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THE ATTACK ON TANGEIRS.
(From the Times.)
GIBRALTAR, SUNDAY, AUG. 11.
By the last communication you would have re-
ceived the unexpected account of the attack on Tan-
giers on Tuesday, the 6th ; the ' solution" of which
step, as declared on the following day by the Prince
to the French consul here, in a letter, a copy of which
was forwarded to Admiral Owen (who is still here
with the Formidable and Caledonia), was, that the
accounts from Marshal Bugeaud, received a day or
two before, showed further aggressions on the part of
Abd-el-Kader, who was acting on the Moorish ter-
ritory in close combination with one of the Emperor's
sons (Mulai Mamou), or rather his cousin, as he is
stated in these parts to be ; while at the same time,
notwithstanding all we had been given to understand
as to matters having terminated according to the
wishes of the French Government, the last communi-
tion from the Emperor, who is at Rabat, to the Prince,
was of a nature to preclude further hopes, as they
went to requiring the dismissal of General Bugeaud.
The Prince will, no doubt, have ere this an official
and satisfactory account of a step which at first
seemed so strange in all these parts. He stated that
he was very desirous of avoiding injury to the town,
for which humane consideration history will no doubt
give him credit. All the consular houses, with the
exception of two (American and Sardinian) suffered
damage, but not to any very serious extent. The
consular houses being the only large buildings in the
place, were naturally the most exposed to injury from
casual shots. The house of our Consul, being the
very nearest, received five shots, two only of which
did damage of importance. The French Consulate
did not escape.
Some shells and rockets were in the first instance
discharged from the steamers ; but being found to
fall short, or from some other cause, the attack was
afterwards by cannonade from the large ships and
the Belle Poule, and directed towards the batteries
only, which were stated to have been quite destroyed.
The Vesuvius, however, which has made two trips
to Tangiers since the day of attack, and had officers
on shore on the last visit, brings more certain infor-
mation, by which it appears that the damage is not
so very great as had been supposed, and that but
one gun in the main battery had been dismounted.
The Suffren, on board of which the Prince was,
having been the closest in, received the most
damage. A gentleman who had been at Cadiz with
the French squadron lately, has written to say that
that vessel received twenty-one shots; forty had been
previously stated. The Belle Poule was said to have
been greatly injured, but the mischief to her has been
but trifling as far as can be ascertained. From the
distance at which the squadron was obliged by cir-
cumstances to take up their anchorage, or from some
other cause, the six hours' firing was certainly fol-
lowed by results very different from what might have
been expected. The loss of lives on shore, including
wretched Jews, has not exceeded seven or eight.
We do not know with any certainty how far the
French may have lost men or officers, these matters
being always so vaguely stated. The Prince has
admitted that the Moorish garrison behaved very
well. Honour be to the gallant General (Ben-Abon
Abd-el-Melach) who behaved so well, as formerly
mentioned, in preventing the Kabyles from entering
the town and causing total destruction. The Moors
stood to their guns to the last moment. It does not
seem to have been a question of making a breach, for
the parapets are not seriously damaged at any point
in particular, and the landing of the 2,000 men de
deburquement," stated by the Debals as being on
board, could naturally not have been ventured upon
in the face of the many thousand Kabyles close at
hand.

FRENCH LANGUAGE.
By BESCHERELLE, Aine, of the Library of the Louvre,
Author of the " Grannnaire Nationale,". and Member of several

defended and unoffending town of Tangiers. A measure
more precipitate, more unprovoked, or more inexpedient,
perhaps can scarcely be paralleled, at least in the present
age, when the various nations of Europe appear to be
swayed by a proper, a civilised temper, a becoming
spirit of forbearance, which inspires to show the moral
responsibility of rashly insisting on, much more in pro-
voking, the necessity of resorting to the violent acts of
war. Nor is this truly laudable Christian spirit con-
fined to states incapable of resisting any insult or aggres-
sion, real or imaginary, or for want of means in main-
taining their just and honourable rights. But, on the
contrary, it influences the conduct as well as governs the
actions of the most powerful and warlike kingdoms in
their mutual intercourse.
An exception, however, has been unfortunately con)._

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the above stated honourable principle, as will be seen
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Policy effected on the Profit scaft:
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BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
JOHN BROOM LEMAN FARRANT, agricultura.
machine maker, Maidstone.

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BANKRUPTS.
GEORGE FREDERICK GILES, picture-dealer,
Bedford -street, Covent-garden, to surrender Aug. 30,
at two, and Oct. 3, at half-past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Aisager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ;
Cox, Sise-lane, Bucklersbury,
THOMAS ROBERTS, linen-draper, Blackman-
street, Borough, Aug. 30, at twelve, and Oct. 1, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as-
signee; Sole, m
AldeArmßaKnbu.
EDWARDGOOD,
farmer, Rye-lane,
Peckham, Aug. 30, at one, and Oct. 1, at two, at the
Court of Broiltruptey. Alsager, official assignee, Bir-
chin-lane, Cornhill.

That of late there have been existing differences be-
tween France and Morocco is a matter of notoriety, and
that those differences have arisen out of circumstances
intimately connected with subjects relative to the French
occupation of the Regency of Algeria, is a matter of
equal publicity. But whether the dispute originated
' upon the invasion of each other's frontiers, or whether it
involves the independent right of the Emperor of Mo-
rocco, as a sovereign in his own kingdom, upon which
France might attempt ambitious trespass—these are
questions which we have here no warranty sufficient to
express judgment.
All that now is insisted is, that the attention of all
Europe has been drawn to the possibility of a rupture
between France and Morocco. There is no sort of de-
sire, even were the means at hand, to attach upon either
Power the original pretence for quarrel—a more influen-
tial witness will depose upon that particular. All that
now is attempted in thus writing is confined to notice
the manner by which France has conducted herself in
this Mauritanian contest—that is, how France, as a
powerful and civilised nation, has behaved, and also how
the French in their naval expedition have held character
as a maritime power.
Certain it is, common rumour was rife of the chances
that there would be formal hostilities between France
and Morocco. France herself was the first to proclaim
to the world that such a contingency was likely to occur,
by arming an expedition consisting of three large ships
of the line, the Suffren, the Gemappes, and Triton ; a
first-class frigate, the Belle Poule ; and Castade, Argus,
and Volage, brigs ; in addition to which eight war
steamers accompanied, and the whole of this force was
placed under the command of an ardent and ambitious
Prince of France. The object and future destination of
this strong force were not concealed, but, on the con-
ittrsarhyo,
v:rriernegaatbteonudtedtnewintlei
igfhubllopuurhboliocdityo,
fbyratnhgie
Tangiers
t foorf
some weeks past.
At this juncture, Great Britain, having greatly re-
duced her naval force in the Mediterranean, and that
too widely scattered, appeared in a serious minority
when in the presence of such a force ; the Warspite, 52
guns, being the only ship at Gibraltar for a considerable
time. The Government at home soon saw the necessity
of promptly reinforcing the Mediterranean squadron by
forthwith dispatching the Caledonia, 120, and Albion,
90, which speedily arrived before Gibraltar. In the
meantime, the French were lying at Cadiz. At this
period an interval for conducting negotiations was em-
braced on the part of Great Britain, with the view to
bring about, if practicable, a pacific arrangement of
existing differences between the two great disputants,
France and the Emperor of Morocco.
The French Government, on its part, so far recog-
nised the mediation of Great Britain, as to order the
Prince de Joinville to delay proceedings of a hostile na-
ture, whilst the British Consul-General at Tangiers was
dispatched on a diplomatic mission to the Court of his
Imperial Majesty, charged with instructions for the ex-
press purpose of preventing the resort to any hostilities
of France against the Moorish territories. As this mis-
sion of Mr. Drummond Hay would necessarily occupy
some time, it could not be at all unreasonable that any
delay for such an important and grave end could have
met with the slightest hesitation in submitting thereto.
Indeed, the French expressed no manner of objection,
but, on the contrary, they at once evinced a readiness to
await the result of the British Consul's mission, at the
same time conceding what was generally thought would
have been ample time for Mr. 1). Hay's return with the
final terms of the Moorish Government. This period
elapsed on the 26th of July, about which time the
French Consular Agent hauled down his flag. The
British Consul however bad patluS„,s6wag his arm-qr-
ance • St,.• •,••-1.7 b
Dourliood of Tangiers.
At this time the small bay before Tangiers had as-
sumed a singularly animated and imposing appearance,
enlivened by the presence of vessels of war under no
less than seven different national flags--British, Spanish,
Danish, Swedish, Sardinian, American, and Tunisian.
The French squadron did not show themselves till
about the Ist instant, and in the meantime Mr. Hay
was anxiously looked for in her Majesty's steam-vessel
Vesuvius.

SECRETARY —John Emerson, Esq.
goraction—Messrs. Palmer, France, and Palmer.
ofTRIS IS TEM ONLT COMPANY who are bound by their dead
ivren_nslittitieit not to' disPute a policy, unless they cal prove that
obj. 7. Obtained by fraudulent misrepresentation; the great aim and
aYing bees to render Life Policies
which,ECkb,-,..d NEGOTLLBLE DOCUMENTS, shall owe their
Lo the certainty of the contracts upon which they are founded,
dependent of the liberality er caprice of those who shall be
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arise; - of the affairs of the Company wises the claims
Par Pose the Company have, by a clause in their
nen of constitution, unhesitatingly deprived themselves of the
power of objecting to any policy, unless they undertake to prove that
vlteguratibobtallts
,An.frara thew by fraudulent misrepresentation. The
validity ent oR-,;,,„—a1•al to all other Life Companies, which make the
mess of the contracts dependent upon the perfect correct-
Polley, and "'an,' Statements required from a proposer for a Life
have bean ch
Wki have given rise to almost all the questions which
Promis argued in the Courts, and to many extra-jadicial em-
u,
have
, sae thin entirely abrogated; and nothing but fraud, proved
this je esohiPany. eorarnitted against them, can vitiate a policy granted by
IS
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km al princile, recei the whole of the ual accumulat
tl,O *guarpantee from the Shareholders for the sums assured ions,.
the.lB IS TER ONLY COMPANY who bind themselves to pay
',4flas in the policies, altkough the debts for whick they were
toesead shall have been liquidated before the claims arise. The
pre7l,llLnY considerin it only just towards the assured that where
should 143 have beeng paid for assuring a given amount, that amount
the e Paid ;ad they ndertke to do without reference to
tate of the aci counting u
betweean the assured and Lis debtor.
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editors whole world policies, whereby the debt is secured,
i,7:_alth the debtor should go beyond the limits of Europe.
lowo;trentiunis calculated according to the Carlisle Tables, are
k 11,t nazi Usual upon young ives, whre participaton n the profits
lastired required; and for short assurancees, which, ati thei option of the
ford to 'llaY be continued for life, the rates are as low as a due re-
Complete security will permit.
TRIENNIAL ASCENDING SCALE To

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t 1 i Premium. ' ' .-g,,,, 04*
Bonus Bonus in 5 ,c> 5 ..... ~., ~,- La
1 addod. Cash. 4-51 &' 'B4- El
_a.
x £ 8. d.! , 2 s. d. .t 1. d. £ s. d. .£ s. ds
1837 170 9* 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 345 2 3
GO 1000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 9 16 4 296 13 4
1839 116 16 0 51 5 11 7 11 9 247 4 5

JOHN MANIGLIER, watch maker, Oxford•street,
Aug. 30, at half-past one, and Oct. 3, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-
lane, Cornhill ; Willoaghby and Jaquet, Clifford's Inn.

GEORGE PURT, al© merchant, Upper Thames-
street, Aug. 29, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 8, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee,
Basinghall -street ; Beanlands, Cook's-vourt, Carey-street.
EDWARD EI)WARDS, draper, City road, Aug.
28, at half-past ten, and Sept. 26, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Turner and Hensman, Basing-lane, City.
WILLIAM FULLER, currier, Cliffe, near Lewes,
Sussex, Aug. 30, at ten, and Oct. 10, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street ; Walthew, Furnival s Inn.

WILLIANI BRITTON, linen manufacturer, Bor-
rowby, Yorkshire, Aug. 30, and Oct. 4, at eleven, at the
Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds;
Maples and Co. Frederick s-place, Old Jewry, Lon •
don ; Arrowsmith and Co., Thirak, Yorkshire ; Payne,
Eddison, and Ford, Leeds. _

AfICENDING SCALE TO ASSURE AlO9.
410. First Second Third Fourth Remainder
Throe Yrs. Three Yrs. Three Yrs. Three Yrs. of Life.
25 X s. C A s. d. 41 s. d. s. d. A s. d.
ai .:" -• I 2 7 1 9 9 1 16 11 2 41 2 11 3
45 ."" 1 9$ 1 19 6 2 9 3 2 19 0 3 8 9
55.•.••• 2 1 • 2 14 10 3 8 8 4 9 6 4 16 4
...••• 3 11 1 4 10 9 5 10 1. 6 18 1 7 9 9
4 11 17 4 7 6 9 8 14 2 10 2 7

JAMES GREGG, blacksmith, Birmingham, Sept. 5,
at half-past eleven, and Oct. 3, at one, at the Birming-
ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming-
ham ; Smith, Walsall ; Collis, Birmingham.
NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
H. Rice, currier, Leicester.
W. Milks, Portsea.
T. Snashall, grocer, Penshurst, Kent.
S. Harris, carpenter, Stalbridge, Dorsetshire.
E. Bray, corn dealer, Solihull, Warwickshire.
T. Heskin, jun., horse dealer, Bishop's Stortford.
SECOND NOTICES.
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Irt•
lerth TUE HALF PREMIUM PLAN only one-half of the first
at Yearr premium is required, the ether half being payable at
goetl„,,„'"hvenience of the assured ; thus allowing a Policy to be
dro),-7 for seven years at one-half of the usual rate, or to be
4,1. one-half of the usual sacrifice, and entitling the assured,
Iffe-cti,,,lars hence, when loss of health may prevent him ftons
4Dp1ic.1,4 Itew Assurance, te continue a Policy at a rate of premiu
le an age seven years younger. The Half-premium plan
t4etZanee, as practised by this Company, thus enables persons
.„`" to tkeir own use the one-half of the premiums for the
dinar-i'." Years, at 61. per cent, interest. Thus, suppose the or-
teem bPrerxdum for an assurance of 5001. to be 101., the first pay-
lodf of the half-prerainm plan will be five guineas, being the one-
ahoUld Lb. 101, and interest for the retaimed half ; and, if death
Il••re"eF hl the first year, the sum of 500/. would be paid less the
.tanned. The assured may thus have the use for the first year
I.‘,.en• for the second, of 101. ; and so 02 till the end of the
repallgear, when the' retained sums, amounting to 351., may either
15/, er retained at 51. per cent. interest until death, when the
would be subtracted from the 5001. then payab. --by. the Compaiy.
AgZe ORM" 6a3 in DEED POUNDS ON HALF I.II,EJLAYM SYSTEM.
15 .s. d. Age. 8. d.
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oer Lipscombe, L., Solicitor
Ystwith . Davis, W., Postmaster
4411).• ; - Crosse, M., Civil Engineer
de Zouch . Sill, 8., Solicitor
- Broadley, J., Merchant
St Edna'.
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gt,rent''' " - Nicholson, R. T., Publisher
uri4.7°°` • - Brown, S., Tea-dealer
tright - - Harris, C.,Solicitor
lirokiodit - Kennett, ~ Solicitor
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ggserrilell• 'Agin - • Griffiths, E., Postmaster
I,7liton • • • Keutgen, C., Merchant
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• - - Deacon, F., Solicitor
'ante " • - G. Emerson and Son, Merchant'
tom .8^11.1% • • Boyd, Wm., Brewer
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tlia"erd • • Dimmock, J., rintseller
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Dr ester
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- Yeitch, James, Attorney
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kGdd" • Duteil. L. Merchant
Harrison,G. Postmaate
qltm, 4 Bettye, T. If., Solicitor
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- Parry, T., Chemist
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Wardroper, E., Solicitor
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• - Benner, A.., Solicitor
tpoei.rrY, .
I• Beater, J., Collector
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• - CaaSelll W. G., Banker
g'fipool - Holden, .11. Solicitor
vtelekalo • . Edwards, '
sleft.ll_ . E., Draper
- Caines, R., Banker
" - Palmer, C., Academy
4 afar - Carson, W., Town Clerk
r " - Faithful', E. C., Solicitor
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Foggitt,l„ llookseller
Clocker, 13, Ironmonger
W6tsQu, 0, H.

T. J. Alger, coach painter, Bishop's Stortford, Sept. 9,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official
assignee. _ _

R. Hartridge, high constable, Brenchley, Kent, Sept. 5,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official
assignee.

T. Donaldson, jun., corn-dealer, Brick-lane, St. Ma-
thew, Middlesex, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Alsager, official assignee.
It. Brown, bootmaker, Rutford'a-buildings, High-
street, Islington, Aug. 29, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee.
M. A. Stanley, fruiterer, Liverpool, Sept. 11, at one,
at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee.
J. Wood, excavator, Liverpool, Sept. 11, at twelve, at
the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee.
W. M‘Grath, tailor, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Sept. 11, at
twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official
assignee. _

The whole of the squadron left Tangiers on Thurs-
day, having remained quiet on Wednesday, and
steered west. The Suffren, with the Prince on board,
not beimg able to weather Cape Spartel, returned in
the evening to Tangiers, and the Moors were about
firing at her, but submitted to recommendations they
received, and things remained quiet until she was
towed out, and all were out of sight on Friday. Ac-
cording to accounts received at Tangiers, they did
some mischief since at the small town of Arzill. gre'Th.
""n- A nn +ha A tlantio ciao;
It is said that ♦signll. vengeance will be inflicted
on that coast, but especially at Mogadore ; but from
what has passed in our neighbourhood,
.humanity
may hope that crippling forts will be considered
enough.
At Larache and Rabat, as well as at Mogadore,
everything is unfavourable to operations by large
vessels, and the swells are so very great near Mo-
gadore,lite effhat tehve eoenaas. A en
at this seasongtmleit
gentleman
who has
not considered
safe to been
lately at Mogadore, says that the fortifications are not
so contemptible as imagined. They have some good
brass guns, a present from Holland some years ago.
Cidi Mohammed, the Sultan's eldest son, and whose
station is Fez when his father resides at Morocco,
was, by last authentic accounts, at Taza. He had
been ordered from Fez with a large force to the Al-
gerian frontier, for the purpose of quelling the ardour
of the Moors ; but on the receipt by the Emperor of
new aggressions, as he called them, on the part of the
French, the Sultan directed him to remain at Taza
till further orders. Mulai Sulieman, one of the
younger sons, arrived within the last two days at
Tangiers with a force.

T. C. Matthews, auctioneer, Bourton-on-the-Watar,
Gloucestershire, Sept. 4, at eleven, at the Bristol Dis-
trict Court. Hutton, official assignee.
E. Outram, farmer, Dronfiehl, Derbyshire, Aug. 30,
at one, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official
assignee.

Court. Miller, official assignee.
G. Whimshurst, carpenter, Chrisp-street, Poplar,
Aug-. 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
milliner, South Moulton-street, Ox-
ford-street,
Aug. 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee.
J. Cherriman, dentist, Wells-street, Oxford-street,
Aug. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed-
wards, official assignee.
W. Bainbridge, jun.' boot maker, Fenchurch-street,
Aug. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,
official assignee.
T. W. Dobby, cutler, Myddleton-street, Clerkenwell,
Aug. 27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee.
J. Sawyer, coffee-housekeeper, Stratford, Essex, Aug.
27, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee.
J, M. P. Fellinghain, estate agent, Well-street, Crip-
plegate, Aug. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee.
T. Hall, butcher, Great Ashby, Leicestershire, Sept.
3, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittlesten, official assignee.
A. Beaumont, fancy manufacturer, Gawthorp, York-
shire, Aug. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young official assignee.
T. Arundale, colliery agent, Whitkirk, Yorkshire,
Aug. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young,
official assignee.

Nothing material occurred until the 4th, when the
French Admiral manifested his designs by requesting
all the neutral ships to move further out in the bay, in
order to be without the range of the shore batteries and
forts, &c. Still no one apprehended that hostilities would
ensue ; and how much were all possible apprehensions
allayed, if there had been any, when early in the morn-
ing of the sth the British Commodore Lockyer, in
her Majesty's ship Albion, made the signal, ".Good
news ! peace will not be disturbed. ' In fact
information had been received, officially, that Mr. Hay
had happily succeeded in the objects of his mission, and
that he might be hourly expected, being on his return
in the Vesuvius. The French Prince was fully apprised
of the above intelligence, Commodore Lockyer going on
board the Suffren that very morning. In consequence
of this intelligence, in every way satisfactory and wel-
come to the British, and no less so to all the others con-
gregated here, an early dispersion of the different ships
was confidently anticipated. But, alas ! early yester-
day morning how did these pleasing dreams of peace
prove only visionary and evanescent, the sequel will show.
At daylight, on the 6th of August, an unusual stir and
activity was apparent in the French squadron, the whole
of the steam force getting up their steam, the other ships
shortening inscable, and altogether there were unequi
vocal indications of a general movement. What are the
French about to do ? Are they preparing to depart ?
This was the mos t natural and prevailing supposition.
But judge the unqualified and universal surprise to see,
shortly after 7 A.M., the steamers with the ships in tow,
and arranging them in hostile position before the town
of Tangiers, and also various other forts in the bay!
Although the Moors were at their guns, both in the
citadel and various defences, still they did not offer any
interruption to their opponents in taking up their posi-
tion for attack, which also the French did in a very
leisurely manner. Had the Moors opened fire whilst in
the above predicament, there seems but little doubt that
the guns from the batteries would have been most de-
structive upon the ships ; more particularly as the ships
lay for a considerable time in a raking position. At the
very outset, therefore, in this early stage of the proceed-
ing, the Prince was loudly censured for evincing so much
want of judgment.
However, to come at once to the business, at forty
minutes past eight A.m., the French ships being in posi-
tion, simultaneously by signal, opened fire upon the for-
tifications of the town and other adjacent batteries, castle,
&c. The Suffren and Gemappes were occupied till two
P.M. in silencing the citadel and batteries of the town ;
and it must not be forgotten that those formidable liners
received during the latter part of the above period the
able assistance of the Belle Poule, whilst the other armed
vessels were engaging the various detached forts in other
parts of the bay. At the first onset the Moors smartly
replied to their antagonists, but did not maintain the
opposition much more than half an hour, excpting from
one gun at the castle, and another solitary gun lower
down. This latter was vigorously plied till near noon.
Although the Moors soon relinquished their guns, yet
these two guns afforded an obstinate resistance, which
caused the French to continue a protracted cannonade,
which was remarked to have been very irregular and de-
sultory, and without precision. Indeed, at the ter-
mination of the above attack, from a distant observation,
it did not appear that either the castle or batteries gene-
rally had sustained very material damage. Very
and
guns are disabled. The walls, from being in a weakin da
decayed condition, are of course greatly shattered
sfeelsys
ipolnacoefs
defence
skilful ; but
if th
artillerymen,ose
in their present state still capable of a formidable
whole, it appeared
against such opponents. Upon th•lwith
is two
the universal impression that the Prince,
in gunnery ; and in two partici'
as to te total
red during the day, the impressionof
received most
defi-
ciency of the French in the art gunnery
liners and a frigate, had not dis
v ery batterieseley_aret Ivioert:itihnsttannedpinogs:
remarkable confirmation.
which shall be adduced was exhibited
pi
al
ra3:-e ciago
instances,o good
that exhibition
oeenr-
The first case
nine guns, standing a from Tangiers
ast had by repeatedly firing
north-west along the oo , an
occasional gun attracted the notice of the belligerents ;
accordingly, about noon, the said ship was ordered to
by the Triton, of 82 gumnsi.le Aansdmalla fhoraltimounting about
proceed to silence it, towed by a steamer. As the Triton
neared her object three or four random and distant shots
were discharged at her, and before the ship got abreast
of the fort the Moors abandoned the guns, for they
offered no resistance. The ship, however,;most undauntedly
persisted in firing five or six rounds during two hours !
The gallant crew then for half an hour took rest, after
which, as a parting salvo, they discharged at the fort
two rounds more of shot, and then magnanimously
moved off, taken again in tow by the steamer ! But
how great was the astonishment of every one to perceive,
as the smoke cleared away, such very little injury done.
The embrasures, indeed, were hardly touched, perhaps
not more than six shots left any impression, notwith-
standing the ship lay not more than three quarters of a
mile distant !

Ci'd Mohammed Ben E'Drees, the Prime Minister,
is said, by a gentleman who lately saw him at Mo-
rocco and Rabat, to be a very clever man, with a
countenance highly expressive of intellect.
Yesterday a good deal of firing was heard from
Tangiers, but we found by the arrival of the Vesuvius
that this was occasioned by the Moors firing off their
guns, which had been loaded two or three days
before.

—G. RoK•nsley, Waterman, Kingston• upon-Hull, Aug.
23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
official assignee.

IL Beasley, stonemason, Walcot, Somersetshire, Aug.
23, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee.
J. Griffin, miller, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Aug.
27, at one, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee.
J. J. Shotbolt, publican, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire,
Aug. 24, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Bittleston, official assignee.
DIVIDENDS.
G. Strawbridge, builder, Bristol, Sept. 13, at eleven,
at the Bristol District Court—E. Brass, grocer, Taunton,
Somersetshire, Sept. 19, at eleven, at the Exeter District
d, banker, Teignmouth, Devon-
, at the Exeter District Court—
J. iicciokin„trliaamtr
yteo, b
merchant,
merchant, Bolton, Sept. 12, at twelve,
Devon-
shire, Court—W.iison,Sept. t
ilmL9abne at
rt m t
weaelve
at the Liverpool District Court.
granted, unless cause be shown
on the day herein-mentioned.
W.
V i
D See h
Sept. 11, Temple-street, White-
friars,
half-past eleven—P. Tansley, straw
plait dealer, St. John's-street, West Smithfield, Sept. 13,
at half-past eleven—H. ur
. Collinson, hatter, Stamford-
street, Surrey, Sept. 11, at half-past two—W. Golding,
ot
innkeeper, Gleinsford, Suffolk, Sept. 11, at half-past one
—J. F. Wood, surgeon, Oxford, Sept. 11, at half-past
CERTIFICATESt.
twelve—J. W. Mardall, insurance broker, New Shore-
ham, Sussex, Sept. 10, at half-past twelve—A. Portway,
tea dealer, Braintree, Essex, Sept. 11, at three—E. Tug-
well, warehouseman, Wood-street, Cheapside, Sept. 11,
at half-past two—T. W. Younghusband, bitumen manu-
facturer, Upper Belgrave-square, Sept. 17, at eleven—
F. Goadsby, jun., druggist, Salford, Sept. 12, at eleven
—mr. Schofeld, machine maker, Oldham, Sept. 12, at
twelve—B. Land, victualler, St. Alban's
, Sept., 10—J.
Mitchell, fellmonger, Nottingham, Sept. 10—,T. Cundy,
carpenter, Ranelagh-street, Pimlico, Sept. 10—• T. Beech,
grocer, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Sept. 10.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
F. Gower and P. Johnson, mercers, Alcester, War-
wickshire—J. A. Clowes and W. Sleigh, printers, Wol-
verhampton—W. Atkinson and C. H. Jones, linen
drapers, Huddersfield—W. Crosse and P. Metge,
ale
merchants, Liverpool—S. Good and Tr
J. Owen, sur-
geons, Madeley, Shropshire—J. Morgan and N. Dawson,
drapers, Abergave ,
nny Monmouthshire—J. Douglas and
W. J. Attenbrow, grocers, Oxford-street—J• Jackson
and G. Jackson, carpenters, Leicester—J. M. Mlles and
T. Tibbetts, wine merchants, Mark-lane—
E. Sparkes, A.
Sparkes, P. Sparkes, and M. Sparkes, silk-mercers,
Hounsditch (so far as regards E. Sparkes)—
G. Slade and W. Slade, builders, Dorchester—E.
Ephgrave and E. h
Ep_ grave, jun., grocers, Ayot-
green, Hertfordshire —D. Gardener and 11. Gardener,
brewers, Tlollyborn, Southampton—lt.. Crook and T.
Crook, tea-dealers, Heywood,. Labn as ire—W. H. Fitz-
hugh and R. E. alker, ship k
ro ers, Liverpool—S.
Maine, A. Isaac, and B. lsaac, curriers, St. John-street,
Maine)—T. .
London (so far as regards S. Broadbent and
d G
H. Broadbent, drapers, Sheffiel . Debney and J.
Bradley, plumbers, Red Lion-street, Whitechapel—T,
J 'id J. W lnoug-h, Watchmakers, Carnarvon.

The authorities at Tangiers notified to the neutral
Consuls two days ago, that they might land, as there
was no longer any danger. The town was quite
tranquil yesterday morning; the only excess com-
mitted was the pillaging of the Portuguese Consul's
house, the persons left in charge having abandoned it.
The good Mrs. Hay, our Consul's lady at Tangiers,
who, by her kindness toward the poor of that town
for many years has gained the affection of the popula-
tion, returned to her house two days ago, though Mr.
Hay was absent here on urgent business, so great was
her confidence in the people.
The last arrivals from Tangiers are up to within
one hour of closing the mail here, when it was stated
that all at that place was quiet.
GIBRALTAR, AUG. 7.—Notwithstanding all our
hopes of peace in this quarter, and though a special
courier was yesterday morning dispatched, via Madrid,
to say that by letters from our. Consul in Morocco,
Mr. Hay, all had been satisfactorily arranged,
we were astounded by, the news received by
the Vesuvius, which arrived in the course of the
night from Tangiers, to find that the French
squadron, which took up a position early yes-
terday morning, began to fire at about half-past
eight, and continued, with occasional interruptions,
until about four. The Vesuvius, with Mr. Hay on
board, from Rabat, where the Sultan is, entered
Tangiers during the attack, at about half-past twelve,
but the firing did not cease on Mx. Hay's arrival.
having been on board the Vesuvius this morning, the
following is the statement there :—A steamer was
sent some days ago by the Prince (as I think I
stated in my letter of the 2d, by mail steamer) with
a communication to the Sultan, to know whether he
had anything further to state to the Prince, and the
answer of the Sultan, returned early on Monday
last, was that he had not, but that, should anything
further occur to him, he would not fail to forward a
dispatch, the Sultan conceiving, no doubt, that what
had been previously forwarded, and which a gentle-
man who had been with Mr. Hay tells me amounted
to an acquiescence to all demands, on condition of no
territorial aggressions near Ouchda, had been de-
finitive.
The Moors' batteries answered the French fire
promptly, and more cleverly than could possibly
have been expected. Nothing could have been less
effective than the French fire, but few shot telling
out of the many fired—the shot usually fell short.
The Belle Poule, which drew up opposite (though
not near enough) to two small batteries on the
eastern side of the bay, made no impression, and it
is stated that she received some damage. The firing
was chiefly against the forts and batteries. One
shot is said to have struck our Consul's house, but we
are quite at a loss for other details.
We are at much at a loss for the reason of the
cessation of the fire, and for its not having com-
menced again this morning, as we are for its cona-
men3ement yesterday.
No report up to ten o'clock from' our signal-house
as to firing this morning.
No troops landed yesterday.
(FROM A NAVAL OFFICER.)
Her Majesty's ship Warspite, Bay of Tangiers,
commence hos-
tilities 7, 1814.
To the utter astonishment of every one here, yesterday
morninw it pleased his Royal Highness the Prince
Joinville, de
Rear-Admiral, commanding the French nava
expedition on the coast of Morocco, to comm
on the part of France by bombarding the weakly

SEQUESTRATION.
ones am. . ook. Lg-L
J. lIAMITOOTNC, innkeeper, Neilston, Aug. 26 and
Sept. 17, at twelve, at Weir's Inn, Paisley.

SUNDAY TRADING TRIPE-DEALERS.—Messrs.
a in ,
at tripe-dealers, r itphee- dße ao lreoruh sg
Court, on
Deansgate,
were Robert
summoned
Peter
to lla sl
appear
Thursday last, for following their worldly calling on
Sunday last by seining tripe. Mr. John Gaskell said he
was of opinion that this would come within the meaning
of one of the exceptions named in the Act, tripe being
cooked meat. The magistrates were of the same opinion,
and dismissed. the case.—Bolton Free Press.
Last week Mr. Whadley, of Stoke-upon-Tern, in
this county, took a sparrow's nest (built in a swallow's
shell) with three young ones. Two are now alive, and are
railkwhitc.—Shropshire Conservative,

The second instance presented to observation, illus-
trating the same inefficiency with respect to gunnery,

1~-~C_s~

, was etterilplified by the Belle Pilule, a beim isaw •$s
gun frigate. About 1 P.M., the Belle Poule was ordered
to weigh and proceed immediately to silence a roual
fort, on the eastern side of the bay, right opposite the
town. The frigate forthwith proceeded on the service as-
signed her, and a more miserable attempt or a more con-
temptible failure perhaps was never witnessed, and does
not cease to call forth the ridicule and jeers of all who were
spectators of the transaction. As the Belle Poule approach-
ed her station towards the fort its defenders fired by way of
challengeseveral distant shots ; these, from their distant
range, gave undeniable evidence of the heavy calibre of the
guns, and induced the Frenchman to shorten sail very
soon, and creeping up timidly drop anchor at such a dis-
tant position that the guns of the:frigate could not reach
the beach, much less prove effective against the object
of assault. However, the Frenchman resolutely fired
irregular rounds of shot in the direction of the fort for
fall two hours, but with as much effect as though alma
at the rock of Gibraltar ! After this achievement a
steamer took the frigate in tow ; but the fort, in scornful
defiance, gave her the last and farewell shot ! In the
instance just stated, the Moors stood by their guns to
the last, and the sole reason that the French frigate
escaped a most severe chastisement is entirely attributa-
ble to the want of gunnery science on the part of the
Moors, for the fort was armed with ordnance of formi-
dable character, and undoubtedly would, if properly
directed, have committed terrible execution, for the shot
frequently passed right over the Belle Poule.
Thus ended the French operations for the day, the
whole squadron hauling outside the bay ? During the
whole of the action, the numerous steamers were idly
looking on ; their services were confined to that of
towing the other ships, and the taking shelter amongst
the neutral vessels ! In the meantime, about half-past
12 P.M., the Vesuvius arrived with Mr. Hay, the British
Consul. Whatever the French may themselves think of
their exploit in assaulting the old and ill-defended fora!'
tications of Tangiers, they have not acquired the-respect
of those who observed and noted their proceedings. In
short, there seems to be but one and a general opinion--
that the " tricolour" has rather been dishonoured
throughout the affair. The French have evinced on this
occasion both a disgraceful want of gallantry and a con-
temptible incapacity and deficiency. The Prince has
made a very sorry debut as a naval commander, and, if
this should characterise the future " Nelson" of the
French navy, France ought to welcome his resignation,
for the Prince de Joinville has not maintained the honour
of the national flag, and this too in the presence of SO
many foreign flags.
It was generally expected that, after thus in a manner
silencing those non-effective batteries of Tangiers, the
French would have landed and taken possession of the
works and defences, if not the town, and thus have com-
pleted the day's proceeding ; but in not: doing this the
Prince has betrayed more sagacity. His Royal High.
ness was, it may be conceived, very doubtful-as to the
extent of discomfiture lie had created amongst the
Moors, notwithstanding the havoc of his guns upon the
batteries. The success of a storming party was ques-
tionable, and he therefore prudently acted on that
maxim so convenient to those wanting in energy and
courage.

Berore concluding my article it must not be omitted
to be stated that there was one circumstance in this
transaction which affords, and did in a most striking
manner give, the most unqualified satisfaction to the
whole British squadron present at it, namely, the con-
spicuous deficiency of the French marine in their gun-
nery. Yesterday, in every point did the French clearly
and indubitably prove themselves totally insufficient to
cope with the British navy. This fact ought to be
made known, nor can it be too widely circulated in
England,—the evident and vast disparity in every branch
of naval efficiency between the French and ourselves.
Before the events of yesterday, there was certainly not
an officer on board this ship, perhaps not a man, but
would have given our rivals credit and character for
far more professional ability than they themselves dis-
played. Nor would there have existed any doubt in the
least as to the French having requisite courage. But
now it is said of them that, in this affair before Tangiers,
they undertook and attempted more than they had
ability or dared to perform. Facts as they occurred
have been simply laid down. Nothing is here stated but
that which is believed to bo substantially correct.
Therefore, if any inference may be deduced from the
foregoing, it must strongly demonstrate that the above
opinion is not grounded upon any oblique sentiments of
national jealousy or caprice, but is founded upon the
evidence of plain unextenuated facts.

Unfortunately it has been the spirit too much in-
dulged in of late (a spirit we have always deprecated, as
in every way improper, and attended with no beneficial
tendency), to make odious comparisons between the
practical efficiency of the two great naval Powers. His
Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville himself ia not
free from partaking this pretty spirit, but has talked on
paper in such a formidable aspect as well nigh to fright
our grandmothers and nurses in England. But let them
calm their fears. The royal sailor is by no means so
dreadful as he would appear. Much as war was to be
abhorred by every well regulated mind—above all, much
as a collision with France is to be avoided, nevertheless,
with such a jealous, litigious, and troublesome race as
the French—unfortunately for the repose of Europe, have
shown themselves, perhaps the permanent, substantial,
and cordial tranquillity of the two Powers—England and
France—cannot be attained without a resort to arms,
without a temporary sacrifice of peace. Should such a
contest take place, we entertain no apprehensions as to
the result. And then would the great disparity between
the two great nations be again decidedly manifested to
the world ; and then, and not till then, will there be
(rllom ANOTHER OFFICER.)
Tangiers Bay, August 6, 1844.
This morning, between three and four o'clock, we ob-
served movements amongst the French squadron—
steamers lighting their fires, and the line-of-battle
ships, taking up position close in shore, anehored head
and stern, for the purpose of getting their broadsides to
bear on the town. This appeared to us rather a curious
piece of proceeding, as they had not declared hostili-
ties ; consequently the Moors allowed them to take up
.he prominent position, while, if the Moors had opened
a fire on them when taking it up, they would have ma-
terially injured them. According to the opinion of
sailors, they went rather a lubberly way to work, and I
may say rather a cowardly one too ; the steamers being
all under weigh, they took a position outside the ships
amongst us that were remaining neutral.
At fifty minutes past eight, the French line-of-battle
ships opened on the forts with three broadsides with a
very bad direction, which we were rather surprised at,
considering they had all the morning to consider, and
that they were only 800 yards off. The forts returned
the salute with spirit, and the bombardment then became
general. As the smoke cleared away, we saw the poor
unfortunate Moorish forts crumbling into dust. As they
were in a dilapidated state before the action commenced,
it was impossible that they should stand against the
broadsides of the French line-of-battle ships ; but still,
though the firing was great, every now and then you
would see the smoke bursting from the embrasures of
the fort, and defying the Frenchman. One fort on a
hill annoyed them very much, but, after a little time,
when the French knew they had nothing to fear from
the enemy's fire, their direction became very good, and
soon silenced the forts. The signal was made from the
Suffren, with tho flags of the Prince de Joinville, to
cease firing, which was instantly obeyed ; but then thee
forts would not give in, and fired a few shots, which, of
course, made the Frenchmen open fire again, and did
sad havoc on the Moorish town, and no doubt slaughtered
a great many of the inhabitants.

At ten o'clock there was only occasional firing, the
forts having ceased. I understand they have not much
ammunition. lam confident that a Frigate could take
the place, and they are quite ignorant of the present
destructive warfare of European nations. So the French
have not had much to contend with, and havel-rily enjoyed
little target practice at the expense of the unfortunate
Moors. There are a few forts along shore which annoy
the steamers (though they keep close to all the ships
that are neutral on the occasion). The Prince has sent
the Belle Poule frigate down to quiet them, but her
firing is so wretchedly bad that, from all appearances
she has given it up altogether. I forgot to mention the
steamers fired a few rockets, which had very little effect.
12 o'Clock.—No firing, except now and then a shot
from a small masked fort, but everything is quiet. The
Vesuvius, war steamer, has just made her appearance, with
Mr. Drtunmond Hay on board, from Mogadore. So we
shall see what will come next, as there was not the slight-
est idea that the French were going to take this active
measure.

The ships have hauled off from the town, and the
forts still have the red flags flying; so what is going to
take place we have not the slightest idea of. Perhaps
he has only fired on the town to punish the Moors for
their showing fight on the frontiers ; at all events they
have not much to boastof, as their firing and manomivring
were far from good ; and, considering there wae.-a, man-
of-war from all nations looking on, it will not speak well
for their good gunnery order..
I myself am delighted to have had the chance of sex-
ing a French squadron under fire, and for the future
shall look on the boasting journals of France with a
laugh on my face. I must say one thing more, though
I am not a boaster, but one regiment from Gibraltar,
and a hundred artillerymen mailine. these forts. would
have sent Joinville and his gang to manning;
locker.
(FROM ANOTHER OFFICER)
Warspito, Tangiers Bay, Tuesday, Aug. 6.
I begin my letter at the same time as the warlike
Prince de Joinville opens his fire apon this defenceless
(comparatively speaking) place. At six o'clock this
morning, his squadron of three line-of-battle ships and a
large frigate of 60 guns were taken in tow by the like
number of steamers and also two brigs ; besides these
there were four more steamers, making in all 14 French
pendants. The ships of the line and frigate were towed
to a short gun-shot distance from the devoted forts, if they
may be called so. The brigs anchored off the beach to
fire at the detached forts. The steamers arc now cruis-
ing round us, out of gun-shot. They are still at it. I was
speaking with a lieutenant, who gave it as his opinion all
would be amicably settled. Just as he said the words,
broadsides from all the ships were poured into the place,
and instantly returned by the forts from a few guns. It
is now two hours since the firing began, the Frenchmen
keeping up a continued blaze, and for one hour not a,
shot has been fired by the Moors. They have al e
time been firing from, I should think, a dozen gun . n 4
liir
no more. The place is becoming a mass of reins,eor
as we can see, but it is nothing more than exercise
a
or
their men ; they may have lost two or three ulaa
certainly not more, and not a rope ora just us„
passedsparhas been shot
but
shot
-s
away in any of them. A steamer h
and she has one shothole just above the water line, ami
hankering
round have struck her in the stern. She was
The
afor,t, a long way off, and they served her with t%
shot.
grand nation" have nothing to boast off i
they took up the best positions with an overpowering
force against a savage and barbarous people, whose onky
force lies in the madness of fanaticism. I leave thegi
still firing. The Vesuvius (from Mogitdoro) has just
i hove in sight, so I shall keep this open till the place is