The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-21 00:00:00

Mr. PRENDERGAST-Why, what is the meaning of
these tricks being played with the Court ?
Mr. PAYNE—What do you mean, Sir, by that ?
Mr. PRENOERGAST-Why, you said at first you would
not go on, and then you say you will not col.,,sent to an
acquittal. This I call playing tricks with the. Court.
The COMMON SERGEANT here directed the witnesses
to be called, but, as they did not answer, the prisoner was
discharged, and the Learned Counsel quietly sat down.

THE BOMBARDMENT OF
TANG lERS.
The following letter has been received at Lloyd's this
morning :

" Gibraltar, August S.
" In my last dispatches of Ist inst. you'll have per-
ceived that I did not anticipate in the pacific opinions
expressed continually in the papers, though I believe
they were from a high source. The result has proved
that I was not mistaken, as the French Admiral, Prince
de Joinvitle, bombarded Tangiers on the 6th inst., from
eight o'clock in the morning till five P. 31., at which hour
the Moorish flag was still flying over the walls and has
continued so ever since. The latter defended their
batteries with great bravery and little skill—few
killed and wounded on either side. The fire
on the part of the French appears to have been
chiefly directed to the fortifications, as the town has not
suffered much. Our negotiator, Mr. Hay, returned to
Tangiers at mid-day on the 6th inst., in the Vesuvius,
from his mision to the Emperor at Fez, and had the
mortification to find that his mediation had been abor-
tive by the premature commencement of hostilities four
hours previously. Tetuan has been spared, and likely
to continue so, owing to the locality and distance from
the sea. The French squadron, it is said intend to
leave Tangier Bay, and from a source which
I consider worthy of credit, I believe the
Admiral intends to batter down all the defenceless sea-
port towns on the west coast of Morocco, as far south as
Mogadore, inclusive, by which measure private property
alone will suffer. Some of the British subjects here
trading to that part of the coast have applied to Admiral
Owen for the protection of their interest in that quarter,
and which his Excellency would endeavour to comply
' with, as far as possible, though the means at his com-
mand are extremely limited, being only one or two dis-
patch steamers, and no small sailing vessels of war
suitable for that service. I believe Commodore Lockyer,
of her Majesty's ship Albion, at Tangiers, will be in-
structed to send the Hecla (steamer) to pick up the
British Consuls and subjects along the west coast of
Morocco. (Signed) J. L. COWELL.

P.S. Ave. 11.—I am enabled to add a few lines to
say, that from the best information received up to the
hour I write it appears that most, if not all, the French
squadron are on the west coast of Barbary, carrying
out the orders of the Admiral alluded to in the preceding.
The occupation of Morocco by the French will give a
severe blow to British commerce, already completely ex-
cluded from Algiers and Oran in consequence of the
heavy duties imposed by the French Government on ar-
ticles of our own manufacture. I have also to bring to
your notice the assembling of a Spanish army—infantry,
cavalry, and artillery—of about 40,000 men in our im-
mediate neighbourhood, and Ceuta, destined for an at-
tack on the Moors in concert (so report says) with the
French forces. I believe this is to be increased to 20 or
25,000 men. J. L. COWELL.