The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-09 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 4th do not bring any
news of much political importance. The Senate
was occupied with the affair of M. Santaella, and
in the Chamber of Deputies the Government had
produced papers relative to contracts entered into
by the Sartorius ministry for the construction of
the Canal of Manzanares, which contracts are made
the subject of accusations against that ministry.
Military manoeuvres on a grand scale, in which, in
addition to the infantry and artillery, 4,000 cavalry
are to figure. are, it is said, shortly to take place in
the vicinity of Madrid in presence of the Queen.
It is stated in one of the journals that the Govern-
ment will modify the bill on the press so as to
satisfy the bishops.

The Duke and Duchess of Brabant, the Count de
Flandre, and the Prince and Princess of Saxe
Coburg', both on Sundayand the day after walked
:or some time on the public promenades of Brussels.

A Paris letter in the Indepenclance states that
the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Constantine
of Russia are expected, after their return from the
Mediterranean, to pay a visit to the Emperor and
Empress of the French, and that it is for their Im-
perial Highnesses that apartments are being pre-
pared in the palace at Fontainebleau.

The military commission to take part ir:
the deliberations of which the Archduke Albert,
Governor of Hungary, had been some short time
back summoned to Vienna, has, it is said, recom-
mended the formation at Laybach of an army of
reserve of 35,000 infantry, 5,000 cavalry, and 73
pieces of artillery. Field-Marshal de Wimpfen is
to have the command of this force, should it be
established.

The National Gazette of Berlin publishes a long
article en the existing political crisis, which
declares that as long as France does not take
any decided steps to disturb European peace
Prussia has not the slightest motive for assuming a
hostile attitude with regard to that power; and
that above all things the German Governments
should employ all their efforts to prevent the
Austrian possessions in Italy, as being guaranteed
to her, from becoming anew the subject of discus-

sion in a congress.

BAPTISM OF TILE INFANT PRINCE A
BERLIN.

The Prussian Gazette of Saturday evening gives
the following details of the baptism of the infant
Prince :

" To-day, at one o'clock, took place at Berlin, in
the chapel of the Royal Palace, the baptism of the
Prince born on the 27th of January, and son of his
Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of
Prussia. Dr. Strauss, principal Court Chaplain,
assisted by several other clergymen, officiated. The
young Prince received the names of Frederick
William Victor Albert. The following were pre-
sent :—Prince Regent of Prussia and the Princess of
Prussia, the Prince and Princess Charles of Prussia,
the Prince and Princess Frederick Charles ofPrussia,
the Princes Albrecht, father and son ; Alexander
George and Adalbert ofPrussia; the Grand Duke of
Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha,
the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklen-
burg-Strelitz, and Prince Hohenzollern-Sigmarin-
gen. The following were absent:—Their Majesties
the King and Queen of Prussia; the .Queen of
Great Britain and the Prince Consort; the Emperor
and the
,Empress Dowager of Russia; the King of
Hanover, the King of the Belgians, , his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales, the Grand Duke
and Grand Duchess of Baden, the Grand Duchess
Dowager of Saxe Weimar, the Grand Duchess
Dowag( r of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the Grand
Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz the PrinCess Alex.
andrine of Prussia, the Duchess of Kent, the
Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cambridge,
the Prince and Princess Frederick of Holland,
the Dowager Duchess of Saxe Coburg and
Gotha, the Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen,
and the Princess of liegnitZ. After the baptism
his Royal Highness the Prince Frederick William
gave an entertainment.
" A letter from the Prussian capital gives us a
few additional particulars. The Prince Regent, it
appears, held the infant Prince at the baptismal
font; and the young mother, the Princess Frede-
rick William, was a witness of the ceremony from
an apartment the doors of which open into the
chapel. When the baptisth was over, the Grand
Mistress of the Household, Countess Perponcher,
took the child 'to its mother, and all the company
followed to present their congratulations to her
Royal HiglinesS, 'no streets were dressed with
flogs and garlands, and at night the entire city was
illuminated. Some of the streets presented a mag-
nificent, appearance, ' Among the public edifices
remarkable for. the splendour of the illuminations
was the Hotel de Ville, which was lighted up by.
more than 50,000 jets of gas. At all the theatres
a gala representation. was given."

We observe that Mr. Lawton, the attentive hall
keeper of the Haymarket theatre, has announced his benefit
.for Thursday next, when a good bill of fare has been pro-
vided. Those who have experienced his courtesy will do
well to support him on that occasion. Tickets only ob-
tained from himself will serve .the purpose they desire.