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FRANCE.—After long denying the fact, the Paris papers admit that the- Tahiti question between the French and English Governments is settled. The Courrier Francais states, that 25,000 francs will be the amount of the compensation offered to Mr. Pritchard for the outrage inflicted upon him by M. D'Aubigny. Captain Bruat has succeeded to the rank of Capitaine de Vaisseau of the first class.

The Municipal Council of Toulon have made great preparations to receive the Prince De Joinville in triumph on his expected return to France ; having voted 20,000 francs for the purpose, besides 500 francs to be given to the widow of each sailor from Toulon killed at Tangier or Mogador. The Prince is looked for in Paris about the 15th instant. There is a talk that he will be made Lord High Admiral of France ; a post first filled, in 1270, by Florent de Varennes, and last borne by the Due D'Angouleme.

bIoaocco.—Letters from Gibraltar of the 81st August contain some allusions to Morocco, which are not without interest. It seems that the letters in the Times, purporting to be from British officers, had dis- pleased the Admiral of the station ; and the consequence is the sub- joined notice, published in the Gibraltar papers— "Her Majesty's Steam-vessel Vesuvius, at Gibraltar, 30th August 1844. " General Mem. No. 157.

"Various offensive paragraphs having appeared in some English newspaperr with reference to the late proceedings on the coast of Barbary, " The attention of the several captains and commanders of her Majesty's ships and vessels under my command, and more especially of the Warapite, is called to the mischief which attends on such unlicensed publications, written for the most part, as they must be, without accurate knowledge, with false views, and under wrong impressions.

" They are directed to impress the minds of those whom they respectively command with a just sense of the evil consequences and mutual they may give rise to, between the subjects of her Majesty and those of friendly powers..

" And, with reference to the 9th art. sec. 2 chap. 5 page 96 of the Admiralty Instructions, they will call for strict obedience to the directions it contains; assuring those who may transgress herein, that, if discovered, they will be. visited by the high displeasure of the Right Honourable the Lords Commis- sioners of the Admiralty, and be made responsible in every case for any mis- chief which arises from the practice.

(Signed) "B. W. C. R. OWEN, Vice-Admiral. "To the respective Captains, Commanders, and Commanding-officera of H.M. Ships gad Vessels in the Mediterranean." Going back to the attack on Mogador, the letters recount the escape of some British subjects in that devoted city. A few had managed to get away before the bombardment began ; but others remained, and could not procure the means of escape from the wild Arabs, who in- vested the town as soon as it was abandoned by the regular authorities— "The Kabyles returned on the morning of the 16th, in greater force ; and, Lading the gates shut, threatened to set fire to every thing if they were not instantly opened. After some delay, this was done; and the rush of the Ka- bytes through the streets was distinctly heard by those Christians and Jews who were concealed. The merchants' houses were immediately attacked ; and the cries and shrieks of men, women, and children, pierced the air in every direc- tion, and were heard by Mr. Willshire and party during the whole day and night. Our Vice-Consul, Mr. Wiltshire, escaped in a miraculous manner. His daughters and their governess had previously got on board the Beds, and during the bombardment were safe on board the Warspite ; but Mr. Willshire, -his wife, Messrs. Allnut and Lucas, clerks in Mr. Willshire's establishment, Mr. Robertson, (a merchant,) and his wife and four children, were on shore the whole time. Mrs. Willshire had four or five daggers raised to her throat by these wretches, in hopes of extorting money. Iler presence of mind and her knowledge of the Moghrebi dialect saved her. One of the ruffians seized upon Mr. Robertson's little girl, a pretty child about nine years old, and scratched her arm several times with his dagger ; calling out Money !' at each stroke. Mr. Robertson himself, as he tried to escape, received a sabre- cut on the right elbow. After hours of agony and suspense, they managed to escape the attention of the Kabyles, who were too intent upon booty ; and got to the Waterport about three o'clock in the morning of the 17th. Mr. Lucas bad found his way there an hour before ; and, lashing together three planks, which fortunately lay at the gate, he paddled himself off to the French brig- of-war Cassard, then about a mile off. A French boat was immediately sent to their assistance ; and the Prince, made acquainted with their escape, sent them in a steamer to theWarspite."

The Paris Mon iteur publishes a long report from the Prince De Jcin- title of what he designates "the purely military part of his operations on the coast of Morocco." He gives full details of the position of all he ships at Tangier, the number of guns fired, and of the killed and wounded, and goes over the same ground as regards the bombardment of Mogador. It does not appear very clearly what the object of the despatch is, as it gives no new information, except in this brief post- script, which is dated on the 25th August-

" P.S. On the 23d our establishment on the island was completed, and I Lent away to Cadiz a part of the squadron. In the course of the day, a gun was fired from one of the towers of the town commanding the country ; and the ball having fallen in the midst of us in the port, we destroyed with shells the houses near this tower. 1 then sent Lieutenant Touchard, the chief of my staff, with one hundred men, to fix scaling ladders against the tower. The de- tachment scaled the wall without opposition, and spiked the last guns that could play upon us. From the height of the tower, the town could be seen : it appeared deserted, and horribly devastated. This operation, which was not absolutely necessary, has had the advantage of showing the garrison of the island, that, with its own forces and the resources of the local station, it keeps the town completely at its mercy."

A writer at Marseilles is assured, " that the Emperor of Morocco has refused accepting the ultimatum of the French Government; and that, notwithstanding the severe lesson he received at Isly, Mogador, and Tangier, he is preparing for a vigorous resistance." He adds, however, "I am bound to state that this important communication was made to .me by a commercial gentleman, and is an extract of a letter received from Larache ; and, therefore, not entitled to the full credit of news re- ceived by the usual means."

The Spanish papers confirm the report that Morocco had acceded to all the demands of Spain, and had even granted terms more liberal than were exacted. Mr. H. L. Bulwer, who had paid two visits to Tangier, is understood to have made some successful endeavours to settle differences which Sweden, Denmark, and other powers, had with Morocco.

The agent to Lloyd's Committee mentions a loss sustained by the French navy-

" The Greenland, one of the largest of the French war-steamers, was totally lost on the West coast of Morocco, on some rocks about three leagues from Larache, on the 26th instant. The Moors immediately commenced an attack upon the vessel; which had lasted full four hours, when, fortunately, the steamer Vidette arrived to her assistance, succeeded in dispersing the Moorish soldiers, and received on board the crew and such things as could be saved from the wreck. In the afternoon, the Prince De Joinville, in the Pluton, also arrived on that part of the coast ; and, finding it impossible to float the Groen- land, -caused her to be destroyed by fire." SPAIN, according to the Bayonne correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, is threatened with another revolution. In one of the most im- portant towns of Spain there is a regiment of 1,800 men, and in the province of which that town is the capital there are two battalions, ready to turn their arms to Espartero's use ; and agents are at work in the towns of Navarre and the Basque Provinces. The directors of a movement intended for the 15th of last month postponed it, because they feared that their plans were discovered by Government : but they have reassembled in Madrid, and are as busy as ever. Zurbano, the popular military chief, who resided near Logrono, has lately disap- peared. Something, says the writer whom we quote, may be looked for in the North of Spain, or in Madrid, in October.

Elections of Deputies and Senators are in progress throughout Spain, 'and proceed favourably to the Government; the Progresistas abstaining -from all interference.

ITALY also is represented by a letter from Ancona in the Augsburg Gazette, dated on the 28th August, to be under a similar threat- " Three weeks ago, a cutter which left Malta under the Greek flag, and Ida& sailed in the direction of Corfu, had on board some persons who are sus- of having kept up relations with the committee of the party called Young Italy in London. We now learn that these incorrigible enemies of the public peace are preparing for A new expedition against the Roman States. Salvatore Fats, who is charged with the execution of this project, was on board the cutter. He has for mission to receive into pay some Albanian brigands on tbe coast of Greece, and to attempt with them a landing on some favourable point. It is stated from Calabria, that a captain who was in the Neapolitan service is endeavouring to get up a tevolt. The authorities, notwithstanding their vigilance sail activity, have not been able to arrest him. There reigns in the Romagna, and particularly at Forli and Imola, a certain degree of agitation ; but the mass of the population is perfectly tranquiL They know well what they have to expect from the malecontents ; they are aware to what the anar. taileal sad fanatical 11,44 rtr thole misled men might conduct them. Consider. able sums of money have been lately sent from Marseilles to Corfu and Cala-

bria, for the agents of the committee of Young Italy at London." , Eavrr.—A letter from Alexandria, dated the 8th August, result of Mehemet Al's late escapade ; which now appears to havaltief/ by no means made for nothing-

" A Council was held at Cairo, on the evening of the Sth iustaittoif- Pachas, Beys, and men of influence in the country, to tald itqfenisiclepxtier. the different reasons of complaint his Highness Mehemit hid Co make against them ; and they all acknowledged at once their guilt in not having duly made his Highness cognizant of their acts, and having done things without lux authority ; and they also represented their readiness to submit to any punish- ment which his Highness might be pleased to inflict upon them. Mehemet Ali left them to pass judgment on themselves, and withdrew ; and the Council came to the determination, at the proposal of Ibrahim Paths, the President, that he himself (Ibrahim Pacha) should be deprived of one year's salary, and the other members of six months' salary. Mehemet Ali, however, found the award too great, and reduced the punishment to the loss of six months' salary to Ibrahim Paella, and four months' salary to all the others. After this de- cision, Mehemet All seems to have been quite satisfied ; and the profit that his Highness will make by it has been calculated to amount to upwards of 250,000 dollars. His Highness then sent down instructions to Artin Bey, at Alexandria, to inform the five Consuls-General of his perfect reestablishment in health, his renouncement of going to Mecca, and his determination to direct affairs him- self as hitherto. On the 6th, his Highness ordered his steamer to he in readiness to bring him down to Alexandria ; and he is expected to arrive here in the course of this night."

INDIA.—The over-land mail brings intelligence from Bombay to the 31st July, and from Calcutta to the 15th. The steamer left Bombay on the 19th; but a shaft of the machinery breaking, the vessel was obliged to return under sail, and the mails were sent by another steamer to Suez ; where the Calcutta mail arrived in a separate steamer.

The change of Governors-General had not been perfected. Lord Ellenborough had retired from the administration of affairs, and had taken a private house in the suburbs of Calcutta. The Honourable Wilberforce Bird carried on the government pro tempore. The Hin- dostan, with Sir Henry Hardinge on board, arrived at Madras on the 20th July ; hut he did not land. He was expected to reach Calcutta about the 24th. Lord Ellenborough's removal had elicited some decla- rations in his favour : the press very generally censured the Company for his recall; the officers of the Army at Calcutta had invited him to a dinner to be given four days after the arrival of his successor ; and sub- scriptions for some testimonial were on foot, one regiment alone having given 1,500 rupees.

There had been two military disasters in Upper Scinde. First, an- other mutiny in the Sixty-fourth Regiment of Native Infantry, noto- rious for its insubordination some months back in refusing to march to Scinde. The Regiment was stationed at Shikarpore : in consequence of some misunderstanding about promises made by their commanding- officer Colonel Moseley, when the men were to be paid, on the 20th July, they refused to receive their pay—pelting their officers with brickbats. The mutinous act being reported to General Hunter, the officer in command at that place, he sent for another regiment to take the place of the mutineers ; and, assuming the command of the Sixty- fourth, led it to Sukkur, on the way to Delhi; stopping at a place where boats had been prepared to carry them across the river. Here the Thirteenth Regiment and Forster's battery had been placed in ambush ready to fire at a moment's notice. General Hunter now harangued the mutineers on their misconduct, severely censuring the officers, but re- quiring the ringleaders to be given up. Thirty-nine were surrendered accordingly. Colonel Moseley had been suspended, and Colonel Nor- ton had been appointed to the command in his stead. The other disaster was the loss of the grass-cutters of the Sixth Ir- regular Cavalry, about fifty in number, who were employed, under an escort, in procuring forage at Khangur, twelve miles from Sukkur. A private letter from an officer gives this account of the affair- " It seems that the party of Syces and the escort were sent to a much greater distance than was necessary ; that the horsemen, after reaching their ground and gong to sleep, were alarmed by a pot-shot fired close to them: a single man only was observed ; and in place of attacking him at once, they commenced firing with their short carbines. This, however, did not last long : a party of about fifty men well armed, accompanied by a small gun, attacked them in flank ; and a second body, about one hundred strong, appeared almost simultaneously and attacked them in rear. The escort, on finding themselves thus between the horns of a dilemma,' commenced a sort of sauve psi pent devil-take-the-hinder- most-sort of retreat; left the grass-cutters to their fate ; and, rather trust- ing to their steeds than their swords, they reached camp with the loss of fourteen men. The grass-cutters are believed to have all perished."

Sir Charles Napier had mentioned the occurrence in a very indignant general order ; highly blaming the conduct of Captain Mackenzie, the commander of the Irregulars. Shere Mohammed, the contumacious chief, is said still to be hovering about at the head of some 1,500 horsemen, but is reported willing to come in.

The Punjaub was more settled ; Heera Singh's successes in the field having consolidated his power.

In Afghanistan, Akhbar Khan had attained some successes against the rebellious Afghan chiefs—enough to warrant his triumphant return to Cabul, on his appointment as Vizier ; but he was in bad health, or, as some supposed, in a decline; and he appears quite to have relinquished the threatened conquest of Peshawar. The daughter of Yar Moham- med, of Herat, had been betrothed to Mohammed Akhbar, and was on her way to Cabal by way of Candahar.

Some troubles were threatened towards the North. Dost Mohammed is said to be apprehensive of an invasion of his territory by the King of Bokhara or the Koondooz Chief, and was preparing to meet it ; and again, the Bokhara Chief appears apprehensive of a double invasion of his territory, by the Persians from the South and the Russian allies on. the North.

A writer, who signs himself "E. P. D.," but who had privately communicated his real name, had sent the following statement to the Indian papers-

" With reference to the letter which appeared in the columns of the Morning Chronicle of the 8th January, and represented in other newspapers, 'purporting to be from Sir Henry Pottinger to a friend in India,' and commenting on the policy pursued towards the Ameers of Scinde, I deem it requisite now to conie forward and distinctly state, that that letter was addressed to me by Sir Henry Pottinger. It was a private letter, which the writer never intended should be pubilailad in any shape, and which never could have been made public in the manner in which it came forth, had it not been for what I consider a breach of confidence on the part of an individual to whom it was shown without my con- sent or knowledge- I have been induced especially to come forward now, (although some delay has occurred from reference which I have been com- pelled to make,) in consequence of its having been considered that the latter part of the letter alluded to has reference to the proceedings of Sir C. Napier; which inference is totally erroneous. No allusion could have been intended to the acts and views of that officer; as Sir H. Pottinger could only become acquainted with them through the second Scinde Blue Book, which was not published in London until the 2d of August, the letter written by Sir Henry to me having been dated Hong-kong, 24th or September. I make this state- ment in justice to Sir Henry Pottinger ; whose sentiments on the subject I have this day been made acquainted with." The U101160011 had been exceedingly favourable ; forty inches of rain having fallen at Bombay within three weeks. The drought, however, is said to have spoiled the indigo crop in Bengal. In Bombay, public attention was drawn to a plan for making a rail- way to the Thull and Bhore Ghauts, two great passes in the mountains of the neighbouring Concan country, by which all the trade comes to that port. The cost is estimated at 350,000/. ; and a large number of shares had been taken.

CHINA.--The date of the intelligence from China is the 21st June. Sir Henry Pottinger had left Hong-kong on that day, in the Queen's ship Driver ; and, stopping at Bombay, he intended to proceed to Eng- land by the steamer that was to take the September mail. Mr. Davis, the new Governor, had arrived at Hong-kong on the 7th May. His appointment had given great satisfaction, not only to the British, but, it is said, even to the Imperial Government. He was accompanied out by a troop of official people. The colony was healthy and flourishing ; and most of the British merchants had removed thither from Macao.

New negotiations had taken place and were in prospect- " The Imperial Commissioner Ke3 log," says the Hong-kong Gazette of 19th June, " has arrived from the North, empowered to treat with the Ame- rican and French Ministers. Mr. Davis and Sir Henry Pottinger have both had interviews with Keying at the Bogue; %%here they proceeded with the Castor frigate and the Spiteful and Driver steam ships. Keying visited Mr. Davis on board the Castor, when he was received with a salute and manned yards. It is mid the negotiation with the American and French missions will be at Macao, where his Excellency Mr. Cushing has been residing for a few months. The French Plenipotentiary has not yet reached China, but he is almost daily expected. The precise objects of these missions, and whether they will proceed to the North, is quite unknown. The commercial interests of the United States in China are very great, and the appointment of a special mission at the present juncture has nothing in it extraordinary. French com- merce here is a mere trifle."

AUSTRALIA.—There is a hubbub in Eastern Australia, which has been brewing for some years. Sir George Gipps had imposed a charge of 10/. on every station for a pasturage-licence to feed sheep ; and papers to the 2d May represent the sheep-feeders as being in the highest degree incensed. Some even talked of refusing to pay the tax and of setting the qovernment at defiance!

UNITED STATE.—By the packet-ship New York, papers have been received from t e port of that name to the 17th August. The only important poin they contain is a rumour that an extra: session of tit Congress will e called, in consequence of a e;scovery that the British ----- - ---etimernament had in some way interfered about the annexation of Texas.