Affairs in Morocco develop very slowly. There have been reconnaissances
in force by the French troops at Casa Blanca during the week. The most important took place on Tuesday, when over two thousand French were engaged. The Arabs were estimated at six thousand, and fought with the highest courage and pertinacity, frequently coming to close quarters with detached bodies of the French. The French object, acccrding to the special correspondent of the Times, was to draw a serious attack upon the camp, and then get the enemy between two fires. He is of opinion that there is too much firing on the whole at long ranges. The French casualties on Tuesday were two officers and six men killed and twelve 'men wounded. Among the killed was,Commandant Provost, of the Foreign Legion. The difficulty at Mazagan, where four thousand rifles and a million and a half rounds of ammunition at the Custom House are claimed by the population on behalf of Mulai Hafid, and also by delegates of the Sultan, has not yet been settled. The Southern tribes after some hesitation appear to be declaring in favour of Mulai Hafid as Sultan. Abd-ul-Aziz contemplates moving from Fez to Rabat, which is the key, as the Tangier correspondent of the Times says, to North and South Morocco, but apparently neither be nor his Viziers can nerve themselves to so hazardous a journey.
