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

THE SU S, LuNDON, WEDN EVEN ING, AUGUST 28 844.

DR. WOLFF'S IMPRISONMENT AT
BOKH.A.RA.
Captain Grover has communicated to us the fol-
lowing account of Dr. Wolff's imprisonment at
Bokhara :
The last letter written by Dr. Wolff, while at
liberty, was written at Bokhara, on the 16th of
April, before he entered the city. He had no writing-
paper, and this letter is written upon scraqs torn
from his memorandum•book. A Turcoman had
just arrived from Merv, bringing him a lamb as a
present, and he took advantage of his return to send
a few hurried lines. He is surrounded by people of
Bokhara, Kokan, and Taschkand, and, therefore,
says his information may be depended upon. He
trembles somewhat for Stoddart and Conolly, for they
are not seen at Bailors, and the person alluded to
in M. de Ghersi's dispatch, he has ascertainel to be
a Persian, and the European young man with him is
an Italian watchmaker, named Giovanni. However, he
says, "nobody has witnessed the execution of Stoddart
and Conolly, whilst Youssaf Khan, &c., were publicly
executed. The Khaleefa (Holy-man) of Merv, tells
me positively that Stoddart was alive. Ido not feel
much apprehension for my own safety, but should I be
detained, pray get the Queen herself to write a letter
to the Atneer, for he felt deeply offended that his letter,
which he wrote by Stoddart to the Queen, was answered
by the Governor-General of India. Get also the Em-
peror of Russia to write. Whatever happens pray
take it as coming from the Lord. Did not our Lord
suffer ?"

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
hilst it has filledone 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
fruit less 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 operatiens, and if we accept this
disclaimer, we can save 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 an island occupied and
garrisoned! Here is the cases belli so recently and
so vauntingly demanded by our Ministerial Contem-
porary. here is a considerable " endangerment of
our convenience." Here is " occupation!' It may
be said that the occupation is but of an island, only
two miles in circumference, and at least a quarter of
a mile from the shore. This island forms the port of
Mogadore, and since the defences of the town are
destroyed, it of course commands town, port, and
bay, and is, to all intents and purposes, an occupation
of all three. Yet it evades, rather than directly con-
travenes, the wish of the English Government that
France should not occupy. It is but a quasi-occupa-
pation, and Admiral de Joinville and his sire may
laugh in their sleeves at what they no doubt consider
a mystification of Lord Aberdeen. The dexterity,
indeed, with which the French have gulled, and
tricked, and deceived our Foreign Minister into
confidence for the last few months would be
amusing, if our interests were not so deeply con-
cerned. At first they were all pacific, all dis-
interested, and when the quarrel arose between
Spain and Morocco, they pressed the English
Government to act mediator, and declared it to be a
most injurious calumny to suppose that they urged
the Spaniards to make difficulties or demands.
Then came their own quarrel, got up so adroitly
in conjunction or in continuation of the Spanish
one. On this the mistrust of the British Ca-
binet was of course excited, but then it was
lulled by france coming forward to declare that
she required but three things—the dispersion of the
Moorish troops, the
punishment of the Moorish offi-
cers, and the sending of Abd-el-Kader to some dis-
tant province.
But, whilst M. Guizot made these
demands, the conduct of Marshal Bugeaud on the
frontier was so provocative, that he never gave a
week's time to the
Emperor of Morocco to accept or
act upon such propositions. At length Mr. Drum-
mond Hay was commissioned to try his powers
of persuasion with the.E
peror and our accounts allege
that he perfectly succeeded, the Emperor yielding all
demands. The letter which we published was a friendly
one, written to convey the general fact and impres-
sion, not a diplomatic or precise statement. The
this hat
Journal des Debats has evidently sought for informa-
tion,t
the recal of Bugeaud."
on the subject at the French Foreign-office, and
from this information impugns the exactitude of our
letter. The terms of its contradiction are as follow :
~ Everyone
from kn,uNi'sthat the Emperor
Now,
it is pretty
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evident of
the seven conditions demanded by Spain,
_ and that he
demanded isiw
the Emperor did grant the
three demands of France. If he had not, the Debats
would have been able to contradict •
the assertion. And
it is very natural that when the Moorish Emperor
consented to recal and disperse his army, to punish
his officers, and force Ab-el-Kader to retire, he
should demand that his efforts to do this might be
facilitated by Marshal Bugeaud's retiring also from
his menacing position on the frontier. Such a de-
mand on the part of the Emperor was not unreasons
obtained,
appears
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able, and even if the. French had objections to grant it,
nevertheless, the Emperor having ceded all their de-
mands, ought to have had at least the effect of
inducing
postpone hostilities. But,
although
their own conditions had
been
had another excuse for
keeping open the differences, and prolonging hos-
tilities. This was the demand of Spain. In answer
to our letter, the Journal des Debats triumphantly
exclaims—Oh, the Emperor would consent to but
tie Fn
three of the seven demands of Spain ! We have not
now time to enter into the justice of 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 were not uncon-
ditionally granted ? But independently of such con-
siderations, we must most strenuously protest against
France thus assuming the exclusive protectorate of
Spanish interests, and against her bombarding, block-
ading, and occupying the ports of Morocco, in order
to enforce, not a French, but a Spanish ultimatum;
and we must say, that if Lord Aberdeen has suffered
this, he has, indeed,"put the cope-stone upon a series of
the most imbecile and pusillanimous policy that ever
disgraced a British Administration.
TIMES.—The spectacle of the Mauritian expedi-
tion continues to animate the ardour of the 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 cannonading
always be restricted to the functions of a national
scold? Will the Prince Admiral content himself
with punishing a covert and passive foe? Or will
castigation diverge into aggression, and that which
was the natural penalty of insidious hostility be dis-
torted into an excuse for a scheme of vast and dan-
gerous aggrandizement? These are questions which
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-
creaaes their urgency and their importance. Since

The man sent by the Assef-ood-Dowlah to com-
mand the escort which was to protect him
against the Turcomans, turned out a great
scoundrel, and the Doctor was obliged to ap-
peal to the Turcomans for protection against his
escort. Between them, however, the poor Doctor
was plundered of everything, and, on entering the
city, he was deserted by all except one man, named
Hussein, and he was looked upon as a man whose
(Loin was sealed. When, however, the King ordered
Nayeb to receive him into his house the scene changed,
and all predicted that danger was over. He was in-
troduced to the King, kindly received, and he plainly
told the object of his visit.- The following day the
King's Chamberlain, accompanied by the Comman-
dant of the arsenal, ordered him to write in their
presence the letter in which the King de-
clares that he put Stoddart and Conolly to
I death in the month of July, 1843, and of
this letter he had to make a translation in Persian.
He was then told that he was free to depart. The
letter having been dispatched to Captain Grover, the
Doctor receive .1 an intimation that he would be de-
tained. Having a slight fever he wished to be bled;
this being communicated to the King, permission was
refused, the King saying that bleeding was not
good for him. Dr. Wolff had recovered Co-
lonel Stoddart's " official seal." The Doctor writes,
" pray for me, and thank God with me, that he hath
hitherto helped me." At first he wore his clergyman's
robes, and rode about the town unattended, which, he
says, the Russian Ambassador, who had just left, was
not allowed to do. In another letter he says he has
adopted the Bokhara dress, but does not say whether
this was done from choice.
On the Bth June he writes two lines to Colonel
Shiel, in which he says, that in spite of all the pro-
mises of the King, he is now a prisoner at Bokhara,
and that he has not the least hope of being soon re-
leased.

ONE WORD TO CAPT. WARNER'
SlR,—Your deeds in the Press have of late cer-
tainly been very great ; your challenge in the daily
papers, which is now before me, is a curious spe-
cimen of evasion or want of straightforwardness.
You say that at five miles' distance you will destroy
the largest vessel across the Goodwin Sands, without
having had any previous communication with her,
but you do not say that you will have no communi-
cation with the position the doomed vessel is to
occupy. Why should you know where the vessel is
to be before you go to it ? Why do you fix the
position across the Goodwin Sands ? Because, if
ignorant of the place, you could not previously set
your trap to catch the mouse ; and secondly, if in
deep water for five miles, your line of communication
would sink too deep, perhaps break by its own weight,
and your doomed vessel escape destruction. The
G oodwin Sands would, however, support it near the
surface, and ensure the explosion. What wonder is
there in this ? Why could you not have said a hundred
miles at once ? Because that would have divulged
your means of communication. Now, Sir, I could
blow up St. Paul's (God forbid I ever should), and
be in Manchester at the time. There is nothing to be
wondered at even in that ; but I must first lay my line
communication. All these things were practicable
before you, Sir, commenced studying the subject.
But are they applicable, economically applicable, to
the practice of war ? Certainly not. If a squadron
lay in an enemy's harbour, can you blow them up ?
Yes, you will say, but you must lay your trap first!
And, query, is there not equal danger in laying the
trap as to the mice, when caught ? Will you, Sir,
engage to go on board a Government vessel without
knowing her destination ? Will you, on being con-
veyed to within five miles of an object, whether ship
or fort, without any previous communication with
that object or the position it occupies—will you then
blow it up at the moment of command? I fancy I
hear you say, No, that, is not your mode. Now,
Sir, the darling object of your dreams for years past
can be done, and by means, the application of which
is perfectly simple, and which you, Sir, cannot accom-
plish. There is an individual who will perhaps be
shortly called upon to prove this position, and that
person would have no objection to go on the vessel
prepared for you, and with a piece of ordnance of long
range, if allowed to have one shot at- the doomed
vessel, and almost at double the range the piece is
usually effective, will so far destroy the doomed
vessel as to leave you, Sir, nothing to do. That
person, too, will perform his experiment before
assembled thousands. No trickery will be resorted i
to—all will be plain and above board ; and, what s
infinitely of more value, the means are not onlyap-
plicable, but easily adaptable to the present engines
of warfare, can be managed with perfect ease and
safety by those already in the employ of ordnance,
and more economical than even the present admitted
system now generally practised. Again, the main
secret can be kept from others by Government, whilst
yours, Sir, could not be kept six hours ; indeed, I
may say it is well known (at least in its general
principles) even now, and as a discovery for general
application, not worth one farthing. I wish for no
better position than to prove yours an infernal of
little use. As I have no doubt the world will soon
be acquainted with the comparative effect and value
both of your invisible and my visible means, I shall at
present leave the subject, remaining, yours, re-
spectfully, CRITO CURIOSA.
Manchester, August 26.

THE FRENCH IN MOROCCO.
(From the Times.)
°nett, Ana. 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 aquerres are to
join the Marshal. But this is evidently exaggeration.
Nevertheless, if the Marshal intenkseriously 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
he not had a good opportunity of attacking 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
thenews 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 state 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 here 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 more 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 vet
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. People are
getting in prison every day for these breaches of dis-
cipline. But the most galling is, a person is not allowed
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cFrench authorities were aware of the infinite annoyance
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tchhat clivfili these
which they give families, they would moderate this mad
system. lam sure they would permit persons to pro-
vide substitutes.
On Monday last there was a proclamation giv en out,
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THE LONG RANGE AND INVIS
BLE SHELL.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The importance of Captain Warner's invention is
incalculable. Like all extraordinary discoveries, a
host of sceptics has arisen, and, as was the case when
gas was first introduced, thousands are ready to scorn
and ridicule the discoverer of this irresistible power,
who are quite unable to appreciate the value of the
secret. The prejudice of naval and military gentle-
men of the olden school, who are unwilling to be put
out of their usual way, can be readily accounted for,
but with others the opposition can only proceed from
an unworthy jealousy of an original and persevering
individual ; and it shows a great want of liberality in
men of education, if it is not approaching to malice, to
attempt running down Captain Warner by insinua-
tions and assertions altogether gratuitous and un-
tenable. Its adoption as an arm of war, it is evident,
would disturb our present tactics in both land and
sea service, the consequences of which may be rea-
dily conceived, even were the secret to be preserved
by a country where the utmost freedom is given to
foreign Powers t I inspect our arsenals and manufac-
tories. It is most probable that if Government is in-
duced to purchase it, the object will be its suppres-
sion, as is understood to have been the case with an
invention of the late Michael Logan, engineer, who
had discovered a mode of gunnery, which would, if
adopted, have rendered useless the present science of
projectiles. The celebrated Napier of Alerchiston,
who invented the Logarithms, it appears, possessed
the power of an engine, or power, by which a wh
field could be cleared of an ene:ny at one fell dis-
charge ! When urged to divulge the secret, he ob-
served that there were already too many methods
for the destruction of human life, and he would be no
benefactor to mankind were he to multiply them; it
accordingly died with him.

EXTRAORDINARY FEAT OF PEDESTRTANISM.—Yes-
terday a great number of persons assembled at the Rose-
mary Branch ground, at Peckham, to witness the per-
formance of a match undertaken by Manks (better kniwn
under the cognomen of the Warwickshire Antelope).
The match was to run 10 miles and pick up 100 stones,
placed on the ground at a yard apart, to be fetched se-
parately and deposited at one end, making in the whole
a distance of 15 miles, 5 furlongs, and 200 yards, and
complete the same within one hour and 40 minutes. The
stakes were 30/. In the betting the odds were on time.
The ground being measured, he commenced his hercu-
lean task by running the 10 miles, which he completed
in 59 minutes. lie then went to work at the stones upon
the ground, and which he cleared in 38 minutes—thus
accomplishing the match in 97 minutes, and having three
Mintitoi to spa"
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it is such a departure as may be palliated by the prac- ! perhaps at the moment when his affairs most demand I and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
tice and necessities of aggressive warfare. The terms his attention—to be obliged to wear a foreign or a being 13 9, it follows that gold is 0.35 dearer in London
of hostilities between two independent nations are 1 French uniform—to be obliged to purchase this at his
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not of course to be dictated by any third party. Eng- own expense (some 6/. sterling), though he remains but The following is the official notification of the return
four months in Oran—with numberless other vexations.
land cannot direct France how to besiege Moorish of Mehemet Ali sent to the Consuls resident in Alex-
i cannot conceive that these•things can be demanded of
towns or demolish Moorish forts. She cannot say to • •
British subjects. We could not demand them of French ~
ad-
theandria:—
French Admiral, "You must always anchor subjects in our colonies. At any.rate we do not. I be- In answer to the collective letter_which was
dressed on the 27th of July last by the Consuls-General
your ships at such a distance; you must never set Have for some breaches of paltry discipline a person
foot on an island which commands the object of your can be put in prison for forty days 1 In suck a case of France, England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia, the
undersigned is happy to inform the Consul of England,
attack ; or having once landed, you must embark a person may be ruined. It is (Otte time that our Con- that the health of the Viceroy, the state of which had
again within such and such a time." Language like suls laid this before our Govermient. But then there
this would be equally arrogant and absurd. But she is the horror of the " Exequatiir" staring them in the face. lately necessitated the departure of his Highness for
Cairo, is completely re-established, and that, thanks to
I cannot close my letter without asking—" Whether
has a right to say to any country carrying on a mari-
time war in the the vicinity of her own possessions, Government are not yet convincecithat Abd-el-Kader is
notGhi tot
havingaffairs.highnessaggrandizement; declared to all the world that the main to assure Mr. Stoddart of his distinguished considera_ti,nia.
" The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity
you shall not make acquisitions injurious to the com- condition of peace with the Emperor was that that Abd- " ARTIN BEY."
merce and influence of England; you shall not add to el-Kader should be arrested and conveyed to some safe The Guernsey papers allude to a great inconvenience
your, nor infringe upon our, empire in the Mediter- asylum on the Atlantic coast, our Government is prepared which is felt at Jersey,in consequence of the bankers
ranean. You shall not retain one rood of land, what- to see the French, under the pretext of getting this im and traders.
nut being able to come to an agreement as to
ever may be the success of your arms, or the submis- possible condition ceded by tbe Emperor, invading the sa,
sian of your foes." England may speak thus in the Morocco, and preparing it for a'French province ? This ue of the five-franc piece. Some have determined
that they will not take them for more than 3s. 11d.
spirit of self-assertion and self-defence, of salutary is the question it is necessary to repeat until Govern- British money, which is called their "real value ;" while
.ealousy and politic precaution, and with the help ment opens its eyes. The Moors are blinded by
fanaticism, and the unfortunate condition of their birth ;
others insist on their being worth Id. more. All, it
of a strong arm and large resources to support
but no authorities have shown greater blindness in this seems, are agreed that this state of things ought to be,
her both in her remonstrances and her demands. remedied, but no one undertakes the necessary reform,
Yet it is easy to see how these conditions of hosti- affair\i than thelßraithisdh,itwsheGnoavlelLheeinrtexopherhietncteo of the which elicits the familiar remark, that what is the busi-
lity may appear to be violated even where there is ane
Somes of every is the business of no
Americanone.
taught them, the strong, the last hold of Islamism
full intention of adhering to them with good faith. in the West, would not stoop to the Christians ; that statistics published in the journals
no show the progress of the tollage system on the canals of
The island off Msgadore has been occupied by the in- good Mussulman would arrest Abd-el-Kader ; that to that country for the last three years. The produce of
vading squadron. This is priina facie a violation of arrest Abd-el-Kader is looked upon as violating the the principal canals has increased, Albany, West Troy,
a compact between France and England. But it is liberty of the Prophet ; that the Emperor is unable to
Utica, Rome, Syracuse, Albion, and Lockport, being
not necesgirily so. The island, we believe, commands control the remote and immense districts of Arabs, some
among the number ; while on the Schenectady, Monte-
the town, fortification, and port, in such a way as to of them the most hardy and determined in the whole vim, Lyons, Palmyra, Brockport, and Black Rock the
render its occupation a condition necessarily prece- world ; that the Emperor, ever so anxious for peace, produce has decreased. The increase in the tolls of the
dent to the successful attack of the town itself. If could not, dare not, make it with the French, or any Albany Company, comparing 1841 and 1844, was
this be the case, it is as yet only a seeming, not a other Christians ; and yet, our wise people in Gibraltar, $15,952, the amount in the former year having been
real, infringement of their engagement on the part of including the worthy Governor, all declared to the last $122,054, and in the latter year $138,096. In the case
moment, " that there would be no war." of West Troy the increase had been $17,645, the returns
the French. But if this occupation continue after its At the moment of closing my letter, another courier, in 1841 being $91,086, and in 1844 $108,731. In the
necessity has ceased—if other places are occupied in it is said, has arrived from the Marshal, ordering all the case of Syracuse the tolls in 1841 amounted to $21,578,
the same way without excuse, or retained after the disposable force to be sent forward immediately to the and in 1844 to $32,977, showing the increase to. be
causes which may be supposed to justify their occu- camp, as the Moors were again on the offensive, and $11,399. The principal items of decrease occur in the
pation have ceased to exist—then we shall have no coming down with immense reinforcements—with clouds returns from Black Rock, which exhibit a falling off of
hesitation in declaring that a breach of trust has been of cavalry. $10,469, the amount of toll received in 1341 being
committed—a gross wrong done, for which this coun- 822,358, while in 1844 it reached no greater sum than
try is bound to demand explanation and redress. In $11,889 ; and also in the returns from Penn Yan and
the meantime, however, we discern no reason for Brocksop, in each of which there w.:.s a decrease of about
suspecting our neighbours of any such intention, or 86,000. The Oswego returns showad an increase of
convicting them of such misconduct. And it were s3o,s24—the difference between $16,475 in 1841 and
rash—worse than rash, it were unjust, insulting, and 846,999 in 1844: Sabina and Fairfort each also showed
quarrelsome, to rush to the conclusion—a con- an increase of $B,OOO. Buffalo, above ail oti:ers, gives
the enormous increase of $79,719; the returns for 1841
elusion which would militate against the positive being $148,303, and for 1844 $228,022. The result of
assurances received from France—that the occu- the whole returns shows a net inert ase of $175,308 in
pation of the island near Mogadore is only favour of the receipts of 1844, compared with 1841.
the prelude to a system of African conquests and Other statistics of the trade of the United States for
European annoyances. We hope better things. We , the three quarters ending June 30, 1843, compared with
trust the good sense and the good faith of the French the same period in the two previous years of 1841 and
King and his Ministers will exclude this new element 1842, show that the exports had gradually diminished its
of strife from the too ample magazine of feuds and value from $106,382,232 to $77,793,783. Agricultural
jealousie-. We trust that the self-knowledge of the products, including cotton and tobacco, and manufactures,
appear to constitute the chief items of decline ; and the
French people will prevent them entering on the mad great depreciation in the price of cotton seems really to
attempt of raising a maritime empire in Africa. And be one of the most remarkable features in the statement,
when we say this—speaking as we do with a know- since it is proved that though from $54,330,341, the item
ledge of, and a firm confidence in, our own resources returned in 1841, there had been a decrease to $49,119,805
—we would not be understood as impugning the coo- in 1844, the quantity of the staple exported in that year
rage or personal prowess of our rivals. An unneces- exceeded by $262,000 the quantity exported in 1841.
sary and superfluous amount of indignation has The total exports of cotton for the three years were as
been kindled in Paris by a hurried phrase in an follows :-530,204,1001b. in 1841, 587,717,0471 b. in 1842,
extempore contribution to our columns. No one, and 792,297,1061 b. in 1843.
least of all a British officer, would deliberately charge SUN.—Stocks close steadily, Consols were 99 for
Frenchmen, whether sailors or soldiers, with whole- Money and Time; the former sellers. Exchequer Bills
sale cowardice. But any one, and especially a British maintained the rise to 755. to 775. prem. The New Three-
naval officer, might be expected to criticise the sea- and-a-Half per Cents. were 1021 tot ; India Stock was
at 282; and India Bonds were 935. to 955.
manship, the gunnery, and the nautical address of
a
There was a rise in Spanish Stock, some parties hay-
French Admiral and a French fleet. Nor would any ing purchased to complete their accounts by settling
one be so likely as British officers to see and un- day. The Five per Cents. were 221 is and the Three
derstand the deficiencies and errors of those whom per Cents. 33+ to k. Mexican were firm at 354. Belgian
they criticised. Accustomed to the quick, neat, noise- improved to 1031. Dutch Five per Cents. were 100*.
less manoeuvres of an English man-of-war—to the The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
rapid dash of an English frigate—to the admirable been these:—Birmingham and Gloucester, 8i; Ditto,
precision of English gunnery—they would of course New, 10+; Chester and Holyhead, 2; Edinburgh and
exult at the comparative slovenliness and awkward- Glasgow, 15+ ; Great Western, Half, 331 i ; Birming-
ness of French tactics and practice. Nor should, ham, 114; Ditto, Thirds, 34 ; South-Western, 43 to 43;
Croydon, 5i ; Manchester and Leeds, 52; Ditto, Quarter,
our neighbours be so intensely disgusted at this sort 9; Manchester and Birmingham, 12; Ditto, Quarters,
of criticism. It is no fault of theirs that they are not 2/ ; Newcastle and Darlington, 281 ; Northern and
born sailors. But it is the fact—a strong, unalterble Eastern, Scrip, 101; South. Eastern, 4,i1- to i; Ditto, New,
fact. They are not for the sea, nor the sea for them. 7i ; York and North Midland, 55; Ditto, Selby, Scrip,
It is not in their role. Their genius loves the land. 34; and Paris and Orleans, 17 to 17A- prem. Blackwall,
With us—but why repeat the familiar boast, which 9i to 1 ; Brighton, li; and Greenwich, 4* discount.
the experience of the past has made a household pro- British North American Bank Shares were 71 to 7.dis-
verb, and which it were indeed treason to doubt but count ; and London and Westminster, 7 prem.
that the future will confirm ? For the result of a The Exchange on Paris and Trieste was barely so
maritime collision with France, or any other power good; nor that on Leghorn. On Amsterdam it was
of Europe, we have no fear whatever. Our men, our higher, and much the same on Madrid, Lisbon, Hain-
ships, and our skill, are as they were in the best 'days burgh, Ssc.
of our history; and we hope not to be driven to the The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of London for the week ending
necessity of war, much more than we dread the pro- Thursday last :
bable issue of a contest which, on every other ground, Silver Bars to Hamburgh
we are earnestly anxious to avoid. „ „ St. Petersburgh £3,400
„ Coin to Rotterdam
Gold Coin to Port Philip

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 irithe 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 taging 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 exter.ded 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 distres3 that prevailed *thongs 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 the-e
fires were the work of an incendiary, but nothing decisive
is as yet known. The loss must be very heavy.
RECREATION FOR TAE 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 recreatian of the people of Sh( f-
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 ROBBERT.—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 mist 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. The men
then insisted on having the boles of the lodgers opened,
which the lady positively refused to comply with.
They then completely ransacked the house of every
valuable article they coald 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. r. Blundell is a respectable man,
in the employ of Mr. Patrick, the extensive builder of
the Belvidere-road.
CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPERS.—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 8
very large public meeting was held at the Surrey Chapel,
Blackfriars-road, for the purpose of commemorating the
centenary of the birth of the late Rev. Rowland Hill,
and
also
.
to
Theßev.considerJ. s
the proprietyberman,M.A., b
oferecting e
minst r of
the ameiniorial
tohimchapel, presided, and was supported by Mr. Pt it-
chard, the Consul at Otaheite; the Rev. G. Clayton, the
Rev. Dr. Campbell, and several other gentlemen. The
Chairman, in opening the proceeding, 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
centenary of his birth. Many plans had been recom-
maneenedwedas,
tbuth atth awthNiVehhiephrompeotselittho e
rmeeots twgi
tehni ra
al
the ancec
ie,pht -
bonrhood of the chapel
a large school-house, he
might receive the bleasinvs(r),fe n
a
scriptural education. In addition to
this, it was proposed to erect two large infant schools,
osnonuueinnobd:wrlihobfiecrhcahl, and eshould be in the Borough. rad.
Resole
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 the proceed-
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 artiPery.
The 72d, at Buttevant, are hourly expecting the order
to march to Cork, and embark thepc..e forthwith for the
Rock.—Limerick Chronicle.

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 fur
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 off
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 Duchesne 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 fur refresh-
ments, &c.
Mn. DYCE SOMBRE.— Since writing the letter
which has been published in most of the daily journals,
this extraordinary individual has taken his departure
f( cm I3oulogne, 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 BANE CHARTER.—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 busines-. It is further provided by the
Act, that on the day mentioned there shall be transferred
to the " issue department " securities to 14,000,0004
and also so much gold coin and gold and silver bullion as
shall not be required by the banking branch of the esta-
blishment ; and in return, a similar amount of notes is
le l ri 0 Saturday a
:t
___u r,(l,
from
nmgnduetsxbhtte;
ilitsBths
1844, all
department
al
eelaipt neapkdre,trinbt, must
ohenna s:
to be issued to the banking department. The following
clause has reference to gold bullion, by which it will be
s t
demand
faerfnfoottmeri
after
aeotndlhdde
taborut3 1
of the Bank of England notes in exchange for gold bul-
lion, at the rate of 31. 17s. 9d. per ounce of standard
gold. Provided always, that the said Governor and
saidbe Gmeevlteerdnearndassca :,emdpani,
gprooldvebdullbioyn thbel
Company shall in all.cases be entitled to require such
and 3 by persons ap-
proved the ex-
pense of the parties tendering such gold bullion." From
the 31st instant the Bank is to be exempted Amyl stamp.
divest
shall 0c notestahbnaedt
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 190,0001, as fixed when the
charter was granted on the former occasion.
SIR ROBERT AND LADY SALE..-- Sir Robert and
Lady Sale are expected- to arrive in Londonderry the
week after next, on a visit to John Dy:;art, Esq., of this
city, one of whose sons, an officer in the East India.
Company's service, married a daughter of the dis-
tinguished pair. Their only child, Master George
Dysart, has resided in the family of his pateri.al grand-
papa since the death of its father, which occurred some
yf ars ago in India. It is contemplated to invite Sir
Robert to a public dinnc daring his stay, and we have
no doubt that the gentry of the city and county will
cheerfully avail themselves of this opportunity o testi-
fying their respect for one, whose heroic and persever-
ing defence of the walls of Jellalabad was only sorpasseel
by that of the valiant defenders of the " Maiden City,"
155 years ago.—Londonderry Sentintl.
DEFExCE FROM LIGHTNING.—Dr. Franklin Was
the first who found out that lightning consisted of electric
matter. This great discovery taught us to defend
houses, and ships, and temples from lightning ; and also
to understand, that people are always perfectly safe in
a room during a thunder-storm, if they keep thenwelcee
at three or four feet distance from tUe walls,