The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-23 00:00:00

twice the pay they got from the Emperor of Mo-
rocco ; and, as they find that the Christians are
fair in their dealings and keep their word, they
show a disposition to accept the terms, and some
have gone away again to inform their re-
latives and friends that the unbelievers offer good
conditions and may be trusted. There is in this
country—as might be expected from the vicinity of
French colonies—a party in favour of European
rule, and which the Spaniards call the Argelino or
Algerine party, which would prefer foreign domi-
nation to that of their present Sovereign. That
party, of course, rallies round the Spanish banner;
and now, for the first time since this army landed
in Africa, information is obtained of the position of
the enemy, the nature of the country, its resources,
&c. When Prim went out to reconnoitre a day or
two ago, and advanced a couple of leagues towards
Tangier, he passed through several villages, the in-
habitants of which showed no signs of terror, nor
sought to avoid the foreign soldiers, the report of
whose orderly, inoffensive behavour had already
reached them. The Tetuan Moors have actually
entreated the Spanish authorities to extend the
term originally fixed for those inhabitants who have
fled to return and take possession of their homes.
They have been granted until to-morrow. Some
appear to have fled far, and others have been pre-
vented returning by terror of armed bands, proba-
bly wandering, thieving stragglers from the routed
army. For protection from these, some of the
country people have asked to retain their arms, and
have been allowed to do so. In Tetuan all the arms
have been called in by the authorities, but I very
much doubt whether all, or nearly all, have been
given up, although a great number of old unservice-
able weapons have been sent into store. The num-
ber of the wounded Moors left in hospital here was
exaggerated by rumour. I hear that there are not
much more than 1,000 at the most wounded. All
who could hobble or crawl fled on the approach of
the Spaniards. I told you that on Sunday forenoon
from the hill of the Casbah, we saw a long train of
Moors making for the lateral valley that leads to-
wards Tangier. When Rios's troops crowned
the height, a large body of Moorish horse (about
2,000, it is said) was just outside the western gate
of Tetuan, and it was at them that the shots were
fired from the guns of the citadel.
There seems no danger of a scarcity of supplies
here, even were communication by sea cut off. The
drove of oxen and cows that has accompanied the
army from the lines of Ceuta is now large and on
the increase. Twenty beasts were purchased the
other day by the commissariat for little more than
£2O sterling. They are small, but even were they
smaller the price is ridiculously low, The people of
the surrounding country, which is thickly sprinkled
with villages and hamlets, show every disposition, I
am assured, to bring in articles for sale, the utmost
pains having been taken to convince them that the
Spaniards pay for everything. The Spanish soldier,
as I have taken occasion more than once to remark,
is habitually good tempered and well-behaved, and
I attribute this in great measure to his sober kabits.
lie does not irritate his system and his temper by
the abuse of strong drinks, as English and French
soldiers are but too apt to do, especially under cir-
cumstances of hardship and exposure. He is no
dram drinker, or consumer of that deleterious ab-
sinthe which plays such mischief among the French
army in Africa. To his sobriety is unquestionably
to be chiefly set down the scarcity of cases of mis-
conduct in the army, which it would be unjust not
to recognise and extol. Living, as I have now done,
since the end of last November, in the very midst
of the soldiers, with their tents all around, and
often very near to mine, I have not once seen or
heard of a fight among them, scarcely so much as a
brief dispute or verbal brawl, and courts-martial
have been almost unknown. Without going nearly
so far as some of my Spanish Mends, who, in their
naive enthusiasm at the recent successes over these
undisciplined, ill-armed, and ill commanded Afri-
cans, sometimes proclaim their infantry to be the
first in the world, I must admit that they pos-
sess qualities which constitute them excellent
materials for the m:lufacture of first-rate ar-
mies ; and their conduct towards the natives is,
so far as I have as yet had opportunities of
observing and ascertaining, exempt from reproach.
It were desirable, however, that while respecting
persons and their immediate property, they
would show some consideration for one branch of
the wealth of this country, and that is its orchards.
It is quite necessary 0-tat the soldier should
boil his pot ; but at the expense of a Nttle more
trouble, he might manage to do so with less pre-
cious fuel than fruit trees. If the army, or a con-
siderable portion of it, passes the spring in and
around Tetuan, a 3 is highly probable, I fear the rich
orchards that surround us will be grievously devas-
tated. Orange and almond trees are really too
agreeable in their aspect, and too valuable in their
produce, for one to behold them withoit regret
serving to cook the beans and bacon of hungry bat-
talions. I believe that the attention of the mili-
tary authorities has been called to the abuse, and
doubtless means will be taken to check it. An ac-
tive provost and guard, intrusted with a reasonable
latitude as to the infliction of prompt punishment
on offenders taken in the act, would also be a most
useful institution, more for the town than 'for the
camp, and less for the soldiers than for the host of
canteenmen, petty vendors of sundries, and equivo-
cal camp-followers of all descriptions who stick to
the skirts of this army, and have lately much in-
creased in numbers, and are likely still further to
do so now that it is in possession of a considerable
town.

ME LATE MR. 11. DRUMMON.D,

A vacancy in the representation of West Surrey
is occasioned by the lamented decease of Mr. Henry
Drummond, of Albury-park, which happened at his
residence near Guildford, on Monday last, at the
age of 73. Mr. Drummond was well known in
religious circles as one of the leaders of the Irvingite
movement, and to the peculiar opinions of that sect
he devoted a large portion of his handsome income,
as the " Catholic and Apostolic" churches erected
in the pleasant village of Albury, and in Gordon-
square, London, will abundantly testify.
Mr. Drummond, though bearing no title himself,
was a member of the noble Scottish house of
Strathallan (an offshoot of the earldom of Perth),
being descended in the fourth degree from
perso-
nally espoused the cause of the Chevalier
fourth Viscount Strathallan, who, having
ea re 51745, was killed at
having his name included in the bill Edward,. in Culloden,of
attainder, after
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the for-
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Drummond,
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thek eldest son of
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ndon,
by Anne, daughter of Henry,
Mel-
ville. He was born Dec. 5,1786,
dwas educated
at Harrow, and Christ Church, axnfo
tyH
ofe was a
.considerable benefactor ,to th University
Ox-
ford, where he founded, in 1825, the Professorship
of of Political Economy, which has been held
W. N. Senior, Archbishop Whately, Dr. Travers
Twiss, Twiss, Mr. Herman Merivale, and other.
distin-
guished persons. He was a magistrate and deputy.
lieutenant for Surrey, the western division of which
county he has continued to represent for 13 years,
having been first returned to Parliament in 1847.
Mr. Drummond ranked as a Conservative, but his
Conservatism, like his religion, was tinged with
eccentricity, and he was opposed to the unequal
operation of some of the privileges attached to the
Church Establishment. Mr. Drummond married,
in 1807, the Lady Henrietta Drummond Hay, elder
daughter of the ninth Earl of Kinnoul, by whom
he has an only surviving daughter, Louisa, mar-
ried to Lord LovAine, eldest son of the Earl of
Beverley, and whose son, now quite a child, in the
course of nature, must one day inherit the dukedom
aril princely estates of the house of Northum-
berland.

[A DVnIZTISEM ENT.]—Notice.—ln consequence of Messrs.
Latices and Morton Navin,- just commenced 1860 with opposi-
tion similar to that which they previouslyadvanced, and wish-
in,-;- to do those gentlemen every justice, Mr. Thorley is induced
to enlarge his. coming pamphlet, making it 61 pages instead
of 32 showing beyond doubt that their observations on the
so-called "Concentrated Cattle Food," and so-called "feeding
statistics," are without foundation; that tl►e ltothamsted
experiment was not made with his food, and consequently
that this complete failure must either be through mismanage-
ment or from buying the Condiment at the wrong shop. The
first impression of One Hundred Thousand Copies will be
ready about the first day of March, and may be had post free
on receipt of Three Stamps, on application to Joseph Thorley,
the Inventor and sole Proprietor of " Thorley's Food for
Cattle," n, Newgate-street, London ; 21, Broadway, New
York, United States; Mr. .T. W. Thorley, Melbourne; Vic-
toria; Mr. Alfred Burt, Sydney, New South Wales; and of
all his agents throughout the United Kingdom.—Feb, 2,1800.