The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-10 00:00:00

THE PROPERTY OF QUEEN CITRIST44

We extract the following from a letter dated
Paris, Monday, 6 p.m.:--
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"No one lias forgotten the bitter enmity re.
• peatedly testified by General O'Donnell against the
ex-Queen Maria Christina. He made mo secret of
it ; he seemed rather proud of proclaiming it ; he
denounced her intrigues, her cupidity, and dis.
graceful transactions ; he declared in the Cortes
that with her in Spain all government was impos.
sible. Now, the following information reaches me
from a quarter on which I have full reliance, and
of its authenticity I have not a doubt. UDonnell,
who, it is well known, has not generally taken the
initiative in the measures brought forward by the
present Government—that having been usually
left to Rios Rosas—has departed from his custom
and has himself brought forward iu the Council of
Ministers a project of decree to restore to Queen
Christina all her property in Spain upon which
sequestration was laid after the revolution of 1b54.
" In this project the measure is declared revolu-
tionary and unjustifiable, and all that was done
against her at that time is designated as iniquitous.
The project was agreed to unanimously, the self-
styled Progresists in the Cabinet, including Senor
Collado, who encouraged and aided with his purse
the revolution of 1854, finding nothing to say
against it. The rough copy of the preamble, drawn
up by Rios Rosas, has been sent to Christina for
approval, and when the opportune moment arrives
the decree will be published. O'Donnell's motive
in bringing forward this measure has been to gain
favour with the Queen, but it is all in vain. She
will never forgive or forget the military pronun-
ciamiento of the 28th of June, and the month of
suspense, terror, humiliation and aNguish that
ensued. O'Donnell is her Minister only till she
can conveniently get rid of and satisfactorily re•
place him.
" By whom he is to be replaced is still uncertain,
but it is thought that Narvaez is not likely to be
his immediate successor. A Ministry of transition
is anticipated. In fact, and if the Queen could do
exactly as she liked, she would rather not have
Narvaez. lie is too violent, too absolute, too
much her master, and she would prefer a more
subservient Premier, a Cabinet which, like that of
Lersundi or Sartorius, would be supple and
obedient to her in all things, and would attend
the levee of the favourite of the day and take his
orders. To match such a Ministry, she would like
to have subservient Cortes, if Cortes there must
bc—Chambers which, after to-day givinc, a vote of
confidence to the Government, would be equally
ready, if to-night she thought proper to dismiss
her advisers, to renew the vote to-morrow in favour
of their successors. Such Cortes as these have
been seen, and may be again, but at present, better
still, there are none to embarrass her Majesty, ard
Camarillas and Court intrigues have full scope for
action. It is thought not impossible that a Minis.
try composed of Ros de Olano, Alexander de
Castro, Nocedal, and others of that ultra-Moderado
clique, may succeed the O'Donnell Government,
and, if so, that Cabinet would be lived and would
serve as a stepping-stone for the advent either of
Narvaez or of Pezuela. General Coacha is also a
candidate, under very reactionary colours ; but it
is said the Queen is not favourable to him.

" What becomes daily more certain is that the
present Ministry cannot last very lona. Two of
its members, Messrs. Cantero and Bayarri, are
likely soon to leave it, owing to dissensions with,
their colleagues respecting the law of disamortisti-:
tion. They insist upon carrying it through, and'.'
indeed, as Minister of Finance, Senor Cantero
can hardly adopt any other course. The increasing
material prosperity of Spain is based entirely upon
the sale of the national property, the proceeds of
which are the guarantee for the subvention,'
granted to the undertakers of railways and otlief-,
public works, It would be an act of injustice
and bad faith to alter the destination of that pro-
perty. To such alteration, however, the majority
of the present Ministers are said to incline, and
hence the probable resignation of the two who
oppose it. If Pezuela or Concha came to power
there can be scarcely a doubt that the law would
be immediately repealed. As everything is possible
in Spain, perhaps Messrs. Cantero and Bayarri
may yield to the ,wishes of their colleagues. We
cannot wonder at anything when we have seen men
who profess themselves Liberals, like Collado, Al-
varez, and Bayarri, signing such decrees as those
for the dissolution of the National Guard and
Cortes, and others that have been published with
their names at the foot. Of Cantero I say nothing,
for he was never considered a Liberal except' in
name.

" Marshal Serrano arrived at Paris on Friday for
a few hours' stay, and applied for au interview for
Saturday with M. Walewski. The reply was that
he could not be received until to-day. Thereupon
he returned to Biarritz on Saturday. It Was sup-
, posed that the French Minister for Foreign Affairs
was absent, but this is contradicted by to-day's
papers. The exact object of the Marshal's visit to
Paris is not known, but it is believed that it was
not exclusively to see Count Walewski. He will
probably now remain at Bayonne until the return
of the Emperor. The date of this is not exactly
fixed."