The only news of interest in the Paris papers, relates
to a rather serious defeat of the French troops, near Macta, on the coast of Africa. The French were commanded by General TREZEL ; who was surprised by ABDEL KADER, an Arab chief, who seems to have been considered an ally previously to this affair. The Arabs numbered about 15.000; the French army was very much smaller, but the exact numbers are not mentioned. The number of French killed and wounded is admitted to be 500; but, in addition to this, a large quantity of guns, baggage, and ammunition, was captured by the Arabs ; and it was with difficulty that any portion of the defeated army could be embarked and conveyed back to Oran. All the prisoners taken by the Arabs were immediately shot. On the receipt of this news in Paris, General CLAUSEL was sent off to Algiers, to reassume the chief command there, as is supposed.
A French officer of rank has been despatched into Gallicia, to watch the movements of a large body of troops which has been col- lected in that province by the Austrian Government.
The Order of Advocates held a meeting in Paris on Saturday, and almost unanimously adopted resolutions against the com- petency of the Court of Peers, under the Charter, to try the insur- gents of April 1834. M. TRIERS is reported to be seriously ill.
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