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

SUMMARY OF NEWS

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" Who runs may read."

VOILZIGN.

The long delayed ratification by the Ottoman Porte
of the treaty of July 13, 1841, for the closing of the
Dardanelles, has arrived at Paris. It was delayed by
the intrigues pf Russia.
A change, or rather, modification, of the French
billet, is now generally looked for in Paris. M. Guizot,
it is thought, will retire to make room for Mole, Mohta-
lint, or Thiers.

The fortifitions of Paris are suspended; the con-
tractors are nearly all ruined, the Engineering Depart-
ment having enforced the exeeution of their engagements
with the utmost severity. A large body of workmen are
consequently thrown out of employment, and they will
doubtless augment the difficulties of the Ministers.
Another source of embarrassment is the apprehension
that a Turkish squadron will be sent against Tunis. The
Cabinet knows not what step to take. The Presse is for
a declaration in favour of the Tunisians. This would be
but a preparatory step to the seizure of Tunis by Franco,
which England must oppose. Here, then, is a peck of
troubles for France.
The wife of Don Carlos—the late Princess de Beira—
is seriously indisposed, This occurrence is likely to be
made a pretext for insisting on the liberation of her hus-
band. Despatches to Berlin and Vienna on the subject
have already been transmitted by the Prussian and Aus-
trian Ministers from hence. Prussia, it is added, will
peremptorily insist on the early termination of Don
Carlos' captivity.
A letter from Toulon of the 25th ult. has the follow-
ing :—" The number of sick in Africa is very great.
The five sail of the line engaged in transporting troops
to the various points of that country are each to bring
back 200 of these invalids, and every preparation for
their comfort' on board is made. The officers of these
ships are discontented at seeing them converted into
hospitals, but as the other vessels are insufficient for the
purpose, this appropriation is indispensable. The Ma-
rengo, Alger, Diademo, Genereux, and Ville de Mar-
seille, will bring home the 23d of the line from Oran,
the 62d of the line, it is believed, from Constantine, and
such of the soldiers as are discharged from service. By
these changes the army will gain between 4,000 and
5,000 effective men ; but the aggregate number will be
the same as at the opening of the campaign in the spring
—viz., 80,000 men."

The Ccloyne Gazette says :—" The contraband is ac-
tive on the confines of Russia and Prussia. The peasants
have formed a kind of armed corps to carry on the
traffic. The penalties are severe. The Russian smug-
glers are sent to Siberia. The Prussian smugglers are
kept till they pay double duty, which is so severe that
they are seldom ransomed. A pound of cotton pays 70
roubles duty."—There is an easy remedy for this demo-
ralising evil. Reduce the duties and there will be no
smugglers,
The Regent of Spain has returned to the capital,
which he entered in triumph on the 23d ult., amid the
acclamations of the people and the National Guard.
" The Regent," says a Spanish Correspondent of the
Moniteur Parisipt, "before returning to Madrid, re-
ceived from all parts petitions for amnesty and clemency.
At every station as he passed along the people thronged
to greet him. On the Queen's birthday he gave a grand
reception at Saragossa, and his saloons were crowded.
The inhabitants of Bilbao presented him an address, de-
manding justice on the truly culpable, but at the same
time calling to his notice those heroes with whom he had
been united in affection at the bivouac, and in the hour
of danger, and concluding with this appeal—' Clemency
—clemency for Bilbao ! ' The Regent will cast a deep
stain upon his name if the cleinency so generally im-
plored be refused.
The Correo Nacional announces that the publisher of
the Cangrejo has been condemned by the jury to „six
years' imprisonment for an article in that paper, and that
all the persons in prison in Madrid under sentence for
offences of the press have been removed to the prisons of
Las Penas de San Pedro, where they are to undergo their
sentence. One of them is said to be upwards of seventy
years of age, and in a bad state of health. The Spanish
Government is very much to blame in authorising these
prosecutions for political offences. Espartero ought to
signalise his return to the capital by setting all this class
of offenders at liberty.
The number of letters which have passed through the
French Post-office have more than doubled within the
last twenty years.