The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-10 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 3d have reached us.
;In the Chamber of Deputies on that day the Pre-
sident of the Council confirmed the statement of
the- official journal mentioned by telegraph, that
" Spain had. obtained complete satisfaction from the
Mexicans who occupied Tampico, and that, among
other things, they had restored the loan extorted
from the Spaniards." This announcement was
received with applause from all parties in the
Chamber. T/ le semi-official Correspondancia Auto-
grafa announces, in addition, that the Government
lad received official information from Mexico, both
from the French Minister, who now represents Spain
in that country, and the Spanish Consul, that
General Zuloaga, President of the Mexican ,Re-
public, had intimated his readiness to give satis-
faction to Spain for all her other grievances; but
the Correspondancia adds that the Spanish Govern-
ment .will not relax any of its military measures
until this promise be completely fulfilled. The
same authority says :
" Our financial situation could not possibly be more satis-
factory than it is. Not only were all debts due on the 31st
Decerpler paid, but the obligations' of the Government are
provided for, and sums sufficient to pay the expenses of the
first two mouths of the year are in hand."
The Correspondancia gives a somewhat curious
piece of news from Cochin China :--
"The great Mandarin who commands in chief the Cochin
Chinese army had sent a peremptory order to the French
Vice-Admiral to leave the territory, with all the Franco-
Spanish forces, within ton days, threatening that, if he did ,
not obey, every man, from the highest to-the lowest, should
be crucified or at least decapitated.? .

It may be remembered that some little time ago
an account was given, in a letter from Teheran, of
a somewhat extraordinary scene which was said to
have taken place at the residence of the Russian
envoy, ; and in which Mr. Murray, the English
Minister at the Persian Court, was stated to have
acted in a very uncourteous manner. The Indepen-
dßice of Brussels, which copied the letter in ques-
tion from the Ost Deutsche Post of -Vienna, now
publishes a letter from Mr. Murray dated from Tiflis,
contradicting the statement, and explaining what
really occurred. He says that on the fete-day of the
Emperor Alexander there was, as usual in the morn-
ing, an official reception at the Russian Legation, at
which although he had been confined by illness to the
house for several months, he was present, and t
offered his congratulations to M. Anitchkoff on the
occasion. In the evening, all the persons attached
to the English mission were present at a fete given,
and it was only on account of his extreme weak-
ness that he (Mr. Murray) could, not attend. Far
from any coolness having arisen between him and.
M. Anitchkoff by his absence, Mr. Murray adds
that when he left Teheran the Russian envoy
kindly furnished him with letters of recommenda-
tion to all the Russian authorities on his road, and
that from the moment he set foot on the Russian
territory he had been treated with: the greatest
kindness and attention.

TPIE. LATE SUICIDE IN ST. JAMES'S-PARK.-

IDENTIFICATION OF THE BODY.—In consequence of the
various paragraphs which have appeared in morning and
evening journals, Charing-cross Hospital has been besieged
by persons who have missed their friends, and on Saturday
afternoon the deceased was identified as John Wheatley,
aged 30, of Woddminster,. Surrey, a gardener to Mr. George
Trollope, upholder, of Parliament-street. Mr. Bedford, the
coroner, has fixed this day for the inquest.
" AMERICAN ELECTRO -BLACKING."—On Friday a
man, self-named Wm. Rance, was brought up at Brad-
ford, and committed for two months to hard labour, for de-,
frauding various persons by selling pots of "Raiice's Ame-
rican electro-waterproof, self-polishing blacking," : which
proved to contain, under a superficial layer of genuine
blacking, almost a pot full of mud, &c., from the roads. The
fellow, in defence, said he had not money enough or he
would have filled the pots with good blacking.
SERIOUS CASE OF POISONING AT SHEFFIELD.—A
Case of poisoning occurred at Sheffield on Saturday evening,
by which one child has lost its life, and the lives of two
others arq placed in great jeopardy. The wife of Mr. Thos.
Bremmer, powder-flask manufacturer, Hanover - street,
having three young children suffering from colds, obtained
from the shop of Mr. ITill, druggist, one pennyworth each
of opium, Spanish juice, and jumper berries. Havingm.ade;
a decoction of the berries and dissolved the Spanish juice,
she mixed them and the opium together, along with half a
pound of treacle. About seven o'clock she gave the elder
daughter, Mary, two table-spoonfuls of mixture, and the
two younger children smaller quantities. About 10 o'clock
all the children were taken alarmingly ill. The father,
learning what had been administered, at once called in Mr.
Nicholson, surgeon, who found the children in a very dan-
gerous state from the effects of the opium. He immediatey
applied the usual remedies, but without success as regards
the eldest child, aged seven years, which died at three o clock
on Sunday morning. The other two children suffered
severely, but they were alive yesterday (Sunday evening),
and there was hope that they would recover. Mrs. Brem-
mer is stepmother to two of the children.
`ACCIDENT AT DEVONPORT. —On Friday last,
when employed on board the screw steamship Lion, 80, in
the north dock, at Devonport, a labourer named Bickford
fell from the second deck through the hatchway into the
hold—a height of 35 feet. He was immediately placed on a
hatchway grating, but by some mismanagement, when
hoisted as far as the combings of the hatchway, one of the
hitches of the rope gave way, and Bickford was precipitated
a second time into the bold. More caution being observed,
he was at length lifted out safely, and conveyed to the sur-
gery. No bones were broken, but the poor fellow has a
fearful gash across the throat, supposed to have been caused.
by catching against a nail when falling. Dr. Reid and
Mr. Foster, surgeon, of Keyham-yard, paid every attention
to his case.

DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A CAT.--A -workman
in the Dowlais Works died on Sunday last from the effects
of 'being bitten by a cat in a rabid state Six other persons
were bi tten by the furious animal) which has been destroyed.
—Bristol ALcrcury.