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

THE FRENCH IN ALGA'S.
D'spatches have been received by the li`hsa. ister of
Waa from the Governor-General of Algeria, dated
Algiers, 25th and 30th ult., and enclosing ft 'Ports
from various quarters, by the commanding, offices of
divisions. All that is of any importance in these 1 'ea
ports is noticed at sufficient length in the dispatch&
of the Governor-General for it to be unnecessary fur
us to give more than the latter. The reports eonsila
chiefly of dry details of affairs with hostile tribes,
ini
which the results were of no magnitude, but were in-
variably in favour of the French. In the first dispatcla
of Gen. Bugeaud, dated the 25th, he says:—
"The autumnal campaign is now over, and we are,
able to appreciate the results of it ; but, in order to do,
so, we must take a retrospective view of events. Allenr
the rude checks which Abd-el-Kader experienced ins
the winter and in the spring, he threw himself on they
frontiers of Morocco, where he, in the first instance;,
found support from tha population ; but, beaten three,
times, as weii as his :auxiliaries, by 'Gen. Bedeau, and
tin
having no ho of
the ( sert of t?irect succour prom the Emperor,
he proceeded
Kalifats of Mustapha Bert
he collected the remaita
s of the regular forces of the
south of Telceclempta, where
by General Lamoriciere during
and Miloud Ben Arrach. B6llg
serious followed up closely
Tansy, Sidi Embarrak,
:he summer, he was
however, the most
unable to make any progros. Ile put for-
ward,. terrible rum:aces against all
the tribes who should refuse to take op arms in his:
favour ; and his proclamations, which were circulated.
even as far as the towns in our possession, oduced
great uneasiness amongst our allies, and t s. tong
feeling of excitement amongst the tribes who a'aQ
not made their submission. We opposed the loth:ease.?
of the Emir by a menacing proclamation for the triTxs
who should break their faith, and by the excessive,
activity of our columns ; but the weakness of our
columns, and above all, the distance, and other occu-
pations, prevented us from penetrating into the Moun-
tains of Ouanaris, between the Chelif and the
Mina. There was nothing, besides, to indicate that
it was there that the Emir and his lieutenants
were concentrating their resources. It turned out how-
ever, to be from that paint that the modern Jugurtha
commenced in September the campaign which he had
so pompously announced. Allowing General Lamo-
riciere, who was seeking him at the south and south-
pon
east of Tekedampta, to pass by, he threw him: ,if u
the tribes who had submitted, on the right ban;" of the
sf the
Lower Chelif, and then crossing the country
Flittas, where he obtained reinforcements, he Ca-rne
and attacked Bordj, and the towns of Kalaa, at a dis •
a
tance of six leagues from Mascara. In this excursions
the Emir massacred, without the least pity, the indi-
viduals of the submitted tribes who fell into his hands..
We could not imitate him in this horrible career, noel
confined ourselves to making prisoners amongst the
tribes who had broken their faith to us. General
Lamoriciere, informed of the course thatAbd-el-Kader
had taken, did not deem it necessary to turn away
from the object he had in view—namely, to reach the
numerous emigrants who had hitherto followed that
chief. He wished also to lay waste the country around
Teicedempta, and he reckoned on these means to
bring the Emir more quickly back from
Mascara • than if he went directly in sear&
of him. Besides, an appointment had heen•
made with certain great tribes of the Desert,
and it would have been ill-judged to break it.
Leaving, therefore, to General d'Arbourille, and the
garrison of Mascara, the care of repulsing the inva-
sion, General Lamoriciere proceeded with his plans.
His calculation proved just; for the Emir, being badly
received by the population around Mascara, and pres-
singly called on by the tribe which General Lamo-
riciere was devastating to come to their assistance, he
fell on the Sdamas who happened to be in his road.
This tribe fought valiantly, and at last beat back their
aggressors, who, having continued their way, fell on
the foragers of General Lamoriciere, which caused
the combat of the Bth, of which you know the details.
Since that period we have had no news of Abd-el-
Kader, but what proves that he is at a distance or
unusually inactive—is that confidence has returned
to the whole country. This is what General d'Ar-
bouville writes word, who has returned to Mostaga-
nem, after having scoured the still insubmissive
country of the Flittas. Thus Abd-el-Kader's cam-
paign between the Chelif and the Mina has com-
pletely failed, and has given another proof of his inabi-
lity to recover power. With the exception of a few
tribes or fractions of tribes on the central Chelif and
among the Flittas, the whole country has remained
faithful to France. We must not, however, sleep
over this success. The Emir, supported by the Ka-
byles of the Ouanaris, situate between the Chelif and
the Mina, in a country which it will be difficult for
us to attack during the winter, can annoy exceedingly
the districts that have submitted. We shall not re-
main inactive, and in order to be able to penetrate
between the two rivers, I am urging on the construc-
tion of a bridge over the Mina. But whilst Alxi-el-
Kader was endeavouring to retrieve his aftairs in the
east of the province of Oran, I took away from him
the east of the province of Algiers, and his Kalifat
Ben-Salem was overturned. At the same time Gen.
Changarnier procured the submission of the province
of Tittery, which still counted some insurgent tribes.
Col. Saint-Arnaud was ruining on the lower Oued-
Fodda the insubmissive tribes which had taken up arms
on the appearance of Abd-el-Kader. To sum up, the
autumnal campaign leaves us in the following posi-
tion :—From the foot of the Jurjura to a line drawn
from the mouth of the Oued-Ruma in the Chelif, as
far as Taza and the Desert, the whole countryhas sub-
mitted, and carries on at present trade with Algiers.
The same is the case with all the country between the
Mina, the frontier of Morocco, the sea, and the Desert.
The war, therefore, is concentrated between the Chelif
and the Mina, on a square of about 25 leagues of
coast. But as there are about 150 leagues from the
Jurjura lo the frontier of Morocco, it follows that
Abd-er-Kader has lost five-sixths of his states, all his
forts and war depots, his permanent army, and, what
is still worse, the influence attached to his name even
in 1840."
In a second dispatch, dated Algiers, Oct. 25, the
Governor-General says :—" The state of affairs re-
mains the same as at the departure of the last mail—
great commerce, great security, great activity. We
have received from Grasse 39 families, whom we
have installed at the village of Cheragas. They. are
healthy and strong, and appear to be fit for farming.
At twelve o'clock to-day arrived at Algiers Alahy-el-
Din and all the chiefs from the East. The day after
to-morrow I shall confer the investiture upon them."
On October 30, General Bugeaud writes :—" All
the eastern chiefs (of the ex-government of the Ka-
lifat of Ben Salem) who arrived at Algiers on the 25th,
were brought by Mahy el Din. These personages
and their suite amounted to 124 horsemen. The 26th
was employed in organising that government, and, on
the 27th, all the chiefs nominated went to the Palace
of the Government, preceded by a hand of music, and
bearing the colours which I presented to the Kalifat
in the name of the King. After my address, and the
answer of the Kalifat, I gave the investiture, announc-
ing that it would require the sanction of his MajestY.
All the Arabs appeared to be deeply impressed with
the importance of the act they had solemnised. Their
manners, words, and countenances expressed a loyalty
which gave me confidence in the solidity of our go-
Ivernment in the east. On the same day all the chiefs
departed, full of confidence, to take possession of their
offices."

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COLLEGE or SURGEONS.—An announcement ap-
peared in one of our Contemporaries last week, and
has since been copied into several of the daily papers,
to the effect that the Council of the College of Sur-
geons had come to the resolution of admittinga
to to exa •
=nation all who presented themselves before Jnuary,
even although they might not have complied wi the
regulations of the College as to their professional
education. This is a mistake ; no new regulations have
either been made, or are contemplated. But, as here-
tofore),all are admitted to examination who have com-
plied with the regulations which were in force at the
time they pursued their 'professional education. if,
for example, any one applying for his diploma could
show that he completed his studies five years ago, but
had been prevented by accidental circumstances from
coming to the College sooner,
he would only be re-
quired to have complied with the regulations which
then existed, and not with those which have since been
made.—Medical Gazette.
in making a new road to the southward of tnheen—ga
ENLARGEMENT OF WOOLWICH DOCKTA F
presentg oe ar
some time past a body of labourers have beeRD.
forr °ad_ the' oldilreoha d, w;
htehne latter com-
pleted, llroolilcvhill abnedsuGbsrteiteuntedwichai-
upof ld
will then be broken enclosed, with several
acres of land, as a partthe Dockyard. About 25
respectable cottages, sit
and fields, will be cottages, between the Dockyard
of the Lords of auned down to carry out the orders
the Admiralty. This step has been
deemed necessary i n order to erect numerous build-
ings and workshops for the engineers and millwrights
engaged in preparing
machinery, boilers, &c., for her
Majesty's steam-ships of war. Several fine buildings
are nearly finished, but it has been deemed necessary
to take in several acres of land to add to the facilities
for car •
' Mpg on this important branch of her Majesty's
naval force.
LONGEVITY.—A Correspondent writes, that some
short time ago, he was invited to spend a day with
Isaac Thompson, Esq., formerly of London, indigo
merchant, but now resident in the village of Newton,
in the county of Cumberland, wive he had the plea-
sure of taking tea with Mr. T.'ftrt anclmother, Mary
Nicholson, aged 98 years ; his moth* Mrs. Thomp-
son, aged 78 years ; and his uncle, Mr. John Nichol-
son, aged 86 years. Mr. Nicholson htid lived in his
native village since his birth, foll •
owing the occupation
of tilling his paternal estate.
Tim LATE MR. SERGEANT SPANRd E . —We are
requested to state that the late • eminent barrister was
not married to a Miss Manning, stated
The San,
but but to Miss Euphemia Inglis, daughter of the late
John Inglis, Esq
~ an eminent London merchant, and
many years a Director of the East India Company

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