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ALGERIA.—Abd-el-Kader has reappeared, and the French have sustained some untoward reverses. We compile our account of the affairs from va- rious sources. The most signal disaster, because inflicted by the indo- mitable chief in person, happened in the neighbourhood of Djemma-Gba- zaouat. It was known that some tribes of the Tlemcen, on the Western frontier, had risen in revolt; and Colonel Cavaignac had penetrated with a column of 1,300 in- fantry into the territory of the Traras. Lieutenant-Colonel Montagnac, of the Fifteenth Light Infantry, commanded a post at lemma-Ghazaonat. A chief of that district came to the Lieutenant-Colonel, and told him that Abd ebliader was then in the mountains of Trara; that be had but few followers; and that it would be very easy to surprise him. The conduct of this chiaf, who had made his sub- mission, had been Mtherto such that no suspicion was entertained of the truth of his account, or that he song,ht to draw the troops into a snare. Colonel Mon- tagnac would not, therefore, allow so good an opportunity to escape him, and set out at the head of a column of four hundred men, all of his own regiment, with the exception of a few hussars. On arriving at the marabout of Sidi-Brahira, (four leagues from Djemma-Ghazaonat,) he was suddenly surrounded by an enor- mous mass of horsemen and Kabyles of the country and of the frontier of Mo rocco; whom he charged resolutely, with the intention of forcing a. The melee was terrible; for in a moment officers and soldiers were stretpaCTI on the earth, with the exception of eighty men of the Chasseurs d'Orleans, at the head of whom was Captain Goreaux, the only officer who had not been killed.

Notwithstanding the efforts of the enemy, these eighty men got possession of a marabout, and shut themselves up in it. Abd-el-Kader in vain attempted to force the place. He was constantly received by a fire of musketry through the loop-holes which the soldiers had made in the walls with their swords and bay- onets; and the Emir was compelled to raise a siege which cost him so many lives. For two days the men were there pressing against each other without sleep, economizing their ammunition, having neither provisions nor water, and sustaining themselves with a little of the cordial called absinthe, most re- voltingly diluted [se soutenant avec nu pen d'absinthe melange avec de latrine]. Three times did AM-el-Keller call on them to surrender; swearing that no harm should come to them, " for " said he, "you are humane towards Mussul- man prisoners." Although reduced. to the last extremity, the brave men would not listen to any terms; and under these circumstances Abd-el-Kader retired; leaving, however, a large cavalry force to blockade the marabout. Scarcely was the bulk of the besieging army out of sight of the besieged, when they attempted a sortie; and, penetrating with the bayonet the line of natives who surrounded them, they directed their course towards Djenuna-Ghazaouat. At a leseue from that place a host of Kabyles 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 mean time, the fusilade was heard at Djemma-Ghazaonat; where the alarm had, besides, been given by a hussar, the only one who had escaped from the massacre of the two squadrons. When the garrison of this place reached the scene of combat, only twelve men were standing. They were all easily disengaged, and taken back to Djemma-Gbazoonat—in all, fourteen living out of filar hundred and fifty ! Among the killed, was M. Peraguez, the commandant of Zouaves, and an old soldier of the island of Elba.

Wishing to profit by this advantage, Abd-el-Kader, maneeuvering on the heights of Tlemcen, made towards the column of Colonel Cavagnac: he hoped to sur- prise the Colonel as he had his subordinate; but he lacked the aid of treason. Moreover, he found a force of 1,300 to combat.

On receipt of the intelligence, General Lamoriciere, Governor-General ad in- terim, embarked in a steamer for Djemma-Ghazaouat, with reinforcements. Another expedition had a disastrous issue, and is related by the journal which we have just quoted; in whose account, however, we interpolate some few points from the Algerie- " General Bonrjolly had entered the territory of the Flittas, on the 16th Sep- tember, with a column 1,800 strong, to punish the Chourfas, a section of the tribe, who had plundered a caravan of Arabs of the Desert, on their way back to their country, with the grain they had purchased in the Tell. He little expected to find the entire tribe in open revolt. On the 21st, he was vigorously attacked ; and, after a very warm engagement, he succeeded in reaching the camp at Ben- Atia. Hostile groups showed themselves during the whole day in the environs. The General had given a rendezvous at Ben-Aria, on the 22d, to the Chief of Battalion Manselon, commander of the fort of the Khamis of the Beni Onrags, on the Rion, where that officer was stationed with his battalion. Fearuig that the enemy might attack that small colunin with a superior force, he marched on the 22d to meet it, with two battalions and his cavalry, leaving two other battalions for the defence of the camp. The junction took place without any difficulty; and General Bonrjolly returned in the evening to the camp of Ben-Ana, after several encounters with the revolters in the narrow passages through the mountains. The column of Mostaganem had taken a supply of provisions and ammunition for an excursion of only a few days, in a country where some disturbances had occurred, hint which he did not expect to find entirely under arms, and roused to fanaticism by the presence of a Cherif£ To advance still farther with the sick and wounded, would have been imprudent General Bonrjolly resolved consequently to retire on Sidi-ben-Abel, and there prepare to resume the offensive. On the 23d, he encamped at Touiza, in the country of the Beni Dorgonias; having been con- stantly harassed by the enemy in his retrograde movement. The rear-guard, con- sisting of two hundred men of the armth Chassenrs of Orleans, was repeatedly engaged; and in order to support it, General Bourjolly detached two squadrons& the African Chassenrs, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Berthier. Upon his arrival, that officer charged immediately in the centre of the Arabs, and threw them into disorder; but during the engagement the Colonel was shot through the heart. For an instant he remained in the power of the enemy; but the Chas- sears, irritated at the death of their leader, made a fresh and desperate charge, and succeeded in rescuing the body of their chief. Colonel Clerc, who com- manded the Ninth Battalion of the Chassenrs d'Orleans, received a ball in the knee, and it is thought that his leg will have to be amputated. The French loss amounts to twenty-three killed and seventy-five wounded. [A later account makes the numbers twenty-eight killed and ninety wounded.] On the 25th, the column encamped at Relisan, on the Aline; and the sick and wounded were re- moved to Sidi-ben-AbeL" FRANCE.—The intelligence from Algiers of course occasioned the greatest annoyance in France. King Louis Philippe was so deeply affected that he put off a fete to celebrate his birthday. Marshal Soult and Marshal Bu- geand were summoned by telegraph to repair to Paris, from their country- seats. The following official announcement appeared in the Ministerial papers of Monday and Tuesday-

" The Council of Ministers assembled this morning at Saint-Cloud. The King has ordered that six regiments of infantry and two regiments of cavalry [12,000 men] shall be forthwith embarked and conveyed to Algeria, in the province of Oran; whither the Marshal Duke d'Isly is about to be ordered to return imme- diately."

Ireav.—There has been an insurrection in the Pontifical States The accounts are very imperfect, and of so different a nature that it is impos- e, ble to form a connected narrative out of the whole; and therefore we must give some as we find them. We begin with the official account in the Gazetta di Bologna of the 29th September-

" In the midst of the tranquillity which reigns in all the towns of the Lega- tions, we have been thrown into consternation here within the last few days by the most rash and criminal attempt. In the afternoon of the 23d, whilst a crowd were assembled to witness some games of address the turbulent conduct of some individuals obliged the guard to interfere, and two of the most audacious among them were arrested. Their adherents, however, succeeded in rescuing them from the bands of the faithful Pontifical Carabineers ; who were overpowered by numbers and disarmed. Emboldened by their success, the insurgents emitted the circus, running through the streets of the town; and their boldness had such a strange effect on the Pontifical garrison that it was not able to offer the neces- sary resistance which such criminal excesses merited. The agitators, once masters

of lamina an anarchical regime succeeded to the legal government. It is super- fluous to enter into a detail of the confusion, the extravagances, and the crimes committed, or the consternation which seized the whole town, thus placed at the mercy of a band of miscreants, who besides dared not go beyond the walla When the news of these proceedings reached Forli, Cardinal Gizzi, the Apostolic Legate, hastened to at the meat energetic measures, and to forward informs- that of the event to Cardinal Vermicelli Casoni, Legate of Bologna ; who in three hours after despatched strong detachments of troops to the scene of disorder. Similar arrangements were made by Cardinal Massimo, the Legate of Ravenna, and by Cardinal Ugolini, the Legate of Ferrara. The troops, who were all an!- mated with the greatest zeal, assembled in the evening of the 26th, at Savignano, about three leagues from Rimini. At their approach, the rioters were thrown into disorder, and each took heed for his individual safety. In fact, after haying stripped the public treasury, and even private deposits, they abandoned their arms and all the objects of equipment which they had laid hold of at Rimini, and fled precipitately in all directions, some to the mountains, and others into all the fishing-boats they could find in port. Delivered from the oppression of the anarchists, the city of Rimini hastened to send a deputation to Savignana to Major Ballets, commanding the troops, to assure him that the people were looking forward anxiously to see him enter within their walls; where, however, the most perfect tranquillity then prevailed. The same deputation afterwards pinceeded ta Forli, to express to the Cardinal-Legate the sentiments of regret with which the inhabitants of Rimini were penetrated in consequence of the recent event. On the morning of the 27th the Pontifical troops entered Rimini; and thus was an end put to the anarchy with which the town had been for three days oppressed."

The accounts in the Journal des Dibats narrate much the same events; but with additions that throw a totally different light on the movement The following is the substance of this version— The attempt was made by a party of Italian refugees, whom only two or three Spanish refugees had joined. The insurgents had separately entered the Legations through the petty Republic of San Marino and the Grand Dutcha of Tuscany; and had organized a vast plot, the object of which was in effect a rising throughout the country. At the head of the plot was a Piedmontese refugee, Ribotti, who since 1833 had served in Spain with the rank of a Colonel, and, at the conclusion of the civil war, had taken up his residence at Valencia. The Pontifical Government, having been apprized of his arrival in Romagna, had ordered him to be arrested. but Ribotti had escaped its researches, and concealed himself in the town of Rimini; where, on the night of the 231 September, he and another Italian refugee, Count Pasi, at the head of several armed bands, marched through the street, crying, "Viva la Costinizione I " closed the gates, and took possession of the town, released the numerous political prisoners, and were joined by about a hundred of their partisans. The garrison, consisting of five hundred infantry and a battery of artillery, made common cause with them. The

retained the Pontifical cockade; both officers and soldiers declaring that they wo remain faithful to the Pontifical Government, provided it granted a constitution to the country. A detachment of fusty Carabineers, who re.d to join the insur- gents, as well as a post of Donaniers outside the town, were disarmed, and thrown into prison. This was all the Rimini insurgents could achieve; for they did not take possession of the San Leo 'part as was first stated.

The city of Ravenna followed the example set by Rimini, by rising on the 24th,and declaring for the constitution: but the Cardinal Legate residing at Ravenna

immediately attacked the iasnrgents with the Pontifical troops, a thousand Seise soldiers, and some artillery which be had, at his disposal. A sanguinary struggle ensued, which lasted five hours. The artillery fired a mitraille, and several of the inhabitants were killed. The Pontifical troops had an officer and some Swiss soldiers killed. Although further details are wanting, it would appear that the authorities of Ravenna ultimately prevailed, and that tranquillity was restored an the same day. On being apprized', of the insurrection at Rimini, the Cardinal-Legate of the province, who resides at Forli, adopted energetic measures; he assembled a com siderable force, including Swiss troops and artillery, and marched them on the 26th against Rimini. The insurgents, who were already informed of the occur- rences at Ravenna, then determined to abandon the town; and, after flinging away their arms, fled to the mountains, or threw themselves into such boats as were m the port During the three days they were masters of the town, the insurgents displayed great moderation; they respected property, and even the arms and insignia of the Pontifical Government; but on their departure, they carried away the coffers of the town and savings-bank, wherein, however, they found but little cash. The moment they left the town, the old authorities sent a deputation to the Cardinal-Legate and to the commandant of the column marching from For!!, in order to declare that the inhabitants had remained passive spectators of the occurrences, and to implore the Pontifical Government's clemency. Further accounts from Bologna state that the rioters had been attacked in the mountains by a party of the Government troops; by whom they were routed, leaving behind them several killed and wounded. Another party of them had been also attacked in Badi, in the Legation of Bologna, and fourteen made prisoners.

A private letter from Faenza, of the 24th adds that the town of Pesaro had followed the example of Rimini, and that Sinaglia and Ancona were prepared to join in the movement-

" Last night," says the writer, "a band marched upon Castel Bolognese, a small town of theLegation of &wane, to form a. junction this evening with a beds, of about one hundred guerillas, mostly belonging to Faenza, who have taken up their station on the frontiers of Tuscany. The plan of the insurgents is to ad- vance upon Rome."

A letter from Femme, of the 29th September, recounts the movements of a band, about three hundred in number, who encamped at Le Baize, after having disarmed the Customhouse-officers of that place. Among their leaders were, Count Raffaello Pad of Faenza, Count Oreste Biancoli of Bagnacavallo Count Beltraini, and Dr. Andreini of Bologna- " They spent the entire of the 26th September in organizing themselves, and had resolved on the following morning to effect a movement upon Brisighella, a small town of the Legation of Ravenna: but the rain, which fell in torrents define the night, had so swollen the river as to render it impassable, and they remained

the whole of that day at Le Balsa. Early on the 28th, their advanced posts sig- nalled the approach of a body of Swiss troops and carabineers in the direction of Faenza; and the insurgents, instead of awaiting their arrival in their quarters, sallied out and attacked them. The fusillade had continued for some time, and the Swiss were beginning to fall back, when a corps of Pontifical volunteers and revenue soldiers deboueled by the Brisighella road, and taking the insurgents in flank, compelled the latter to abandon the field and retire towards the mountains of Tuscany, having had only one killed and two wounded- The loss on the side of the troops was said to have been seven killed and ten wounded. The patriots, by the last accounts, had safely reached the mountains of Ceparano and Sea Cu- siano, and were still encamped on the Pontifical territory.

"About the same time, another corps of insurgents made its entry in the direc- tion of Pistoja, under the orders of the two brothers Colombarini, and effected its junction with another, commanded by Signor Piva, within a short distance from Bologna. These two bands consisted of about two hundred men; among whom were ten noblemen of Fastoja and Florence, and other Tuscans of distinction."

In a postscript, the writer adds, that the report of artillery was heard in the direction of Ravenna during the morning of the 29th, and that Etagnacavallo and Russ! had made their movement on the 27th. Another letter from Tuscany says that the movement in Rimini was began by the garrison, who fired raised the standard of' revolt.

Tile other Governments of Italy laboured under much alarm, and had taken steps to repress disorders. The Tuscan Government marched troops to its froatiers. The Venetian Government prepared gun-boats for action, and they were kept at sea ready to make for any point. Marshal Radelski, Commander of the Austrian army, caused the garrison of Ferrara to be reinforced.

The Gazette Italiana, a print published at Paris, mentions three decrees which it alleges to have been recently issued by the Pope. The first prohibits the con sta-uction of any description of railroad in the Pontifical dominions; by the second all the Pope's subjects are forbidden to attend any scientific congress; and the third orders all physicians not to attend such patients as, after their third visit, shall not have received the sacroanont.

Russia.—More stories come to light of Russian methods in converting proselytes to the established faith. The Paris Conatautionne/ publishes a long letter from a Polish gentleman, confirming the account in the Univers, which we quoted last week; and the writer gives some additional particulars—

"Upon one occasion, during the castigation of one of the sisters, [the nuns of the Convent of Minsk,] already reduced to a shadow, she expired at the thirtieth blow ; notwithstanding which, the executioner, in order to conform to Russian customs and complete the number of lashes which had been ordered, administered the remaining twenty blows upon the lifeless body. Two other sisters expired some hours after their flagellation. It is perfectly true that they were employed as labourers at the Archbishop's Palace; in which capacity five of them perished by the falling of a mass of earth in a quarry in which they were at work, and nine others were killed by the falling of some scaffolding. The Bishop was one of the most fierce of their persecutors; and he had a willing tool in Michelewiez, who seemed to expect by these cruelties to stifle the whisperings of conscience and make him forget his apostaey. This man has now appeared before his judge. Having given himself up to ebriety, he fell into a pool of water and was drowned. This event did not produce any amelioration in the condition of the sisters. The Bishop still continued his persecutions with the same determined obstinacy. One day he determined to make them enter one of his churches cost what it might; and accordingly had them driven by his agents as far as the church-door, when the Superior directed one of the sisters to place a beam, which was at hand, across

the porch, and immediately directed the rest to fall upon their knees; which having been done, the Superior snatched a hatchet from a labourer, and, present-

ing it to the Bishop, thus addressed Apostate, you have been our pastor, be now our executioner: decapitate us, and drag our remains in your temple; tbr, living, you shall never see us there.' At these words, the priest stood confounded, pale, and stupitied, and would have fallen to the ground but for the assistance of throe who surrounded him."

A letter from Livonia, in the Hamburg Gazette, alludes to a different pro- cess of conversion. The Government has just effected some conversions

in the German provinces of Courland, Esthonia, and Livonia, where the majority of the inhabitants are Protestant; and the work is followed up with violence and blind fanaticism-

" The-Livorrian clergy met on the 6th, 7th, and 8th September, in the small town of Walk, to the number of sixty, for the purpose of deliberating upon the reli-

gious movement which at present manifests itself among the inhabitants of Li- vonia. They came to a decision to remonstrate with the Government at St. Peters- burg upon the subject. M. de Golowin had replied to that remonstrance, that the natives or others who wished to eater into the orthodox church would be received at Riga, and in the other towns of Livonia: for this purpose several temporary

churches had been opened. The peasants whe wish to quit their residences for the purpose of being received ought to be furnished with certificates from their landlords, who cannot refuse them. The proprietors and clergy whoshould hinder or endeavour to deter the peasantry from following the bent of their incli- nations would be liable to severe penalties. It is necessary to remark, that article 10th of the treaty of peace of Nystadt is in the following terms= Liberty of conscience will be respected in all the provinces of Estlienia, Livonia, the island of (Lel, Gazelle, and Impermanland, ceded by Sweden to Russia. The Evangelical Church shall be maintained there, such as it existed under the Swedish Government."