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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1844.

The House of Lords met at a Quarter to Four
o'clock, when a great number of Bills received the
Royal assent, for which see report.

The Duke of WELLINGTON moved an address to
her MAJESTY on the birth of another Prince.

A brief conversation took place relative to the
eourt-martial on Lieutenant GRAY. Lord ABERDEEN
said the French vessel had been searched without
warrants, and on that fact being reported to the Ad-
miralty, the inquiry was instituted. The French
Governmnt did not require a court-martial.
The Marquis of NORMANBY moved for certain
papers relative to the business of the House, and
entered into some details for the purpose of showing
how little business had been done. His speech was
a review of the session. The Duke cf WELLINGTON,
Lord WHARNCLIFIE, Lord LANSDOWNE, and other
Peers followed, and, after a lengthened discussion,
the motion, which had no real object was agreed to.
The Poor-law Amendment Bill went through
Committee, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to
Twelve.

The Commons met at Twelve o'clock, when the
Roman Catholic Penal Acts Repeal Bill went through
the Committee.

The Report on the Insolvent Debtors Bill was re-
ceived, and the House adjourned.
It met again at a quarter to Four, and went into
Committee on the Lords' amendments to the Railways
Bill, relative to Sunday travelling. After a few
remarks from Mr. tiLansToNE on the immaterial
changes which had taken place, Mr. TIIORNELY ex-
pressed satisfaction with the amendments, awl then
moved that the charge fur the 'conveyance of passen-
gers by third trains on Sunday should not exceed ld.
Per mile. The motion was agreed to, and the re-
port was received. What then has the Bishop
Of LONDON guinel by his motion ? Third-
class trains are to travel on Sunday; the price is
to be the same as on other days, and, con-
trary to the wish of the pious Bishop, the poor and
the rich are to be placed on the same footing. Mr.
THORN ELY is entitled to the highest praise for his
succassful resistance to the Puseyites. We have no
wish, nor has Mr. THORNELY eitlier,to interfere with
the management of railways. All we want is, that
if any trains run on Sunday, the poor shall have the
same privileges as the rich. A time is awning when
the lower classes will see who are their real friends
and among these they will not class the Puseyite
Bishops.
Sir ROBERT PEEL moved a congratulatory address
to the QUEEN on the birth of another PRINCE.
In answer to a question from Mr. T. DUNCOMBE,
Sir ROBERT PEEL said he would move the adjourn-
ment of the House un Wednesday or Thursday to a
certain period, which he could not at present state.
The prorogation, however, would not take place till
the judges could give their opinion on the case of the
QUEEN V. O'CONNELL and others. The were
anxious to have a conference.

Captain BERNAL moved for copies of instructions
to Lora Ilerrrantatr relative to Church patronage
itt helaxia. Biz K. Party opposed the motion, and

after some discussion it was withdrawn. The House
adjourned at Half-past Eight o'clock.

The public rejoice at the event which took place
yesterday at Windsor Castle. The birth of another
child of the QUEEN gives additional security that
England shall no more be encumbered or embroiled
by Hanover, and that King ERNEST and his de-
scendants must confine their prospects to their own
dominions. England is well rid of the race and the
country. Some additional expense will probably be
entailed by this new addition to the Royal Family,
but Englishmen will not grudge it when they know
that it is another safeguard against the tyranny of
Orangemen, and the most unpopular of all the sons
of GEORGE the THIRD.

Letters from Florence announce the death of
JOSEPH BONAPARTE on the 28th of July, in the 78th
year of his age. He was the immediate elder brother
of NAPOLEON, and, we believe, the last of that illus-
trious family. What changes he had seen and expe-
rienced in his time 1 He had been King of Naples
and King of Spain; he was appointed guardian of
MARIE LOUISE and the King of Rosul, when BONA-
PARTE was struggling in a hopeless contest with the
combined forces of Europe ; and it was owing to his
alvice that these pledges of the EMPEROR'S care were
hurried off from Paris. Their departure ex-
cited universal despair in the French capital.
The inhabitants saw that all chance of success
was gone, and they resigned themselves to their fate.
He was the least remarkable for talent of any of the
family, though a great favourite with his brother.
His arrangements, previous to the battle of Vittoria,
showed that he was totally incapable of conducting
an army, or saving it from destruction, when he had
the means in his power. He fled from Vittoria, and
was never heard of till he gave up Paris to
the Allies. Among the Yankeees he was no favourite;
they would not recognise the Imperial Family; and
after visiting various countries to find a place of
rest, he at last settled at Florence. His life exhibits,
in a most remarkable degree, the vanities of human
vicissitudes. He was the last of a family that ruled
the whole of Europe, and subjected Emperors and
Kings to its dominion, and the announcement of his
death produces no more effect upon the nations which
his brother ruled, than the death of the humblest in-
dividual.

Accounts from Madrid of the 29th ult. state that
a great number of arrests had been made by
NARVAEZ, on the plea that a conspiracy had been
formed to overturn the Government. Forty per-
sons had been thrown into prison for a slight com-
motion at the barracks, which every one believes was
caused entirely by Government agents, in order
that a pretence might be had for imprisoning
some of the leaders of the Opposition during the
general election.
Letters from Cadiz of the 25th. announce the ar-
rival of the French Consul from Tangiers, but the
English Consul remained at his post.
On the Madrid Bourse the Three per Cents. were
done at 26 9-16 for cash, 261 at sixty days, and the
Fives at 201 for the 23d of August.

The Paris papers are entirely occupied with the
affairs of Morocco, and the expulsion of Mr. PRITCHARD
fromPtaheite. We find, however little new on the latter
subject. There is the same rancour displayed against
England. Indeed their language seems to become
every day more violent, and they complain and bully
as if Messrs. BRUAT and D'AUBIGNT were the in-
jured parties. The Presse, one of the Opposition
journals, asserts that England has no claim to any re-
paration, and adds—" What she demands is unrea-
sonable and unjust, and the manner in which she
requires it is imperious and insulting. We must op-
pose with firmness to the passionate reports of her
agents the reports of our own ; we must prove to her
the first violator of the law of nations was that same
PRITCIIARD, at whose feet England wishes to make
the amende honourable. She must be made to under-
stand how wrong her Government was to attempt to
bring about so abruptly the denouement of an affair
respecting which the information hitherto received
was so incomplete. It must be finally demonstrated
to Europe that right and justice are on the side of
France, to whom such an audacious demand is made.
After that England may adopt whatever course it
thinks roper!" The Journal des Debuts speaks in a
more rational strain, but it blames Sir ROBERT PEEL
for the haste with which he prejudged the question.
"We must say," this journal observes, "that the
sentiments of animosity and irritation manifested at
this moment in the French tribune and press, do not
appear to us to be justified by the facts. To hear all
that is said in France, one would think that it was a
French subject that was incarcerated, and then ex-
pelled by the English authorities. We ought to re-
member that the contrary is the case, and that it is
not for us, in the present circumstances, to show our-
selves irritated, or to pretend that we are humiliated
The representatives of the French Government, pro-
voked by the intrigues of a troublesome individual,
who has been called hot-headed by his own coun-
trymen, have taken vigorous measures with respect
to him, which were, no doubt, required by im-
perious circumstances. But since we have a better
position we ought, for that very reason, to main-
tain ourselves with dignity, and not add, by
aggravating words, to the very natural unplea-
santness in which England feels herself of being in
the wrong. It is not right to say that the English
Government has already judged the question. It
has prejudged it with a precipitation which we regret;
but the explanations which have been given are, we
believe, of a nature to modify its way of viewing it.
At all events, the question is one of fact ; and, until
these facts are cleared up, the French Government
are right not to allow of any discussion on the
subject."

If this be the language of M. GUIZOT, he and Sir Ro-
BERT PEEL are far yet asunder ; for, if we are to credit
the Siecle, the British Government has delivered a note
containing the following demands :—" Firstly, the dis-
m6sal of M. D'Aunioxy, the author of the measures
adopted against the ex-Consul PRITCHARD ; secondly,
the recal of Captain BRUAT, who, on his return, has
sanctioned the measures adapted by the ad interim
Government ; thirdly, the destruction of all the for-
tifications raised in the island whilst it has been placed
under the de facto sovereignty of France; fourthly, the
establishment of an English station of equal force to
that of France, in order that in no case her Britannic
MaJEsTr's subjects may want sufficient protection."
We put little confidence in these statements. One
thing, however, is clear, the Paris press, almost
without exception, is doing everything in its power to
embroil the two countries. Possibly the writers may
be successful, and what then ? It is needless, how-
ever, to speak of the future, and it might be consi-
dered ungenerous to boast of the past.
According to the latest accounts from Tangiers the
disputes between France and Morocco still remain
unsettled, though some approaches to a satisfactory ar-
rangement had, been made. The Moniteur publishes
the following official note on the subject:—
" The Emperor of Morocco ordered an answer to be re-
turned, on the 11th of July, by his Minister Sid-Mohammed
Bendris, to the letter which the King's Consul-General at
Tangiers, M. de Nion, had addressed to him, on the 2Sth of
June, to inform him of the intentions of the King's Govern-
ment. That answer, which arrived at Tangiers on the 22d
July, is dilatory and evasive.
"-The Emperor acknowledges in it the aggressions made
on our territory, promises the punishment of the Kaids who
have been guilty of them, and demands the recal of Marshal
Bugeaud, owing to his occupation of Ouchda. He says no-
thing whatever about Abd-el-Kader.
" On the receipt of this letter, and also of information
from Marshal Bugeaud, stating that the war actually con-
tinued on our frontier of Algeria, the Prince de Joinville pro-
ceeded on the 23d of July, in the Pluton, to Tangiers. His
Royal Highness made the King's Consul. General at Tangiers,
with his family and a certain number of our countrymen,
come on board his ship, were he kept them.
" His Royal Highness has sent the Veloce steamer along
the western coast of Morocco, as far as Mogadore, also to pick
up our consular agents and countrymen.
"On the 23d M. de Nion addressed the Emperor of
Morocco another letter, demanding a precise and formal
answer, and giving him a delay of eight days before the com-
mencement of hostilities. The Prince de Joinville has re-
turned to Cadiz with M. de Nion, and was to remain there
until the expiration of the said delay.
" In thedirection of our land frontier, the Kaid of Ouchda,
El Gennaoui. has been dismissed and put in irons, and Sidi-
Hammida-Ben-Ali, his successor, has made pacific overtures
to Marshal Bugeaud. The Marshal has replied that he
wishes for the maintenance of peace, but on the conditions
expressed by the King's Government.
" The Emperor has left Morocco for the north of his
empire, without personally receiving Mr. Drummond Hay'
the Consul-General of England, who has set out with the
intention of overtaking him."
The Paris Globe give these additional particu-
lars :

" It is on the Ist of August that the dela7 given to the
Emperor expires. In the absence of reparation, both satis-
factory and in conformity with the ultimatum, the instructions
of the Prince de Joinyille order him to open immediately the
fire of his ships upon Tangiers,
and if nothing happens in the
interval to satisfy the legitimate complaints of France, to

burn all the ships belonging to Morocco, and to bombard
successively the places on the coast, without exception, both
in the Mediterranean and in the Atlantic. It is, therefore, pro-
bable, that at the moment when we write the French cannon
have been thundering for three days against the coast of Mo-
rocco, for it appears evident that the Emperor,whose good inten.
tions otherwise appear evident, has it not in his power to grant
that which France demands, though these demands are not only
her right, but are in themselves very moderato. It required,
we arc assured, great precautions to embark the Consul of
France, his wife, their children, and several French people
who inhabited Tangiers, on boardthe Pluton. All thesepeople
came almost one by one on board, under the pretext of
wisLing to speak to the Prince de Joinville. M. de Nion was
not able to bring his property, or even his linen, on board.
The Moors at length guessed the reason for such embarka-
tion, and stopped the boxes and trunks which had been
packed up, and they even opposed the departure of the
cashier, who was obliged to remain at the consulate of Mr.
Drummond Hay, the British Consul-General, who had re-
ceived instructions to declare to the Emperor of Morocco that
the British Government thought the demands of France
equally just and reasonable ; and who was also instructed to
use his influence with the Emperor to induce him to do right,
and to remove in the most positive manner all idea of any
-moral support on the part of the Cabinet of London, went to
Morocco to consult with Muley Abderrhaman. The Emperor
did not think proper to wait for Mr. Dummond Hay, and
only left one of his Ministers to confer with him;, but the
British agent, who was displeased, and properly so, but who
was by no means discouraged, has set out in pursuit of the
Emperor. There is the greatest diplomatic zeal in the pro-
ceeding of Mr. Drummond Hay, in the fact that he has left
his eleven children at Tangiers."

The Three per Cents. were quoted at Ton Tom's, on
Sunday, at 81f. 25c.

ACCOUCHEMENT
OF

HER MAJESTY.

BIRTH OF A PRINCE.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Auc. 6.
This morning, at ten minutes before eight o'clock,
the QUEEN was safely delivered of a PRINCE.
In the room with her MAJESTY, were his Royal
Highness Prince ALBERT, Dr. Lococx, and Mrs.
LILLY, the Monthly Nurse. And in the rooms ad-
joining were the other medical attendants, Sir JAMES
CLARK and Dr. FERGUSON ; and also the Lady in
Waiting on the QUEEN.
Intimation of her Majesty's illness was forwarded
from 'Windsor Castle to town at six o'clock this
morning. The Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Buc-
cleuch, Lord Privy Seal, Sir James Graham, Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department; the Earl
Delawarr, Lord Chamberlain, and the Earl of Jersey,
Master of the Horse, were the first to arrive, having
left town by a special train, which arrived at the
Slough terminus of the Great Western Railway at
twenty-five minutes past eight o'clock. The Ministers
and Officers of State immediately proceeded to the
Castle in one of the royal carriages and four, which
was in readiness. Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of the
Treasury, and Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for
the Colonies, arrived shortly afterwards, having
travelled from town by a second special train. The
Right lion. Baronet and his Lordship were likewise
conveyed to the Castle from the station in a royal
carriage and four. The Duke of 'Wellington arrived
at the Castle soon after nine o'clock, the Noble Duke
having travelled from town by a third special train.
At half-past eight o'clock the following official
bulletin was issued :

" WINDSOR CASTLE, Aug. 6, 1844.
" Half-past Eight, A.M.
" The Queen was safely delivered of a Prince this
morning at fifty minutes past seven o'clock.
"Her Majesty and Infant are perfectly well.
• -- " JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D.
" ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D."

THE LATE HURRICANE AT SEA

Information was received on Monday at Lloyd's and
the various maritime insurance offices in the City, of a
dreadful hurricane having visited the different ports on
Saturday and Sunday last, which was attended with a
frightful sacrifice of human life, as well as great loss of
property.
At Tenby it commenced blowing fearfully from one
o'clock in the morning from the south-east. About fire
o'clock a.m., the Richard, Captain Cooke, of Sunderland,
from Cardiff, for the port of London, was, owing to the
violence of the hurricane, driven from her anchors, whilst
riding in the Caldy Roads. After beating about for
some time, in a sinking state, she was driven upon the
South Tenby Sand. The preventive men, as well as a
great number of the inhabitants, rendered all the assist-
ance in their power, and were instrumental in saving
three of the crew. The Captain, William Cooke, how-
ever, was drowned, and also three of the crew. Their
names are--William Watts, mate ; Robert Clashier,
cook ; and James Tayte, seaman. The vessel went to
pieces soon after she struck, and it has become a com-
plete wreck. A fishing smack called the Four Brothers,
during the gale, lost two hands. The Jane (another
smack) was driven on shore on the Penduce sands, and
it is feared will become a wreck. The yacht Rose, be-
longing to Mr. Roper, of the same port, drifted ashore,
and has become a wreck. Fortunately all on board were
saved.

At Newport the storm commenced at about the same
time, with heavy showers of rain, and continued with
little intermission until eight o'clock, when it abated a
little. The most disastrous intelligence is expected from
this port ; as yet the only information received is, that
about the time the wind moderated, a vessel was observed
passing the bay with her mainsail rent, and apparently
making for Cardigan.
At Torbay on Saturday and Sunday it blew so tre-
mendously, that the Brunswick steamer, Captain Rus-
sell, from Southampton for Plymouth, was obliged to
land her passengers, she not being at Torquay, on ac-
count of the hurricane. The Perie, Captain Hodson,
from Denmark, for New York, was obliged to resort to
the same expedient.
At Teignmouth the gale was equally severe. About
ten o'clock on Saturday morning a steamer was observed
standing in from sea ; her figure head was carried away,
and so was her bowsprit ; whether or not she had re-
ceived any greater damage could not be learned.
At Bristol the hurricane was tremendous, with heavy
rain, thunder, and lightning. The shipping, however,
escaped with trifling injury.
At Llanelly, on Saturday morning, the Friends, a fine
vessel, belonging to Ilfracombe, was totally lost on the
Ceyfen Sands, in Carmarthen Bay. The captain, his
wife, and the whole of the craw were drowned. The
ship's papers were picked up at a subsequent hour near
the harbour of Pembry. The body of a female, supposed
to be that of the captain's wife, was also picked up near
the same place, as well as a great deal of the wreck.
None of the other bodies have been found. The Briton
steam-tug parted from her moorings, and
,sank near the
harbour.

TEN FITZWALTER BARONT.—Sir Brook William
Bridges, of Goodnestone Park, has succeeded to the
ancient and honourable titles of the house of Fitzwalter.
The title was granted to the ancestors of the present
noble lord by Edward 1., whose reign commenced in
1272. Lord Fitzwalter has lately been making exten-
sive alterations at his princely scat at Goodnestone, and
the whole pile is undergoing reparation and improve-
ment. His Lordship has renovated the 'parish church,
and beautified the interior with coloured and painted
glass windows, new seats, &e.—Maidstone Gazette.
We have much pleasure in stating{ that through the
indefatigable exertions of his solicitor, Sir Wm. H. El-
wes, Bart. is shortly to come into possession of the family
e.tates of Elwes as heir at law.

It is said the Duke of Devonshire is about to sell
his Irish estates; and that his visit is connected with To luing
the property.—Limerick Chronicle.
I' IRE AT FOXEARTII-lIALL.—On Sunday night
week, between ten and eleven o'clock, a haulm stack was
maliciously set on fire, at Foxearth-hall, near Melford,
in the occupation of Mr. Richard Aidham, farmer. For,
tunately it was very soon discovered by some of the
village people returning home, who saw the villain run-
ning from the spot, who no doubt had committed the
act ; and prompt assistance being rendered, and the
Melford engine quickly in attendance, the fire was con-
fined to the stack, which was within a short distance of
the extensive farming buildings.—Essex Herald.
COLLISION BETWEEN THE WILLIAM JOLLIPEE AND
THE ANTWERP STEAMER.—On Wednesday night last, at 12
o'clock, the William Jolliffe left the harbour of Boulogne
with the unusual freight of nearly 300 passengers. This
large number was in consequence of its being the last day on
which the steamers would run at the recent low fares of 4s.
and 6s. instead of 10s. and 15s. The wind blew tremendously
from the south-eastward, and the passage was stormy and
tempestuous, but, nevertheless, she reached Gravesend in
safety, but on approaching Northfleet, the river being full of
craft, and the wind blowing tremendously down the river,
she came in contact with a coal brig and the Antwerp out •
ward-bound steamer, which dashed away a great portion of
the Julliffe's paddle-box and cooking room, causing the 1
greatest consternation among the passengers. The Jolliffe's
next disaster was getting aground, where she remained some
hours until got off by the aid of the Calais packet, and ulti-
mately she arrived in London about four o'clock on Thursday
afternoon; nearly four hours behind her time, since which she
has been sent to Deptford fur the necessary repairs.
TBETOTAL EXAGGERATION.—The gin drunk in
England and Wales annually amounts to nearly
20,000,000 L sterling, a sum which would pay all the poor-
rates three times over.—Cork Southern Reporter.
IMPORTANT TO GRAZIERS.—The saving between
driving a sheep to the London market from Lincolnshire
and conveying by steam-boat or railway, is proved to be
no less than ten per cent. This has been ascertained by
repeated trials made this year by a grazier in the neigh-
bourhood of Wainfleet.—Essex

THE CONVICT NOBLE.—On Tuesday last, the
Naval Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir David Milne, pro-
ceeded on board the St. Vincent, and, having ordered all
hands to be turned up, read her Most Gracious Majesty's
reprieve for this unfortunate man, who had been condemned
to death by the sentence of a court martial, for stabbing Mr.
Protheroe, a midshipman of the Madagascar. The sentence
has been commuted to transportation for life.—Devoteport
Telegraph.