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these, be based on a sacred principle of compensation ;
but we do hope that; such vested interests may be as
speedily as possible, by that process, extinguished.
Where private capital has aided the ♦iews of sagacity
or benevolence in constructing these most valuable
public works, which the Government of the country
had either neglected or never been enabled to provide,
it is most fit that the capital so advanced, with an
equivalent for a fair average of all subsequent re-
turns produced by it, should be reimbursed to its
legal representative or owner. But it is not fitting
that the amount of the tolls or dues levied for the
.support and -maintenance of such works should be
determined by the judgments—to say nothing of the
caprices—of parties whose interested relation to them
must make them, with the public, very suspicious
authorities On such subjects. We hope, in short,
to see the day when the Government—taking
all these concerns into its own hands and control—
shall devise d scheme of dues and tolls, which, being
fully commensurate with the actual expenditure in-
curred by or required for the establishments in
question, shall be limited by that demand only, instead
of being extended to the creation of mighty incomes
for private owners. In the returns moved for by the
Treasury officers, the germ of a system appears to
develop itself; destined to extend, multiply, and give
the greatest practicable efficiency to those noble
aids to trade and navigation, at greatly diminished
infinitely less vexatious, and definite rates of contri-
bution from the shipowner and merchant.

Madrid journals of the
.12th inst. have been re-
ceived. Theiricontents are not without importance.
In one of them, the Eco del Comercio, we find some
explanation of the mysterious concealment of the pro-
ceedings previous to the bombardment of Tangiers.
Mr. HAY, the British Consul, had made an arrange-
ment with the emperor of Moaocco, but that did not
satisfy Marshal BUGEAUD and the young Prince.
The following is from a correspondent of that journal,
dated Gibraltar, the 7th inst.:—

" The Emperor Muley Abderhaman had accepted the
proposals conveyed by Mr. Hay, the English Consul at
Tangiers, andiconsequently the differences between the
Courts of Spain and France and Morocco were consi-
dered as adjusted, but, yesterday, in virtue of orders re-
ceived from Marshal Bugeaud, and even before Mr. Hay
had returned from Mogadore, the Prince de Joinville
opened the fire against Tangier's, and effected with his
whole squadron a bombardment which lasted some
hours. After a vigorous defence, the batteries of the
tarn were completely destroyed by the French squadron.
The other squadrons took no part in the bombardment.
it is affirmed that the Belle Poule frigate has rather se-
verely suffered, and that the crew was saved in the boats
of the other 'ships. At half a league from the place
12,000 Bedouins awaited the landing of the French
troops, but it did not take place yesterday. Mr. Hay
arrived hither last night, at eleven o'clock, in the Eng-
lish steamer, the Vesuvius."

Letters from Cadiz state, that after the bombard-
ment of Tangiers, the squadron under the command
of the Prince DE JOINVILLE proceeded to Cadiz,
where they arrived on the 7th, in order to repair the
damage they sustained; but they were soon to bom-
bard the other towns on the coast of Morocco.
There had been some disturbances at Madrid, but
they were speedily put down.
The Three per Cents. were done at 27 13-16 at 60
days, and the Five per Cents. at 19k.

It is a singular circumstance in the policy of the
French Government with regard to Morocco, that
though accounts are published of the attack on Tan-
giers, of the destruction of the forts, and of the
small loss sustained by the French, only two boys
having been killed, that the public have received no
information on authority relative to the conditions of
'the ultimatum and the reply of the EMPEROR. There
is a total blank between peaceful negotiation and the
bombardment of one of the principal seaports—all
that the French authorities deign to communicate is,
that the answer' was not satisfactory. The French
justly complain of this hiatus ; but the English have
more reason, -for on the nature of the negotiations and
the terms proposed and rejected, rests the important
question—on what grounds did the Prince do Join-

VILLE make such a sudden and destructive attack
upon a town belonging to a Power in intimate alli-
ance with England? The Opposition papers espe-
cially reprobate :this strange course of proceeding.
" While every bulletin," says one of them, "from the
army of BUGEAUD, however long or unimportant, have
been given at length in the Moniteur, the circum-
stances which preceded and accompanied the bom-
bardment of Tangiers are most briefly mentioned."
" Many things," says the National, " remain to be

explained, in order to render the preceding dispatches
intelligible, and to account for so prompt a transition

from peace to war, and it is natural that the public
should be anxious to know the exact amount of our
loss, and what measures were adopted towards the

town after the -bombardment." The Constitutionnel

makes similar remarks, and adds, " there are many
families waiting with anxiety the return of the

casualties and rumours of all sorts, which the silence
of the Government unfortunately tends to confirm.'
The only article put forth by a Ministerial paper, to
clear up the mystery, appears in the Globe ; but it, in
fact, gives no information whatever, while it accuses the
EMPEROR of a design to protract the negotiations till
the French fleet.should be driven off the coast by the
equinoxial galeS; but this is mere conjecture, and
the public will not believe one word of it while the
full details are withheld. These are the remarks of
the Aliniste.rial,journal :
" It was evident that the Emperor of Morocco wished
to gain a month more, and reach the season of the equi-
nox, when it would be impossible for the French squad-
ron to remain on the coast of Morocco. The Prince
perceived the snare, particularly when he found that an
evasive answer was returned to two important points in
the ultimatum--tiamely, the dissolution of the body of
troops stationed on the Algerian frontier, and the settle
ment of the boundary question. The discussion relative
to Abd-el-Kader, and the objections made by the Em-
peror with regaid to the place of his banishment, con-
vinced M. de Nion that he was not in earnest. .‘ How do
you wish me to' expel the Emir,' observed that Sovereign
to the French negotiator, when you found it so difficult
yourselves to drive him out of Algeria ?' "
,T,
In the meantime' the greatest preparations are in
progress for 'continuing the war with vigour. Several
vessels in the harbour of Brest are to be put in requi-
'Sition, and in' a very short period there will be a
French force pu the coast of Morocco sufficient to
put a stop to all commerce. The Constitutionnel says
the next placeJoYe attacked is Mogadore

"After the operations against Tangiers the squadron
was to have proceeded to other ports as far as Mogadore.
At the latter poilit the difficulty of attacking will be
greater than at Tangiers. The pass which leads into
the roads htis, it appears, not depth of water enough for
ships beyond the size of brigs. It is probably owing to
this circumstance That the port of Brest has been ordered
to hasten the arming of the three gun-brigs, La Vigie,
L'Alonette, and La Tactique. A corvette de charge is
very shortly to leave Toulon, and join the squadron, with
war ammunition,, to replace that which has been ex-
pended in the bombardment of Tangiers. Two more
steamers, one of 320 and the other of 220 horse power,
have also been sent to the Prince de Joinville, and it is
also said that the steam-frigate Montezuma, which is
coming from RoChefort, will join his squadron."
The French funds, in consequence of the alarming
state of affairs; still continue depressed. On Sunday
the Three per Cents. were quoted at 80f. 70c.

It appears that the Government have at length re-
solved to curb the.restless and mutinous boys of the
Polytechnic school. Their last offence was refusing
to be examined by a professor of the name of
DUIIAMEL on the ground that his appointment was
not regular. The -KING has, therefore, by the follow-
ing decree, dissolved the school :-
6 On the report of our Minister the Secretary of
State for the Department of Marine and Colonies, act-
ing ad interim as Minister of War, and considering the
acts of disobedience and disorder which have lately
taken plaee in the Polytechnic School, we have decreed
as follows :

" ' Article 1. The Polytechnic School is dissolved.
"2. The chiefs, administrators, professors, exa-
miners, and officers of the school, will preserve their
titles and emoluments,

" `3. An ulterior ordinance will regulate the reorga-
nisation of the school.
" '4. Our Minister the Secretary of State:for the De-
partment of the Marine and Colonies, &reeling ad
interim the Wiar Department, is charged with the execu-
tion of the present ordinance.
" ` Given at Neuilly, on the 17th of August, 1844.
" LOUIS PHILIPPE.'

• BRIGUTON, MONDAT.—The Baron and Baroness
Seebach and Count Dmitry Nesselrode arrived last night
by the last train from London, on a visit to Count Nessel-
rode, at Pegg'illoyal York Hotel. Baron Seebach took
leave of the Baroness and his father-in-law this morning,
and proceeded by the nine o'clock train to Dover, on ;his
return to the Continent. The Bareness will commence
sea-bathing forthwith, and, Na understand that Dr.
Franz has also recommended her to take equestrian ex-
ercise on the- Downs. Count Nesselrode rode to the
Dyke on horseback-on Saturday, and in the evening Dr.
Franz dined withlim at the hotel. The Magnet steamer
arrived at the Chafn-pier this morning, about one o'clock,
from Dieppe. An343pg the passengers was M. Kesseleff,
the Russian Charge.' d'Affaires at Paris, who imme-
diately proceeded to the York 11001 on a visit to Count
Nesselrode.