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

SPAIN.

A letter from Madrid of the 28th ult. says :
" Yesterday Mgr. Brunelli, Archbishop of Salo-
nica, and Nuncio of the Pope at the Court of
Spain, received in the Royal chapel, from the
hands of Queen Isabella, his Cardinal's hat. Her
Majesty congratulated the Nuncio on his new dig-
nity. The Chamber of Deputies is to resume its
sittings to-morrow, and it is said that the Ministry
will at once present to it, first, a bill authorising
the loan to be contracted, and next, a bill for con-
stitutional reform. In conformity with Art. 36 of
the law of January, 1845, the provincial deputa-
tions are convoked for April 20, to transact their
ordinary business." A letter of the 29th, received
by express, says :—The Government presented to-
day to the Cortes several bills, relating to the ex-
tinction of the floating debt—to the creation of
30 millions of annual rente in 3 per cent. stock—
to the recognition of 10 per cent. on the uncon-
verted coupons—to constitutional reform—and to
the consecration of the principle of substitution in
the transmission of family estates to the eldest
son."

GERMANY.
A letter from Pesth of March 27, in the Cologne
Gazette, states that the day before, a battalion of
grenadiers having been marched into the prison
yard, ninety-seven Magyars who were in confine-
ment for revolt were brought out, and informed
by the Governor of the prison first in German, and
then in Hungarian, that the Emperor had granted
them a free pardon.
A telegraphic dispatch from Vienna, dated Fri-
day, says :—" We learn from Constantinople, 22d
ult., that, in a circular addressed to the Ambassa-
dors to announce his nomination, Prince Mens-
chikoff expresses the hope of a good understanding
between Russia and the other powers."
The Vienna Gazette, in its number of the
29th ult., publishes a decree, which removes
M. de Weiss from the direction of the police of
that city. M. de Maltz has been appointed in his
place. This change produced a certain sensa-
tion in the Austrian capital, and as M. de Weiss
was noted for his arbitrary acts and general severity,
it is thought that the new appointment intimates
that milder measuresare for the future to be adopted.
The honour of the change is given to General Kem-
pen, the present Governor of Vienna. M. de Weiss
has been named Inspector-General of Prisons, but
the situation is inferior to that which he lately filled.
Some rumours were afloat at Vienna of ministerial
changes, it being said that M. Bach, the Minister of
the Interior, was to become President of the Council
of State, the vacant place being given to M. de
Krauss, formerly Minister of Finance. M. de Ku-
beck, who now holds the place of President of the
Council of State, desires to retire, it is said, on ac-
count of his advanced age.
Dispatches from Vienna state that Field-Marshal
Rad etzky had published a decree nullifying all mort-
gages made by the Lombard refugees on their
landed property since 1847.
Dispatches srom Vienna announce the reception
of an official note from the Russian Court, dis-
avowing any intention on the part of Prince Men-
schikoff to disturb the integrity of the Ottoman
Empire, and stating that the immediate object of
his mission was to exact the due fulfilment of a
treaty made with Turkey two years ago. With
respect to the Holy Places, Russia was equally.
bound, with the other interested Powers, to a set-
tlement of this important question.
The following telegraphic dispatch, dated the
Ist, has been received from Berlin :—" A minis-
terial dispatch has just been sent from Berlin to
the Federal Council of Switzerland. The dispatch
declares that after the re-establishment of his
authority in the canton of Neufchatel, King Fred-
erick William will give no guarantee as regards the
railroads which may be immediately constructed at
the expense of the canton."
A letter from Hamburg, in the Weser Gazette,
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winter, were destined for Russia, and not for
Austria, as at first supposed."
The Berlin journals announce that, among the
papers lately seized by the police, there has been
found a proclamation of the German Republic.
In Mecklenburg-Schwerin a conspiracy has been
discovered, of which Rostock is the centre : it was
in correspondence with the refugees in London.
Arrests have taken place in consequence.

AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BRITAIN.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

This magnificent vessel arrived in the river this
afternoon, amidst the enthusiastic rejoicings of the
thousands who had assembled on the pier-heads to
welcome her re-appearance in the waters of the
Mersey.
Her news from the gold regions, generally, has,
of course, been anticipated by the overland route.
The Great Britain left Melbourne, Jan. 4 ; Table
Bay, Cape of Good Hope, Feb. 20 ; was off Holy-
head at 6 a.m., April 2 ; and reached the bar at
12.30. Here she was detained 3-i hours for water ;
and the Steam-tug Company's boat Albert, which
had been dispatched to meet her by Messrs. Gibbs,
Bright, and Co., came alongside. She brings 205
passengers, and 500,0001. in specie.
For some weeks past she has been anxiously ex-
pected ; and rumours have frequently been abroad
that she was " off" the port. This morning, how-
ever, all doubts were set at rest, for the telegraph
announced that she was " off Holyhead" at six
o'clock, and the news rapidly spread through the
town. It being expected she would reach the river
about three o'clock, the landing-stage and pier-
heads were crowded long before that hour, by thou-
sands anxious to witness her arrival, and the same
feeling of enthusiasm in her favour was apparent
as when she took her departure for Australia.
About a quarter past three some guns were heard,
and thousands rushed down the streets towards the
river, thinking the Great Britain had arrived. The
guns, however, were fired by the America mail
steamer, which had just received her outward
mails, and put on " full speed."
It will be remembered that the Great Britain
sailed from here for Melbourne on Saturday, the
21st of August, 1852, about 2 o'clock in the after-
noon, and as she has returned on Saturday, the 2d
of April, her voyage out and home will have occu-
pied exactly 32 weeks. This includes all stoppages,
which, on a first voyage, were unavoidable.
Capt. Matthews ordered steam to be put on at 3
o'clock, and the Great Britain was steered up the
channel towards Liverpool. She passed the Rock
Light at 3.30, and fired a number of guns to denote
that she had come into the port. As she steamed
up the river, thousands relieved their anxiety for
her safety by gazing on her noble proportions, and
hearty cheers welcomed her arrival.
There was a birth and a death on board—viz.:
At sea, on board the Great Britain (s.s.), on her
passage from Australia, on the 25th ult., the wife
of Mr. Wm. Cross Yuille, of a daughter.—Died,
at sea, on board the Great Britain (s.s.), on the 4th
of February, Mr. Matthew Heath, a native of
Truro, Cornwall.
The passengers speak in the highest terms of the
qualities of the ship, and also of the courteous and
gentlemanly conduct of the commander and offi-
cers towards them. _ _

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It is the intention of the owners of the Great
Britain to dispatch her again to Australia in a short
time.

We subjoin the log from the day of her departure
from Melbourne. It tells better than we can the
progress of the vessel from her sailing till her ar-
rival :

Jan. 4—Wind W.S.W. Fresh gales.
„ s—Wind S.S.W. Spoke American ship Harriet
Scott. Thick weather.
„ 6—Wind E.S.E. 120 miles. Strong winds.
„ 7—Wind E. 205 miles. Light winds.
„ B—Wind S.S.W. 220 miles. Light winds.
„ 9—Wind S.W. 178 miles. Fresh and strong
winds.
„ 10—Wind S.W.S. 180 miles. Moderate.
„ 11—Wind N.E. 192 miles. Light air.
~ 12—Wind N.N.W. 237 miles. Fresh and strong
winds.
„ 13—Wind W. 158 miles. Light and fresh winds.
„ 14—Wind S.S.W. 215 miles. Moderate.
„ 15—Wind S. 208 miles. Light winds.
„ 16—Wind S.E. 201 miles. Light winds.
„ 17—Wind E.S.E. 193 miles. Light winds.
„ 18—Wind E.S.E. 185 miles. Light winds.
„ 19—Wind S.S.W. 198 miles. Light winds.
„ 20—Wind S.E. 210 miles. Light winds.
„ 21—Wind S.E. 191 miles. Light winds.
„ '22—Wind E. 216 miles. Spoke Lanark, of Boston.
Light winds.
„ 23—Wind S.E. 200 miles. Spoke Vesta4Russian.
Moderate.
„ 24—Wind E.S.E. 203 miles. Light winds.
„ 25—Wind E. 203 miles. Light winds.
„ 26—Wind N.E. 192 miles. Light winds.
„ 27—Wind N.N.W. 211 miles. Light winds.
„ 28—Wind W. 204 miles. Light winds.
„ 29—Wind S.E. 187 miles. Light winds.
„ 30—Wind E.S.E. 207 miles. Light winds.
, 31—Wind N.N.E. 206 miles. Light winds.
Feb. I—Wind N.W. 193 miles. Light winds.
„ 2—Wind S.S.E. 197 miles. Light winds.
„ 3—Wind N. 210 miles. Light winds.
„ 4—Wind S.W.S. 206 miles. Moderate.
„ s—Wind N.N.W. 169 miles. Light airs.
„ 6—Wind S.-W . 167 miles. Came to anchor at
Algoa Bay.
„ Nv,N-vir. 8 p.m.. lon Algoa Bay.
„ 9.—Wind W. 113 miles.
„ 10—Wind S.E. 170 miles. Spoke No. 7,618 dis-
ting pennant, midnight. Anchored in Si-
mon's Bay.
„ 19—Wind calm. Arrived in Table Bay.
„ 20—Wind S.S.E. 66 miles. Strong winds.
„ 21 -Wind S.S.E. 247 miles. Moderate.
„ 22—Wind S.S.E. 248 miles. Moderate and fresh.
„ 23—Wind S.S.E. 241 miles. Fresh breeze.
~ 24—Wind S. by E. 207 miles. Moderate and light
winds.
„ 25—Wind S.E. 232 miles. Strong and fresh winds.
„ 26—Wind S.S.E. 221 miles. Fresh winds.
„ 27—Wind S.S.E. 227 miles. Light airs.
" 28—Wind S.S.E. 21.1rmiles. Air moderato.
Mar. I—Wind S.S.W. 218 miles. Light airs.
„ 2—Wind S.S.W. 217 miles. Light airs.
„ 3—Wind S.W. 210 miles. Light airs.
„ 4—Wind W.S.W. 214 miles. Light airs and hot
weather.
„ s—Wind W.N.W. 197 miles. Light airs.
„ 6—Wind W.N.W 182 miles. Moderate wind.
~ 7—Wind N. 174 miles. Moderate.
„ B—Wind N.N.E. 164 miles. Moderate.
„ 9—Wind N.E. 173 miles. Moderate.
„ 10—Wind N.E. 206 miles. Fresh breezes.
„ 11—Wind N.E. by E. 192 miles. Fresh and strong
breezes.
„ 12—Wind N.E. by E. 184 miles. Moderate and
light.
„ 13—Wind N.E. by E. 202 miles. Moderate and
light.
„ 14—Wind E.N.E. 193 miles. Light winds.
„ 15—Wind E. 193 miles. Light winds.
„ 16—Wind W.N.W. 180 miles. Variable winds.
„ 17—Wind N.W. 190 miles. Variable winds.
„ 18—Wind S.W. 181 miles. Tariable winds.
„ 19—Wind E.N.E. Variable winds.
„ 20
91 }Lying at anchor in the bay of St. Michael's.
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„ 22—Wind S. 100 miles. Strong winds.
„ 23—Wind S.S.E. 257 miles. Fresh and moderate
winds.
, 21—Wind E. 203 miles. Fresh and moderate winds.
• 25—Wind N.E. by N. 163 miles. Light winds
and fresh gales.
„ 26—Wind N.E. by E. 137 miles. Fresh gales and
squally.
„ 27—Wind E.N.E. 205 miles. Strong winds.
" 28 •
29 }Lying off the town of Vigo, in Spain.
30—Wind W. 53 miles. Light and moderate
winds, and squally.
„ 31—Wind S.S.W. 230 miles. Strong . gale and
squally.
April I—Wind W.N.W. 247 miles. Fresh breezes.
2—Wind W.N.W. Channel at noon. Stopped at
Yf
Bell Buoy for water.

Mrs. Rigby, Master John Rigby, Mr. J. James, Mr. R.
M. Thomas, Mr. F. Brown, Mr. C. Warner,--Mr. W.
Dennis, Mr. Isaac Asher, Mr. C. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs.
Peterson, Mr. Chumanox, Mr. Rowles, Mr. James Hunter,
Mr. William Hunter, Mrs. Col. Cooper, Dr. Morgan.
Prom the Cape.—Mr. J. C. Hunt, Mr. W. Burgess, Mr.
N. Maurice, Mr. P. Moore, Col. Cooper, Miss Smith, Mr.
Jarvis and family, Mr. Nichols, Captain Salmond, Mr. H.
Watson, Mr. J. Behren, Mr. G. Wilson.
From the Cape of Good Hope.—Sir Robert Stanford,
Capt. W. R. King (74th), Lieut. J. C. King (74th), Hon.
H. Annesley, Madame Caulett, Mr. W. Davis, Mr. Thos.
Crowdy, Mr. D. Cowie, Mr. Crown, Mr. G. Holland, Mr.
James Curdle Mrs. Bilston, Mrs. Newman.
From St. Michael's.—Mr. A. Cohen, Mr. J. Benshaw, J.
A. Putron.
From Vigo.—Mr. Jose Maria Marco.