The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-05 00:00:00

CHANNEL ISLANDS.
c.;:.5.'r OF, THE_COMMISSION.ISSUED TO _INQUIRE
jyro Ti - STATE OF THE LAW IN THE •CHAN-
I',7•FiL ISLANDS.. •
GklVeakt tßorriiata, by the
Igrreflaceof
ndi; ‘sueed;:,oTf)elf';'"elrigAioLfed-thKei°7lo:
Faith, to
• o4r trusty and • welt-beloved Thomas. newer EUi. , Esq.,
Bltrrister-at lair, :ma Ti.,o7nas &Lis, Esq., ,7;'.errister-at-law,
gtfeetieg: Whereas Ac: have ,ticenicd it expedient', for 'Evers
gOod causes and consideratiens, that a Cenitnission isb9uld
forthwith issue forinquiring into the criminal laws now in fo`yce
in our Channel Island.:, and into ne ei.-aittitutiou
of the tribunals and antharitict; charged with tie
of such laws: now know ye, that we, having esi;
and confidpce in your edencue and 13,1elity, h ,v'
nominated, and appeintt 6, and do by tl:,-se izeFmts
nominate, and appoint you the said Thomasclwer Ellis and
ThomaS Eros, to be our Commissioners, to go into our sa.d
islands for the piuposes aforeseld ;- and for the better effect-
ing the pnrposes cf this our Commission, re do by these
presents give and grant to you, or any one of yon, full
power and authority to call before you, or any one of you,
such persons a 4 you shall judge neceeAary, by whom yeti
may be the better int;nened on tile subject of this our Com-
mission, and of every matter con,leeted therewith; and also
to call for, have access to, and examine all suc:, official
books, documents, papers, and recol ds as may afford the
fullest information on the subject, end to inquire of and con-
cerning the premises by all other lawful ways and means
whatsoever; and we do hereby give and grant to you, or any
one of you, full power and authority, when the same shall
appear to be requisite, to administer an oath or oaths to any
person or persons whatsoever to be examined before y•'n, or
any one of you, touching or conccreing the piemais-8 : and
our further will and pleasure is, that yon do and shall with
as little delay as possible report to us in our Privy Coaneil,
under your hands and seals respective ly, your several pro-
ceedings by virtue of this our Commis,der, as the same shalt
be respectively- completed and perfected: and we will and
command, and by these presents ordain, that this our Com-
mission ball continue in full force and virtue, and that you
our said Commissioners, or any one of von, may from time to
time pro-ceed in the execution thereof: and of every matter
and thing therein contained, although the same be not conti-
nued from time to time by adjournment: and we do hereby
require all and every our officers and ministers in our said
islands respectively to be aiding and assisting to you and
each of you in the due execution of this our Commission:
and wo have made choice of cur trusty and well-beloved
Charles Clark, Esq., Barrister-at-law, to be Secretary to this
our Commission, and to attend you in the execution
thereof; whose service and assistance we require you to use
from time to time as occasion shall require. In -witness
whereof we have caused these cur letters to be made patent.
Witness ourself, at Westminster, the sixteenth day of May,
in the ninth year of our reign.
By writ of Privy Seal.
Crown Office, Bra L. EDMUNDS, Clerk of the Crown.
y 25, 1846.

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FRANCE.
CHAMBER OF PEERS.—Srreeteci OF JuerE 2.
MASSACRE OF THE FRENCH PRISONERS BY
ABD-EL-KADER.
The President took the chair at half-pest twos
The order of the day was explanations relative to the mas-
sacre of the French prisoners in Africa.
The, President had to state that the Minister of War being
prevented from attending at the sitting, the Minister of
Foreign Affairs would reply in his place.
Prince de la Moskowa said that he should have long be-
fore solicited from the Chamber permission to ask for infor-
mation respecting the French prisimers in the hands of the
Arabs, if grave considerations had not prevented him. He
thought that negotiations were going on, and he was afraid
of injuring their progress by . untimely inquiries. For the
precarious, and indeed perilous, situation of these unfortu-
nate mere was a mystery to no one. A column, commanded
by his valiant friend hI. de Cognord, had been surrounded
at Sidi Brahiin by a multitude of Arabs, and taken pri-
mers. They were then, by Abtl-el-fader'; orders, marched
from tribe to tribe, in the midst of the populations of Mo-
rocceo This Ras donee° arouse the enthusiasm of those bar-
barious tribes, and Abd-el-Kader endeavoured to turn fully
to advantage the chauce which had three n the French sol-
diers into his hands. It was the imperative duty of the
Government to enter at once into negotiations to rescue these
unfortunate men from the fate that awaited them. This
was the opinion of the Minister of War, who, on this occa-
sion, as on all others, showed the greatest solicitude fur the
men under his care. The Ministry did not take the same
view of the matter, and in a Cabinet Council it was decided
that to negotiate with Abd-elsliader would be to make him
of too much iinportaiice—would be no longer to treat him as a
barbarian chief. It was against that decision that he (M. de
la Moscowa) desired to protest. If the account given by the
courageous soldier who escaped from the late massacio was
to be credited, all the prisoners had not perished—some offi-
cers and non- commieeioned officers had been spared. He
considered that under these circumstances ths re was occasion
to attempt something to save these unfortunate men. Hu-
manity surely commanded the Government to make soma
endeavour to rescue them from almost certain death. He
considered it right also to ask the Cabinet by what motives
it had been induced to refuse to enter into a negotiation,
which was not incompatible with the dignity of France, or
the security of the establishments in Algeria. He could not
suppose that any objection would be made by the Govern-
ment to state its reasons for acting as it lied done. He
looked on the conduct of the Government as indicative of a
tendency to a policy but little mindful of human blood.—
(Denial.) Yes, a tendency to a merciless policy— (Loud de-
nial)—which was gaining ground more and more in Algeria.
Europe looked with inquietude on the establishment of
France in Africa. If the Government desired it not to be
discussed let it respect the laws of religion and humanity—
it was the only means getting the conquest pardoned.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs—The Noble Peer was
quite right in saying that the Government ought to have
endeavoured to procure the deliverance of the French pri-
soners; but he was in error when he said that nothing had
been done. The Government had been most anxious about
the prisoners, and had at first eagerly listened to some indi-
rect overtures made on the part of Abd-el-Kader for an ex-
change of prisoners. If the Government did not accept these
overtures it was because they concealed a snare, as the Emir
wanted to have proposals made to him by France for the
purpose of having the advantage of rejecting them. Such
had bean the firm conviction of Marshal Bugeaud, and such
was the recommendation he had transmitted to Government.
" This is not serious," said he, " The intention is to deceive
the Arab tribes." The Government would have been alto-
gether unreasonable to desire to iintose its Wishes on M.
Bugeaud, and all the principal officers on the spot, but the
Noble Peer was quite wrong in supposing that, therefore,
nothing was done. The Government did, in fact, employ all
the means in its power to come to their aid, An attempt
was made to surprise the deira, but it failed; and a negotia-
tion was opened with the Emperor of Morocco on the subject.
The Government said to him, "French prisoners are in your
territory ; this cannot be permitted; get them given back to
us." Once before prisoners had been restored in that way.
The negotiations were going on actively of late, and other
means of a secret character were employed. Unfortunately,
during all these attempts, the Government was occupied in
getting the deira broken up by the Emperor of Morocco:
he endeavoured, on hie side, to act as we suggested ; in
consequence the deira got alarmed, and dispersed in various
directions. It was at the moment of this critical reso-
lution, that the deplorable catastrophe took place. The
deira did not feel itself strong enough to guard the pri-
soners, and was unwilling to set them at liberty; it there-
fore put them to death. Thus it was an event, politically
favourable to France, which had led to this dreadful act.
There was reason, as the Noble Peer had said, to believe
that some prisoners had escaped the fate of their unfor-
tunate comrades, and the Government would neglect no-
thing, the Chamber might be certain, to have them restored
to their country.—(Hear, hear.)
M. De Castellane read a speech (in the midst of the noise
of private conversation), in which, as wail as we could make
out, he appeared to complain that the Government did not
give its generals sufficient latitude in treating for the release
of prisoners.
General Fabvier, after deplorin
had just taken piece, passed a hi;
and devotedness displayed by th arniy a_
The Marquis De iioissy considered tie Governor of Algeria
responsible for the late massacre. By the system of exter-
mination which he had adopted, he had taught the Arabs to
be, in their turn, without pity.
Baron C. Dupin expressed his surprise that, when the
massacre of 300 men Ives the matter in question, any Noble
Peer should take that deplorable event as a motive of attack
on the Governor-General of Algeria.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs must protest against such
attacks being made. ' There was no person in Africa who did
not admit that Marshal Bugeaud carried ou the war with as
little inhumanity as possible. But the Marshal possessed a
merit which might sometimes become a fault, of stating with
the simplicity and frankness of a soldier, what he thought
and intended to do. Advantage waysuttaktheantodfidth
his, and it was used against him.
d great
to the French establishment inst./aerie, and done the Marshal from having renderedd t
e on a
hu-
manity of France by t
h I was a man of too generous, too
difficult war. The Mars a janctoesctupstortoeivntehidist
avoided.—(Hear, hear,)
whu;nria:cee adedilaP°'llitloi°snco' whea:dnaentstinoreeid.satOnekt IWll:biellnifYbitaecwtcaaosrfriin:e:o.ernsite-y
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system whatever gnalwAlsairs repliedv that there was no
determined on. When the Government
should think that an exchange of prisoners could be made
with Abd.el-Rader ,without inflicting injury to the French
establishment in Africa, it should not refuse to do so.
The subject then dropped,
The order of the day was the discussion on the Bordeaux
to Cette Railway Bill.
The Marquis d'Audifret did not think that the state of the
Money market could admit of any other railways being un-
dertaken this year. He should, therefore, advise the Chamber
to postpone the railway Bills to another session.
M. Fulchiron quoted figures to prove that the financial
situation of the Bordeaux and Cette line was of a most satis-
factory character. He maintained, besides, that its construc-
tion was urgent, and did not admit of delay.
Count Beugnot was astonished that the Government alone
seemed not to share in the general alarm felt at the magni-
tude of railway undertakings in France, and at the effects
already produced by them in trade and manufactures. The
suns total at present to be drawn from private capital for
these undertakings was not less than 1,100,004,000 E He
concluded by recommending a postponement of the present
Bills.

ig the frightful disaster that
4- culo junt on the courage
Africa.

The Minister of Finance, in answer to the Noble Peer.
repeated the explanations which he had already given in the
other Chamber, on the state of the money market, when
taking part in the general discussion on the Budget.
It being now a quarter past six, the sitting was brought in
a close.

THE CROPS.—The very fine weather admirably suits
the 3vheat crop, which has not for many seasons at the corms
responding period of the year been more vigorous or looked
more promising. This remark Applies more particularly tc
the dry light soils, the crops in the poor wet lands looking
very sickly. The Lent corn, generally speaking, affords the
farmer the pleasing expectation of a good average crop.—
Kentish Gazette. _

and weighing 1381b5..
Inenegtsthi'n the lledloridge Creek
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY NIGHT.—A fine sturgeon,
oieliald to Billingsgate by one of the
lihaiss measuring,t e caught 7
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on
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leans; 'd
night trains.
DEATH FROM A BULL.-Mr. Meggs, a nurseryman of
Cheltenham, was on Saturdt v killed b. en Alderney bull.
which was ill a field near that town. It appeared that he
struck the animal with a small stick in ender- to drive it
away, when the bull turned upon him, threw him down, and
trampled upon his chest, from the effects of which death en-
sued in ten minutes after he was rescued.
Mr. Parry having conducted the ..kstivals of the An-
cient Britain:3 on Sr. David's.day, and rendered other ser-
Yimeto the Welsh Charity School, for a period of 13 years,
the governors and 'subscribers presented him yesterday with
an elegant piece of plate in testimony to the usefulness anti
kindness of his exertions at all times iu behalf of that insti-
tution..