Star.
London, England, 1807-10-12 00:00:00

FOREIGN I.VVILLIGENCE.

MILAN, SEPT. 5.
Hopes are entertained here, that we Ihall fee the
Emperor and King Napoleon in the courfe of this
autumn, in Italy ; and preparations are already made
for his reception, in Venice and other places. It is
laid that arrangements of the ulnae% importance will
be made, during his flay in this country.
The French have found much Englifh property in

TUNIS, JULY as:
In the month of June, 1806, the Bey of Tunis,
tired of the dependence which the Dey of Algiers
impofed on him, took the refolution to free himfelf
from the yoke, and to avenge the Tunifians of the
injuries the Algerines caufed them the year before,
when the latter took Tunis and decapitated the Bey.
An article of the treaty at that time concluded,
obliged the Tunifians to demolifh the fortre
out reps re
on the
frontiers; but the Bey immediately fet ab
ing them ; at the fame time he eftablifhed two camps
on the frontiers of the two Regencies, and having
difcovered that Come of his fubjeas correfponded
with the Bey of Conftantine, he caufed nitre to be
arrefted, one of whom had his head cut off, and the
other eight received a thoufand ftrokes of a flick, Lnd
the Envoy of the Bey of Conftantine was baniflsed
the country. At the fame time the Bey of Tunis
declared that he had no hoftile view, and that he
only meant to fecure his independence.
On this information, the Dey of Algiers affembled
an army, under the pretence of reducing tome re-
bels to obedience, but fhortly declared his real inten-
tions, and in the beginning of July his troops began
their march to attack the Tunilian States.
The Tunifian army was commanded by Munapha,
furnamed the Euglifhman, formerly Bey of Conftan-
tine, but obliged to fly from Algiers, and take refuge
at Tunis. The Dey of Algiers, before he came to
the laft extremity, propofed, as conditions of peace,
that he fhould be paid a large firm of money, and
that Muflapha and his fon fhould be delivered up to
him. At firll, there were Come negociations entered
into ; but at the end of Auguft war was definitively
declared. Two Algerine corfairs attacked a Tunifian
'ail in fight of Algiers, but the latter efcaped
through her fuperiority of failing. Things remained,
notwithflanding, in the fame Rate, each party con.
tenting himfelf with making preparations, until the
beginning of January, 18c7, when two Algerine
frigates commenced the blockade of the harbour of
Tunis. Notwithftanding the Tunifians threatened,
ivith a numerous army, to attack Conftantine, whole
new Bey, with all his family, had been murdered,
the expedition was retarded from day to day, and a
great number of Arabs joined the Tunifian army,
which amounted to ao,oco. The Cheicks of Con-
ftantine entered into a negociation ; and the Dey of
Algiers, uneafy at its progrefs, and harrafted by the
rebels of Oran, made fume offers of accommodation
about the end of Match ; but the danger daily be-
coming more preffint, he detached, on the 2d of
April, a reinfcrcement for the army; and at the
fame time four veffels, laden with artillery, failed
for Bonne.
The Tunifians laid liege to Conftantine, but expe-
rienced an unexpelted refinance, and nearly the
whole of the advanced guard of the Tunifians were
made prifoners. The cowardice of the Agas, and
a fuchlen panic feizing the Tunifians, obliged them
at Lett to mile the liege, and retire in the greatelt
diforder, purfned by the united troops of Algiers and
Conaintine. The Dey of Algiers carried this viEtory
to be c-Ithrated with the greaten pomp, and an-
nounced his intention of making the Regency of
Tunis a fourth province of Algiers, and created a
new Bey for that city, which be confidered as already
c.,nquered. In the mean time the Bey of Tunis af-
fm.bled the remainder of his free, and gave the
command to the Keeper of his Seals, with orders to
give battle to the Algerines, which he did on the 12th
of July, in which the Algerines were completely
beaten ; all their artillery, baggage, notes, 130
tent', and 4coo camels, fell into the hands of the
Tunifianr. The greaten part of the Algerine army
were compofed of Turks, and taken prifoners. The
extreme heat of the weather prevented the Tunifians
veammei cing the liege of Conftantine but they are
preparing for that enterprize with great profpeet of
Inccefs, the Algerine Power being Co much reduced,
as to require a length of time to recover from its
di haters.