The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-13 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, Feb. 2.—The Gazette announces the
discovery of a depot of arms and ammunition in the
Theatre des Var.etes. The director of the theatre
has been arrested. The reactionary party have
triumphed in the provincial elections, by theinter-
ference of the Governmental authorities. The
rumoured. dismiss d of General Concha from the
Governorship of,Cuba is contradicted.
Marshal Esparterio has sent to the Queen his
resignation as member of the Senate. The municipal
elections have terminated throughout Spain, and
give as result a large majority to the government
party. By a royal decree of the 7th, M. Melchoir
Otdonez, governor of the province of Barcelona, has
been removedfrom his functions, and Lit Juan 2lapa-
tero, captain-general of Catalonia, appointed to hold
the post ad interim. Intelligence had been received
at Madrid of the sudden death of General Agustin
No,gueras at Teneriffe, where be was residing in
great privacy. It was be who gave the order to
have the mother of Cabrera shot. The Marquis de
Alcaniceo has been named chairman of the board
of directors of the General Company of Credit in
Spain, vice the Duke d'Abrante.i, resigned. In
consequence of the complete recovery of the Queen
the evening recepti.ns of the various ministers have
been resumed. On the 7th Marshal Narvaez gave
a grand dinner to a number of the diplomatic body
and other persons of distinct;on.

Accounts have bent received from Bagdad an-
nouncing that the English are making large pur-
chases of ,flour, barley, wheat, and. cattle at that
.place for the expeditionary army. In consequence
of measures adopted by the Government of Beyrout,
the Zaliliotes Maaluf and Abu Hater, who had been
by their feuds disturbing the peace of the country,
were arrested and were tr.• be sent to Constantinople.
The Atutrian scientific mission under Col. Schind-
locker arrived at Bagdad on the 19th December,
and was received with great distinction by Rechid
Pacha, the governor.

" It is stated," says a letter from Milan in the
Augsburg Gazette, "that a project exists of uniting
Trieste, Istria, Southern Tyrol, and Dalma►ia, with
Lombardy and Venice. All these would then form
a single province, with Milan as the capital."

The Ministerial Oesterreische Correspondenz thus
announces the evacuation of Parma :—" On the sth
of February the Austrian battalion went to Pia-
cenza. On the 3d it filed off before the Duchess.
The officers, after having had a farewell audience,
dined at the Palace, where there was a ball in the
evening. Several of the officers received orders."

The Austrian, Gazette states that an official organ
of the episcopacy is about to appear in Vienna
with the title of " Catholic Archives ;" it will con-
tain all the edicts issued by the bishops to the
'clergy.

A letter from Naples, in the Cattolico of Genoa,
sus that Mgr. Rossini, the Archbishop of Matera,
has given signs of mental alienation since tha late
murderous attempt made on him.

The funeral of the late Count Felix de Merode
took place the day before yesterday at Brussels
with great pomp. It was attended by the ministers,
the members of the Chamber of Representatives,
the grand marshal of the palace, the minister of
the household of the King, his ajesty's aides-de-
camp and orderly officers, the orderly officers of
the princes, and a great number of the principal
functionaries of the city.

THE TRIAL OF DovE.—lt was stated at the Leeds
Town Council, on Wednesday, that the cost of the
trial of Dove amounted to 1,2001.
THE PRICE OF LEATHER.— From January to Novem-
ber the value of leather exported was c]nsiderable—un-
wrought, 270 5641 ; gloves, 40,992/. ; and of other
sorts, 1,012,554/. ; against 5, 1,717/. the preceding year.
The Hermann left Southampton yesterday for Bre
men. Amongst the passengers were the, commanders of
the European and American Campany s fleet. Their
object is to become acquainted with the navigation of
the North Sea and the river Weser, al their ships will
occasionally touch at Bremen.
ILLNESS OF Ma. THACKERAY.— On Tuesday last Mr. Thackeray delivered one of his lectures on the
on the following evenin
th
Georgeste same a t H
townalifax, and was to have delivered another
a
g, and also
at Leeds on Thursday, hut we regret to say that he was
seized with illness at Halifax, and was unable to lecture
either on Wednesday or Thursday.