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

HE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, i 644.

for 60 days, 274 ; Five per Cents. for 60 days, 20 4 ;
Floating Debt of Treasury, 564 at 60 days.

The bombardment of Tangiers has caused a great
ferment in Paris. The war party believe they have
now all but gained their point—a rupture between
England and France, for Morocco and Otaheite are
utterly lost in the stirring scene. The recollections
of the Republic and the Empire alone pervade the
spirit of " Young France," and " Down with the
English" is the: watchword of the enemies of peace.
Louis PIIILIPPE has raised a storm which it will be
difficult to allay, and which may excite anxiety in
the stoutest breasts. The Government writers begin
to see the danger of playing fast and loose, of exciting
the passions of the 'people at one time to war, and at
another of telling them it is all a false alarm. The
leading articles in the Globe and the Journal des
Debats of Monday, are sufficiently pacific. If we
are to believe them, Lord ABERDEEN and M. GUIZOT
regard the commotion in both countries with the
utmost composure, and have no doubt that good faith
and justice will re-adjust all differences. We will hope
for the best, but certainly during the last ,thirty
years political affairs have not assumed anything at
all like such an alarming attitude. It is needless
to quote from the Opposition journals, for they con-
tain only a repetition of false statements, calumnies
against England and her agents, and the usual ap-
peals to the youth of France to prepare themselves
for the contest. It will be sufficient, therefore, to
quote from the Ministerial journals, to show the pa-
cific tendency of the Government. The Journal des
Debats thus adverts to the wicked schemes and base,
lying rumours put forth by the Opposition papers :
, "We cannot too earnestly warn the public against
being misled by the exaggerations which are resorted
to in order to excite it. It is everywhere repeated

that affairs are daily, and in all parts, assuming nn
alarming aspect, and this alarm has reached the Exchange
and depressed the funds. If the cause be sought for,
it is only necessary to read the Opposition journals,
and it will be at once seen that the public mind cannot
help being alarmed on daily finding in them rumours
of the most apochryphal nature, all indeed equally de-
void of foundation. Some find the cause of this fall in
the still problematical abdication of the Pacha of
Egypt. We cannot speak seriously of those who
issue their prophecies in Latin verse, or of those
who announce that Count Nesselrode is gone
to England, to offer Queen Victoria 800,000 men in the
name of the Emperor Nicholas. We are curious to know
where his Imperial Majesty of All the Russias is to find
his million of men ; and we confess that we are no more
disturbed by this perspective than by the famous Irish
brigade which Mr. O'Connell placed at the disposal of
the Duke de Bordeaux. Neither can we find any terri-
fying symptom in the Marsellaise played and sung by
the boys of Paris colleges at the distribution of prizes.
All this may alarm the old women who read the Gazette
de France. They do not fail to spread other reports even
more grave, but which are equally untrue. They state
that the news of the attack upon Tangiers was carried
to London by pigeons, and that, on its arrival, the Eng-
lish funds fell 2 per cent. Now, the accounts received
yeterday from London show that the news from Mo-
racco had scarcely any influence whatever on the funds,
and, therefore, that all which had been said on the
subject was misrepresentation. It has also been an-
nounced • that the Chambers were about to be con-
voked, that the absent Ministers had been recalled, and
that the Cabinet was come to an extreme crisis. We are
not surprised that these reports should create some
uneasiness; but we are astonished that they should have
found any belief. There is nothing absolutely, within
our knowledge which can afford the slightestjustifica-
tion for the alarms which have been spread abroad. The
events which have passed within these last few days
have nothing in them that has not been foreseen. That
there are important questions remaining to be solved
nobody can deny. But matters of equal consequence
have heretofore been brought to a happy conclusion. It is a
great point, a point of the most vital importance, that the
two Governments which have to discuss these subjects of
high interest are both animated with the most concilia-
tory dispositions, the most amicable intentions. When
on each side there is a sincere desire to attain a solution
equally pacific and honourable, it is impossible that it
should not be attained. We repeat, therefore, that no
faith should be given to any one of the reports put forth
only for the purpose of exciting alarm. It is useless to
seek for unknown causes to account for the uneasiness
which has been manifested. The Government conceals
nothing. All facts are made known, and in them we
can find nothing of a nature to justify the fears which
have been expressed on the state of public affairs."
The Globe, in the same manner, attempts to prove
that the danger is past :
" 'lt cannot be denied that the situation of affairs be-
tween France and England has been singularly aggra-
vated during the last few days.' Such is the beginning
of an alarmist article published by the Presse, whereas
precisely the contrary is the real state of the case. Our
assertion will not surprise any persons, but those who
are not in the habit of reflection. It is impossible, in
fact, for any man of common sense, who shall have re-
flected only a quarter of an hour on what is passing not
to be of our opinion. We assert that; within a few days,
the situation of affairs between France and England has
become slightly improved. There are two affairs on the
tapis—that of Morocco and that of Otaheite. What was
the doubt, nay, the fear, that might arise in the minds
of the partisans of peace relative to Morocco ? It was
that England should protest against our attack upon
the forts of that country. Assuredly, that would not
have stopped the Prince de Joinville, but it was a
grave difficulty, with war, perhaps at the end of it.
The Opposition proclaimed loudly that England would
not permit us to bombard Tangiers. Some Conserva-
tives might suppose that she would protest against such
an act. There was, therefore, incontestably, some days
' back, a plausible motive for fearing, if not a rupture, at
least an alteration in the friendly intercourse between
the two countries. But the bombardment took place in
presence of English men-of-war. The act which could
have excited the uneasiness of the friends of peace, was
accomplished without any kind of opposition on the part
of the European Governments, who were present, by
their vessels, at this solemn demonstration. Is it not
evident that the persons who entertained fears have now
an uneasiness the less ? How could the Press. declare
that in this respect the situation of affairs has become
worse ? The truth lies quite the other way—the situa-
tion is much better, since it is now known de visu, that
England does not contest, in any respect the legitimacy
of our demonstration against Morocco. Let us now ad-
vert to the affair of Otaheite. Let the first speech of
Sir Robert Peel be borne in mind—a speech which, we
acknowledge, might inspire the partisans of peace with
serious alarm. We inquire if, from the time that that
speech was delivered—which, we repeat, was of
a nature to create alarm, had it not been
explained by Lord Aberdeen,—all the circum-
' stances relative to the affair of Otaheite have no
become less grave and less alarming ? Have not the
facts become better known ? Can it be really supposed
that the two Governments do not appreciate them better
at present than a few days back ? What then remains ?
The recriminations of the journals and Methodist meet-
ings. The English journals laugh at the Methodists,
and men of sense laugh at the
,journals, which, though
declaring that a war between France and England on
account of Mr. Pritchard would be a ridiculous war, do
not the less persist on both sides of the Channel, in pre-
, tensions which would bring about this ridiculous war.
The two countries are opposed to a ridiculous war, and
and the two Governments will never wage one of that
nature, Therefore, it is true to declare that the gra-
vity which could appertain to the affair of Otaheite when
the facts were but imperfectly known, and which an
English Minister spoke of without being well acquainted
with them, no longer exists at present, when the facts
are cleared up and better understood, and subjected to
the judgment of calm and kindly-disposed minds. Thus,
in the midst of all this tumult excited by the press of the
two countries, the two men least anxiously occupied about
it—they at whose feet this tempest of the ink-bottle wastes
its strength—are Lord Aberdeen and M. Guizot. The rea-
son is, that they are well aware that all that is required
to resolve the affair of Otaheite honourably and pacifi-
cally, is good faith and justice."
Marshal SOULT, summoned from his country seat
by command of the ICING, had unexpectedly arrived
at Paris, and by a Royal ordinance, issued on Mon-
day, was restored to his functions as Minister of War.
The French funds again fell considerably on Mon-
day, and towards the close of the Bourse the Three
per Cents. were quoted at 80f. 15c., and the Fives at
119 f. 75c.

The following are additional extracts :

" The ordonnance for breaking up the Polytechnic
School is severely censured by the Opposition journals.
The Debuts has an article on the subject, which is an
amplification of what it said yesterday. Whilst it ap-
proves of the conduct of the Ministry, the Debuts speaks
with indulgence of the pupils, and expresses a hope
that they will be allowed, under the reorganisation of
the school on the improved basis, to resume their studies,
and have an opportunity of pursuing the career for
which they were intended, and which they would other-
wise have compromised by an act of imprudence. The
Globe says :—‘ The Polytechnic School is broken up.
Supposing even—which is not the case—that the Go-
vernment, had committed an abuse of power in the
choice which it made of an examiner, the pupils ought
not the less to respect the decision of the Government.
It was the Chambers, and not the school, whose busi-
ness it was to call the Ministry to account for its con-
duct in this affair. We deplore the ruin of their
prospects, which now affects three hundred young men,
and we feel in particular for their families, who thus re-
ceive a sad return for the sacrifices which they have
made. But the Government could not hesitate. If the
Polytechnic School, after such an act of insubordination,
had not been broken up, it only remained to do one
thing—to break up the Government.'
The Constitutionnel says :—" It is stated as certain
that Marshal Soult, invited by telegraph to return to
Paris, replied by the same channel, that he had resolved
to resign his portfolio, and that means might be taken
to replace him. The nomination of M. de Mackau as
provisional Minister of War, therefore, must have been
the result of this declaration ; but, at the same time, an
orderly officer was sent from Neuilly to St. Amans, to
entreat the Marshal not to persevere in his project."
It is probable that the report given by the Constitution-
nel had no other foundation than mere speculation as to
the motive of the ordonnance, dated the 17th, by which the
portfolio of the Minister of War was confided par in-

terim to the Minister of Marine. At any rate, it is quite
certain that the Marshal does not retire. It would ap-
pear as if the mere idea of such a report being propa-
gated had sufficed to induce Marshal SOULT to resume his
portfolio, for the Moniteur of this day contains a Royal
ordonnance, dated the 18th, which says :
"The interim of the War Department, confided to the
Minister of Marine by ordonnance of the 17th, ceases
from this day, and Marshal the Duke de Dalmatie re-
sumes the signature of his department."
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THE BOURSE—MONDAY, AUGUST 19.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five psrOnis•••••• 120 15 .. 120 25 .. 119 60 .. 119 GO
Four-and-a-Half 112 75 .. 112 75 .. 112 75 .. 112 75
Four per Cen.s.
Three per Cents.•—• 80 70 .. 80 70 80 15 .• 80 15
Bank of France• •.•• • • 3025 ..3025 3020 •. 3025
Laffitte Bank, 5,000 f. Sharesso6o ..5060 ..5()60 —5060
Belgian Bank .. •••••• • • • • • • 660 .. 660 .. 660 .. 660
Belgian Fives,lß3l
1840,•••• •• •• 1041 .. 1041 .. log .. 1031
Spanish Active •••••• • • • • • • 30 .. 30 .. 30 .. 30
Portuguese Five par Cents.. 44 .. 44 .. 44 .. 44
Neapolitan.• •••••• • • •• • •• 97 80 .• 97 SO • • 97 50 • • 97 50
Roman ••••••••••• 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041 .. 1041

RAILWAY SHARES.
Versailles, R.B. •. • .... • • 365 365 .. 365 .. 365
L.B•• ..... ••• •• 225 .. 226 25 .. 222 50 .• 223 75
Rouen ........... ...... . 957 50 .. 958 78 950 .. 950
Rouen to Havre •
Orleans •••• - ••• 951 25 .. 96.5 25 4940 .. 940
Strasburg to Bale• • •• • • •• • • 236 23 .. 236 25 .. 232 50 .. 232 50
Avignon to Marseilles•• •• •• 735 .. 735 . 720 •• 720
RAILWAY SHARES FOR THE ACCOUNT, 31wr OF AUGUST.
Versailles, ........365R.8..••. 365 .. 365 .. 362 50 .. 362 50
L.B.— •• •• •••• •• 227 50 .. 227 50 .. 222 50 .. 223 75
Rouen ••••••••• • • • • • •• •• 958 75 .. 960 .. 947 50 .. 947 50
Rouen to Havre. •••••• • • • • • 732 50 .. 732 50 •• 720 .. 720
Orleans .• ••••••••• • - •• •• •• 955 .. 957 50 .. 937 50 .. 937 50
Strasburg to Bale • • •• • • •• • • 236 25 .• 236 25 .. 230 . 232 50
Avignon to Marseilles •• •• • • 750 .. 750 .• 735 •• 735

CAPTAIN WARNER AND HIS DE-
STRUCTIVE POWER.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

now proceed to comment upon Sir C. Napier's
reports, in the House of Commons, of interviews be-
tween him and myself, and conversations thereat, so
widely away from what actually occurred, that I can only
impute the variations to forgetfulness orconfasion of mind
on the Gallant Commodore's part.
All the world knows that Commodore Napier is apt to
take credit to himself for having by his single arm won
every victory in which he has taken part ; but up to the
period of his speech in the House of Commons, I thought
him a frank and fair maa.
Sir Charles stated, in the House, that " Capt. Warner
had told him that he could blow to pieces all the ships in
Portsmouth Harbour, from the back of thelsle of Wight."
I can only account for this extraordinary misrepresen-
tation, so calculated to excite the laughter of a popular
assembly, and uttered, no doubt, for that purpose, to Sir
Charles having mixed up in his mind some reports made
by my constant calumniator Captain Pechell, who is re-
ported to have said that I had boasted of being able to
fire through the Isle of Wight, and sink all the ships in
Portsmouth Harbour ! An assertion quite as true as
Captain Pechell's other statement in the House of Corn
mons—that I had said I could blow up the rock of
Gibraltar !
What really passed between Sir Charles Napier and
myself, upon the occasion to which he refers, is as fol-
lows ; and I beg to prefix to my report that I am in a
condition to confirm it substantially by two witnesses.
Sir Charles Napier observed that the constant com-
plaint against me was that I would never come to the
point, but always receded from any tangible proposi-
tion. I asked Sir Charles to make some proposal, and
he made the following one :—The Government to furnish
a line-of-battle ship, and anchor her at the back of the
Godwin Sand, out of the ship track, which I was to de-
stroy by a projectile, from a distance of five miles. I
expressed my readiness to accept this offer, if Govern-
ment would guarantee me 300,000/. if I accomplished
the deed. Sir Charles exclaimed that if he could do as
much he would have three millions, and that I should
be a great fool if I acted without a guarantee ; for I
should certainly be robbed if I did, as all inventors had
been before me. I said 300,000 L would satisfy myself.
The above proposition was put into writing, signed by
myself, and was emphatically pronounced by Sir
Charles, to be " something like business." This pro-
position was carried by Sir Charles to Sir Robert Peel,
who referred him to Sir George Cockburn, who, as
usual, threw cold water upon it, and expressed, accord-
ing to Sir Charles Napier's report to myself, something
very like an intention of keeping me in the back ground
—an intention which I hope, by the powerful aid of the
press, to frustrate. Sir Charles stated in the House of
Commons, in his usual fashion of playing first fiddle,
that he had offered me a ship to be anchored off South
Sea Castle, and that he bad offered to insure me a hand-
some remuneration in the event of success, but that I had
not accepted his offer.
Not a word about the written offer carried to Sir Ro-
bert Peel and Sir George Cockburn. In the House Sir
Charles joined the ranks of Lord Ingestre's opponents,
and ridiculed, in unseemly language, that Noble Lord,
for whose disinterested conduct in advocating and sus-
taining my cause I can find no words sufficiently expres-
sive of my gratitude—but he did not repeat the terms in
which he spoke of Sir Robert Peel and Sir George
Cockburn, neither will I encumber your columns with
them.
But I will, in the face of the world, for what is pub-
lished by the press of England is read by the whole
world, and that there may be no further mistake, misun-
derstanding, or misrepresentation about the matter, re-
peat the offer I instructed Sir Charles Napier, in terms
of his own dictation, to submit to her Majesty's Govern •
went. IF THE GOVERNMENT WILL ANCHOR ♦ LINE-OF-
BATTLE SHIP AT THE BACK OF THE GODWIN SAND, OUT
or THE SHIP TRACK, SO THAT NO HARM MAX HAPPEN TO
PASSING VESSELS, I WILL FROM ON BOARD ANOTHER
SHIP DESTROY HER AT A DISTANCE OF FIVE MILES. I
♦M WILLING TO TAKE ON BOARD THE VESSEL IN WHICH
I OPERATE GENERAL SIR GEORGE MURRAY, CAPTAIN
VISCOUNT LORD INGESTRE, R.N., CAPTAIN DICKENSON,
R.N., AND CAPTAIN HENDERSON, R.N., WHO SHALL
HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY OF INSPECTING MY MODE OF
OPERATION, AND SATISFYING THEMSELVES THAT ON THIS
OCCASION I USE A PROJECTILE.
THE KIND LIBERALITY OF MY FRIENDS ENABLES ME
TO EXHIBIT THIS EXPERIMENT WITHOUT ASKING THE
GOVERNMENT FOR A SHILLING TOWARDS IT.
IF I FAIL I AM TO RECEIVE NOTHING BUT RIDICULE—
OF WHICH I HAVE RECEIVED QUITE ENOUGH TO SATISFY
ANY REASONABLE MAN ALREADY.
BUT PREVIOUSLY I REQUIRE A GUARANTEE FROM HER
MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT FOR ITS PURCHASE OF MY
SECRET FOR 300,000/. IN THE EVENT OP MY DESTROYING
THE SHIP, AND SATISFYING THE FOUR ABOVE-NAMED
OFFICERS OF THE FEASIBILITY AND PRACTICABILITY OF
MY PLANS.
Lastly, I invite Sir Howard Douglas, Sir Byam Mar-
tin, Sir George Cockburn, Colonel Chalmers, R.A., and
Commander Coffin, R.N., to attend in another vessel and
watch proceedings.
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
London, 20th Aug., 1844. S. A. WARNER.