The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-12 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Moniteur contains a despatch dated Madrid
July 10, stating that the insurgents continue their
march towards Andalusia, by Valdepenas, in a
state of extreme discouragement.
Other accounts aro in opposition to this, and it
is certain that the insurrection continues.
MADRID, July 7—On the sth their wain body
was at Manzanares, and their rear guard at Puerto
La Biche. On the same day the column of Royal
troops arrived at Ternbleque.

ST. PETERSBURG.—The St. Petersburg advices yester•
day are to the 4th of July, and state that on Sunday, the
2d, the allied fleets had sailed, and were out of sight of
Cronstadt. General depression prevailed in business,
although some considerable quantities of produce were
still being sent overland to Memel. In imported geodes
in which great firmness might have been expected frore
the effects of the blockade, extreme dulness prevailed,
and the quotations for indigo especially were such as to,
indicate a degree of caution and apathy on the part or
the great manufacturers which can only be attributed to
their knowledge of the internal diareEe of the countli°

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LIVERPOOL RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
CROXTETH STAKES.

Orestes
Knight of St. George
Domino

MERSEY STAKES.

Lady Palmerston .
Sicily
Crown Pigeon

OF FINLAND.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.)

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SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'lllock.

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ARRIVALS FOR TILE LIVERPOOL CUP.— Hungerford,
Kingston, Indian Warrior, Typee, Chaseaway, Um briel,
Talfourd, Ireland's Eye, St. Faith, Ammonia, Ulster,
Laßelle, Early Bird, Arribas, Dr. O'Toole, Marc An-
tony, and Jujube.

BLOCKADE OF THE GULF

[FROM A SUPPLEMENT TO TUESDAY EVENING'S GAZETTE,
PUBLISHED THIS EVENING.]
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 12.

It is hereby notified, that the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty have been informed by Vice-Admiral
Sir Charles Napier. K.C.8., commanding her Majesty's
naval forces in the Baltic, that, on and from the 26th of
June last, a strict and effective blockade was actually
established by the combined fleets of her Majesty and of
his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, of
the various ports in the Gulf of Finland as hereafter
specified ; that is to say :—The whole of the ports in the
Gulf of Finland to th• eastward of Helsingfors and S wea-
borg, on the Finland shore, including Borgot Lovisa,
Pythis, Frederikshamn, Werolax Briy, Viborg, Biorko
Sound, and all intermediate ports, roads, havens, and
creeks, to Cape Lubovki, in lat. 60 deg. 5 min. north,
and long. 29 deg. 56 min. east.
From Cape Lubovki the line of blockade crosses to
Tolboukin Light, immediately off Cronstadt, then across
southward to off the town of Borki, in the province of
Saint Petersburg, in lat. 59 deg. 57 min. north, long.
29 deg. 28 min. east.
That a ci asplete Blockade of Cronstadt and Saint
Petersburg has been effected by the combined fleets,
which anchored off Cronstadt on the 26th instant.

Proceeding westward, the line of blockade extends
from Borki to Karavalda Island. thence to Dolgoi Ness,
and from Dolgoi Ness to Kolgenpia Point, which in-
cludes the Bight of Koporia, from thence to Kourgoulo
Point, which includes Louga Bay, then the river Narva,
and the whole coast of Esthonia and adjacent Islands to
Ekholm Light, situated in lat. 59 deg. 43 min. north,
long. 25 deg. 4$ min. east.
And it is hereby further notified, that all the measures
authorised by the law of nations, and the respective
treaties between her Majesty and the different neutral
Powers, will be adopted and executed with respect to all
vessels which may attempt to violate the said blockade.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
The Earl of Fife Estate Bill was read a second time.

Petitions were presented by Mr. Isaac Butt and other
hon. members in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill, and
complaining that the existing law was systematically
violated by the manufacturer.
MEDICAL GRADUATES (UNIVERSITY OF