According to some of the French papers, the Chamber of
Deputies will be dissolved about the 5th of June, and an attempt made by Go- vernment to secure the return of a less obstinate set of representa- tives. In the mean time, fetes are to be given by the Liberals in the various departments, in honour of the present Deputies ; while the King has been holding levees, and recommending himself as much as possible by the urbanity of his attentions. The predominant topic of interest, lhowever, is the expedition to Algiers. The Ministers have obtained no authority from the legislative power to incur the expenses of this war ; but they trust to obtain the sanction of the Chambers, when they are convoked. Their risk of disappointment we should be inclined to rate as very considerable, should the expedition prove un- fortunate; and by all accounts, the Dey is making preparations for a desperate resistance. He is collecting troops from the interior and along the coast ; he has engaged many European officers of expe- rience; and he is said already to have erected batteries on all the eminences near the town. The Liberal journals have found fresh matter for abuse of England, in the assumption that she is prepared to thwart France in her designs upon Algiers, or at all events to pre- vent the formation of a French colony upon the coast. Moreover, they assert that the King makes no secret of his intention to abrogate the Charter; and for this alleged resolution, as Fell as for the appoint- ment of Prince Pomoruo and the nomination of Prince LEOPOLD, the Duke of WELLINGTON and England are to blame.
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