The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-02 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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rOILEIGN.

It was reported in Paris on Monday that Don Carlos,
at the instigation of the King of Prussia, bad addressed
a letter to the Marquis of Escars, for the purpose of
being communicated to the Diplomatic Body, in which
he formally protests against any project for a matrimo-
nial compromise which shall emanate from the ex-Regent
Christina. He declares that his rights are sacred and
imprescriptible, and that he could not abandon them
even in an indirect manner, by binding himself to any
plan that would renounce his rights to those of usurpa-
tion. Don Carlos adds, that his son, the Prince of' As-
turias, fully participates in his sentiments. The Chris-
tines have been striving hard since their defeat in Spain
to bring about the marriage of Don Carlos's son and
Queen Isabella, as the basis of a Carlist and Christino
coalition against Espartero and the Exaltados, but the
plan has failed, owing to the continued detention of Don
Carlos, who has refused all overtures made to him until
he has qUitted France. In reality it matters nothing
what Don Carlos determines one way or the other. The
King of Prussia is a potent personage at Berlin, but he
is a name and nothing more at Madrid. Espartero
laughs, as he well may, at the ridiculous negotiations of
Christinos and Carlists about a Crown whic is for ever
beyond their reach.
The following is among the most interesting political
gossip in the French capital :—" The political circles are
reviving the rumours of a Mole and Thiers coalition.
The latter abandons his pretensions to the Foreign-
office in favour of Count Mole, and will accept the Min-
istry of the Interior. Count Mole, in turn, is to give
up the Presidency of the Council to Marshal Vallee, who
is also to be Minister of War, Count Mole holding the
Foreign Department. Lamartine to have the Presidency
of the Chamber of Deputies, and Dufaure and Passy to
be offered places in this allee-Mole-Thiers Cabinet.
This combination is much canvassed, but there are other
reports that the present Ministry will resort to a dissolu-
tion, should it not find a majority. This menace, how-
ever, will not be of much value, as the Chambers are
entering upon their last session." We have heard a good
deal lately of M. Thiers' intrigues to effect a return to
office. The Foreign Department is out of the question,
as all the cabinets of Europe would oppose such an
appointment. But the Ministry of the Interior answers
M. Thiers better for the present. The vast patronage
which it would place at his disposal would enable him to
recruit the spirits of his party, and re-imburse him for
the expenses of his Italian and German tours. No per-
son knows better than M. Thiers how to turn a seat in
the Cabinet to profitable account, politically and per-
sonally.
M. Chauteaubriand, the harlequin of French diplo-
macy at the Congress of Verona, and author of more
rhapsodical nonsense than any writer in Europe, visited
on Sunday the Abbe Lamennais, the apostle of Socialism,
now confined in prison for a political libel. The shallow
French egotist, who fancies himself a poet, a statesman,
and a philosopher, boaSts that he is the only man who
could throw dust in the eyes of Canning !
La Presse has the following :—" The commercial acti-
vity of Great Britain is indefatigable. Not satisfied with
having taken possession of Aden, at the entrance of the
Red Sea, she has sent an embassy to the Abyssinian
chiefs, demanding permission to establish a factory at
Massonah, an island in the Red Sea, the port at which all
travellers land who intend to visit Abyssinia by sea. If,
as we have reason to believe, this permission be granted,
Great Britain will have availed herself of the fruit of the
exertions made by some Frenchmen during several years
to establish the influence of their nation in that country."
The following description of a long bulletin in the
Moniteur of Monday is thus happily given by the Chro-
nicle :—" Algiers is a god-send to the Moniteur. The
French occupy three or four fortified villages in the in-
terior, which are surrounded by hostile Arabs, and it
requires an army to be put in motion in order to re-victual
and relieve the garrisons of these places. Accordingly
every three months a General marches off with a greater
army than supplied Alexander for the conquest of Asia,
and with this he achieves the task of bringing some
sacks of corn and sides of pork to Mascara or
Medea. This marching and victualling costs mil-
lions, and it is necessary to give the worthy French
public at home something for their millions. The re-
muneration is given in the shape of a bulletin. The
Moniteur of Monday contains one of three columns. The
bulletin states that General Lamoriciere marched to
re-victual Mascara. Abd-el-Kader mustered immedi-
ately 10,000 men, and waited for the French in a desert
spot, for the purpoLe of attacking them, and forcing
them, at least, to pass the night without water. "M.
de Lamoriciere," says the bulletin, " took a wise resolu-
tion that does him honour. lie took another road."
We have to add, that in this expedition the French lost
one officer and 23 men killed on the field, and 11 who
died of illness, besides a number of wounded.