The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-02 00:00:00

THE WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND
MOROCCO.

The Messager contains the following telegraphic
despatch :
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"THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF ALGERIA TO THE
MINISTER OF WAR.

" TOULON, JUNE 23, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, A.M.—
LALLA M AGAIN A, JUNE 16.—Yesterday, during a con-
ference with the commander of the Morocco' ar my, his
troops, to the number of :5,000 cavalry, fired.upork ours;
and wounded an officer and two soldiers,' without our
returning the(ire: 'The conference was broken up, and
Generals Lamoriciere and Bedeau were attacked by the
troops of the Emperor of Morocco.
" I arrived, and assumed the defensive, and killed of
the enemy from three to four hundred, who remained on
the field. I captured some hors, s, and from three to four
hundred stand of arms. Never was any chastisement
better merited. We had six killed and twenty wounded."

The Rev. Dr, Woolf had, by the last advices, arrived
within 230 English miles of Bokhara, but almost despaired
of finding Colonels Stoddart and Conolly alive, and
evinced some apprehension that his own head would be
forfeited if he should reach that place.
The Russian government has ordered a superb steam-
vessel to be built to run between Cons'adt and Stettin.
It is to be of 300 horse power, will be able to carry 450
tons of merchandise, and 100 passengers. A house at
Liverpool has obtained the order for the construction of it,
the cost of which is estimated at nearly £32,000.
A WONDERFUL STORY.—We find the following in the
Echo de la Nievre :—" In the night of the 11th instant, a
diligence, proceeding from Paris to Clermont, being at a
short distance from Maltaverne, was lifted off the road by
the effect of a thunder storm, and carried over a large
ditch into an adjoining field. Carriage, travellers, and
horses were left there as if by enchantment. The carriage
was not upset, but a strong smell of sulphur, and a large
hole in the trunk of the carriage, demonstrated by the
passage of the electric fluid the cause of the accident.
The travellers could scarcely believe their eyes when they
alighted."
TURKEY—According to the latest accounts received
from Albania, the rebellion in that province, as far as re-
gards open resistance to the troops of the Sultan, has
been completely suppressed. The last town which held
out was Vrania, but the chief of the rebels, Messib Bey,
alarmed at the progress of the imperial troops, and appre-
hensive of being surrounded and cut off, suddenly took
flight, upon which his followers also dispersed. This
speedy termination of the campaign proves the Albanians
to be as cowardly in the field as they are cruel when they
have only to deal with the defenceless Rayahs. It is pos-
sible, however, that, though the towns and fortresses
which form the keys for the military occupation of this
province have fallen into the hands of the Turks, the
Albanians may yet give them much trouble in the moun-
tains, and inaccessible parts of the country. In the
meanwhile, the Porte looks upon its triumph as complete.

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE ON BOARD THE BEN -
TINCK, STEAMER.—We learn, from the Ceylon Overland
Observer, that a singular accident occurred on board the
Bentinck, steamer, on the 6th of February last, while on
her voyage from Aden to Galle, the particulars of which
we have not seen mentioned in any of the English papers.
It appears, that the builders of the Bentinck placed in her
bottom, some distance below the water line, a large brass
sea cock, through which, when requisite, a stream of sea
water could be admitted, which, mixing with the bilge
water and pumped out by the engine-pump, would sweeten
and cleanse the vessel. This operation had several times
been performed with success during the voyage from
Suez. On the morning of the 6th of February, a slight
smell of bilge being perceived, the sea-cock was turned.
and the unpleasant colour soon abated, upon which the
carpenter was sent down to stop the influx of the water.
The method of closing the pipe was by turning a screw.
which worked in a brass valve. Something having got
displaced, the screw moved without turning the valve,
and all the efforts of the carpenter to check the flow of the
sea into the vessel was unavailing. The water gained in
spite of the pumps. and soon completely flooded the lower
part of the vessel, damaging some portions of her cargo.
Endeavours were made to stop the flow of water by
means of sheets and blankets, but without effect ; and at
length, when the engines were stopped. the passengers
became acquainted with the state of affairs, and much
alarm prevailed. At length, after considerable labour,
the water having in the mean time risen several feet, the
carpenters and others contrived to force the end of a
plank over the top of the valve, forcing it down with a
lever. By this the influx of water was temporarily stayed.
Bolts and nuts were subsequently prepared, and the valve
was securely stopped. There were 250 persons on board
the Bentinck when this accident occurred. The imprac-
ticability of acting on the valve was discovered at eight
o'clock in the morning, and it was not till three in the
afternoon that the ♦essel was reported to be water-tight.