The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-28 00:00:00

EVE NIN G, A U GUST 28 844.

FRANCE AND MOROCCO.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
HERALD.—The news of the brilliant victory
obtained by Marshal Bugeaud over the Moors, as re-
corded in the recent telegraphic dispatch from the
French camp, appears to have produced a singularly
opposite effect upon two of our Contemporaries ; for
whilst it has filled one with the gravest apprehensions, it
has supplied an apparently fruitful source of merri-
ment to the other. Their mirth and despondency
appear to us to be equally out of place. We can dis-
cover nothing ridiculous in the statement that the
private baggage of the Emperor's son, as well as the
tents and artillery of his followers, was captured
(the shaving tackle of Napoleon formed part of the
spoils of Waterloo); or in the fact that eight hun-
dred of the enemy were left dead upon the field.
Still less can we understand why so decisive a battle,
and one which holds out so fair a prospect of termi-
nating the dispute between the two countries, at
once, should have produced dismay instead of exul-
tation in the minds of those statesmen and politicians
who are anxious for the maintenance of the peace
of Europe. Much as the frightful loss of life
recorded in the Marshal's dispatch is to be de-
plored, it is far better that such should have
been the case than that thousands upon thousands
should hereafter be sacrificed in a long and
fruitless contest, in which victory on the
part of the French could purchase no corresponding
advantage, and which might eventually lead to con-
sequences disastrous to the rest of Europe. What-
ever may have been the merits of the original
dispute, it cannot be denied that the Emperor of
Morocco has behaved, in all his later negotiations,
with great perfidy and faithlessness. At Tangiers,
as well as on the Moorish frontier, his sole object
appears to have been delay. The Prince de Joinville
has been blamed for having commenced operations
against Tangiers with the knowledge that the Em-
peror had signified to Mr. Drummond Hay his
acquiescence in all the conditions imposed upon him
in the ultimatum of the French Government; and
this charge, although it has been more than once
satisfactorily refuted, was repeated no later than yes-
terday, by a Contemporary, as still demanding ex-
planation. Now, so far from there being any
foundation for such an imputation, it has been dis-
tinctly shown that whilst the Emperor refused to
comply with four out of the seven demands of Spain,
he insisted on the withdrawal of Marshal Bugeaud
altogether from his frontier ! It moreover ap-
pears that whilst these negotiations were in progress
his son was hurrying to form a junction with
his father's main army, with a reinforcement
of 20,000 men! The Prince de Joinville had, there-
fore, no alternative; and has even been abused for
avoiding, as much as possible, the destruction of life
and property at Tangiers. The Marshal, on the other
hand, appears to have found the same difficulty in ob-
taining
anything like a definite answer to the ulti-
matum of his Government ; and it was not until he
became satisfied that the army before him would
soon be increased, by the arrival of the Maroquin
Prince, from 20,000 to 40,000 men, and that affairs
" were every day becoming more menacing," and
until the enemy had assumed the offensive, that he
was induced to attack them; and looking at the com-
paratively small force at his disposal (from 10,000 to
12,000 men), his victory appears to have been most
decisive. Now so far from such a defeat being
calculated to lead to a protraction of the war, it
is much more likely to put an end to it altogether.
If the French deserve credit for their assurance
theat they have no view to ultimate occupation in
their present operations, and if we accept this
disclaimer, we can have nothing to fear, so far
as the general peace is concerned, from this quarrel,
end when it may. To infer its prolongation, how-
ever, from such a defeat as has just been sustained by
the Maroquins, at the hands of a force vastly inferior
to them in numbers, and that too on their own van-
tage ground, is most perverse. Had the Moors
beaten the French, there might have been some pre-
text for the apprehension ; for in that event the Em-
peror would have begun to consider himself invin-
cible ; and it might have taken some time and large
reinforcements to have altered his opinion. It is true
that he cannot fail to be aware of the extreme diffi-
culty of penetrating into the interior of his country,
but he has witnessed the sacrifices which the French
have not hesitated to make (whether wisely or not is
not the question) in Algeria, and may fairly infer
therefrom that, even if he should be enabled to make
head against them, he can only do so at a severe cost
to himself. Such are the reasons for our belief that
so soon as the first fever of his resentment has sub-
sided he will discover the folly of further resistance,
and yield, on all reasonable points, to the conditions
demanded of him.

CHRONICLE.—The tidings brought by the
above express are indeed important. Another port
of Morocco bombarded, and
anisland occupied and
garrisoned! Here is the casus belli so recently and
so vauntingly demanded by our Ministerial Contem-
porary. Here is a considerable " endangerment of
our convenience." Here is " occupation l" It may
be said that the occupation is but of an island, only
two miles in circumference,Ti. and at least a quarter of
destroyed, it of course commandsdisland f
town, the
port, port
a nodf
bay, and is, to all intents ande
a mile from the shore.
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travenes, the wish of the English of all three. Yet it evades,
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confidence for the
At first theyth few months would be
amusing, if our interests were not so deeply con-
cerned.interested, and when
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difficulties
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suppose. that they urged
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.their own
in conjunction or in quarrel,. got up so adroitly
was of course
one. On this the continuation of the Spanish
lulled by france comin
mistrust. of the British Ca-
binetexcited, but then it was
forward to declare that
she required but three
Moorish troops, fb things—the dispersion of the
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and the sending of punishment of the Moorish offi-
cers,tant province. But, whilst
bd-el-Kader to some dis-
demands, the conduct, filst M. Guizot made these
cative, that he never gave a
.Marshal Bugeaud on the
frontier was so
week's time to the
enninai.on.s. At length Mr. Emperor Dru-
mmond of Morocco to accept or
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would have been able France.to contradict If he had not, the Debats
it is very natural that the assertion. And
demanded
when the. Moorish Emperor
consented to recal and disperse his army, to punish
should demand that his Ab-el-Kader to retire, he
facilitated by Marshal Buefforts to do this might be
getahud, s retiring also from
his menacing position on
de-
mand on the part of the Emperore frontier. Such a
unreason-
able, and even if the French adobjections to grant it,
was not
nevertheless, the Emperor having
de-
mands, ought to have had at least ceded all their
inducing the French to postponeeahosta the effect of
although it appears that all their 0 hostilities. But,
own conditions had
been obtained, the French had another excuse for
keeping open the differences, and
hos-
tilities. This was the demand of Spain.pr prolonging
to our letter, the Journal des Debats . In answer
triumphantly
exclaims—Oh, the Emperor would
consent to but
three of the seven demands of Spain I
now time to enter into the justice . of We have not
all these de-
mands, of which we feel certain that the Emperor
ceded the material part ; but we remember that Lord
Aberdeen, on the 13th of June, declared that both
Spain and France desired that England
should em-
ploy its efforts to mediate, and bring about an ar-
rangement. If so, is it not hard that France should
bombard, because all those demands
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uncon-
ditionally granted ? But independentlye not
of such con-
siderations, we must most strenuously protest against
France thus assuming the exclusive
mbard. protectorate of
Spanish interests, and against her bo mg, block-
ading, and occupying the ports of Morocco,n order
to enforce, not a French, but a Spanish ultimatum;
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ultimatunt;
and we must say, that if Lord Aberdeen has suffered
this, he has, indeed, put the cope-stone upon a series of
policy the most imbecile and pusillanimous hey that ever
disgraced a British Administration.
TIMES.—The spectacle of the Mauritian expedi-
tion continues to animate the ardour of thei French
marine, and to amuse the imagination of the French
people. But will it end in nothing beyond spectacle ?
Will the chapter of accidents reveal nothing beyond
the innocuous flash of artillery, and the partial over-
throw. of ill-conditioned forts ? Will the c
of anmen ading
always be restricted to the functions a national
scold ? Will the Prince Admiral content
with punishing a covert and! passive foe himself.
castigation diverge into aggression, and that Or will
was the natural penalty of insidious hostility which.
be dis-
torted into an excuse for a scheme of vast and dan-
gerous aggrandizement? These are questions whiCh
eh
are necessarily suggested by the very character and
origin of such a war as the French are waging
• against Morocco ; .and every day which
passes in_
creases their urgency and their importance. -Shim

his cannonade of Tangiers the Prince de Joinville
has attacked Mogadore, and after having razed
the town and fortifications, taken possession of
the island and the port. This latter fact is one which
may add to the embarrassments of diplomatic nego-
tiation, unless after-information modify or explain I
it. It is the first instance, during the expedition, I
of the French having occupied the place which
they besieged. It is not indeed a departure from the
general understanding which prevails in such cases,
but from a promise given either explicitly or by
implication in the present one. But at the same time
it is such a departure as may be palliated by the prac-
tice and necessities of aggressive warfare. The terms
of hostilities between two independent nations are
not of course to be dictated by any third party. Eng-
land cannot direct France how to besiege Moorish
towns or demolish Moorish forts. She cannot say to
the French Admiral, " You must always anchor
your ships at such a distance; you must never set
foot on an island which commands the object of your
attack; or having once landed, you must embark
again within such and such a time." Language like
this would be equally arrogant and absurd. But she
has a right to say to any country carrying on a marl
time war in the the vicinity of her own possessions,
" You shall not make this a war of aggrandizement;
you shall not make acquisitions injurious to the com-
merce and influence of England ; you shall not add to
your, nor infringe upon our, empire in the Mediter•
ranean. You shall not retain one rood of land, what-
ever may be the success of your arms, or the submis-
sion of your foes." England may speak thus in the
spirit of self-assertion and self-defence, of salutary
jealousy and politic precaution, and with the help
of a strong arm and large resources to support
her both in her remonstrances and her demands.
Yet it is easy to see how these conditions of hosti-
lity may appear to be violated even where there is a
full intention of adhering to them with good faith.
The island off Megadore has been occupied by the in-
vading squadron. This is prima facie a violation of
a compact between France and England. But it is
not necessarily so. The island, we believe, commands
the town, fortification, and port, in such a way as to
render its occupation a condition necessarily prece-
dent to the successful attack of the town itself. If
this be the case, it is as yet only a seeming, not a
real, infringement of their engagement on the part of
the French. But if this occupation continue after its
necessity has ceased—if other places are occupied in
the same way without excuse, or retained after the
causes which may be supposed to justify their occu-
pation have ceased to exist—then we shall have no
hesitation in declaring that a breach of trust has been
committed—a gross wrong done, for which this coun-
try is bound to demand explanation and redress. In
the meantime, however, we discern no reason for
suspecting our neighbours of any such intention, or
convicting them of such misconduct. And it were
rash—worse than rash, it were unjust, insulting, and
quarrelsome, to rush to the conclusion—a con-
clusion which would militate against the positive
assurances received from France—that the occu-
pation of the island near Mogadore is only
the prelude to a system of African conquests and
European annoyances. We hope better things. We
trust the good sense and the good faith of the French
King and his Ministers will exclude this new element
of strife from the too ample magazine of feuds and
jealousie-. We trust that the self-knowledge of the
French people will prevent them entering on the mad
attempt of raising a maritime empire in Africa. And
when we say this—speaking as we do with a know-
ledge of, and a firm confidence in, our own resources
—we would not be understood as impugning the cou-
rage or personal prowess of our rivals. An unneces-
sary and superfluous amount of indignation has
been kindled in Paris by a hurried phrase in an
extempore contribution to our columns. No one,
least of all a British officer, would deliberately charge
Frenchmen, whether sailors or soldiers, with whole-
sale cowardice. But any one, and especially a British
naval officer, might be expected to criticise the sea-
manship, the gunnery, and the nautical address of a
French Admiral and a French fleet. Nor would any
one be so likely as British officers to see and un-
derstand the deficiencies and errors of those whom
they criticised. Accustomed to the quick, neat, noise-
less, manoeuvres of an English man-of-war—to the
rapid dash of an English frigate—to the admirable
precision of English gunnery—they would of course
exult at the comparative slovenliness and awkward-
ness of French tactics and practice. Nor should
our neighbours be so intensely disgusted at this sort
of criticism. It is no fault of theirs that they are not
born sailors. But it is the fact—a strong, unalterble
fact. They are not for the sea, nor the sea for them.
It is not in their role. Their genius loves the land.
With us—but why repeat the familiar boast, which
the experience of the past has made a household pro-
verb, and which it were indeed treason to doubt but
that the future will confirm ? For the result of a
maritime collision with France, or any other power
of Europe, we have no fear whatever. Our men, our
ships, and our skill, are as they were in the best days
of our history ; and we hope not to be driven to the
necessity of war, much more than we dread the pro-
bable issue of a contest which, on every other ground,
we are earnestly anxious to avoid.

THE FJItENCH IN MOROCCO.
(From the Times.)
ORAN, AUG. 17.—Before the arrival of the news of
the grand victory obtained by Marshal Bugeaud over the
Moors on the 14th inst., we had heard that the Mar-
shal was nearly surrounded by the enemy, and expected
to be attacked every hour. The enclosed proclamation
gives you all the information which I have on this last
affair on the frontier, which is indeed grave, and will
convince all that war has begun in earnest.
The Marshal continues to receive fresh troops, both
from France and other parts of Algeria. The two ca-
valry regiments are now complete. The Hussars, con-
sisting of 588 men and 501 horses, have already joined
the Marshal; the 10th Chasseurs, consisting of 505 men
and 359 horses, have arrived here. The best riders are
to have Arab horses, which is the reason the horses do
not equal the number of men. Five more regiments of
cavalry are expected—one of Lancers, one of Chasseurs,
one of Hussars, and two of heavy horse. Without ca-
valry it is impossible to proceed in the interior, infantry
not being sufficient to cope with the vast numbers of ca-
valry which the Moors are capable of bringing into the
field. However, 500 infantry came yesterday in:the steamer
from Algiers, who had previously arrived there from
Port Vendres. It is rumoured that some 20,000 addi-
tional troops are expected. The fresh troops are to be
distributed on the coast, and the troops ayuerres are to
join the Marshal. But this is evidently exaggeration.
Nevertheless, if the Marshal intend seriously to invade
Morocco, and to march to Fez, several additional regi-
ments will be needed. Perhaps, however, this victory of
Isly may induce the Moors not to expose themselves to
fresh diasters, but to listen to peace. Yet we must not
be too confident; on the contrary, this defeat may ex-
asperate, not humble, the Moors. Extermination alone
may reduce the Moors of Morocco.
It was the intention of the Marshal to have remained
on the defensive, and to have waited the result of the
naval operations of the Prince de Joinville on the coast
of Morocco, as the Marshal found himself in want of
cavalry as well as provisions and military stores. The
Marshal is also encumbered with sick. A few days ago,
250 sick were brought from the hospitals of Tlemcen to
Oran, and 1,000 mattrasses have been sent to that place
for the accommodation of invalids. As the season
advances, the sick are expected to increase, and these
mattrasses are a provision for them. The Marshal
would, undoubtedly have remained on the defensive, had
b
he not had a good opportunity of attackinc, the Moors.
It seems he sought the enemy for fear of being over-
whelmed with increasing numbers.
As to the exact amount of troops which the Marshal
has now with him, I cannot tell you. A person who has
just come from the camp says about 17,000. It is ex-
pected that the troops will be sent direct from France to
Jemaa, El Ghazaout, near the mouth of the Malwia, so
that it will be difficult for us to learn all the movements
of troops in this province.
We were here all a good deal astonished—though,
where French officers, employes, and diplomatists are
concerned, nothing should astonish us—at the receipt of
the news of the bombardment of Tangiers, which reached
us last Sunday. We had heard of nothing but peace,
and up to the last moment the highest military authori-
ties here gave out that things were in statu quo, that
is, up to the moment of the arrival of the news
of the bombardment. Indeed, a proclamion, con-
taining the preliminary arrangements of the peace, had
been published in Oran on the sth, dated the 4th inst.,
and nothing to the contrary had been heard of the
affairs of the frontier. But the grand puzzle is, that
whilst on the sth instant peace was proclaimed in Oran,
orders had been dispatched from herd on the 4th to
bombard Tangiers, and which was bombarded on the
6th. This affair, if we may judge from what we hear or
see, has confounded the authorities of Oran as much as
ourselves, whilst it has completely driven mad with vex-
ation the people of Gibraltar. A grand piece of chi-
canery or treachery has been played off by some parties.
The steamer which brought us the news of the bom-
bardment of Tangiers was the Etna. There had been
reports that English vessels were supplying the Moors
with arms and the munitions of war, so the Etna (French
steamer) called on her way at the mouth of the river,
on which is placed the port of Tetuan. There the Etna
saw two merchant vessels, a Portuguese and an English
vessel. A boat from the Etna boarded them, and I be-
lieve attempted to search them. The English captain
was not very communicative ; the French man-of-war
boat was moro successful with the Portuguese. How-
ever, the affair ended in nothing. This little event
shows not the less the animus of the French, and their
disposition to do something to involve France and Eng-
land in a war. I imagine you will hear of this via
Gibraltar.
Amongst local topics, we have again the Garde Na •
tionale. The son of the late English Vice-Consul, Mr.
Enos Welsford, was this week put in confinement, for
having obtained a substitute for an hour when on duty.
His punishment is five days' imprisonment. Peopleo are
getting in prison every day for these breaches
allowed f
d.
cipline. But the most galling is, a person is not
to find a substitute. This is the way the French civilise
and colonise Mica I I am quite convinced' that if the
French authorities were aware of the infinite annoyance
which they give families, they would moderate this mad
.system. I am sure they would permit persons to pro•
lideflubstitutes.,
On Monday last thire was e. proclamation given out,

that all the Garde Nationale must appear at the review
of Wednesday in regimentals, at their own expense,
unless could prove that they did not earn more than
two francs per day, or had not that amount. The con-
sequence of this order has been to get some two hun-
dred sentenced to prison for disobedience to orders.
These people go to prison by turns, until the whole have
had the benefit of French civilisation in Africa. You
know that in this " Garde" there is more, or at least an
equal number of foreigners. The question is, whether
an Englishman is to be forced to serve in this " Garde"
—not to be allowed to find a substitute—not to be able
to transact his business, by being called upon duty
perhaps at the moment when his affairs most demand
his attention—to be obliged to wear a foreign or a
French uniform—to be obliged to purchase this at his
own expense (some 6/. sterling), though he remains but
four months in Oran—with numberless other vexations.
I cannot conceive that these things can be demanded of
British subjects. We could not demand them of French
subjects in our colonies. At any rate we do not. I be-
lieve for some breaches of paltry discipline a person
can be put in prison for forty days ! In such a case
a person may be ruined. It is quite time that our Con-
suls laid this before our Government. But then there
is the horror of the " Exequatur" staring them in the face.
I cannot close my letter without asking—" Whether
Government are not yet convinced that Abd-el-Kader is
not to be caught?" -:--in other words, whether, M.
Guizat having declared to all the world that the main
condition of peace with ihe Emperor was that that Abd-
el-Kader should be arrested and conveyed to some safe
asylum on the Atlantic coast, our Government is prepared
to see the French, under the pretext of getting this im
possible condition ceded by the Emperor, invading
Morocco, and preparing it for a French province ? This
is the question it is necessary to repeat until Govern-
ment opens its eyes. The Moors are blinded by
fanaticism, and the unfortunate condition of their birth ;
but no authorities have shown greater blindness in this
affair than the British, when all their experience of the
I‘l9rocco people and its Government ought to have
taught them, that the strong, the last hold of Islamism
in the West, would not stoop to the Christians ; that no
good Mussulman would arrest Abd-el-Kader ; that to
arrest Abd-el-Kader is looked upon as violating the
liberty of the Prophet ; that the Emperor is unable to
control the remote and immense districts of Arabs, some
of them the most hardy and determined in the whole
world ; that the Emperor, ever so anxious for peace,
could not, dare not, make it with the French, or any
other Christians ; and yet, our wise people in Gibraltar,
including the worthy Governor, all declared to the last
moment, " that there would be no war."

At the moment of closing my letter, another courier,
it is said, bas arrived from the Marshal, ordering all the
disposable force to be sent forward immediately to the
camp, as the Moors were again on the offensive, and
coming down with immense reinforcements—with clouds
of cavalry.

We have reason to believe that so much of a para-
graph which appeared in our yesterday's impression as
represents her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
as being about to relinquish the Royal domain at Bag-
shot, in compliance with the wishes of the Queen, is en-
tirely without foundation. Her Royal Highness has,
we are informed, exchanged Bagshot-park for the house
at Richmond at her own request, and solely from a
desire to be near her sister. Nor is there any better
foundation for the report that the vacant residence has
been assigned to Prince Albert, the wishes of the Royal
Duchess being alone consulted in the arrangement, and
the future destination of the Bagshot estate not having
been as yet even thought of.—Times.
THE LATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN HOLBORN.—

In this journal on Monday appeared the final examina-
tion of the Hon. W. Touchet, at Bow-street, on Satur-
day last, for discharging a loaded pistol at Mr.
Smith, the proprietor of a shooting gallery, No.
288, High Holborn, on the 6th of July. Last week
Mr. Smith was thought sufficiently recovered to
leave St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and on Saturday
he attended at Bow-street and gave evidence of the
occurrence. During the examination he appeared
very weak, and gave his evidence suffering great pain.
On his return home he became very ill, and was com-
pelled to have medical aid. He continued to get worse,
and on Monday was again received into St. Bartholo-
mew's Hospital, where he now remains. The wound has
broken out afresh, and portions of bone are forced
through it. On inquiring at the hospital yesterday he
was ascertained to be better than on the preceding day,
but still he lies in a dangerous state.

DESTRUCTIVE FlRES.—Yesterday letters were re-
ceived at the principal insurance offices in the City, de-
tailing the particulars of two dreadful fires which
occurred in the village of Winsham, situate near Chard,
in Devonshire, and which terminated in the complete
demolition of no fewer than thirty houses. The first
appears to have broken out soon after ten o'clock on
Sunday morning, during Divine service, and on the alarm
being raised the fire was found raging in the upper part
of a house situate with twelve others, at the ex-
tremity of the village, and the thatch roof
soon igniting the building was speedily re-
duced to ashes. A crowd quickly collected, and
attempts were made to check the flames from
running along the thatch of the adjacent houses, but
ineffectually, for within the space of a quarter of an
hour, no less than eight of the adjoining dwellings had
caught, and, there being no engines in the neighbour-
hood, the fire extended its ravages until the whole of the
buildings were consumed. The village had scarcely been
restored to its usual state of quietude before it was again
aroused by a second outbreak, far more destructive
than the previous one, taking place at about half-
past ten o clock on Monday night. The flames were
first discovered raging in a small out-house at
the back of a dwelling in Church-street ; and the wind
unfortunately being high at the time soon wafted the
destructive element to the surrounding property,
and scarcely had an hour elapsed after the alarm before
upwards of fourteen houses were enveloped in flames.
The distress that prevailed amongs the poor villagers
was of a character truly heartrending. At an early
stage of the conflagration an express was sent off to
Chard for the fire-engines, but it was full two hours
before they arrived ; and, as may be expected, the
havoc in the meanwhile was most extensive. Six other
houses, all tenanted by small tradespeople, had fallen
with the rest, and it was sadly feared at one period that
the whole village would have fallen a prey to the flames ;
but the buildings being deprived of their thatch they
were therefore preserved. It is supposed that these
fires were the work of an incendiary, but nothing decisive
is as yet known. The loss must be very heavy.
RECREATION FOR THE WORKING CLASSES.—The
Duke of Norfolk has promised, on the expiration of a
few leases, to give up fifty acres of his land for a plea-
sure-ground, for the reereatian of the people of Shef-
field. In Birmingham the question has already been
discussed in the Town Council, and the great advantage
and benefit of-public parks unanimously affirmed. That
body has opened a communication with Government, for
the purpose of obtaining a grant towards providing the
public walks, which, in Birmingham, with its 220,000 in-
habitants, are felt to be imperatively needed.
DARING ROBBERY.—Last evening a most daring
robbery was committed by two well-dressed fellows at
the house of Mr. Blundell, 24, Agnes-street, Wa-
terloo-road, which was effected in the following auda-
cious manner :—The fellows knocked at the door, and
asked if Mrs. Blundell was at home, and on being
shown into the parlour, they produced a written
note, which they stated was sent by her husband, who
the men stated was locked up in the Tower-street sta-
tion on a charge of felony, and said she had better go as
quick as possible to see her husband. The men then took
out of their pockets a printed paper, which had all the
appearance of an official document, and informed Mrs.
Blundell that it was a search warrant, and they must
search the house for stolen property, at the same time

informing the lady that she must give up possession of
everything she had. Mrs. Blundell, who was dread-
fully alarmed, and is only just out of her confinement,
directed the nurse to give up the keys, when the fellows
opened the drawers, and took out twelve sovereigns in
gold as well as half a dozen silver spoons. Th men
then insisted on having the boxes of the lodgers opened,
which the lady positively refused to comply with.
They then completely ransacked the house of every
valuable article they could possibly lay their hands on,
and with the greatest effrontery left the house, inform-
ing Mrs. Blundell that the sooner she proceeded to her
husband the better. Mrs. Blundell, though exceedingly
ill and weak, went direct to the Tower-street station-
house, and inquired for her husband, when she learnt no
such person was in custody. Mrs. Blundell then returned
home with the utmost expedition, and discovered that
she had been most cruelly deceived, and her house
stripped of nearly every available article, with which the
fellows got clear off. Mr. Blundell is a respectable man,
in the employ of Mr. Patrick, the extensive builder of
the Belvidere-road.

CAUTION TO HOUSEKEISPERS.—The following art-
ful system of robbery has been for some time prac-
tised at the west end of the town by an orga-
nised gang of depredators, who have hitherto suc-
ceeded in evading the vigilance of the police.
Choosing an early hour in the morning, when the ser-
vant is occupied cleaning the door-step or passage, one
of the confederates drops a sixpence or other small. coin
into the area; the loss is then made known to the servant,
who is in the most civil manner requested to restore the
piece of money, and as it is visible from above, she is
generally disarmed of all suspicion, and proceeds to com-
ply with the request, when the opportunity is immediately
seized to strip the hall of coats, cloaks, or any portable
property.
THE LATE REV. ROWLAND HILL.--Last evening a
very large public meeting was held at the Surrey Chapel,
Blackfriars-road, for the purpose of commemorating the
centenary of the birth cf the late Rev. Rowland Hill,
and also to consider the propriety of erecting a memorial
to him. The Rev. J. Sherman, M.A., the minister of
the chapel, presided, and was supported by Mr. Prit-
chard, the Consul at Otaheite ; the Rev. G. Clayton, the
Rev. Dr. Campbell, and several other gentlemen. The
Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that it had
been suggested to him to take measures for erecting a
memorial to the late Rev. Rowland Hill, formerly the
minister of Surrey Chapel, now they had completed the
centenab.
but
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thathis which bbirth.m]Neltanv,y,itphlanmsosht gbadeneereanl recom-
mended,
accept-
ance was, that which proposed to ereiool-house, where a
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pt
this, it was proposed to erect two large infant schools,to
one of which should be in the Borough-road. Resolu-
tions to that effect were submitted and adopted, and up-
wards of 6001. was subscribed on the spot. Mr. Prit-
chard detailed at some length the progress cf education
in Otaheite and the South Sea Islands,
and theproceed-
ings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.
The garrison of Gibraltar is to be reinforced by
another regiment, and another company of artillery.
The 72d, at Buttevant, are hourly expecting the order
to march to Cork, and embark thence forthwith for the
•
imerick Chtonicli.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 9is per mine,
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25
39 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25 471, it follows that gold is 0.33 per cent.
dearer in London than in Paris.
By adviccs from Hamburgh the price of gold is 434 k
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 100..
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 94 ;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 9, it follows that gold is 0.35 dearer in London
than in Hamburgh.
The following is the official notification of the return
of Mehemet Ali sent to the Consuls resident in Alex-
andria:—
" In answer to the collective letter which was ad-
dressed on the 27th of July last by the Consuls-General
of France, England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia, the
undersigned is happy to inform the Consul of England,
that the health of the Viceroy, the state of which had
lately necessitated the departure of his Highness for
Cairo, is completely re-established, and that, thanks to •
this fortunate circumstance, his Highness has been
enabled to continue the personal direction of affairs.
" The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity
to assure Mr. Stoddart of his distinguished consideration.
" ARTIN BEY."

The Guernsey papers allude to a great inconvenience
which is felt at Jersey, in consequence of the bankers
and traders not being able to come to an agreement as to
the value of the five-franc piece. Some have determined
that they will not take them for more than 3s. 1 ld.
British money, w hich is called their " real value ;" while
others insist on their being north ld. more. All. it
seems are agreed that this state of things ought to be
remedied, but no one undertakes the necessary reform,
which elicits the familiar remark, that what is the busi-
ness of everybody is the business of no one.
Some statistics published in the American journals
show the progress of the tollage system on the canals of
that country for the last three years. The produce of
the principal canals has increased, Albany, West Troy, •
Utica, Rome, Syracuse, Albion, and Lockport, being
among the number ; while on the Schenectady, Monte-
zuma, Lyons, Palmyra, Brockport, and Black Rock the
produce has decreased. The increase in the tolls of the
Albany Company, comparing 1841 and 1844, was
$15,952, the amount in the former year having been
$122,054, and in the latter year $138,096. In the case
of West Troy the increase bad been $17,645, the returns
in 1841 being $91,086, and in 1844 $108,731. In the
case of Syracuse the tolls in 1841 amounted to $21,578,
and in 1844 to $32,977, showing the increase to be
$11,399. The principal items of decreaze occur in the
returns from Black Rock, which exhibit a failing off of
$10,469, the amount of toll received in 1841 being
822,358, while in 1844 it reached no greater aunt than
811,889 ; and also in the returns from Penn Yan an.cl
Brocksop, in each of which there was a decrease of about
$6,000. The Oswego returns showed an increase of
s3o,s24—the difference between $16,475 in 1841 and
$46,999 in 1844: Sabina and Fairfort each also showed
an increase of $B,OOO. Buffalo, above all others, gives
the enormous increase of $79.719, the returns for 1841
being $148,303, and for 1844 $228,022. The result of,
the whole returns shows a net increase of 8175,308 in
favour of the receipts of 1844, compared with 1841.
Other statistics of the trade of the United States for
the three quarters ending June 30, 1843, compared with
the same period in the two previous years of 1841 and
1842, show that the exports had gradually diminished in'
value from $106,382,232 to $77,793,783. Agricultural
prodacts, including cotton and tobacco, and manufactures,'
appear to constitute the chief items of decline ; and .the
, great depreciation in the price of cotton seems really to
be one of the most remarkable features in the statement,•
since it is proved that though from $54,330,341, the item
returned in 1841, there had been a decrease to 849,119,805
in 1844, the quantity of the staple exported in that year.
exceeded by $262,000 the quantity exported in 1841.
The total exports of cotton for the three years wore as
follows:-530,204,1001b. in 1841, 587,717,0471 b. in 1842,-
and 792,297,1061 b. in 1843.
SUN.—Stocks close steadily. Consols were 99 for
Money and Time; the former sellers. Exchequer Bills
maintained the rise to 755. to 775. prem. The New Three—
and-a-Half per Cents. were 1024 tol ; India Stock was-
at 282; and India Bonds were 935. to 955.
There was a rise in Spanish Stock, some parties hav-
ing purchased to complete their accounts by settling
day. The Five per Cents. were 221 1, and the Three
per Cents. 331 to *. Mexican were firm at 35,i. Belgian
improved to 1034. Dutch Five per Cents. were 104.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these:—Birmingham and Gloucester, 81; Ditto,
New, 104; Chester and Holyhead, 2; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 151 ; Great Western, Half, 33+ ; Birming-
ham,ll4; Ditto, Thirds, 34; South-Western, 43* to 431;
Croydon,Ditto, 5* ; Manchester and Leeds, 52; Quarter,
9; Manchester and Birmingham, 12; Ditto, Quarters,
24 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 281 ; Northern and
Eastern, Scrip, 101; South. Eastern, 4i to i; Ditto, New,
71 ; York and North Midland, 55; Ditto, Selby, Scrip,
34; and Paris and Orleans, 17 to 171 prem. Blackwall,
91 to 1 ; Brighton, and Greenwich, 4* discount.
British North American Bank Shares were 71 to 7 dis-
count ; and London and Westminster, 7 prem.
The Exchange on Paris and Trieste was barely so
good; nor that on Leghorn. On Amsterdam it was
higher, and much the same en Madrid, Lisbon, Hans-
burgh, &c.
The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of London for the. week ending
Thursday last:—
Silver Bars to Hamburgh
St. Petersburgh £3,400
„ Coin to Rotterdam 12,000 „
Gold Coin to Port Philip

GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The
half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the General
Steam Navigation Company took place yesterdary, at
the office of that corporation, 69, Lombard-street, and
was numerously attended. The chair was taken by Mr.
John Wilkin (in the continued absence, from illness, of
Mr. Wolverly Attwood, the chairman of the company)
at two o'clock precisely, when a report from the di-
rectors, with the half-yearly accounts, was read. From
these it appeared that the operations of the company for
the past half-year had been attended with increased
advantage to the proprietors, and that the general con-
dition of the affairs of the corporation was calculated to
give the highest satisfaction. The usual dividend being
declared, the cordial thanks of the meeting were voted to
the chairman and directors for their continued efforts in
promoting the company's interests.
We learn from good authority that the Admiralty
have directed the officers of Woolwich Dockyard to sup-
ply the anchors, chains, and moorings required by Capt.
Tayler to make the experiment of his Breakwater cif
Brighton ; we trust therefore that no time will now be
lost in setting really to work with the sections before the
bad weather sets in.—Brighton Guardian.

BRIGHTON, MONDAY.—By the arrival of the
steam-ship Magnet, from Dieppe, we learn that his
Majesty Louis Philippe, is expected at Dieppe, to
be present at the fete to be given on the inaugura-
tion of the statue of Duehesne from the 3d to the
sth of September, and it is expected that he will proceed
thence to England. The Baron de Lagos, charged with
dispatches from the Spanish Ambassador in London to
the Spanish Ambassador in Paris, left London on Sa-
turday morning, and travelled by the Brighton Rail-
way, then across to Dieppe, and through Rouen to
Paris, performing the distance from London to Paris
in twenty hours, which includes stoppages for refresh-
ments, &c. _ _ _

Ma. DYCE SOMBRE. Since writing the letter
which has been published in most of the daily journals,
this extraordinary individual has taken his departure
from Boulogne, which place he quitted for Paris on
Friday last. His conduct while at the former place was
not different from that of ordinary persons, and con-
sequently not such as to excite any particular attention.
PRINCESS PROSPERO SCIARRA COLONNA.—It has
been erroneously stated that this Noble Princess, who
recently died at Rome, was the last surviving branch of
the Ferdinand Cortez family of Spain. The Duke de
Monteleone, who resides at Palermo, is a brother of the
late Princess, and he has several children, and there are
two more brothers of the deceased Princess, and other
descendants of the family, residing at Naples and in other
parts of Italy.
NEW BANK CIIARTER.—On Saturday next seve-
ral provisions in the new Bank of England Charter Act-.
will come into operation. By the first section it is pro-
vided, that from and after the 31st of August instant, the
issue of promisssory notes by the Bank shall be sepa-
rated, and thenceforth kept wholly distinct from the ge-
neral banking business. It is further provided by the
Act, that on the day mentioned there shall be transferred
to the " issue department securities to 14,000,0001,,
and also so much gold coin and gold and silver bullion as
csgtacN
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from and after the 31st of August,th .1844,
departmenta persons
shall be entitled to demand from
of the Bank of England notes in excletinsgsueeforgoldbui-
lion, at the rate of 3/. 17s. 9d, per ounce of standard
gold. Provided always, that the said Governor and
Company shall in all cases be entitled to require such
gold bullion to be melted and assayed by persons ap-
proved by the said Governor and Company, at the ex-
pense of the parties tendering such gold bullion." From
the 31st instant the Bank is to be exempted from stanip
duty on their notes, and from that day the annual pay-
ment to the Government for the privileges conferred is to
be 180,0001., instead of 120,C0N., as fixed when tie
charter was granted on the former occasion.
SIR ROBERT AND LADY SALE.. --- Sir Robert and
Lady Sale are expected to arrive in Londonderry 09
week after next, on a visit to John Dysart, Esq., of this
city, one of whose sons, an officer in the East India
Company's service, married a daughter of the dts
tinguished pair. Their only child, Master George
Dysart, has resided in the family of his paternal grand-
papa since the death of its father, which occurred some
Ylleoabresr ago
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no doubt that the gentry of the city and county will
cheerfully avail themselves of this opportunity of testi-
fying their respect for one, whose heroic and persever-
ing defence of the walls of Jellalab._adwra.s
FonrlaynLsuiirnpas:;ead s
by that of the valiant defenders of the " Maiden Chi,"
155 years ago.—Londonderry Sentinel.
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matter. This great discovery taught us to defend
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