The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-29 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 24th state that the
enthusiasm created by the declaration in the Cham-
bers of war against Morocco was so great that an
ex commander of a battalion of the National Guard
had waited on the President, in the name of that
body, to solicit permission to raise a corps of volun-
teers, and they add that the Minister had inti-
mated that the Government would most likely grant

it. The army to act against Morocco has been
formed into five divisions, one under General
Echague of three brigades; the second, under Gen.
Zabala, of four; the third, under General Itos de
Olano, of four ; the fourth, under General Prim, of
three; and. the fifth, of cavalry, under General
Galiano, of two. The artillery to be sent with the
expedition has been definitively fixed at 68 pieces.
Marshal O'Donnell, commander-in-chief of the ex-
pedition, was to leave Madrid in nine or ten days ;
he is to have, it is said, the power of making
promotions as he pleases up to the grade of colonel.
Several changes in the unform and equipments of
the expedition have been made, and the officers
had been ordered to provide themselves with revol-
vers. The Correo Autografa states that some
little delay in the formal proclamation of war in
the Gazette had taken place owing to Spanish
subjects in Morocco not having obeyed, so promptly
as had been expected, the injunctions given to
leave the country with their families and pro.
perty. The cholera continued to prevail in Alge-
siras, and an officer of the staff had died of it, never•
theless the journals affirm that the sanitary condition
of th 3 army in that place is " highly satisfactory?'
An artist named Van Halon, several photographers,
and a literary man had been ordered to ac-
company the expedition in order , to, perpetuate.
the remembrance of its high deeds, The fi-
nancial measures presented by the Minister of
Finance to the Cortes propose a tax on the sale of
real property, an augmentation of the stamp duty,
and in case the army be fixed at 100,000 men, power
to increase the land tax up to 12 per cent., and the
tax on manufactures and commerce up to 10; it
further proposes that all public functionaries who
receive from 3,000 f. to 16,000 f. shall be subjected to
a stoppage of 8 per cent., and those who receive
larger amounts, to one of 10 per cent. ; also that
the floating debt shall be fixed at 140p0p0 reals.

711 E NAVY.

It is expected that the vessels fitting out at Ports-
mouth to reinforce the squadron in China will sail
for their destination about the 2d of November.

The Mars, 80, screw, Captain Strange, got under
weigh yesterday morning from Spithead, and stood
out to the south-east, but was recalled by signal,
and shortly afterwards re-anchored at Spithead.
The Ringdove, 6, screw despatch vessel, Com-
mander Craigie, steamed out of Portsmouth Har-
bour yesterday to the measured mile in Stokes Bay
for the purpose of testing her altered screw. On
this occasion the screw had its; edges or corners re-
moved from each side of the blades, rendering the
latter parallel. On the last trial with the screw in
its common form the results gave a speed to the
vessel of 10.385 knots, with 86 revolutioni,• while
the results of the present trial, with a greater num-
ber of revolutions, gave the ship less speed, the re-
volutions reaching 921, while the speed of the ship
was a trifle over 101 knots. The vibration, with
the engines running at 921 revolutions, was greater
than on a former trial ; but on reducing the number
of revolutions to that made on the former occasion
the vibration was about the same. At the conclu-
sion of the trial the Ringdove returned into the
harbour to complete for sea.
Her Majesty's line-of-battle steamer Irresistable,
80, which was launched at Chatham on Thursday,
is ordered to be fitted with her engines and machi-
nery at Sheerness. The interior of this vessel had
been undergoing preparations for the reception of
the machinery for some time previously to her
launch, so that little time will be lost in gettingher
engines on board, a considerable portion of the ma-
chinery having already arrived from the factory.
The Scylla, 21, Captain Rowley Lambert, left
Gibraltar on the 18th of October, for Tangier, and
on the 20th embarked Jewish families, in all 250
people, and conveyed them the same day to
Gibraltar. Tangier was nearly desolate, the in-
habitants all leaving, as the Kabyles were ex-
pected to make a descent on the town; and, if so,
there would bo a general massacre. Off Tangier
were the Vulture, Quail, and Cadmus. At Gibraltar
were the Marlborough, Conqueror, Centurion, Ed-
gar, Orion, Victor Emmanuel, Neptune, Scourge,
James Watt, Doris, Lapwing, Wanderer, and
Scylla.
The screw steamship Hero, 91, bearing the flag
of Rear-Admiral Elliot, the Algiers, 91, Trafalgar,
91, Aboukir, 91, and Melpomene, 51, arrived at
Portland on Wednesday afternoon from the west-
ward.

The Vulcan, screw troopship, Commander Strode,
in Portsmouth Harbour, has sent down her topsail-
yards, an order having been received from the Ad-
miralty to have them fitted with Cunningham's
topsails, and his patent reefing gear.
The Stork, gunboat, tender to the Excellent,
gunnery ship at Portsmouth, has been taken into
the steam basin at that port to be fitted with one
of the cupola furnaces for the filling of hollow shot
with molten iron.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—G. B. Newton, assist.-
surgeon, to the Woolwich division of Marines ; W.
H. Cruise, assist.-surg., additional, to the Fisgard ;
C. B. Lamb, assist.-surgeon, to the Illustrious ; J.
F. Stoddart, assist.-surgeoU, to the Nautilus; Alex.
Wilson, acting third-class assist.-engineer, to the
Royal Albert; and G. E. Foote, third-class assist.-
engineer, to the Simoom as supeehumerary.