The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-04 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Advices from Madrid to the 28th ult. state that
the ex-Minister of Marine, M. Doral, had pub-
lished the memoir prepared by him for the congress
on the coal-contract affair. • The Duke de Mont;
pensier had gone to Seville to prepare his palace
San Telmo, for the reception of certain members of
his family who are to pass the month of October
with him. It is said that the Minister of War in'
tends to reorganise the army by dividing the in'
fantry regiments into battalions and increasing the
grenadiers and light infantry. A letter says
"One of the first measures published by th°
Gazette will be the convocation of the Corte
This will put an end to the recriminations of
the opposition. The Marquis de Molins, the nel
Minister of Marine, has arrived here. Contrail
to what was said yesterday, General Lersundi'
the ex-President of the Council, has declined
to accept the Captaincy-General of Seville to whiel
he was, nominated. His resignation and that 0
General de la Concha have been accepted by the
Government. It is not yet known who will be
named to the Directorship of Cavalry, and
the Captaincy-General of Seville, which is themost important, after that of Madrid, on a4'
count of its being the residence of H.R.D.
the Duchess de Montpensier. Some chane,
are to take place in our diplomatic body.
Soule, the United States Minister, is expect"
this evening."
A decree of the Spanish Government deelarei
that foreign steamers of 400 tons and upwards, in'
elusive of the machinery, shall be subjected to the
duty set down in Art. 455 of the tariff, name*
37f. 26c. the 1,000 kilogrammes. Another decree
orders that wines of all kinds imported into Spa',
in half bottles shall be subjected to the duties se,i;
forth for champagne in Art. 1,316 of the tare
namely, 72c. when brought in Spanish bottovis
and 94c. in foreign bottoms and by land.
The Three per Cents. were done at 421 ; the 14,8;
Three per Cents. at 221 ; the Debt of the Fir
Class at 101 ; and that of the Second at 5/.

ITALY.
The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 30th ult., ste,
that an English company has proposed to the
man and Neapolitan Governments a railway 1111'
connecting Brindisi with Ancona.
The works for the railway of central Italy are!,
ing pushed on with great activity. Neverthel
a Florence letter, of the 27th, states that great all`
unforeseen difficulties have been met with, and
three large and many small tunnels will "
requisite.
The greatest diversity of opinion, a reg
schism, exists in the • liberal party at Rome. i•
the month of July last the liberals had recoil
pressing orders from Mazzini to act immediate
As there was great indecision among the libe,
they agreed upon holding a nocturnal meets,)
Sixty persons attended, and after much discuo,
it was put to the vote whether Mazzini's or
should should be executed or not ; whereupon fifty-0°,4
votes appeared against and three for Mazzini.
result has filled the party of the fusionists 144,1,
joy, their object being that of uniting
liberal Italians of all shades, without proclaarer
any particular form of government.
The King of Naples' has just signed a decree ty
ty
thorising the construction Of a railway between
capital and Brindisi. It will be executed at
expense of the State, the work to be done bl
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army, and superintended by the superior offqo
All the rails and materiel will be manufacture'
the State fountry at Portici.

GERMANY.
" It must not be believed," says the Post
Gazette of Frankfort, " that the Kossta affair
been abandoned. The Austrian Government'
the contrary, occupies itself with it with a
deal of ardour, and the diplomacy of other Gov
ments very energetically supports it. The A
Government, in particular, has sent a note Ott
charge d'affaires in. Washington, to be prebs,
to the Secretary of State for Foreign
in which the pretensions of Austria are at 140,1
supported, and the admission of them is
be a condition sine qua non of the continually
international relations."
Tree Tiertna Lloyd gives.us some explanatio
the cause of the buoyancy of the exchange tile 2
coleur de rose reports of the negotiations goi4t3
at Olmutz, of perfect unanimity amongmt the),
Poivers, and of the settlement of a cono:t,
course of action in case of the Sultan's rejeowt
the last recommendation ; the presence Of
two brothers Rothschild at Olmutz,
circumstance that certain purchases had
effected by persons believed to be in their 5
deuce ; and, further, the current of the public lrty
setting in to the conclusion, that the passage tit
Dardanelles by the English and French f 1 :11o;,
boded rather good than evil. The scarell!,4
money, however, is described as producing yr;
embarrassment there, for, though the nominal pt
of discount by the bank is still 4 per '":te4
the amount of accommodation afforded is so lirairo
that even 6 per cent., and even more, is recll'op
and given for first-rate paper. This want ofnlAti,
was felt more in the commercial and manutw
ing circles than exactly on 'Change. ‘l7
The Bank of Prussia has raised the rate of
count from 4 to 5 per cent.

BELGIUM.

The Chronique de Courtrai says :—" M. 8i35
a French refugee, residing in London since P Ili
ber 2, 1851, came last week to Templeuve, .
gium, to see his wife. He had been there two u;
when the gendarmes of Pecq arrested him'
conducted him to Courtrai. He was the daf
taken to Ostend, and embarked for- London)
stay in Belgium being interdicted to him."