The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-24 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, April 19.—A negotiation for a loan,
amounting to 22 millions of reals, has just been
concluded between the Spanish Government and
two capitalists, to whom the revenue of the Philip-
pine islands have been given as security.
The Madrid Gazette of the 17th contains the
following report to the Queen from the Minister of
Marine, and the decree of her Majesty :
" Madam—The war, which has unhappily broken out
in the East, might have caused damage to our naviga-
tion and our commerce, of which your Majesty so ar-
dently desires the prosperity. Happily, Great Britain
and France, worthy of the advanced post they occupy
amongst civilised nations, have endeavoured to lessen
the evils which this conflict must cause to the world, by
refraining for the present from delivering letters of marque
and by making by common accord other declarations
extremely favourable to the neutral powers. It is right for
the mercantile interests of Spain to profit by a conduct
so nobly humane by making known the sentiments of
, your Majesty with respect to the friendly and allied na-
tions of Spain. From this motive the undersigned
Minister, by the advice of the Council of Ministers, has
the honour to propose to your Majesty to adopt the fol-
lowing decree. Madam, at the royal feet of your Ma-
jesty, "THE MARQUIS DE MOLENE,
"Madrid, April 12."
The Royal decree is as follows :--
"Considering what has been proposed to me by my
Minister of Marine, and with the advice of the Council
of Ministers, I decree what follows :—Art. 1. It is for-
, bidden in all the ports of the monarchy to equip, fit out,
or admit any privateer under the Russian flag. Art.
2. It is equally forbidden to the owners, masters, or
captains of Spanish merchant vessels to receive letters
of marque from any power, or to give any assistance
which shall not be demanded by humanity in case of
fire or shipwreck. Art. 3. The conveyance of all ar-
ticles_ of commerce remains guaranteed by the Spanish
fidaagmi,la.exeeptcehethat of war materiel, despatches and coin-
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by the belligerent powers. In this case, the
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INSURRECTION AND LOSS OF LIFE AT
BARCELONA.
An insurrection has taken place in Barcelona,
originating with the operatives -of that city. It
was ostensibly a strike for wages, similar to the
Preston strike, but in reality it was believed to be
a revolutionary movement to subvert the Govern-
ment. The insurrection had been quelled by the
military after a considerable loss of life.

SUICIDE OF A GENTLE/JUN.—On Saturday morning,
a gentleman, named George Jackson, living in Great
Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, was found dead in his
bedroom, suspended by a rope from a nail in the beam.
No cause can be yet aesignogi for the tidal act.