The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-04 00:00:00

DISTURBANCES IN PARIS.

Next to the Eastern question, the Reform manifes-
tation on Monday last occupies the attention of the
Parisian journalists. Some assemblages took place on
Tuesday night, but a heavy shower of rain dispersed
them after having pillaged a few houses. On Wed-
nesday afternoon the walls of Paris were placarded
with the following ordoenance of the Prefect of Po-

"ORDONNANCE CONCERNING ASSEMBLAGES.
" Paris, Sept. 1,•1840.
We, Councillor of State, Prefect of Police,
" Considering that for several days past workmen of
various trades, with the view of concerting plans in
order to modify the conditions of labour, are forming
assemblages, more or less numerous, which impede
circulation, embarrass the public thoroughfare, and are
a cause of uneasiness for the inhabitants of the localities
where those meetings take place ; considering that such
a state of affairs offers serious inconveniences for the
public safety, have decreed as follows :
" Art. 1. The law of the 10th of April, 1831, against
assemblages, will be again published and posted in the

streets.
" Ai t. 2. The sub-prefects of the arrondissement of
St. Denis and Sceaux, the mayors of the rural com-
munes within the jurisdiction of the Prefecture of Police,
the chief of the municipal police, and the commissaries
of police are charged, as far as they are concerned, to
take the necessary measures to disperse, by conforming
to the law, the assemblages which might take place.
" The Colonels of the Municipal Guards, and of the
city of Paris, and of the Ist Legion of the Departa-
mental Gendarmerie, as well as the commandants of
other military corps, are requested to lend their assist-
ance as often as they are legally required so to do.
The Councillor of State, Prefect of Police,
" G. DELESSERT."
(Here follows the copy of the law of April, 1831.)

WAR IN FRENCH AFRI

A letter from CherclZollike 18th ult., in the Con-
siitutionncl, give 3 the following interesting account of
the retaking of the Marabout, close to that town, which
had nearly fallen into the hands of the Arabs at the re-

cent attack :
" The garrison consisted only of twelve Zephirs (Afri
can light infantry), but they belonged to the 123 who
had so brilliantly distinguished themselves at Mazagran,
and made a desperate resistance. Two hundred Kabyles,
however, had penetrated into the court-yard, and of the
little garrison one was killed and six were wounded. The
commandant,other fiveiilm
B almost exhausted
brought
,rouit forwardwelreabou two
ttofall, when the
companies,
resolved to relieve the post ; the 4th company, consist-
ing of 150 men, went first. The gate was opened, and at
fifty paces from it we charged bayonets upon the Arabs,
who were 1,000 in number. They were dislodged,
and the Marabout was rescued. As the Arabs fled they
sent against us a shower of bal.s. The Captain )ad-
vanced with his company. and the 6th company was
rushing upon the enemy, hut. orders were given to it to
fall back, which it did admirably, with a loss of twelve
men. A dead body, however, had been kit behind,
and the Arabs were about to carry it off, and cut off the
head. Seeing this, a charge was again made upon
them, and it was snatched, as it were, out of their
hands. The body having been recovered, the Captain
turned round, and at that moment was struck to the
heart by a ball. The death of the Captain threw a
momenwtaasryagtrai,is:o
aubraangdeonnieendt over The the
A d
jturtoaonpt!Major ran, and the
body
up, and addressing Sub-Lieutenant Nisard desired him
to take command of the company, and see that not a man
was carried off by the enemy. Young Nisard rushed
forward, rallied about twenty men, and called to
them to charge with the bayonet. The Arabs
now attempted to carry off the body of the Captain
who had just been promoted, and a frightful contest en-
sued, the result of which was the possession by the
French of the disputed body. But Nisard and his men
were surrounded, and about to share the fate of the
Captain. An Arab took aim at Sub- Lieutenant Nisard,
in
whose right epaulette was cut
two by the ball. An-
up and rescued the first, and
all retreated in good or er to Cherchell. We had
twenty-one men wounded and seven killed."
Marshal Vallee has addressed a despatch, dated 23d
ult., to the Minister of War, in which he states that the
moveable column directed upon Coleah after the affair
of the 12th ult. (the cutting off of the detachment) had
not fallen in with any of the enemy. He also gives a
f account of the attack on Cherchell. Miliana
very brie
is stated by the Marshal to have been attacked on the
Ist, and a sharp combat was reported to have taken
place under the walls of Medeah. In both cases the
he to have los
Arabs were believed t many men.

The vacant canonry of Christ Church, Oxford,
niac,
has been filled by the Rev. Dr. Faussett, of Magdalen
College, Professor of Divinity. This appointment is ac-
cording to the provision of the Ecclesiastical and Revenues
io‘f ctl" which only became a law just before thhero prorogation
arliament, and by which Dr. Faussett vacates a ore-
, bendal stall in our patbedral.— Worce4tu. c