The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-18 00:00:00

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The system adopted by the French for the conquest and
government of the Algerinu territory is, perhaps, the most ab-
surd ever tried by a civilised nation, and it is only surpris-
ing that a Sovereign of such ability, and so clear in his views
as LOUIS PHILIPPE, should still continve to abet plans
which must eventually end in defeat. France has now held
the country for more than fifteen years, and instead of re-
conciling the population to her dominion, is only irritating
them every day more and more. We believe the Arabs are
infinitely more hostile now than they were at the capture of
Algiers, and how could it be otherwise ? One of the main
features of the British government in .India, and
that which has produced such astonishing result-,
consists in the clear line of demarcation drawn by
our Indian rulers between the Kings, and Rajas,
and Ameers, and the people whom they plundered and op-
pressed. We make war upon the chief and his sol piers, but
spare the innocent population; nay, snore, we prott ict them;
remove many of the burdens undervhich they laboltr ; leave
them their laws, and customs, and religion ; encourage trade
and commerce, and teach them the arts of civil life. limes
the popularity of the British sway, and the universal peace
which prevails among one hundred millions of people :subject
o the Queen of ENGLAND; and hence the new dominions
which, without any wish on the part of either the India
Board or the Government for aggrandisement, are at
such short intervals continually added to our enor-
mous possessions in the East. We- began by form-
ing a small settlement on the coast, by trading
with the natives, and treating them with kindness,
till their suspicions were removed, and they preferred our

dominion to that of their hereditary Princes. In every re-
spect the French policy in Africa has been the reverse. It
was all conquest, battles, razzias, and plunder. Governor
after governor followed each other—not a'vilians and mili-
tary men indiscriminately, as with us, bt it renowned ear
tains and conquerors, whose object seeme d -to be rather
military glory and destruction of property than the civilisation
of a barbarous population, or gaining their loves esteem, andre-
sped. They took the map of the country, fixed the boon'
daries at once, and demanded a vast army .to carry their
wild schemes into effect. Every move was m.ade by force
and violence, and, with a strange perversity of Purpose, the
very people whom it was their inters st to gain
over were treated with greater severity than AWD-EL-KADEg
and his warlike followers. Cattle and proper ty of every
description were carried off. The visit of the ',French W
a particular district was' regarded as worse than pestilence
or famine, and man, woman, and child tried to escape
from the storm which swept over every valley and
Can BUGEAUD then wonder that there is no se carity for
his troops or his armed colonists, or that constant en-
deavours are made either by what is called treachery- or open
warfare, to cut off every division that comes within their
reach? Nothing but extermination can make such it 111°,C.1.8
of conquest successful. Yet even that is hopeless; for
the French army suffers more than the natives. Bye°
French writers admit that the yearly consumption of soldiers
is frightful, and that notwithstanding the enormous army
kept up, and the almost incalculable expense, there is no se"
turn of profits, and the conquest of the country appalls 11,51
distant as ever. Were the nations of Europe, 1°I.;
especially Ergland, animated by that inextinguislas°
hatred of France, which the more violent writers
impute to them, they could not injure France more dec..,
tually than by observing the most strict silence, or cheering
her on in this ruinous career. There is an army as large 41
the whole military force of Great Britain locked up in ~
mountainous, hostile, and comparativcly barren territory; 1
constant drain from the mother country is continually re:i.
quired, both in men and money; there is no capture of ne:
towns, no treasure, no brass guns, nothing in fact but Ilslu
lighting, with little glory. One of the hands of Franco
tied up, and should any serious collision take place betwee
her and a powerful neighbour, it would be impossible to 0;
tain Algeria for two years. We have no wish.
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injure France. On the contrary, we rejoice t
her prosperity, and wish to see her occupy th°
high rank among nations to which she is so justly for
titled, and spread the arts of peace and civilisation ; and ,°
these reasons we take the liberty of expressing our diSt
probation of her present policy, and warning her get's!,
dangers which those at a distance see better fl;_
a.,
herself. If Lours PHILIPPE and his Ministers Ca nnotshe'r;
their desperate condition in the proper light, the ChaTtbeis
will at lazt interfere. They are already heartily sick of the
hopeless and bootless conquest, and the war estimates for
next year will not make them more reconciled to it.

The intelligence brought by the Levant mail is from C°ll'
stantinople, to the 27th ult., Alexandria, the 26th, Greece' the,b
30th, and Malta, the 3d inst. ; but it is not important. leed
Lebanon was s. id to be tranquil, and the Maronites apPe3r
(let-irons to come to some settlement with their enemies',
Druses. A considerable force was collected in that Wiled
At Beyrout were the Warspite frigate, the Belle Pouter ai9th
Volage (French) ; and the Orestes, an Austrian brig, isto
several Turkish vessels of war. The Turkish troops ill 0
Lebanon amounted to 18,000 men. MEnEnET All :b.
still at Alexandria, and in the enjoyment of good he'll
He was to leave on the 4th of October, accompanied by
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French engineer, M. MANGEL, to superintend some yroTY"
the Nile.
Accounts from Malta state, that•the Bessarabia Russ°
war-steamer has passed into the Mediterranean, from Odd,and proceeded to Palermo, and other steamers, from Cre::.
stadt and Odessa, have orders to repair to attend upon toe
EMPRESS. It is also said that Admiral the Grand Duke Co'
' sTA.NrriNE, the second son of their MAJESTIES, will hoist h7O
in a ship of the line, and, accompanied by a frigate, likeictibe
sail for Palermo. Every arrival from the Levant, sar
the
Malta Mail, brings intelligence of fresh acts of piracy
Grecian Archipelago, particularly about Samos, St33/0:tro
Scalamavo, Agotonissi, and Camilla, which latter Place APP;(O
to be a rendezvous. The Cerf, French brig-eilicAl:,%
Austrian schooners of war, and several Greek sal";
have been unsuccessful in falling in with the dein:4olw"

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We have accounts from Madrid to the 19th just.'fist'
:he journals, the Eco del Comercio and the Espera"l.,itz
very justly made some severe comments on the dion3l7age
the judge who presided at the trial of Coaritta. and oti‘it,
and for these both had been seized by the police. 11(,3_,t
gum de PENAFLORIDA had been appointed by the tz `of
Alcalde Corregidor of Madrid. Her MAJESTY'S birtiV'e ol
was to be celebrated on the 10th. No business Was °li-
the Bourse.

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The Paris Moniteur publishes a dispatch from spy of
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LAMORICIERE to the Minister of War, confirming the 00
the surrender of 200 French soldiers to the Arabiwh_iThjse
published yesterday. The following extract conta
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particulars of interest in the diSpitch .—" On the 27
General CAVANAC, anxious for the post of Ain TitOedillscl
M
chen, which depends on his sub-division, and which l'eitit #
not eonsidcr to be sufficiently protected, sent to that r;"ntri
detachment of 200 men, chosen from the 15th Light Ilaa" for
and the Zouaves, amongst those who were lea." !ore
active service. They left Tlemcen on the 27th, al' At
to be at Timmouschen on the morning of the 28°1..4. b at
the moment when this detachment arrived at the 313"):0,
of Sidi Mousse, a league and a half from Tirereriscveoa
it was surrounded by a numerous gown anuer: ii of
HAMMED!, who had come to protect the ernitgrAti`clzeir3
two large tribes of the Ouled Nalfas and the Oulea %V
going to join the Ghezals, who bad already joined -1313'-to•
KApEn. All this was taking place whilst General C'tVeeti-
NAC, returning from the country of the Texas, was P,r,et:r air
ing to the Ouled Zetoun, to join Colonel 301.010. '.og all
fortunate detachment surrounded by cavalry, and s 1 de,l3r
the population who only the day before were on ours their
ing with their tents, flocks, and baggage, laid del tblo
arms. We are, however, without precise details co:0
affair." The dispatch is dated Oran, Oct. 1. LA:51,'1:010"
further announces that he was about to join General L' pa
SAC, and seek for the enemy in the mountaias•
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dispatch is accompanied '037 one from Colonel 6E°' e:,eeriPte
cing a successful affair with the Arabs, and in a Pe euot ta
LAMORICIERE adds, that he had just received an 37Geoer$1
another successful attack made by the division e• f red
BOURJOLLY, which had come up with the eavairf -tared
tribes under Bou Marcia, and killed 150 men, mid °Fob tke
100 horses. Marshal BUGEAUD arrived at 3lareeilleGe overtr
13th instant, and embarked the same evening on
' 3 bout tbe
ment steamer for Algiers, where he would arrfre liet plib'
15th. He could not leave France, however, with tbe tar
lishing another letter, and making an attack LIP°II di pyS
fortunate Prefect of the Dordogne. " I have jest r rticle re'
he to the editor of the Courrier de Marseille, at a.be Dor
lative to the letter which I wrote to the Prefect 0f..,eof..,e gar
dogne, and which has been published by several 0! taute coo;
seilles journals. Your friendly sagacity has led ifi was °et
elude that this letter, which was entirely confident rdetid,the
destined to publicity. You were perfectly right. I ,"a, *be idts-
not only ought it to have remained secret,but th:_eretiee-
creet person who published it has altered the sense
et there
tines which accompanied the news respecting th_ :co hey
events which have occurred in Algeria. At a t-'°olll,,taiee...
on Monday, at St. Cloud, the KING decided that a wor of lb.!
shall be erected at Djema Ghazaouat to the aiel. %de Aro"
brave officers and men who fell in the conflict witutto be t;
near that place. The names of the victims areigoect bit,
scribed on the monument. The Qunr24 hay $1
wish to co-operate with her son, the Duke rA
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providing for the widow and children of Col. Bglfri', of Ai
The Afrique, a journal well informed on the at4l_',94 fir_ ,
geria, contains the following article, abound'? "fvf
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about which there can be no dispute, and whit la l'
grave consideration of the French Govelorent :---;
been coota.;
" Marshal Bugeaud pretends that grave faults 11_11! eor tr ',
milted. The Marshal is perfectly right, and on thautl"beeni:fra,
entirely of his opinion ; but by whom have those fao Seib PL.
mitted ? We shall tell. There are four, in our
oPr`the 0,1:,;
stand prominent in the question. I. The tresty.v:
_„d sof!_lt
2. The treaty with Morocco. 3. The adMinistratt
__lwropols.ilo7.
mental measures which prevent the influx of Etirol4',..e popalslor,
. The detectable administration to which the nati,;,ao3 ? 7eilit
are subject. But who was it made the Creel of the.:e „coy, ca
Of:Al'dotibt vecov.
Oat Bugeaud. Who approved in the Chamber
Morocco, declaring that the Government bad with° d scpoiliog
to considerations of a superior order? Marshal Bageeaeliness b) fir,
demned, and still condemns, Algeria torero
forth vexatious and tyrannical measures which el nriiiivon,f,jo
an rr 00' . 1
prevent confidence, and keep back the EuroPe. wilt) ,e,oil
th e interior of the country ? Marshal BugeaT_ 4. ,iiuci.,o.
himself the supporter and defender of that syst In i'
stenl" i'll
e%r
descension with respect to the native chiefs--a 5),r cotnir?3,. teel?
at a great expense, support wretches who by
tbleitions WW", 0,
rpetualdwa; olio
roo
lions succeed in irritating against us the popul ,„ Detr3,,cas
command, and only watch for an opportune` 'o'l brie-
Marshal Bugeaud, Shall we add to this
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