The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-12 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid Gazette of the 7th contains the
Royal decrees which accept the resignation of M.
Diaz, Minister of the Inferior, and suspend the
sittings of the Cortes. The second of the two de-
crees is thus conceived :

" Exercising the prerogative conceded to me by
Art. 26 of the constiution of the monarchy, and
in conformity with the advice of my Council of
Ministers, I have resolved that the session of the
Cortes shall he suspended. Aranjuez, sth May,
1853."

The other decree, as usual in such documents,
manifests "satisfaction at the intelligence and de-
votedness with which M. Diaz discharged his duties."
Most of the journals express great surprise at the
sudden suspension of the sittings of the Cortes.
The city of Toledo having resolved to present
70,000 piastres to the first person who should take
a locomotive into that city, M. Salamanca took
charge ofthe first locomotive which arrived there, and
received the sum. The Prince of the Asturias having
been vaccinated, the Queen has fixed her de-
parture for Alicant for the 22d. Her Majesty is to
be accompanied by the President of the Council or
the Minister of Marine. Mr. Rea, one of the prin-
cipal officials of the English Post-office has been
some days in Madrid charged to arrange for the re-
moval of the difficulties which have delayed the
conclusion of a postal treaty between England and
Spain. The Espana announces the receipt of news
from the Phillippine Islands, to the effect that the
Captain-General, in obedience to orders from home,
had despatched a battalion of 500 men, in the
French vessel the Durance, to Canton, to assist the
English and French in garrisoning that city. A
letter says :
"M. Poitevin, the well-known French aeronaut,
has lately been making balloon ascents at Seville.
A short time back he offered to the public ascents
in what he called " aerial pleasure trips," that
is, in balloons secured by ropes. The first ascents
went off very well, and he had numerous appli-
cants for others. In one of them which came off
a few days ago, the rope which held the balloon
broke, and Ol balloon abut Lividly up. The per-
sons who accompanied Puiteviu were so terrified
at finding themselves loose in the realms of space
that they threatened to throw him out of the car.
With some difficulty, however, he succeeded in
pacifying them, and brought them down safely."

Two marriages in the highest circles are shortly
to take place. One is that of the reigning Prince
de Leiningen, hereditary member of the First
Chamber of Bavaria, and lieutenant in the British
navy, with the Princess Marie, sister of the Grand
Duke of Baden. Toe princess was born on Nov.
20, 1831, and the prince on 9th November, 1830.
It is said that the prince will leave the English
rervice, and take up his residence at the palace of
Amorbach. The other marriage will be between
the hereditary Prince Maximilian de la Tour-ei-
Taxis an the Princess Helen of Bavaria, sister of
the Empress of Austria.
The Grand Duke of Baden received at a private
audience, a few days since, Baron Dujardin, mini-
ster plenipotentiary of Belgium, who presented his
letters of credence. The Baron afterwards had the
honour of dining at the grand ducal table.