It must not be forgotten, in considering the chances of
a French coup d'jtat, that the Dim Decazes has consented to remain in the Cabinet. Though not a Liberal in the French sense, he is as Liberal as an average English Tory, and before any military blow could be struck he must be expelled the counsels of the President. He probably dreads Radical measures, but he is certainly not a Bonapartist, and he has just insisted on the ex- pulsion of Don Carlos from France. That Prince was residing at Pau, issuing inflammatory protests against the abolition of the Bisc,ayan fueros, and apparently intending another descent into Spain. The Spanish Ambassador remonstrated, but without effect, until the Foreign Secretary made the expulsion a condition of his remaining in office, when Don Carlos was directed to quit French territory. Till the Duo Decazes quits the Cabinet nobody will be fusilladed.
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