The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-22 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARE, Tin RIDAT Thrtinao.
M. Leon Faucher I,ls resumed his duties as
Minister of the Inttrior.
The Mo:.itettr contains a report from General Rar.-
don, Minister at War, to the President of the Its.
üblic, of the recent campaign in Algeria, under
General St. Arnaud, of which the following is an

abstract:
Me describes at great length the military operations in
Kabylia in consequence of the instructions issued to the
as stated by the minister at
governor-general of Algeria on the 14th of March last. The
object of those instructions,
war, were, Ist. To insure complete security to the high
road from Phillippeville to Constantine to the inhabited dis-
tricts situated upon that road, and to the agricultural estab-
lishments M the valley of Safsaf. This part of the opera-
Cons rendered it necessary to reduce to submission Duca-
(Suable and the tribes established between Collo and Phil-
lippeville. 2nd. To force the blockade of Djidjelli to be
raised, and, by the submission of the Kabyles of the sur-
rounding country, to establish communications between
Djidjelli and Milah ; to organize an (Ancient authority ever
those tribe', and to ascertain what advantage could be
drawn from the influence of France with the Marabout
Moula-Chokfa. 3rd. To put an cad to the dangers which
threatened the domains situated in the valley of Itoumel, at
but a short distance from Constantine. To realise this object
it was desirable to strengthen the command of the brothers
Ben-Aueddin, in the Zouagha, to the north of Metals. 4.
To increase the influence of the Sheik Bou-Akkaz on the
south-west of Djidjelli, and to give a decisive signification
to the advances which that chief had lately made to the
general commanding the province of Constantine. The
results of General St. Arnaud's campaign, according to the
minister at war, have been that the valley of Outd-Guebli
is tranquil : that the colonies and agricultural establish-
ments on the road from Phillipperille to Constantine have
no longer anything to fear from the armies of the Kabyles
whose mountains command that great line of communica-
tion ; that an intelligent and active police, appointed by
native chiefs, will suffice to prevent and repress the isolated
robberies or acts of brigandage which may he committed;
and that the town of Collo has been placed in a state of
security against the attacks of the mountaineers, and con-
fided to the government of an energetic Caid. The town
of Collo is a seaport, which is expected to become a market
for the oils of all the neighbouring mountains.
The further results are stated to be that the blockade
of Djidjelli has been raised; the neighbouring tribes entirely
overcome, those nearest the town obeying the French go-
vernment directly, and the others submissive to the Mar-
about Moula-Chokfa, who seems, without mental reserva-
tion to have devoted the full power of his religious influence
to the French cause. Communications have been opened
from Djidjelli to Constantine and to Setif. The markets of
Pjidjctli already enjoy the benefits of the new situation. A
productive bed of coral has been discovered between
Djidjelli and Bougie. The domains below Milah, in the
valley of Hammel, are tranquil. The brothers Ben-Azzeddin,
' whose influence has been rendered much more powerful,
WIC in the must entire dependence upon the French govern
merit Forty new tribes have submitted to the French.
The report stags that these result have been obtained with-
oat any increase in the effective force of the army, and
without any expense. The native tribes have cheerfully
paid the tax levied for the campaign. The loss of the
French army has been 13 officers killed and 42 wounded ;
and 176 noncommissioned officers and privates killed, and
74t wounded.
At the head of the list of a fresh batch of Cheva-
liers of the Legion of llonour, created yesterday, is a
lady named Bruton, who enjoys the rank of a lieute-
nant of Invalides, and whose long military history is
probably without a parallel in Amazonian annuls.
She is the daughter, the sister, and the widow of a
soldier. Iler two brothers died un the field of battle
in Italy. Ile husband was killed at Ajaceio in 1791.
The following year she entered, at the age of 21, in
the 42nd Regiment, in which her father was serving.
She was allowed to remain, although her sex was
known, and she made seven campaigns between the
years 1792 and 1799, rising through the several gra-
dations of fusilier, corporal, quarter-muster-corporal,
and sergeant. In 1;94 she commanded a de-
tachment of her regiment, and repulsed an attack
upon the fort of Uesco, on which occasion she
was iwoundid in each urns. Afterwards, at the
siege of Calvi, she received so severe a wound in
the left leg that she was disabled, and on the 24th
Frimaire, 1799, she was admitted into the Hospital
of the Invulides. She received front Louis X's 111.
an officer's commission, in these word;:—" This day,
Oct. 2,1522, the King being in Paris, having full con-
fidence in the valour, good conduct, and fidelity of
Madame Angßigne-Marie-Joseph Ducheruin, Widow
Brulon, his Majesty has contiTrisl upon her the
honorary title of sub-lieutenant of Invalides, to take
rack from this day. His Majesty desires that his'
general and other officers to whom it may appertain,
will recognise Madame Duchemin, Widow Bruton, iu
this capacity." Lieutenant Widow Brulon, chevalier
of the Legion of honour, is now $1) years old.
The Prince de Joinville has, I believe, kiositively
declined to be a candidate fur the vacant scat in the de-
partment of the Seine. With regard to his intentions
respecting the presidency of the republic, there can
be no doubt that they were expressed by. authority
in the letter of M. Roger (du Nord). This candida-
ture still continues to be the leading topic of news-
paper polemics.
the Committee of Permanence met to-day at 12
o'clock, at the National Assembly. M. Lacrosse pre-
sided. There was no discussion. The connaittet au-
thorised those of its members who belong to the
councils-general to leave I'uris, and then adjourn
till Thursday, Sept. 4.
Yesterday there were two more press prosecutions.
M. Stumm, the editor of the &otiatoe, a mutt between
110 and 70 years of age, formerly a member of the
Constituent Assembly, and the hither of the Parisian
press, is condemned to six months' imprisonment and
a tine of $O/. The offence was an article in which i
he exposed, in strong language, the ill treatment of
the political prisoners at-Belle-Isle, and enforced his
arguments by reprinting a letter from Louis Napo-
leon when at Ifain, in which the latter, though en-
joying comparative comfort and luxury, complained
bitterly of the humiliation and inconvenience to
which he was subjected. The strongest expression
in which the libel of which M. Sarrans was accused,
was that of a slaughter-house, "abattoir," as applied
to the prisons at Belle-Isle. This was pounced upon
by the Advocate-General, M. SaM, who is always on
the look out, and forthwith twisted into the crime
of "exciting to hatred and contempt of the govern-
ment of the republic," for which M. Sinning was
indicted. The jury found him guilty, and, al-
though they gave him the benefit of " extenuating:
circumstances,"thereby signifying that,although a libel
in law, the article was harmless in their opinion,
this old man—a man of mild and amiable manners,
universally beloved and respected—and moreover not
habitually a violent political writer, is to go to prison
for six months—to that prison whither some ten or
twelve of his brethren, some of the most able and
distinguished writers in I'aris, have already
pre-
ceded him. The new law of signatures, whereby
the writer of every article is made directly respon-
sible for it, is no relief to the registered editor. M.
Paul Coq, the g.,reuit of the Sethaios, although he
was ill in bed when the article appeared, was in•
eluded in the indictment, and is sentenced to three
months imprisonment and 2,000 fr. fine.
The marriage of M. Boulay (de la Meurthe), vice-
president of the republic, was celebrated the day
before yesterday at Proving. The President of the
Republic, in imitation of royal usages, was present
by proxy, in the person of a stall' officer, sent to
represent him.
The .lltestqpr says :
About thirty reprmentatives, belonging to the Mountain,
are in a few days to take their departure 24 Loudon. A
banquet is to be given to them by the French mid Italian
refugees there. The principal object of their journey is to
come to some understanding as to the candidate whom they
ought to support fur the office of President of the Republic:
The different fractions of the Left have at present ten
committees at work. The following is the list, commencing
by eh,: moat moderate:-1. Committee of the Constitution
(Goudehaux-Carnignae shade) ; 2. Committee of the
main (shade of Mathieu de la Drome) ; 3. Committee of the
Twenty-five (shade of Michel de Bourn
Polyglot Committee
'o
; 4. Committee
of the Excluded (shade of Colfavru) : 5.
(called the French-Italian-Spaniah); 6. Committee of
Resistance (called that of the Bulletins); 7. Committee of
the Conclave (shade Vasbenter-Dulac) ; 8. Committee of
the Refugees (shade of I..edru•Rollin and Mazzini) ; 9.
Committee of the Luxembourg (shade of Louis Blanc) ; and
Pa Committee of the Densocr.stieal Refugees at London
(shade of Crouzier, Clidat, Chanted, Gouti., and 'Whin).-
At the Bourse to-day the Five per Cents. fell 10c.,
and closed at 93.35; and the Three per Cents. fell
1.3 c., closing at 47.23.