The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-25 00:00:00

the whole line from Koliah to the Foudouek.

14th the Maison Carree was vigorously attacked by 3,000
4,000 Arabs ; it is not known whether they got posses-
sion of it, or whether they were repulsed, but we lost
altout GO men at that point. Mcantitne General Rul-
hieres defeated the Bedouins in advance of Douera, and
they suffered considerable loss. On the 14th the Ama-
zone landed 550 men of the 3d regiment of light in-
fantry, who were immediately sent to the Maison Car-
ree. The 58th arrived on the 15th, and left imme-
diately.

" On the 16th, in the morning, the whole of our
line of battle made a movement in advance, and de-
feated the enemy at every point ; from that moment
we resumed offensive operations.
" Very few letters from the camps, however, came to
Algiers, so that we cannot precisely learn what is
passing in the plain. The Marshal, it is said, was
preparing to set out from Douera, where a considerable
quantity of troops and artillery bad been assembled.
Douera will become the centre of the future opera-
tions. Notwithstanding all this, the environs of Algiers
are still infested by marauders, and we cannot get
of the city.
Will the sending of the Phare bring us the news of
some happy event ? We do not know ; but it is not
likely that the packet would have been despatched only
two days after the ordinary mail, unless there had been
some urgent motive.—Le Commerce.
The Moniteur of the 23d has no official part.

A letter from Saragossa says that Cabrera, after
having gone to Catalonia to concert measures with Se-
gMr-11, has returned to Aragon with Balmaseda. What
is certain is that his family is no longer at Morella.
All the Christino prisoners at Benifasa have really
been set at liberty, on condition of not bearing arms
till an equal number of prionert Anil have been re-
stored to the Carlists.

The rebels continued to desert. A captain of the
4th regiment of Aragon has surrendered to Zurbano
with 14 men.

The ancient palace of the Duke of Hijar, at Hijar,
fell down on the 13th : it is now only a heap of ruins.

A letter from Bilboa says that &Tarter() is nommated
Deputy General of Biscay.—Constitutionnel.

EXPORTATION OF CAPITAL.—One of the
arguments of the Tories against the abolition of the
Corn-laws is, that it will cause capital to be ex-
ported ; how is not explained. The country will,
so far as those laws arc concerned, no more export
anything after they are abolished than now without
an equivalent. At present every man those laws
banish from the country to seek bread abroad,
every m.:lnufacturer, engineer, or artizan whom they
compel to expatriate himself, is so much capital
exported without any equivalent import, The
Corn-laws cause an exportation of capital which
would cease could food be freely imported, A few
days ago it was stated in the City article of a Con
temporary, that a number of persons living abroad
had taken their capital out of the English SPeuri-
ties to the extent of between two and three millions.
The owners of it begin to perceive that they can
get higher interest abroad with equal security.
Chartist riots endangering the public peace, and
Corn-laws limiting the profit on industrious entcr-
prizes, are now causing, and will continue to cause,
capital to leave the country. To stop it 4 exit, repeal
the Corn-laws, which would both give security and
increase profit.