The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-07 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Madrid journals of the 29th and 30th ult. have
arrived.

Both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies had
resumed their sittings on the preceding day.
The Gaff a of the 30th publishes a decree by
which, in place of the Provincial Intendents and
Political Chiefs, one supreme civil authority is ap-
pointed for each province, under the name of governor
of the province, who will unite both functions in his
person. The decree is dated Dec. 28, and counter-
signed by the Duke of Valencia. The 49 provinces
of Spain are divided into four classes, and the salaries
of the governors are to be 60,000, 45,000, 40 000, and
35,000 reals, according to the class. The nominations
follow, the appointments being mostly given to the
former political chiefs or finance intendents; but there
are several new appointments, two senators and four
deputies being appointed to governorships of the first
and second class, whilst 22 !tamer political chiefs are
placed on half-pay.
A scene of great confusion occurred in the Cortes
during the sitting of the 30th, in the course of a dis-
cussion on the validity of the Catalonia Election. In
the course of the discussion, the Home Minister having
made an allusion to the insurrection of last year,
which was construed by the Opposition Members into
an insult, and the Minister having further declared
that the Government was backed by the whole of the
nation,
Senor Ordax Avecilla ro.,e and replied to him.
fie denied that the Government had the nation behind
them ; they had only the employes behind them—the
nation was mute, suffering, weighed down by oppres-
sion. The Ministry oppressed both below and above.
—(Clamours from the Right, and much confusion.)
He would repeat it—he and his friends had been stig-
matised as anarchists, and he had an equal right to say
that the Government had constituted a destructive po-
litical system, and that its oppression did not always
descend, it sometimes ascended.—(More cries and con-
fusion, in the midst of which the Conde de San Luis
demanded that the Speaker's words should be taken
down. The President called Senor Ordax to order.)
Senor Ordax Avecilla returned to the charge. The
Government, he repeated, was acting in a double
sense; it interposed itself between the throne and the
popular party, representing them as enemies of the
throne, whilst at the same time it acted on and influ-
enced, in a strong and coercive manner the mind of
the latter.—(An immense confusion followed this
seetence. Cries of " True, true," from one side,
and of " False," from the other.) The Minister of
Marine called for some article of the regulations to
be read; the President called to order. Senors Cal-
deron, Collante ,s and Carrequiri (Ministerialists)
shouted out, " The men of the barricades !" The
Marquis of Albaida exclaimed, "Is that your
amnesty ?" The Patria sums up the scene in a few
lines :—" During a quarter of an hour (it says)
the Congress was the faithful image of chaos.
All spoke, and nothing was understood—the depu
ties apostrophised and insulted each other from bench
to bench—the Ministers called out from their seats,
but this time it was the voice of one who calls out in
the desert—no one listened or attended to them ;
the President became mute—the bell sounded not—
all were agitated, and many discussed what remedy
could be found for such a state of things," &c.
The Ministerial side of the House had now pre-
pared a vote of censure on Senor ORDAX AVECILLA,
who gave long explanations, without, however, re-
tracting the expressions he had used, and the Minister
of Marine declared himself not satisfied calling on Senor
ORDAX to prove his charges, or stand convicted of ca-
lumny ; and no doubt matters would have been carried
much further, and some strong measure adopted
by the Ministerial side of the House, but
General NARVAEZ and Senor PIDAL entered the house
at this time, and evidently opposed the further pro-
ceeding in the affair, as, after a short conference
between the Ministers, the CONDE DE SAN Luis said
that it was time that this scandalous scene should
cease, and added that he saw that Senor ORDAX was
deserted by all his companions (the Progressista depu-
ties had mostly left the house), but Senor Oec ZAGA
and others cried out " No," and demanded to speak.
A short speech followed from Senor OLOZAGA, in
vindication of Senor ORDAX, though not associating
himself with all that he had said ; and the Home
Minister declared himself satisfied with the explana-
tions that had taken place, as he saw that no party in
the Congress approved of,Senor ORDAX'S expressions.
The election return in question was then approved ef,
and another case was proceeded with.
The Patria states that the Carlists are preparing
another insurrection. It says that a new organiza-
tion has been approved at Venice, and gives a long
list of generals and other officers who are to enter into
campaign under Generals CABRERA, Emo, and
GomEz, the first to have the chief command in the
northern provinces and Castille; the second in
Catalonia, Aragon, and Valencia ; and the third in
Andalusia, La Mancha, and Estremadura ; also that
two expeditions for landing troops are intended under
the leadership of the Infantes Don FERNANDO and
Don JUAN, and that one of these expeditions is des-
tined to Gallicia- Lastly, it intimates that this time
there will be no want of funds, and that the directing
junta of the Carlists is sitting at Paris.
The Nacion has a Paris letter of the 24th, which
says that CABRERA has received permission from the
French Minister ofthe Interior to reside in any part
of France ; and speaks of another Carlist iuvasiun,
which is to be got up under his direction. It also
says that 20,000 francs have been lately remitted from
Paris to Bayonne for El Estudiante, and that the
French Legitimatists have got together abundant funds
to aid in the cause. It adds that the Cunde DB MON-
TEMOLIN has put forth a confidential circular, in which
it is stated that " even those whe, from special cir-
cumstances, have been obliged to recognise the Go-
vernment of the Infanta Donna ISABEL, may return
to the favour of their Monarch, on condition of justi-
fying by new proofs the fidelity of other epochs of
glorious recollection."
MADRID BOLSA, DEC. 29.—The Funds have been
well sustained to-day, but there is not much business
doing. The Three per Cents. were done at 30
15 16 cash, and maintained that price at the close ;
Five per Cents., 131 15-16 buyers, sellers; Cou-
pons, 74 to 8 ; Passive Debt, 4to ; Bank Sares, 83.

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

FRANKFORT.

The Prince of PuussiA left VI ankfort on the 31st
ult., for Baden, and on the Ist iitt. the Archduke JOHN
left for Munich and Vienna.

PRUSSIA.

The Spener Gazette of Berlin says aat the Central
Federal Commission of Frankfort intends to demand
that the German refugees shall be sent away from
Switzerland, and also to request the Prussian Govern-
ment to support the demand.
By a recent circular, the Minister cf Commerce
of Prussia notifies to the Governor of Silesia that
the Prussian Government, with the view to assist the
linen manufacture, intends by pecuniary advances
and otherwise, to enable manufactures to be carried
on on a grand scale, model machines to be intro-
duced, &c.

M. EE PERSIGNY was expected in Berlin on the 3d.
The Lower Silesia❑ Moravian Railway Company
having failed to fulfil the obligations the State im-
posed upon it by its statutes 'and agreements with
:;overnment, has been compelled to abandon the
management to the state. Some of the directors
having attempted to oppose this measure, and to pre-
vent the servants of the company from performing
their duties as required by the Government and
public convenience, have been prosecuted and rendered
themselves subject to a fine of 100 dolls. for each
offence. Appeals have been made, but rejected by
the tribunals.