The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-18 00:00:00

THE FRENCH IN AFRICA.
!- ALGIERS, JULY 3.—Messieurs the adrninistratotrsol
the Beelines Posies inform you that there is ins
days' journey from the Paris in Europe to the -KaTissi
Africa. What, then, ought to be your sensate,
stepping from the Marseilles steamer upon antic
firma of the Paris in Africa ? :Nothing very it;
P 'ir •
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You see yourself in a French town, and that's slitd
arriving at the Place Royale, the only object
so
shakes your faith in the French town is a large rtr,tb
which forms a very striking and novel feature 11.00
ensemble of the Place. You must then picture to3totb
self a tolerably-sized square, open on on one siderboui
sea, where you look over the Mole and the h,s,Dett
and a hundred merchant ships and half-a-dozen skahopi
and filled up on the other sides with hotels, and sells
and cafes, of four and five stories high, with B'l4ol
nade or parade, lined on two paths with grc"-Theo
orange-trees, and you have the Place RoYale'o
is another square as you advance upon the hill 11eboa1.
where a market is held in the centre, having a it ad
re
which is also enclosed by cafes and shops. 1,1-ied,rool
two widish streets, Baba-Azours and Baba-Oole, will
ning east and west, which communicate directlodi
the Place Royale. These streets are lined withbegpsi
cafes, and shops, teeming with French goods as c
in any town of France. There is scarcely a streo,ers
building up and pulling down is not going; on.
is also building barracks for soldiers on the
of the city, and churches of all sorts and sizes
rent parts of the city for the worship of every city
under the sun. In the narrow streets of tssifotes,
which are as narrow, tortuous, and dark as d bas°
streets can be—there are several very strong atd
some houses built and being built. In fact the
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anxiety to make Paris in Africa deserve its '16'7,, air
yond all conception, and many millions of frall.l-00;
have been spent by private individuals. There 'l,llos,
mense faubourg (Mustapha) springing into Wert', lot'
the eastern coast, like a Yankee city of the s"'otass
There are at least some 50 carriage-omnibuses ri
to this and every other part of the environs. g,
not forget also that the Government to INe.aittite°
Moors, have, besides repairing their mosques, e'f.,
two or three handsome bazaars in their moresque.- ist'r
The bustle and confusion in this African Far`sAfric't
yt,nd description. It is like a great hotel, or ar',Al
European bazaar. A fellow traveller of mineco
think of anything else to compare it to but EP,s°"l,loc,'
Of course, as French, Spaniards, Maltese, A rnuls'i., ptvii
and Barbary Jews, constitute nearly the whonr°)lJ:ii
tion, the variety of their costumes has a, verJ•ces,o
not pleasing effect. The more respectable natl. itos'
Mussultnans I mean, whose calm and retired orta4
feel, off...aided at this Epsom races bustle frora ~
to night, retire within their houses, and strepre;
seen in the European part of the toWn•
con
many of the lower clas,es, however, are ever, [l,,o'j
seen ; and little Moorish shoe-blacks follow YOll
your shoes in French style. The number of c"dcicd
restaurants are t,)tally beyond calculation. .1'.„„
this, as the crown of French civilisation in Afrivp-tlil,;
must listen to with amorous delight, and eeci'`lts:
singing girls of the musical soirees and safes. ,
mentioned the other evening, as an astounding tjtsiiri
the progress of civilisation in the interior, tea $l4ll
music and singing were to be heard at Blida's,
s"
about eight leagues from this.
Everybody seems to live at the cafes or reglaoliforilie'
Very small houses are inhabited by half-a-dozen iyde'r
that is, of Europeans ; for house-rent is exceediegrif co°
I don't know whether you will be able to foras!',,
ception of Paris in Africa from this lame de:if se
I should add, however, that Algiers is essentias`Jta,''
rison town, and is full of the military. It must Hoof
be forgotten that the Duc d'Orleans had a porti"11000
suburbs on the west 'devoted to a Jarduz des if re
l°'
which is open every Sunday to the public. I Pi'„
tion more, that very formidable fortifications
aall9,
constructed on the heights : the Mole gradeof!'
enlarged, and everything wears the appear
determination of the French to retain their the
conquest. We must not, nevertheless, disgui°e,, a",
that French civilisation, as above set forth, V 4,6
than any other syste:n of living—if I MaP7
against the grain of the Moors. They flee it"-liSes °,l
it shocks them : the noise, the bustle, the Caret r
singing women, the women running everY"ibe7
doing everything—the shops, the pictures, not v 4
man Catholic worship, the cross. the images. the
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sions (for processions have begun here): all t"; IN
ten thousand other things, exasperate the very'
the Moor, and he shrinks back into the retirefred
his secluded home, and tries to dream that the bero.o
have never touched the soil of Algerba. It is otf
the French have been carrying on a cleEperateeA
this country for the last 14 years, and have dri.vi
Yet
the peaceful objects of commerce from a '"'d
Ott,o
with blood unrighteously spilt, they turn roue r
and bully us bee.use the Arabs of the interior Podellr
go and buy goods flour Morocco and Tunis,..ni°,o_.";
but which goods, it turns out, come chiefly 'l";,.bry
land. This is the way in which we rob our eeh'sped
of their natural and legitimate rights. .As t„ o'lo
themselves they are free agents, and we have Pc,- 101
over them one way or the other. Surely, telfes.o)
permitted to choose the best market for theres,e iD
But there seems to be something like fatals?;01'00
frustration of France's " natural and Jegi tiro to froel
Not satisfied with driving away the cornivereerei
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soil of Algeria by a cruel war, the French we
ulatiligi
mined to give it the coup de grace by fiscal re.lle,g,
" Are not the parts of Oran, Algiers, Philif,Ve:i
Bona open ?" cries Monsieur the member of .he ,
esj
tific Commission. " No," I answer " you
tually and hermetically sealed them by the late
ipeis
the customs of Algiers." The Arabs disliletere4l'
article as much as war ; and certain it is, tha' t trrir
t v not the remotest prospect of reviving lief
with the inhabitants of the interior or
south whilst the new tariff of customs d, 0
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force. The Algerine Sahara will now, lad°
• he
than ever pursue its relations with 'Tunis In tor 11
and Morocco in the west, for the supply of its
manufactures. No razias, no war, no earthly r°
turn an Arab from a route which leads him Nahst ye
market. I mentioned, however, in my last, 'tO
tariff had begun so perniciously that it was iihellost
dergo important modifications. The fact of di?, kegis that tariff was made against England
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out her manufactures; but it has, and ever Wil,,l,fr'ol
a failure. English manufactures cannot be lo"
the Arabs of the Sahara and the mOtilit,,i-; :ris
Northern Africa; for, if France prohibits the"e
Bidet
direct into Algeria, they will find their pas'nge
ways—" pas des voles laterales"—as M. Caltt ereil!,(
they do now, from the south. The sooner, rls't
that France adopts an inevitable course of liberal labeii
in relation to the commerce of this countrY wilda
nations the better. It will come with a better bof
done at once, and when already the necessity
it
policy is clearly demonstrated. ntrite
Whilst writing about the commerce of the cof ot,i!
may be as well to mention, that the export „ti
tlO'jt
productions amounts to absolutely nothing. A%, 001
now is the export of a little olive oil, a little ly'l;9 iD few skins, all in the very small way, and which ;offe
hands of the Jews, and so made smaller and
se
that.
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I must now add a word upon the prospects 0•11,0:ii
curity of life and property in this country. ',00„,
cured that during the last year the colony hgs tilt la
advanced in security. The Ahhbar of the 30th 010)
later the circumstance of a man who, not being ter
leave Bona for debt by sea, left that town aria Ltsfejle
the country from Bona to Philippeville in perfec of_ot
and this he gives as an argument of the security 50,,0
country. The distance which the man travelled a',
thirty miles. The son of the British Vice-01115OP
travelled from Cherchell to Algiers the other
roc,
distance of about forty miles, with only two 30°.0$
another European, in perfect safety. The furthes/rssioli
cupied in the interior is Biskara, lately taken posseot
by the Duc d'Aumale. The distance from the 6100°0
direct line ia about 200 miles. The Arab chief, t'clis°o
ledging the sovereignty of France, who is most boost
from Algiers (the city), is the Emir of 81-172 rt
which district contains a city with a population of e'er
souls. It is quite evident, then; that the Frenely!iii
in Africa is acquiring stability, and only Abc14,41,
prevents this colony, at least apparently so, froultifog:o
adiancing in the security of life and property. `-'l.o"c,
cultural prosperity I can say nothing at present. bbolio
and villages, however, are springing up in this neigod
hood, and the number of new emigrants is estial )fr,
about 1,000 per month. The Spaniards and ther:;
tese have been most successful amongst the strap
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but, I believe, the Germans are doing pretty „fostcd
cultivators of the soil. Government gives a free rd tee
to every French emigrant who applies for it eg 1001
with him a certificate of character. On arriviiiio4o
they shift for themselves. Certainly, the 5".1„..-0,10%)
the passage is greatly in favour of emigration
within three days, and in steamers. So far, i4,0111'
confessed, that the French Government is 11
Times' Correspondent.

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