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Aug. 6- Tangier, in Morocco, was bombarded by a French squadron, under the command of the Prince de Joinville, and the fortifications of the town completely destroyed.

Aug. 15. Mogadore, a town on the seacoast of Morocco, was bombarded by the French squadron under the Prince de Joinville, the fortifications ruined, and the town itself set on fire. A few days before, a battle was fought at Oued Islay, between the Moors and the French under Gen Bugeaud, in which the former were entirely defeated, with the loss of 800 men.

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Aug. 24. Great outrages committed in Rensselaer county, New York, by a body of the tenantry, who refused to pay their rents, and maltreated the officers of justice who were sent to compel them.

Sept. 4. The decision of the House of Lords was given on the case of O'Connell and his associates, reversing the judgment of the Court, and setting the prisoners at liberty.

Sept. 10. Peace was concluded between France and Morocco, in which all the demands of the former power were granted.

Sept. 19. A great mass convention of the Whig party was held at Boston, Daniel Webster presiding, when it was estimated that about 25,000 persons from other towns were present.

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CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.

Page 92. William Collins, of Portsmouth, Va., is appointed First Aaditor of the Treasury.

Page 94.- Royal R. Hinman is appointed Collector of New Haven, in place of James Donaghe.

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Page 95. Benjamin F. Browne is appointed Postmaster of Salem, Ms., in place of C. Foote.

Page 102.- William L. Yancey is elected a Representative to Congress to fill the vacancy in the 3d district of Alabama.

Page 106. Thomas D. Moseley is appointed Attorney of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee in the place of John M. Lea. Page 107.- Robert C. Ewing is appointed Marshal of the United States for the District of Missouri in place of William C. Anderson; John R. Hayes, in place of C. W. Cutter, Clerk of the Court at Portsmouth, N. H. Page 108.- Places and times of holding the District Court of the United States for Delaware: Newcastle-3d Tuesday in June, and 2d Tuesday in December; -- Dover - the Tuesday next following the 3d Monday of March, and the Tuesday next following the 4th Monday of September.

Page 110. John A. Bryan, of Ohio, is appointed Chargé d'Affaires to Peru in place of James C. Pickett; Andrew J. Donelson, Chargé d'Affaires to Texas, in place of Tilghman A. Howard.

Pages 110-113.-The following persons have been appointed U. S. Consuls: Robert L. McIntosh, for Lufowchou, in China; Alexander Tod, for Alexandria, in Egypt; Joel W. White, in place of James Hagarty, for Liverpool, in England; John B. Williams, for the Auckland Islands in the Pacific Ocean, in lieu of his appointment for the Bay of Islands, in New Zealand; Isidore Guillet, commercial agent for the island of St. Thomas; Robert Walsh, for the city of Paris, in place of Lorenzo Draper; Gabriel G. Fleurot, for the island of Martinique; Eneas Mc Faul, Jr., for Laguna de Terminos, in Mexico, in place of Leonard R. Almy; Franklin Lippincott, for Cien Fuegos, in Cuba; Isaac Stone, for San Juan de los Remedios, in Cuba; Duff Green, for Galveston, in Texas, in place of A. M. Green.

Page 115. Clement Smith is vice-consul of Brazil for the District of Columbia, in place of Christopher Neale.

Page 116.-C. H. F. Moring is consul of Hamburg for the port of Boston; Albert Schumacher, of Baltimore, consul of Hamburg for the United States.

Page 117. - Don Pablo Chacon, formerly consul-general of Spain at Philadelphia, is deceased.

Page 239.

Thomas G. Pratt is chosen Governor of Maryland for three years from January, 1845.

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