The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-21 00:00:00

SPAIN.

GERMAN Y.
It is said that the Emperor of AUSTRIA is about to
marry the Princess SIDONIA of Saxony.
Marshal RADETSHY returns to Italy, taking with
him the constitution for the Lombardo-Venetian
kingdom. The seat of Government is to be at Milan,
the situation of Verona having been found unfavour-
able.

The Augsburg Zeitittng announces that the railway
between Presburg and Pesth is now completed. The
first essay was made on the 7th, and the line will be
opened to the public on the lath. The completion of
this line will be of great advantage to trade and
commerce, as there will now be a regular communi-
cation for passengers, letters, and goods, from hence
to Vienna.

The German Journal of Frankfort, of the 18th
inst., states that the Germanic Diet has appointed a
Commission to examine the treaty of Olmuts, which
the Austrian Government has submitted to it for its
approbation. The Diet will not be adjourned during
the free conferences at Dresden, and the Cabinet of
Vienna has expressed a desire to the German Go-
vernment that no Member of the Diet shall be called
on to take part in them.
The Cologne Gazette of the 19th inst. states that on
the 17th preparations were being made at Cassel for
the reception of the Bavarian troops, who were then
at Gudensburg. The Prussians were to leave the
city on the IBth, with the exception of two battalions.
The members of the Tribunal of Appeal of Mar.
bourg have sent in their resignations.

ENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The Assembly of the States of Schleswig-Holstein
examined, in its sitting of the 12th and 13th, the
account given in by the Financial Administration for
1849. It appears from this account that the re-
ceip • ts amounted to 25,675,129 marks banco, and the
expenditure to 22,609,191 marks banco, leaving a
surplus of receipts amounting to 3,067,935 marks
banco.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
NATION A L CONCERTS.
A new quadrille, entitled " The Crystal Palace,"
was produced here last evening with great success.
It is descriptive of the forthcoming Exhibition, and
the composer, M. Rousselot, has cleverly availed him-
self of the immense musical resources of this estab-
lishment, the whole of which he has brought into
play. Among the popular airs he has introduced a
very clever harmonization of " Trab, trab,"i which
was much applauded. The composition, taken as a
whole, is one of great spirit, and ahould M. Rousse-
lot seriously betake himself to the composition and
compilation of dance music, Jullien will find in him a
formidable rival.

ASTLE Y'S AMPHITHEATRE.
THE FORTHCOMING PANTOMIME.
The new equestrian pantomime of Harlequin and
0' Donoghue, or the White Horse of Killarney, which
Mr. Batty has prepared for the amusement of his
Christmas patrons, is, as regards scenery, perhaps the
most beautiful, and as regards tricks and j ukes, the
most amusing that has been produced of late years,
and we anticipate for it an immense success. Mr.
Batty has, in the possession of his unequalled stud of
highly-trained and beautiful horses, a great advantage
over all competitors in the production of pieces of
this nature, an advantage of which he has admirably
availed himself in Harlequin and 0' Donoghue ; and,
if we might venture for once to intrude upon the
monopoly of prophecy, which has hitherto been the
exclusive property of " The Spirit of the Turf," we
should unhesitatingly " foretell" that in the forth-
coming race for the Grand .Metropolitan Pantomime
stakes, The White Horse of Killarney will come in a
winner.

OPERA Horsa.—The following distinguished per-
sonages have visited the Grand National Concerts at the
above theatre during the past week :—The French Ambas-
sador and party, the Netherlands Minister and Mdlle. de
Scbimelpenninck, the Duke and Duchess of Leeds, the Duke
de Coigny, the Marchioness of Conyngham and Lord Alex-
ander Lennox, the Marquis of Douglas, the Earl and Coun-
tess of Chesterfield, the Earl and Countess Granville, Count
and Lady Cecil de la Feld, Lord and Lady Dormer, Count
de Rosen, Sir Henry Webbe,
DEATH OF LADY ABERDOUR.— We regret to an-
nounce the demise of the above Noble Lady, which took
place ou Monday last, at Saughton House, N. 8., after a
short illness. Her Ladyship was Helen, daughter of the late
James Watson, Esq., of Sseghton House, Midlothian, and
wife to Lord Aberdour, to whom she was united '24th
January, 1844. Her Ladyship has left issue a sou and heir,
Sholto George, born November, 1844, and other issue.
" FIYI3 MINUTES."--(From Punch's Almanack.)—
If a young lady lays she will be ready in five minutes, it
means the whole afternoon, or whole morning, as the case
may be. If an omnibus says it is going to start in five
minutes, it means half an hour at the very least. If an old
gentleman in spectacles says you shall have the newspaper
in five minutes, it means as long as you have the patience
to wait. In case of an appointment, when a person says "he
will be back in less than five minutes," it means (impossible
to calculate, as no person was ever known to wait longer than
au hour). In case of chambers, when a barrister writes up
outside his door the same intimation, it means (the same un-
certainty as above). If the placard likewise says " Gone to
Dinner," (it is more prudent not to wait at all.) In the case
of an umbrella that is borrowed "just for five minutes," it
MOM doomsday.

Madrid journals of the 15th have arrived.
The following passage, on the subject of the debt,
occurs in the preamble of the Budget :
" The Government does not disguise from itself the
fact that in the ensuing year it must bestow very parti-
cular attention on the subjects of the interest and ex-
tinction of the considerable debt with which the state is
burdened. The Government is occupied with a definitive
project of law for the regulation of that debt. This
proyct will be presented to the Cortes in the course of
the session."
The Bolsa was closed on the 15th.