The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-19 00:00:00

FRANCE AND MOROCCO.
FROM TOR MORNING PALMAS OF SATURDAY.
TIMES.—The news of_ the bombardment of Tan-
gier by the Prince de Joinville will cause some ex-
citement in this country, especially under the present
somewhat ticklish relations in which we stand to
France. There is not, however, on examination, much
to create apprehensions in this fact. It appears that
the Emperor of Morocco has for some time past been
constantly allowing his territories to become the re-
ceptacle of Abd-el-Kader and his bands. Abd-el-
Kader makes irruptions into Algeria, burns, pillages,
and devastates; and then, when the French forces
come up to him, retreats into the territory of Mo-
rocco. The French retire ; the chieftain remains
upon the-borders, watches their departure ; and when
it suits him, out he sallies again, and commits his
depredationa. The Emperor of Morocco is a quiet
man, and indisposed enough to hostilities in his own
person:- Any warlike chieftain, however, who will
-take the trouble off his hinds, and give the French
• intruders a dressing, he is ready to. patronise. And
Abd-el-Kader only does what the Emperor himself,
if he had the spirit, would like to do, and so meets
with this tacit encouragement. This conduct on the
part of the Emperor has been remonstrated against by
the French ; and the demand made of him from that
quarter, either not to admit Abd-el-Kader into his do-
minions at all, or, if he did, to keep him away from the
border, and prevent him from being in a situation to
make these hostile sallies, seems reasonable enough. It
was considered a fair one by the British Government,
and Mr. Drummoad Ha ..was dispatched to act as
mediator, and if possible bring about an accommoda-
tion. It was thought at one. time that this had been
• effected, but the negotiations appear to have broken
off. In this state of things the Prince de Joinville
gave out his intentions-of bombarding some town on
the Moorish coast, and forcing the Emperor to come
to terms,?-and Tangier has been bombarded accerd-
ingly.• 'ln all this there is not much that we see to
alarm our national jealousies. France and Morocco
are two independent Powers, and may fight if they
please without being subject to our interference.
rhe Prince de Joinvill2ielayed his bombardment a
fortnight, in order-to giVe time to the British and
European resklents in the town to withdraw them-
selves and their property into a place of safety. And
although the actual time when the bombardment
eotnmenced was not communicated to Sir Edward
Owen, it was known that.the Prince was only wait-
ing for a decisive answer from the Court of Morocco,
and that when that answer came he would com-
mence hostilities. The only cause of complaint
perhaps worth noticing is the fact that the Journal
des Debats,. the organ of the French Government,
gave a sort of promise some time ago that Tangier,
as being a semi-European town, would not be se-
lected for the bornhardment. The selection of this
Place has doubtless caused great inconvenience to
the foreign residents there, the majority of whom
are British, but the qty.'s "Was purposely deferred
until all these were ourof danger, and even then the
quarter they inhabited was spared. John Bull is apt
to be horrified at hearing any other shot fired in the
Mediterranean but his own. Still there is not much
to alarm him here, so far as present signs go. It is
the duty, however, unquestionably of this country to
be on the alert on these oclasions, to see that no un-
fair advantage is taken, and that France does not con-
vert a piece of fair retaliation into a means of aggres-
si6n and conquest. Attacks like the present have be-
fore now ended in the complete occupation of a coun-
try by a foreign Power; and•the French are probably
not so entirely satisfied with the advantages they have
derived from their possession of Algeria, but that they
would be well content to have a slice of Morocco in
addition. This cannot submitted to. The French
navy has been on the increase now for some time, and
the activity and spirit of the nation has perhaps at-
tached itself to that department now more than it has
ever yet done. We should not, we have all along said,
be sorry to see a little more activity shown in the same
direction among ourselves, and a considerable rein-
forcement equipped at sea. The fleet is at present
hardly worthy of our maritime supremacy, and cer-
tainly insufficient to maintain it.
lIERALD.—The vigilant activity of our Paris
Correspondent enabled us.tu communicate yesterday,
in a very early second edition, the fact of .the bom-
bardment of Tangier by the Prince de Joinville's
squadron: At present we have nothing before us
upon which to reason except this naked fact. That
• fact is, however, an important one, because it proves
that France has, in good earnest, commenced a war,
from which she cannot now honourably retire without
obtaining concessions, which as yet the obstinate Go-
vernment' of Morocco has shown no disposition to
yield; but a war which, if prosecuted to its probable
results, can scarcely he regarded with indifference by
any of the Great Powers of Europe, least of all by
this country. Meanwhile it is no more than justice
claims, to acknowledge that the act of aggression has
been forced upon the Government of France by the
infatuated stubbornness of the. Moors.
CIIRONICLE.—The first blow has been struck in
- new contest. France and Morocco are already at
war, and the news of, a bombardment at Tangiers
will arouse the attention of many to the state of our
foreign relations, who, so long as peace remained un-
broken, might have been content to leave the subject
to Lord Aberdeen and the Cabinet. At such a time,
the sentiments recently expressed by a man of
Lord John Russell's sagacity acquire a new title
to consideration. The views contained in his
last speech, of our relations with France, were those
of a pacific but intrepid statesman. They stand in
marked contrast to the feeble course pursued by the
Foreign-office, and indicate the true mode, and, in
our judgment, the only mode, by which peace between
England and France can be maintained. Nothing
could be less a mbarrassing to an honest Government,
which wielded with firm hands the destinies of Eng-
land, than the speech of the Noble Lord. There was
not a particle of faction. What effect this speech
may have produced on the public mind in France we
cannot yet say; but when-a-atatesman so averse from
war, so temperate and fairin all his views of the re-
lations of one country with another, has spoken out,
as Lord John Russell did the other evening, Lord Aber-
deen should take from it an assurance of the cordial
support of all parties here in his demands of adequate
reparation for the injury which- has been inflicted on
Mr. Pritchard, and adequate security that, in their pro-
credings against Morocco, the French will not convert
due chastisement for injuries into undue aggrandise-
ment; or, under the guise of vindicating their terri-
tories from outrage, place themselves in a position to
exercise an influence, in:which other maritime States
can never acquiesce, on the southern coasts of the
Mediterranean. It is as well that this determination
should be apparent. There is no use in ambiguities.
The Mediterranean was not made for Marseilles
and France alone. It is a noble sea, the shore.; of
which Europe and America must preserve in far
more hands than one. We still hope that the ques-
tion between the two nations on the coast of Africa
will be brought to a satisfaCtory solution. It is for
the interest of both ceuntries that such should be the
c44e- No persons can wish less for war, or wish more
for peace, than we do; but there is one thing worse
than war, and one thing for which no peace can com-
pensate a people;
and that is, loss of honour. France
is strong and powerful: not stronger or more
powerful than ourselves ; but strong enough
to know how strong we are, and powerful enough
to feel that British power is not inferior to hers.
The cardinal error of Sir R. Peel is to consider M.
Guizot the only possible French Minister. The
latter is his own double at the Tuileries. It has be-
come a sort of habit with our Premier to consider
himself indispensable, but not much more so than M.
Guizot. Whether M. Guizot returns the compli-
ment we cannot say, but nothing can lead to worse
results than these international flirtations. It
makes an unpopular Minister do harm abroad as
well as at home. It gives a Minister in a freecountry
two troubles—one to support himself in the
House of Commons, another to support his
friend in the Chamber: of Deputies. Gibraltar
is as dear to us as Guizot. We are quite
willing to prop the latter, but we cannot afford
to lose such props as Tunis and Tangiers to the former.
So, also„in.regard to the antipodes. It is a very easy
Vatter'to Stroke down Mr. Pritchard, and to mitigate
/7..,-our*iith at M. d'Aubigny ; but the worst of these
?"." things-is- that, some other foolish agent will do some
other foolish thing, under the belief that some other
foolish Minister' will let him off as easily. No, it
Tnuat come to thii, that they, who v:oiate proprieties
-_znuat not do so with impunity.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
GUILDHALL.

retrogradation has already commenced, and, CITY SHERIFFS' COURT.
commenced with the missionaries themselves ? DONOHUE V DRAPER.
If the truth be, as we fear it is, that the meral In this case the plaintiff, Mr. John Donohue,green-
state of these new acquisitions to the king- grocer, Vere-street, Clare•market, sought to recover
dom of truth already declines, must not we from the defendant, Mr. John Draper, landlord of the
conclude that in foreign missions, as in home Globe, Charles street, Hatton-garden, the sum of 61.
teaching, the voluntary system is radically vicious ?" for the hire of a van.
" There is," as a ggoci man said, " a little Mr. Charnock appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr.
Pope in the heart of every one of us." We all Lush for the defendant.
wish for power ; we, all, wish that other men I Mr. CRARNOCK stated that the defendant had a
should adopt our views in religion, as in every- Derby club at his house, the members of which were
thing else; give us power, however, and though desirous to go to Epsom on the Derby day. The
we may first use it for the good of others, we will , defendant, in consequence, engaged a van of the
soon apply it to our own profit, and to the se- plaintiff, for which he consented to pay 61., it being
cure preservation of the so profitable power. The for the accommodation of ten of the members. On
principle of Popery in _this respect is universal, the day named, the van being at the door, the driver
and in the relation between intelligent, and there- of it, who was the plaintiff's brother, was told
fore powerful, missionaries and ignorant con- by the defendant that the plaintiff had agreed
verts, it has full sway. The All-wise has not, how- to let the van for twenty persons. There were
ever, left his own service without a protection from eighteen, however, who took their seats, in ad-
this danger : that protection is " civil government:" dition to whom the defendant put into the van
—civil government which forestalls the tempt- three barrels of ale and porter, twelve hampers
ing lure, temporal power, that has led so of provisions, with a large quantity of cigars, soda
many religious teachers into mortal error— water, and bottles of wine. With this load the van
leaving the ministers of, religion to their sacred went to Epsom Downs. On its return, at Tooting,
office and preparing a people upon whom that office there was a disturbance among the party, and, in a
may he most effectually exercised. Might not the pugilistic encounter, a person named Bullen received
principle of a civil control and a civil support be ap- a black eye. The defendant was so disgusted with
plied with the best effect to missions among the his friends that he left them there, and came to town
heathen ? The subject-Is intricate, but the end is all- in a cart. The defendant now refused to pay the de-
important. mand upon him, and offered to pay 4/. The action
was brought to recover the whole amount.
Mr. Proctor, a coal dealer, said that on the 16th of
May, he was in the defendant's parlour, when the
' plaintiff was there. He heard the former say, "Is
' your van hired ? If not I will engage it, and give
you 6/." Witness understood the plaintiff to allude
to the Derby day, and asked for a deposit. The de-
fendant replied, that he could pay for the van in the
morning, when the van was brought. He also ob-
served, that there would be ten persons besides the
luggage.
By Mr, Lusu—The defendant told him that he had
offered the plaintiff 41., which he refused to take.
Daniel Donohoue, the plaintiff's brother, confirmed
the statement of the Learned Counsel, and said that
the luggage, with the passengers weighed above two
tons. He produced the excise'ticket for the hire of
the van, which was signed by the defendant.
Other evidence to a similar effect being given,
Mr. Lusu, for the defendant, contended that his
client was not the person who engaged the van. Two
gentlemen, of the names of Silk and Bullen, rendered
themselves responsible, and they agreed with the
plaintiff that twenty persons were to go in the van,
and that they would pay him Cl. for the hire of it.
He would prove this, and that the horses in the van
were not sufficiently powerful for the journey ; that
one of them jibbed ; and that the party were fre-
quently obliged to,get omit of the van, in order to push
it along the road.—(Laughter.)
Mr. G. Silk, a commercial traveller, said that he
entered into an engagement with the plaintiff for the
hire of his van, for which he was to pay 31., the plain-
tiff consenting to take ten persons of his party. Mr.
Bullen was to provide ten other persons, and to pay
an additional 3/. Witness was to receive the money
from each, which was 61. for the day. Some brought
their own provisions. Defendant supplied only two
barrels (nine gallons each) of ale and porter, two
dozen quart bottles of stout, six bottles of wine, two
dozen bottles of ale, some cigars, and a piece of beef
and ham.—(Laughter.) The van had not got further
than Kennington, when one of the horses began to
jib, and some of them had to get out to push the
wheels. Others got out, fearing that the van would
he upset.—(Laughter.) This happened, at least
twenty times, and on some occasions they all got out.
They arrived at the course about half-past one o'clock.
They left again about half-past five o'clock, and it
was near eleven o'clock before they got to Tooting.
There were some would not go any further, and they
hired a cab, while others walked to town. On a part
of the road the driver got out to fight, and that de-
tained them half an hour. It cost witness 12s. for
the hire of a cab to town.
By Mr. Lusu—There were only two of the partS,
the worse for liquor. He had never been at Epsom
before, and would never go again.
Mr. Bullen corroborated the last evidence, and said
that the cause of-his dispute was, that his hat was
knocked down over his eyes. He resented the af-
front, when he received a black eye.
Mr. Penny, one of the party, stated that he agreed
to pay Mr. Silk. He went out for a day's pleasure,
and it was the hardest day's work he ever had in his
life.—(Laughter.) Sometimes, when the party was
pushing behind and the driver whipping the horses,
they would start off into a gallop, when they all had
to run, and it was with the greatest difficulty that
they could get up to the van.—(Laughter.)
Some other witnesses being examined,
Mr. CHARNOCK replied, and observed that the sig-
nature to the ticket was in the handwriting of the de-
fendant, and was a proof of his responsibility.
The Learned CO-MMISSIONER summed up, when the
jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, 61.

Rickard Palmer, a young man residing at Ber-
mondsey, was charged with pilfering silver spoons
from two taverns.
Charles Woods, waiter at the Three Cups Tavern,
Aldersgate-street, stated, that the prisoner was served
by him with a tumber and tea-spoon, containing six-
penny-worth of gin and water, in the coffee-room, by
his order. He (witness) suspected him, and continued
to watch him, but was unfortunately called away. On
his return, in three minutes, he found Palmer had
left, having thrown the newspaper over the glass to
conceal that he had taken the silver spoon. He ran
into Aldersgate--treet, informing the police of it; de-
scribing the particular kind of chocolate-coloured
trowsers he wore. No other persou had been in the
room at the time to steal the spoon. About twenty
minutes after he was taken by a City policeman,
owing to the description given. He denied having
been at all at the Three Cups, and on being con-
fronted with Woods, the waiter, still persisted in this
statement, though he was immediately recognised by
the latter. A metal spoon, made of British plate, was
found in his waistcoat pocket, which, he said, he had
picked up. Five duplicates, relating to two shirts
and other wearing articles, were found on him, toge-
ther with three pocket handkerchiefs.
William Freeman, waiter at the New Inn, Old
Bai!ey, remembered the prisoner as having remained
about an hour in the room with some hot gin and
water he had ordered. After depositing a tray in a
cupboard in the room, he was absent for a few minutes,
and on his return found Palmer had decamped, taking
with him five silver salt spoons. Witness had singled
the prisoner out from among a number of prisoners in
the Compter, on being taken there for that purpose.
A silver cruet, worth V. 10s., had been stolen by
onother man at the same time.
The prisoner offered no defence, and was remanded,
under expectation that other charges will appear
against him.

.MARYLEBONE.
Shortly before the meeting of the Court, a poor
Italian, who gave his name Louis Morangi, was
brought up in custody and placed at the bar, charged,
at the instance of Viscount Frankfort, N 0.17, South-
wick-crescent, Hyde Park-square, with having re-
fused to desist from playing his organ when required
to do so. It will be remembered that his Lordship
has for years past evinced a most decided antipathy to
street music, particularly that of the organ-ic descrip-
tion, and that, upon several occasions when offending
musicians have been placed at the bar of justice to
answer for their misdeeds in disturbing the said ec-
centric nobleman Mr. Wooller has attended to con-
duct the cases; his professional services were, how.
ever, now dispensed with.
Charles Davis, the butler, gave evidence to the
effect that on the same afternoon, about three o'clock,
the prisoner was playing his organ for some time
within a few doors of Lord Frankfort's residence,
and by order of his Lordship witness went out and
desired him to move away. He continued to play
on, and presently stationed himself directly in front
of his Lordship's house, at which spot he was ulti-
mately given into the custody of police-constable
Wilkins.

Mr. RAWLINSON here read a section applicable to
the offence, in the 57th clause of the Police Act,
which runs thus :—" And be it enacted, that it shall
be lawful for any housekeeper within the metropolitan
police districts, personally, or by his servant, or by
any police constable,to require any street musician to de-
part from the neighbourhood of the house of such house-
holder on account of the illness of any inmate of such
house, or for other reasonable cause ; and every person
who shall sound or play upon any musical instrument
in any thoroughfare near any house, after being so
required to depart, ,shall be liable to a penalty of not
more than 405."

Mr. RAWLINISON (to Davis)—ls there any illness
in his Lordship's house ? Davis—There is not, Sir.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Men, what "reasonable cause"
do you assign for having ordered the prisoner away ?
Davis—Only that Lord Frankfort does not like mu-
sic, Sir,

Mr. RAWLINSON—These organ-players know that
he don't like it, and they go there on purpose to an-
noy him, I believe. Isn't that so ? Davis--It is.
Sir, there can be no doubt of it.
Mr. RAWLINSON—Then it's very scandalous con-
duct.

1 The prisoner, in answer to the charge, stated in
Italian, that he was not aware of his having done any-
thing wrong, and that he was merely playing in the
street as usual for his livelihood, when he was laid
hold of by the constable.—He was discharged.
QUEEN-SQUA RE.
As the magistrate was about retiring, a respectable-
looking elderly female applied to Mr. Burrell for his
assistance under the following circumstances :—Ap-
plicant, who stated her name to be Elizabeth Bird,
said that between 21 and 22 years ago, she was de-