Star.
London, England, 1830-07-06 00:00:00

POIiIGN INTSLLUiIIfei

A French Paper, under the diis of July 2, says..." M. Bynard
left Paris the day before yesterday. We learn from a sure source
that he sets out as madded as it is possible to be with the good in-
tentions of the three allied courts with regard to Chace ; that hs
has procured a subsidy of 1,500,000 francs to be seat to Count
Capo d'lstrias by the allied powers, and that an three had agreed
to support the authority of the President. M. Eynard, it ii said,
was very mach fiattaed by the audience on taking leave which ha
had with the Sing and the Dauphin. It is asserted that his Ma-
jesty said be would always protect Greta, and that he had the
greatest esteem for thr character of the President."

Extract of a letter addressed to his 'Excellency the Minister of
of Marine and Colonies, hy Admiral Duperre.
On board the Provence, Bay of Sidi Fennell,
Jane 26.
Different engagements took place with the enemy the day before
yesterday, and yesterday, the 24th and 25th. The army has ad.
vaned.

I informed you, in my letter of the 93d, that the two last di.
visions of the convoy were delayed by westerly winds. The
wind shifted to the east towards evening the day before yes-
terday, and the two divisions arrived yesterday morning. The
greater part of the horses remaining were landed during the
day, as well as different articles in the engineer department.
This arrival, which terminates all the expeditions made by the
marine department, is very fortunate, for yesterday evening,
at seven o'clock, the wind, though blowing fresh from the east,
by an extraordinary and instantaneous change shifted to the west.
For three hours it blew a gale, and a heavy swell, as usual, was
the consequence. The weather is fair this morninf, but the wind
continues W. and W.N.W. and the sea is very agitated. I feared
some damage would have been sustained by the vessels of the con-
voy, which were scarcely moored. There have been none, or at
least they have been very slight. This bad weather will delay the
unloading a little, but the delay will only affect the stores and pre-
visions, which will be landed Won they can be wanted. The offi-
cers of the forces, bpth military and naval, use in these troublesome
labours an extraordinary and very laudable seal.
I hive served out 80,000 kilogrammes of biscuit to the army,
which the commander had demanded from me. We shall soon
experience a want of provisions. The expeditionary army remained
a month on board the vessels. Its consumption, in consequence
the great number of passengers, has been almost doubled. I have
requested the prefect of Toulon to cause provisions for two months
to be prepared, which will be despatched in different vessels which
lam about to detach to Toulon. But it is the biscuits of which
the consumption has been greatest. It would be proper to furnish
all biscuit, and no flour at all. Ibe you will give orders to that
effect. We find no means of replacing our water. I have also
sent for some of that necessary ; some transports might bring it to
us. I shall send them all to Toulon afier they unload.
My despatches are sent by the brig Capricieuse.
Accept, Arc.
The Vice-Admiral Commander.in.Chief of the Naval Forces,
DUPERRE.
To his Excellency the President of the Council of Ministers.
Camp of Sidi-Khalef, June 25.
Ponces,---.I had the honour to give you an account in my last
despatch of the motives which had prevented me from causing the
army to advance from the camp of Sidi-Khasi. Our immobility
raised the hopes of the enemy. On the 24th, at day-break, the
Turks and Arabs presented thmsolves, occupying a very extended
front, and still with no less order than on the 19th. Every mew.
sure bad been taken in order that the first attack might cause them
to lose two leagues of ground. These measures were executed with
great precision. The division Berthmene and the Arm brigade
the division of Lova& marched with a battery of field artillery...—
As soon as our infantry (drawn up in columns of battalions) had
in the plain which extends In front of the camp, the enemy
appeared
points. The French troops creased the plain with great
rapidity.
At 6,000 metres from the camp (nearly 3f English miles) the
face of the country changes; the varieties of elevation become mere
abrupt, and we find ourselves in the group of heights occupied by
Algiers and its gardens. We perceive on them numerous habits.
dons ; the vines, hedges, and suit trees, with which the ground is
covered, put us in mind of the most fertile and best cultivated coun-
tries in Europe.
One might suppose that the Turks would defend themselves with
vigour behind the numerous obstacles which the ground presents;
but beaten and discouraged, they stop nowhere. 1 thought it my
duty to take advantage of this by passing rapidly over this space,
and the French troops soon melted the bounds which separated them
from the open country.
They then took up a position. A rating seperated theta from the
enemy, who bad at last halted upon the crest of the heights opposite
those which we occupied. The artillery bad surmounted, with its
usual rapidity, all the diEcultiesof the ground. It formed • bat-
tery, and sews howitzers, discharged with great accuracy, dispersed
the groups which still presented themselves. Perhaps they were
afraid of being Shoed into the town, from which we wereonly dis-
tant from 4,666 to 6,000 metres (from 21 to 31 English miles.) A
powder .magmine had been established on the declivity of the heights
of which tbey oceopied the summit. The blew it up. The ex-
plosion was violent. Thick clouds of smoke, which rose more than
100 metres (shoot 130 feet) and which reflected the rays of an Afri-
can sun, presented a magnificent spectacle to the army. This ex.
plosion produced no accident.
Two squadrons of chasseurs bad followed the movements of the
infantry, but the precipitate flight of the enemy and the nature of
the ground did not permit them to charge.
The enemy had no cannon ; perhaps they had discovered that to
bring any was to give it up to us. The Dumber of men disabled
has been inconsiderable; only one officer has been dangerously
wounded; he is the second of the four sons who followed me into
Africa; I have hopes that he will still live, and continue to serve
with seal his King and country.
On the day of the engagement 400 head of cattle were captured;
so that the subsistence of the army in the article of butchers' meat is
secured for eight or ten days.
Whilst the army was engaged, the westerly winds, which kept
the convoy at sea that bad left the bay of Pa kta on the 18th, had
ceased to blow • a breeze from the east carried it towards the anchor-
age, which it reached last night.
The discharging of the cargoes began to-day, and is going on
without obstacle. Since the 14th, the communication between the
sea end land forces has been constantly open ; it was not even in-
terrupted on the day of the violent storm, of which I gave your
Excellency an account.
To.day the sharp-shooting continues. The Turks have pre.
sented themselves in great numbers; the Arabs were more scattered
than on the preceding days. Their object appears now to be less to
fight than to attack stragglers and pillage the baggage.
Arran is have been made to attack the enemy to-morrow at
day-break.
Lieut.. General, Peer of France, Commander in Chief
the Army of the African Expedition,
Comte de BOURMONT.
TORRE CHICA, Just i 9.
At four o'clock in the morning the army, or rather the crowd
Africans, attacked us with vigour. I think they were in number
about 40,000 men, under the orders of Ibrahim Ags, son-in-law
the Dey. The Beys of Constantino, Oran, and Titterie, were
united with him. After an action of seven hours, which may be
called the battle of Btaosedi, we carried all the frontiers of the enemy,
their artillery, 400 tents, three of which that belonged to she three
commanders were remarkably splendid. One hundred camels, and
all their provisions, were likewise taken. The oily charge that can
be brought against our army is, that it displayed too much ardour.
As for our artillery, it is always in advance with the riflemen, to
which may he ascribed that we had fourteen artillerymen wounded.
Altogether, our loss may
_have been about 5110 killed and wounded.
Many officers are wounded more or less severely, but none danger.
owl,. General Bowman has conducted the army to.day with as
much coolness as spirit. He was always in the midst of the fire
the batteries, visiting, on his return, the wounded, and ministering
to their wants. This great success is but the prelude to those which
we may expect to obtain during this campaign.
BIDI-FEIIRUCH, JUN t 21.
You must know at Paris the details of the action on the 19th
instant, in which full 40,000 Turks and Arabs were beaten, and
the great camp of &mooedi taken by our troop. This day, which was
well conducted, is glorious both for the rasa and the soldiers, all
of whom exhibited the utmost ardour. Slosh poverty was taken
lathe camps of the Turks sad Arabs. The VIM of the chiefs ex-
hibited a degree of luxury peculiar to them, sod which may almost
be called oriental. We are daily expiating that our materiel will
be landed, in order that we may aliesedi Algiers. from which we
are distant but fort leagues. The mom in which the campflp
hoe commenced gives us reason to expect that lt will terns --
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