The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-26 00:00:00

23 feluccas of the first-class, 6 of the second, 2 lug-
gers, and 29 escampavias.

We have received the Paris papers of Friday and
Saturday. The journals of Saturday contain the
telegraphic dispatches announcing the return of Ma-
HEMET ALI to Alexandria, and the victory of Marshal
BUGEAUD in Morocco. The following is the form in
which these dispatches are given in the two official
papers :
" MARSEILLES, AUG. 22, FIVE, P.M.
" THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF ALGERIA TO THE

MINISTER OF WAR.
" Bivouac of Kondiat Abderrahman, 14th.
" Having marched upon the Morocco army, which
became daily more strong and menacing to Algeria,
I came up with it at two leagues in front of its
camp. It assumed the offensive with 20,000 horse at
the moment the heads of our columns were crossing

the Isly. We were surrounded on all sides. The
most complete victory—(interrupted by the mist)? "
"ALEXANDRIA, Drir.
" After some days of irresolution, the VICEROY has
renounced his journey to Mecca. He has resumed
the conduct of affairs, and his return to Alexandria is
announced."

The Debats on giving these dispatches says :
" Although this dispatch is incomplete, there cannot
be the slightest doubt that the most complete victory has
crowned the efforts and bravery of Marshal Bugeaud
and his army. The height of Kondiat Abderrahman,
which was accessible to both parties, is a hill in the
front of the camp of Lalla Magrina, halfway to Ouchda,
and is the most advanced post on the Algerian frontier.
In its front runs a rivulet, called the Oued Isly, which
forms a boundary."

The Paris papers of Saturday vie with each other
in repudiating the correspondence reflecting on the
Prince de JOINVILLE and the officers of his squadron,
which appeared in the Times of Wednesday, and the
Journal des Debuts gives the following letter from a
French naval officer, in reply the Times' correspon-
dents :

" Certain journals of London publish with a sort of
satisfaction letters written from the Bay of Tangiers by
pretended officers of the English navy, present at the
bombardment. From the grossness of the language, and
the complete ignorance of naval manoeuvres apparent in
every line, it is impossible to recognise the correspon-
dence of a real naval officer. But since the English
press renders the navy of Great Britain responsible for
these gratuitous insults thrown on the navy of France,
we may be permitted to bring forward in opposition to
them letters from our own officers. They will show
whether it be true that the Prince de Joinville did not
worthily maintain the honour of the tricoloured flag,
and whether our crews did not fulfil all the expectations
that were formed of their bravery and skill. I quote
textually several fragments of letters written by com-
rades of mine is the squadron of Morocco.
" On the 6th the weather was fine, and a favourable
breeze facilitated our manoeuvres. The Prince had pre-
viously had the channel for our ships buoyed out. From
daylight the signal to prepare for action had been flying
from the Admiral's ship. The steamers towed the line-
of-battle ships to their station, about 800 yards from
the shore, which was as near as they could be brought
an account of the depth of water—indeed, the Suffren
during the bombardment had not above five feet water
under her keel. The Moors allowed us to take up our
position unmolested; indeed, they did not seem to expect
we should approach so close, for their shots passed over
us. The Suifren had about fifty shots in her hull, but
without experiencing much damage. The order was
given to spare the town, and to point only at the walls,
and every shot made the masonry fly about in all direc-
tions. The firing was never stopped except to let the
smoke clear away and rectify our aim. Our gunners
fully maintained the character which even some English
officers gave them when witnessing their practice in the

Levant.-
" The fortifications facing the roads are all dismantled
the guns dismounted, and their carriages knocked to
pieces. Of all that lino of defence crenelated and brist-
ling with cannon, which rendered the approach to Tan-
giers so picturesque, there remains only a heap of ruins,
and over them still stands the town, untouched, except
by a few stray balls. The only object was to subdue the
pride of the Morocco men, by dismantling their forts,
and this attained, the Admiral gave orders to cease the
fire. The cannon of the squadron has laid Tangiers
open to our troops, if France thinks fit to plant her
standard upon it. The reverberation of our cannonade
might be heard at Gibraltar. The English ships, which
kept themselves aloof, scarcely expected a demonstra-
tion so energetic, and seemed to be by no means pleased
with it."
The Journal des DebaLs gives translations of the
letters from the Times, and thus comments on them :

" Let these deplorable testimonies of hatred and re-
sentment be read. To reproduce them is the most severe
act of reprisal that can be used against them ; for a se-
riously thinking people must be deeply abashed by such
a display of envy and vain boasting united. If those
who wrote these letters, let them be who they may, had
confined themselves to criticising the operations of the
French squadron, the orders of the Admiral, the ma-
, napuvres of the ships, or even the correctness with which
their guns were fired, one might have allowed them this
inoffensive gratification to calm their ill•humour. But
to accuse a French Admiral, French officers, and, in fact,
the French navy, is, indeed, contemptible I We should
feel that we were insulting the son of our King, as well as
those fighting so gloriously under him, were we to do
more than shrug our shoulders at such ineptitudes. God
defend us from humbling them to such a degree as to
make any other defence for them. God preserve us
from rendering insult for insult. Nations are as much
bound as individuals to pay respect to each others' feel-
ings. There is one thing, however, of which we have a
right to be proud on this occasion—it is the contrast pre-
sented by the language of public opinion in France. It
is the calm dignified self-respect which the public has
preserved since the receipt of the late news from the coast
of Africa."
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The article concludes in these terms :
" We know that the English Government has had no
share in this, and we believe with satisfaction, that the
great majority of the people of England sincerely pro-
test against these odious diatribes. At the same time
we believe, and say so with regret, that all the efforts
made by the Governments, and the truly honest and wise
men of both countries to maintain peace, will become
vain if the most powerful means of acting upon public
opinion are to be systematically perverted into instru-
ments for exciting trouble, hatred, and all the bad pas-

sions."

The following observations on this subject occur in
the Courtier Francais:—
" Frankly, we believe those letters to have been
written at London, in the interest of the Cabinet, which
imagined nothing better than to sully the glory of our
arms, and even of our bravery, in order to diminish the
popular emotion which places it in danger. It is either
a miserable Ministerial piece of tactics, or a contemptible
mtnifestation of the basest envy. But, whichever it be,
it shows the state of public opinion in England with re-
spect to the cannon-shots fired by our squadron. At ull
events, we affirm, for the honour of France, that there
could not be found a single officer amongst us to insult
the bravery of the English, a scribbler to write such vil-
lanies, or a journal to permit them to appear in its co-
lumns. No party—not even the war party, which the
British press has invented—would have been capable of
thus throwing
.filth in the face of Great Britain. Such is
the difference in our code of morals. We hold in equal
esteem the black coats of Exeter Hall and the red coats
(blue) of the Times."
The Constitutionnel observes :
" Public opinion in France will be strongly affected by
these calumnies. We do not wish to add to the diffi-
culties of the Government, but it seems to us that no
reserve should longer be maintained, and that the dis-
patches of the Prince de Joinville should at once be
published."
All the other French papers of every shade of
politics comment in equally strong terms on the
etters of the Times' correspondent.
The Otaheite affair is not yet settled, but it was
currently reported on Saturday in Paris, that the
ultimatum of the English Government had been re-
ceived by the French Cabinet on Friday. Its terms
were not known. It was believed that M. GulzoT
had refused to recal either Captain BxUAT or M.
D'AUBIGNT, but that he had offered to express the
regret of the French Government that the zeal of
some of their officers had driven them to do acts
which could not be justified.
The Revue de Paris gives the following as the plan
proposed by the French Government for the settle
ment of the question, and says it has got its informa-
tion from a good source :
"After the exchange of several diFlomatic notes, M.
Guizot has proposed to England the following arrange-
ment :—That Otaheite shall become a free state, and
that France and England shall each of them establish a
consul in the island, and that both countries shall be
treated on a footing of perfect equality in regard to
commercial advantages ; that the French squadron shall
be recalled, and that the authority of Queen Pomare
shall be re-established. With regard to Mr. Pritchard,
he shall be at liberty to return to Otaheite as a private
individual ; but he is never to be allowed to hold any
public functions in the island. We do not know the
answer of England to this proposal. All that we can
affirm is, that the above is the sense and meaning of the
arrangement proposed by M. Guizot.
•. "It appears certain," says the Reforme of Friday,
" that Lord Cowley, the British Ambassador, presented
two days ago to M. Guizot a more peremptory,note than
the former, requiring a reparation from France for the
affair of Otaheite, and the immediate recal ofMM. Bruat
and d'Aubigny." An article in La Presse, states that
"it was not merely in Otaheite that the British mis-
sionaries were misconducting themselves," and then pro-
ceeds to detail the occurrences in Western Africa, to
which allusion had been made in the house of Commons
during the late session of Parliament.
The Moniteur states, that "The King having been
apprised of the death of the Grand Duchess Alexandria,
daughter of the Emperor of Russia, went into mourning
for eight days on that day (Saturday)."
" The members of the Committee of the French credi-
tors of Spain had an interview with the Spanish Am-
bassador on Thursday last. M. Martinez de la Rosa