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THU StTN; I_,ONDON, SAIJURDAY, DECEAIBER 26, 18;.

FRENCIi PAPPI)

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The proceedings in the Court of Peers on Thurs-
day were confined to the plratlitlgt e tlie lawyers in
behalf of 'Clients. Messrs. Ledru, Rollin, and
Ayncs again vindicated Caussidiere and Nicot against
the charge of murder brought against them by the
Attorney-General ; aild M. Baud was addressing the
Ctlft, in i'avour of Tiphaine when our Reporter left
the Hall.

In conseqnernm erah Imperial ukase, funeral monu-
ments are to be raised on all the fields of battle of the
campaign of 1812. The Ministry had accordingly
applied to the Russian artists fur plans to carry that
project inte execution.
A private letter from Frankfort of the 19th instant
denies the existence of a new treaty, emancipating
Moldavia and Walachia, and making them indepen-
dent States. Several boyards, who had protested
against the new institutions introduced by Prince
Michel Stourdza, met with no sympathy from the in-
habitants. Their conduct was highly condemned by
the Sovereign Court, by the dignitaries of the Church,
and the members of their own body, and Prince Michel
Stourdza ordered them, on the 25th ult., to retire to
their respective estates.
The Ottoman troops concentrated on the frontiers
of Syria amount already to 60,000 men, and rein-
forcements are daily marching in that direction. Me-
hemet Ali, on the other hand, is collecting a large
force in Syria, which would seem to indicate that he
is not without some apprehension of being attacked
in that quarter. The new treaty of commerce, con-
cluded between Austria and Greece, had given great
satisfaction in the latter country, and King Otho,
wishing to evince his gratitude to Prince de Metternich
and Baron de Brenner, appointed them Commanders
of the Order of the Saviour.

The foundation of a city have been lately laid in
Hungary, in the palatinate of Schimech, on a height
situate at the meeting of the Mar and Kanischa,
branches of the Danube.

(From the Journal des Debats.)
The Deputies have been convoked for Monday, the
28th, in order to draw the names of the twenty-five
Members of the grand deputation, who, with the senior
Deputy, acting as President, and the provisional Se-
cretaries, are to wait on his Majesty, at the Royal
sitting of the following day.
The legislative labours will commence on Wednes-
day or Thursday. The Chamber of Peers will ap-
point, on the 29th, the Commission of the Address.
The preliminary operations of the Chamber of Deputies
are more complicated, It will first meet in its bureaux,
to verify the powers of the Deputies, re-elected or re-
turned in the interval of both Sessions ; after which
the reports are to be read and discussed at a public
sitting. The Chamber will then have to name, by
ballot—lst, The President for the ensuing Sessio❑ ;
2d, Four Vice-Presidents ; and, 3d, Four Secretaries.
Once constituted, the Deputies will appoint, in their
bureaux, a Commission, of which the President is by
right a member, who will be charged with drawing up
the project of the Address, in answer to the Speech
from the Throne.

After the discussion of the Address, the Chamber
will receive various communications from the Govern-
ment, and may, on the motion of one of its members,
begin the discussion of the projects of law on which
reports have been presented during the preceding Ses-
sion. Such are the Bills of customs, licenses, &c.

There was a grand reception (or drawing-room) at
the Tuilleries on Tuesday evening. All the corps di-
plomatique, with the exception of the Russian Ambas-
sador, the Marshals of France, the Presidents of both
Chambers, Baron James de Rothschild, and upwards
of four hundred persons, attended on the occasion.

REPORT UPON THE EXPEDITION AGAINST

MASCARA.

The Minister of War has received from Marshal
Clausel the following report upon the expedition
against Mascara :
" On the 26th ult., every preparation being com-
plete, the troops commenced their movements. The
Duke of Orleans placed his Aides-de-Camp and or-
derly officers under the orders of the Governor-General.
The army was divided into four brigades ; the first
under Major-General Oudinot ; the second under
Mhjor-General Perregaux ; the third under Major-
General d'Arlanges ; and the fourth under Colonel
Combes. The reserve was placed under Colonel do
Beaufort. While the troops were being established
round the camp at the Fig-tree, Marshal Clausel in
person pushed a reconnoisance as far as the salt
marshes of Sebkha, without hearing or seeing any
thing of the enemy, except signal fires lighted on
several of the heights of the Atlas, and on the lands of
the tribe of Beni Amer. On the 27th Marshal
Clausel advanced a league beyond the Tlelat. On
both these occasions he was accompanied by the Duke
of Orleans. At seven in the morning of the 29th the
whole of the troops were under arms, and passed, in
the most perfect order, the defile of two leagues in
length, formed by the forest of Muley Ismael, where
General Trezel met Abdel Kader in June last. About
100 Arabs only appeared on the right flank, but they
contented themselves with firing a few shots out of dis-
tance, which were not returned. At one in the after-
noon the whole of the columns arrived on the immense
plain watered by the Sig, which was then at a distance
of two leagues and a half. When half way between
the forest of Muley Ismael and the Sig, about 100 of
the enemy's horse showed themselves in front of Bey
Ibrahim's column, but were immediately put to flight
by his cavalry. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the
Zouaves and the troops of Ibrahim were established
on the other side of the Sig, and the whole army, as
at Tlelat, formed itself into an immense square, with
the artillery and baggage in the centre. During the
whole of this day the Arabs refrained from committing
any act of hostility, but set up their tents at the foot
of the Atlas, on the right bank of the Sig, and conse-
quently on the right of the French camp. Their troops
gradually collected at this point, where, in the evening,
they amounted to about 4,000 men, infantry and ca-
valry. On December, Ist, at one in the afternoon,
Marshal Clausel left the camp ; our troops charged
the Arabs vigorously, to the number of 1,500 or
1,800 men, near a marabout in front of their posi-
tion. This post was carried instantly, and our troops
penetrated into the enemy's camp in order to
seize on part of his tents. Many of the officers of
Marshal Clausel headed in this charge the auxi-
liary troops. Lieutenant Duhesne, his orderly.
officer, had his horse killed under him, and two
other officers had their horses wounded. It was then,
as Marshal Clausel had foreseen, that the cavalry and
infantry of Abaci Kadcr, who were lying in a deep
valley, joined battle, and a combat took place, which
lasted a long time, between our skirmishers, supported
by the artillery, and about 600 Arab horsemen, mixed
with a number of foot soldiers. Marshal Clausel had
expressly forbidden General Oudinot to enter among
the mountains, and time object of the reconnoissance
being attained, the troops returned to the camp about
six in the evening. During this fight, which lasted
nearly five hours, the Arabs showed vigour and de-
termination ; they remained firm before our cannon,
but the fire of our musketry caused great loss among
them, while, on our side, we had few men killed and
only 43 wounded. The army had, however, to regret
a brave officer, Sub-Lieutenant Arnaud, who was
killed after the retreat had begun. The Duke of
Orleans was fully satisfied with the troops, a part of
whom were fighting the Arabs for the first time. The
moral effect produced by this first success on the troops
of Abdel Kader determined Marshal Clausel to quit
the position which he had fortified ; he found that the
Arabs were in great force in advance of his camp,
and were in position on the sides of the gorge,
through which the direct road to Mascara lay, and
he saw this with the greater pleasure, as he had
before thought of going round by another road.
The troops were allowed to rest on the 2d ; and on
the 3d, at the break of day, the army passed
the Sig, by two bridges thrown over it by
the engineers. Between the Sig and the Habra!) there
was a plain of seven leagues in extent, to be crossed
in the midst of a numerous army of horsemen, and
Marshal Clausel made his arrangements accordingly.
The troops of Colonel Combes had hardly quitted the
right bank of the Sig, when they were assailed by a
body of about 3,000 horse, who repeatedly attacked
the 47th and the 66th the whole of the day, without
causing the least confusion in the march' of the co-

lumn. A thousand or twelve hundred Arabs held
themsk`ts rtl he, 11611 d at`rtelting
him not VigOrOusly;.blit appearing tp reserve their
efforts till It'f; sliodld flticl himself enAaged wiith. the
troops of the Emir, who were stationea neat t t.,
cara road, and 500 or 600 horsemen in his front and
on the left occupied out '+irtrisbers without retarding
the march Of O e. fi.if a single The
MarslolaffiVedlil tiffs sftlei 8f liffttle a ,tie height
Of Sidi-Guarouf, where the camp or IstcP2l Rader
was placed. The latter, persuaded that the Marshal
was going to take the direct road to Mascara, put in
motion his ninner i otis illftititry, in
the midst of whom he marched himself, surrounded by
his principal chiefs and standards. Taking advantage
of the Moment when the eireftly presented an immense
mass of troops, the Marshal caused several pieces of
cannon to be brought up, and their fire was so well
directed, that the first shot aimed at the group that sur-
rounded Abdel Kader wounded his secretary, who was
marching near him, and killed the standard-bearer of
the regular regiment. About 50 shots and shells corn-
pelleethe Arabs to fall back on the mountain, and to
regain the positions which they intended defending
against us. But, as soon as they saw the Marshal
continue his march through the plain, there were
thousands of horsemen, with regular and irregular
infantry, upon us in the twinkling of an eye. The
Marshal continued his march, and in an hour's time
he attained his objects, leaving behind him on his
right flank the infantry and several thousand horse
of Abdel Kader, whom he determined to get rid of
by a vigorous and decisive blow. He ordered two
brigades to change their direction of march on the
right, and to advance perpendicularly on the Atlas ;
while eight pieces of cannon advancing rapidly cleared
in less than half an hour all the space between our
troops and the mountains. Resuming his march
upon the, Habrah he advanced with more ease, ha-
rassed, nevertheless, by 4,000 or 5,000 horsemen,
who, however, kept at a long musket's-shot distance.
Before coming to the place where the plain narrows
considerably between the Atlas and the great wand
of the Habrah, the Marshal contracted his columns,
and gave his troops a few minutes' rest ; he had ob-
served that the Arabs, after their rout at the Camp
of Guarouf, had gone with all speed in advance, with
the probable aim of arriving soon enough to defend
the passage of the Habrah. The defile into which
I was about to enter, says Marshal Clausel, presented
a superb position for a General having any notion of
the art of war. I was unwilling to traverse it without
precaution. I soon had reason to congratulate myself on
this piece of prudence. Abdel Kader had formed a true
estimate of the advantages for a new combat given him
by the wood of the Habrah, covered by a deep ravine,
and only separated from the mountain by the vast
cemetery of Sidi Embarck, well wooded and concealed
on the side of the plain by a curtain, which it was
necessary to approach ill order to discover the oppo-
site side. Foreseeing the case in which I should take
the road of the plain, he had skilfully placed upon
this point a strong ambuscade, to which he had re-
treated in order to rally his forces after the defeat of
Sidi Guarouf. Three pieces of cannon, well placed
upon a little hillock on the side of the Atlas, com-
manded the ravine in front of the cemetery. Impa-
tient to discover the ground in my front, and for that
purpose to clear the curtain of which I have spoken, I
advanced with the Duke of Orleans in front of the
column, preceded only by a few skirmishers, whom we
had almost come up to, and followed by a platoon of
forty or fifty chasseurs. On a sudden we found our-
selves within 200 paces of an enormous body of horse-
men, whom the ten or twelve voltigeurs who preceded
us were on the point of touching. One of those sud-
den movements, which have proved of so much value
to us, was immediately manifested by the Staff and or-
derly dicers who were . following his Royal High-
ness and myself—to draw our swords, to bring on
with the brave Captain Bernard the chasseurs of our
escort, by cries of " Forward, forward," to charge into
the thick of the enemy, to make him retire in disorder
!for more than 500 metres, to keep him in check while
supporting the chasseurs, who were ordered by their
Captain to quit their swords for their carbines, and to
open a skirmishing fire. All this was done as quick
as lightning. Fortunately the Arabs, notwithstanding
their immense superiority, remained, for the most
part, motionless, and as if struck with astonishment at
the intrepidity with which they had been attacked ;
only a part of them thought of firing on the small body
of troops opposed to them. A company of infantry
and two howitzers, which I caused to advance, re-
leased the cavalry ; and some shells, which burst in
the midst of the Arabs, drove them back and dispersed
them. I sent word to General Oudinot to march in
good order, keeping his right in advance, which rested
on the mountain ; a cannon-shot was fired at this mo-
ment from a projection of the Atlas, as if it were a
signal, or a trial of the range and firing of a piece. I
then caused Perregaux's brigade to advance on my
left, while Genelal Oudinot continued his movement.
All of a sudden the advanced guard was stopped by
the ravine, on the other side of which the irregular
infantry of Abdel Kader was placed in ambuscade ;
the artillery of the Emir began a very slow
fire, but well directed, and all the side of
the wood of the Halvah poured forth, a fire so
strong that it would have been difficult to support it
for any length of time. The Zouaves and the Volti-
geurs of the 2d and 17th Light Infantry cleared the
ravine, and attacked the Arab infantry with such im-
petuosity that it quickly left its ranks and fled in dis-
order. The brave General Oudinot received a ball in
his thigh, but still wished to continue fighting ; it was
with much difficulty that his Aid-de-Camp persuaded
him to allow his wound to be inspected. While the
Ist brigade was thus forcing the pass, General Per-
regaux attacked the wood of the Habrah. Many of
my officers threw themselves at the head of the troops,
ane the Duke of Orleans, consulting only his ardour
and his courage, rushed into the middle of our infan-
try, giving an example to our young soldiers, who in
an instant made themselves masters of the position.
The artillery, whose fire I directed myself, finished the
overthrow of the enemy, who, after that time, repulsed
on all sides, abandoned the field of battle, upon which,
notwithstanding his efforts, he was obliged to leave
his killed and part of his wounded. The Duke of
Orleans was struck by a ball on the leg, which, for-
tunately, caused him only a contusion, but which
proves the glorious share which his Royal Highness
took in this severe combat. The army arrived
on _
the bank of the river by :seven -in the 'even.
ing, and a bridge was ordered to be thrown over the
stream during the night. On the sth, at break of
day, the whole army was drawn up on the right bank
of the river ; and the command of General Oudinot's
• brigade being given to General Marbot, and the co-
lumns being all formed, the Marshal directed his
march towards Mostaganem, in order to cause the re-
port to be believed that he wished to get this place to
rcvictual his troops. It was one in the afternoon when
the army arrived at the summit of the road leading to
Mascara ; the Marshal determined upon clearing the
first chain of the Atlas, and made several manceuvres
preparatory to attacking the Arabs, who were close
upon us. The Marshal ordered the attack to com-
mence, and the artillery immediately sent a shower of
shot and shells among the enemy's ranks. The skir-
mishers advanced running, and the Zouaves began,
after their manner, addressing the Arabs, and uking
them if they still thought we had renounced taking
Mascara ; pursuing them at the same time with their
usual ardour. The enemy became discouraged, ceased
to fight, and left us free to mount the steep slope,
from the top of which there is a descent into a little
valley, where the marabouts of Sidi Ibrahim are built ;
there the Marshal fixed his head-quarters. The army
had still six leagues of
difficult mountain country to
pass ; but by the disposition of the troops, as ordered
by the Marshal, this was of the next day without
any serious engagement : although the fatigues and
sufferings of the army were increased, who after leaving
the Habrah had met_with no water but what was nau-
seous and unwholesome. During the whole of this day
it was evident that the Arabs, despairing to continue
the fight with advantage, had abandoned the cause of
Abdel Kader ; they endeavoured, however, to defend
an excellent position against General Marbot, who,
however, drove them from it. This. was the last com-
bat we had with the Arabs, who
soon abandoned the
.Emir on all sides. kis said one :of the chiefs of his
army, snatching away from hirii-bis Ftwwl, thc symbol

of sovereignty, said to him insultingly, " We will give
lit back, to you when you are made Sultan again." On
the stli, at se'Veit ht the ttiornitig, the road to Ain-
Kebira had been rendered practicable by the 'engi-
neers, rid rill the brigades were there by an early
hour. The having advanced so far as
the village of LI-13t4fg..i, On, the summit of the
i„,,mt that ;',7.lmes of pillage and murder were
going Bff ifi Aldstm,; that had retired
,
into the tri,h6 the, ManOirkl acter-
mined to Mase'ara;
jai five .hours" distance,
the same day by a forced marcii, the guard of
the baggage to General d'Arlanges, whom he ordered
to folioW Notwithstanding the rain which
began at three in the wile1'10)1-qt! he rapidly drew near
the town, with the troops of Ibrahim 'l4 ifirft4titv at
the 1”2!..d !_tf the column ; and despatched a squadron of
chasseurs with the i'eg'A!!! Stulhs, to take possession
of the gates, and to keep order in Ole trin. By five
o'clock in the evening, his Royal Highness ent&led
Mascara, On the evening before, the army of Abdel
Kader had committed every species of disorder ; the
' Jews were plundered, and a great riiany of them mas-
sacred ; women and children fell under the fury of the
Arabs ; even the family of Abdel Kader was not
spared. The town, in which were left 700 or 800 Jews,
presented a deplorable spectacle, and mdfly of the houses
were etill burning. Marshal Clausel, having ascertained
that the town was of itr.elf of small importance, and
that it would be difficult to keep Up r. communication
with it, either in peace or in ‘var, resolved id remove
the 13cylielt to Mostaganem, which is a fortified town.
Having therefore given the troops repose, and de-
stroyed all the military atablohments of Abdel
Kader, he uitted Mascara on the Oth, taking with
him all the Jews and the Arabs of Oferes FAinelas
who inhabited the town. The Jews and their families
who followed the army presented a distressing scene.
Nearly the whole of them—old men, women, and
children—were forced to travel on foot through a heavy
rain which completely decomposed the clayey ground
of the mountains. They ittfe Unable to hear the fa-
tigue of crossing them, and it wag itapossible to put
them on the camels, as even these animals stumbled
at every step. Happily the soldiers were as generous
as brave ; the cavalry took the wollieti and children on
their horses, and even the infantry, though marching
themselves with the greatest difficulty, seated some of
the children upon their shoulders or their knapsacks.
Marshal Clausel praises the good order preserved by the
troops, notwithstanding the harassing nature of their
march ; and states that only a few of the camels were
lost from falling into the ravines. Gen. Oudinot having
resolved to mount his horse on leaving Mascara, the
Marshal gave him the command of the brigades that had
been under Generals Perregaux and Margot. The wea-
ther cleared up in the night of the 10th, and on the 12th
the troops entered Mostaganem, where the Marshal
granted them the repose they so much required after so
much fatigue. The Arabs lost upwards of 800 men, killed
or wounded, in the several engagements, while the loss
of the French was very slight. This is explained by
the unsteadiness of the aim of the Arabs, who almost
entirely fought on horseback. Marshal Clausel be-
stows very high eulogiums on the conduct of the troops,
and distinguishes by name Generals Oudinot, Perre-
gaux, D'Arlanges, and Marbot ; Colonel Combes,
Commander of the 4th Brigade ; Colonels Daverger,
Chief of the Staff; Menne, of the 2d Light Infantry;
Corbin, of the 47th ; Leveque de Vilmorin, of the
11th ; De Gout', of the 2d Horse Chasseurs ; and
also all the Officers of the Staff, and particularly Cap-
tain De Rance. He also points out the Artillery and
Engineers as having rivalled each other in skill and
exertion, under Colonels Lasnon and Lemercier. He',
adds that the service of the -Commissariat was, from
the nature of the country and the absence of all re-
sources, extremely difficult ; but that the Intendant,
Melicon d'Arc, had made unexampled exertions, and
was ably seconded by the Sub-Intendants, De Gui-
roye and Lafitte. A full statement of the officers,
non-commissioned officers, and soldiers, who have
merited promotion or other marks of honour, will be
drawn out and laid before the King."

FRENCH FUNDS.—Pants, DIECEMBER 21.
Five per Cents., 1081. 44t. 45c 35c.
Four per Cents.. Sof.
Three per Cents., 79f. 70c. 75c. 80g.
Bank Actions, 2,15 Pf. 2,1801. •
Rente de Naples, 97f. 50e.
Roman Five per Cents., 10114
Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents..
Itente I'erpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 36%.
Portuguese Loan, Five per Cents 8 t 74.
Dutch Two and a half per Cents ;56f. 40e.
Haytian Loan. 4001. 405 f. 4001.
• EXCITANGR ON LONDON.
Ole month, paper, 25c. 55e. ; money, 25f. 52,4 C.
T:iree mouths, paper, 251.40.5. ; money, 25f. 37!;, c
—Co .rs Authesll2iir.

Bouesx Timm' o'CLocc—lt appears that the Bank has
modified its resolution to receive Three per Cent. Stock by
depositing 10,0001. for every 1,500 f. Rentes. The measure
will certainly not take place for the next settling-day, and in
January a meeting will take place to fix the epoch at which it
will commence. The market has been very flat and calm to-
day ; the Three per Cents have been the whole day between
79f. 80c. and 90c. Spanish Stock has improved a little ; the
securities were better, and more in demand than at the close
of the market yesterday.
QUARTER TO FOOL—Five per Cents., 1081. 50c. ; Three
per Cents., 79f. 85c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three
per Cents. Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, 25i ; Gueb-
hards, —; Differes, 18 ; New Loan, —; Actives, 49 ;
Passives, 14V; Ducats, 97 56; Romans, 1011; Pedros,. 841 ;
Belgians, —; Dutch, —f. .—c. ; Haytians, 4401. —c. ;
Miguels, 21 ; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 131 ; Con-
tinuation, —c. ; New Differes, 251; Fire per Cent. Perpe-
-.