The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-13 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 7th inst. hare arrived.
They state that Queen CHRISTINA, in descending
from her carriage at Aranjuez, had the misfortune
to fracture her leg just above the ancle.
MADRID BOLSA, MAY 7.—The following are the
prices of stocks:—Three per Cents., 351 to ; Five per
Cents., with current coupon, 151 to 16; Coupons, 8 to
8f; Passive Debt, 61.. it Exchange -on London, 50 90.
PORT U GAL.-4111
THE NEW MI STRY. •
Advicek from Lisbon, of the 7th, give the.followp
as the list of the ney-rSinistry :=-Presidents thet
CouviloiSkmaanAAlnterior, PASSOZ ;
FRANCINIIi Justice, F.4,g,.; Forejgnattfairs, Cont
DE I.lk#Rlioze,'; Marin7Viacoune:Dn'lSA. Theith,
dieatisin ofsboaNA MARIA was spokewof at 'Lisbon.
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PROROGATION OF THE PRUSSIAN ' I
CHAMBERS. 44'..
The Prussian Chambers were •prorogued on't c
9th. was the Speech of the PAESI-
DENT 10. s- ,• • 4- _

" Gentlemen,-The Prussian Chambers have arrived
at the closes of their second regular session, which
has occupied more than four months of your continued
activity.
" The commencement of your deliberations fell in an
agitated and critical period. Against threatening
dangers the collective military force of the kingdom was
called out, on a scale in which it had never been sum-
moned before, and with a result that filled the Prussian
people with the consciousness of their own strength and
nummanded the respect of foreign nations. In the Me:in:-
time circumstances arose under which his Msjesty'a Go-
vernment believed, after due and conscientious conside-
ration, they could avoid the conflict with States of the
same German race. But it was natural that in the
state of feeling in the country other views of the posi-
tion of affairs would not remain without expr ssion
during your debates.
" Still toe patriotism of both Chambers avoided a con-
flict which would only have damaged the position of
"'mutt' externally, and injured her internal development
—a conflict which none but the enemies of Prussia could
:rave regarded with hope.
" With zeal you have applied to your high mission,
and by the fruits of your activity earned new claims to

tee thanks of the nation.
" Thirty-four Bills, after going through the constitu-
tional discussion in both Chambers, have been laid be-
fore the Government, and in part, after receiving the
Roy al sanction, have been published in the collection
of laws.
"You have the satisfaction of knowing that anew penal
code, which has been in preparation for many years to
supply a pressing deficiency, owes its completion to your
exertions.
" By your assent to the law on a class and classified
income-tax, you have maintained the means of meeting
the increased demands on the expenditure:of the State, by
which the less wealthy classes of the population are not
only spared an increase of taxation, but in part have
had the burdens on them even much lightened.
"The State expenditure for the year 1851 has been
fixed, and by granting a credit of 11,500,000 thalers you
have given the Government the means of covering the
expenses occasioned by calling out the army, which have
not been incurred without many and permanent ,advan-
vantages for the military power.
" It some draughts of laws have not been completed in
this session, yet their discussion, the many proposals
from the Chambers themselves, and the petitions pre-
sented to them, have furnished the Government with
materials which, you may be assured, will receive the
most careful consideration.
" By the decisions you have come to on the Bills laid
before you, you have given the Government tie assur-
ance that it is, in essential points, in accordance with
the Legislative bodies of the nation. It will be the care
of the Government to preserve and increase this accord
by a vigorous yet careful execution of the laws you
have passed.
The retrospect of the session is thus calculated to
confirm the assurance that the old Prussian spirit is still
powerful in the forms which, under your co-operation,
have become the Constitution of the country, and that
the chief condition of the development of Prussia on its
historical basis has remained unaffected by the confusions
of the time.
" The enemies of this development, who are the ene-
mies of divine and human order in general, certainly
rest as little as the passions by which they are agiteted..t
But revolution, wherever and under whatever form
may appear, will find Prussia armed and the Govern-
ment watchful and firm.
" The threatening attitude of this enemy, irrespective
of other grounds, renders it the imperative duty es all
the German Governments no longreecrogtonilseeadvbeoGthermwittya
without a central organ, generally
Germany itself and by foreign powers.
" Whether the German Governments now return to
the form of the older Constitution of the Bund, or
whether the plans, by no means abandoned, of a new
organization of that Constitution, will be realized in a
practicable form, the independent developm nt of Prussia
shall not thereby be in any Way endangered.
But the true and silent guarantee for a happy and
glorious future for our country, its political and material
welfare, its increasing internal prosperity, and its influ-
ence and power abroad, you will, with his Majesty's
Government, find in the unwearied holding together,
and co-operation of all those who unite in truth and faith
under the motto of a great and glorious era—` With God
for King and Fatherland.' "
The PRESIDENT then declared, in the name of the
that the session was closed.

The Lloyd announces the arrival at Vienna of an
English courier, with important dispatches fur the
EMPEROR. The Cabinet of St. James's, it is said,
consent to consider the question of the entry of all
Austria into the Confederation as an internal affair if
all the States coincide on that point.
The Wirtemburgh Chamber of Deputies have re-
turned three Liberals as the candidates from among
whom the KING must choose the President, and
unanimously decided to vote no address in answer to
the Speech from the Throne. It subsequently re •
solved to nominate a Committee on public rights,
consisting of nine Members; and announced to the
Minister that a communication on. the subject of the
revision of the Constitution wim expected. T e
Finance Minister presented the Bt idget up to July 1,
1852, as well as several projects of laws.

ITALY.
RUMOURED DEATH OF 7.e.LIE KING OF
NAPLES.
The Paris Ordre states that it was currently re-
ported in Paris yesterday that the King of NarLas
was dead.
A letter from Rome, dated May Ist, says that the
president of the Propaganda, Cardinal FRA:NZONI, has
just issued an appeal to all Italy., calling upon all
good Catholics to subscribe funds for the erection of
a Roman Catholic cathedral in London.. The appeal
issued some months back by the Cardin al Vicar.Ge-
' neral did not produce the desired result-

FRENCH PLAYS. -
most interesting play, tree Chaine;ivaa'performeci
the first time in this country at the St. James's last
evening, and its success v, as complete. It is in five acts, and
combines the interest of the melodrama with the high breed-
ing, polish, vivacity, and sparkling wit of high comedy.
The story of the piece is one of those simple themes, a mere
situation in fact, in which M. Scribe loves to take from the
life of the salons, and which, under his skilful management
of half a dozen dramatis personcs, seems to expand, as it by
its own force, into a perfect comedy. Emmeric d'Albret,
a young and successful composer, has many good gifts
and a . brilliant prospect before him—the worthiest of
uncles, the prettiest of cousins—a love for the latter,
which she very decidedly returns—every possibility of
a match which seems sure to make his happiness. Bot
he wears a chain of which he is heartily tired, yet which he
cannot break. When he came first to-Paris be was without'
friends, interest, or experience—without anything, in fact,
but. genius and ambition. He fouud a guardian-angel in
Madame de St. GCran. In pure pity this lady, by giving
the young musician that great necessity to success, oppor-
tunity, opened to him the doors of fortune and of tame.
Ile repaid the service 'with adoration, and found his
angel mortal. hence a • crowd of miseries a hich at once
astouish and perplex his friend Hector Ballannard,
arone de prentire instance, to whom the life of •he sa;.7n9
had seemed from star the brightest et' prospects. The iii-
terest of the piece, evolved with all the skill of Scribe, tame
on the struggles of Emmeric with a tie which turnout
and interest alike make him anxious to break, on the efforts
of Madams de St. Geran to prolong her power, and on the.
indefatigable zeal and wonderful perplexities of Hector Bel-
feodard, who acts as the never-failing scaPegoet of his friend,
feeillitig thereby the character.of the gayest of deceivers, in-
stead or that of the purest offtroves. The most remarkable
agent,. however, in the deliverance of numeric, is no less a
personage than Monsieur de St. Geran, the mildest and
most musical of fatal duellists, the most generous and
loyal of deceived husbands. Ile hears the story of the
obstacle through Ballandard, without, tor a moment,
suspecting that the lady in the case is his own wife.
Having a .real kindness for the young musician, being,
moreover, godfather to the pretty. Aline, and posses-
sing ancient claims on the gratitude of the worthy'
parent, he determines on making the match between the
cousins, and, in doing co, unconsciously removes the prin-
cipal bar to a cherished object, that of winning the love of
his once neglected and estranged wife. From these strange
relations of the several personages—the happy unsuspecting
girl—the ardent and passionate woman—the frank and hiesl
husband, never hitting on the truth—the weak vacillating
lover —and the most
_simple-hearted, zealous, and astute
convenient friends and never-failing atones, springs
such a stream of happy perpleiities as only Scribe can
produce and manage, ending, of course in the marriage
of the cousins being made practicable by Madame St. GOran's
resignation of her power. To the perfect acting of this
witty drama too much praise cannot be gives. Mousieur
Regnier's Hector Behan .ard is tee most entire of
dualities. His listening is as good as his speaking—his per-
plexity is the most comical—his zeal the heartiest--his
kindliness the most real in the world. Monsieur Ledo at
was admirably natural and gentlemanlike as Mons. de SO.
Geran ; while Madlle. St. Marc was su full of grace, so arch,
and bewitching, as Aline, that we felt really indignant at
seeing a lover who deserved so little, find, at the end of all
his scrapes, such happiness in store fur him. Mridlle. Ju-
dith played with much judgment in the not very pleasant
part of Louise, or Madame de St. Geraa. The preliminary
piece was the amusing trifle, Le Roman d'une Heure, in
which the graceful and striking figure of Mdlle. Faivre a?-
peered to great advantage as the Young Widow.