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coirespondence in our Post-office, and the findings
of courts-martial on too vigilant and spiritel officers
like Lieutenant GRAY, on the application of our
excellent Allies; will begin to have their suspicions,
we suppose, aroused. We have only room to direct
attention to this passage, towards the close of Lord
MINTo's speech :
" Instead of the navy being in the condition in which it
was when we quitted office, the Government have left our
own shores completely defenceless, so that there was nothing
to prevent the French from sweeping the Mediterranean,
sweeping the Channel, and cutting off all our trade to the
West Indies. God forbid he should talk of such a state of
things as probable, but he talked of it as possible, at a time
when the state of affairs abroad forbade us to live in blind
To this fearful remonstrance Lord HADDINGTON, in
effect, replied only by contrasting the amount of former
peace establishments of our navy with the present ; as
if former periods of peace necessarily resembled the
present : and the Duke of WELLINGTON, by expres-
sing his conviction that " somebody" would be made
responsible, some day, by some French Government,
for that outrage on our Consul, which the Gallant
Duke facetiously called " an eccentricity."

Our friends across the Channel are making a ter-
rible " hubbub " about Queen POMARE, Missionary
PRITCHARD, and Monsieur BROUAT. If we are to
trust to appearances, to orations in the Chamber of
Peers, and national songs at the Grand Opera, the
whole of Europe—nay, the whole of the civilised
world—is to be thrown into commotion about a paltry
island, which, till Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS went
there, was regarded as a useless speck in the ocean,
that no nation would take under its protection.
Small as the island and its dependencies are, we ad-
mit our Government committed a great error in
sanctioning its occupation by the French; not that they
were worth any thing, but because they were purely
British settlements ; they had been discovered by
COOKE ; they were occupied by English missionaries
forty-five years ago ; the inhabitants were trained up
in the tenets of the Protestant religion ; and any man
of common understanding might have foreseen that if
we did not cast off Queen POMARE altogether, a col-
lision must take place sooner or later between French
Catholics and English missionaries. The island of
Otaheite was the very last which should have been
placed under the protection of a Catholic nation.
Lord ABERDEEN, however, thought otherwise ; he
now reaps the result of his oversight, and he
and M. GUIZOT will have some difficulty
in arranging matters so as to please Eng-
land and France. If Algiers, or even Toulon,
had been occupied by the English, the event would
not have caused greater excitement than this mise-
rable squabble about a petty Queen, who rules over
some hundreds of half-naked savages. When Sir
E. PEEL made use of the strong expressions in Par-
liament relative to this affair, we felt convinced that
he had good grounds for his bold statements, and that
a Prime Minister of England would not have used
the phrase " a gross outrage, accompanied. with agross
indignity " without sufficient reason. All the French
papers, however, assert that there was neither a gross
outrage nor a gross indignity; that if there were
any outrage or indignity at all, they were
committed by Mr. PRITCHARD ; and here the
parties are at issue. We only wish them well out of
the affair. But is it not a miserable spectacle to see
two great nations quarrelling about trifles ? While
the peace of the world hangs on the entente cordiale,
while the Governments of the two countries are on the
best possible understanding, and all the sober, reflect-
ing class, are anxious to remain at peace, a firebrand
is thrown into the midst of Young France, which it
will require all the skill of Louis PHILIPPE to extin-
guish. He has never been defeated yet, and we trust
his good fortune will attend him to the last. The
public have no means of judging of the real cause of
dispute, farther than this, that it is of the most paltry
description, and if any serious consequences were to
be the result England and France would become the
laughing stock of the world. We trust that Sir
ROBERT PEEL has not placed implicit confidence in
the statements of Mr. PRITCHARD, and that his future
policy will be guided by some better authority.

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, 264 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
from;Otaheite. 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'Aumorry 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
PRITCHARD, 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 proper !" The Journal des Debats speak 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 followingdemands :—" Firstly, the dis-
missal of M. D'AUBIGNY, 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 adopted 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 factosovereignty of France; fourthly, the
establishment of an English station of equal force to
that of France, in order that in no case her Britannic
MAJESTY'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
control 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 l lth 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 28th 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 Raids 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 delay 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 Joinville 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 moderate. It required,
we are assured, great precautions to embark the Consul of
France, his wife, their children, and several French people
who inhabited Tangiers, onboard the Pluton. All these people
came almost one by one on board, under the pretext of
wishini, 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 Mulev Abderrhaman. The Emperor
did not think proper to wait for Mr. Dummond llay, 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 TORTONI'S, on
Sunday, at 81f. 25c.

THIS DAYS NEWS.

ACCOUCHEMENT

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 hor 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 Hon. 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."

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
It was generally understood that the Lord Chancellor would
have sat in Lincoln's Inn Hall to-day, and given judgment
in the case of Mr. Dy-ce Sombre, but at the usual hour of his
Lordship sitting, the following notice was put up :—"The
Lord Chancellor, having been summoned to Windsor, will not
sit in Court to-day."

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY).
The Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce sat to-day, and heard
bankrupt petitions, none of which were of the least public
interest.

QUEEN-SQUARE.--(THIS DAY).
Four young men, named Holmes, Nowell, Roberts, and Scott,
whose abject appearance indicated that they were no strangers
to hunger and distress, were placed before Mr. Bond, charged
by Mr. Elliott, the master of St. Margaret's workhouse, with
the following conduct.
Mr. Elliott said the defendants came to the workhouse, in
Dean-street last evening, betwoen eight and nine o'clock, and
applied for a night's lodging. Having admitted a great
number of persons during the preceding part of the night,
and there being no more room in the house, the defendants
were told that their wishes could not be complied with, but
were offered bread, which they refused to accept, and insisted
on being admitted into the house, and provided with beds.
Finding that their request was not complied with, they
created the most discordant noises, and knocked at the door
with so much violence, and used such bad language, that
they were given into custody.
Mr. BOND said that the offence the defendants had com •
mitted did not come within the meaning of the Act of
Parliament, as they were not in the workhouse at the time.
The way to get into the workhouse was not by insolent
conduct, but by civility. He should, therefore, discharge
them.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Three Irishmen, named Hughes, Mahony, and Fitzgerald,
were charged with creating a disturbance at the Carved Lion
public-house, Lower-road, Ishngton.
At ten o'clock last night the prisoners, who were drinking
in the house with some soldiers, became exceedingly dis-
orderly. The police were called in, who attempted to re-
move them, but they " pitched into " the police right and
left, and several other policemen were called in before they
could remove them.
The prisoners declared they were perfectly sober, and as a
proof of it, urged that they had lost their hats.
They were fined ss. each, or seven days' imprisonment.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
James Smith, a genteel-looking young man, who described
himself as residing at Badham, in _Essex, and of no occupa-
tion, was fully committed on a charge of stealing a silver
butter-knife from the stand of Mrs. Gittins, in the Pantheon
Bazaar, Oxford-street.
Between five and six o'clock yesterday afternoon, the pri-
soner was standing in front of the counter when the butter-
knife was missed. He was charged with stealing it, when he
produced it from his pocket, and offered- to pay for it. On
being given into custody, he made a desperate attempt to
escape, and broke a quantity of china. He had a good watch
and purse of money about him. He declined saying anything
in his defence.
Wm. Baker and Henry Baker, brothers, and by trade paper
makers, were charged with committing a violent and un-
provoked assault on one of the footmen of Baron Brunnow, the
Russian Ambassador.
The Chevalier Benehausen, the Russian Consul, was in at-
tendance in one of the private rooms of the Court.
The complainant stated that, between ten and eleven
o'clock last night, as he was proceeding along Piccadilly, the
defendants, who were intoxicated, struck him twice without
the slightest provocation, and knocked him down.
The defendants alleged that the complainant had struck
them first.
The complainant positively denied this, and his statement
was corroborated by a police-constable.
Mr. MALTBY said the assault was a very gross one, and
fined the defendants 40s. each, or one month's imprisonment
and hard labour.
The defendants, not having the money top ay, were locked up.

Lord Frederick and Lady. Augusta Gordon Hallyburton
have left Kensington, for their seat in Scotland.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The C4PEAKETt took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition, signed by
1,640 persons, from Merthyr Tydvil, praying for the
release of Frost, Williams, and Jones ; also a petition
from the debtors confined in Whitecross-street Prison,
praying that insolvent debtors may be placed on the
same footing as bankrupts.
On the motion of Sir G. CLERK, a return was ordered
of the actual amount of income and expenditure of the
United Kingdom for the current year.
On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, a return was
ordered of all sums of money paid into the Manchester
Court of Requests by debtors, all sums received by cre-
ditors, and the sums remaining unclaimed on the 31st
day of December in each year from 1808 to 1844 ; also,
the number of causes tried, the number of executions
issued against the goods, and the number against the
person of the debtor ; and of the number of persons im-
prisoned in each year during the same period.
ROMAN CATHOLIC PENAL ACTS REPEAL