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gaturtag to 4$t<mtr3g> i LONDON, JULY 10. rT'lHE Moniteur of Wednesday contains despatches JL Irom the Commander of the Expedition, dated June 30, by which we learn that the army had obtained possession of the positions which command the fort of Algiers, and were to commence the attack at day- break. J A private letter from an officer in the army before Algiers dated June 26, says,—"After having taken the v camp at Staonelli, we left there about 700 men for its defence. On the 24th the enemy, desirous of recovering possession of the camp, attacked us and re-took it. Our army immediately marched forward to sustain the attack_ofthe Beys of Constantine and Oran, who ad- rvanced against us at the head of 35,000 men. A very ^serious affair took place between the French army and the enemy and lasted from two in the morning until seven in the evening. The two Beys were completely routed, and they retired wifh the remains of their army undet the walls of Algiers. On the 26th the fort of the Star, containing the arsenal, which served to supply tfith ammunition the different forts in the neighbour- hood of Algiers, was blown up it had been mined. Fort Emperor is mined throughout our army takes every precaution necessary to avoid imminent danger. out as a certainty that all the adjacent forts ol Algiers are also mined as well as the Southern gate of the town itself. The Dey is in the town with his army. The French army has turned Fort Emperor, and is now at half a league from Algiers. It is said that our loss of men, on the 24th, amounted to 600 the number of wounded is much smaller. A demand for a million of cartridges has just been sent to Toulon whence they will be forwarded as soon as possible. Notwithstanding these daily attacks, we observe a great difference in the conduct of the Arabs towards us. come of them have re-commenced to cultivate the ground, others came lately to the two first divisions of the army, and brought provisions, which were paid for at a high price, and a few days ago they brought 500 o|xei}.: In the affairs of the 24th and 25th the French oxen. In the affairs of the 24th and 25th the French ayrily, amounting to 20,000 or 28,000 men, had to sustain the attack of about 60,000 Arabs and Turks, amongst *hoip were 20,000 regular troops. In the bloody en- gagetnents that took place,at the bottom of the heights on which is placed Fort "Emperor, the artillery man- oeuvred and kept up such a fire upon the enemy that pe was astounded, and our army, taking advantage of this, charged several times with the bayonet the masses which the fire had already thinned. The Congreve rock- ets occasioned great disorder among their cavalry. A letter from Paris draws a melancholy picture of the state of public morals in that city, and recounts nu- merous instan ces of the reckless indulgence of bad pas- sions among the inhabitants. We have only room for the following extract:—•" No day'passes without a fatal pel. or murder, and several suicides. Of the" first Species of crime little notice is taken: the second is generally attended with aggravating circumstances; tue frequency of the third is beyond belief. For ex- Sfnple—on Tuesday last I entered the Morgue, where were exposed the naked putrifying remains of seven adult persons of both sexes—they were those of duellists, murdered persons, or suicides. Never was there seen a more hideous spectacle, except that which at the same time presented itself in the unshrinking gaze and apathy of a crowd of men and women, most of them of Tespectacle appearance. The bodies were in a state which I cannot venture to describe-yet not the most remote indication of pity or disgust was betrayed by any of the numerous spectators. When the intelligence arrived at Paris that his Ma- jesty had been most graciously pleased to appoint that gallant Admiral, Sir WM. Sydney Smith, to be Lieut.- Geiioral in the Royal Marines, a meeting of naval offi- cers, friends of the General, and who had served in the various engagements with him, took place, when the health of his Majesty was drunk with three times three in silence, as the friend and supporter of England's strongest bulwark—the Navy. lr°m Madrid' of the of June, says that ^e+ has become sd scarce in that capital as to be the ^c<v °f contention. On the preceding evening per- S had been killed and wounded at the fountain of CntS'lk ™ fighting for a supply. The above letters mention that serious discussions had taken place be- fveen Ferdinand ^nd his brother Don Carlos By advièes from Washington we have the following |Iessage from General Jackson to the Congress, re- acting the negociations with Great Britain ;-?: rtfiilj^LNpeciinrth75pfiLi?tk itmj y you that I am a proposition wWK i, i answer of the British Government to cnK'li.it u w'1^ch has Taeen submitted to it by this uDon thp •fj.i e colonial trade* This communication ha's been de- b&wi roJp,a Cjn fut belief that the answer referred to would have to von •n1Ve^a? y.enouS^tohave admitted of its being submitted „°J°V sufficient season for the final action of Congress at its 4 ent session, and is now induced by an apprehension that al- ^SDeltP^ ifPa° -6t i y which il was intended t0 be sent is hourly adprnient.amV maJ' neverthe!ess.he deWed until after your aistp^h^ tllis j?™"0*1 of negociation committed to our Mi- the present interdict would nevertheless, be ,Ootitinned until the next Session of the Congress, as the President IWiMsfromMr fen1011 has l)een made aUhe date of our last v AtLane, yet, from the general character of the autlloris;ng the President, in case an to on e^ect. terms as Congress would ap- KtS^r^ 0n 0ur Part proclamation, lSess bflikl °"ght ad™able t0 execute the views of Con, £ Anv informnf8'eV5 0 an Unfavourable decision. ^umayde^nei^S^P?fSeSSi0ni)^he Executive, which •may, under existing r'Z youf deliberations, and which TO COMM^. TBP N\RA1V,LB<I^ ANDREW JACKSON." • P1roclamatlon of the Governor of 1 n ann,exmg the territory of the Cherokee In- puVposL^S mS aAd th • lnhabitants t0 all intents and The AmpripaJ ^Iy att extraordinary document, this new manne^nf T8 a^e^evere in their remarks on annals of historv fn *i g: tliey challenge all the and tyranhy. 8heW a Pater act of oppression looWnnfr°m NCW °rleailS that tobacco was m flK ? COnseJ<l1!enCe 0f the lowstate of the waters exbcclerl in \7'a10,000'hogsheads at least were 0 expected to be detained. The same cause would detain mecotton in the upper countries, remairwT6 advices flom Chili of a ^te date. Things the wealthv i«t-ery dvSt1urbed state there. Nearly all trihutions that hIdSWn ieft'- Tl"g l° heavJ' co»" other. Everv tv levied 0ne Party or the not a W nf g Was at a stand at Coquimbo; driven alfthL P?er ,t0 be had* The Steers had of imnrpccrrl l !nals over the mountains, from fear nlete Rtn^ Av consequence had been a com- vincp r 6 working of the mines in that pro- taken ™* ne-al Fr,aser> with a force of 1,200 men, had but SiXjn Coquimbo, after a slight skirmish, wa- t nfr C01^ P°.ssess himself of the interior for cuatpfl +liava^' and his supplies being cut off, he eva- it wa« o 6 P ace an(l re-embarked, with the intention, a RmWoU^0se,d' returning to Valparaiso, and make it On n ^r. on ^ag°> with the hope of capturing bfapv. 6 +° transports, with 100 men on board, had ptured. LATE KING'S FUNERAL.-The Gazette of yesterday contains a notice from the Earl Marshal's Office, di- recting the costume to be observed by the Great Offi- cers of State, the Ministers, Officers of the Royal Household, Officers of the Army and Navy, Bishops, Peers, Privy Councillors, and others attending the fu- neral of his late Majesty George IV. on the evening of Thursday next the 15th inst. The King, it is, fl nally arranged, will attend the fune- r ral as Chief Mourner, followed by the Dukes of Cum- berland, Sussex, Gloucester, and Prince Leopold. -His Majesty will wear a mantle of purple cloth, and the Dukes,of Cumberland, Sussex, Gloucester, and Prince Leopold, will wear mantles of black.-Prince George of Cumberland will also walk in the funeral procession. His Royal Highness's station will be after the Duke of Sussex, and before Prince Leopold. Her Majesty has determined to accompany the King at the funeral obsequies. The Queen will not, how- ever, take any part in the solemn procession but her Majesty will sit, with the ladies of her suit (some per- sons add, with some of the Princesses) in the small gallery adjoining the altar, on the north, side of the choir, which is called the Queen's closet. It is an apartment fitted up some years since for the accommo- dation of George III. and his Queen when attending divine service in St. George's Chapel. The curtains, chairs, and other decorations, are of garter blue silk but they are to be covered with black on this occasion. There will be a private entrance railed off for her Ma- jesty's ingress and egress, close to the celebrated wrought steel monument of Edward IV.; and his Ma- jesty will join the Queen, when the ceremony is con- eluded, and retire, through his private avenue, instead of returning, as the chief mourner did heretofore, along the platform. His Majesty as chief mourner, will sit in a black covered arm chair at one end of the coffin. The other royal Princes in their stalls, as Knights of the Garter. The report of the Coronation taking place in October is not only premature but wholly unfouuded. Morning Paper. The birth-day of the King and Queen occurring within eight days of each other—viz. the 21st and 13th of August—it is supposed, that the keeping of one or both will be altered, as in the case of Queen Charlotte and the late King, to suit the fashionable season, and promote the advantages of trade. We understand that it is the determination of William the Fourth to have no religious distinction at his Court. He says, the Catholics being now admitted by law into the pale of the constitution, he shall act with spirit impartially between the two religions. We observe that one of the ladies of the Queen's Bed- chamber—the Marchioness ofWellesley, is a Catholic. —News. We understand that not only the Pavilion, but all the valuables of the late King, have been left to his present Majesty. An annuity of 60001. payable to a respected and excellent lady, who in early life was the favoured companion of the King, and who enjoyed till the last his esteem, as she still does that of all who know her, is, we hear charged upon the Pavilion. We have authority for stating that the Pavilion has been left to his present Majesty by the late King, and that William IV. intends to pass much of his time at Brighton. His Majesty will, according to present ar- rangements, be here in September next, and will pass three or four months every year at the Pavilion.—- Jirighton Gazette, As considerable curiosity prevails on the subject of the duration of the mourning, it is positively stated that it is not intended that the court should remain in mourning beyond the 21st of August. On that day his Majesty will hold a drawing-room, to celebrate his. entering his 65th year, and it is understood that those who entering his 65th year, and it is understood that those who appear on that festive occasion are not to wear mourn- ing. His Majesty, however, will hold one drawing- room during the continuance of the mourning, and as soon after the funeral as propriety will allow. It seems to be pretty generally understood that it is the Royal intention to visit Plymouth, Portsmouth, and several of the great naval stations in England, Scot- land, and Ireland, during the course of the summer. Tuesday's Gazette contains three Orders of his Ma- jesty in Council.—The first, that the calling out of the Militia of Great Britain be suspended during the pre- sent year.—The second, for suspending the ballot and enrolment of the Local Militia for a year after the 16th instant.-The third, for continuing in force the Order of his Royal predecessors, that none of his Majesty's servants in ordinary with fee should be enforced or obliged to bear any public office, serve on Juries or Inquests, or be subjected unto any mulct or fine for not submitting thereunto. On Tuesday, according to the notice given to that effect, the payment of the dissentients to the reduction of the Four per Cents, commenced at the Cashier's office in the Bank. The amount payable is 2,461,000L and stock to that amount in the new 3 J per Cents, will now be placed to the credit of the Savings Banks, in lieu of the 3 per cent. stock lately sold, belonging to those institutions, in pursuance of the new financial operation lately entered into by Government. The present reduction of the 4 per Cents., a stock amount- ing to more than 170,000,000?., is considered by prac- tical men in the City, as one of the most successful measures of the kind ever attempted. To complete the success of the operation, the new stock, which was quoted on Tuesday for the first time, under the name of the "New Three and Half per Cent. bore the value of 101, thus giving to those who have consented to the conversion a bonus of 1 per cent. The accounts from Ireland continue of an unfavour- able nature. The Dublin Morning Register says-"In several districts of the Queen's County the lower orders are actually perishing for famine. They have been tempted into the commission of outrages by their dis- tress, and their proceedings are now assuming a most dangerous character from a secret system of organiza, tion which seems to regulate them." Judging from existing appearances, fewer important contests will take place at the ensuing General Election than usual. At present there does not seem likely to be any opposition for Westminster, London, Southr wark, or Middlesex; and it would almost appear that the election will pass over without a, single county con- test in England, or one as to which there is any doubt as to the result. In Ireland too there is also a remark- able indisposition to spend money in elections. The Bishop of London made his second Visitation to the Clergy of his diocese on Thursday, at St. Paul's Cathedral, and, after the usual service, and an excel- lent sermon from the Dean, the Bishop delivered an address, in which he adverted to various topics con- nected with religion. His Lordship, after giving his opinion that it would be vain to attempt to repress the spirit of inquiry which was abroad, said the Clergy should endeavour to keep pace themselves with the intellectual advances of the times. Great difficulty and danger, he said, existed, and all their efforts would be requisite to oppose the growing immorality of the age. The Bishop than gave his opinion that persons taking holy orders should be limited to one living only, ex- cept in some special and peculiar cases, and stated that though it was not generally known, the fact was that, when a Clergyman accepted a plurality of livings, that which he first held became vacant, and might be given away by the Bishop of the diocese in which it lay. His Lordship, after further exhortations, alluded to Cleri- cal agency-offices, and, having strongly deprecated the practice of applying to such places, said he had deter- mined not to admit any person to holy orders who had obtained a living-thrGUgh such a medium.

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