The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-06 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid Gaz,ette of the 30th ult. contains the
Royal decrees which accept the resignations of the
retiring and appoint the new Ministers. The first
decree !is thus worded :—" I admit the resignation
of the charges of President of the Council of Minis-
ters and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Colonies,
presented to me by Don Javier de Isturitz, and I
remain highly satisfied with the excellent services,
the prudent zeal, and the loyalty with which he
has fulfilled the said charges." This decree is
countersigned by M. Posada Herrera, Minister
of the Interior. The second is in these terms :
"In consideration of the special qualities pos-
sessed by Captain-General of the army Leopoldo
O'Donnell, Count de Lucena, senator of the king-
dom, I nominate him President of the Council of
Ministers, and Minister of War and the Colonies."
Thi; is the first time that the colonies have been
annexed to the War Department ; they have always
heretofore formed part of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. The decrees accepting tha resignations of
Gen. Ezpeleti, M. Fernandez de la Hoz, M. Ocana,
and Count de Guendulain, as Ministers of War,
Justice, Finance, and Public Works, express "much
satisfaction with the zeal, loyalty, and intelli-
gence" which they had displayed. After the de-
crees appointing the successors to these gentlemen
(their names have been given by telegraph) are two
which say that resignations of the Ministers of J us-
tice and Marine offered by M. de Posada, Herrera
and M. Que3ada are "not accepted" (this latter
name was erroneously given in one of the tele-
graphic despatches as M. de Manesada). Lastly,
there is a decree which charges the Count de Lu-
cena with the ad interim administration of Foreign
Affairs. Most of the journals have articles on the
change of ministry. The semi-official Corre.spon-
dencia says that the Queen has the fullest E:onfi-
deuce that the new cabinet will defend constitu-
tional ideas, maintain public order, and act in ac-
cordance with monarchical principles. The Iberia
remarks that not a single Progressist figures in the
new cabinet, and it says that that is a proof that
the Prcgressists have have not abandoned their
principles in order to adopt those of the Moderado
party. It adds that the new cabinet will have
neither system nor political ideas, and will produce
no satisfactory results ; but it promises to await
its acts in order to judge them with impartiality.
The Espana says that the formation of the new
ministry had occasioned general surprise ; and
it also promises to await its acts before judging it ;
but it declares that " the situation is critical," and
that " circumstances require calm and prudence."
The Clamor Publico expresses the opinion that
O'Donnell would not have accepted power, if he
had not been authorised to act in accordance with
his well-known principles. It was believed that
the Count de Lucena would make several changes
amongst the Captains-General, and that he would
send M. Istui itz to London as ambassador ; also
that he would retain the Duke de Ossuna as Minis-
ter at St. Petersburg. It is noticed as a somewhat
singular circumstance that Marshal o'l3:.nnell's
return to power took place on the anniversary (the
30th June) of the day of the battle of Vicalvaro.
A royal decree in the Gazette, countersigned by the
ex-Minister of War, enacts that the Commander of
the Hallebardiers shall, if a Captain-General in the
army, receive 120,000 real a-year, and if a Lieute-
nant-General, 90,000 ; it also sets forth a series
of new regulations for that s)rps.

" Advices from Revel state," says the Voss's
c,f(r,t,,y, "that an insurrection has broken out in
Esthonia, which 11,.ki d severll 1-n 4-1 pro -
prietori to take refuge in the above-named town-
A body of 60 troops, sent from Revel, were met by
1,000 peasants armed with sticks, pitchforks, and
sharpened po!es. Al engagement took place in
which 15 soldiers and 40 peasants were killed."

The German journals a-e much occupied with
the concentration of Turkish troops on the frontiers
of Montenegro. Most think themselves justified in
stating positively that France has officially testified
the great displeasure which she should feel at the
renewal of hostilities between the Turks and the
Montenegrins. The Journal de Franefort 'goes so
far as to say that the French Government has
declared to the Porte that it should consider any
fresh attack as a castes

The Agrarn, Gazette contains the following intel-
ligence from Bosnia :—" Nothing has lately taken
place to justify the fears entertained by the rayahs
of the vengeance of the Turks. The Paella of
Bihat and other influential persons have succeeded
in calming the Turks, but elements of discord still
exist,• and, what is worse, are fomented by foreign
agents. several strangers have visited the villages
of the rayahs, and had endeavoured to provoke
them to open the. campaign afresh. Their (~-r-tions
tions failed, however, and they all have taken their
departure, with the exception of one individual, a
Greek, who is still endeavouring to persuade the
insurgent districts to march on Ottoka. The Paella
of Bihat is rceanrvhile disarming the Christians.
Bands of police scour the country and arrest every
armed Christian, who is, however, immediately
released after having been deprived of his weapon."

Gazette, says :
A Vienna letter, in the Cologne
It is stated that the Duke de Melzi, received
by ae Emperor of the French previowly to his
departure for Plombieres, was charged to deliver
to his Majesty a letter from the Archduke Ferdi-
nand-Maximilian, returning thanks for the invita-
tion given him to be present at the mance:lyres of
the fleet at Cherbourg, and explaining the motives
which prevented him from accepting it."

Another Vienna letter, in the Augsburg Gazette,
says :—" It is now reported that in the event of
any hostile movement against Denmark on the
part of the Germanic Confederation, neither
Austrian nor Pi ussian troops will be employed, but
th.-! S:ixun, or even the 10th corps (Cornice, of
which_the Contingent cf Tith.t9ill forms part."