The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-03 00:00:00

TIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1837.

On the QUEEN'S side there were no officers of much more so did the boats of the Ringdove and Saracen,
any note but ESPARTERO and the gallant SAN
manned by British sailors and filled with the Queen's sol-
(hers. Captain Lapidge accompanied this flotilla in his gig,
MIGUEL, military governor of the besieged city., with the British ensign flying. Lieutenant Le Hardy, corn-
NARVAEZ and RIBEIRO were in Madrid—AL.A.l:, mending, the Saracen, did the Same ; and Mr. Harvey, first-
lieutenant of the Ringdove, Lieutenant Ellicombe, and Mr.
was on the Ebro ; and such was the indolmce Stokes, midshipman of that vessel, with Mr. Hoblin, mate,
of Ministers that no attempt was made to establish any and Mr. Rundle, master's-assistant of the Saracen, followed,
extraordinary means of communication betwecai the eachlt in charge of a launch laden with troops.
QUEEN'S army before Bilboa a
, arid the capital. All the wa y
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I jumped went up thneCl raftause-
natural advantages to be derived from local position, full of troops as it passed, and returned when past the
were highly in favour of the Carlists. The QUEEN'S bridge. I then went on with the advance of the troops
troops were opposed in front by two formidable rivers— across an
savewrTie lrieottfihree of musketry,
2ke7,nuaesdefarrhaads
btheeenpotsvhdeerer
by marshy grounds intersected with deep ditches—by was nothing remaining enemy'sbut a smallp brass 4-pounder—an
heights covered with thick underwood, and strongly de- English gun—the same I believe that was taken at the fall
fended by garrisons with mounted at Tillery, well served by of Banderas. The troops then gallantly advanced up
Carlist engineers. These (iffier tides were all inde-
sltosn toen dues Cs
namb in the fa c etnonfkshtahrips fiiring p
rfrom the Cti oanr-liit.,
pendent of the opposition which they had to encounter
however, without very greyat loss, and occupied it. It was
from an enemy as numerous as tbiemselves—elated with now quite dark ; and the floating bridge across the Asua
recent advantages—and fighting;, as it were, within hail was not completed until about half-past six. Whilst the
of their Sovereign. The vice ory, therefore, obtained
,Bverirteisthhrsotll)nr:g wersparse caocnrsotsrsu
tcht ien f3rtohkaet
h, the
h Spanishlt wa engineers
planked
by the QUEEN'S troops Tinder the command of over by about ten p.m. ; and thus, according to the origi-
ESPARTERO, is the first signal triumph obtained over nal plan suggested by Captain Lapidge, the troops could
the whole body of the Carlilits since the commencement pass over two bridges at one and the same time.
of the civil war. We ncerely trust that ESPAR-
The crossir, of the Asua and taking Monte de Cabras
were undoubtedly most important points—vital ones; but
TERO will follow it up by pursuing the Carlists to the enemy had a dangerous battery composed of a twenty-
Durango, and attacking them in the only strong four-pounder and two long brass eighteen-pounders, on the
position they now occupy in Navarre. Any person height
above Luchana. A part of the Santo Domingo
height and Las Banderas was yet in the hands of the Car-
acquainted with military affairs who will take the
lists ; a most determined attack, therefore, was made at
trouble to examine the relative positions of the Chris- about ten at night, on these points, which, especially the
tinos and Carlist; on the 21st ultimo, as laid down former, were occupied by large bodies of Carlists.
in the plan of the -port and city of Bilboa, published General Espartero, though ill, and the weather was
dreadful,
led his men on personally, with his accustomed
by WYLDE of Charing-cross, will readily admit
gallantry. The struggle was most severe ; but it tenni-
, that ESPARTEI 10 has surmounted greater difficulties nated fully in favour of the Queen's troops, notwithstand-
than oppose b .is triumphant entry into Durango. ing the commanding positions the enemy held. At one
The loss on bo th sides was dreadful, though that of critical moment General Espartero put himself at the head
the Carlists is not yet fully ascertained. The Chris- roeftnaembabtetralimone,l_,,andynsuarid
Gtoentehrealmen— children, 11;01 dl
iroewn ,
rndo e you
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Espartero"iy
tinos lost I,o' 00 men in killed and wounded. They liberty or death !" " Vive el General Espartero ; we'll
captured 600 of the enemy, and took twenty pieces of conquer or die with him f.” was the noble reply : and a
heavy artilley dreadful slaughter took place immediately on both sides.
The follcr wino. is the official account received at the How the General escaped I cannot imagine.
The guns wore taen, the enemy fled disheartened—and,
Admiralty : our men bivouacked on the Carlist ground. At five this
morning Las Banderas was taken this was the key to the
whole of the enemy's positions. They immediately aban-
doned the rest ; and the result is that we have taken at
loa-4 19 or 20 pieces of fine artillery, some of large calibre,
and that Bilboa is relieved. There are also (I am now
speaking within mark) full 200 prisoners. I have seen
great numbers of them.
General Espartero proceeded to Bilboa with his 'staff
from the Capuchin Convent, where a 32-pounder (brass)
was-taken, at, about a mile distance. General San Mi-
guel, Captain General of the province, came out to meet
him. It was an affecting scene. The two chiefs em-
braced each. other heartily. On entering the city, which
we did through ruins, General Espartero dismounted, and
modestly iyursued his way to his quarters, accompanied
by the benedictions of the people. He was met, soon
after he entcrod, by John Clark, Esq., his Britannic,
Majesty's Consul, who congratulated him. The first thing
the Genera al said to him was, that he owed everything
to the exertions of his countrymen ; and not ten minutes
ago he said, in my presence, to Captain Lapidge and his
officer (Who had arrived on foot from the bridge at
Luchana), that had it not been for the effective and
generous assistance, the bravery and perseverance, of his
Britannic Majesty's naval officers, the co-operation and
advice that had been afforded him,by Colonel Wylde, the
representative of his Majesty's Government, by Captain
Lapidge as commander of the naval forces in the river,
he could not have relieved Bilboa—that he would have
sacrificed his own life to do so, but that he felt all would
have been useless without the great aid he had received
from British co-operation. This was spoken before his
staff and some public authorities, with a manner and a sin-
cerity which do honour to his heart. You know I have
always said that Espartero is a gallant and a patriotic
Spaniard ; and one of the many good qualities be pos-
sesses is, that he has always listened to, acted upon, and
been thankful for, the suggestions which have been offered
to him by the superior officers of the ally of his royal
mistress.

(OFFICIAL.)
Accounts have been received at the Admiralty, from
Command e r Lapidge, of the Saracen, dated Bilboa, Dec.
25, 1836, -that the insurgents, at daybreak on the 22d inst.,
opened a long 24-pounder, from a battery thrown up during
the night; on the causeway above Luchana-bridge (touching
the angle of the old powder magazine). Their fire was

principally directed against the Saracen, the Spanish schoo-
tie!: Maria, and gun-boats in position under the Desierto,
which was answered from the 32-pounders mounted in the
Tort of Anglo-Hispano, manned by the seamen of the Ring-
dove and Saracen with good effect. The Queen's army
still continuing to occupy Lescona-Aspe and the heights of
Erand.ia, the fire from the insurgent positions impeding the

progress of the operations of the General-in-Chief.
At eight, a.m., the field artillery and howitzers attached
to Major Colquhoun, placed in a position on the heights of
Erandia, opened fire, quickly silencing the enemy's battery
above Luchana. At daybreak on the 23d a pontoon-bridge
was thrown across the Galindo by the seamen of the Ring-
docce and Saracen, for the purpose of enabling the Queen's

troops to occupy the hill of Restigui. The mountain howit-
zers were planted in a near position, to assist in dislodging
the enemy from Monte Cabras, which was accomplished in
a feu rounds. An 18• pounder long gun was also removed
from Portugalette, and placed in a battery commanding the
enemy's, and commenced firing at nine, a.m., of that day,
in concert with a Spanish battery of three guns, situated
just above the same line of road, causing the enemy to re-

tire t heir 24-pounder from the causeway during the nigh
By the flood-tide, at four, p.m., of yesterday, the Genera
in-Chief commenced his river movement on Luchana,
launches and two rafts manned by the Spanish marine and
the seamen of his Majesty's vessels, rapidly establishing
themselves on Monte Cabras, and carrying the enemy's bat-
teries itt front of that position.
A bridge of boats without the broken arch of Luchana-
bridge vas constructed by the men of the Saracen, imme-
diately after the first landing of the Queen's army, on the
causeway above Luchana, the Queen's army filing over in
support ot" the advance.
The Queen's army promptly advanced to the attack, car-
rying the b atteries and capturing every gun of the insur-
gents along the line from the left bank of the Asua to the
Augustin gate of Bilboa. The insurgents suffered a com-
plete route, with a severe loss in kille, wounded, and pri-
soners, and h ave retired by the Durango road.
The Queen's army entered Bilboa at 9 A.M., relieving
the brave defenders of that garrison, and up to this hour
not a single! Carlist is to be seen on either bank of the river
Nervion.
On exam ining the river, a chain was found across just
above the n lagazine under Monte Cabras ; two bridges of
gabaras bets amen Olaveraga and San Marnes, and piles
driven across s the river at the ford above the convent of
San Marries.
The city of Bilboa is greatly dilapidated from the effeets'of
the bombardment during a siege of nine weeks, and greatly
inwant of pros isions. The loss of the Queen'searmy doe s
not exceed 800 in killed and wounded. No casualty has
occurred to the Consul and families of the British residents.
(From the Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle.)
BILBOA, DEC. 25.
CHRISTMAS-Di \ N., HALF-PAST TEN, A.M.—Bilboa is safe.
The wretched fact ion by which this rich commercial city has
been so long torme rated has been driven from all the strong
fortified points it had occupied ; and please God ! the re-
creant Carlos V. t.will never again be able to distress the
inhabitants of this hcroic city.
The dispatches wilt be, sent down to the (Anne/ almost
immediately ; I must therefore content myself with giving
you a very rapid skeich of the spirit-stirring occurrences of
the last forty-eight hours.
I have just taken m y leave of General Espartero at his
quarters ; having had Ole happiness to enter Bilboa with
him, amidst the enthusiastic shouts of all classes of the
population.
In the course of the n ight of the 22d a long eighteen-
pounder was, by dint of h'reat exertion, mounted on the
angle of a miserable nod which overlooks the place
where the Carlist 24-poutider was mounted. The bat-
tery was formed by Captain Vicars of the British
Royal Engineers. About throe hundred yards above it there
were also placed two long 12-pounders and a 9. This was
done by the Spanish artillery. On the 23d early, these
batteries (the former of which was worked by British
artillerymen under the immediate direction of Major Col-
quhoun), together with the two 32-pounders in the Desierto,
which Captain Lapidge and Lieutenant Le Hardy directed
personally, having the men of the two British men of war
to work the guns—all these guns, I say, opened upon the
enemy's battery. The 24-pounder was struck by a shot
from the 32-pounders in the Desierto, fired from Captain
Lapidge's battery.
The mass of fire must have astonished the Carlists. We
were told that there were 17 men killed that day in their
battery.
The reinforcement which in my last I mentioned had
arrived (or was to arrive) at Portugalete from Castro,
being destined to operate on the other side of the Galinda,
a bridge of pontoons was thrown over that river at the back
of the Desierto, under the superintendence of Colonel
Wylde and Lieutenant Le Hardy. This was done in
three hours ; and the troops (about 2,500 fine men)
crossed ; occupying immediately the Heights of Rou-
tegui. At about two P.m. two English mountain how-
itzers, under the command of Lieutenant Parke, were
also conveyed, with the due proportion of marine artil-
lerymen, and four seamen of the Ringdove, under the or-
ders of Mr. Villiers, mate of that vessel, who was attached
to Lieutenant Parke, over the Galindo pontoon-bridge.
They occupied a ridge immediately opposite to the Luchana
bride, and fired with very good effect until after night-fall
upon the Carlists, who were in considerable numbers among
the brush-wood upon Monte de Cabras. I was myself with
these mountain guns, and my opinion, is that they did very
great damage to the Carlists. They threw Shrapnell-shells,
and must have killed and wounded a great many, and alto-
gether I felt assured that the work of that day had proved
a severe and discouraging lesson to the enemy.
Yesterday a proposition was made to General Espartero
by Colonel Wylde and Captain Lapidge, to pass a part of
the army beyond the Luchana broken bridge at the mouth
of the Asua, in launches and on rafts ; and Captain La-
pidge engaged to make a floating bridge across that mouth.
It was also proposed that all the artillery, Spanish and Bri-
tish, should open at 2 p.m., on the enemy's battery, and tha:t
immediately afterwards the troops should pass. This pro-
position was acceded to, and carried into effect.
The weather had been cold and rainy all day ; it took

I must defer details of the state of Bilboa, and of its
sufferings, to another opportunity. lam happy to tell
you that the British Consul and his family, and all other
British subjects resident here, have escaped any serious
injury : no deaths have occurred among them. The au-
thorities, garrison, national guards, and all the inhabitanti,
have behaved admirably : their privations have been very
great. The houses have suffered much in many parts, but
I have not yet been able to visit more than one quarter of
the city. A list of prices of provisions has been shown
me, viz.: horse-flesh, 2s. 2d. a pound ; half a cat, 2s. 2d. ;
an egg, Is. ld. ; a fowl, 11. Is. Bd.
This is, indeed, a glorious Christmas-day. I feel very
happy in having been present at the whole of the proceed-
ings and operations, both naval and military, during this
desperate struggle. The success of this day is a death-
blow to the faction. Our loss yesterday was severe ; it
is calculated that there are not less than 800 killed and
wounded : Major General Baron de Meer is slightly
wounded, as is the General Mendez Vigo, and a Colonel
(whose name I forget), who commands a brigade.
The Carlists must have also suffered severely, the field
of battle is strewed with their dead bodies ; hut it is their
custom to carry off their slain ; and no doubt they did
numbers of them during the night.
The Spanish troops behaved with great bravery, and it
has been very pleasing to notice how thankful every man,
from the private to the General, expresses himself as
being for the assistance they have derived from their
English friends. It would be very unjust were Ito omit
mentioning the persevering exertions of Major Colquhoun,
of the British Artillery, and all the officers and men under
his command.
Captain Townley, aide-de-camp to General Chichester,
of the British Auxiliary Legion, came round about a week
ago to witness the operations : that gallant officer and my-
self were the first Englishmen who entered Bilboa with the
General this morning. The Carlists had made the most
formidable defences imaginable. There were three bridges
of boats across the Nervion, as well as a chain to impede
the progress of boats up the river, for the relief of that
place ; and at a place a little above Capuchinos, they had
stockaded the river, which is shallow at that place, in such
a manner that nothing could pass.
P.S.—Two seamen of the Ringdove have been wounded ;
one yesterday.
For the following additional particulars, we are in-
debted to an able and enterprising Contemporary, the
Devonport Independe'at
The Queen's General, &partero, has gained a decisive
and glorious victory over the Carlists in the neighbourhood
of Bilboa, and raised the siege of that town during the
night of the 24th, Christmas Eve. General -Espartero
crossed the river by a bridge of boats at the Desierte con-
vent, and the weather being boisterous, he completely took
the enemy by surprise, they being all housed in the dif-
ferent cottages and convents around, not dreaming of at-
tack. Our marine artillery and a detachment of Royal
artillery in a very short time silenced the guns of the enemy,
killing the men as fast they came to re-man them. The
heights of the Bandaras, a most formidable position, was
taken about three o'clock in the morning, in the most gal-
lant style by the troops of the Queen, commanded by
Espartero in person, at the point of the bayonet, after hay-
ing been three times repulsed. At nine a.m., on the 25th,
the army entered Bilboa, the Carlists having fled in the
greatest confusion. This has given a blow to the cause of
the Carlists, which he will find it difficult to recover, for
numbers of his followers declared that if they did not suc-
ceed in taking Bilboa they would return to their homes.
Twenty pieces of :Artillery and 600 prisoners have fallen
into the hands of the Queen's troops. The Carlists' loss
cannot be know., for they make a point of putting them
under ground. The Queen has lost 1,000 men killed and
wounded. Our artillery had not a man touched, which is
extraordinary. A party of seamen put planks across the
bridge LuchP.na, which had been broken down by the Car-
lists, over which the army crossed ; and the boats of his
Majesty's ship Ringdove cut out a 24-pounder which was
placed on the quay, and in which dashing affair they had
only one man wounded. The town of Bilboa has been be-
sieged since the 3d November, during which time it has
been five times attempted. The Carlists were driven back
with tremendous loss. It is said to be the intention of
Espartero to move towards Durango. Some money has
been sent down to pay the British Legion, but they remain
inactive on the lines around San Sebastian.
Dated his Majesty's ship Castor, Santander, Dec. 27.

until four P.M. before the rafts and boats could be pre-
pared, even by the energy for which the British navy is so
justly celebrated ; for the English had the honour of en-
tirely executing this important duty. At that hour the
tide had begun to ebb ; and it was very doubtful as to
whether the Spanish gun-boats and armed schooner, which
were to protect the manoeuvre, could stem the current. A
heavy storm of snow, too, came on at this juncture, and
all seemed for a moment to tend to frustrate our efforts ;
however, the plan was persevered in. The gunboats, bear-
ing the Spanish flag, moved slowly up against the tide ;
one only of them reached the Luchana bridge, and fired
upon some Carlist soldiers who were stationed there firing
musketry ; the others could not advance so far. The boats
and launches, filled with troops, outstripped them ; but

The whole of the Paris journals of Saturday have
been received. They are entirely barren of intelli-
gence. The following is all we find in them worthy of

to-day to excite uneasiness. We have bad no news from
London for these two days. Yesterday evening it was re-
ported that the King of England was dead. This morn-
ing it was said that the Government had received the news
by telegraph, but the Ministerial
.;ournal does not mention
it.—La Paix, Dec. 31.
In the Hanover Gazette we find the copy of a
" Royal Family Law" for the kingdom of Hanover, for
which we cannot make room in The Sun of this day,
owing to a press of important matter. We shall ',pub-
lish it entire to-morrow.

Wild and extravagant as are the opponents of the
Government in this part of the island, and in Ireland,
they are still more so in the North. Whether we look
to the proceedings of the Tories in Renfrewshire, or
Midlothian, or Haddingtonshire, we can come to but
one conclusion, that they are determined to leave no
means untried to recover their authority, and bring
back Scotland to that glorious and independent state,
when one man possessed more influence and authority
there than Mr. O'CoNNELL now possesses in Ireland.
Ever since the passing of the Reform Bill they have
tried every expedient, no matter how unworthy, to
effect their purpose. They have for the last three or
four years been purchasing property, often at an enor-
mous price, and placing tenants on it, on the expressed
condition that they were to vote for the candidate
whom the landlord recommended. Finding that too

experixe, they resorted to the plan of creating fici
tious votes ; then by lying and slander they attempted
to excite the people against the Government through
the new system of education for Ireland, but still
without effect ; for, notwithstanding all their exer-
tions, Scotland at the last :general election returned
as many Reformed Members as she returned at
the first general election after the passing of the
Reform Bill. They have latterly adopted a different
course, and one so extravagant, and so little calculated
to effect their object, that we may safely conclude this
is their dying effort, and they are reduced to the last
extremity. Knowing the religious habits of the
people, they have called religion to their aid—they.
have intrigued with the clergy, and persuaded a certain
portion of a body, hitherto exemplary for their attention
to parochial duties, to forget their sacred calling—to
mingle in the turmoil of politics, and to advocate the
claims of Tory candidates, with a view to break up the
Ministry, on the preposterous pretext, that by correct-
ing the abuses of the Irish Episcopal Church, the Mi-
nistry were paving the way for the destruction of the
Presbyterian Church of Scotland. This is now their
great stay—ztheir only support—and it requires no spirit
of prophecy to foretell that the people of Scotland
will be still less influenced by it than by any of the
miserable schemes which the Tories have devised for
recovering their dominion. At the dinner given to
Mr. GIBSON CRAIG, at Dalkeith, this subject was
adverted to by most of the speakers, and by some of
them with great effect. The words of Mr. FERGU-
SON, the Member for the county of Haddington, de-
scribe this disgraceful conduct in its true colours. " I
trust," he said, " that the intelligence of the country
will treat the influence of the Tories in this respect
with the contempt which it deserves. We arc told
that the Liberals would subvert the institutions of the
country—l am inclined to think that were the illiberals
in power, with all their antiquated notions, they would
allow our institutions to crumble to dust. We are not
revolutionists—we love and venerate the institutions of.
the country, and would renovate them by removing
every abuse, and by extending the principle of civil
and religious liberty, by granting equal protection and
justice to all. The leaders of the party know well,
that these attacks arc made on us unjustly, but they
allow these, attacks to go on, hoping that they may
make an impression on weak minds." Dr. CHAL-
, MERS, who from the situation which be holds, ought
-to be the last man to encourage such a feeling among
the people, and least of all among those entrusted
to his guidance and; instruction, has taken the lead in
attempting to deceive the electors, and by a mode of
reasoning and an eloquence peculiar to himself,
has prostituted his talents, and desecrated his call-
ing, for the avowed purpose—what will the de-
scendants: of the men who established Presbyterianism
in Scotland think ?—of propping up Episcopacy in
Ireland I This conduct may proceed from delusion,
and we charitably impute it to such a cause ; but still
it has afforded a pretext for others to follow the same
course, and urge on their flocks the duty of supporting
Tory candidates, as they value the established religion
of the country. The people of Scotland, and more
particularly the inhabitants of Renfrewshirc—a county
the scene of as great horrors and cruelty as ever were
perpetrated in the sacred name of religion—are not to
be deceived by such miserable pretences. They have
too vivid a recollection of the sufferings which their
forefathers endured in resisting Episcopacy, to yield up
their judgments to political ministers, or obey the worldly
injunctions—clothed in the garb of religion—of a man,
who possibly, if the same inducements were held out,
might follow the example of SHARPE, who betrayed his
companions, deserted his religion, and was made Arch-
bishop of St. Andrews. If the Tories persist in de-
nouncing the Appropriation Clause, and in trying to
delude the people, by asserting that the downfall of
Episcopacy in Ireland would be the forerunner of the
destruction of the Scotch Church, the Liberal candidates
at the next elections may opportunely refresh their me-
mory by quoting, from a Tory historian, an account of
some of the deeds of those men who inflicted such bar-
barities in upholding Episcopacy in Scotland. The
following description will be found in HUME :
" The Presbyterians, alarmed with such tyranny, from
which no man could deem hintelf safe, began to think of
leaving the country, and some of their agents were sent to
England to treat with the proprietors of Carolina for a set-
tlement in that colony. Any condition seemed preferable
to their living in their native country, which by the preva-
lence of persecution and tyranny, was become as insecure
to them as a den of robbers. Above two thousand per-
sons were outlawed, on pretence of their conversing or
having intercourse with rebels ; and they were continually
hunted in their retreat by soldiers, spies, informers, and op-
pressive magistrates. It was usual to put ensnaring ques-
tions to people living quietly in their own houses ; and when
the poor deluded creatures refused to answer, capital punish-
ments were inflicted on them. Even women were brought
to the gibbet for this pretended crime. Soldiers were dis-
persed over the country, and power was given to all corn-
missoned-officers, even the lowest, to oblige every one they
met with to abjure the declaration, and upon refusal, in-
stantly, without further questions, to shoot the delinquent.
Ten were hanged on one gibbet at Edinburgh—thirty-five
before their own doors in different places. These criminals
might all have saved their lives if they would have re-
nounced the Covenant."
The descendants of a people subjected to such

tyranny for resisting Episcopacy, are not the men to
hack a Government in forcing it on the Irish people.

QUARANTINE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TURKEY.
—The Sultan, alarmed at the frightful progress of the
plague, recently convoked a Divan, at which the Sheik
Islam (principal law officer), all the Vlemas, and the Mi-
nisters were present. The Sultan asked why that capital
should be more afflicted with 'the pestilence than the rest
of Europe ? The Vlemas replied that Europe had adopted
precautionary measures which were forbidden by the Ko-
ran. The Sultan then ordered the Seik Islam to quote the
passage alluded to. On the promise made by that officer
' to give a new interpretation to the passage, the Sultan has
ordered a religious ordonnance to be prepared, which, with
the assistance of the Mussulcean clergy, will put it in his
power to 'order the establishment of a quarantine through-
out the whole empire. This heroic reform inspires hope
for the future, but, for the present, offers no consolation in
',the midst of the ravages to which the capital is now ex-
posed.—German Paper.
Yesterday, at sun-rise, an immense flock of sea-gulls,
many of which were of the larger species, passed over the
metropolis, keeping, however, near the windings of the river,
over which they hovered for short periods within gun-shot,
but at times " wheeling and turning about," to the no small
amusement of passengers on the different bridges. During
the morning other flocks followed, amounting in the whole
to thousands.