The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-08 00:00:00

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" Who runs may read."

FOREIGN.
The budget for 1843 gives the following details respecting
the diplomatic agents and consuls of France in various coun-
tries. There are in all twenty ambassadors, of whom those at
St. Petersburgh and London .are allowed salaries of 300,000 f.
each ; the ambassador at Vienna has 200,000 f. ; Madrid,
120,000 f. ; Constantinople, 100,000 f. ; Turin, 85,000 f. ;
Naples, 75,000 f. ; Brussels, 60,0(X)f. ; Berne, 50,000 f. In
addition, there are 21 extraordinary envoyes, of whom the one
at Berlin has 100,000 f. ; Mexico and Washington, 80,000 f.
each ; Rio Janeiro and the Hague, 70,000 f. ; Buenos Ayres,
Frankfort, and Lisbon, 60,000 f. ; Stockholm and Copenhagen,
50,000 f. ; Athens, Dresden, Hanover, and Stutgardt, 45,000 f.;
Florence, 40,000 f. ; Carlsruhe and Cassel, 30,000 f. ; Darm-
stadt and Weytnar, 25,000 f. each. There are charges d'ajfaires
at Bogota and Texas, with 35,000 f. each ; 33 secretaries of
legation, having from 6 to 10,000 f. salary, and 'l3 attaches,
with 3 to 4,600 f. each. There are 2.3 consuls-general, of
whom the one in London has 45,000 f. a-year. The others are
not paid at so high a rate; at Bagdad, for instance, the consul-
general has 15,000 f. The number of consuls of the first class
amounts to 40, with from 12 to 30,000 f. salary ; and of the
second to 44. Some new consular appointments are, as our
readers are aware, proposed in this budget. Ihe whole amount
of salaries for diplomatic agents and consuls put down in the
budget for 1843 is 2,931,000 f.
The French Journals of Tuesday are chiefly ori the discussion
of Monday in the Chamber of Deputies. They are, however,
without interest to the general reader. Two of them have
found room to notice the absurd statement of the National,
relative to the baptism of the Prince of Wales ; not, as one
would expect, for the purpose of denying the truth of it, and
wondering how the National has been so mystified, but to re-
cord it as a political event of deep importance. Nothing is too
absurd for the credulity of French Journalists.
The Quotidienne announces that it has received a letter

from General Donaslieu, stating that, wishing to publish a
work, the printer be applied to refused to print it, alleging as
Ins reasons the new rigorous measures taken against the
press, which placed him under the necessity of not printing any
work whatever, from fear of prosecution. The Quotidienne
adds, that it has perused the manuscript, which contains only
general views of politics and moral philosophy, and takes this
opportunity of repeating its censure of the severity with which
the law relative to the responsibility of printers has been en-
forced, with a view of fettering the press.
The Constitutionei has the following news from Africa :
Lieut.-General Renault having left Mostaganem at the head
of 250 chosen men to meet a battalion that was expected, fell
in by chance with a camp of Arabs 4,000 strong, established
about six leagues in the interior. Notwithstanding the vast
disparity of numbers, the French did not hesitate to attack the
enemy, who thus surprised !were defeated with a loss of five
hundred men. Sixty prisoners with their horses fell into our
hands.

The following financial news is from a Madrid Journal of the
28tb of March :—Notwithstanding that the Stock Exchange
has been closed during the last six days, the speculators for the
rise have been supposing private bargains amongst themselves at
30, 31, and even 311 per cent. ; but the Five per Cents.,
without the eight coupons, are only worth 20 per cent., and the
Three per Cents. :as much. The general impression is, that
the funds in question must destine from 24 to 25.
In a letter from Constantinople of the 17th ult. we find the
following :—" The Porte has hitherto held firm on the subject
of Omer Patches nomination as Prince of the Mountain, and
adhered to its customary system of temporising. Several
councils have been held, but nothing has been decided. A
sort of half measure was conic to yesterday, in order to save ap-
pearances. Selim Be 3, formerly Mouhassil of Smyrna, is sent
as mediator and commi,sioner. It is believed that the dis-
missal of Omer Paella is already settled, but no one can say
v‘lio is to replace him."
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