14 NOVEMBER 1846, Page 9

Letters from Algiers report that a frightful inundation has taken

place in Algeria, from the overflowing of the river Arrach after very heavy rains. The village of liaison Carr& was nearly swept away, and twenty-three persons were known to have been drowned. On the night of the inundation, an earthquake was felt at Algiers.

In a letter to the Marquis de Pastoret, which appears in some of the French journals of Thursday, the Duke de Bordeaux announces a dona- tion of 20,000 francs to be distributed, on the occasion of his marriage, amongst the inhabitants of his native city, Paris, solely with reference to the claims of poverty. The Duke refers to the prevailing misery, and, regret- ting the smallness of the sum, enforces upon his friends the necessity " of rendering their alms more abundant than ever."