The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-28 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived.
The Gazette publishes a royal decree thus worded :
-" Without prejudice to any judicial proceedings
against such wrs um as may have unduly thrown
into circulation the 3 per cent. stock arising from
the amount dehvere 1 by the Spanish treasury to
M. Recur, r,s a guarantee of •the negotiation con-
cluded with him on April 4, 1855, the amount of
the (iiivicliid-warrants of the said stock, whi .h may
have fallen due, shall be paid on ptesentation,
either by the officers of the treasury at Madrid or
by the Spanish office at Paris." The other jour-
nals do not cont .t.in a line of interest.

An order of the day issued by the Austrian Go-
Yernment reduces the army of Italy to the extent of
20,000 men. Thi4 reduction will be carried out
after the grand r _views in the autumn.

A letter from Rome state-- that there will be
greet rejoiciuutt there on the Popt,'s return. Four
tnumphal arch .3 tae to be erected ; one at the
Ponte Mo le, two miles from Rome, an°. ber.at the
Porta del Popolo, a third on the Corso, and a
fourth on the Piazza San Pietro. The Capitol is
to be decorated, and a cantata is to be sung there
by the Philharmonic Academy.

THE ENGLISH AT CAWNPORF,. —A Southampton cor-
respondent says :—" Samuel Jellicoe, Big , Admiral
Martin, and Captain Brydges, all of Southampton, had
relatives at Cawnpore ; the two former had a son each
there ' • Nothing has been heard of either of them since
,he 31st of May Ist. Mr. Jellicoe's son was marrieJ,
and bad his wile with him,"

SUGAR REFINING CO3IPANY (BESSEMER'S PATENT).
Yesterday, at Garraway'e Coffee-house, C Mr.
A. Smith offered to public auction the premises of tho
above-named company, situate in Mill-street, Bermond-
sey, with the machinery, phut, and utensils, together
with the right of using Bessemer's patent fur sugar re-
fining. The premises, it was stated, bad been entirely
rebuilt at a cost of 5,0001., held for an unexpired term
of forty years and a half, at a rent of 3501. a year. Not
a bid could be obtained for the property, and it was
withdrawn in order that the premises may be sold sepa-
rately and the plant piecemeal.
MELANCHOLY CASES 011, DROWNING.—A few days ago
a gentleman named Bateman, who was staying with hist
family at Teigdioouth, went to bathe with a friend. He
was a good -swimmer, and swain a considerable distance
from the shore. He was seized with cramp and imme-
diately cried out for assistance. Three men courageously
swain out to him, but they were too late to save his
life. At Bade Haven, on Monday, a young genteman
named Bray, from Launce4on, went out to bathe with
a friend ; he also was seized with cramp, and before
assistance could be rendered he was carried away by
the under current, and his body has not yet been re-
covered.
THREE DEAD BODIES FOUND.—Yesterday informa-
tion was given to the police that no fewer tban three
male persons had been discovered dead. The first was
the body of a young man, about 30, found on the Great
Northern Railway, at Strandgreen, respectably dressed
in black; and having a meerschaum pipe and a latch-key
in his planets.. The second body was that of a man
about 60, found on Wandsworth common, linen m irked
"A. B." The third was an elderly man, about 70,
found in Slade's-court, Bermondsey, about five feet ten
inches high. These make about 40 bodies found by the
police in and near the metropolis during the present
month.