken of as the chief of
the new Cabinet, in the, event of one being or-
ganised.

Amidst the various contradictory rumours, .it
was generally.admitted that the " situation" had
never been so grave since the establishment of a
representative Government in Spain.
The Gazette states that the floating debt on the
31st of December last was 359,705,236 reals, and
that during the month of December Treasury Bills
were negotiated at 8 per cent. with private persons,
and at 6 per cent. with the bank.
The Espana says that orders had been sent to
General Prim to await in Paris new instructions
from the Government. It was believed that the
Gazette would, on the 20th, announce the dismissal
of General Baron de Meer from the presidency of
the Supremo Tribunal of War and Marine. It
will be remembered that he voted in the Senate
against the GoVernment. General Villa Campa,
Governor of the Invalides, is spoken of as his suc-
cessor. General gponnell had not yet left.

Generals de la Concha and Infante had gone to the
Canaries and the Balearic Islands. General Ar-
mero was still nt Madrid.
' The Duke of Parma reviewed, on the 18th, the
garrison of Madrid.
The Three per Cents. were done at ; the
New Three per Cents. at 20 ; the Debt of the
First Class at 81 ; and that of the Second at 41.