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SIXPENCE AND NrNE.PIiNCE, Boat and Blackwall Railway included. Dm*. From the Brunswick Wharf, Illackwall, —7 Sundays included) at Ten, Eleven Twelve, Three, Four, Six, and Half-past Seven At Seven . From the Terrace Fier, Gravesend, Yen. Half-past Nine, Half-past Twelve, Two,* Four, Six, Seven, and Eight. • On Sundays at Five instead of Two. P am —Fore Cabin and Seconi-class Carriage, Sixpence; Saloon and First; class Carriage, Ninepenee. Ste' 011ioe, Gravesend, July 10, 1844. broadsides from all the ships were poured into the place, and instantly returned by the forts from a few guns. It is now two hours since the firing began, the Frenchmen keeping up a continued blaze, and for one hour not a shot has been fired by the Moors. They lis - ve all the time been firing from, I should think, a dozen guns, and no more. The place is becoming a mass of ruins, so far as we can see, but it is nothing more thar. exercise for their men ;: they may have lost two or three men, but certainly not more, and not a rope or spar has been shot away in any of them. A steamer has just passed us, and she has one shothole just above the water line, and two have struck her in the stein. She was hankering round a fort a long way off, and they served her with a shot. The "grand nation" have nothing to boast off ; they took up the best positions with an "overpowering force against a savage and barbarous people, whose only force lies iu the madness of fanaticism. I leave theta still firing. The Vesuvius (from Mogadore) has just hove in sight, so I shall keep this open till the place is taken, or as the case may be. I am obliged to e!ose, as the steamer is off. It is now five o'clo c k, an d t h e French ships have hauled out of harm's way; I may say given it up—not game to land. The town is very much knocked about. Such a display of lubberly conduct as the French have shown to-day is beyond 13:21ief ; their steamers running foul of different ships—from bal management the line of-battle ships presenting their bows and sterns to be raked, and their bad gunnery has made us laugh. Little do they know the feeling•against them among our men; could they be let loose the Cra pauds would rue this day! We despise them for their conduct to-day, in firing at a defenceless town, as much as we laugh at their lubberly way of going to work . igeol-0r.U.1".,....6,01.11_ WM, No. 16,230. LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING SU AUGUST 22, 1844. PRICE sd. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DIVISION OF PROFITS. ambled Steady success and increasing prosperity of the Sot iety has _",bled the Directors, at the last anaual investigation, to declare a reond Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each ' c "OgY erected ox the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POSY, containing PARLIAMENTARI and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that liosir. ) --- n the cora" 4 . 'le l I° ... t 14 11000 _ 1 FA oct;.P. • CLOSING OF 'fflE PRESENT EXHIBITION. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL. The GALLERY, with a SELECTION of PICTURE:4 by _ANCIENT MASTERS and DECEASED BRITISH ARTISTS, is OPEN Daily from Ten in the Morning till Six in the Evening, and will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, the 31st inst. defended and unoffending town of Tangiers. A measure more precipitate, more unprovoked, or more inexpedient, perhaps can scarcely be paralleled, at least in the present age, when the various nations of Europe appear to be swayed by a proper, a civili.ed temper, a becoming spirit of forbearance, which inspires to show the moral responsibility of rashly insisting on, much more in pro voking, the necessity of resorting to the violent acts of war. Nor is this truly laudable Christian spirit con fined to states incap a bl e o f res i st i ng any i nsu l t or aggres sion, real or imaginary, or for want of means in main taining their just and honourable rights. But, on the contrary, it influences the conduct. as well as governs the actions of the most powerful and warlike kingdoms in their mutual intercourse. "< Bonus Premium. 1 a added. Bonus in Cash. ~ ~ab a ~ ~ ~ µm ~ Id R • O er Admission, ls. Catalogue, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keepctr, and 3 es bi 6 by.; 1 X N. d. N. d. `'1837 170 9 3 74 3 4.1838'144 2 2 11839 ; 116 16 0 s. d. 77 5 1 64 5 6 51 5 11 A c d. 12 3 5 9 16 4 7 11 9 £ s. ds 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 ROYAL COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS. THE EXHIBITION in WESTMINSTER HALL is OPEN to the Public GRATIS, from Nine till Seven, EXCEPT on SATURDAYS, when it is open from Ten till Seven to visitors paying One Shilling. Catalogue 6(1. C. L. EASTLAKE, Secretary. ... Ile division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De ur the present year. Tw f institution offers many important and substantial advan 'Was With respect b o th t o Lif e Assurances and Deferred Annuities. assured kas, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex +.7u. or forf e it ure o f t h e P o li cy, t wo -thi r d s of the premium paid, (s se,,table) ; al so th e op ti on o f se l ec ti ng benefits, and the conversion forte interests to meet other convenicnc,s or necessity. Assurances _tetras of years are granted on the lowe 3t possible rates. F. FERGLTSON CAMROUX. Sec. it) 12 ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CAPTAIN WARNER'S EXPERIMENT. In consequence of the DESTRUCTIVE EXPLOSION off BRIGH TON, the Directors of the ROYAL POLYTECHIC INSTITUTION yield to the generally expressed wish that Dr. RYAN should adapt am of his Lectures to the subject of EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS. This Lecture,lillustrated by interesting Experiments, so far as they can be shown with perfect safety, will be delivered daily at half-past Three o'clock, except on Mondays and Saturdays, and in the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock. On Mondays and Saturdays, at Four o'clock, Dr. POTT'S PNEUMA TIC MODE of forming SUBMARINE FOUNDATIONS in DEEP WATER, with various Interesting Experiments. Professor BACII HOFFNER'S Lectures, and all the other subjects of interest in the Lastitution. . . . . . 'three An exception, however, has been unfortunately com mitted on the part of the French nation in violation of the above stated honourable principle, as will be seen in the instance now brought to general notice, and which must soon be submitted to the verdict of public opinion. THE B03113A111)MENT OF TANGIERS. The following letter was received at Lloyd's yesterday morning : a dl5 1 1 2 Jr 3 Jr azia GREAT BRITAIN MUTUAL LIFE AS • SURANCE SOCIETY, 14, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. THE CHISHOLM, Chairman. ?EC. WILLIAM MORLEY, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. ' - ' , ;LIAR ADVANTAGES OFFERED TO POLICY-HOLDERS IN THIS INSTITUTION". An e ) rs Xtremely low rate of Premium, without participatio n in the 'uts, but with the option, at any time within five years, of paying 13 the difference between the Reduced Rates and the Mutual Assur tote2s,?tee ; and thus becoming Me mbers of the Societ y , and entitled . 111 participation in the Profits. .atract from the Reduced Scale of Rates. for an Assurance of 1001., °r One Year, Seven Years, and the whole Term of Life. Annual Premium. Age ' One Year. Seven Years. 1W hole Life. X s. d. £ s. d. 109 1 1 6 129 1 3 3 156 1 7 6 1 15 9 2 1 6 3 3 5 3 17 0 X s. d. 1 13 11 2 2 1 2 16 4 4 1 11 6 8 3 Particulars are detailed in the Prospectus. A. It. IRVINE, Managing Director. SCOTTISH EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, Incorporated by Royal Charter. Established 1831. Head Office, 26, St. Andrew's-square, Edinburgh ; London Office, 61 A, Moorgate-street. PRESIDENT. /115 grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH and QUEENSBERRY. TICE-PRESIDENTS. The Right Hon. Lord Gray. Sir Neil Menzies, Bart., of Menzies. David M. M. Chrichtoun, Esq., of Rankeilour. ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager. rie leading principle of this Mutual Assurance Society is, that the , Profits are divisible among the Policy Holders every three CT , . In illustration of the eminent success which has attended the j.:isty,it may be stated that the additions made to Policies have ,7 411 at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured and on ' 4 e vested bonus. Zuni the holder of a Policy for 1,0001. effected on the Ist of March, t o I ‘, !971. will ; , if it become a claim during the present year, be entitled aro' or, if effected on or before the Ist March, 1833, to 1,2751., . 10 on as regards other Policies. 'ue Accumulated Fund exceeds 260,0001., and the Annual Revenue abo ve ill. 7 0,0001., the whole being in a course of steady and increas * prosperity. bold opt other Life A ss urance Institution whatever , ean warrantably o ptgreater advantages to parties Assuring than this Society does. El WILLIAM COOK, Agent for London. A . 310Orgate-street. FINCHLEY. IP O BE LET, UNFURNISHED, at a very )4 3 ,, Moderate rent, and entered upon immediately, a compact ,LLY HOUSE., with flower and kitchen gardens, small stable, 14;Pa-house and harness-room, delightfully situated at Church-end. an d I l ruse contains a dining-room and two parlours, entrance-hall, Andsouie oak staircase ; front and back:drawing-rooms, corn larnoating by folding-doors, and five bed-rooms on the upper floor ; or tie : kitchen, scullery, and wash-house, and ample cellaring. The p:iset are well supplied with excellent water from an hydraulic P* 0 4 , An omnibus goes from Finchley and returns three times Y. • "r krther particulars, apply to Messrs. Adam Murray and Sons, rand land agents, 47, Parliament-street. Up ZON SCUDAMORE, midway between Westbury and War. minster, : - " ,, ELE FREEHOLD ESTATE, with comfortable Dwell. '"g. Gardens, Paddocks, &c., within the means of moderate capitalists. ESSRS. CROCKETT and SON are instructed 18 , to SELL by AUCTION, on WEDNESDAY, August 28, 4 4 ; at the Bath Arms, Warminster, at Three o'clock in the etn° °n; subject to conditions which will then be produced, at 411 t hat very desirable ESTATE, consisting of Fifty Acres, and Coin th e owner ' s occu p a ti on , w h o i s leaving the country. Of tb °l4 . l44 ing a comfortable Dwelling-house, within a few steps ,Ip ar ish church, with Lawn, and two productive Gardens and yr „ d „,"ult thriving Orchard. Adjoining thereto an enclosed Pad tire '""; Cart, and Nag Sta bl es , wa ll e d in Burton-yard. Also Forty. Acres of capital Arable Land, and three Cottages, well t enanted ; rental, 101. per annum. , s he above o ff ers a ver y e li g ible opportunity either to the capi faist or for occupation, and is capable of great improvement. :e projected railroad will pass near the boundary of the Estate. Y Possession may be had. For viewing, apply to Mr. Edward Willes Knight, on the Estate, and further particulars may be had of George W. Antic, Esq" solicitor ; and of the Auctioneer, Devizes. IMPORTANT to FAMILIES FURNISHING. v urxi3 " -- A considerable saving can be effected in the purchase of W ob‘ , llllll E Ironmongery, by visiting the PANKLIBANON IRON 88, Baker-street, Portman-square, where may be in trcted the most extensive STOCK of IRONMONGERY GOODS in W, s , l Cingdom, consisting of kitchen cooking utensils, German silver ", drawing-room stoves, shower and vapour baths, oniamental Work, garden implements, japanned water cans and toilette pails, o Sheffield plate, kitchen ranges, fenders and fire-irons, tea trays, biTniental wirework, Bower stands, table cutlery, &c. 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CANDLES SUPERIOR IN THEIR BURN %Nu , 11 0 QUALITIES TO THE FINEST WAX are now retailed glie the Country at One Shilling per lb. t o partiesi Who are in the habit of burning two tallow moulds of four Wh, tb e , are respectfully requested to make the experiment Vrtu no ‘f single " PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE" of six to the lb. not gwQ More light ; and whether, therefore, these Candles do o,e,.pulinord. a cheaper source of light than the commonest tallow ot withstamding the difference in price per lb. gi v r n iet,.!t_tust be taken to ask for them in the shops under the name DoSit e ,';'" v e, as there are some imitations sold under the name" Com- Dubuc by which Price's Patent Candles were originally made Tile trade a nd e_ may obtain them wholesale from EDWARD PRICE str eof " k;,,••lerk Belmont, ell Vauxhall ; or from PALMER and CO., Sutton enw 11 ° ND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK' tequirin g no preparation, for Writing Initials, Names, 0 r assaii:"Pen Linen, &c., for the purpose of identity, and security t he o .l loss or mistake. 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Gd., THE SEVENTH EDITION OF DR. ROWE'S TREATISE on NERVOUS DISEASES, Liver and Stomach Complaints, Low Spirits, Indigestion, and Disorders of Warm Climates ; with Observations on Asthma and Gout. London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. SPIRIT Gt the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Of the bombardment of Tangiers ample details will be found in another column. The descriptions of the operations, and the comments upon the mode in which they were executed, from professional men who witnessed them, without having their attention distracted by taking an active part in the scene, will be interesting to every class of readers ; but will be deeply so to naval and military men. The latter will know how to appreciate the tactics of the assailants, and the gallant resistance of the assailed. According to the accounts of the British officers who watched the proceedings, the French have little to boast of in the way of superiority in naval fight. Their unskilfulness in pointing their guns ; the fuss and fury with which their ships com menced the attack in connexion with the compara tively trifling results of their fire upon the forti fications against which it was directed, caused no little merriment among the British officers and men who were spectators of the scene. The merit of their criticisms we do not profess to discuss. That the exciting scene should call up reminis cences of former days, when the " tug of war" was between the assailants and the spectators, was but natural. That these recollections should cause the pulse of our brave seamen to beat with a quickened pace, and inspire them with something approaching to a wish for an opportunity of proving that British skill and prowess have experienced no diminution, will not excite surprise. We can appreciate the feelings which they express with characteristic ardour, without sharing in the hopes they breathe, that their services will be again required to vin dicate the honour and protect the interests of their country. From the attack on Tangiers—which seemed to threaten an interruption of the pacifie relation between France and England—a transition to the sub ject of increased or diminished probability of a rup ture between the two countries, is easy and natural. The public mind is tremblingly alive to this inquiry. hope and fear, anxiety and confidence—with the mo difications of which each class of feeling is susceptible— ascend and descend in the scale of national feeling, like the mercury in the tube. The intelligence supplied by the continental arrivals of the morning influence the transactions of the day. As the political vane shifts its inclination, so commercial operations are checked or encouraged, and monetary transactions are de pressed or revive. The letter of our Paris corre spondent states that an improved state of feeling toward England parvades the piblic mind of the French capital. It is there generally believed that the two Governments have arrived at an under standing respecting the subject-matter of difference, which will lead to the amicable adjustment of the disputes arising out of the outrages committed at Otaheite by the French authorities ; and also to a satisfactory termination of the yet more formidable affair of Tangiers. Of such a result we had no doubt, if the two Cabinets were actuated in the negotiations by the sound policy on which the real interests of their respective countries depend. Our apprehensions of a contrary result were occasioned, on the one hand, by the apparent disposition of the French Minister to yield to the war party ; which has clamoured for ag gression and outrage, in opposition to justice and peace; and on the other, by the apathy which seemed to have crept over the Government of this country with reference to its foreign policy. The former acted as if it were its intention to provoke England to hostile retaliation ; while the latter seemed to encourage renewed infractions of its rights, and movements por tentous to its interests, by indifference approaching to insensibility ; or—what was yet more reprehensi ble —by expostulation, the gentleness of which tended to invite a repetition of outrage, rather than a repa ration for wrong already inflicted. Most glady shall we hail a change in the councils of both Cabinets. A determined resistance of the war-faction, which has striven to involve France in war with Eng land, will be the best evidence of the pacific po licy of the French Ministers. Such a determination, if openly proclaimed, would be received by the bulk of the French nation with approbation ; and would crush the hopes of the noisy agitators, who have sought to advance their own selfish projects, which are threatened with extinction by the preservation and perpetuity of peace. The best mole of indi cating a settled purpose to preserve peace, would be to admit the wrongs done at Otaheite—to punish the wrong-doers. Reparation should be made to the injured Queen, by restoring her to the throne, with her powers unimpaired and unfettered, from which she was de posed, without just reason or colourable pretext, by French authorities; and to this country, for the in sult inflicted upon it in the person of its Consul. While France confines her hostile operations against Morocco to bombarding the fortifications on her coast, let her expend as much powder and shot as she pleases in that way : England will look on, without interfering, or wishing to interfere, in the matter. But not a foot of land must she seek to possess in that territory; nor on any other part of that coast—save Algeria; which she may keep, if she can. This, then, is the course which a straightforward policy prescribes to the two Governments. These are the terms which that of England is bound to require of France, and France to comply with. They are founded in justice; and cannot be abated without compromising the honour of England ; nor refused by France without im pugning the sincerity of the professions which she makes of desiring the preservation of peace with England. STANDARD.—We have copied from the Times some letters descriptive of the late attack upon Tan giers. We confess that if these letters hal been offered to ourselves in the first instance, we should have hesitated to make public articles written in a spirit so uncandid and offensive, and which really tell so little of what the public can be interested to know. The criticisms of professional men upon the operations of rivals are seldom too liberal, but it would be unjust to the British navy to believe that the letter writers in the Times are what they call themselves—naval officers. We think that these letters present, besides their extreme illiberality, other internal evidence demonstrative of the fact that the writers of them are not naval officers, though probably the letters may have been written on board the vessels from which they were dated by some landsmen, instructed by the gossip of the common sailors. As we have observed, such offensive and unsatisfactory letters ought not to have been printed without much hesitation ; but, as they have been printed, the mis chief has been done, and all that is now possible is to limit its amount, by showing what the communi cations are really worth. The writers charge the Prince de Joinville pretty directly With want both of skill and of courage, and impute a like want of courage to the French marine, and charge the sailors of the squadron with a great deficiency in naval gunnery. Now, as to the degree of professional skill displayed by the Royal Admiral, we are certainly no competent judges, and if we were better qualified to judge of a naval operation than we can pretend to be under the most favourable circumstances, we want all the requisites for a correct judgment, knowledge, of the orders under which the Prince acted—knowledge of the locality and its defensible parts, knowledge of the state of the tide, currents, wind, &c. Nor do the Times' correspondents help us the least in these particulars; and, indeed, one of the strongest proofs to us that these persons are not " the naval officers " they are represented, is their neglect of supplying that very kind of information which a professional man would consider the first to be offered. But if we are unable to form any opinion from ourselves of the skill of the Prince de Joinville, we certainly shall not abide by the decision of such very incompetent judges as the Times' correspondents. It is quite possible, nay, it is almost necessary, that the French commander may have made some mistakes. Every one, how much so ever experienced, makes mis takes at the commencement of a great operation ; if the mistake does not materially obstruct success, as it did not at Tangiers, it rests uncorrected—it is only when it happens to be very important, that a mistake gives a commander occasion to prove his skill by repairing it, and yet some of the greatest commanders, naval and military, have rested no small part ot their fame upon the repair ing of blunders originally committed. As to the imputation upon the Prince's courage, and the courage of the French navy, it is somewhat late in the day to impute cowardice to the blood of Henry the Fourth, nothing degenerated, certainly, 'in that most intrepid of Princes who now governs France ; late in the day, also, to impute cowardice to a nation which, within the memory of many now living, with equal numbers, and in pitched fields, defeated suc cessively the gallant armies of all the most gallant na • tions of Europe, except one which it does not become us to name. No; a braver race than the French people does not exist—probably never existed; if they have ever found superiors in equal battle, the superiority has lain in purely physical qualities, aided by the stubborn confidence which a consciousness of physical superiority almost always inspires, until it becomes a habit of the mind. As to the defi ciency of the French in naval gunnery, before subscribing to the opinion of the Times cor respondents, we should like to know something of the state of the weather; the condition of the sur face of the sea must seriously affect the success of artillery practice at 800 or 1,200 yards' range. We are more sceptical on this point, because we have lately had the pleasure of conversing with some bona fide naval officers—men alike distinguished by their gallantry and their professional skill, men, too, who having been for some years on the Mediterranean station, were almost constantly in company and in communication with the French marine. Now, the report of the French naval gun nery which we have had from these gentleman is by no means consistent with the statements of the Times' correspondents. They say that the French practice, is perfect, adding (not without a touch of envious feeling) that all the French want is a better quality of guns fully, to equal the as yet unrivalled gunnery displayed by the British fleet at Acre. We think it proper thus to reply in detail to what we believe to be the gross misrepre sentations of the Times, first, because it is always right to tell the truth ; secondly, because the letters in the Times indicate a feeling disgraceful to English men, and which, if not repudiated in this country as it merits, must excite a bad feeling elsewhere. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. • CITY, TUESDAY EVENIICG• TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 94- per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 2', 39 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 471, it follows that gold is 0.33 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 434 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. perounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9i ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13, 91, it follows that gold is 0.11 dearer in London than in Hamburgh. A good deal of uneasiness continues observable at the Stock Exchange on the subject of our relations with France, and the fluctuation which has taken place to day in the value of the public securities shows that the market is liable under present circumstances to be rather severely acted upon by speculative sales. Although the public have bought freely within the last week, exten sive operations for the fall have also been effected, and these having taken place quietly, their real effect upon prices has not yet been discovered. Consols opened at 98i for money and the account this morning, and an attempt was made to mark them 99 ; but as the broker for the Commissioners only gave 98k, it could not be ac complished. At this point there seemed to be much firmness in prices till the speculators again came in as sellers, and various reports having got into circulation-- one to the effect that M. Guizot had left the French Cabinet—they gradually gave way, and finally left off heavy at 98f. IPswrcif, AUG. 12.—The late severe gales have caused very considerable loss of life and property on the southern and western coasts. Intelligence has just reached this place of the total wreck of a schooner called The Whim, Thonne, master, with all hands. The ill fated vessel belonged to this port. The fact was com municated to the owners by means of a letter addressed to the postmaster by Mr. Lambert, keeper of the Lizard light, who says:--" On Friday night the wind blew a strong gale from the S.E , and between twelve and one o'clock on the following day it shifted to W., blowing very severely. A vessel was wrecked outside a high breaker, called the Smaller Gull rock, in Kynan's cove — a very dreadful place for any vessel to get into, being full of rocks. She was so entangled by her chains, that the hull has not come ashore. She was laden with malt and beans. Some of the cargo has come ashore; also her stern and the stern of a small boat corresponding. One body has been washed ashore, a fine youth, about 17 or 18 years of age, with light round features, no beard, and about 5 ft. 6 in. high. Every respect has been paid to the remains. On Saturday I went to Ky nan's cove to ascertain the position of the wreck. I saw the sternboard of this vessel—she is called The Whim, and gilt on her boat's stern is the name John Thonnes.' The whole is a total wreck." It has been ascertained that the crew consisted of the captain, the mate, Robert Upsam, two seamen, named Jolly and Dean, and the lad whose body has been cast ashore. The captain and mate have left wives and families to deplore their loss; the sailors were single men. I understand that the ship and cargo were insured. Kynan's cove, the scene of this, as of many former disasters, lies within a short dis tance of the Lizard light. It is considered by nautical men as the most dangerous point of the coast for vessels to approach when driven landward by stress of weather. —Norwich Mercury. _ _ At Wivenhoe, the storm of Saturday last raged with great fury. The " Prince of Wales,' a fine vessel of 243 tons, taken as a prize during the war, was wrecked on Saturday afternoon on the Mouse sands. The vessel was under the command of Capt. Brown, and was on her way for the port of London, when she struck. The " Hope," under the command of Capt. Powell, came up, and succeeded in saving the captain and crew. A vast number of vessels have been obliged to take shelter in the diff'erent harbours along the coast, having many of them received damage which will for some time pre vent them from sailing again. —Norwich Mercury. TIIE TWELFTH OF AUGUST.--Monday last was an admirable day for those who wished to enjoy the recrea tion of the moors ; the birds, we understand, are nume rous, and afford much sport. On Saturday last Mr. Justice Coltman arrived, from Warwickshire, at the Oaks, Turton, to enjoy the hospitalities at the residence of 11. Ashworth, Esq., and two or three days upon the moors.—Bolton Free Press. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Capt. R. Bernal, M.P. for Wycombe, and Miss Cathe rine Isabella Osborne, sole heiress of the late Sir Thomas Osborne, and daughter of Lady Osborne, was solemnised on Tuesday at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. The Rev. Lord Augustus Fitzclarence officiated at the cere mony, in the presence of a numerous circle of the rela tives and friends of both families. The fair bride was given away by her uncle, Roar-Admiral the Hon. Gran ville Proby. INCENDIARISAL—On Friday last a fire was disco vered to have broken out in a straw stack on the pre mises of Mr. Samuel Wm. Bacon, of Bull's Bridge farm, ILAupstead, contiguous to a barn and extensive outbuild ings, but from the protnyt and energetic assistance of the Labourers and .this present, was sue, dily extin guished. Sarah Jobson, aged 15, maid-servant in Mr. Bacon's house, was apprehended late on Friday night by Superintendent Oakley, and taken on Saturday before W. H. Layton, Esq., who remanded her to Dunmow station.—Essex Herald. THE ATTACK ON TANGEIRS. (From the Times.) GIBRALTAR, SUNDAY, AUG. 11, By the last conimunication you would have re ceived the unexpected account of the attack on Tan giers on •Tuesday, the Gth ; the " solution".of which step, as declared 'on the following day by the Prince to the French consul here, in a letter, a copy of which was forwarded to Admiral Owen (who is still here with the Formidable and Caledonia), was, that the accounts from M ars h a l B ugeau d, rece i ve d a day or two before, showed further aggressions on the part of Abd-el-Kader, who was acting on the Moorish ter ritory in close combination with one of the Emperor's sons (Mulai Mamou), or rather his cousin, as he is stated in these parts to be; while at the same time, notwithstanding all we had been given to understand as to matters having terminated according to the wishes of the French Government, the last communi tion from the Emperor, who is at Rabat, to the Prince, was of a nature to preclude further hopes, as they went to requiring the dismissal of General Bugeaud. The Prince will, no doubt, have ere this an official and satisfactory account of a step which at first seemed so strange in all these parts. He stated that he was very desirous of avoiding injury to the town, for which humane consideration history will no doubt give him credit. All the consular houses, with the exception of two (American and Sardinian) suffered damage, but not to any very, serious extent. The consular houses being the only large buildings in the place, were naturally the most exposed to injury from casual shots. The house of our Consul, being the very nearest, received five shots, two only of which did damage of importance. The French Consulate did not escape. . Some shells and rockets were in the first instance discharged from the steamers ; but being found to fall short, or from some other cause, the attack was afterwards by cannonade from the large ships and the Belle Poule, and directed towards the batteries only, which were stated to have been quite destroyed. The Vesuvius, however, which has made two trips to Tangiers since the day of attack, and had officers on shore on the last visit, brings more certain infor mation, by which it appears that the damage is not so very great as had been supposed, and that but one gun in the main battery had been dismounted. The Suffren, on board of which the Prince was, having been the closest in, received the most damage. A gentleman who had been at Cadiz with the French squadron lately, has written to say that that vessel received twenty-one shots ; forty had been previously stated. The Belle Poule was said to have been greatly injured, but the mischief to her has been but trifling as far as can be ascertained. From the distance at which the squadron was obliged by cir cumstances to take up their anchorage, or from some other cause, the six hours' firing was certainly fol lowed by results very different from what might have been expected. The loss of lives on shore, including wretched Jews, has not exceeded seven or eight. We do not know with any certainty how far the French may have lost men or officers, these matters being always so vaguely stated. The Prince has admitted that the Moorish garrison behaved very well. Honour be to the gallant General (Ben-Abon Abd-el-Melach) who behaved so well, as formerly mentioned, in preventing the Kabyles from entering the town and causing total destruction. The Moors stood to their guns to the last moment. It does not seem to have been a question of making a breach, for the parapets are not seriously damaged at any point in particular, and the landing of the 2,000 men " de debarquement," stated by the Debcds as being on board, could, naturally not have been ventured upon in the face of the many thousand Kabyles close at hand. The whole of the squadron left Tangiers on Thurs day, having remained quiet on Wednesday, and steered west. The Suffren, with the Prince on board, not being able to weather Cape Spartel, returned in the evening to Tangiers, and the Moors were about firing at her, but submitted to recommendations they received, and things remained quiet until she was towed out, and all were out of sight on Friday. Ac cording to accounts received at Tangiers, they did some mischief since at the small town of Arzill, some nine miles down the coast on the Atlantic side. It is said that signal vengeance will be inflicted on that coast, but especially at Mogadore ; but from what has passed in our neighbourhood, ,humanity may hope that crippling forts will be considered enough. At Larache and Rabat, as well as at Mogadore, everything is unfavourable to operations by large vessels, and the swells are so very great near Mo ga‘ lore, that even at thi s season it i s no t cons idered . safe to lie off the coast. A gentleman who has been lately at Mogadore, says that the fortifications are not so contemptible as imagined. They have some good brass guns, a present from Holland some years ago. Cidi Mohammed, the Sultan's eldest son, and whose station is Fez when his father resides at Morocco, w as, by last authentic accounts, at Taza. He had been ordered from Fez with a large force to the Al gerian frontier, for the purpose of quelling the ardour of the Moors ; but on th e rece i p t b y th e E m p ero r of ne w aggressions, as he called them, on the part of the French, the Sultan directed him to remain at Taza till further orders. Mulai Sulieman, one of the younger sons, arrived within the last two days at Tangiers with a force. Cid Mohammed Ben E'Drees, the Prime Minister, is said, by a gentleman who lately saw him at Mo rocco and Rabat, to be a very clever man, with a countenance highly expressive of intellect. Yesterday a good deal of firing was heard from Tangiers, but we found by the arrivalpf the Vesuvius that this was occasio ne d b y th e M oors fi r i ng off their guns, which had been loaded two or three days before. The authorities at Tangiers notified to the neutral Consuls two days ago, that they might land, as there wasr n qan uo yesterday anyd p a pillagi ng l laging danger. The town was quite morning; the only excess com mitted of the Portuguese Consul's house, the persons left in c h arge h av i ng a b an d one d it. The good Mrs. Hay, our C o nsul's lady at Tangiers, who, by her kindness tow ar d the poor of th a t town for many years has gained the a ff e ction of the popula tion, returned to her house t wo d a ys ago, though Mr. Hay was absent here on ur gen t b us iness, so great was t her confidence in the people. The last arrivals from Tangiers are up to within one hour of closing the mail here, when it was stated that all at that place was quiet. GIBRALTAR, AUG. 7.—Notwithstanding all our hopes of peace in this quarter, and though a special courier was yesterday morning dispatched, via Madrid, to say that by letters from our Consul in Morocco, Mr. Hay, all had been satisfactorily arranged, we were astounded by the news received by. the Vesuvius, which arrived in the course of the night from Tangiers, to find that the French squadron, which took up a position early yes terday morning, began to fire at about half-past eight, and continued, with occasional interruptions, until about four. The Vesuvius, with Mr. Hay on board, from Rabat, where the Sultan is, entered Tangiers during the attack, at about half-past twelve, but the firing did not cease on Mr. Hay's arrival. Having been on board the Vesuvius this morning, the following is the statement there :—A steamer was sent some days ago by the Prince (as I think I stated in my letter of the 2d, by mail steamer) with a communication to the Sultan, to know whether he had anything further to state to the Prince, and the answer of the Sultan , returned early on Monday last, was that he had not, but that, should anything further occur to him, he would not fail to forward a dispatch, the Sultan conceiving, no doubt, that what had been previously forwarded, and which a gentle man who had been with Mr. Hay tells me amounted to an acquiescence to all demands, on condition of no territorial aggressions near Ouchda, had been de finitive. The MOors' batteries answered the French fire promptly, and more cleverly than could possibly have been expected. Nothing could have been less effective than the French fire, but few shot telling out of the many fired—the shot usually fell short. The Belle Poule, which drew up opposite (though not near enough) to two small batteries on the eastern side of the bay, made no impression, and it is stated that she received some damage. The firing was chiefly against the forts and batteries. One shot is said to have struck our Consul's house, but we are quite at a loss for other details. We are as much at a loss for the reason of the cessation of the fire, and for its not having com menced again this morning, as we are for its com menwment yesterday. No report up to ten o'clock from our signal-house as to firing this morning. No troops landed yesterday. (FROM A NAVAL OFFICER.) Her Majesty's ship 'Varspite, Bay of Tangiers, Aug. 7, 1844. To the utter astonishment of every one here, yesterday tnorninw it pleased his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville, Rear-Admiral, commanding the French naval expedition on the coast of Morocco, to commence hos tilities on the part of France by bombarding the weakly - That of late there have been existing differences be tween France and Morocco is a matter of notoriety, and that those differences have arisen out of circumstances intimately connected with subjects relative to the French occupation of the Regency of Algeria, is a matter of equal publicity. But whether the dispute originated upon the invasion of each other's frontiers, or whether it involves the independent right of the Emperor of Mo rocco, as a sovereign in his own kingdom, upon which France might attempt ambitious trespass—these are questions which we have here no warranty sufficient to express judgment. All that now The' attention of all Europe has been drawn to the possibility of a rupture between France and Morocco. There is no sort of de sire, even were the means at hand, to attach upon either Power the original pretence for quarrel—a more influen tial witness will depose upon that particular. All that now is attempted in thus writing is confined to notice the manner by which France has conducted herself in this Mauritanian contest—that is, how France, as a powerful and civilised nation, has behaved, and also how the French in their naval expedition have held character as a maritime power. Certain it is - , common rumour was rife of the chances that there would be formal hostilities between France and Morocco. France herself was the first to proclaim to the world that such a contingency was likely to occur, by arming an expedition consisting of three large ships of the line, the Suffren, the Gemappes, and Triton ; a first-class frigate, the Belle Poule ; and Castade, Argus, and Volage, brigs ; in addition to which eight war steamers accompanied, and the whole of this force was placed under the command of an ardent and ambitious Prince of France. The object and future destination of this strong force were not concealed, but, on the con trary, were attended with full publicity, by the fact of its hovering about the neighbourhood of Tangiers for some weeks past. At this juncture, Great Britain, having greatly re duced her naval force in the Mediterranean, and that too widely scattered, appeared in a serious minority when in the presence of such a force ; the Warspite, 52 guns, being the only ship at Gibraltar for a considerable time. The Government at home soon saw the necessity of promptly reinforcing the Mediterranean squadron by forthwith dispatching the Caledonia, 120, and Albion, 90, which speedily arrived before Gibraltar. In the meantime, the French were lying at Cadiz. At this period an interval for conducting negotiations was em braced on the part of Great Britain, with the view to bring about, if practicable, a pacific arrangement of existing differences between the two great disputants, France and the Emperor of Morocco. The French Government, on its part, so far recog nised the mediation of Great Britain, as to order the Prince de Joinville to delay proceedings of a hostile na ture, whilst the British Consul-General at Tangiers was dispatched on a diplomatic mission to the Court of his Imperial Majesty, charged with instructions for the ex press purpose of preventing the resort to any hostilities of France against the Moorish territories. As this mis sion of Mr. Drummond Hay would necessarily occupy some time, it could not, be at all unreasonable that any delay for such an important and grave end could have met with the slightest hesitation in submitting thereto. Indeed, the French expressed no manner of objection, but, on the contrary, they at once evinced a readiness to await the result of the British Consul's mission, at the same time conceding what was generally thought would have been ample time fur Mr. 1). Hay's return with the final terms of the Moorish Government. This period elapsed on the 26th of July, about which time the French Consular Agent hauled down his flag. The British Consul, however, had not yet made his appear ance ; still everything continued quiescent in the neigh bourhood of Tangiers. At this time the small bay before Tangiers had as sumed a singularly animated and imposing appearance, enlivened by the presence of vessels of war under no less than seven different national flags. —British, Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Sardinian, American, and Tunisian. The French squadron did not show themselves till about the Ist instant, and in the meantime Mr. Hay was anxiously looked for in her ➢Zajesty's steam-vessel Vesuvius. Nothing material occurred until the 4th, when the French Admiral manifested his designs by requesting all the neutral ships to move further out in the bay, in order to be without the range of the shore batteries and forts, &c. Still no one apprehended that hostilities would ensue ; and muchhowhtande been ewn British a r l e l y CI whenpi n o m s s o i e b da l or e lrye a pi Lockyer, r ot e ch h i f y n i s ro i , o r n ni n s . h iani e gi r a3o' is efd l: t j hi e fe s t t h y es 's rteh ship Albion, made the signal, "Good news ! peace will not be disturbed." In fact information had been received, officially, that Mr. Hay had happily succeeded in the objects of his mission, and that he might be hourly expected, being on his return in the Vesuvius. The French Prince was fully apprised of the above intelligence, Commodore Lockyer going on board the Sufi'ren that very morning. In consequence of this intelligence, in every way satisfactory and wel come to the British, and no less so to all the others con gregated here, an early dispersion of the different ships was confidently anticipated. But, alas ! early yester day morning how did these pleasing dreams of peace prove only visionary and evanescent, the sequel will show. At daylight, on the 6th of August, an unusual stir and activity was apparent in the French squadron, the whole of the steam force getting up their steam, the other ships shortening inscable, and altogether there were unequi vocal indications of a general movement. What are the French about to do ? Are they preparing to depart ? This was the mos t natural and prevailing supposition. But judge the unqualified and universal surprise to see, shortly after 7 A.M., the steamers with the ships in tow, and arranging them in hostile position before the town of Tangiers, and also various other forts in the bay! Although the Moors were at their guns, both in the citadel and various defences, still they did not offer any 'interruption to their opponents in taking up their posi tion for attack, which also the French did in a very leisurely manner. Had the Moors opened fire whilst in the above predicament, there seems but little doubt that the guns from the batteries would have been most de structive upon the ships ; more particularly as the ships lay for a considerable time in a raking position. At the very outset, therefore, in this early stage of the proceed ing, the Prince was loudly censured for evincing so much want of judgment. . . However, to come at once to the business, at forty minutes past eight A.m., the French ships being in posi tion, simultaneously by signal, opened hre upon the for tifications of the town and other adjacent batteries, castle, &c. The Suffren and Gemappes were occupied till two P.M. in silencing the citadel and batteries of the town ; and it must not be forgotten that those formidable liners received during the latter part of the above period the able assistance of the Belle Poule, whilst the other armed vessels were engaging the various detached forts in other parts of the bay. At the first onset the Moors smartly replied to their antagonists, but did not maintain the opposition much more than half an hour, excpting from one gun at the castle, and another solitary gun lower down. This latter was vigorously plied till near noon. Although the Moors soon relinquished their guns, yet these two guns afforded an obstinate resistance, which caused the French to continue a protracted cannonade, which was remarked to have been very irregular and de sultory, and without precision. Indeed, at the ter mination of the above attack, from a distant observation, it did not appear that either the castle or batteries gene rally had sustained very material damage. Very few guns are disabled. The walls, from being in a weak and decayed condition, are of course greatly shattered in a few places ; but if those very batteries were in the pos session of skilful artillerymen, they are, notwithstanding, in their present state still capable of a formidable defence against such opponents. Upon the whole, it appeared the universal impression that the Prince, with his two liners and a frigate, had not displayed a good exhibition in gunnery ; and in two particular instances, that occur red during the day, the impression as to the total defi ciency of the French in the art of gunnery received most remarkable confirmation. The first case which shall be - adduced was exhibited by the Triton, of 82 guns. A small fort, mounting about nine guns, standing a mile and a half from Tangiers north-west along the coast, had by repeatedly firing an occasional gun attracted the notice of the belligerents ; accordingly, about noon, the said ship was ordered to proceed to silence it, towed by a steamer. As the Triton neared her object three or four random and distant shots were discharged at her, and before the ship got abreast of the fort the Moors abandoned the guns, for they offered no resistance. The ship,however,'most undauntedly persisted in firing five or six rounds during two hours ! The gallant crew then for half an hour took rest, after which, as a parting salvo, they discharged at the fort two rounds more of shot, and then magnanimously moved off, taken again in tow by the steamer ! But how great was the astonishment of every one to perceive, as the smoke cleared away, such very little injury done. The embrasures, indeed, were hardly t ouched, p erha p s not more than six shots left any i m p ression, notwith standing the ship lay not more than three quarters of a mile distant ! The second instance presented to observation, illus trating the same inefficiency with respect to gunnery, was exemplified by the Belle Poole, a heavy new 60- ' gun frigate. About' 1 P.M., the Belle Poole was ordered to weigh and proceed immediately to silence a round fort, on the eastern side of the bay, right opposite the town. The frigate forthwith proceeded on the service as signed her, and a more miserable attempt or a more con temptible failure perhaps was never witnessed, and does not cease to call forth the ridicule and jeers of all who were spectators of the transaction. As the Belle Punic approach ed her station towards the fort its defenders fired by way of challenge several distant shots ; these, from their distant range, gave unleniable evidence of the heavy calibre of the guns, and induced the Frenchman to shorten sail very soon, and creeping up timidly drop anchor at such a dis tant position that the guns of the ;frigate could not reach the beach, much less prove effective against the object of assault. However, the Frenchman resolutely fired irregular rounds of shot in the direction of the fort for fall two hours, but with as much effect as though aimei at the rock of Gibraltar ! After this achievement a steamer took the frigate in tow ' • but the fort, in scornful defiance, gave her the last and farewell shot I In the instance just stated, the Moors stood by their guns to the last, and the sole reason that the French frigate escaped a most severe chastisement is entirely attributa ble to the want of gunnery science on the part of the Moors, for the fort was armed with ordnance of formi dable character, and undoubtedly would, if properly directed, have committed terrible execution, for the shot frequently passed right over the Belle Poole.' Thus ended the French operations for the day, the whole squadron hauling outside the bay ? During the whole of the action, the numerous steamers were idly looking on ; their services were confined to that of towing the other ships, and the taking shelter amongst the neutral vessels I In the meantime, about half-past 12 P.M., the Vesuvius arrived with Mr. Hay, the British Consul. Whatever the French may themselves think of their exploit in assaulting - the old and ill-defended forCi fications of Tangiers, they have not acquired the respect of those who observed and noted their proceedings. In short, there seems to be but one and a general opinion— that the " tricolour" has rather been dishonoured throughout the affair. The French have evinced on this occasion both a disgraceful want of gallantry and a con temptible incapacity and deficiency. The Prince has made a very sorry debut as a naval commander, and, if this should characterise the future " Nelson" of the French navy, France ought to welcome his resignation, for the Prince de Joinville has not maintained the honour of the national flag, and this too in the presence of so many foreign flags. It was generally expected that, after thus in aenanner silencing those non-effective batteries of Tangiers, the French would have landed and taken possession of the works and defences, if not the town, and thus have com pleted the day's proceeding ; but in not doing this the Prince has betrayed more sagacity. Hil Aoyal High ness was, it may be conceived, very doubtful as to the extent of discomfiture he had created amongst the Moors, notwithstanding the havoc of his guns upon the batteries. The success of a storming party was ques tionable, and he therefore prudently acted on that maxim so convenient to those wanting in energy and courage. _ _ _ Before concluding my article it must not be omitted to be stated that there was one circumstance in this transaction which affords, and did in a most striking manner give, the most unqualified satisfaction to the whole British squadron present at it, namely, the con spicuous deficiency of the French marine in their gun nery. Yesterday, in every point did the French clearly and indubitably prove themselves totally insufficient to cope with the British navy. This fact ought to be made known, nor can it be too widely circulated in England,—the evident and vast disparity in every branch of naval efficiency between the French and ourselves. Before the events of yesterday, there was certainly not an officer on board this ship, perhaps not a man, but would have given our rivals credit and character for far more professional ability than they themselves dis played. Nor would there have existed any doubt in the least as to the French having requisite courage. But now it is said of them that, in this affair before Tangiers, they undertook and attempted more than they had ability or dared to perform. Facts as they occurred have been simply laid down. Nothing is here stated but that which is believed to be substantially correct. Therefore, if any inference may be deduced from the foregoing, it must strongly demonstrate that the above opinion is not grounded upon any oblique sentiments of national jealousy or caprice, but is founded upon th e evidence of plain unextenuated facts. Unfortunately it has been the spirit too much in dulged in of late (a spirit we have always deprecated, as in every way improper, and attended with no beneficial tendency), to make odious comparisons between the practical efficiency of the two great naval Powers. His Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville himself ii not free from partaking this pretty spirit, but has talked on paper in such a formidable aspect as well nigh to fright our grandmothers and nurses in England. But let them calm their fears. The royal sailor is by no means so dreadful as he would appear. Much as war was to be abhorred by every well regulated mind—above all, much as a collision with France is to be avoided, nevertheless, with such a jealous, litigious, and troublesome race as the French—unfortunately for the repose of Europe, have shown themselves, perhaps the permanent, substantial, and cordial tranquillity of the two Powers—England and France—cannot be attained without a resort to arms, without a temporary sacrifice of peace. Should such a contest take place, we entertain no apprehensions as to the result. And then would the great disparity between the two great nations be again decidedly manifested to the world ; and then, and not till then, will there b e peace in Europe. (FROM ANOTHER OFFICER.) Tangiers Bay, August 6, 1844. This morning, between three and four o'clock, we ob served movements amongst the French squadron— steamers lighting their fires, and the line-of-battle ships, taking up position close in shore, anchored head and stern, for the purpose of getting their broadsides to bear on the town. This appeared to us rather a curious piece of proceeding, as they had not declared hostili ties ; consequently the Moors allowed them to take up the prominent position, while, if the Moors had opened a fire on them when taking it up, they wouli have ma terially injured them. According to the opinion of sailors, they went rather a lubberly way to work, and I may say rather a cowardly one too ; the steamers being all under weigh, they took a position outside the ships amongst us that were remaining neutral. At fifty minutes past eight, the French line-of-battle ships opened on the forts with three broadsides with a very bad direction, which we were rather surprised at, considering they had all the morning to consider, and that they were only 800 yards off. The forts returned the salute with spirit, and the bombardment then became general. As the smoke cleared away, we saw the poor unfortunate Moorish forts crumbling into dust. As they were in a dilapidated state before the action commenced, it was impossible that they should stand against the broadsides of the French line-of-battle ships ; but still, though the firing was great, every now and then you would see the smoke bursting from the embrasures of the fort, and defying the Frenchman. One fort on a hill annoyed them very much, but, after a little time, when the French knew they had nothing to fear from the enemy's fire, their direction became very good, and soon silenced the forts. The signal was made from the Saffron, with the flags of the Prince de Joinville, to cease firing, which was instantly obeyed ; but then the forts would not give in, and fired a few shots, which, of course, made the Frenchmen open fire again, and did sad havoc on the Moorish town, and no doubt slaughtered a great many of the inhabitants. At ten o'clock there was only occasional firing, the forts having ceased. I understand they have not much ammunition. lam confident that a frigate could take the place, and they are quite ignorant of the present destructive warfare of European nations. So the French have not had muchto contend with, and have Only enjoyed little target practice at the expense of the unfortunate Moors. There are a few forts along shore which annoy the steamers (though they keep close to all the ships that are neutral on the occasion). The Prince has sent the Belle Poule frigate down to quiet them, but her firing is so wretchedly bad that, from all appearances she has given it up altogether. I forgot to mention the steamers fired a few rockets, which bad very little effect. 12 o'Clock.—No firing, except now and then a shot from a small masked fort, but everything is quiet. The Vesuvius, war steamer, has just made her appearance, with Mr._,Drummond Hay on board, from Mogadore. So we shall see what will come next, as there was not the slight est idea that the French were going to take this active measure. slightest idea of. Ferhaps forts still have the red flags take place we have not the punish the Moors for he has only fired on the town to s a n g ce o i u n v g r i n t o at all events they their showing fight on the frontiers ; .ey The ships have hauled off from the town, and the have not much to boastof, as g were far from good ; and,•considering there was a man order. for their good gunneiTed to have hadthe chance of see ingl myself am deligh fire, squadron under and for the future a French se ~ _ shall look on the boasting journals of France with a w an h d at m i haveo f - I w b a s r eegn f i r tn o j m omi anyl Joinville letteri nations ne anda th looking isthgeans ga to , e it i: will amv: , n sa o s t tshpee locker.a‘ v well laugh on my face. I must say one thing more, though v rs u p ie ite o , p T en a s n g h ie is rs fi ß r a e y, ap T o u n es t d h a is y, d A ef u en g k ac . re l li . ekses lam not a boaster, but one regiment from ibraltar, and a hundred artillerymen manning these forts. would thilliinirgrisn (FROM ANOTHER OFFICER.) speaking) place. At six o'clock this m (Pcri o o r mn n cp i e n a g rdae h tij i v s :e% s il'ny q a uadro n of three line-of-battle ships and a large frigate of 60 guns were taken in tow by the like number of steamers and also two brigs ; besides these there were four more steamers, making in all 14 French pendants. The ships of the line and frigate were towed to a short gun-shot distance from the devoted forts, if they may be called so. The brigs anchored off the beach to fire at tne detached forts. The steamers are now cruis ing round us, out of gun-shot. They are still at it. I was speaking with a lieutenant, who gave it as his opinion all would be amicably settled. Just as he said the words, " Gibraltar, August 8. " In my last dispatches of Ist inst. you'll have per ceived that I did not anticipate in the pacific opinions expressed continually in the papers, though I believe they were from a high source. The result has proved that I was not mistaken, as the French Admiral, Prince de Joinville, bombarded Tangiers on the Gth inst., from eight o'clock in the morning till five P.M., at which hour the Moorish flag was still flying over the walls and has continued so ever since. The latter defended their batteries with great bravery and little skill—few killed and wounded on either side. The fire the..part. of the French appears:to have I)eeia chiefly directed to the fortifications, as the town has not - suffered much. Our negotiator, Mr. Hay, returned to Tangiers at mid-day on the Gth inst., in the Vesuvius, from his mission to the Emperor at Fez, and had the, mortification to find that his mediation had been abor tive by the premature commencement of hostilities four hours previously. Tetuan has been spared, and likely to continue so, owing to the locality and distance from the sea. The French squadron, it is said intend to leave Tangier Bay, and from a source which I consider worthy of credit, I believe the Admiral intends to batter down all the defenceless sea port towns on the west coast of Morocco, as far south as Mogadore, inclusive, by which measure private property alone will suffer. Some of the British subjects here trading to that part of the coast have applied to Admiral Owen for the protection of their interest in that quarter, and which his Excellency would endeavour to comply with, as far as possible, though the means at his core. mend are extremely limited, being only one or two dis patch steamers, and no small sailing vessels of war suitable for that service. I believe Commddore Lockyer, of her Majesty's ship Albion, at Tangiers, will be in structed to send the Hecla (steamer) to pick up the British Consuls and subjects along the west coast of Morocco. (Signed) J. L. COWELL. P.S. AuG. 11.—I am enabled to add a few lin_A to say, that from the best information received up to the hour I write it appears that most, if not all, the French squadron are on the west coast of Barbary, carrying out the orders of the Admiral alluded to in the preceding. The occupation of Morocco by the French will give a severe blow to British commerce, already completely ex cluded from Algiers and Oran in consequence of the heavy duties imposed by the French Government on ar ticles of our own manufacture. I have also to bring .to your notice the assembling of a Spanish army—infantry, cavalry, and artillery —of about 40,000 men in our im mediate neighbourhood, and. Ceuta, destined for an at tack on the Moors in. concert (so report says) with the French forces. I believe this is to be increased to 20 or 25,000 men. J. L. COWELL. BANK ISSUES. The Gazette of Tuesday contains the following re turns under the new " Act to make further provision relative to the Returns to be made by Banks of the amount of their Notes in circulation." The period is twelve weeks prior to the 27th of April last, and the average amount in each case is certified by two of her Majesty's Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes : Abingdon Bank, at Abingdon and Wantagc—H £ Knapp 29,316 Andover Bank, at Andover—W. H. Heath Ashford Bank, at Ashford—W. Jemmett and V Pomfret 11,849 Aylesbury Old Bank, at Aylesbury, Chesham, and Thame—W. Rickford and Z. 1). Hunt Aylsham Bank, at Aylsham—R. and G. Cope man 5,854 Bedford Bank, at Bedford—T. Barnard 34,218 Birmingham Bank, at Birmingham—Taylor, Lloyd and Co '38,816 Blandford Bank, at Blandford-I'. N. Bastard and W. C. Oak 9,723 Boston Bank, at Boston—Gee, Gee, and Wise Bridgewater Bank, at Bridgewater—H. E. and J Seeley 10,028 Brighton Union Bank, at Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer 33,794 Buckingham Bank, at Buckingham, Stoney Stratford, Winslow, and Brackley—G. Par rott and T. Hearn Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow-market Bank, at Bury St. Edmund's, Mildenhall, Thetford, Sudbury, and other places—Oakes, Bevan, Moor, and Bevan 82,362 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, at Cam bridge, St. Ives, Royston, Ely, and New- market—E., C. F., and G. E. Forster Canterbury Bank, at Canterbury—Hammond, Plumptre, Furley, Hilton and Furley . Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, at Colchester and Witham— Bawtree, Errington, Bawtree and Haddock Diss Bank, at Diss and Harling—Oakes,Fincham, Bevan, and Moor Doncaster Bank, at Doncaster —Tew, Jackson, and Leatham Hadleigh Bank, at Hadleigh, Suffolk—B aw t ree , Errington, and Bawtree Hemel Hempstead Bank, at Hemel Hempstead and Watford—W. Smith &E. F. Whittingstall 23,842 Nuneaton Bank, at Nuneaton—J. Craddock and W. Bull Oxford Bank, at Oxford—J. and B. Morrell Peterborough Bank, at Peterborough—Simpson, White, and Simpson 12,832 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, at Peter- borough, Oundle, and Thrapson—D. and C.F Yorke 12,545 Thornbury Bank, at Thornbury—Holph, Yates, and Parslow Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, at Thrapston and Kettering—J. Yorke and G. Egland Union Bank, Cornwall, at Ilelston—Vivian, Grylls, and Kendall Wallingford Bank, at Wallingford—Wells, All natt, and Clarke 17,064 West Biding Bank, Wakefield and Pontefract Bank, at Wakefield and Pontefract—E. Tew and W. 11. Leatham Winchester and Hampshire Bank, at Winchester —Wickham, Mant, Bailey, and Jessett Wirksworth and Ashbourn Derbyshire Bank, at Wirksworth—P. and C. Arkwright Wisbeach and Lincolnshire Bank, at Wisbeach, March, Chatteris, Whittlesea, and Holbeach— Gurney and Co 59,713 THE Han vesT.—The dry winds, accompanied by sunshine for the last few days, have in a great measure counteracted the injury done to the outlying crops, by the heavy rain which fell in the course of last week. In many places the greater part of the grain is. already stacked, so that upon the whole, as fir as these diStricts are concerned, we may look forward to an abundant har vest. The turnip crops this year aro excellent, and an abundant supply of food for cattle. Akthe Ipswich Lamb Fair, which will be held on Thursday next, good prices are expected to be obtained for all kinds of beasts, sheep, and lambs.—lpswich Express. FATAL EFFECTS OF A SLIGHT ACCIDENT. —Mr. lliggs on Tuesday held an inquest at the Prince's Head, Princes. street, Westminster, on the body of James Frisker, aged 70, a porter, lately employed at Mr. Gold smith's ale stores, Margaret-street, Westminster. On Saturday fortnight deceased hurt the little finger of his right hand by getting it jammed between two ale casks. The injury not getting b etter he became an out-door surgeon's patient of Westminster Hospital. On Thurs day last he could not swallow, and next day he was ad mitted into the hospital as a physician's patient. It was then found that he was labouring under a severe attack of bronchitis, from having got wet through a week pre viously. Ile died on Sunday, having been attacked by lock-jaw a few hours before his death. Mr. Tebay, the surgeon, said deceased must have died in a day or two of inflammation of the lungs, even had he not been attacked by lock-jaw. Either disease would hare proved fatal. Verdict, " Died of disease of the chest, accelerated by lock -j aw." THE PHILOSOPHY OF GOOD CLOTHES.—No man acquainted with life can be ignorant of the improvement which genteel apparel produces in the carriage, tone of thought, and principles of an individual. It gives a man confidence, self-respect, and a sense of equality with his companions ; it inspires him with energy, independence, delicacy of sentiment, courtesy of manner, and elevation of language. The face becomes manly, bold and free ; the brow open, and the eye clear. There is no slinking through narrow lanes and back streets, but on the con trary, the smoothly dressed man steps out with a deter mination not to spare the earth, or to walk as if ho trod on knives or razors. No, he brushes onward—is the first to accost his friends—gives a careless bow to this, a bluff nod to that, and a patronising " how d'ye do" to a third, who is worse dressed than himself. Trust me, kind reader, that good clothes are calculated to advance a man in life nearly as well as good principles, esp ec i a lly in a world like this, where external appearance is taken as the exponent of what's beneath it.— Traits and Stories f the Irish Peasantry. It appears from a recent statistical account in the German papers that the population of Hungn,ry n ow amounts to 123179,140. Y till ;take ; New 1 1 , 2 9 4 4 h 1 1 0 Won 4 yrh fig ecit 4 ,y 651 Free, )well s ' 5 sots' 10IV . --M l ' ens, s JO Wi t* 41 01 CO s . v roo lle SO' tee 1, th. ge g. Olt r th e 11 14 Pe lf are. r 9l Of Of