The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-05 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 80th ult. have reached
us. _Royal decrees in the Gazette nominate M.
Corradi minister at Lisbon, relieve M. Antoine
y Zayos from the post of minister in Mexico,
nominate as his successor M. de Cos Santos Alvarez,
political director in the ministry of Foreign Affairs,
and appoints M. Ulloa to the political directorship of
that ministry. The political friends of M. Orensehaa
signed a declaration to the effect that he ought not
to accept any challenge from the Minister of War
on his ceasing to be a minister. It was said that
Brigadier-General 11. O'Donnell, brother of 96
minister, was, in Consequence of tho impossibility
of the latter fighting a duel, hastening to Madrid
with the intention of challenging M. Orensel
Twenty-four of the men arrested for the attempteu
insurrection at the Cortes on the 7th ult. had been
set at liberty. It was rumoured that a new and
more serious conspiracy- against the Cortes was ill
preparation, but the government was on its guar
The cholera had reappeared in the province of
Huelva. The lines of electric telegraph had sav
ferod greatly from the inundations and bad WO'
thor, and between Mendivil and Pampoluna soul
ill-intentioned persons had cut down 20 posts lulu
broken 500 yards of the wires.

A letter from St. Louis (Senegal) of the 21st
December, in the Monitear de la Flotte, gives al
account of an exploring voyage made by the Go-
vernor, attended by a numerous party, to the
Lake Panic Foulh. The following are some de-
tails :—" They left St. Louis in the Government
steamer Guet'n dar and ascended the main river 101.
about 25 leagues, and then entering a small branch
arrived at the lake, which is about eight leagues lu
length and with an average breadth of half a league;
The steamer, after passing Merinaghem, a French P°9,l
established near the entrance of the lake, proceeded
four leagues beyond it as far as the tamarind ple!;
tation of Bournoun, when from the shallowness v:
the water it was considered prudent not to v.°
ture further. Bournoun is the point of junctrll
of the Cayor, the Wale, the Fonta, and the Mir,.
loff ; it is the rendezvous of bands of robbedwl'"
intercept the communications and make razzias on
the neighbouring countries. At this place the lake_
is nothing more than an immense'river, having near
its edges vast tracks of rice grounds. The arrival
of the steamer produced an immense sensation
among the natives of the villages on the banks
the lake, and the Governor was a witness of the el'
cellent effect produced by the energetic measures
whic'h he had adopted against the Moors. All along
the banks of the Taive and of the Wale the village°
have again submitted to the orders of the chief°
appointed by the French. The dominion of the
Moors is now at an end, and the inhabitants be
gin to feel the advantages which will result to theta
from the protection of France, and they read with
every mark of respect and admiration a procla-
mation which the Governor had caused to be dis-
tributed among them assuring them of his protec-
tion. The steamer returned to Senegal by,anotber
river which led from the lake as far as the 1.16
aux Biches, where it fell into the river Sb.

A letter from Tiflis of the 28th Dec. says 1";
" General Mouravieff has just published the fol.
lowing order of the day The Emperor 1ar,1131
received my most humble report announcing that
the fortress of Kars had been surrendered by the
Turks, has deigned, by rescript of the 16th, icci
nominate me Knight Grand Cross of the secollt
class of the order of George the Holy Martyr. Ae
the same time it has pleased his Majesty to,uis7
me happy by sending another rescript of the 160,
in which the august monarch deigns to express
satisfaction to the troops in the following terms :""
I charge you to transmit my thanks to all tuo
troops confided to your command, and who hate
taken part in the siege of Kars ; I am proud
them, aud am always proud of the brave soldiers
of the Caucasus."

A letter from Berlin of the 30th ult., in the
Weser Gazette, says :—" A report has long Feel;
current, and has now acquired a certain degree 0,
consistency, to the effect that England wishes thIP
in the future treaty of peace the Russo-Swediell
frontier shall be defined. It is possible that the
integrity of Sweden will be guaranteed in
the same manner that it has lately been bl
France and England, and that tho principal point°
of the treaty of November will be embodied in the
European arrangement which is to be concluded at
Paris."

A letter from Naples in the official journal of
Tuscany says :—" Several promotions have lately
taken place in the army of the Two Sicilies. The
Princes d'lschitella and Castelcicala and Major-
Generals del Carretto and Labrano have been pro-
moted to the rank of lieutenant-general ; 43 colo-
nels have besides been nominated major-generals;,
A levy of 12,000 men is being at present effected.

A letter from Vienna of the 31st ult., in the
Bourse Gazette, says :—" I mentioned yesterday
that Bavaria, Saxony, Baden, and the Princes of
Thuringen, are of the same opinion as the great
German powers with respect to the proposition
which is to be submitted to the Diet. I learn to-
day that this unanimity only refers to the propoei:
tion itself, and not to its contents. With respect
to the latter, there exists between Prussia and
Austria some differences of view which are int'
portant."

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam'
ship Sultan, Captain R. W. Evans, arrived early
this morning, with the Peninsular mails in charge
of LLieutenaut Hermin, R.N., Admiralty agent.
The Sultan's dates are Gibraltar, Jan. 29 ;
30 ; Lisbon, Feb. 1; Oporto, no communication ;
Vigo, Feb. 2.
There are on board 18 first and second class
passengers, including Mr. G. Rennie and family,
Governor of the Falkland Islands, and 40 deck
passengers.
On freight the Sultan brings 10 packages of
specie, value 3,3081., and a cargo consisting of 862
half-chests of oranges, 175 cases of eggs, 18 casks
of wine, 11 tubs of leeches, 65 bags of almonds, 780
bags of chestnuts, 103 bags of orchilla weed, 79
boxes of dates, and 23 packages of general mer-
chandise.

During the outward voyage, the Sultan experi-
enced heavy south-west and westerly gales to Lis-
bon, after which fair weather. On the homeward
voyage the weather was favourable, enabling this
mail packet to average 111 knots from Lisbon to
this port.

Tlie Sultan left Lisbon on the lst instant, three
days behind her time.

The' foreign vessels of war in the Tagus were her
Majesty's ship St. George, and the French steamer
Cameleou, which had put in the day before for
coals.

The exchanges for this packet are quoted—Lon-
don, 54i ; Paris, 521; Amsterdam, 43i ; Hamburg,
481 ; Genoa, 518 to 520 ; with little money and
paper over on London; and on the continent trans-
actions were very limited.
Stock and Share Markets dull—Portuguese
Three per Cents. Coupons, 41 to 41i ; Registered,
414 to 42 ; Bank of Portugal Shares, 497 to 03
milreis ; Bank of Oporto Shares, 15 to 17 per cent.
premium ; discount of Lisbon Bank Notes, per
cent.