25 OCTOBER 1845, Page 9

The Paris papers of Thursday confirm the belief that Marshal

Soult will resign the portfolio of War, and retain the Presidency of the Council.

They contain a series of despatches from Algeria, which show that the French were able to maintain themselves in all their positions, but that they had made no impression on the Arabs. Abd-el-Kader, who was sup- posed to be beyond the Tafna, had penetrated into the province of the West: his scouts had even been seen within fifteen leagues of Oran.