The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-23 00:00:00

ALGERIA.

A recent publication on the colonization of Algeria
purports to show what may be effected in that
dependency by agricultural labour. In 1835 a
military camp was established at a place called
amffarik. A number of fo!loivers opened canteens
in wooden huts in the neighbourhood. Other
f )llowers added to the structures, and by de-
grees a village was famed. But the residents
who depended on the g:rrison all,rwed the laud
to remain uucultivated, and the result was that
au epidemic disease broke out, and carried off 20
per cent. of the tioops as well as civilians. Nearly
the whole of the children were sweet away. When
the presence of the troops was no longer necessary
at Bouffarik they were withdrawn from the spot,
which had the name of the " soldiers' cemetery,"
and it was anticipatel that the civilians, wkise
means of existence depended on . the camp would
soon melt away. Under these ctrcuwstauces the
inhabitants set themselves to cultivate the ground.
At first they experienced much difficulty, but by dint
of perseverance matters assumed a more favour able
aspect. The country sooubecarne salu brious,so much
so that the mortality declineftto 2 percent. below the
average d- aths in France. Sickly children and
invalids are now sent there for recovery, and the
orphan school of the Abbe Blumlull, which is
established in the building formerly used as a bar-
rack, is in a state of prosperity. According to
this account Bouffarik is the most tlouri,:hing
agricultural colony in Algeria. It produces wheat,
tobacco, mulberries, and cotton ; and the fruit trues
are renowned for their richness. The hectare of laud
(24 acres), which was sold some ten years since for
50f., now fetches at lest I,ooof. A Pole who set-
tled there in 1813, with a capital of only 2,000 f.,
is now possessed of landed property valued at
500,000 f. The writer asserts that Algeria may
become as Bouffarik with proper cultivation; but
the 60,000 Europeans establiShed there are not
equal to tie task. It is calculatel that out of the
40,000 immigrants arriving every year at Algeria
the colony loses 35,000 by fever or by uostalgy.

BERLIN, July 21.—The departure of th 3 Em-
peror Alexander from Kissinger) has been postponed
is consequence of the arrival of the Grand Duke of
Hesse. The King's he llth continues t 3 improve.

M. Czerny, the well-known composer and pianist
has just dial at Vienna, aged 66. The numblr of
his published pieces is 849, and he leaves a greater
nu!nber of others behind. Not having any fatnily
he has bequeathed his fortune, which is consider-
able, to the Conservatory of Mus'e of that city and
to charitAble soviet es.

4‘ The Queen of Greece," says a Vienna letter of
the 19th, "is now on a visit to her sister the Ba-
roness de Wassington, nec Duchess of Oldenhur,,
at her country seat in Styria. The Queen, in a f-lv
days, is to arrive at Weilburg, near Baden, on a
visit to her sister-in-law, the Archduchess Flilde-
garde."
" Our correspondent at Vienna," says the
•A ord,
" corroborates the report thatimportant reforms
in the Austrian administration are in contu-npla-
lion. A commission has been firmed which meets
at the Ministry of the Interior to prepare the bases
of a project of reorganisation."
The Ernprss Dowager of Russia, accompanied
by the Grand Duke Michael and his fiancee, the
Princess Cecilia of Baden, arrived on the 18th at
the railway sta'ion of Wildpark, where they were
welcomed by tbo members of the Russian lega'ion.