The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-23 00:00:00

THE NEW SPANISH' CONSTITUTION.

The following is the royal decree re-establishing-
,he Constitution of 1845, with modifications
ROYAL DECREE.

Having taken into consideration the reason set forth
by my Council of Ministers, I decide as follows :
Art 1. The Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy,
promulgated on the 23d of May, 1845, is and shall con

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tinue to be re-established.
Art. 2. Until the Cortes, in concert with my own
authority, shall have determined what is fitting to be
done, the said Constitution is modified and shall con'

tinue ito be modified by the following additional act,
which is to be observed and executed as an integral part
of the said Constitution, from and after the publication
of the present royal decree.
Given at the Palace, Sept. 15, 1856
(Signed)
(Countersigned)
The President of the Council of Ministers,
LEOPOLD O'DONNELL.

THE QUEEN.

ADDITIONAL ACT ANNEXED TO THE
CONSTITUTION.
Art. 1. The adjudication of alleged offences of the
press is to belong to a jury, except in the exceptional
cases determined by the laws.
Art. 2. After the promulgation of the law referred to
in the Bth article' of the constitution, -the district to
which it is applicable shall be governed during the sue
pension therein of the provisiOns of the 7th article of th
constitution, by the laws respecting public order which
were previously in force. But neither the one law nor
the other shall be held to authorise the Government to
remove Spaniards out of the kingdom, or transport and
banish them from the Peninsula.
Art, 3. The first creation of senators must not exceed
the number of 140 ; and after that creation, the Sove-
reign shall only nominate senators during the time while
the session of the Cortes remains open.
Art. 4. The special law on the election of deputies to
the Cortes shall determine
_whether they are to be re-
quired to prove any qualification by the payment of taxes
or the possession of a certain income.
Art. 5. Upon the taking of office by any deputy, even
when the office accepted by him is a promotion from an
office which he previously held, he shall be capable of
re-election.
Art. 6. In each year the Cortes shall sit during at leas
four months, to be reckoned from the day when th
session shall have definitively commenced.
Art. 7. When the two Legislative Chambers do no t
agree as to their annual bill upon the budget, the act
passed upon the budget of the preceding year shall be
in force for the corresponding year current.
Art. 8. Without a previous authorisation from the
Cortes, no judgment can' be pronounced against any
deputies in the cases treated of by the 41st article of the
constitution.
Art 9. In addition to the cases specified, by the 46th
article of the constitution,- the Sovereign shall require a
special law to authorise her either to grant amnesties
and general pardons, or to alienate the whole or part of
the Crown domains. _ _

Art. 10—. The authorisation of a special law shall also
be requisite to enable the Sovereign to contract a mar-
riage, or to allow those of her subjects who may be
called to succeed her on the throne to contract any
marriages.

Art.-11. There is to be a council of state, whose opi-
nion the Sovereign shall ascertain in certain cases pro-
vided by law.
Art. 12. The law on the organisation of the judicial
tribunals shall determine in what ewes, and with what
forms, the Sovereign may remove or supersede judges
and magistrates, in the exercise of due control and dis-
cipline over them.
Art. 13. The Sovereign alone shall nominate the
alcaldes in cities having a population of 40,000 souls, and
in other towns the Sovereign shall, in the appointment
of the alcaldos, use that degree of intervention which
may be prescribed by law.
Art. 14. The electoral lists, for the election of deputies
to the Cortes, shall be permanent, and the qualification
of electors shall in all cases be subject to publioand con-
testible investigation.
Art. 15. In the week following the opeiiing of each
nession of the Cortes the Government shall present to
Parliament the accounts of its expenditure for the pre-
ceding year, and its budget for the year ensuing.
Art. 16. The Cortes shall deliberate upon the law re-
ferred to in the 79th article, of the constitution before
they deliberate upon that of the. budget.
Given at the Palace, Sept. 15, 1856.
(Signed) THE QUEEN..
(Countersigned) LEOPOLD O'DONNELL.

By a Government notice which has appeared in the
Gazette at Cape Town, it is " announced for general in-
formation" that every resident magistrate will hold his
court on Monday and Thursday in every week, " unless
these days, or either of them, shall happen to be New
Year's-day, the Queen's birthday, or Good Friday I"
The departures from the port of London for the Aus-
tralian colonies during the past week have comprised 10
vessels—four to Port Philip, two to Sydney, two to
Adelaide, one to Hobart-town, and one to Launceston,
with an aggregate capacity of 5,932 ton•. The rates of
freight continue to exhibit heaviness.