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London, England, 1838-06-09 00:00:00

success, but strange to say he does not attempt to disprove
the facts urged with such conclusive force by M. DuvER-
GIFT.. After a few introductory remarks, the President of
the Council argues the question thus :
" He (the Minister) was far from participating in the sombre predie.
tious of the Hon. Member, nor could he bring himself to believe that the
treaty of the Tafea would be of brief duration. He was also of opinion
that the effective military force of 50,000 men would not be exceeded.
Perseverance he thought would reward France for the enormous sacri-
fices already made by her. In forming a judgment of the course of po-
licy adopted by the Government towards Africa, it was necessary to en-
ter into the nature of the question before the Chamber. The French had
been originally led into Africa, not by the desire of conquest, but by the
necessity of resenting an insult. The satisfaction due to the honour of
France had been transformed into a conquest, and that conquest was now
to be transformed into a productive establishment. In such a case
it was impossible to s;:y beforehand thus far will we advance
and no further;' for due regard must be paid to the force of circurn_
stances. He denied the assertion that the Arabs were animated by a
spirit of inextinguishable hatred towards the French ; and as a proof of
he contrary he observed that two days after the taking of Constantine,
order was re-established, the shops were re-opened, and at the present
day the tril:es were on the most friendly footing with the French soldiery,
confident that the difficulties which had hitherto retarded the solution of
the African question, would be removed by next session ; but in the
mean time he thought it would be the height of imprudence to make the
slightest diminution in the effective military force of the establishment
in Africa. Ministers had wished to take the opinion of the Governor-
General on a variety of systems which had been proposed, and he had
accordingly been consulted. For his own part he firmly believed in the
possibility of a union between the French and the natives. He was
convinced that colonists could be induced to settle in the French posses.
sions in Africa, and he relied upon the support of the Chamber to en-
sure a favourable solution of every difficulty. That support, he w:s
convinced would not be withheld at a moment when the prospe.-As of the
establishment in Africa were s, advantageous, and so likely to be still
further improved.— (Hear.)
MM. DESJOBERT and PISCATORY violently attacked the
policy of the Government. The former drew a melancholy
pie' are of the state of the French army in Africa. He
implored the Ministry to take measures for the timely
abandonment of Algiers, the soil of which, as long as re-
tained, would be watered with French blood. The debate
was not closed when the mails left Paris for London.
We copy front the Toulon:1(1;s of the 3d inst., the follow-
ing significant article on the subject of the, at present, very
serious misunderstanding between France and the BET
Of TUNIS :--
" Notwithstanding the repeated proofs of friendship, which France
has given the Hey of that regency, by saving him from the squadron
sent by the Sultan to supersede him in his post, he has yielded to the
suggestions of emissaries of the Porte, and fallen into the snare which
they had laid for him. Thus, after forwarding 10,000,000 francs to
the Sultan, the young Hey is still waiting the arrival of the Turkish
Ambassador who is to invest him with the possession of the Beylic, and
offer him, in the name of his master, the caftan of honour. No sooner
shall the Ambassador have received the additional millions which the
Bey holds in store for him, than the Ottoman squadron will, in all pro-
bability, come and depose him, for the Grand Seignor has not forgiven
him the death of his favourite.

" In this juncture, the young Bey of Tunis evinces wuch illwill to-
wards the French whom he suspects of impeding his friendly relations
with the Porte, and it will be necessary to use violence towards him in
order to rescue him from the fate which would otherwise befall him.
France cannot allow the Beylie of Tunis to be committed to the go-
vernment of a creature of the Porte, as her tenure of Algiers might be
compromised thereby. The mission of the ship Jena is consequently
intended to defeat intrigues calculated to deceive the Bey of Tunis, and
to pi event the landing of troops from the Turkish fleet."
The King of the FRENCH has fixed to-tnorrow for re-
viewing, the National Guards of Paris. This is dwelt upon
in some of the Journals as a proof of the silence of the
police respecting the discovery of any fresh plot cr con-
spiracy.
We have received by an extraordinary channel, accounts from Lis-
bon, dated 30th of May, which state that the Miguelite chief Reinichida
had gained a signal advantage over the troops sent against him by the
Government. The syirptoms of insurrection were becoming more and
more alarming in the Algarves. It was reported at Lisbon that Don
Miguel had landed on the south coast of Portugal ; but this report is at
present quite improbable. It seems that Lard Howard de Walden had
quitted Lisbon without having been able to conclude with the Portuguese
Government, the treaty for the abolition of the negro slave trade.—Le
Gazette de France.
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