The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

INSURRECTION IN ALGERIA

The Algiers Journals of the Ist give an account of a disastrous
affair which has just taken place near Djema Ghazaouat, Colonel
Montagnac, who commanded that post, being informed by a sub-
jected Arab chief who had never before given any reason to doubt
his fidelity, that Abel-Bader, at the head of only a few men, had
come to seek a refuge in the environs and was then in a spot where
he might be easily surprised, set out with a small column of 150 men,
composed of the Bth battalion of the Orleans Chasseurs, and two
squadrons of hussars. On arriving at the marabout of Sidi Bra.
kira (four leagues from Djema Ghazaouat), he was suddenly sur-
rounded by an enormous mass of horsemen and Kabyles of the
country, and of the frontier of Morocco, whom he charged reso-
lutely, with the intention of forcing a passage. The melee was
terrible, for in a moment officers and soldiers were stretched lifeless
on the earth, with the exception of 80 men of the Chasseurs, at the
head of whom was Captain Goreaux, the only officer who had not
been killed. Notwithstanding the efforts of the enemy, these 80
men got possession of a neighbouring marabout, and shut them-
selves up in it. Abel-Bader in vain attempted to force the place.
He was constantly received with a shower of musketry through the
loop-holes which the soldiers had made in the walls with their
swords and bayonets, and the Emir was compelled to raise a siege
that had cost him so many lives. For two days the men were there

pressing against each other, without sleep, provisions, or water
Three times did Abel -Kader call upon them to surrender, swearing.
that no harm should be done to them, for, said he, " you are hu-
mane to Pelussulman prisoners." Although reduced to the last
extremity the 80 brave men would not listen to any terms, and
under these circumstances Abel-Kader retired, leaving, however,
a large force to blockade the marabout. Scarcely was the bulk of
the besieging force out of sight of the beseiged, when they attempted
a sortie, and penetrating with bayonet the line of natives who sur-
rounded them, tl.ey directed their course towards Djema Ghazaouas.
At a league from that place a host of Kablyes fell upon them. The
captain was one of the first who fell, and his soldiers, in order that
his body might not fall into the hands of the enemy, fell by the
side of him. In the meantime the fusilade was heard at Djema
Ghazaouat, where the alarm had besides been given by a hussar,
the only one who had escaped from the massacre of the two squad-
rons. When the garrison of this place reached the scene of the
combat, only 12 men were standing. They were all easily disen-
gaged and taken back to Djema Ghazaouat— in all 1-1 living out of
450. General Lamoriciere has left Algiers with a strong rein-
forcement for Djema Ghazaouat.

This intelligence has created a great sensation throughout France.
The official evening paper publishes the following:—" The Council
of Ministers met this morning at St. Cloud. The King has ordered
six regiments of infantry and two regiments of cavalry to embark
and to be transported forthwith to the province of Oran, in Algeria,
where the Marshal Duke of Isly has been ordered to return itn-
mediately."—This decision on the part of the Government to send
out reinforcements to Algeria to chastise the redoubted Abd-el-
Rader, is almost the only subject of comment in the French papers.
From an article in the Journal des Debats it would appear that the
French Government has determined to pursue Abd-el-Kader
wherever he may be found, and in case of necessity, not to respect
the Morccco territory.

THE AFFAIR AT MADAGASCAR.-Our readers are
aware that an united English and French attack was
lately m4de on one of the Madagascar forts, in conse-
quence of the oppressive conduct of the Queen and her
authorities towards European settlers. The attack was
unsuccessful ; but not fnr want of courage, as the follow-
ing account (f an eye-witness will_testifv.:—

"I must give you the detail of the flag affair:—The flag staff
was shot through, and it fell inside the circular fort, on the edge of
which it had stood ; it was then put on a lance, or something of
the sort, and stuck again on the wall, in a crevice of the stones.
It was shot away again, and this time it fell outwards, hanging
down within a few feet of the bottom of the ditch, between the
nner fort and the screen, Two English sailors and a midship-
nil two or three Frenchmen, made a rush into the ditch after
l it, and neither party being able to get it from the other;
.
.ime for it, in the very hottest of

after st
the NI a

; two or three letters remained
the' Manjaka: and the French

the major part of the leanavla :' the English the hy and the
French the luff,' of the colour, as the sailors say."
in returning after this admirable arrangement Lieutenant
Kennedy was getting through one of the embrasures in
the screen, when the gun went off, and killed several, but
he escaped with a wound from a splinter through both
thighs—not dangerous.

At Demerara,- Berbice, and Essequibo, the blacks are
forming " joint stock companies," and becoming proprie-
tors of the very soil they once cultivated as slaves.

The King of Hanovei• has purcht.sedHagdon's repeti-
tion of Napoleon musing at St. Helena, and placed it at
his palace of Herenhausen.
Faodor Wehl has been sentenced, on the ground of of-
fence to the King of Prussia, which is found is his pam-
phlet, " The Devil in Berlin," published at Hamburg, to
nine months' imprisonment with hard labour.
Twelve young men, driven from Barcelona by the con-
scription, and torced to take the road as robbers, were
captured and shot on the 26th ult. The eldest was under
21 years of age.
The Cologne Gazette states from Berlin, that a project
of convoking a general council of the clergy of all sects in
Prussia, with a view to hearing their opinions on the reli-
gious questions which agitate the public in that country,
is under consideration.

Most disastrous accounts have been received from the
Coast of Africa relative to the prevalence of fever at cer-
tain parts of that station, and on board numerous vessels,
by which vast numbers of the crews have been swept off.
In one case 70 are reported to have fallen victims on board
one vessel, out of a complement of 130.

IRELAND

The coachman of the Rev. Mr. Butson has been com-
mitted for the murder of that reverend gentleman's
steward at Clonfert.

ANOTHER MONSTER MEETING.—Mr• O'Connell bad
another decnen,tration meeting last week at Killarney,
but nothing took place to digtinguish it from the recent

Similar meetings.
The Cork Constitution contains several letters in refer-
ence to the potatoe disease in that neighbourhood, stating
that it is more extensive than was supposed, and that
every day discloses new cases. It is said that persons
have been appointed by government to inquire and report
on the subject.

Dr. McHale has notified his intention of being present
at the Repeal banquet at Castlebar on Sunday last. The
Libarator, it seems, had some religious qualms touching
the propriety of mustering the Repealers on the sabbath,
but the bishop thinks very differently on the subject, and
feels it a " pleasing duty to attend on the interesting oc-
casion."

MORE IRISH MURDERS.—At Armagh, three men are
in custody charged with attacking a car-driver on the
road and beating him to deatb.—On the 30th ultimo, at
Garranbeg, near Nenlgh, a man named Michael Hill was
attacked by a gang of disguised ruffians, who broke into
the house and beat him so severely that be died the fol-
lowing morning. The offence of the deceased is said to
have been his refusal to allow his brother to marry a
young woman with whom he was intimate.

O'CONNELL U. PEACE.—Two murders in Tipperary
since Mr. O'Connell's visit! The rent is not the only
thing revived by his presence. There was a partial lull—
a temporary pause. Assassination seemed to sleep, and
we missed fri,m the newspapers the customary column of
outrage; but no sooner does he set foot on the soil than
the blood-stained county asserts its character, and men
are murdered on their hearths. This is the fact—account
for it as you like.
IRISH CO-PARTNERSHIP IN A HORSE.—The Times
Commissioners' Report on the condition of the people of
Ireland, quotes the following anecdote :—" In an adjacent
island, belonging to this estate, three men were con-
cerned in one horse; but the poor brute was rendered
useless, as the unfortunate foot of the supernumerary leg
remained unshod, none of them being willing to ac •
knowledge its dependency, and accordingly it became
quite lame. There were many intestine rows on the sub-
ject ; at length one of the company' came to the main
land, and called on a magistrate for advice, stating that
the animal was entirely useless now ; that he bad not
only kept up, decently, his proper hoof, at his own expense,
but had shod this fourth foot twice to boot; yet the other
two proprietors resolutely refused to shoe more than their
own foot."