The news from Tangier is still inconclusive, though it seems
probable that the Angera revolt will be brought to an end without farther fighting. An odd incident has been the interven9m of the Shereef of Wazan,—a Moorish dignitary now under French protection, whose position may be com- pared to that of an hereditary Pope. He is, or was till be got himself naturalised as a Frenchman, a subject of the Sultan ; but a subject somewhat in the sense in which the Prince-Bishops of Germany were subjects of the Empire. On Monday, Renter's correspondent at Tan- gier telegraphed that the Shereef had sent a letter to the insurgents advising them to submit to the Sultan's authority, either by surrendering themselves or their leader Hammam. This caused, it is said, a disagreement among the Angerite forces, many of the chiefs desiring to follow the advice thus given them ; and negotiations are now going on with a view to the settlement of the grievances of Hammam and his followers. It will probably not be rash to attribute the Shereefe intervention to French influence.
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