The French capital has been in a state of excitement,
both from domestic occurrences and disastrous intelligence from Africa. Many "infernal mac:hines" are in Paris, and one of them exploded on the night. of the 28t1l November, in the Rue de Montpensier, a quarter of the Palais Royal. Nobody was killed ; and it does not appear that 'any Mischief to persons was positively intended, but that the explosion, if not accidental, was made for the purpose of alarming the authorities, and intimating to the disaffected that -daring'Spiritiamong them were on the alert. A description of the tuachme:ahdparticulars of the explosion will he tbund in a Subst•- qadiftp40.:-:.Of :three men suspected of being concerned in the altar, two have been arrested. One, linuAvn, is.. known to the Police as a malecontent of daring character : he W91 S recognized in the streets, though in disguise, and made a tierce resistance. • union of Bonapartists and Republicans is no longer a secret ; anti the knowledge of their intercomumnication suggested the ar- rest of the editor of the Capita/e, a paper suppose& to be 'Mined by Prince Louis BONAPARTE, and the seizure of papers ••
found in his office. As no offence could be proved against the journalist, he was released afteta few hours' detention.
The extraordinary precautiisfor the security of Louis PHILIPPE and his family are considered more than ever necessary. The King himself is Mit •safe front assassination at home or abroad. Ills palace is turned' into a fortress ; and when he goes forth, it is like a guilty creature, who dreads the encounter of his fellow men.
:A dispute between Louis PHILIPPE and TESTE, the Minister of Justice, excites attention. The King disapproved of a commission on the "transmission of offices" nominated by TEsm, and cour- .teouslY received a deputation of notaries who protested against it. .Tustu offered his resignation ; which the King would not ac- cept. The quarreh however, was not arranged when the last ac- counts left Paris; and the Moniteur Parlsiea, an organ of the \-Government, 'published a long article on Wedneaday denying the -right tit' the King' to interfere in the matter, or encourage opposi- tion to the acts of a • Minister whom he continued in office. The Journal fles Debuts maintains that Louis PuturrE acted constitu- tionally in likening- fo' the complaints-of the notaries against a
' proceeding of his Governnieni. •
The African intelligence is comprised in despatches received from .Marshal VAt„LI:E, Governor of the Algerine Colony, stating that ..Ann-ux.-Iimiiitt had proelaiimed a . holy. war against the French, whose outposts he had. suddenly attacked, besides cutting • off several convoys. Several hundreds of French troops had been -slaughtered. The open country was at the mercy of the Arabs, and the French 'settlers were taking refuge in Algiers. The al- lege&motive furl:\ 1iD-EL-11AEER'S attack is the • recent expedition of the Duke of ORLEANS and -Malsbal V.Att.fh: to the Iron Gates, through a conaiderable portion hf the territory claimed by ABE-EL- ..KADER, blit to which his title is questionable. However, he makes the march of the French troops the pretext for rousing the Arab chieftains; and that he will cause his enemy extreme annoyance and immense expense, is certain ; though reinforcements have been and are about to be sent to Marshal VALIS.E, which will probably drive him-back into the desert. There is a very general disposition in Paris to punish the Emir. though the value of a colony to be maintained by constant conflict with hardy barbarians is admitted to be questionable. The trade with AlgiCrs had been checked, and all exports of merchandise stopped.
