The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-23 00:00:00

Toulouse says it has received intelligence that in consequence
of some dispute which arose in a friendly tribe of the pro-
vince of Oran, M. BILLAuvr, Chef de Bataillon, lately pro•
ceeded amongst tliern, escorted by four hussars, and accom-
panied by M. MATHIEU DE DOMBASLE, head of the Arab de-
partment. It is not known exactly what took place pre-
viously, but it is certain, adds the Journal de Toulouse, that
M. BILLAULT was basely attacked by the Arabs, who cut off
his head. The fate of M. MATHIEU DE DOMBASLE and the
four hussars has not yet been ascertained.
The KING and QUEEN, Madame ADELAIDE, and Prince
PHILIP, of Wurtemberg, accompanied by General D CIIA-
BANNES, Cult/Bel DUMAS, and two orderly officers, left St.
Cloud on Sunday morning at eight o'clock for Chantilly,
where they arrived at noon, and were received by the Mayor
and Municipal Council. His Royal Highness the Duke
D'AUMALE met their MAJESTIES at Morlaye, on horseback.
At two o'clock the royal party took a ride in the park and forest,
and returned to the Chateau at five. At eight their MA-
JESTIES and their Royal Highnesses left Chantilly, and ar-
rived at St. Cloud at midnight. The Royal Family will, it
is said, go to Dreux on the Ist of next month, to pray in
the sepulchral chapel, and will return on the 3d to take up
their residence in the Tuileries.

A Vienna letter of the 14th instant states that the Em-
peror of RUSSIA arrived unexpeetealy by the railroad on the
preceding day at Olmutz, and immediately went on by
Prague for the Lake of Como. His MAJESTY is expected to
remain six weeks in Italy. Count NESSELRODE, who is
taking the same journey, arrived at Vienna on the 13th, and
was to proceed in the evening of the 14th.
The following historical account of ADD-EL-KADER will be
read with interest. From all accounts it is entitled to credi',
for this remarkable man, it is well known, is adored by his fol-
lowers for his character as a prophet, as well as a successful
warrior. The article is abridged from a sketch published in
the Constitutionnel

" It is supposed that it was the conquest of Algeria by France
that brought forward Abd-el-Kader, and that he emerged from ob-
scurity only to take the defence of the nationality of the Arabs.
This is an error. If the expedition to Algiers had not taken
place we should certainly have seen Abd.el.Kader undertaking
against the Porte the work of ambition that he has attempted
against the domination of France. For a long time past Ire was
predestined, in the minds of the natives, to become their chief
during war, and their master and sovereign after having cast off
the Turkish yoke. He had been prepared for this adventurous
and brilliant part by his father, by his family, and by all the acts of
his life. The father of Abd.el.Kader, Mahhi-Eddin, was a man
of superior Merit; he was a learned theologian and a clever
politician, and was esteemed a saint by the Mussulmans. His
family enjoyed singular veneration, and three celebrated Mara-
bouts had their birth in it in recent times. It descended from
a famous personage, Muley Abd-el-Kader, who lived, it is said,
in the early part of the Hegira. This Mahometen saint, after
having long edified the province of Oran with the sight of his
self-inflicted austerities, withdrew to a solitude in the envi-
rons of Bagdad. There, like one of the saints of our own
legends, he lived, says the Arabs, at the summit of a column,
standing motionless on his left foot, and taking no other nourish-
ment than the few drops of rain which fell at long intervals. The
prophet, adds the Arab legend, put an end to this miraculous ex-
istence by lifting him up by the tuft of hair, which like all good
Mussulmans he wore on thecrown of his head, and opening to him
the gates of paradise. Mahhi-Eddin, who was five times married,
selected as his successor his third son, named Abd-el-Kader, in
remembrance of his ancestor the Santon, and from his birth took
care to make him the object of predictions and prodigies. From
time immemorial, the guano (a group of houses or tents), which
serves as the residence of the family of Abd.el.Kader, in the tribe
of the Hachem Cheragas, has been a place of pilgrimage for the Arabs.
On New Year's-day and great Easter they carry thither as a homage
money, wool, oxen, and sheep. A local proverb says that he who
gives a boudjou to the holy dwelling shall find, ten on his return. These
pious gifts in the course of time formed a pretty large treasure, which
was increased by the care of Mahhi-Eddin, and has_ more than once
been useful to hie son. The mother of Abd-el-Kadder, Lille Zo-
bare, the only Arab woman, who can read and write, has also re-
ceived from Heaven, according to popular tradition, special gifts.
Much has been said also of her beauty and intelligence. After
losing his father in 1833, Abd-el-Kader trausferred; to hia'mether
all his respect and tenderness. She is for him an object of
worship. Mahhi Eddin spared nothing to make the child of his
predilection fit for the mission that be was to perform. Be-
lieving that he was destined to be a warrior and a saint, he fortified
by incessant exercise his weak constitution ; he made him an in-
trepid horseman, sober, and capable of bearing
,great fatigue, and
expert in the use of the flissab (a long heays sword), the stick, and
the musket. Under the direction of a clever master, he was in.
Structed in the laws, geography, arithmetic, and astronomy. At
the age of fifteen he was sent to a celebrated professor at Oran to
learn politics. Mahhi Eddin himself, who had already performed
a pilgrimage to Mecca, and bore the title of hasiji (pilgrim), un-
dertook his religious education. He communicated to his son all
the science of a marabout. The young man was noticed to be
continually plunged in meditation, to shun all the pleasures
of youth, and sparing of his words, for he never opened his
mouth except to utter a sentence of the Prophet, with lis
eyes cast downwards with humility. He was consequently
regarded as a saint even before he had attained to manhood.
His pale and pensive face, like those of the grave monks of the
middle ages ; his eyes at once mild, expressive, and penetrating,
his attitude full of dignity, every thing in him bore the imposing
gravity which shows a superior mind, and exercises so much autho-
rity over men of action. He soon acquired over the tribes of the
province of Oran such an ascendancy as to inspire alarm in the
Turks. His fattier had resolved to set out with him for Mecca,
and, on this being announced, 3,000 horsemen, nearly all of sups,
rior birth, offered themselves as an escort. Hassan, the Bey of
Oran, took umbrage at this, and, having apprised the Dey, received
full powers to act. He ordered Mahhi Edden to disband his little
army, and to proceed to Wan with his son to give an account o:
his conduct. They had the courage to obey. On their arrival
they were thrown into prison, and their death appeared certain. They
were brought before the Bey, and it appears that Abd.el-Kader,
although so young, contrived by his address and eloquence, to dis.
arm the Bey of his anger. They obtained their pardon on the condi-
tion of their quitting the country for a certain period. At the end of
two years, Mahhi Eddin and his son reappeared in the province of
Oran. They had in the meantime visited at Mecca the tomb of the Pro-
phet, and in the environs of Bagdad the six marabouts who
remind posterity of the virtues of Muley Abd.el-Kader. It was
here that Mahhi Eddin pretended to have had a miraculous vision,
in which the vocation of his son was revealed to him. He related
that one morning, after a night consecrated to prayer and macera-
tions, he saw Muley Abd el- Kader descend from Heaven, surrounded
with light and glory, and received from him the announcement of
the brilliant destiny of his son, and the gift of an enchanted apple as
Muley Abd.el.Kader left him to return to paradise. He added that
Abd el.Kader, on eating this apple, had in a manner become im-
bued with the soul of the holy Muley, that a crown of glory
encircled his forehead, that his voice became like that of the mara.
bout, and that he was for the future invulnerable. Abd-el-Kader,
who was still grave, silent, and studious, and constantly engaged
in pious exercise, was soon surrounded with universal respect.
Every day troops of the faithful flocked to his tent, and
withdrew delighted, after seeing him meditating over the
book of life, and praying with fervour. The Bey of Oran,
becoming more and more alarmed, resolved to strike a great
blow; but the French expedition left him no time for it. It is
known that he decided on opening the gates of the town which he
commanded to the French, who then heard for the first time of
Abd-el-Kader. His father had preached the holy war and had
placed himself at the head of the Arabs. From May 3d to 9th,
1832, Oran was attacked with fury by the natives, under their
young chief. Abdsel-Kader displayed the most brilliant valour.
He had a horse shot tinder him, and his burnous, covered with
blood, was preserved as a relic. After this affair he was more than
ever regarded as invulnerable. His election as Sultan shows that
this expedition, although unfortunate, had powerfully contributed
to his greatness. It took place at Ersebra, in the plain of Eghris,
on 28th September, l 832. The day before, tne chiefs of the Ha-
chems, the Garabas, and the Beni Healers, had already pronounced
his name. He had refused, however, and proposed an influential
chief, Sidi.el- Arrach. On the day of the election a scene took pace
which was probably concerted. Sidi.el-Arrach declared that, during
the night, Muley Abd.el.Kader had appeared to him, and de-
signated the third son of Mahhi Eddin for the votes of the As.
sembly. Mahhi Eddin stated that he had had a similar vision,
and that his own death had been predicted. Abd-el' Keeler,
therefore, was proclaimed Sultan, The Arabs are firmly con-
vinced that.. his election was the work of the holy marabout,
who, they say, visits him daily when he is alone in his tent.
From the moment of his election, Abd-el.Kader has been In-
vested with a sacred character in the eyes of the Arabs, and
he has neglected nothing to keep up the ascendancy which he
exercises. Like Mahomet, like Cromwell, like nearly all the
great men who have, at different periods of history, ruled over
superstitious and credulous nations, he turns to profit, whilst
he shares in popular belief, and does not disdain to call to the aid
of the designs of his Gud, the resources of human politics, we
will only cite one instance. One day when he was holding forth a
negro fell upon him with a cangiar In his hand. At the moment
when he was going to strike, the aggressor suddenly stopped, threw
away his dagger, and exclaimed that he saw supernatural light en
the brow of the Sultan. He fell upon his knees, Abd.el.Kader
gravely, and without apparent emotion, touched his forehead
with his hand, and said that the prophet granted pardon to his
repentance.
On the Paris Bourse on Tuesday the Three per Cents.
closed at 82f. 55c.; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 50c. ; the Or-
leans Railroad shares, 1,182£ 50c.; Rouen, 1,005 f. ; Havre,
8301. ; Avignon, 995 f. ; Vierzon, 735 f. ; Bordeaux, 625 f. 50c;
Boulogne, 5971, 25c.; Troyes and Montereau, 505 f. ; Basle,
270 f. ; Spanish Actives, 36 ; Three per Cents., 381%; Pas-
sives, 6i.
The following are the quotations for other new lines :-
Paris and Lyons (Latfitte), 518 f. 75c. premium •, ditto
(Caton), 507 f.; ditto (Gauneron), 5101.; ditto (La Pinson-
nierc), 503 f. 10c. ; Northern Line (Laffitte), 785 f. 80c.; ditto
(Rosamel), 537 f.; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 5281. 50c.; ditto
(Decan Lebeuf), 5281. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Gan.
neron), 5171. ; ditto (Hinguerlot), 510 f. ; ditto (Bechet),
500 f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 522 f. 50c.; ditto
(Drouillard), 504 f.; ditto (O'Neill), 515 E; ditto (Leisure),
508£ ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 530 f. ' • ditto (Lecointe),
512 f.; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 507 f.; Bordeaux and
Cette (Espeleta), 512 f. 75c.; Creil and Saint Quentin (Ca-
rette), 513£ ; ditto (Colbert), 503 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 22.
Anglo-Belgian - Luxembourg
Boulogne and Amiens.. 11% Namur and Liege 5
Bordeaux &Mediterrau - North Jamaica
Bordeaux and I oulouse - Orleans and Vierzon
& Cette (Espeleta) 2 Orleans and Bordeaux 12
Do. (Mackenzie's) .. - Over Yssel
Central of Spain .. 2 Paris& Lyons (Laflitte) 23/
Demerara ...

Dendre Valley . . . 13/
Dutch Rhenish .........
Dieppe & Paris Juliet.
Dijon and Mulhouse ...
East Indian
Grt Northern of France
(Laffitte's)
Ditto (Rosamers) 31,4
Do. (Le Boeuf)
Do. Pepin le Halleur —
Great Paris and Lyons —
Great Western Bengal 1%
Jamaica Junction
Do. North Midland —
Do. Extension
Jersey
I.ouvain and Jemeppe
Lyons and Avignon -7

Ditto (Calon's).... 2
Parrs and Orleans
Paris and Rouen .
Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's)
Do. (Compte del:Est) 2%
Paris and St. Quentin.
Rouen and Havre —
Royal North of Spain l%
Sambre and Maus 61,41
Strasbourg and Basle
l'ournay,J urbise, Lan-
dent, and Hasselt —
Tours and Nantes
(Mackenzie's)
Do. (Letebvre's)
Verona and Ancona ,
West Flanders

MORTALITY IN THE
METROPOLIS.—The number of
deaths, for the week ending Saturday Oct. 18, was 771, be-
ing 15 less than during the previous week. The fatality
CA
used by measles is on the increase—the numberfamountiog to
71, exceeding the last century 10, and not less than 40 above
the average of five autumns. Most of the diseases under the
other heads exhibit a very mild character. The violent
deaths were only 16, of which 7 were fractures and from con-
tusions, 7 fr'm -drowning, and two from burns and scalds, and
not one suicide.