The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1860 oR 0 COO. SPAIN AND (From tlie Correspondent of the Times.) CAMP IN FRONT OF' CEUTA, DEC. 31. Yesterday was a summer day of great beauty and c onsiderable heat, when i t was pie asanter to emain over under the shade of the tent than to scramble hours. our hilly territory duri n g the four mia-daY or they had A ppare ntly the Moors thoug ht so too, ee w p e the discretion to remain q uiet until thr , when they advanced and ope ned fire upon ou r left, direct ing their attacks especially against the parapets in front of Ros de Olano's camp. They concentrated their force more than usual, instead of spreading it over a very long line,und. their fire was so well us over as to induce some to believe that th them the ey must h av e got a supply of cartridges, sparing ti m e thcygenerally lose in loading their long. guns out of a bag of loose powder and bullets. But it is more probable that the difference arose from their being massed. They were bolder yesterday than they have lately be en —probably they were fresh troops, for of late we had observed that they were any thing but forward. Some of them actually came to the low parapets which are thrown up in advance of the redoubts as cover for our troops, and, seiz ing the stones, tried to pull them down. Our total loss in the affair was 17 wounded. I am enabled to give you, from Spanish official sources, some details of the proceedings of the squa dron the day before yesterday at the port of Tetuan. The vessels arrived at the mouth of the river at one p.m., and by half-past one were in position, when the Moorish forts began the fire. These consist, ac cording to the acccou nt g iven to me, of the small tower already often spoken of, another fort, and an earth battery. At the first broadside fired by the squadron, in reply to the Moorish cannonade, the fort blew up, a shell having fallen into the powder magazine. By half-past two the fire from the ships had silenced all the Moorish guns, and the squadron steamed out of the river, but presently re turned, when the fort and castle recommenced their fire. In less than half an hour this was silenced for the second time, and the ships again departed and again returned. This time the Moors did not fire. The ships opened upon the works and knocked them to pieces, destroying all that was not solid stone, and at half-past three finally departed. The captain of the French steamer, which was present at the bombardment, congratu lated the Spanish Admiral on the very complete manner in which he had done his work, and on the rapidity with which it had been executed. The vessels that chiefly distinguished themselves were the steam frigate Villa de Bilbao, which did not go out of the river on the two occasions when the others left it, but remained circling and ob serving the enemy, and the little steamer Vulcano. The fire of the Moors did no harm whatever; not a Spaniard was wounded, not a hull, spar, or rope touched. This is the Spanish account of the affair. To-day is not so fine as yesterday, and the wind has shifted to the east. It is but a light breeze at present,—but this is the way these Levanters begin, - and to-night it may blow a gale. Nevertheless, a move is decided upon for to-morrow. Six rations are being drawn, heavy baggage is to be sent on board the steamers that will accompany us, the General-in-Chief has struck his tent and had it re placed by a small one. If this wind holds, I believe head-quarters will move only to a short distance beyond our present extreme left ; if it changes we expect to go further,—as far, I presume, as it is con venient for the army to march before night, and in presence of the opposition we expect from the enemy. A large mass of rations is on board the steamers that are to follow us along shore. Half a million rations—a month's supply—have been for some days shipped, and I believe the quantity has since been increased. General Jose Concha arrived in camp soon after noon to-day. Finding himself at Cadiz, on his re turn from the Havannah, he came across to visit General O'Donnell. They have now ridden out to the redoubts. So far as I have had as yet an opportunity of ob serving, and of ascertaining from officers who have been here from the very first day of the war, the mili tary tactics of the Moors are very limited and mono tonous. Their stratagem is always the same ; they throw out a few men as a decoy—a sort of forlorn hope—in the expectation that the Spaniards will advance against them as an easy prey. If the Spani ards did so they would instantly become a mark for hundreds of sharpshooters, concealed in holes and corners, among rocks and behind trees, and vigi lantly watching for a mark. To the possible suc cess of this ruse de guerre it is obviously essential that the Spaniards should not be aware of the proximity of a lurking foe 50 times more numerous than the one visible in the open ground. To con ceal their ambush the Moors display all the craft of savages. One rarely sees a strong body of them ensconcing themselves in a position. One sees five or six in one direction, and eight or ten in another, converging towards an apparently uncertain point, while in other directions other small groups move, often only two or three men, sloping quietly along as if they were admiring the landscape rather than meaning mischief. Then they disappear, either among trees or behind inequalities of the ground, and are seen no more, and you know not whether they are gone until you have had enough experi ence of their ways to feel sure that they have all betaken themselves to an allotted position, and that while perhaps you have never seen 50 men at a time, there are probably a thousand assembled within range of your skirmishers. The aversion they show to coming to close quarters and encountering a bayonet charge, renders it difficult to believe that their frequent advances against our positions are prompted by a serious hope of obtaining possession of any part of works fully manned, defended by ar tillery, and which every day renders stronger.. I should rather take their object to be to provoke our troops to move out from their cover to ground where they might afford easy marks for the espingardas of the enemy. They have only been too often success ful in this, and the consequence has been the killing and wounding of hundreds of men without any cor responding advantage. A great deal of ammunition has thus been fired away, which had been much better spared. The Spanish generals, however, have begun to find out their mistake. Theist Corps,which has been longest here, and has had the most expe rience of this kind of warfare, has for some time past adopted the plan of not replying to the Moorish skirmishers, but of lying quiet, and letting them come on (if they please, which they rarely do) until they are near enough for action more decisive than the exchange of long shots. Similar reserve has, I here, now been enjoined to the 2d Corps, and judg ing from the conduct of those troops of the 3d Corps which were yesterday engaged, it is probable that General Ros de Olano, who, on his first arrival here seemed rather disposed to retaliate upon and follow up the foe, now sees that there is nothing to be gained by such a course, with a quickfooted enemy who flies when attacked and returns in swarms when the Spaniards retire, as they must ultimately do, to their positions, to hang upon their rear and pelt them with bullets. A Moor was brought into camp this morning, who was at first supposed to be a prisoner, hut was proved to be one who had come over, impelled, it is supposed, by hunger' gin jud • at least from the eager ness with which he threw himself piece of bread he caughthimself upon the first sight of. He is not a good specimen of his countrymen, being undersized, ill made, and, seeniingly, of very obtuse int e ll e ct. SPANISH HEAD-QUARTERS C OF CASTH.LEJOs , J AN: 2 . We have at last made a move, altho ug h b ut a short one, Lad an action elsewhere than on the old monotonous ground immediately around the re doubts, and obtained a full and near view of th Moo.' 1511 camp. Long before daylight yesterday General Prim's division struck its tents, and when the trumpets sounded /liana, which they did at an unusua•tly early hour, it was marching off to our left, past Ros's division. Head-quarters shortly followed. righting began about 8 o'clock. The object of the movement was, I need hardly say, to march u pon „Tetuan ; but this is not to be done with the facility it might be were the distance the only difficulty to, by got over, our first day did not take us very fa-r,, and several others (I fear to conjecture how many are likely to elapse before we reach the desired city. The immediate work to be done yes terday was to fight ourselves into a position south of the one we previously occupied, with the sea for our base of operations. In this we ware successful. To sum up the results of the day's work, before en-1 tering into its details, we are now one league from our last camping place in front of Ceuta ; the 3d corps is in front of us ; the Moors have broken up the camp, of which I shall presently speak, and were seen, early this morning, moving off towards the ridges that stretch away inland from Cape Negro. Up to this hour (2 p.m.) there has been no fighting, nor is there any appearance of there being any to day. In fact, the general opinion is that there are no Moors left in our neighbourhood, and that they have gone to wait for us at some other point. I am thus enabled to resume my correspondence, which the necessity of observing the operations, two changes of camp, and various other circum stances, have compelled me to suspend, although with much to write about, since my letter of the 31st of December. Upon the very first advance yesterday of General Prim's division, which was supported by General Zabala's corps, it became evident that the Moors, however active and audacious they had shown them selves when this army stood upon the defensive; were unable to resist the superior resources of civi lised warfare when themselves seriously assailed At a very early hour of the day the position it was intended to occupy was completely cleared of them. They gave way on all sides before the Spanish in fantry and mountain guns (artillery on muleback) and before two squadrons of hussars, in all about 150 or 180 horses, which acted against them in the level. Although I have previously described the ground between Ceuta and Cape Negro, as far as we had been able to observe it on the spot and through telescopes, it will be well to give you as clear a sketch as I can of that which has been gone over since yesterday morning. Our move ment was a little to the east of south, parallel to the sea. Facing in that direction from the point whore head-quarters had been for nearly three weeks, there come first a series of irregular ridges, furrowed by ravines, and over which were fought several of the skirmishes recorded in former letters. The distance to which this kind of ground extends, beyond the Alphonso redoubt and the 3d division camp, is very short, and the last ridge overlooks a kind of amphitheatre, which for convenience' sake I may call a fiemicircle, although that is not its exact form, of which the sea is the chord. The part of this amphitheatre nearest to our lines is sloping, rough, broken, and bushgrown, but its further portion is perfectly level, of an apple green colour, from the grass, weeds, and yellow flowers with which it is overgrown, and well suited for the action of cavalry. The slopes down into the fiat are in some parts sprinkled sparingly with trees, but are chiefly covered only with brushwood, com posed of laurustinus, holly, and a great variety of shrubs and bushes by name to me unknown, inter spersed with heath, wild thyme, bluebells, narcissus, and a host of other aromatic and flowering plants, many of which arc now in blossom, as they would be in the month of May in England. These tracts of brushwood, or chaparral, as they are called, the taller bushes upon which are in many places six feet high, are most dangerous to the legs and feet of horses, especially in parts where it has been burnt and the fire has left stumps and long stems, black and har dened, which often severely punish both horse and hoi a sman. At a short distance within this plain, on the highest part of the uneven ground, is one of the castillejos, a small white, square, ruined building, which more resembles a limekiln than anything else. Another of these buildings overlooks the sea from the southern extremity of the high ground which surrounds the valley, It is from within 100 yards of this latter castillejo that I now write. Near the water's edge, towards the centre of the level line, is a large brick building, or rather the ruinous re mains of one, which is said to have been a powder mill, and where I am assured that some machinery of English manufacture was found, rather ancient, it is true, but which I suppose the Anglophobs will take as an additional proot of British sympathy with the Moors. It is quite as good evidence as some that they have brought forward. As before stated, the enemy offered little resist ance, and were speedily driven from one position to another with very small loss on cur side. Here and there they showed some daring, and even a disposi tion to advance against the Spanish troops. Over looking a shallow wooded ravine, shortly before reaching the level, a battery of the mountain artil lery had taken up its position. The Moors came on, howling furiously, waving their arms and bran dishing their long guns, to the further side of the hollow, which men on foot could easily pass. There were a score of horsemen and a crowd of infantry. They paused, however, to indulge in their custo mary vociferations and cries of "perro! perro!" and this gave time to treat them with a round of grape, which sent them scampering at once. In the mean time the two little squadrons of Princesa Hussars (the regiment with white pelisses which the gallant Diego Leon commanded in the civil war) had got well into the valley, preceding most of the infantry, and looking out for an opportunity for a dash. Some Moorish cavalry were seen, but they kept aloof. The hussars had made one little charge, when an aide-de-camp of General Prim's rode up to them, and gave them an order which appears not to have been clearly understood. The story has been variously related, but I believe the aide-de camp has cleared himself, and the whole thing has been shown to have been an unfortunate mistake. As he was leaving them he said something about their charging freely when they saw a chance ; that the Moors were cowards, and would not stand, The commandant of the Hussars misunderstood the words, and thought the term " cowards" applied to his men. This, at least, was the impression made on one captain whom I saw and heard, immediately after the charge, as he returned reeking with sweat and with bloody sabre, relating it, with marks of furious indignation, to an officer of the Staff. The immediate consequence of the misunder standing was that the commanding officer ordered a charge, and away went his handful of Hussars through tho enemy's skirmish ers and up a narrow and slightly ascending valley, or rather gorge, leading from the level to a secluded plateau on the lower slopes of the moun tain, where the Moorish camp was pitched. Oar infantry was Rot well advanced in masses, a con siderable force of Moors were still in and around the camp, and from the heights on either side of the confined lists in which this desperate contest was entered upon a severe fire was opened upon the Hussars, who continued their furious career until they reached the camp itself. Of what passed there are but confused accounts. The Moors, although surprised by the sudden appearance of this very forlorn hope, quickly recovered from their panic, and the cavalry suffered severely. They brought off some trophies, however, some arms and a bundle of papers, the nature of which I have not yet been able to learn, nor have I, as you will suppose, much time to go in quest of minor details. The loss of the Hussars has been variously stated, but of the officers two were killed and five wounded, which is a large proportion out of two squadrons. One wounded officer fell into the hands of the Moors, who busied themselves with taking off his uniform, which they doubtless thought worth preserving. He was brought away, half naked, by his comrades, who charged to rescue him. Another officer was brought back with his face and neck cut to pieces. I am assured that he had at least a dozen cuts from the Moorish 9unsias—straight short swords, which they grind very sharp. Most of the wounds received were from the flank fire, as they rode to and from the camp. The affair was a most unfortunate one, but at the same time highly creditable to the gallantry of the Hussars. On a small scale it \reminds on e , by various circumstances, of the famous Bilaklava charge, and the coincidence in several respects struck many here. During the rest of the day the two squadrons remained drawn up in the plain near the sea, but no further oppor tunity occurred for them to act. To-day they are reinforced by a considerable body of Lancers and other cavalry, or, I should sa of a cavalry division now inthye they pla forminbelow part of Had there been a strong foreel:of artillery and cavalry in :this plain yesterday, it appears to me there would have been no difficulty in capturing the Moorish camp. But there had not been time to cut roads for the passage of the guns, and the brunt of the day was borne by the infantry, aided by the mountain guns, and occasionally by those of give gunboats and several war steamers, which lay all day close in to shore. The positions it was proposed to take and occupy having been successfully gained, with few casualties on our side, it would, perhaps, have been wise to remain contented; to have held them, and resisted any attempts to retake them, but not to have ad vanced further in a direction where it was not in tended to retain the ground that might be cap tured. Here, however, it appears there was a se cond mistake. General Prim commanded the fight ing division yesterday, and, it is said, he mis understood the directions of the chief, and advanced further than it was intended he should do. It was still very early in the day when his troops were seen, he foremost among them, crowning height after height on our right (that is to say, receding from the sea), until they had occupied an extensive line, to be abandoned at nightfall. General Prim's fighting qualities are well known, and some may be disposed to suspect that, if he advanced further than was intended—as ho certainly did further than was necessary or useful—be was not sorry to take the benefit of any doubt there may have been upon his mind. Certain it is that ho was in his element yes terday. With two glittering stars upon his breast, and his gold-headed General's cane in his Land, he was forward among the balls, generally on foot, and, to everybody's wonder, remained, as hitherto in this war, without a scratch. Unfortunately, many of his men were less fortunate, and the afternoon's fight was far more costly than that of the morning. The Moors, who had the advantage of the high ground and of a very good position, defended it with great tenacity. Probably they thought that an attack on their camp was intended, and they fought for their pennies, and fought extremely well. For three or four hours there was a heavy fire kept up on both sides. A battalion of artillerymen distinguished itself greatly and suffered severely. It was em ployed in throwing up a parapet, and appears not to have been sufficiently supported; it had to lay down pick and spade, and to take to its muskets. A large number of the officers of this battalion were killed and wounded. On one occasion General Prim seized the colours of a battalion, and, placing himself at its head, made a dashing charge, driving back the enemy. I think it was about 1 p.m., and the General-in-Chief and his Staff and escort were down in the plain, close to the first of the white buildings I have mentioned, when, oil a massage being brought to him—l believe asking reinforce ments for the troops on the heights —(Marshal O'Donnell ordered a battalion of General Zabala's reserve to advance, and himself, drawing his sword and putting spurs to his horse, rode forward up the mountain, loudly cheered by some troops ho passed on the way, and closely followed by his aides-de camp and the rest of his habitual retinue. I believe the reason of this sudden move was that he desired to animate by his presence the troops who were enduring and returning a very severe fire, until such time as the more slowly advancing support could reach them. It appears to me, however, that there was no such urgency as to warrant him in exposing himself to such a fire as he presently got into. The loss of the present general-in-Chief would be almost an irreparable one to Spain and this army at the present moment. Ido not mean by saying this to exalt his military talents above those of other Spanish Generals who might per haps be named, but it is obviously a great advantage that the commander of this army should unite in his own person the three im portant posts of Commander-in-Chief, Minister of War, and Prime Minister. This union must have a most beneficial effect upon the operations in Africa. There can be no demur to or appeal from his orders and decisions ; whatever he directs must be done, whether in Madrid or here, and whatever he de mands must be forthcoming within the shortest possible time, without requiring the sanction of any other authority. Moreover O'Donnell is undenia bly popular with this army, which seems to have much confidence in him, and it certainly would be difficult to supply his place. And for the above reasons 1 cannot but agree with the observations I hear fall, especially since yesterday, from officers here, who sal that his life is too valuable, especi ally at the present conjuncture, and with his plans all in his own keeping, for him to be justified in exposing himself to be knocked over, like any pri vate soldier, by a ball from a Moorish espingarda. To have seen him and his Staff riding for ward yes terday, sword iu hand, to where the bails were fly ing on all sides of them one might have taken them for a troop of cavalry seeking risk and distinction. It is to be supposed he considered it proper to be done, but I know a good many who take a different view of it. He afterwards retired a little to the brow of a hill, where the Slippers were thowing up a para pet which was to serve as a defence for our troops during the night, and there he was less exposed, but still under fire. The horses were sent a short dis tance down the hill for protection, but the Generals and Staff remained there till dark. Two or three officers were hit, to my knowledge, while up there ; one of them, Major Modet, of the Engineers at tached to O'Donnell's Staff, was severely wounded very near the General-in-Chief, and will have to return to Spain. Another was slightly wounded ; another received a bullet which made a furrow com pletely across the top of his low-crowned shako, narrowly missing his head, owing to its being fired from higher ground than that on which he was standing. I cite only those cases which came to my knowledge, and say nothing of grazes and con tusions from spent balls. The road down-hill from the front was not a cheerful one during the after noon. One saw many a poor fellow going down bleeding on a stretcher—dead bodies, half enveloped in a blanket, being toilsomely carried away on men's shoulders ; while here and there in a corner some unlucky wretch was groaning and shrieking under the hands of the surgeons. Firing went on till it was quite dark, when the Moors retired as usual, and our troops did the same, while the positions we retained were occupied by fresh battalions. The return of the Spanish loss in the action I have briefly and imperfectly described (writing in haste and with endless interruptions), is not yet com plete, but I believe it will prove to be between 500 and 600 killed and wounded—by far the larger number of these casualties having occurred in the afternoon. I never attempt to guess the enemy's loss, nor do I give much heed to the conjectures I hear or read on that head, even when they pro ceed from high authority ; for I believe it to be exceedingly difficult to estimate the loss of one's opponents even appraximatively in a war of this kind, where they fight so much under cover, and make such efforts to carry off their dead. It seems probable, however, that in the early part of yesterday's affair the Moors suffered much more than the Spaniards, and especially owing to the artillery. The shells and grape from Lopez- Dominguez's mountain battery can hardly have failed to tell severely upon them. On the other hand, in the afternoon, I suspect the Moors lost less than the Spaniards. They were better covered, they had higher ground, and an excellent position. If the day's work had been limited to the morning fight I should have said it was not only a short, but an extremely good and cheap one. That of the afternoon, which might in great measure have been avoided, added nothing to our gains but a great deal to our losses. The action of the Ist of January, syllich will he known as that of Castillejos, is the only one as yet fought in this war which may claim the name of a battle, by reason of the movements made, the ground covered, and the amount of loss. In one or two of the fights upon the lines around Ceuta the fire was, perhaps hotter for a short time than it was yesterday; but, as a whole, yesterday's affair was the most considerable this army has yet had. The Moors are apparently no great strategists ; never theless, yesterday, when they saw the Spaniards decidedly assuming the offensive and determined to advance, they seem to have had some idea of strategical combinations and diversions. They mus tered in front of our right redoubt (Isabella II.), and opened fire, in hopes, doubtless, of diverting attention from the direction in which General Prim was moving; and they also made a move ment as if they would have passed between the Alfonso and Espana redoubts (the two on the left), and cut us off from Ceuta, occupying the ground we ha .d just left. The last manoeuvre, however, would have required a much larger force than they appear to have had, and it is not to be supposed that they seriously contemplated it, but rather that heir movement, had it been made by a civilised General, would have induced his opponents to attri bute to him the intention referred to. From various points of the high ground we yes :erday rode over we obtained a most distinct view of the Moorish camp, established in a pleasant shel tered recess, amid grass and foliage, and consist- Lng, as it seemed to me, of some 200 or 300 tents, arranged with much regularity, and looking from the distance very white and neat, although it is more than probable that they would be found nasty enough on a near approach, if we may judge from the filthy condition of the few prisoners hitherto made. I forgot to mention, by the by, that five Moors were taken yesterday, three of them badly wounded. A considerable number of arms were also captured. I saw a mule-load of escingardas in camp to-day. Last night, Bead-quarters encamped close to the sea, on a slight elevation covered with brushwood, :h© 6th :- which afforded excellent material for fires. These were very welcome on account of the damp, but the cold was trifling. Yesterday, New Year's Day, was as warm as Midsummer in England. The weather was glorious, the sun not oppressively hot, a lovely day in any country, and particularly wel come here after all the rain we have lately had ; but as soon as the sun set such a dew fell upon everything that in half an hour the canvas of the tents was wet through. To-day has again been fine—hotter even than yesterday, but the after noon was rather cloudy. It is now night ; the sky is perfectly clear, with the exception of a few thin streaks of clouds above the sea horizon ; the moon is high and bright, and the camp fires flame and sparkle all around and up away on the mountain slope, where Prim's battalions, in two in trenched camps, form our advance in that direction. General O'Donnell was out towards the front very early this morning with only two or three Aides•do•Camp, and soon afterwards orders were given to Head-quarters to strike tents and move to where they now are, close to the little old white house overlooking the water, and from which may now be seen 20 steamers, some of them men of-war and some storeships, floating black and still upon the calm sea at a very short distance from shore. In front of the said white house, by the-bye, was observed a small mound, which some soldiers had the curiosity to break open. It was a Moorish tomb, and contained human bones and skulls, which seemingly had lain there long, for they were dry and mouldering: In one of the skulls a rat had made its nest and deposited its young. The Moors, no doubt, apprehended an attack upon their camp, for they raised it in the night, and early this morning they were descried far in the distance moving away in the direction of the moun tain, a little to the west of Cape Negro. Some few, doubtless, still lurk in this neighbourhood, for a soldier who straggled a short way from camp has had his arm broken by a shot. Otherwise the neighbourhood is to all appearance quite clear of them. Brigadier Macquena, second chief of the staff, went out this afternoon with a couple of squad rons to reconnoitre. He saw a few cavalry who issued from a sort of country house, and executed a distant fantasia in his honour, but that was all. It is not to be supposed that the enemy intends to let us reach Tetuan without further opposition, but we suppose that he has betaken himself to some advan tageous position, whence to assail us on our passage. The general impression is that we shall have a fight towards Cape Negro. Meanwhile we have been spared the one which everybody expected' for to day, and have thus been enabled to encamp com fortably, and bring up the cavalry and sonic artil lery, including a rocket troop, which it is expected will astonish the Moors. It was hoped we should push onwards to-morrow, but I believe that to bo impossible, as the roads are still to be made by which the artillery must pass. JAN. 3, 8 A.M. Another lovely morning, giving good promise of a fine hot day. As yet there arc no signs of a march, and there can be little doubt we shall pass the day where we are. If we can only have a few days of this weather, the task of the Spanish army and Generals will be greatly lightened and shortened. The Spaniards are in good spirits, and the manner in which the Moors were driven from their position on Sunday, and have since hastily abandoned their c amp, has increased the confidence of all here. People now begin to talk of a march to Tangiers, to follow quickly upon the capture of Tetuan. The post from head-quarters did not go out yes terday-. As its hour of departure to day is uncertain, and will probably be early, I close this despatch. Although I date it Camp of Castillejos, which is the most natural name of our present encampment, the official designation of this is, I am just informed, Campanzento de la Condesa, and it is thus, I believe, that the official despatches will be dated. 2 P.M. Marshal O'Donnell has just returned from a short recounaisance in the direction of Monte Negro, the mountain near the seashore before reaching Cape Negro. The object was to examine the ground. Some 50 Moorish tents were discovered inland from the mountain, and a few cavalry were seen, but no large force. There is no probability of fighting to day, as far as present appearances go. I fear the fine weather is about to leave us. There is a fitful menacing breeze from the west, which experience tells us is the usual precursor of high wind and heavy rains. Fortunately we have now better ground to go over than that we have left behind us. At the same time, if such a tempest as the last should come, a move will.be scarcely possible. General Zabal, who commands the 2d corps, and was present in the action of the Ist inst., has gone into Ceuta sick. General Orozco, who commands one of the divisions of that corps, has temporarily replaced him. From the high ground on which head-quarters camp stands, the whole of the army of operations may now be discerned. On the heights in our rear, beyond the valley, is the 2d division, a little in front and to the left of the redoubts Alfonso and Espana In the plain, nearer to us, is the cavalry division— about 1,200 sabres and lances, and near it the artil- lery, of which nearly all has come up, and the rest is each moment expected. It includes a siege train of rifled 12 pounders. On the rising ground to the left is General Prim's division, of eight battalions, and in front of head-quarters eamp is the third divi sion. I estimate the whole strength of the army (exclusive, of course, of the first division, about 10,000 strong, which remains to keep the lines of Ceti's) at 21,000 or 22,000 men ; five divisions of infantry, the cavalry division, the artillery, and two battalions of engineers. The Ist corps, which was the weakest, is now the strongest of the three. It suffered much early in the campaign from the enemy's fire and from cholera, but has since been reinforced. The 3d corps, on the other hand, arrived here very strong, and has been greatly thinned by disease, which attacked it much more severely than either of the other two corps. The number of cases on some days were as many as they had ever been in the other two taken tcgether. The engineers, who have been worked extremely hard, have also been great sufferers, not from bullets, but from cholera andother maladies. Their companies were 135 men strong on arrival ; they are now 90. It is to be hoped, however, that the army is getting acclimatised and accustomed to exposure and hardship, and that few weakly sub • jccts remain. The doctors say, too, that the ground we have got upon is far healthier than that we have left. It is dry enough under foot, and apparently o f a more san dy quality, but the climate is as damp as ever from dusk until two or three hours !after dawn. Such heavy dews I scarcely ever saw as those which fall on this North African coast. 'l'lu•y soak through everything us effectually as rain, than which, however, they are, of course, much less annoying, as they do not make mud. An hour or two of the scorching sun of these regions dries them up most effectually. Taken altogether, however, it is clear that this climate is uncongenial to Euro pean—or at least to Spanish—constitutions, Amoug the officers I hear many complaints of headaches, disordered stomachs, and general malaise—not suffi- cient to induce them to put themselves on the sick list, but which inspire apprehensions lest they should be the precursors of more decided illness. The heat of the sun during the long day of the Ist, when everybody was abroad from daylight till after dark, produced unfavourable symptoms in not a few. Movement and action, however, are at any time better than the stationary monotony of a camp, and if we can but have a little more fine weather, and march on towards Tetuan, there are good hopes that the cases of sickness in this army will descend to the ordinary average in a campaign. We are expecting reinforcements, but, unless they arrive quickly, we are likely to march with out them. We have received, by the arrival of the mail steamer Peru. at Southampton, files of the Gibraltar Chronicle to the 6th inst., containing interesting intelligence from the seat of war in Morocco. The following are the latest items in the Chronicle of "We have news from the Spanish camp up to yesterday. Nothing of importance had occurred since the advance to Castillejos on the Ist. Cholera was much on the decline, and the army greatly improving in health. On the 4th the Moors showed themselves in some force, and there was some skirmishing, in which the Spanish loss in killed and wounded was under 20. The Spanish army was stationary yesterday, but an advance along the sea shore was to be made to-day. It was not known how far the army was to move in the day's march, nor whether t'he assault and oc cupation of the Cape Negro pass was contemplated. " The Moors had given little trouble to the Spanish army in its forward movement up to the sth, and it was expected that severe fighting would take place between Castillejos and Tetuan." The Gibraltar Chronicle of the3lst ult. publishes ;he following account of a visit to Ceuta by a party of English officers. These gentlemen speak of the courtesy and kindness shown to them by the Spanish authorities, all of whom, from the General to the private soldier, seemed to vie with each other in showing them personal kindness " Thursday, Dec. 29. " It may be interesting to most of your readers to know the result of a trip to Ceuta. A party of officers and civi lians landed at mid-day, and after calling on the Governor, proceeded on foot to the camp, where the party was intro duced to General O'Donnell, who most readily gave a free pass to any part of the camp. Proceeding by the new road in a short time heavy firing was heard in the front, and on ascending a , teep . hill the scene of action was immediately apparent. Entering a battery of three 6 .pounders where a large party of officers and the staff of General - was as sembled, the position of the Spanish strongholds were pointed out to tho strangers. Tho General aryl his staff displayed the greatest civility. From this position we were enabled to gain a good insight into the mode of warfare, the Moorsadvancing with wild cries kept up a brisk fire on the Spanish skirmishers who as briskly replied ; a brilliant charge on the part of the Spanish drove their foes from a ridge that might have proved troublesome. " The intrepidity of the Spanish officers was most con spicuous—an officer in particular was noticed. Three Moors secreted behind a mass of rocks, kept up a harassing fire on the Spanish skirmishers. The advance was sounded, and the officer, many yards ahead of his troops advanced al one against the Moors, who, after discharging their weapons at him to no effect, retreated hastily. " About 5 p.m. the Moors advanced in great force, and the thine. became general along the whole front. As even ing closed, r the Spanish skirmishers fell back on the bat tery, and the Moors retreated also at nightfall. " On the 30th the party started for the Serrallo, and were most courteously received by the officer in command, who at once ordered horses, nine in all, an escort of cavalry dis • mounting for the purpose, and, accompanied by several officers of high rank, proceeded to visit the several redoubts, two of which formed the scene of the contest of the 25th of November. " The difficulties that the Spanish troops met with on first landing were strongly apparent, no roads of course existed, the Ist division had to fight their way step by step to the summit of the ridge on which the redoubt Isabel 11. is now situated. The slopes of the ravines were then thickly planted with cork trees. Now, a good road leads to the summit, and the trees were cleared away for a considerable distance. From this redoubt tke Spaniards have never been driven, as some ill-informed journals have reported, and the formidable nature of the work itself, in its present state, shows what Spanish perseverance can effect in a short time. There were Spanish outposts visible in the valley beneath, and several Moorish tents could be seen on a mountain side, about a mile and a half in front. There are five redoubts, that of Isabel 11. being on the extreme right, and that of Francisco de Asis on the extreme left. "From the redoubt Isabel 11. the whole camp and scene of operations are visible. Between the outposts of the Spanish army and the mountains above Tetuan lies a plain watered by a river, and the Moorish camp is situated in this plain, where they are said to await the Spanish ap proach. General O'Donnell and his Staff visited the redoubt while our party was there. On the return of the party to the Serallo, General Echague, who commands the gallant Ist division that won the heights and sustained the brunt of the struggle of Nov. 25, accompanied them, and in the Serrallo, an impromptu luncheon was set before them, the General himself vieing with the Staff in showing over civility. On leaving the General's quarters, the Spanish officers said that they only regretted it was not in their power to do more than they had done to make the visit pleasant. " The English party left the camp with but one feeling— namely, that of conviction that the Spanish army has met with difficulties in this inhospitable country that have been overcome with unexampled rapidity and success, and that the Spanish officers are distinguished, from the general to the subaltern, by courage in the field and true csur.tesy to the stranger, uninfluenced by any political questions." The same paper, in its succeeding number, gives a further communication by one of the party who visited Ceuta in the yacht Isis : " It appears that the Spaniards are advancing towards Tetuan, constructing roads in the first instance to enable them to advance their artillery to the left, near the sea. The Moors do not appear in great numbers, but during Thurs day and Friday last, when our informants were there, some smart skirmishing was going on commenced by the Moors, but they kept at great distances, though in many cases their shots told with great precision. The Spaniards had some rifled cannon in front, the firing from which did execution among tho enemy. The late heavy rains and bad weather had produced some cholera and other maladies, but the spirit and temper of the troops were excellent. To the right, in the direction of Serallo and the redoubts, excellent roads had been constructed and considerable por tions of the wood cut down. As far as our informants could judge, the intention of the Spaniards is to advance on Tetuan, but it is said that a large Moorish force lies encamped between the present Spanish front and that town on some level ground, where it is probable an action will be fought. The party express the greatest satis faction at their reception by the Spanish authorities of every rank. They were presented to Generals O'Donnell, Ros de Olano, Echague, Gassett, and many of the staff, from all of whom they received the most polite and marked attention. Everything was shown to them in the camp and the redoubts. Horses were lent to them to visit the various important points, and everything done to facilitate their obtaining the best information. The troops are abundantly supplied with the best provisions of every kind, and are in the best possible spirits ; but they express an anxiety to advance more rapidly, and to meet an enemy more prepared to come to close quarters." THE HINDOO FEMALE CHILD. (From Rural _Life in Bengal.) Instead of wandering about the exterior of their huts and contenting ourselves with admiring their rustic features and pictorial aspect, let us step closer, and without violence to the sanctity of Hin doo privacy, or Mohummedan, peep within, and observe its humble inmates, for humble they are. The interior of the dwelling is " poor in deed !" ' The walls, like the floor, are of pure white smooth mud. There is a little square window at one end, scarce 18 inches wide, and five or six feet high, whilst beneath the eaves there is a space also to per mit the escape of smoke. Some trifling superiority may exist between this and the huts, or bungalows, of those in better or is middling circumstances— which may be more commodious—have mat walls in stead of mud—be furnished with wooden doors— and have either a large window, or a pair of win dows, with wooden bars and rustic shutters to them; but, generally speaking, there is little variety be tween the two extremes—the dwelling I have de scribed and the brick-built houses of the rich. To return, then, to the humble cottage. It s m aster is in the fields, attending to his crops, or other duty. The wife is in the hut, which " serves her for kit chen, for parlour, and hall." But she is a mother also—and it is to the occupant of the grass mat near the entrance that 1 wish to direct your attention. There lies her little one. It may be a boy—or, in Ilindoo estimation, less happily, a girl—" an ani mal of a decidedly inferior sort." With the Hindoo, however, I believe the disparaging estimate arises, in reality, not altogether from an assumed inferiority in creation, but very considerably, also, from the troubles and anxie ties which are incidental to the disposal of a daugh ter when she has arrived at so called maturity, and when the evils of their own social abominations may cast her on their hands for life—a widow ! And here it may properly be observed that the Asiatic and the European, of certain classes, share much alike in the difficulties which obstruct the matrimonial path. The Brahmin, or other Hindoo of high caste, is neither at liberty himself to marry with a lower degree, nor so to unite his daughter. She must be msitched. with one who is her equal— or her whole family and kindred are dishonoured. Her apparel, you observe, is ample. Her long clothes, " liberal as the air ;" her crinoline, wide as the heavens themselves—in short, she is in want of nothin g —al lis provided. An Indian April d a y i s cloak and blanket enough ; but her bright amber skin shines, you may remark, more bright than a schoolboy - s "morning face." Christian mothers are often in the habit of wasting the delicious " cold drawn" contents of a certain oil-bottle, by pouring it down the throats of their unfortunate little ones •, but an Indian mother is more frugal. In stead of troubling herself with its interior, which is generally left to take care of itself, or corrected by simple alteration of habits or diet—she more frequently endeavours to fortify the exterior, and adorns its little figure by a coating of mustardC oil —which serves as triple protection against heat, cold, and musquitoes. From the day of her birth such has been her morning toilet, and until she be a year old such it will probably continue; and thus adorned, scarce wo,l bLe five day 01J, probably, ore she was placed in the sun, as she may have been every morning since—either for warmth in the cold weather, or to acclimatise her to its beams in the hot. Whatever skin, therefore, the little one pos sessed when born, and comparatively it was very fair, you will not wonder at the depth of tint it has since acquired. She is now five months old. About the completion of her second, she entered upon her first noticeable step in life—she obtained a name. The parents consulted the astrologer, and he the heavenly bodies; and having determined upon the star that seemed ascendant upon her birth, the mother, who generally has the privilege of choice, was provided with the first letter in its designation, and, in accordance with the usual practice of bor rowing a name of a god or flower, she selected one, the initial letter of which corresponded with that of the star of her child's nativity. Her choice, you will admit, was not unpleasing. Sho named her little one Krishtomonet, literally The Jewel of Krish na. The names of the gods are generally chosen, because it is believed that their repetition is meri torious, and operating like fire, consumes all sin. This done, the astrologer receives whatever fee may have been within the compass of the parent's means, and departs. Nor godfather nor godmother vowed anything in her name—nor prayer was uttered, nor blessing of any kind was sought in her behalf; and with no other acquisition than her fine name, she is now left to kick her heels upon the mat when her mother is busy, or to straddle across her hip when she goes to market, or to bring water from the river side. COURTS-MARTIAL AT PLYMOUTH. Two courts-martial were held at Plymouth on Wednesday. The first was on John Dillon, aprivate, Royal Marines, charged with striking Lieut, Daly, Royal Marine Artillery, on the evening of the sth January ; the second on John Martin, gunner, Royal Marines, for attempting to strike Lieut. Daly on the same occasion. The Court consisted of Sir Thomas Pasley, Rear- Admiral of the White, second officer in command ol her Majesty's ships and vessels at Plymouth, presi dent ; Capt. Robert Spencer Robinson, of the Wel : lington ; Capt. Woodford John- Williams, Roya Adelaide ; Capt. Arthur William Jerningham, Cam bridge; Capt. Edward Southwell Sotheby, C. 8., Conqueror ; Capt. Arthur Cumming, Emerald; Capt. Arthur Eardley Wilmot, C. 8., Sanspareil ; Capt. Henry Charles Otter, Porcupine ; and Capt. Edward King Barnard, Nile. Capt. H. J. Lacon, Royal Albert, prosecuted; Mr. W. Eastlake officiated as judge-advocate. Cuthbert Featherstone Daly, First-Lieutenant Royal Marine Artillery, was sworn. Were you officer of the guard on the sth ol January ?—I was. State to the Court what time you went your rounds, and what took place.—l went down about a quarter to 11 p.m. On reaching the main deck the prisoner rushed from behind two guns and knocked me down by a violent blow in the mouth. I called to the sentry, who assisted the sergeant of the guard in apprehending the prisoner. From the effects of that blow was not one of your teeth knocked out ?—Not knocked out, but it was so damaged that I was was obliged to have it ex tracted. What part of the maiudcck was it ?—Abreast the main hatchway. Which side of the deck ?—Port. Did you see the prisoner between the guns before he rushed upon you P—No. Was prisoner under punishment at the time ? Not that I know of, Was he under the sentry's orders P—No. Did he strike you with any weapon, or with his fist P—With his fist. Was the sergeant of the guard near you P—Yes. Where was the sergeant of the guard when pri soner struck you ?—Hc rushed between me and the prisoner. Did the prisoner say anything at the time he struck you P—No. How was he dressed ?—ln blue serge. Did you have any occasion to find fault with the prisoner on any former occasion ?—I do not remem ber ever having reported the prisoner for anything serious. Was the sergeant carrying the lantern at the time ?—He was. By the Prisoner—Was the sergeant ahead of you, or to the right ?—Ahead. The prisoner denied this. James Davey, lance-sergeant, Royal Marines, ex amined—Were you sergeant of the guard on the sth of January P—Yes. State to the Court at what time you went round with Lieut. Daly, and what took place. I was called on between the sth and 6th bells in the first watch to go round, and as I was going along the port side of the main deck, between the tank and the galley, the prisoner rushed from between two guns and struck. Lieut. Daly in the face. I imme diately secured him and called upon the sentry and an acting ship's corporal and took him on the middle deck, before Captain Watson, when he was placed in irons. Were you by the side or in advance of Lieut. Daly P—ln advance. What time elapsed before the sentry came to your assistance P—A minute. Did the prisoner attempt to escape ?—No. Was there sufficient light on the deck to distin guish persons ?—Quite. Was any one with Lieut. Daly besides you P—No person. What sentries were near the place P—One at the port galley and one at the tank. What side was the sentry of the tank ?—Star board. Was it in sight of the sentry at the cabin-door ? —Yes. Was prisoner under punishment at the time ? Not that I am aware of. Do you know why prisoner was on the main deck at that particular time P—No. Had he been under punishment a short time pre vious ?—Not that I am aware of. Was prisoner alone ?—Yes, between two guns ; there was another man amidships. On the same side of the deck ?—Yes. Did you hear prisoner say anything when he struck Lieut. Daly ?—I did not. Anything afterwards P—l did not. Was the prisoner sober ?—He appeared to be when brought before Capt. Watson, on the middle deck, immediately afterwards. By the Prisoner—lf you were in advance of Lieut. Daly and carrying a lantern sufficient to show a light to know any one, how is it you did not speak to me or the other man ?—I called out to you twice, " Dillon." By the Court—Was this before prisoner struck Lieut. Daly P—After. Did you see prisoner before he struck Lieutenant Daly P—No. Had you passed him ?—I cannot say. Did you see him strike Lieut. Daly k ? —l ck di tieut. Did the blow struck by prisoner no Daly down P—Yes. Wm. Reed, private, Royal Marines, examined, We of the 6th Were o y f o j u a e u n a t r i y n , e l b e o t n w t e h e e n t t a h n e k h o o n u rtsh of e o e veningan and 11 p.m. ?—Yes. Were you called by the sergeant of the guard to ofd Lieut. Daly from the F portor w hat e purposethe P— c deck ?—Yes. edefend n the prisoner. When you got over to the port side of the deck, what did you see P—Lieut. Daly was getting up ; the serg eant of the guard was there and the pri soner ; the sentry from the cabin door was coming forward. Was the prisoner in custody of the sergeant of the guard P—Yes. What was the prisoner doing when yon saw him ?—Standing on his feet on the port side of the deck. Was he quiet ?—Yes. Did you hear him say anything ?—No. John Bradley, private, Royal Marines, examined —Were you the ship's corporal in the first watch on the evening of the sth of January ?—Yes. Did anything take place on that watch was ship's corporal of the entering port. Sergeant Davey sang out for me. I went on the main deck and saw Lieut. Daly getting up. I assisted Ser geant Davey to get the prisoner on the middle deck and to put him in irons. Had Sergeant Davey secured the prisoner before you came up ?—Yes. In what way did you assist Sergeant Davey ? In getting the man to the middle deck. Did he make any resistance ?—No. Was he sober ?—Yes. Did you hear what the poral of the watch." sergeant said when he Ship's co rporal sang out for yo u ?—" Did you hear th e pr i soner say any thing P—No. Did you hear auy disturbance on the main deck? —No. Has the prisoner uny questions to make or any witnesses to call ?. —No. George Wells Watson, Commander, Royal Al bert, examined.--Did Lieut. Daly, officer of the guard, make any report to you on the evening of the sth of January ?—yes. In consequence of that report did you see the prisoner ?—Yes. Was he sober ?—Yes. Where did you see the prisoner P—On the middle deck, on the port side. What was he doing there ?—lie was brought there in charge of the sergeant of the guard. Was any report made then in presence of the prisoner ?—Yes. State what it was.—Lieut. Daly, officer of the guard, reported that as he was going his rounds the prisoner, who was concealed between two guns, sprang upon him and struck him a violent blow in the mouth, and knocked him down. Lieut. Daly reported at the same time that another man (Mar tin), who was in company with the prisoner, and would have struck also but was kept back by the sergeant of the guard, called out to the prisoner (Dillon), " Let the have it." What steps did you take ? I asked the pri soner what he had to say. He told me he did not know what he was there for; that he had nothing more to do with it than any other man in the ship. I then turned to the sergeant of the guard, and asked him if he could swear that the prisoner bad struck Lieut. Daly ; he said, he could. I then or dered him to put both prisoner's legs in irons, and place him in charge of the sentry of the middle deck. - - - - Was the prisoner underpunishment at tho time ? -He was not. Did you observe any marks of violence on Lieut. Daly's face ?—When he came to my cabin to make the report he was bleeding in the mouth, one of his teeth having been knocked out. Captain George Drury, Royal Marines, examined —State to the Court whether prisoner was under punishment on the sth of January.—He was not. Had the prisoner been granted his leave —Yes, but would not avail himself of it. Can you inform the Court when the prisoner was last under punishment ?—October 3d, absent four days. Punishment—one term of general leave stopped, and all privileged leave. Forgiven on the 21st of December by order of Captain Blake. Can you account in any manner why the pri soner was on the main deck at that unusual time No. The prisoner, on being asked if he had anything to say, replied—Sergeant Davey states that it was I who struck Lieut. Daly. How could I do that when there was another marine and two blue jackets there at that time ? I was sitting on the side tackle of the gun when some one sang out, " The rounds are coming," and I ran against Ser geant Davey as he was walking on the left side of Lieut. Daly. The prisoner was then sentenced to be hung at the yardarm of one of her Majesty's ships. The prisoner Martin was then called, and pleaded guilty. He attempted to make a blow at Lieut. Daly on the evening of the sth of January, while that officer was going his rounds, but was prevented by the sergeant of the guard. He made use of the expression, " Let the have it." Martin was sentenced to receive N lashes on board the Royal Albert, to be imprisoned two years, to lose all pay and forfeit all time due to him. COUNTRY MARKETS BIRMINGHAM-JAN. 12. A large supply of wheat, and prices were the turn in fa. your of buyers, Barley was at no decline on late quota tions, but in slow request. Oats rather cheaper. Beans and peas unsaleable, except at a reduction. MANCHESTER-JAN. 12. Good dry wheat brought last week's rates, but damp and inferior sprts neglected. Flour in little demand, but quo tations unaltered. Oats a slow sale, and prices as before. English beans were the turn cheaper. Indian corn in moderate request. A poor attendance. BOSTON-JAx. 11. We had a short supply of wheat from the growers to day, the demand for which was slow, and prices as before. Beans and peas a trifle cheaper. Oats and barley were at the prices of last week. Wheat, red .38s to 44s Oats.... l7s to 241 White do 46s to 48g Beans 3Ss to 46s Barley .24s to 37s Peas ....34s to 388 PLYMOUTH-JAN. 10. This market was again dull to-day. Prices for whoa firm, but nominally unchanged. There was a very sni!ill attendance at market. The quotations are—English whit. wheat, 48s to 50s ; red, 46s to 48s per qr ; French do., 4 3 ! to 45s ; grinding barley, 26s to 36s ; oats, 22s to 245; sus flour, fine, 33s to 35s ; seconds, 31e to 335. LOUTH—JAN. 11. There was a dull business done in wheat to-day, $ prices were at barely last week's quotations, Tic., wheat, MA and mixed, old and new, 40s to 44 5 per qr. ; w hit*, 490. Oats, 18s to 225 ; beans, 49 $ to 44 5 ; barley, 29a to 335. MARKET HARBOROUGH-JAN. 10. There was a middling supply of wheat, which met s fair demand, at about former rates. White wheat, 39s to 438 ; to —s per 36 stone. Barley in limited quaw tities, and a slow sale, on former terms—old, 34s to 40s; new, —s to —s. Oats were a steady sale, from 23s to 24 per 24 stone. Beans (old), at 37s to 43s ; new, 34s to 43$ per 38 stone. EDINBURGH GRAIN-JAN. 11. Wheat on the top Os ad up average Os II up. Barley on the top Os 6d up average Os 6d up. Oats on the top is 3d up Beans on the top Os 9d up average Os lti up. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... Barley 1 16 11 10-12ths Oats 1 6 8 11-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat l4ll qrs Sold 1036 qrs Barley.. 1439 qrs Sold 1173 qrs Oats .1879 qrs Sold 1776 qrs Beans 261 qrs Sold 228 qrs GLASGOW—JAW. 11. In the market to-day a very dull business was dolt* and prices nominally unchanged. CORK—Jix. 11. The following were the quotations this morning :-- /34 1 ., wheat, 24s Od to 26s 0 ; white, 25s Od to 27s Od; barley 1 " Od to 208 Od ; oats, 12s Od to 14s Od. DERBY SMITHFIELD—JiN. 10. There was a good supply of fat stock to-day, w.i9 1 1 , 11 . fair attendance of buyers ; the prices a-ked were wir", and a clearance was nearly effected. Shesp were an 5!,, 4 " rage supply, and well sold. Calves numerous. Fat 1 0 0 - in limited supply, and in better request. Beef 6id to 7d Veal Mutton ... 7d to 8d Pork 6id : 561 ! Lamb Od to Od Rough fat, 54 6d . par 1011"1 Hides, 3id to s;d; skins, 6d to 60: FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. - - n the following table E signifies that letters are &spate& by evening mails from London, and M by morning mails• pyeV CLUal; . .,' 111.1... .. `,..___........:::„..........__......_................................................„ . Neol DESTIN ATION& Despatch Port of Mall of Mails. Despatok. due. ___---- ----- - 7 Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Jan. —, Southamp. -- s Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. ls , - Bahamas and Havana via New York Jan. 29, F Liverpool.. Jan' 1 11 C a nada, &c. (by Canadn. pckt ) Jan. —, Liverpool.. Jas' Cape of Good Hope, Ascen sion, and St. Helena China, Penang, and Singa- 19 pore, via Southampton ' Jan. 20, 31 Southamp . 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Ste. __•/:3..±.!..,•1•' - - _ [ADVERT ISZMENT.]—EPPS' (Honceopathie Cocox.—This esteemed preparation is sold by the 1 3 Viji. cipal grocers at ls. 6d. per lb., is 11b., ilb., and packets. Each packet is labelled " James Epps, Hon' pathic chemist, London." BIRTHS. tb ° BAXTER.—On the 11th inst., at 14, Porchester-square , , • wife of Richard Baxter, Esq., barrister. °' son. DowELL.—On the 11th inst., at Ford, near Bideford, 9fe ion, the wife of Captain Dowell, R.N., of a son. 0 . DESNY.—On the 10th inst., at 1, Risbeo Villas, Win i n 't don, Surrey, the wifo of Mr. Jonathan Denny, son. MARRIAGES. COOKS—GOLDSMID.— C h On the 12th inst., at Trinity o o Marylebone, the Rev. T. Cooke, M.A., to Esher, , T ew daughter of the late Edward Goldsmid, Esq., of V P P arley-street. TICKELL—SAUNDERS.—On the 12th holt, at St. -- dt 1 Church, Cheltenham, Li eu t enan t Th omas Tickell, son of the late Lieut.-General Tickell, C. 8., Bert, J. gineers, to Louisa Emily, eld es t d aug ht er o f the 0 " T. C. Saunders, of Bath Villas, Cheltenham. DEATHS. CH n bor/ URCIEWARD.—On the oth inst., at Stepney, --° Churehward, Esq., aged 74. CLARK.—On the 10th inst., at Sion-place, Islewortbt Jobil James Clark, Esq. 0 1 Dove, —On the sth inst., 11 at Tombland, Norwich, A - Dove, Esq., M.D., aged 41. DENNY.—On the 10th inst., at 1, Risbee Villas, WDeJ don, Surrey, Ellen, the wife of Mr. Jonathan aged 30. fi jj o i IrtviNG.—On the 11th inst., at St. James's-place , , mall, the Rev. George Charles Irving, M.A., yl c Goudhurst, Kent, aged 37. GARRAWAY.-Ou the 11th inst., at Mitcham, Snail' Garraway, Esq., aged 78. '• WArrs.—On the 2d inst , at Malvern, Vice-Adourt4 E. Watts, C. 8., aged 75. won voil e S af LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO of No. 112, Strand, Printexic at Ths Son Office, P ° * t y Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the 0 0111/ Middlesex, Priddy, January 13, 1860. 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