The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-06 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Two hundred and forty Spanish soldiers of the
Regiment, of Cordova and 45 citizens of Saragossa
had arrived on the 26th ult. at Erdax, on the
French territory. When they crossed the Ebro
they were 600 in number, but, finding their senti-
ments met with no echo in Navarre, where they
expected a rising, they disbanded themselves, a
portion seeking refuge in the mountains.
The Lieutenant-Colonel who commanded them
diod on the march from fatigue and cold.
The French authorities have assigned Pau to
them as their residence.

The Regiment of Cordova has been suppressed,
and its place supplied by the Regiment of Cuenca.
The capital and the rest of Spain were quiet on the
28th ult.

The Three per Cents. on the 28th were done
at 35g.
The Madrid Gazette of the 27th ult. contains a
royal decree, appointing Count de Quinto to the
Governorship of the province of Madrid—a post he
has occupied for some time ad interim.
M. Manuel Bermudez de Castro, who was de-
tained in secret confinement at the Prefecture of
Police, has been set at liberty, but has been or-
dered to take up his residence at Cadiz. Brigadier
Vargas, in whose house, as has been stated, im-
portant papers have been found, is still in secret
confinement.

The Three per Cents. were done on the 28th
Lust. at 35i, the New Three per Cents. at 181, the
Debt of the first class at 8, and that of the seocnd
at 4 ; Coupons, 3.

• THE MEDITERRANEAN.

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The Peninsular, and Oriental Steam Navigation Com-
, Para's ship Indus, Captain John Soy, arrived at South-
ampton yesterday afternoon, bringing the heavy portion
'of the. East India, China. and Mediterranean mails, in
charge of Lieutenant Brydges, R.N., Admiralty agent.
The Indus left Alexandria on the 19th, Malta the
23d, and Gibraltar the 28th ult. She brings 89 passen-
gers, among whom are Captains Hill and Gordon, from
Calcutta ' • Captain 3eine and Major Pepper, from
Ceylon r;Colonel Campbell, :Major Smith, and Lieut.-
Doran, from Suez Capt. Stevens, from Malta ; Lieut.-
Colonel Vickers, R.E., Lieutenant Stopford, R.E., Col.
Upton, and Lieut. Vickers, from Gibraltar, &c.
The English screw-steamer Orontes, an Egyptian line
of-battle-ship, one Prussian corvette, -and a steamer were
at Alexandria when the Indus left. Her Majesty's ships
Vesuvius and Ceylon were at Malta.•
On the 28th ult., at 3 25 p.m., off Tarifa, the Indus
spoke her Majesty's ship Megzers, -with troops bound
to Malta. On the Ist inst., at 6 p.m., off the Tagus,
signalled the British and North American mail-steamer
Cambria with troops bound to the Mediterranean
from Liverpool, On the 2d, at 2 a.m., spoke a large
Steamer name unknown (probably the Himalaya), in
lat. 39 45, long. 9 46, steering S.S.W. ; at 6 30 a.m.,
on the 28th ult., the Peninsular and Oriental Steam
Navigation Company's ibligiipon, with the Grenadier
Guards on board, entered Gibraltar Bay after a passage
of five days from Southampton. The band of the regi-
ment was playing, and the troops appeared to be in the
finest spirits. After coaling, the Ripon was to start
immediately for Malta. The Royal Mail steam-ship
Orinoco, with the Coldstreams on board, passed through
the Straits of Gibraltar at 7 am. the same morning,
steering for Malta, without touching at Gibraltar. The
Indus saw nothing of the. Manills,_ which started from
Southampton in company with thb Ripon and Orinoco.