The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-11 00:00:00

*tronbZlittion

The Madrid Journals received are to the 3d instant,
but they contain no news of interest although both
Chambers were sitting.

The Five per Cents. were done at Madrid on the 2d
instant for 291 cash, and 29F-, at 60 days. There was
much business dune in the Three per Cents., to the
amount of 44,000,000, at 22i- 23. -

The French Minister of War has received the news
of another engagement between the French and ADD-EL-
KADER in Africa. The form of its conveyance is a
despatch from General BUGEAUD, inclosing a report
from General BEDEAU, dated the 22d ult., from Hanaya,
where that officer bivouacked. After putting the Arabs
to flight General BUGEAUD appends to the report,
which we here subjoin, an announcement that he had
ordered the 2d battalion Zouaves to reinforce General
BEDEA U. The following is the report :
Abd-el-Kader came down yesterday near to Tlemcen with
upwards of 1,t,00 cavalry, and 3,000 foot of the tribe of
Beni Hussen. According to accounts from the prisoners,
other contingents of the Beni Hussens were on their way to
join him, but stopped near the Tafna. I was on my march
to El Bridj, where, on the preceding day, the Douyain were
beaten, when about nine o'clock I was informed of the appear.
ance of two considerable bodies of troops in the direction of
Hanaya and Saffsif. We at first met a party of between 600
and 700 of the Beni Hussens, of whom we killed seventy, and
took fifteen prisoners. We were obliged to give up the pursuit
of the rest in order to move in the direction of the Sicka.
Abd-el-Kader was retiring by the valley of this river, carrying
with him, it is said, some cattle. From want of sufficient
cavalry, I left my convoy with three battalions, and with the
other three, disembarrassed of their havresacks, I hurried
towards the Sicka. We came in sight of Abd-el-Kader at four
o'clock, and then, for the first time, ascertained the real force
of his escort. He passed the Sicka, and the firing commenced.
'1 he Arab horse from Morocco, as well as the Beni Hussen
foot, relaxed their fire at the first shot from our howitzers.
The regu'ar cavalry, to the number of about 200, alone kept up
the fight with inveteracy, and thus had three sciafa and more
than 15 horses killed, besides more than 40 more men certainly
eit h( r killed or wounded. The coming on of night permitted the
main body of the column to reach the Oued-Zeytome, without
being touched by the columns of the convoy which advanced
upon it. Although we Ind marched nearly twelve leagues
during the day, I left the bivouac of Hanaya at two in the
morning with two thousand men, without their havresacks,
hoping to find Abd-el-Kader at Sidi- Brahim, but he had taken
advantage of the night to remove notwithstanding the great fa-
tigue of his men. this day the horsemen who have rejoined
the camp found several dead bodies and horses, and a quantity of
havresacks ahandoned by the Beni liussens. Idu not think I
exaggerate in estimating at 150 the number of men lost by the
enemy. It is probable that this essay will disgust the Morocco
tribes, but you will doutitlessly think it necessary to prevent
the renewal of similar attempts. I have had four men killed,
amongst whom is C,ptain Guide, adjutant-major of the 10th
battalion off of cha,seurs, and 24 wounded, amongst whom is
M. Butcher, sub-lieutenant of the 10th regiment.

.he Quotidienne, the France, and the Sleek, contend
hat ADD-EL- KAD'Eft would have been disposed of long
ago but for the old obstacle to all French success—Eng-
land. We are at work it seems everywhere, and the
Court of the Emperor of MOROCCO is as much our tool as
the, Court of Delhi or Lahore. We make slaves of one
half the world and tools antdiofneojlosuorfntahles.otlllerlehablfleba7:
affirm .
which speakstheF It.ehielelhangOrtgoesiof the Court, commenting on
the news from Africa, says:—
Three interesting facts are thus proved by the last offic;al
dispatch from Algeria. In the first place the General was
not surprised by AM-el Kader, as was at first said fr,'m than,
for he marched rapidly against the Emir. But the Arab
chieftain rendered the movement fruitless, by falling sud-
denly on the territ: ry of Tlemcen, whilst the General was
acting in quite a different direction. Secondly—lf he was suffi-
ciently strong with 2,500 French troops, islustaplia's
10115115,
and the allied (louins ( the contingent) to attack the Litt,ir
he has just chine, arid to beat him with three battalions only,
it does rot iollow that he was powerful enough to cover all
the country against the invasion 01 the Morocco tribes, fanati-
cited and excited by Abd-el-Rader. And lastly,—the difficulty
of his position is sufficiently proved by the double reinforce-'
ment which was sent him by General Bugeaud who detached
from Tlemcen a battalion of his own expeditionary column,
ordering at the same time General Lamoriciere to send to the
same place one of the battalions from the diVision of 11.1a,cai a.
The plan of ,Abd-cl-ISo.Bel is to intimidate the tribes, and to
tk,:aCh ilwra from us '0), tim perpetual tiii'cat of au invasion.
Ile desires to shuw them that he is still formidable, stilt a Sul-
tan, still ready to fall on them in order to punish their infide-

SUN OFFICE, Three o'clock.

The scene displayed at Buckingham Palace on Satur-
day was one of the most remarkable of the present
day. A Catholic Lord Mayor of Dublin, accompanied
by numerous Members of the Corporation; by a Catholic
Chaplain, and by many officers of State, were admitted
to the presence of a Protestant Sovereign, delivered a
dutiful and loyal address, and were warmly congratulated
by our gracious QUEEN On their taithful attachment to
her person and family. This is an awful innovation for
the bigots to contemplate, and sufficient almost to make
the bones of Lord GEORGE GORDON, and of all the
valiant Protestants Of 1780, shake in their graves.
It Will excite dire alarm among the M‘GuEEs, the
O'SukuvAxs, and all the Orangemen of the North of
Ireland. Exeter. hall, next month, will ring again with
denunciations against the Popish intrusion, and the
King of HANOVER, we fear, will not survive the hateful
event for even six months. Saturday, indeed, was a ter-
rible day for a certain class of Christians, and will long
be remembered in the annals of the country; but whilst
they mourn, millions will rejoice. They will rejoice to
see our beloved Sovereign welcoming to her presence
her faithful subjects of all sects, encouraging them to
unanimity, and by her manner, as well as her words,
calling upon them to cast off their uncharitable preju-
dices, and live in peace like children of the same family.
Her. example will be followed by all the great and good
of the land. In Ireland such impartial conduct will
produce the best results. All that the people of that
country wanted was fair play'; they wished to be placed
on a footing with their fellow-subjects in Britain ;
they laboured for this in season and out of season,
sometimes by petition, and not unfrequently by deeds of
rebellion ; and when their gallant spirit thus manifested
itself against the most cruel oppression that ever
afflicted a nation, they were described by their masters
as a turbulent, lawless, and blood-thirsty race, as unfit
to be trusted with the rights' of freemen, and ever and
anon some new Bill was passed to check what was
called their rebellious disposition, and reduce
them to the very lowest depths of slavery.
Their conduct for the last few years has completely
falsified these ungenerous and wicked accusations.
The change that has taken place in the country
since they were treated like rational beings,
has been the most remarkable on record, and
does the highest honour to them as 'a nation: Ireland
for some time has been the most peaceable portion
of the British dominions. And why ? Because
the Irish now have . confidence .in the protec-
tion of the law, they receive equal
_favour
at the hands of the Sovereign with the rest of her
people, and ara anxious to show by their deeds
that they are both grateful and loyal. Let the
Tories, for their own sake, if for no other reason,
adhere to the' wise policy which has effected
such a beneficial change ; let them administer even-
handed justice to Catholics and Protestants, complete
the union of the two countries by granting them equal
laws and equal privileges, and Ireland, from being for
hundreds of years a thorn in the side of England, will
form the best guarantee for the security and independ,
ence of the empire.

The Government can adopt no measure better calcu•
sated to neutralize the unpopularity of adding largely to
the taxation of the country, than the increase of the
steam naval power of England. Sacrifices which would
be tolerated for no other purpose, are readily and even
cheerfully made by Englishmen when they are demanded
to make the nation powerful and rpected at sea. Reports
are in circulation That the Tory Government proposes to
turn this popular feeling to proper account. The
augmentation of our Navy is seriously contem-
plated, and we learn with pleasure that more
regard will be paid to the constructioq of war
steamers than to any other class of vessels. We
quoted in another part of The Sun, from the Mechanics'
Magazine, a description of the largest steam frigate in
the world, now ordered to be built at Chatham Dock-
yard. Our Contemporary states that this wonder of the
deep " will be 650 horse-power ; have engine room for
600 tons of fuel ; stowage under hatches for 1,000 troops,
with four months' stores and provisions, independently
of a crew of 450 men ; and to carry 20 guns'of the
heaviest calibre, besideS carronades." A dozen such
floating- islands of destruction as this would. add more
to the naval power of the country than forty sail of the
line. nit. would the expense be so considerable as may at
first appear. For the construction of the one now
about to be built, the Penelope, a forty-four gun
frigate, is to be cut in two, and fifty-five feet
added to the whole length. Now we have an
abundance of nearly useless ships of the line
and frigates in port and afloat, which could
be very well turned into excellent steamers, such
as are most wanted on the coast of China, and such as
we should assuredly most want were we ever to be so
unfortunate as to be driven to engage in a war with
France or the United States. We shall return to this
subject.