The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-01 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 27th Jan. state that
the prosecution before the Senate, acting as a High
Court of Justice, of M. Santaella, a senator, for
alleged embezzlement as commissary-general of La
Cruzada, takes place on the complaint of the Court
of Accounts, and that the embezzlement is said to
consist of the appropriation of religious and charita-
ble funds in 1849 and 1850. In a letter addressed
to one of the journals, M. Santaella says that
the accusation has been trumped up against him
because he opposes the present Cabinet, and he
thanks the President of the Council for giving him
an opportunity of proving his innocence. In the
Chamber of Deputies M. Olozaga presented a
motion for making some alteration in the standing
orders relative to the election of vice-presidents, and
the bureaux of the Chamber, after due examination,
authorised it to be brought forward. The Govern-
ment has resolved on having in 1861 an exhibition
of the natural andmanufactured productions of Spain
and her colonies, also of those of Portugal and her
possessions, and of all the States of Spanish origin
in America. The Government has ordered that
24 Arabs taken prisoners at Melilla shall be sent
to the latter place, with a view to getting them
exchanged for the Spanish officer and soldiers
whom the Kabyles have in custody. One of the
journals having stated that the Cortes are about to
be suspended, the Correspondancia Autografa, a
semi-official organ, declares that the statement has
not the slightest foundation. At Barcelona it is
said that a person, named Montoriol, is constructing
a submarine boat with which he undertakes to
bring in a piece of cannon thrown into the sea at
two miles from the shore.

Queen Maria Christina arrived at Rome on the
22d Jan.

The Official Venice Gazette of the 26th January
announces that in consequence. of orders to that
effect the University of Padua is to be immediately
re-opened. Students wishing to he re-admitted
must apply for permission to the provincial dele-
gation of Padua.

A letter from Belgrade says :—" Prince Mi-
losch will traverse Servia slowly, and arrive at
Belgrade only on the Eleventh day after his
entrance into the principality. He will be ac-
companied from one district to another by the
authorities and by a guard of honour on horseback.
He will be received at the gates of Belgrade,

amidst the ringing of bells and the firing of cannon,
by the Bishop, the Senate, the Ministers, the
Courts and Tribunals, and the municipal authori-
ties. His delegate and all the Skuptschina,
together with the metropolitan and several bishops,
will be waiting for him near the Government
House. The town will be illuminated during three
nights."

A St. Petersburgh letter says :—" The Grand
Duchess Helen, widow of the Grand Duke Michael,
brother of the Emperor Nicholas, emancipated
her serfs on the Russian New Year's-day (the
13th), on liberal conditions ; in addition. to
their cottages, dependencies, and kitchen gar-
dens, each of them is to have conceded
to him four acres of land, for which
he is to pay a sum which is really insignificant-
-1 roubles (6f.) a-year, I have heard—and they are
to be allowed wages of from 25 to 40 roubles (100 f.
to 160 f.) for cultivating the lands which the Grand
Duchess retains."

A private letter from Melilla of the 16th
January, received at Madrid, states that an offi-
cer of the Emperor of Morocco had arrived in the
mountains of the Riff, and summoned the
rebel chief Benisidel to deliver up Lieutenant
Alvarez and other Spanish prisoners. The chief
of the tribe formally refused to obey the Emperor
until the Spaniards had delivered up the cannon
which they had taken from him. It now remains
to be seen whether the Emperor of Morocco will be
strong enough to enforce obedience on Benisidel and
his tribe.