Things do not look well at Tangier. Three thousand in-
surgents, of whom 1,500 have rifles, are threatening the city, and the inhabitants of the suburbs show a disposition to join them. The result would be a massacre of Europeans, but that there are English, French, and Italian war-ships in the harbour, from which men would at once be landed to defend the foreign residents. It seems improbable that Kabyles will venture to attack European sailors, supported by the guns from a fleet ; but a mob inspired with hopes of plunder, and instigated by armed friends outside, will occasionally run great risks. The Sultan of Morocco seems wholly unable to- restore order, or give any security to Europeans, and but for the shadow of the great war, which cools all European politics, and deters even ambitious States from effort, we should say that the dying hour of the last Moorish State was very near at hand. We suppose, as things are, the European representatives will act together, and probably allow Sir Euan Smith, who is an experienced soldier, to make arrangements for the defence of the town. A very few artillerists in the citadel ought to keep it as quiet as Gibraltar.
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