A private correspondent, writing to the Riforme, says that the
Arabi on the frontiers of Morocco had endeavoured to revenge oa the French camp of Sebdon the disastrous battle of Isly- " At eight o'clock on the morning of the 20th August, a body of Arabs.I. -at 1,000 in number, advanced towards the camp of Sebdon. The cry 'To arms. was immediately heard throughout the camp. A short but murderous dis- charge of musketry was next heard : 15 of our men were shot dead, and 4 wounded. The Arabs Sod, leaving 25 dead, and one stand of colours. It was remarked that they carried with them, according to custom, all their wounded." Marshal Bugeaud arrived at Oran on the 3d instant, on his way to Algiers. Oachda had been evacuated. The well-fortified camp of Lalla- Maghrania, on the disputed territory, was now the French head- quarters at the frontier ; General Bedeau remaining there with 6,000 men. The rest of the army, under General Lamoriciere, was removed to Djemma-el-Ghazaout, on the sea-shore, to benefit from sea air and bathing. That army had 1,000 sick in its hospitals ; a fearful set-off against the victory of Isly ! The Algetie has accounts, to the 2d instant, from the Prince De Join- vine's squadron ; which reached Cadiz on the 28th August. It left plogador on the 24th; three gun-brigs having arrived, to remain at that port. As the steamer Pluton, commanded by the Prince, passed before Rabat and El Araich, she was fired upon by the batteries of those towns. On the 28th, the ship-of-the-line Inflexible, and the Monte- zuma steam-frigate, which were reported to have gone back to Tunis, entered the Straits, together with the corvette Egerie, laden with 19,000 cannon-balls ; and steered towards Mogador, where the Emperor of Mo- rocco was believed to have arrived. On the 31st, the Lavoisier left for the same destination, with provisions for the garrison of the island.
The Morning Chronicle reports new attempts at negotiation with the Emperor-
" The Due Be Glucksberg and M. Be Nion have been ordered to go from
Cadiz to Tangier, for the purpose of opening further negotiations with the Em- peror; and by the latest accounts they were expected to start every day. We understand that the terms which the Due De Glucksberg and M. De Nion are empowered to offer to the Emperor, are precisely those which were offered to him before!'
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