The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-31 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 25th have reached
us in du course. The Gazette publishes a renort
from the Captain-General of Porto-Rico, dated July
29, announcing the s rfe arrival of the Spanish State
steamer rizarr o, htving on beard 67 wild ns rea's
destined to pay off the old local money which has
ben called in. Wnert the news became kno of
this arrival and of the &ci,ion of the Spanish Go-
vernment to replace thi loyal coinage by a new one
similar to that in use in the mother cluntry, the
inhibit sets Inanifeved Vie greatest sAtisfActiou, and
the grvernor was requested to convey to the green
an eN.press on of thkir gra, ande. The s itisf
8
d was cxcellat. The Espana,
fa,kte lion Henry, now residing
near (re BB of
o t
that
rd e 1 etresidingn Lux, had applied for perm-ssion to return
to Ma,lrid.

The squadron, under the coman of
Com Aliudsteir•i m i
Wissah, has, lef the port Naple3,
short time. The CO tll-
- , were received wiih
tnwliiia-,:negrdreeearittaehliiidc7bielterelr:fyoOrlf)sylliunt d'Aquita, the grand
admiral of • Naples, and the Austriin Al-nister i!t•
vi7ed them to his table previously to their depar-
ture.

A Mier from St Petersbirg, of the 22d, says :
—"Th Cuurt is still at Peterhoff ; the EmpA-or
mak, s frequent txt3urions to Krtsuoie-Selo ;Jud its
nei.,lll.ourhood, to bopresent a • dlfferewmanceivres
of guard. Tile wh _de of the pr,ceedings will
be terminated by a grand review at Krasnoie-S-1),
after wh'ch the troops will return to St. Petersbu:g
to take part in the cenmony of the solemn entry
of the Grand. Ducheis ONo Feodorovna (he
Princess of 8ac1,.13) int ) the elpital."

A letter from Bucharest of the 19th, in the
A solemn service tO6k
aehonour of the birrhdiy of
piu:trccn here Gazette,
yeterlay sags :—"
the Emperor of Austria. The Imperial commis-
sioner having .heard that a demonstration was about
to he male in his honour in the shape of a torch
light procession, declined the ovEtton. All tits
members of the Wallachian government ani of the
foreign constflates were present drir;ng the religious;
ceremony, after which the national troops filed off
More the re3idence• of the commissioner, their
bands playing Austrian irs."

According to the Cdticase the commander-:n-
chief -of the left wing of the army of the Caucasus
ititnienoßatniscseisa,tlshawtefrreomocetalipei2e9th Jane to the 22d July,
tress of Maikop, and in repuFng the attacks of the
enemy. The TCherkesses wen coustant'y hara sirn
the convoys of provisions and the foraging parti.s
of the Ruisitns. In these different skirmishes the
Russians had one officer and 15 sollie.rs killed and
123 wounded. Maj )r Sem aschow male a razzia
.liear.Anapa, and carried off 8 ) ox«-n and 502 sheep.

Litt rs from Africa state the English Governor of
A'lcn bee supplied Officers of Instruction to the different
Sovereigns on the shores of the Red Sea. •
' GREAT FALL IN TEM PRICE OF WHEAT.—The markets
in the ()Astern cnunties have generally exhibited great
dullness during-the last few diys, se:d the decline in
wheat hal varied from 24. to 8 . per qr. At Norwich,
on 84nrday, the reduction was 44. per qr.
The LATZ SIR HOG(' WFIEF,LBR, K.C.B.—In the
sher;-, notice of General Wheelees services which ,ap7:
pared on S.:Attu:tray, it wa.4 not mentioned that that
gallant: officar was present at and to:ilt an Active. part
in the Battle of Aliwal. The devatob of Sir Harry
Smith, dated from the Camp at Ali sal, Jan. 30, 1843,
states that Brigadier Wheeler came up with the rest of
the army, aftsr a long and forced march, only jest two
days befere the battle, and, being placed ie cernmand or
the 2:1 division, rendered very important services in
gaining t',43 day. - Sir Harry Smith writes,—" While
these operations were g ing on upon the right . . .
I Observed the brigade under Brigadier Wheeler, an
officer in whom I have the greatest confidence, charging
and carrying guns and everything before it, again col-
lecting hie line and moving on in a manner which ably
displayed the ceolness of the Brigadier and the gal'an-
try of his irresistib e brigade." And again,—" In Bri
gadler Wheeler, my second in command, I bad a sup-
port that I c relyupen with the utmost confidence,
arid most gAlantly did be discharge his duty." In•jes-
tic° to his memory it should also be mentioned that ho !
was returned among the list of those who were " se-
wounded7 at the battle of Moodhee, In which he
1014:4 or: snattid 914 the divisional and brigade staff, •