The Sun. — London, England, 1815-01-21 00:00:00

MR. CHAI;LES IiSMBLE.", . . • Tn common with every Lover of the . P.ratos, in the M e t r op o li s , we rarely witness a Play at either House Without regretting' the absence of the Gentleman whose - .name is, placed at . ; t,he head of this article, Whether 'ilfelpgmene . have possessib n o f the Stage, it is, a sulije-ct•"of regret to all frequentei's of the "Theatres, that's Performer .so well qualified to shine in the train of either, and who has so often delighted the ShOuld roam " a man forbid to graCe theboards of the capital. It is uniVersalli) con fessed; that in -a multitude* of parts, both int Tra, gedy and . Comedy,, he is uorivalled ; and, it.. is . seen, that a number of excellent Drairtai;, in ite - SuS;altied. the first Characters with' the unnosr.ability, are either-laid aside froan-the-want of. persona competent to fill them, or come tartly nff, from the inefficiency of those who. are pro , 'mote(' into a rank fw or hich they. are unfit. This we think, and the Publif thinks with us, ought to he. The two Chartered Companies which engross the Dramatic Market, are bound by th e ir, monopoly to furnish the Public with the lxest syrod-uctions which can be obtained, .aml it appears_ t° us. to be a ()Toss -injustice on their sides, that a b Performer of the merits of I.Mr. CHARLES, KEDIELE shouhl.not be permanently secured to adorn die Lotnl oi sta • e t g. • 1:e have been led to these remarks, though the subject has for ;; dwelt neon our minds, by perusing the folmmtne,- Critiques in a Manchester Pa hr upon the a p pearance of M r. K. in several racters, •-in that place: Upon his Hamlet, -thk: Writer, whose observations- prove him -to he no ! :bean Critic, or 'uncultivated judge of dramatic talents, says--- " We go not so far as to say that the Iltrmlpt of hlondar bight was perfection;—for we are sensible that such are the 'riche's-contained in that inexhaustible mine of condensed ?livutalitv, armlet, that new.beauties will he discovered in it every time it is read' of representedhy a man of genius lier do we saywe think it, as a whole, equal to the best bets we have witnessed, if our part'ality to " our own ,o , rart" as _Mr. YOHNG of - Covent-Garden• is often called in. t his town, from his Cornier establishment amongst us, does 13 ? t !Vas but ive will say,. confidently, that Mr. K BLE thirsted beauti es f rom hi s A ut h or wh i ch we had never. teen rfnee. Many pe rs on s b a d expecte d to see a comb because 8s elder brother stands at . the head of his profession, and is fi.'eniVe. They wii.re mistaken. The Honed was no had the merit of originality in -the outline—and Xtuich truth of colouring. in the execution. Many, very many Points were 'given most happily; and several which exhibited Dutch maturity of judgment and a correct taste, were as ngu, teas as they,were happy. We have however said, we do n o t deem the representation faultless ; and as we detest /Amend*, we shall bazardthc expression of our opinion, that with so ery,urany eSeencllCieS its,Nlr. C. KEHRLE'S Hamlet possesses, tircing as it has done the tribute of approbation from us, we bitt think lie gave it toe much of the time of 41 icl; and too little of resentful regret, in the first scenes; and That h e was, occasionally too boiSterous in others. These wer e the blemishes which we 'observed on the elegant Mirror" which on Monday night be " held up to nature." _" On-Tuesd ay ( continues the Writer) the diversified talents of Mr.. C. It t :;instewere manif es t e d i n t h e per f ormance o f ck ; iii Nluch Ado about Nothing,." The audience •`: ph e ieletighted forour Bart, w e never ss'itticssed,a_Boictl4ck theelarcat9eD secouded the v i ews c if the Poet, when he drew 4 1. ,„ Lit . r4 . - as marked w i t h a di scr i m i nat i on wh i ch vett as identil t•• d t playfulness and t r ace which a d orned it, wei i s t i: irtesis a tible iii tht; demand of After enterin.- int o some detail upon his Octa ve roceett,—.; have not room to copy, the Criti c I. We bad"re r tte tent:len4,u ivas g . a c K "the two preceding' nights, that. this 3W , tl Mini)* perspa s atri:ine, be cause * 4 wire folly aware, that liot horn te .ie t l an idea, that he only reflected a b o r. ng• to al low Lis if:ebrother, and therefore. they were un- Ito audience !lint inn originality ; been lint this evening notber name, it w ' convinced, th a t if be lis.i . hor oe Cimittliation in th e Th ' eta hare , l 4esigna l ted another brilliant " Ott Friday evenin g , Ipre'ssiZ l : ) ;; . r e .C. Kr.mul.m. had already made on the town, was still more strengthened by his admirable performance of 'inv/ack, in the " Merchant of , iViod e .c." Since the late Mr..COolct.'s performance of the tharazter, we had n u t seen -i n Manchester any copy of " th e Zew which Shakespeare drew,'.' which at all resembled bins, tilt Friday night, when nothin g was left to regret for past ex cellence. Indeed, as a whole, notwithstanding the powerful ceect which Mr. Conks: produced, in many passages, we t hink the ShNtock of Friday mu c h super i or. C OORE ' S a k Was a diabolical, tiger-like vampire, anxiously wait log to glut his passion for human blood. Mr. CHARLES N. E SIELE ' S SAYACh is a nianl—a bad ma n 'ti's true,—who in its eagerkies.fpr revenge, tramples on liumanity,—indulcs in de mon i acal trans ports --and in the n ames of the Prophe g ts in whom he believes, and of the God he adores, presses for ward to l ave his hands in the blood of the enemy of his race, -who had reviled him, had spit upon 'him, and treated him - wit& the utmost contumely. 1 " It. was not a slau g ht erer o f cattle, whose tucked-up shirt reeves, and bloOd-smeared arms, were hid, in masquerade, bY a Jewish dress ; but a being who exhibited all the feelings and the passions of a man who, with the cool calculati on o f %vary usurer, minut e l y weighed everythin g possibl e , b e f ore breathed a proposition.; who examined with philosophical at tentive th e nature of the creatures,: on whom lie meant to r r actise ; and who reasoned like a profound - logician on every , etue he propounded to himself . furtherance of his rul ng, Passiim Such Nei& the Sliy/ock we have lately seen ; , - " I " such, in our opinion., is the way in which the charac set. • oh oluoy s ought to be represented. The design was not Tjust. but the execution was adadrable from first to last." „„ these remarks we have nothing to add of °lir own, li ut t h at i t seems to US, that great blame tests sr .— --. ..ewlittne, or Mr: CHARLES . KEMgLE would at this time be, whet e 6e is mach wanted, before "doll, and not a Manchester audience. N.„"rdeed we mention Macduff., Edgar., Anthony, Cassio, o,NerestA nyFalconbridge,Valetitine, Lave in ore , Citarles 13;;;11.46?, riess' o Captath er in charaecter Plum, Benedicli, Don Felix, Orland o , an d ...s. ISt R • eglnient of Lite Guards is under or - "'"nt Knightsbridge Barracks, to are happy to • cevere in be._ -ef the paint. whom the inhiunau handkerchief round her that She had perpetrated tbcllo... but marks of violence being discovere, rent parts of her body, supposed to have bee.. ..flicted by her resisting the monsters, the Coro ner's verdict was Wilful Murder against some person tin,. great or persons unknown. Three men have been appre- as he intended . headed on suspicion of committing the minder.— ' der for Spiking the go.-- (Doncaster , &e. Sfc. Gazette,.Jan. 20.) made to rest upon a contioge., Ten Thousand Two Hundred Pounds. The if Gen; MaCkenzie had" tick so. rec.- , Ticket, No. 2502, drawn on Wednesday last a Prize qf 2001. and being the first above 251. enti- mirst have been an alteration in the delivei, Q. Was not the order communicated to you o, tied to 10,0001. in addition, was shared and sold r , _latent Drewe a contingent order No, it was 'by WEVI3,, 17, Ludgate-street, in one Quarter, • I: • • `endue... ,pointJt.tann tweet. three I4,ighths, And six. SixteenthS. The first so bad as to drawn Prize above 251. next Friday, being the Q. At what hour did yon order the message to non, and in fact the second day Of drawing, will also be entitled to be carried into effect Ido not know exactly, but some time previous to the time of embarka -20,0.00/. 'Tickets and Shares, warranted undrawn,. Q Are, there not other lion, which was one o'clock, when General Clin-Aa I k b are selling at WEnz's Lucky Office, 17, ..Ludgate-. the,country down to the plain ton marched on the ground previously occupied the Plain "4 Tarragona • ' street, near St. Paul's. Orders by Post duly by my division. roads from Tortosa to the plain of the Ebro, executed. rht viz. that b Bata-. Q. What number of the enemy was in your which cannon can be broui, , y NAVALN NEW 'DEAL, JAN. 20.--Arrived ; and sailed for the River, the Forbes, SCARLETT, from Bengal.— . Sailed - the brig Maria, lity, from Cork for ton:. .don. Retnitin his Majesty's ship Bombay, .and. Argus- Deal pilot cutter.—Wind N. E. POJITSMOUTIIj Ziiv. 20.—Arrivid the Misletoe schooner from Plymouth ; and the Resolution, - 1 - 10DGEMA' N, from London, with deals. His Ma jesty's: ship' Warrior, 'for - the- 'iVest Indies, the only con's oy at present.---Wind E. PiAltotrrti, JA' I9.—Arrived the Sivedish .• • brig LaCks,.: DoNNtn, from Iklalaga to Lisbon. FALMOUTH, JAN. ISi---Arrived,the Snap gun brig front a cruize; and Hero,' .igtirlogs; from Bristol_ for Messina. •Sailed the Two Brothers; KNIGHT, for Plymouth.—Wind N. E. THE THEATRE.. -The Comedy of All in the Wrong was represented last night_ at Drury-lane Theatre, and Miss War., STEIN for the. first time-performed the part of Lady Restless. •It is but justice to this Actress to say, that we have.rarely - seen the part supported with equal truth and spirit. She gave, indeed, an un affected portrait of a wife who suffered all her goOd•qualities To be obscured by a groundless jea lousy. Miss WALSTEIN received throughout, as she well deserved, the warm apply:se of a nume rous audience. Mrs. GLo'.'Elt also made her first appearance in Belinda; and acquitted herself with spirit and humour. EwsToN'sßever/ey would have been better, if it had been somewhat less precise and formal. Waonowro's Sir John Restless • was marked by the skill of an experienced veteran who knows what is likely to touch the general feelings. As Mr. MoßrtY, the manor of thiS entertaining Comedy was so ingenious in the construction and conduct of his plots, it is surprising that he should haYe Made the Ladies Walk by themselves across the Park, and what is still more extraordinary, make a Gentleman without scruple leave hi s Mistress in the same place Without a protec tor. The Theatre, however, ought to cor rect these mars, and let the Ladies be attend ed by a Servant, who might wait at a distance and not be supposed to hear the conversation which p;isses before - their MistresS are thus deserted.--. To add toile absurdity lust night, all the Gentle men conversed and walked _through the Park with their hats off, as if they imagined they were with- - in doors. • As . this pleasant, and we may add in.; structivekomedy will doubtless be repeated, we trust that thei;e errors will be removed. ATTENIFF at MURDER and SUICIDE. - Wednesday evening last, about half-past 7 O'clock, oneof the most melancholy events occurred in this city that has been known for many years past. A person of the name of heady, who had cohabited with a young woman of the name of Mary Garrod, residing in the parish of St. Stephen, in consequence-of a fit of jealousy, (aggravated by circumstances of a pecuniary nature, in which he' charged her with involving him), sent for her to a house in which he had been an oCcasional visitor: the unfortunate victim obeyed the summons ; she sat down in the room, and after a few words had passed, she arose to lea ve when Bendy pre sented a pistol at her, discharging it—the con tents entering the left • side, just under• the arm he immediately discharged another pistol at his o►tn head, but by resting,► the muzzle of the wea pon only .on its edge, it failed in the effect in tended ; the wound thus inflicted being only s la ceration of the scalp and destruction of the right ear. Messrs. Fayerman and Harris, surgeons, St. Stephen's-street, having been desired to at tend, they, on examination, found the woman in a most dangerous state, the contents of the pistol having entered just below the axilla, taking a la,- teral direction beneath the muscles, penetrating between the•sth and 6th ribs, passing the left lobe of the lungs without injury, but taking an appa rent direction through the diaphragm, and losing itself in 'the abdomen. At 11 o'clock she was conveyed to the Norfolk and Norwich Hos, pital, where she now lies without hopes of recovery.—Bendy, after an examination by Thos. Back, Esq. was detained until Thursday morning, when, after the depositions of witnesses had been taken and' sworn to; the prisoner was fully con►- mitted for trial at the ensuing Assizes, by J. W. Robberds, Esq.•Mayor.—lt is with concern we. have to state, that Bendy has a wife and several children residing in London. -- (Norwich Mercury, Jan.-20.) - A change is said to be about to take place on the Bench of Judges in India:. Sir W. Bosouons, the Junior Judge at Calcutta, having giveu in his resignation, one of the Junior Judges froni Madras will, it 'is understood, he sent up to suc ceed him ; and Sir a'STA - Ni.EY will be promoted from the Recordershiii .. ofPrince„of Island . to the vacant - seat on,the Madras Bench. _ On Sunday night some villains entered the Toll bar House at Wurdlowe Myars, near . Tideswell, in Derbyshire, kept by a poor old widow woman of the name of Oliver, about, 70 years of age, whom the inhuman wretches strangled by tying a handkerchief round her neck, to make it appear that She had perpetrated the horrid deed herself ; but marks tif violence being discovered on diffe rent parts of her body, supposed to have been in licted by her resisting the monsters, the Coro ner's verdict was Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown. Three men have been appre hended on suspicion of committing the murder.— (Doncaster, &c. Sfe. Ga z ette,. Jan. 20.) Ten Thousand Two Hundred Pounds. The Ticket, N 0.2502, drawn on Wednesday last a Prize qf 2001. and being the first above-251. enti tled. to 10,0001. in addition, was shared and sold by WEVI3,, 17, Ludgate-street, in one Quarter, three tighths, And six. SixteenthS. The first drawn Prize above 251. next Friday, being the second day Of drawing, will also be entitled to 20,0001. 'rickets and Shares, ‘ . 4 , arrainM undrawn, .are selling. at \Veua's Licky Office, 17, ..Ludgate street, near St. Paul's. Orders by Post duly executed. C6tlier 'ALA lITI.IL. ON SIR .IO AIURRAY. [HELD AT WINCHESTER.] FRIDAY, FIFTH DAY. Lieutenant-General MACKENZIE'S Examination continued. Q. Sir John MUrray'wished previously to ob serve, that a paper which had been snbmitted to the Court on a former clay, and-at which he had • looked he was desired. by.AdMiral Hallowell to ab itain fi• t 4 showing to ,those friends wArA now kind . enough ,to assist.. hire with. theji ads i ce,, He wished to be informed, whether - .he-iias cothpetent to exhibit to his advisers whatever : do7 cinnents were laid before the Court, and -subinit ted to his own inspection The Deputy Judge Advocate observed, that the circumstance which 'alone entitled Admiral Hal towel( to withhold the paper in question Was, that it was not at that time decided, whether it could he received in evidence. It was subsequently re jected. • As soon as any documents became matter of evidence, they became equally the property 'of all parties. " Admiral Hallowell said, his only motive-for not permitting Sir John Murray to shew.the paper to others was, that the Court was then debating whethen it should be received as evidence. . . General Wkenzie then, corrected that part of., his former testimony which represented him : tq i , have heen - ,at Vandilos on the night of the 15th. He did not arrive till the morning of the l6th., and quitted. it before night. He had unfortu-. nately been robbed of his desk and papers, and had not therefore the Means of refreshing his re collection. - Q. If the enemy bad ad'vanced in sufficient force from the westward, would not the catralry and artillery have been exposed to great danger by being sent to Balaguer ?—A. Previous to their departure, I was directed to scud the right wing of the 27th to cover•the march, which was then supposed to be a sttfhcie►it protection. Q. Supposing the enemy, to. the number of 8000, to. have been at Villafranca, could they, whilst General Copqns was . at Torre,de-Barra with 7000, have surprised the British army at Tarra grina, or interrupted any measure which Sir John Murray might pursue with a prospect.of success ? --A. 1 do not think they could have interrupted the siege. Torre de Barra is only seven miles from Tarragona ; the ground is extremely strong, and almost a continued defile the whole way. Q. Did you, on the 12th of June, 1813, give as your decided opinion to Sir J. Murray, that there was at that time no necessity for raising the siege of:Tarragona ?—A.• I did take the liberty of sug gesting to Sir John Murray the propriety of at taching. Decaen's force, supposing it to have been at Villafranca. CrOss' , examiiied. Q. Yon have said that whilst General Copon's army was posted a,t, Torre de Barra; -you did not think it practicable for the - enemy to afford any relief to Tarragona,—do not you know that a French force from Barcelona did relieve the blockade of Col de Balaguer in spite of Copon's army some weeks before .I—A. I am not ac-- (painted - with the circumstance. I alwao un derstood General Corms's army to consist of 7 or 8;000 men, and of the best troops in the Spanish service. Q. Did not the order for tbe-re-embarkatiOn , of . . your division reach you on the morning of the 12th; through the 'regillar channel I—A. Yel, Gut I do not recollect the narne'of the person that de livered it.. Q. Did it not .march with regnlarity to the beach ?—A. - Certainly, with the exception,of the right wing. of the 27th, which accompanied and protected the guns and cavalry that. were Moved forward, to. Balaguer. The picquets of my divi sion nearest Tarragona were withdrawn, and re lieved by detachments tram Generil Clinton's,; about one o'clock. • Q. Did it not embark without theloss of a man 'or any part of the regimental baggage No part d the regimental baggage was ever disem barked. It was not probable that any men should be lost.. -No hurry took place, nor did any acci. .deni happen. The men went into the boats without their shoes or gaiters on, and with every .necesSary precaution. Of course all due celerity was , used. . • Q. You have said that an order was brought to you:tospike the guns on the batteries ; can you state itrwhat words the order was deliVered ? A. It was merely a verbal ,order to spike the guns in front of the line occupied by my division. Q. Will you state the position occupied by the division under your command On the 12th' of June, 18.13:?!—A. The division under my7eonimand -oc cupied the line parallel to the• Franettlajiver, and distapt.about a mile from the . town.of Tarragona; my picytets both of 'reserve and itipport were, however, much . nearer. They were supported by a bat :lotion on duty nighf and day; the advanced piCquets were about 400 yards, and the support aboui 600. yards, from the town. The sentries werc'close • Q., What steps. did you take nn receipt ofthe order, for spiking the guns None immediate ly ; but in a,short time delivered the'order to the proper Offieers, for the purpose of executing it. Q.Atrere the guns spiked before -General . Clin - - ton'Olivision had passed the batteries - ?--A. 1 do. not know ; but as I vvas then on board with my division, I take it for granted they must have been. . . Sir .1 . 91).,u Murray here observed, that it was of great importance to him to aseeKtain this point, as he intended to slew in his defence that the or der-for spiking the guns, as given by himself, was made to rest upon a contingent circumstance ; and if Gen. Mackenzie hail" not so received it, there must have been an alteration in the delivery of it. Q. Was not the order communicated to you by Lienti Drewe a contingent order No, it was ,pointdd tam! direct. Q. At what hour did yon order the message to be carried into effect ?—A. I do not know exactly, but some time previous to the time of embarka tion, which was one o'clock, when General Clin ton marched on the ground previously occupied by my division. Q. What number of the enemy was in your wilen' yin, took : upon you the connmlnd Ui the right piequet, on - the 13th or 14th of June, 1813 ?—A: I did not know till the next day what number of the enemy were at Vandilos, when I was informed by Sir John Murray that they were .5 or.6;000 strong. Q.' At what distance was the enemy in front of Vandilos on the 14th ?—A. The enemy had strong picquets it : Mar de Rehm, about three miles from the town, with a line of picquets occupying . a ridge of woody bills within a few. hundred yards of our advanced poSts:, , Q. ViThere tvere your advanced posts on the night of the 14th"? 7 -A. They occupied .a narrow ,pass somewhere nbimt halfway between Mar de Reitia' and,' the . French posts. . Admiral Hallowell objected to these questions, - as relating to transactions subsequent to the mat , ter Contained in *the charge., The DeputY Judge AdVocate and the President of the ,Court were'of opinitm that the - qne'stionS . 'went to produce evidence that might be - material in the ciinsideration of the charge. JOhit 'Murray said his object was to spew that:lto was right in the estimate he had made of .the enemy's force in the vicinity of Tarragona, when he directed the siege to, be raised. Q. Do you recollect • Sir John Murray arriv ing at your quarters on the 15th, and accompany ing you . to a spot where you saw the enemy's force ?—A. Yes, I do, • Q. 'On our - advance through the pass, do you recollect seeing the marks Of considerable bi vouacs ?—A. Yes, I recollect':: Our_ Infantry' bad . passed over the ground which the enemy bad abandoned, in consequence of a movement made on their right flank by a detachment from my picquets, as I think at a very early hour on the 14th. Q., Of what numbers did you then calculate the enemy's force to consist ?—A.. I could obtain ' HO just information on that subject ; the greater part of the valley in which Varhilos is situated is ex tremely woody, and surrounded with a ridge of hills. The inhabitants had all fled from the be.lsei, and I only found a . few Spaniards whom the French had dismissed from their cantonments, and whose accounts were 'very unsatisfactory. Q. Do you suppose, from what you did see, that they amounted to 3000 ?—A. They could not have amounted to less... , . Q. Vou have stated that, bad the French force tit Villafranca, supposed to be 8000 men, attacked the Allied Army, you should have expected the most brilliant success on_ our part, and you found ed this opinion on the complete state of the Al lied Artily ; will you therefore now state, what was the amount of that army ion the 12th of June, 1813 ?—A. 1 certainty do not know exactly the numbers of the different corps of which the Allied Ariny was eoMposCd. Q. How 'was. it. generally. Composed ?—A. Of British, Germans; Italians, and Spaniards. Q. What was the proportion of British and Germans'?—A. I cannot pretend to give a precise answer ; I can state the strength of the different corps forming-the division under my command. Q: Cannot you state generally. I cannot stare it satisfactorily ; 'but my own division con sisted of , the Ist battalion of the 10th, the Ist battalion of the 27th, and lst . of the 81st, a regi ment of Italians 'and 'Rolle Dillon's. General ClintOn's diVision consisted, I believe, •of the Ist battalion of iliesBth, the Ist of the 4th German Legion, and Gen. Whittingham's corps of Spa.: niards. Colonel Adams, who commanded the advance, had with him the 2d battalion of the 27th, a battalion - of Calabrese, a light corns; anti a company of riflemen called Rolle's Company: To these I add General Copon's army of between 7 and 8000 men, made up of the hest Spanish troops. 1 have already stated that the ground on which the, action would probably take place was extremely strong, had Decaen advanced from Villafranca for _the purpose Of relieving Tarra. gona._ • • Sir John Murray here observed; that the wit ness had omitted to enumerate the regiments of Sicilians id forming part of General Clinton's di vision. Q. What did you suppose might he the effective strength of the allied army ?—A. I never hoard it stated as less than 18 or 19,000 men. Q. What proportion of these do you suppose wasi British and Germans • apprehend I cannot give such an answer as will satisfy the Court ; but I should think they could not have amounted to less than 5000 men, in the highest state of discipline and equipment. Q. Had the enemy advanced; what proportion of this army would have been necessarily employed in maintaining. the siege of Tarragona.?—A. I. have not considered the subject, but syould ima gine. that.one British regiment anti two 'Spanish battalions, or the .two Sicilian regiments, would - have been sufficient for that purpose. Q. What specific number of Men do you think • would be. necessary ?—A. lam supposing the Bri tish regiment to consist of 750, and the Spanish .battalions at.. 5 off• 600 rank and file. Q. Po, you mean to say that this number could contain a garrison of 1,600 men, and carry on the siege of Tarragona ?—A. I think they would be sufficient for that-purpose with the aid of the works already erected. Q. In what position would you have placed this force, so as at once to maintain the works, anti prevent a sortie of the garrison ?—A. Such a ques tion requires too much consideration, and com prehends too many points, for me to answer it at present.. Q. What force would have been necessary to defend the Col de Balaguer, supposing Marshal Stichet to have been in full march. to compel the British army to raise, the -siege of Tarragona A. As I have not considered the question, I must beg leave decline answering it. Q. Would not a considerable force have beau necessary ?—A. Considering the situation of Van dilos, and the roads which run throng)) it, I con ceive it must have required a considerable force. Vandilos is situated in a valley, and the road is , so bad as to Italie it impractiCable to carry cane non, and in fact the French brought none. Q Are. there not other roads from that part of the country down to the plain of the Ebro, and the plain 'of Tarragona ?—A. I know but of three roads from Tortosa to the plain of the Ebro, on which cannon can be brought, viz. that by Bata.