The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-05 00:00:00

ALGIERS.

The following is a copy of a letter from the
Mediterranean, written by a person who has lived a
long time at Algiers, and who is acquainted with its
environs, its means of defence, and resources :
" Algiers is built like an amphitheatre, but forms
a triangle ; one of the points is washed by the sea,
the other rising up towards the land forms another
point, at the extremity of which is the new palace
of the Dey, called the Casba. The town is com-
manded by a fort called Fort Emperor, which sweeps
the plain of Babazon, the town, and the Casba.
The star fort still marked on the several maps exists
wilonger. From the garden of the Dutch Consul,
and the country that surrounds the residence of the
Swedish Consul, the eye overlooks Fort Emperor,
and can even reach into the interior court. This
fact is important, and is mentioned in order to show
how easily this fort, on which depends the fate of
Algiers, may be reduced. Though the defences of
Algiers on the sea side are truly formidable,it is not
capable of, sustaining a siege from the land side for
three days. It has not even a complete enclosure ;
the ramparts are broken at short distances by houses,
whose walls spring from ttie—difehes anti give an ap-
pearance of fortification; :but,: ,in fact, are of no
strength. The ditcheaareiliieys dry, and there are
no means of filling them; nor;on,account of their rapid
descent, would water lodge in them. The town has
three gates on the land side; the Babalouet in the
West, the New Gate on the West, and Babazon
on the East. Its only supply of water is from an
open aqueduct, on a level with the ground, and it
comes from about half a league from Algiers. No-
thing can be more easy than to cut this off, and to
force the place to surrender for want of water. The
garrison consists of 4,000 Turks, and 2,000 more
are distributed in the various surrounding posts.
The fortifications are mounted with eight hundred
pieces of cannon, of different calibre, toward the
sea, and from 100 to 120 on the land side. It must
be admitted that the great diffieulty is in effecting a
landing. The French army must expect to be op-
posed by a hest of Arabs, who will dispute the
ground with them ; but these Arabs are totally un:
disciplined, and badly armed, many of them still
using match-lock guns. They will come down with
provisions for a few days only, and hunger will very
soon drive them back to their mountains, if they
are not previously put to flight by the artillery. The
French maps call that part of the shore on which it
is supposed that the invading army will be disem-
barked, Touretta Chiefs. This point, known in
that country by the name Sedi-Ferench, is about 4
leagues from Algiers, on the West; but whether
the landing be effected on the West or on the East,
a great abundance of water will be everywhere
found. The climate I 'can declare to be rery healthy,
less hot than perhaps Provence, if a judgment may
be formed from the luxuriance of the vegetation,
which flourishes on every spot of the soil. There
is never any raging fever at Algiers, and the plague
is only to be found when imported from Egypt :
ten years have elapsed since its last appearanee."—
Hampshire Telegraph.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—The following
i■ the House List of GovicaNOßS and DIRECTORS
of the Bank of England for the year ensuing, vis. :

FOR GOVERNORS.
JOHN HORSLEY PALMER, Esq., Governor.
ANDREW HENRY THOMSON, Esq., Deputy-Governor.
FOR DIRECTORS.
John Bowden, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq.
Cornelius Buller, Esq. James Pattison, jun., Esq.
Timothy Abraham Curtis, Esq. Charles Pole, Esa.
Samuel Drewe, Esq. Henry Porcher, Ng.
George Dorrien, Esq. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart.
Charles Pascoe Grenfell, EAq. John Baker Richards, Esq.
Abel Lewes Gower, Esq. Wm. Thompson, Esq. and Ald.
John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Samuel Thornton, Esq.
John Benjamin Heath, Esq. Stephen Edw. Thornton, Esq.
William Manning, Esq. William Ward, Esq.
William Mellish, Esq. Money Wigram, Esq.
Sheffield Neave, Esq. Melvil Wilson, Esq.
..,

The Election for Governor and Deputy-Governor will
be held at the Bank, on Tuesday the 6th, and for Direc-
tor*, on Wednesday the '7th instant, from Ten o'clock in
the Forenoon till Four in the Afternoon.
The Marquis of EXETER and Mr. ARNOLD
have at length arranged with the Commissioners of Woods
and Forests, and the taking down the walls of the old
theatre and the houses contiguous to it will commence
k forthwith. A new street, extending from Waterloo_
bridge, through Wellington .street, crossing the Strand,
and occupying the site on which the Courier office and
two houses adjoining now stand, will be carried through,
to Charles-street, where for the present the improvement
will terminate. The new theatre will be built on a larger
&ad more convenient scale than the old English Opera
Home, with a bold front and most capacious entrances
from the new street and the Strand BRAZIL= is the
architect.