The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-22 00:00:00

" 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—Bawtree,
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 better 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, especially
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 now
amounts to 123179,140.