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

TEE NEW SPANIVI CONSTITUTION.

The following is the royal decree re-establishing
the 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 M onarchf,
promulgated on the 23d of May, 1845, is and shall con
tinue to be re-established.
Art. 2. Until the Cortes, in concert with ray Own
authority, shall , have determined what is fitting xo b
done, the said Constitution
.is modified and shall con-
e
tinue (to be modified by the following additional acts
which is to be observed and executed as an integral.Plbrt.
of the said Constitution, from and after the public:Well
'of the present royal decree.
Given at. the Palace, Sept. 15, 1856.
(Signed) THE QuErif.
• (Countersigned)
The President of the Council of Ministers,
LEOPOLD O'DoNNELL.

ADDITIONAL ACT ANNEXED TO TSB
CONSTITUTION.
Art. 1. The adjudication of alleged offences of till
press is to belong to a jury, excelit ln the exceptions'
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 We'
pension therein of the prbvisions 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 0,
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 ree
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
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 currents •
Art. 8. Without a previous authorisation from the
Cortes, no judgment can be pronounced against snY
deputies in the cases treated of by the 41st article of the,
constitution.
Art. 9. In addition to the cases specified by the 46t4
article of the constitution, the Sovereign shall reqaire
special law to authorise her either to grant amnesties
and general pardons, or to alienate the whole ov part of
the Crown domains.
Art. 10. The authorisation of a special law 613,11.11180
be requisite to enable the Sovereign to contract
_a mar-
riage, or to allow those of her subjects whtfinay4l
called to succeed her on the throne to contract' any
marriages.
Art. 11. There is to be a council of 'state,' Whose:opl=
nion the Sovereign shall ascertain in certain casei pros
vided by law.
Art. 12. The law on the organisation of the judicial
tribunals shall determine in Vhat oases, and, with wboLt
forms, the Sovereign may remove or supersedisladges
and magistrates, in the exercise of due contrdritheCdi
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, iii the appointnient
of the alcaldes, use that degree of intervention which
may be prescribed by law.
Art. 14. The electoral lists, for the election of deputise
to the Cortes, shall be permanent, and the qualification
of electors shall in all cases be subject to public and con-
testible investigation.
Art. 15. In the week following the opening of each
session 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) Tam 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 1110
court on Monday and Thursday in every week, " unless
these days, or either of them, shall happen to be Nevi
Year's•day, the Queen's birthday, or Good Friday I"
The departures from the port of London fur the AO'
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 ceprty of 5,932 tone. The rate', oi
freight continue to exhibit heaviness.