New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-27
BOMBARpING 4 TUNISIAN FORT.


THE WORK or FRENCH IRoNCLADs-TIiE ATTITUDE
OF TIE BEY-TRoUBLES II ALGERIA.
LONDON April 2G.-A dispatch from Bona dated
to-day. saws that the French ironclad Survelllanie
Yesterday bombardcd and destroyed Tunisian fort
ON the Island of Tabarca. Admiral Conrad leit
Roma Yesterday on board the ironclad Lagallsson-
ncre to rnperintcnd the debarkaton. General
Ioecrot's column arrived within eight miles OF keh
Yesterday They were expected 10 invest that town
to-day.
The telegraph wire between Tuns and the Al
gcrian frontier has been cut.
The Tunis correspondent Of The Times had an IN
tcryicw with the Bey on Monday The Bey sara
that NJ Ruustan, the French Consul, had D'eh III
ce,santly pressing him for over year to accept
French protectorate. The Bcy encrgctIcally IN
formed the correspondent that such protectorac ne
va. determined never to accept. There was no
shallow Of excuse left for the French invading his
territory. impcrilling the internal peace and the
of.t,, of Europeaus He could not make armed re-
sistancc but would remain at his post to maintain
order aud the public security. lie must he said
leave hs fate TO the justice of Europe.
The Algerian authorities are evidently apprehen-
siyc of some disturbance among the native popnla-
ton An officer on a surveying expedition waS re-
Gently murdered in the District OF Goryyiile. To-
day il is announced that, in order to rcpreSs any
attempt by Algerian Arabs to take advantage oi the
Tunisian difficulty for revolt France has dcciueu 10
send rrinfnrccments there. IL. ,h
A dispatch from La Gale, Algeria, Hays lI1l 'lt
Tunisian yorrison left Tabarca before the french
force was landed. The troops have occupied tue
place IL. ..r, portu,,,csa
men-Oi-war have started Tor Iuhls'
MISTAKE AND WALLENSTElN BEAItN
LONDON. April 2G-Thc Epson Spring Meeting
opened at Epsom to-day. The race ior the Ric''
Mctropolitan Stakes ,handicap, two miles ana
ouartcr. WAS won by A. Briggs's hve-yFarS-oiu
hay marc Brown Bcss, which led by hcao'
The second place was secured by LORD fai-
mouths four-years-old chestnut colt Apollo ana
the third place by p. Lorillard's four-years-olu
chestnut colt Mistake, which was some distance oc
hind the second horse Lord Droghedas aA-years
old brown mare Miriam H.. the fayorte in the bet-
ting was not placed. Eight ran. The betting Just
bcfore the race was 10 to l against Brown Bess
TO 1 against Apollo, 10 against Nii''"A' anu ~
/ against Miriam ii.
The race for the Great Surrey Handicap, distance
FIVE furlonUs. also came off, and was won by Mr.
Reancbomp's four-years-old bay flly Eastern En-
nrcss Sir / D. Astey's six-years-old chestnut horse
Chovro,el came in second, and W. S. era wfurds
three vears-old bay colt, by Hermit out OF stray
ehot tbird. Fifteen ran including Z. Loriilards
four.vears-old chestnut colt Wallensteiu The bet
ting inst before the race was to against Eastern
P,nrress 10 10 l against Cheyronel, and 10 TO L
against Mr.. Crawturds colt. -. c,.,, .n5 Suburban
7rhe betting in the race for tho city ana Su9uIpAi
Handicap which takes place Ma bay colt
InYhalI Jockey WhyboU, and ~ 70 agalnse M
or;iards three -yearsOld bay colt barrett, JOCKEY
barrett. The faYorite is W. B. CrsWIuruS 10ui'