The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-08 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Marquis de Camporeal, a grandee of Spain,
has been nominated second in command of the hal-
berdiers in the room of General Sanz, appointed
Captain-General of Galicia.
The Queen took a drive on the 28th for the first
time since her confinement. Her Majesty was in an
open carriage and was accompanied by the King.
The Duke of Parma reached Barcelona on the
28th ult.

The Stock Exchange was not opened on the 2d,
that day being the holiday of the Purification.
General Dulce, who has been appointed Director
General of Cavalry, is the officer who, in 1844,) at
the head of some halberdiers, bravely defended the
palace of the Queen when invaded by the revolted.
troops.
The accounts from the provinces are satisfactory.
It appears certain that General Jose de la Con-
cha has sent in his resignation to the Minister of
War, who has referred it to the Supreme Tribunal
of War.

The affair of General O'Donnell has also been re-
ferred to the same court.

ITALY.

The Parlament() of Turin mentions a report that
the French garrison at Rome is to be raised to
30,000 men, and that quantities of grain are being
purchased by the military administration.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states from
Milan, that 30,000 Croatins are expected in Lom-
bardy, and that all the fortresses are receiving pro-
visions. The silk trade is said to be dull there, on
account of the scarcity of capital.

We learn from the Genoa papers, of the 3d, that
a Dutch squadron, consisting of the Prins Van
Orange frigate, 50, Captain Stoll, having Rear-
Admital Burcius on board, the Doggers Bank, 60,
Capt. Dexmit, and the brig Zechone, 12, have
arrived in that port.
The Univers quotes a letter from Rome of the
31st ult., giving an account of the execution there
of three men, convicted of having been engaged in
the massacre of the priests at Sans Calisto during
the Roman revolution. The letter states that they
died as infidels, and that on their way to the
gallows they never ceased blaspheming acraiiist
God, the church, and the priesthood. The Univers
reminds its readers that twelve dead bodies were
found at San Calisto after the massacre, but that
many more had been no doubt previously thrown
into the Tiber.

SEIE.RTFP COURT.-(THIS DAY).

(Before Mr. Ogle, Q C.)
LAMBS V. TOPPING.

IMPORTANT QUESTION ON A WARRANT OF ATTORNEY AND

GUARANTEE.

This was an action to recover the sum of 30L. oil a
guarantee.

- Mr. Dodd, for the plaintiff, stated that the guarantee
had been given in consideration of legal proceedings •be-
ing stayed against a person named Smee. The original
debt was 711., and defendant undertook to pay, in -the
event of Smee not paying the instalments, under a war-
rant of attorney which he had executed. Three instal-
ments were now due, and defendant had not taken any
notice of fepeated applications for payment. Mr. Dodd
then put in the guarantee and a copy of the warrant of
attorney.

His Honour said the warrant of attorney ought to
to have been produced.

Mr. Dodd submitted that the copy was sufficient, as
there was no one on the other side to raise an objection.
The action was brought on the guarantee—the expense
of getting the original warrant of attorney out of the
office in which it was filed, would be somewhat consider.
able.

The copy was then admitted in evidence, and the de-
fendant's signature to the guarantee _proved. With
respect to the latter,. his Honour asked why, it was not
stamped, if the defendant had been present ?
Mr. Dodd said it was merely a written undertaking
to pay the debt of another.
His Honour said it would be better not to discuss
the question.
Judgment was given for the amount claimed.

THE AUSTRALASIAN AND PACIFIC ROYAL MAIL COM.
PANT.— SOUTHAMPTON, TEJESDAY.—The Emeu, the first
new steam
screw-ship in connection with the company,
arrived in dock to-day. She is a fine vessel of 1,660
tons burthen and 350-horse power. Her length is 277
feet, depth 28 feet, and beam 37. She is built by the
Messrs.
Napier, of Glasgow, and left the Clyde on Sun-
day morning at nine o'clock, and after steaming against
a strong S. W. wind, arrived off the Needles at half-past
ten this morning. During her passage she was detained
three hours by heated bearings, thereby completing one
of the quickest runs from the Clyde to Southampton on
record. During the time the Emeu was labouring under
her many unfortunate disadvantages she effected a speed
at the rate of 10 and 10i knots per hour ; and upon
reaching the Channel, Where she had a fair wind, she
completed in two hours and thirty-six minutes a distance
of 32i knots. Her chief saloon is very tastefully and
substantially furnished, and measures a length of 63 feet,
whilst her fore saloon, which is 58 feet long, is fitted
with every comfort and convenience which a passenger
could wish for. She is intended to ply, in connection
with the ships of the Royal Mail Company, which leave
this port for the West Indies on the 2d and 17th of each
month, between Panama, New Zealand, and Australia,
and will leave on the 2d March for the purpose of taking
up her station at the first-named place. It is computed
by this arrangement that Australia will be brought
within fifty days communication of England, or fourteen
days less time than the quickest passage on record be-
tween the two countries is stated to have been made.
She is commanded by Captain Stamp. Five other vessels
are fitting out, and will shortly arrive.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENG-
LAND.—The following table, from returns just ',jade up,
shows the number of passengers from and to England
arriving at and departing from the ports of Boulogne and
Calais in the past year, as compared with 1852 :

1853..
1852..

Boulogne. Calais. Total.
95,236 ... 67,9 l 4 ... 163,150
87,820 ... 56,121 ... 143,941

Increase in the year 7,416 ... 11,793 ... 19,209
IMMENSE DIAMOND —One of the largest diamonds
known was deposited yesterday at the Bank of England
by a London house, to whom it was consigned from Rio
Janeiro. Its weight is 254 carats,•and its estimated value
according to the scale 280,0001. It is said to be of the
negr
finest water, and without flaw, and w,a5_f?"7.3...4