Star. — 1807-10-12 (London, England)

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 rebels to obedience, but fhortly declared his real intentions, 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 Conftantine, 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 Conftantine 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 becoming 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 experienced 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 announced 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 affm.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.