The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-30 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

FRANCE AND MOROCCO.
Report of the Prince de Joinville to the Minister of

Marine, on board the Steamer Pluto, Aug 10.
M. LE MlNlsTuz—Not having time to give you an
account by the last courier of the state of our affairs,
in detail, as well as of our operations before Tan-
giers, I take advantage of the first moment of lei-
sure to fulfil this duty.
I informed you that on the 2d August, the day
fixed for the reply to the ultimatum of our Consul-
General, nothing reached us.

I waited then for news of Mr. Hay, before corn-
mitting hostile acts.

On the 4th a letter of Sidi Bousselam Pacha, of
Larache, was sent as more measured, more concilia-
tory, than precedent ones ; it renewed, nevertheless,
the insolent demand of the punishment of the Mar-
shal. The letter of Sidi Bousselam said not a word
of the dislocation of the corps of troops collected near
Ouchda. As to Abd-el-Kader, Sidi Bousselann
asserted that he was no longer on the Morocco terri-
tory, and that orders bad been given to prevent his
returning to it.

Nevertheless, the Marshal learned at the same time
that Abd-el-fader had gone into the interior of
Morocco.

These accounts had but one object, to trifle with
us. Annoyed at learning nothing of Mr. Hay, I
sent the Veloce steamer to inquire and bring news
of him.

The Veloce came back on the sth to Tangiers,
bringing me word that Mr. Hay was in safety at
Mogadore.
In fine, on the evening of the sth, the Olna, coming
from Oran; brought me your dispatch of the 27th,
ordering me to commence hostilities, if the answer to
the ultimatum was not satisfactory. It brought us
news, also, of the Marshal proving the falsity of the
assertions of the Moors respecting Abd-el-Kader.
Hesitation was no longer possible. We were
amused with deceitful messages while they were pre-
paring war ; and we were thus obliged to have re-
, course to arms.

On the morning of the 6th I attacked the batteries
of Tangiers. My instructions were to destroy the
exterior fortification, but to respect the town.

I could easily have attained this aim by disembark-
ing; but I preferred employing cannon, and render-
ing the batteries useless, whilst respecting the quar-
ters of the Consuls, which but five or six stray bullets
reached. We attained this result with the loss of
three dead and sixteen wounded, the ships receiving
very slight injury.
The enemy confesses a loss of 150 dead and 400
wounded ; but it is impossible to ascertain the num-
ber of dead, since they were only drawing them from
under the ruins on the Bth.

During the engagement, Mr. Hay arrived from
Rabal, where he had stopped to see the Emperor. I
received him the next day. He told me he found the
Emperor much depressed. The news of the retire-
ment of the Consuls had reached him. Mr. Hay
thanked me for the solicitude I had shown with re
spect to him.

I now proceed to Mogadore, at the other extremity
of the empire. Mogadore is the private property of
the Emperor. The town itself, as well as the public
revenue, is his property. He lets the houses and the
ground. It is, in a word, one of the principal sources
of his revenue. To attack that city, to destroy
it, or to occupy the island that forms the port,
until we obtain satisfaction, is to give the most
sensible blow to Muley Abderrahman and all the
south of his empire.

I shall limit myself for the moment to these two
operations in order to prove to the Emperor that he
is deserted by all the world. The affair of Tangiers
has sufficiently proved that, and that we have the
means of doing him serious injury (which we shall
try to prove at Mogadore). Moreover, our presence
on the coast will recal the Moors from the frontier to
the defence of their homes, and will thus facilitate the
Marshal's operations.

We can then warn the Emperor, that in spite of
what has passed, we still desire peace, and that what
we have done at Tangiers and Mogadore will prove
that he must not trifle with us. If he wishes for
peace, let him hasten to grant us what we demand,
and let acts follow words. If not, if he is not con-
tented, and if he continues to receive and encourage
our enemies on the frontier, he must expect extremi-
ties from us.

The later dispatch of the Marshal Bugeaud con-
tains the following particulars :—Our loss in the day
was fourteen killed and sixty-four wounded, including
one officer. The island taken, it only remained to us
to destroy the batteries of the town, which lie oppo-
site the harbour. Our cannon had already damaged
them, but it was necessary to make them completely
unfit for service.

Yesterday, when under the cross fire of three
steamers and two brigs, 500 men were disembarked;
they met with no resistance; we spiked the guns and
threw some of them into the sea. We carried away
some of them, the powder magazines were swamped ;
in fine, we carried off or sunk all the vessels which
were lying in the harbour. I believe that we could
at that time have penetrated into the interior
of the town without danger, but it would have been
only a promenade without an object or without other
result than useless pillage. I therefore abstained, and
brought back the troops to the island, and the crews
on board the ships. I am busy establishing on the
island a garrison of 500 men. The occupation of the
island without the blockade of the port would be but
half a measure. I therefore follow your orders, in
closing the port of Mogadore.
The town at this moment is on fire, pillaged by the
Arabs, who have taken possession, after having driven
out the Imperial garrison. The English Consul, his
family, and some Europeans, have just come to us.
FRANCOIS DE ORLEANS.
Mogadore, Aug. 17.

PARIS, Auo. 29.—At Tortoni's in the evening the
funds opened at 80f. 35c., but soon afterwards they
fell to 80f. 20c., at which they closed.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

TROY THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.

GLOBE.—This morning's Post publishes the fol,
lowing paragriph2—__

"FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

" At an early hour this morning we were informed,
on what we were assured was good authority, that an
important crisis has now arrived in the relations between
England and France.
"According to our informant, the receipt of the in-
telligence from Mogadore on Tuesday night was im-
mediately followed by the dispatch of a special courier
to Paris as the bearer of a communication from Lord
Aberdeen to M. Guizot. His Lordship is said to have
demanded the immediate evacuation of the island of
Mogadore by the forces under his Royal Highness
the Prince de Joinville, and to have intimated that, in
the event of a refusal to withdraw the French troops,
measures would forthwith be taken, in comformity with
the established usage in similar circumstances.
" The deep interest involved in this statement makes
us regret that, at the period at which we write, it is not
possible for us, of our own knowledge, to affirm or deny
the truth of it."
We have, of course, no official means of confirm-
ing, or contradicting, this piece of intelligence ; but
we think we have sufficient previous evidence to lead
us to disbelieve it. Our Ministerial prints of yester-
day made out the Mogadore doings rather
satisfactory than otherwise ; and we do not
suppose they would have thus treated so serious a
matter absolutely without hints from head-quarters.
Independent of this apocryphal piece of news, there
is abundantly enough of undoubted authenticity to
justify no ordinary anxiety in the consistent friends of
peace in both countries. Amongst those friends of
peace we take leave to claim our, however humble,
rank ; and to deny altogether the soft impeachment
(from a soft source) of " our warlike Contemporaries."
Warlike we are not, most assuredly; but we assuredly
would have been better prepared for war. The charge of
faction we repel with condign contempt. We are
not of that faction which soundel the war trumpet
five years back or so, when nothing like war threat-
ened. We are not f that faction which, while in
Opposition, made it a merit to encourage increased
armaments ; and which no sooner obtained place than
it made a merit of cutting those armaments again
down. We are not of that faction which cried
" wolf! wolf! " in 1839, and when the wolf really
prowled, had lulled the nation to sleep with the
entente cordiale.

STANDARD.--The Morning Post, of this day,
publishes an announcement of a communication made
by Lord Aberdeen to the French Government. It
is one of those convenient statements, which, for
the day at least, it is impossible to contradict,
because there is no one who can directly con-
tradict, except the Foreign Secretary himself,
and his lips are sealed. Lord Aberdeen might,
indeed, if he looked only to the particular case,
say (as we are sure he can with truth assert)