21 SEPTEMBER 1844, Page 10

POSTSCRIPT.

SATURDAY NIGHT.

The Paris papers of Thursday supply some more precise information as to the nature of the terms to which the Emperor of Morocco has submitted; the treaty itself having reached the French Government. The information is important, because upon the completeness of the arrangement its permanence must greatly depend. According to the Journal dcs Ditats, Atal-el-under is outlawed; the Moors undertaking to expel him from their territory, or to seize him and lodge him in Some Western town, " until the two Governments shall have come to an understanding to take measures to guarantee the tranquillity of Algeria against his attacks." " Another article stipulates that an exemplary chastisement shall be in- flicted on the Moorish chiefs who have violated the peace and invaded our ter- ritory. The Emperor engages to prevent for the future any assemblage of troops on our frontier; and not to retain more than 2,000 men under the corn- tiand of the Caid of Ouchda, the nearest town to our frontiers, and which we occupied after the battle of Illy. The frontiers are to be marked out as they were during the domination of the Turks in Algeria. This question of frontier was, it may be recollected, the origin or the pretext for the attack of the Moors. The treaty acknowledges our rights, and decides in our favour. Fresh nego- tiations will take place for the purpose of completing and consolidating the ancient treaties which regulate our political and commercial relations with Mo- rocco. In the mean time, these ancient treaties are maintained, and France will enjoy, in every respect, the same privileges as the most favoured nation."

The Raw de Paris states that the Emperor, alarmed at his losses, deputed Albrizi, an Italian renegade, to negotiate a peace, under pain of being "walled up" in case of failure-

" This punishment consists in the construction of a wall six feet high and three wide, in which the patient is placed, allowing only a small aperture of the size of his face, through which food is given to him. The unhappy suf- ferer, previously to expiring, remains generally during several days in that fright- ful position, exposed to the gaze of the crowd. This mode of punishment, pe- culiar to Morocco, is reserved for state criminals."

Albrizi did succeed. Why does not Lord Aberdeen try :that plan with some Ashburton and a treaty to settle the Oregon question or other dilatory affair ? The Moorish punishment, by the way, is ancient, and was at one time used by the hlussulman race in Spain. A beautiful lady having audaciously refused the favours of one of the Abd-er- Eahmans, he caused her to be "walled up" with silver ingots, loose ; so that, repenting, she might undo her prison, and keep its precious Materials.