The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-11 00:00:00

spirit of O'CONNELL, though he himself is locked up
within the four walls of a Penitentiary, pervades
every quarter of the country, infusing hope into the
timid, quickening the energies of the hesitating,
and arming the bold with additional determination
of purpose; and that the repeal rent turns
in without the slightest appearance of abate-
ment, to the amount of several 11undred pounds
a week ? Doubtless Ministers' confidently calculate
on the gradual subsidence of this popular ferment ;
but they will find themselves, we suspect, wholly
mistaken in their calculations ; repeal—thanks to
their blundering, vacillating, suicidal policy—is fast
becoming a principle—a faith—a religion with the
vast mass of the Irish community ; and that move-
ment on the part of Government which it was hoped
would crush itnamely, the imprisonment of Mr.
O'CONNELL—is the very step which will be the means
of imparting to it a tenfold impetus.

Accounts from Madrid zre to the 2d inst. Queen
IsAnELLA arrived in Barcelona on the Ist. Though
the Royal party did not land till half-past ten at
night, Queen CHRISTINA with Queen ISABELLA im-
mediately proceeded in the midst of crowds of citi-
zens and soldiers to the cathedral, where they conti-
nued singing Te Dems and praying before the sanc-
tuary of St. Eulalia till midnight. The reception of
their MAJESTIES, though not particularly warm, seems
to have been satisfactory.

The alarm created by the measures of M. MoN, so
far from diminishing, appears to be on the increase.
At a meeting of capitalists, held at the Bank of St.
Fernando, on the 2d, a committee was appointed to
confer with the Finance Minister upon the subject.
A loan has been offered to the Government to the
amount of 1,500,000,000 of reals to meet its present
exigencies, but it would appear that M. MoN hesi-
tates about the terms. If matters are not soon ar-
ranged, there is every probability of a break-up of
the Moderado part, and it is difficult, in the present
circumstances of the country, to foresee the result.
The Envoy Extraordinary of the Sublime Porte
landed, from the Fenicio, Marseilles steamer, on the
2d. The troops concentrated at Barcelona on the
occasion of the QUEEN'S visit amounted to about
8,500 men.

The funds" continued to decline, the Three per
Cents, closing at 26.1 for cash,_and at 27 at 60 days;
the Five per Cents., at 201 at 60 days ; the Float-
ing Debt, at 441 at 30 days; the Coupons at 23
at 60 days; and the Debt without interest at 51 for
cash, and 6/ at 60 days.

The Paris journals of Saturday are again occupied
by the affairs of Algiers, with regard to which, how-
ever, any new or positive information has not been
obtained. The Courrier attributes the increased
energy shown by the Arabs in their hostility to the
French, to the interference of England, the Emperor
of MOROCCO having been incited to the declaration
of the " holy war" by the British Consul in that
country. " British hostility," says the (?eurrier,
" conspires secretly with the natives whom we have
conquered, and with their neighbours, who are in-
dignant at seeing a country of Islam under Christian
domination. The English fan the animosity of the
children of MAILOMRT against France. For the last
fourteen years Great Britain has made war upon us
in Africa. Four Consuls are the generals of this
campaign of the Cabinet of St. James's against
us—the Consuls of Tangiers, Algiers, Tanis, and
Tripoli." _ _ .

i. private letter gives the following account of the
massacre of the little garrison of Biscara :—" Ser-
geant-Major PELISSE, the only man of the French
that escaped, either through the facility with which
he speaks Arab, or the protection of a Marabout, and
his agility in jumping over the walls of the Casbah,
relates the melancholy event as follows :—On the
12th, towards two in the morning, some shots were
heard,in the plain, and this signal was responded to
in the interior of the Casbah. At the same time the
conspirators opened the gates to the Khalifat BEL
ADJ-HAMET, their former chief, whilst others assas-
sinated the offioers. Lieutenant PETITGRANS, the
officer in command of the camp, was killed in his bed
by a Zouave attached to his personal service.
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great courage, who certainly would not have
been taken alive if he had not been asleep, was
assassinated by the sentry placed at the
door of the clothing store, near which he lived. Sur-
geon MARTIN was killed at the moment he was leaving
his room to inform M. PETTIGItAND of the tumult
which he heard outside. The corporal received a
hall in the groin, and the poor man lingered on for
three days, tortured by those monsters, who refused
to give him anything to quench the dreadful thirst
that devoured him. The dead bodies of all these
unfortunates were afterwards dragged to the mosque,
and hung up by one foot. They would have been,
without doubt, found in this situation, were it not
for the energy and courage of a young girl, who re-
mained in the power of the Khalifat, who himself
was present at the carnage and pillage of the Casbah.
This girl obtained permission, by dint of supplica-
tions and prayers, to have them buried. They were
accordingly placed in the tomb which contained the
body of Captain Boadr, killed two months previously
at the Aures mountains. This tomb was the only
thing they respected." The place has been retaken,
and given up for two days, to pillage, by the French
soldiers.

The revolt and massacre above alluded to formed on
Thursday evening the subject discussed in the Cham-
ber of Deputies. Marshal SOULT read two dispatches
from the Duke D'AUMALE, describing the affair, and
throwing the blame of it upon the two officers who
had been its victims, and whose neglect or want of
caution would certainly appear to justify the accusa-
tion. The National, however, regards the charge as
ungracious, disingenuous, and unfair, on the part of
the youthful General, and, coupling it with the late
narrow escape of his Royal Highness from being
made prisoner, argues against intrusting a command
so important to a young man of his inexperience.
In Friday's sitting, the Chamber of Deputies dis-
cussed the Bill lately presented by the Government
for improving several of the French ports. A sum
of 18,980,000 f. was voted for Marseilles, and another
of 1,800,000 f. rejected, which had been demanded
for the opening of a maritime canal from Bouc to
Martigues. The Chamber then adjourned to Monday,
owing to the grand theatricaLate to be given by
Louis PHILIPPE at Versailles, oft Saturday evening.
Some of the Opposition Members, who had not been
invited, indignantly opposed this adjournment.
The Three per Cents. closed on Saturday at 82f.
45c.; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 90c.; Spanish Ac-
tives, 301 ; Passive, 5-1 ; Spanish Three per Cents.
were not quoted.