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In almost every part of Algiers you are continually reminded 
that you are under French rule, by the number of soldiers, French 
cafés, &c. There is, however, a quarter that the Englishman has 
taken for hisown. In the beautiful suburb of Mustapha Superior 
he has built his English Church, and villa residences innumerable. 
The view from the summit of Mustapha Superior, overlooking the 
town and the bay, is scarcely to be equalled on the whole coast 
of the Mediterranean; and here, while we work and grumble under 
our cold, damp, cloudy skies, he smokes his pipe, sips his coffee, 
reads his ‘‘ Times,’”’ and laughs at ‘‘ Punch ”’ under the palms, 
over-arched by the deep blue sky of Algiers.” 
In reply to the points which had been raised in the discussion 
which followed these papers, Mr. Lancaster said, the reason why 
the mosques were open to the public in Algiers, and not at 
Tangier, was because there was a strong French influence at 
Algiers which did not prevail at Tangier. Algiers was filled with 
Europeans, and the European influence had broken down the 
barrier. It was the same at Cairo and Damascus. 
Mr. Strange, in replying, said his authority for daring to 
‘attack the well known historian of Whalley, Dr. Whitaker, was 
from the fountain head, Col. Parker himself, with whose assist- 
ance he had been able to obtain much information in reference 
to the history of the Parker family, and to show that the pedigree 
went back to a much earlier period than that given in the history 
of Whalley or in Barnes’ History of Lancashire. He had also 
received valuable information from Col. Parker in regard to the 
particular way in which Browsholme came into the hands of the 
family, by purchase from the Crown, at the beginning of the 
Seventeenth Century. 
