The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-26 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid papers of the 21st have arrived.
Reports were current that the Queen had refused
to sanction some- nominations recommended by
her new ministers, and that conequently a min-
isterial crisis existed ; but the semi-official Espana
declares that the "elevation of cuaracter, the
greatness of soul, the circumspection, and talent
of the Queen," render it imp( ssible that her Ma-
jesty can hive endeavoured to thwart the views of
men whom she has so recently taken into her con-
fidence. The Queen had received a deputation of
senators, who presented the address voted by the
Senate, and her Majesty returned the following
reply :

" Gentlemen,—l have heard with the greatest satisfac-
tion the message in which the Sefiate has conveyed the
solemn expression of its joy on the occasion of the birth
of my son, the Prince of the Austrias, with whom
Divine Providence has deigned to satisfy the desires of
my heart, as Queen and as mother. I will devote with
earnest solicitude and diligent zeal all my efforts to in-
culcate into his mind love for the Spanh,h people, and
respect for the fundamental laws, in ordeit that he may
respond to thedevotedness which the people have always
manifested to me, and may at the same tim3 symbolise
the imperishable remembrance of the conquests and the
glories whien the Alfonsos have left to the monarchy.
Accept, gentlemen, the sinoerd expression of my especial
gratitude and that of my august husband, for4he testi-
mony of devotedness we receive from tie Senate."

The deputation, and the other senators who accom-
panied it, were then allowed to kiss the Queen's
hand. M. Probio had been nominated Civil
Governor of Madrid, in the room of the Marquis
de Corvera, resigned ; and General Campozono y
Herrera had been nominated Captain-General of
Old Castille. Several nomination of governors of
provinces had also been wade, in the room of others
resigned. The new Minister of Finance had, it was
said, abandoned the idea conceived by his prede-
cessor, M. Mon, of making the Bank of San
Fernando financial agent of the government. The
Epoca declares that the Count de Lucena (O'Don-
neil) and his friends are taking no part in political
intrigue, and are determined not to enter any
cabinet which shall not be both conciliatory and
constitutional. The Congress held a short siting
on the 20th, but no business of importance was
transacted.

A Vienna letter of the 21st, in the Bourse Gazette
of Berlin, says :—" Although a collective note has

been talked of as about to be sent to England to
demand the expulsion of the political refugees, it is
nevertheless certain that the Austrian cabinet does
not intend to make such an application. It knows
too well the difficulties to which an act of that
kind would subject the English government to
press the subject on it, and the more so that Eng-
land is not yet relieved from the embarrassments
caused by the affairs of India,

The last accounts from the Herzegovina state
that the insurgent 3 had for the greater part departed
to their homes, and that the Montenegrinm had
followed their example. Some bands of Rajahs
nevertheless occupy certain mountain passes, and
likewise the convent of Buci. Some parties of
Montenegrins are also still on foot ; meanwhile
the Tuikish authorities are receiving reinforce-
ments.

The Paris correspondent of the Hord of Brussels
states that a senatus-con.ulturn, for imposing on
candidates at elections the oath of fidelity to the
Emperor, has been submitted to the Council of
State for consideration.

According to a Paris letter, in the Independance
of Brussels, it has been definitively decided that
four great military commands, in addition to those
of Paris and Lyons, already existing, shall be
established—and that Marshals Pelissier, Can-
robert, Bosquet, and another personage not yet
named, shall be appointed to them.

A Constantinople letter of the 13th, in the Ga-
zette du Midi, says :—" Numerous copies of the
Russian ukase, announcing the suppression of
serfdom, have been circulated among the Sclavonian
population in the Turkish provinces, and so con-
siderable an agitation has been caused by the
document among the Rajahs that the Porte has
thought it advisable to adopt preventive mea-
sures."

A WarAaw letter ,ays :—" It is positively stated
that the Emperor Alexander and the Council of the
Empire have rejected a plan for the organisation of
justice in Poland, drawn up by a member of the
Legislative Commission, because it tended to assi-
milate the judicial system of Poland to that of
Russia. The Emperor is stated to have observed
that the contrary plan would be more logical--
namely, to assimilate the Russian system to that of
Poland, the latter being far superior."

Count Moussine Pouchkine, aide-de-camp of
the Emperor of Russia, passed through 'Koenigs-
berg a few days ago on his way to Athens, to con-
gratulate the King of Greece in the name of the
Emperor, on the occasion of the twenty-fifth an-
niversary of accession to the throne.

The King of the Belgians has resolved on giving
two other grand court balls this season, in honour
of the marriage of the Princess Royal of England,
one on the 3d Feb., the second towards the middle
of the month.

The budget of the Minister of War, in Belgium,
proposes that the army during the present year
shall consist of 40,115 men and 8,760 horses.

Accounts from Martinique to the 28th ult. state
that torrents of rain had fallen during the month.
of November and December, and that, in conse-
quence, the sugar canes in the southern part of the
island had suffered, whilst in the north it had been
impossible to make sugar. The Cleopatre, Rear-
Admiral de Guedon, and two steamers were still in
the roadstead of Fort de France ; but it was said
that the Cleopatre was about to put to sea, though
it was not known for what destination. Accounts
from Guadaloupe to the same date have also ar-
rived, but they contain nothing of interest.