The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-04 00:00:00

Madrid papers of the 28th have been received.

According to the Heraldo, the rumour of an ap-
proaching modification of the Ministry begins to
gain credit. It is said that MM. MoN and PIDAL
will retire, to make room for M. PACHECO and other
members of the Conservative Opposition. Tne ac-
counts from the provinces continue satisfactory.
MADRID BOLS I.—The Three per Cents. were not
quoted on the Bourse, but sold out of doors at 334.
The shares of the Bank of San Fernando were done
at 380, and those of Isabel at 196.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
They contain the following official account of the
massacre of the French prisoners by ABD-EL-KADER.
The Minister of War has received a dispatch from
Lieut.-General DE LAMORICIERE, which unhappily
confirms the sad news of the massacre of the French
soldiers who were in the hands of ABD-EL-KADER.
The certainty of this sorrowful event has been ac-
quired through a private of the Bth battalion of the
Orleans Chasseurs, who succeeded in effecting his
escape. This man, whose name is ROLLAND, was
wounded and made prisoner on the 23d September,
1845. He arrived at Lalla Marina, on the 17th ult.
His account is as follows :
" The deira was encamped about threee leagues from the
Molouia. The prisoners, who were about 300 in number,
occupied about twenty gourbis in the midst of the camp of
regular infantry. The camp was inclosed by high bush-
work, in which were two openings. This made the guard
of the prisoners more easy. On the 27th of April, in the
afternoon, a letter was received at the deira from Abd-el-
Kader. Three horsemen arrived at the camp where the pri-
soners were to fetch the officers in the name of Mustapha
Ben Tami. They were taken to the deira under pretext that
they were to be present at a fete at the Kalifa's. The officers
removed were MM. Cognord, Lazaret, Marin, Hillerain, Ca-
basso, Thomas, an adjutant. There were also taken away the
inarechal-des-loges, chef of the hussars, Testard, Trottel, and
two others. At night the other prisoners were drawn out
in a line. We were orderered to bring all our effects with
us. When we had been thus collected the regular infantry
arrived, and we were separated to be conveyed to theirgourbis,
seven of us were taken by the inhabitants of four gourbis,
and we were all made to enter the same gourbi. I told
my comrades that something would happen during the night.
and not to go to sleep, but for us to be ready to defend our-
selves if it was intended to kill us. I had a French knife
which I found on the banks of the Molouia three days pre-
viously. In entering the gourbi I found a reaping hook,
which I gave to my comrade I)aumet. At the slightest
noise I said, I will go out the first and you will follow me.
Towards midnight the soldiers of Abd-el-Kader set up a cry.
That was the signal. I went out first and met a regular, and
stabbed him in the breast with a knife. He fell. I then
jumped over the inclosure of bushes which surrounded the
camp and fell to the ground. Whilst I was trying to extri-
cate myself some soldiers arrived and endeavoured to cap-
ture me; my trousers were in a bad state and remained in
their hands. I escaped in my shirt. In a ravine a hundred
metres from the camp, a party in ambush fired upon
me, and I was slightly wounded in the right leg by a
ball. I continued to fly and then mounted a small hill,
and sat dawn to see if any of my comrades were able
to join me. In turning towards the camp I heard the cries
of the prisoners and of the people of Abd-el Kader. The
musket firing lasted for more than half an hour. My com-
rades, to judge from the noise that I heard, must have de-
fended themselves. To escape from the massacre in the
gourbis of the regulars, several prisoners had taken refuge in
our gourbis in the middle of the camp ; in order to drive them
out the gourbis were set on fire, and they were fired upon
as they came out. Seeing that no person followed me, I
crossed the Molouia, and walked on for three nights, con-
cealing myself during the day. The third day there was
a thunder storm with rain, and a violent wind. I con-
tinued my march, nearly naked and in great suffering. I
proceeded towards a Moorish village, where I arrived
before night. On entering the village I met some women
who were come to draw water. On seeing me they fled,
uttering cries. I entered the village. At the end of a
small street I saw a young man about twenty years old.
When he saw me he drew his dagger to kill me. I
wished to die, and advanced towards him. I had approached
within three or four paces, when another man left a neigh-
bouring terrace and held back his arm. He then took me to
his house and warmed me for two or three minutes, after
which he took me to his sleeping-place. There he tied my
feet and hands, and threw a horse-cloth over me ; seeing that
I said nothing, for I saw that I had not long to suffer. I
then saw him prepare to lie down. Thinking that he wished
to make me suffer, and kill me afterwards, I made a sign to
him to make haste and put an end to me without torture.
He told me that he did not intend to kill me. I
passed the night as I could. In the morning he came
and untied me. I remained seven days with him. He
would not let me go out, as there were people in the
village who wished to kill me. The seventh day there came
a man who made me leave at night to take me to his
house. On arriving he gave me a haik and a burnous. He
kept me ten days. On the tenth day he took me to one of
his relations, who is in a Moorish village a day's march from
Lalla Magrina. This man took me because the other did not
know the way. We came by the mountains of Nedroma,
and near the town my conductor took a guide. I bad told
my first friend that he would have money given to him if
he restored me to the French. I think that is what gave the
second idea of taking me to Lalla Magrina. I was told that
there were two of my comrades in other Moorish villages.
The regulars had set aside some of my comrades on account
of their trades. I think they were not killed. Perrin, char_
sear of the Bth, taken at Sidi ; Brahim, kept as a tailor ;
Marlin, of the Bth, tinman ; Voland, of the Bth ; and Perrin,
of the 7th company."
Such, adds the dispatch, is the recital of ROLLAND.
He added that the troops of ARD-EL.KAKER showed
a disposition to desert him, because the Moroccornen
would not sell any corn. They are never paid in
money, but in paper notes bearing the seal of the
Emir, and this is given in exchange for provisions.
It was taken in payment for a time, but has since
fallen into discredit. There are little more than 100
tents at the deira—viz., 40 belonging to the Hahems
20 to Bou Hamedi, and about 50 to various tribes
There are 100 regular cavalry.
(Signed)
Lalla Magrina, May 21, 1846.
The Captain Aide-de -Camp of the Lieut.-

BAUDOUIN.

General, A. De Senneville.
The singular simplicity with which ROLLAND QX•
presses himself should be heard, in order to appre-
ciate the value of men who have been able to sustain,
without losing their courage, a trial so severe.
ROLLAND is weakly in appearance, but does not bear
the traces of physical suffering.
On this subject the Prince DE LA MOSKOWA put
the question to the Ministry of which he had given
notice, and animadverted in strong terms en the Go-

vernment for not having negotiated an exchange o

prisoners with ABD-EL-KADER. N. Gunor, in reply,

stated that overtures for such an exchange had been
made by ABD-EL-KADER to Marshal BUGEAUD, but

hat the Marshal was convinced they were not serious

M. GuizoT further stated, that through the French

Consul at Tangiers he had notified to the Emperor
of MOROCCO the fact that French prisoners were
detained in his dominions, and had de-
manded their surrender. Negotiations were
opened—money was paid to procure the release of
the prisoners, but still no results were arrived at.

He deeply deplored the sad catastrophe which had
happened, but was happy to be able to state that some
of the prisoners had escaped the massacre. After a
few words from M. DE Boisr and the Prince DE LA
MOSKOWA, the subject dropped.
Marshal BUGEAUD returned to Algiers on the 26th.
M. EbIILIE DE GIRARDIN, the editor of the Presse,
has been elected Deputy for Bourganeuf.
The Chamber of Deputies voted the Budget of the
Minister of the Interior on Monday, and on Tuesday
commenced the discussion of the Budget of the Mi-
nister of Agriculture and Commerce.
It is stated by the Epoque that the Chamber of
Deputies will have terminated its labours on the
lath instant, and the Chamber of Peers about the
25th or 30th ; that the Chambers will be prorogued
about the 2d or 4th of July, and that the
election will take place on the Bth or th
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From returns of the prices of wheat ithe different
markets in France during the last month, which
are
published in the Moniteur, it appears that the
hectolitre sold on an average for 23t. 32c., at Tou-
louse, Grav, Lyon 4, and Marseilles; 2lf. 91c. at
Martins and 8.. r !rmix; 22f. 80c. at St. Laurent and
le Grand Teinpz ; 24f. le at +ti ulluuren and Stras-
burg ; 20f. 60c. at Bergues, Arras, Roye, Soiss„,,
Paris, and Rouen ; 19f. 76c. at Saumur and Nantes;
20f. 58c. at Metz, Verdun, and Charleville ; 20f. 32c.
at St. Lo, Paimpol, Quimper, and Hennebon.
Dm couiptulies Bate notice to the Mulder 0,