The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-24 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 18th have been received.
The Ministry were in a minority in the Cortes on
the 16th with reference to a resolution proposed by
POLO, to the effect that the functions of deputy are
incompatible with those of Government employe.
The Minister of Grace and Justice opposed the reso-
lution, but the Cortes resolved to take it into consi-
deration.

CONCHA is, it is said, to be raised to the rank of
Captain-General in the army.
There is no truth in the report of the retirement of
CABRERA into France. On the contrary, he has de-
termined to continue the war with more activity than
ever, and has signified to CONCHA that if a hair of
MARSAL'S head be touched, he will shoot the 81
officers who are in his power, and many of whom are
connected with the first families in Madrid. In
consequence the execution of MARSAL has been sus-
pended.
CABRERA arrived at Ardevol, near Cardona, on the
night of the Bth, and remained there on the 9th : he
is said to have brought with him 400 infantry and
100 cavalry, some of whom belonged to MaßsAL's band.
TRISTANI, Cosco, and other leaders were with him,
and he was joined there by NEGRE DE AGRAMANT,
with 25 cavalry. A large force of Government
troops, consisting of three columns, which had united
at Cardona, left that place on the 10th, under Briga-
dier Polls, Colonel SOLANO, &c., to act against
CABRERA.

111AasAL continued in prison at Gerona on the 11th.
CHARLES ALBERT has arrived at Corunna. His
late Minister, RATAZZI, is at Madrid, where he has
been feted by the Progresistas.
MADRID BoLsx, APRIL 18.—Five per Cents., 11i;
Three per Cents., 25 7-16, for account. Exchange on
London, 50.

THE VALUE OF DlAMONDS.—Diamonds are in
general weighed by the carat, which is a term well known
to jewellers, and equivalent to four grains. Thus a
diamond of

1 carat was worth ... 8 1 lOcarats was worth 300
2 Jf ••• ••• 16 120 „ ... 3,200
3 p• 72 130 „ 7,200
4 ••• 128 5O „ 20,000
... 200 100 , ... 80,000
—Prof. Tarrant at the Society of Arts.
A deputation on the navigation-laws, consisting of
Mr. John Mitchell, from Glasgow; Messrs. T. 11. Dou-
glas, Allan Gilmour, R. M‘Gavin, George Henderson, and
George Smith, from Glasgow; and Mr. A. M. Burrell,
Provost of Port Glasgow, had an interview with Lord
John bZussell yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street. The deputation was introduced by Mr.
Elastic, M.P., Mr. Bouverie, ALE, Colonel Mure,
and Mr. Macgregor, M.P.
FEMALE SCHOOL or DESIGN.—We should be glad
to know what has become of the Female School, formerly
of Somerset House. It was sent into lodgings some-
where in the Strand—on the same grounds, it would
seem, which led boards of guardians to send pauper
children to Tooting, and has never been heard of eince.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

AUSTRIA.

FURTHER SUCCESSES OF THE lIUN-

GARIANS.

The Weiner Zeitung of the 17th contains the fol-
lowing announcement :—" By supreme command, a
reserve corps of from 22,000 to 25,000 men is to be
concentrated on the Maubfeld, near Vienna, and a
second reserve corps, which shall consist at first of
15,000 men, in the vicinity of Pettau, in Lower
Styria, by the 10th of next month at the latest. A
reserve corps, of greater numerical strength than the
former one in Bohemia, is to be formed in the dis-
trict lying between Tabor and Budweis."
The Gazette ICrakozvska says—
" A levy of Cracow recruits has been carried on here
for several days. In Chrzinow, six leagues from hence,
a number of Jews, burghers, and peasants flew to arms,
drove away the gendarmes and finance guard, ai.d
liherated the recruits. In constquer.ce of this, Field-
Marshal
Lirutenant Z• gedicz has marched two com-
pan'es of infantry to Trz-bui, a couple of leagues from
Chi zlnow, and two more have marched thither to-day."
The Cologne Gazette publishes intelligence from
Vienna of the 18th, which says the news from Hun-
gary continues to be unfavourable to the Austrian
army. The remains of the corps formerly under the
orders of General GOTZ, and which, with another de-
tachment, both comthanded by JELLACH icn, defended
Gran, was attacked by the Hungarian chief REPASST,
who had crossed the Danube below Pesth.
The insurgents had, after making a large portion
of the staff of the Ban prisoners, occupied Gran.
DEMBINSKI had passed the Danube at the head of an
army numbering, it is said, 50,000, and had taken
up a position before Buda, on the right bank of
the river. WINDISEIIGRATZ, intrenched in the latter
town, awaited the reinforcements which were arriv-
ing from all parts. Meantime, protected by
DEMBINSKI, the Hungarian corps under the orders
of GORG EY had marched upon Comorn, and obliged
the besieging army to retreat before superior num •
bets. GORGET then pressed on, occupied Raab
and Wieselbur4, and marched upon Presburg, to
prevent the arrival of the reinforcements expected by
WINDISCHGRATZ. In the Banat, General BEM had
given eight days to the fortresses of Temeswar and
Arad, in which to make their submission.
The Voss Gazette has the following general de-
scription of the state of affairs in Hungary. It is con-
tained in a Vienna letter of the 16th inst. :—" For
two days a Hungarian army of 50,000 men has held
the imperial troops in check before Pesth, and
threatens to disengage Comorn. The insurgents are
masters of Waitzen, beyond the Theiss. The light
bands of Czikos prevent any movement of the Aus-
trians towards the north, and protect Debreczin,
Sz-gedin, Arad, Peterwarden, and eusatz. The re-
doubts of St. Thomas are in the power of the Hun-
garians. Their flag floats in all the Bannat. BEM
is master of Transylvania ; PUCHNER and the Russians
dare not attack him. The Government has at length
understood that there must be no delay in restoring
the Imperial authority. General WALDEN has left
for Hungary; Generals CASTIG LION E, BENEDEK B,
and WOHLG EMETHE are to follow him. In some
days the army will have received all the reinforce-
ments that it expects, and then a decisive battle will
be given, unless the Hungarians shall prefer to retire
and commence a guerilla war. The position of the
Imperial army is very critical."
The same journal states, that.4o,ooo Russians have
entered Moldavia by the Buckowine. They bring
the answer of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh to that
of 011mutz, to the question on what condition Russia
would place her diplomatic and material resources at
the disposition of the Austrian Government. From
confidential sources we are led to believe that the
abandonment by Austria of all influence in the Danu-
bian principalities is the price demanded by Russia
for her services.