The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-02 00:00:00

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Yesterday General Prim again went out with a
few battalions to protect the sappers working at the
road towards Tetuan. On his return in the after-
noon the Moors came down, and there was a slight
skirmish, in which we had between 20 or 30 men
k;lled• and wounded. The moors-must have suffered
more, for Prim .prepared a little ambush for them
as they came on after his retiring columns. He
placed two companies under cover, who sent a vol-
ley into the unsuspecting Moors at short distance.
The firing" lasted till dark, as usual. A gunboat
and two small steamers fired a good deal, but their
practice was, but, indifferent. The Moors caught a
wounded Spanish soldier, who had been overlooked
by his:comrades. The latter missing him, hurried
back to his rescue, and drove away the Moors just
as these had cut off his head; which,however, they
were in too great haste to carry off. It is positively
stated and believed in camp that the Moorish Em-
peror grants a dollar for every heatd, and four for
every live Spaniard brought in. We are not aware
that any four dollar premiums have yet been gained.
The galley slaves, who have been armed, and who
fight desperately, and have had a ,gogitmany killed
1,
and wounded, have been promise a dollar for
every live Moor they bring in, a they go out
out of nights on the prowl, in elsopes of cap-
tures. Although the much higher price offered
by the Moorish Government for living than
for dead would serve to indicate a desire to
humanise the war, it has' hitherto been carried on
entirely without quarter. The Moors began in, that
way, with a system of pitiless slaughter, and the
Spaniards have been exasperated almost to ferocity
by this, and now scrupulously follow their example.
A very few have been made, and killed by the sols
diers before they got into camp, at which General
O'Donnell was very wroth. The soldiers say that
the Moors will not let themselves bo taken ; that
they fight desperately until killed ; and this is very
likely to be the case in the majority of instances,
but it is difficult to believe that some captures, al-
although only* of men wounded, might be made.
The Moors, they say, lie down and will not rise,
and their obstinacy provokes a bayonet thrust.
They might, one would think, be bound hand and
foot and carried in, and it is not impossible that
useful information might be extracted from some of
them. Mercy in war is not, however, one of the
most conspicuous qualities of Spaniards, and more-
over there arc tales and traditions current of hor-
rible cruelties which the Moors are in the habit of
inflicting on the enemies who fall into their hands ;
and, in fact, the war has at this, its outset, assumed
the most sanguinary' and ferociou; character. I
believe any Spaniard would prefer death to falling
alive into Moorish hands. 'Would it be possible to
do anything, to lessen these horrors ? The British
Government is reputed, in Spain, at least, to be on
the most friendly terms with the Sovereign of
Morocco, whose chief adviser and dearest friend is,
by numbers of Spaniards, belieied to be Mr.
Drummond Hay. Without 'heeding these preju-
dices and exaggerations, it still is probable
that our Government would have, no difficulty in.
giving a more humane character to the present hos-
tilities. A simple remonstrance with. the Emperor
of Morocco would, were it thought proper to make
it, unquestionably have a good effect. A sort of
Eliot Convention, stipulating quarter and good
treatment for prisoners, ought to be acceptable to
both parties, and might, I should think, easily be
brought about.
Since I have referred to England,.l may mention
that many here remain and will remain convinced
that she is countenancing and even clandestinely
aiding
,Morocco in this war, and various silly stories
are circulated, and I suppose more or less believed,
in support of this unfounded supposition. Scarcely
a skirmish occurs after which a rumour does zot
prevail that Englishmen assisted in it ; the body of
one, we were told the other day, was found, and
was easily recognised as English by the fine linen,
white hands, and well-trimmed nails and light hair.
Another report was, that a Millie rifle captured
from the Spanish Cszadores by the Moors had been
sent by Mr. Hay to Sir William: Codrington. A
variation of this w‘ts said to cos9e from Gibraltar ;
it was to the effect that it WEL/ General Prim's
sword that had been presented l General Prim
is not exactly the man I should Select as particularly
likely to lose his sword. An English merchant
from Gibraltar who came oveere the other day
in the '.l: weedside, which brought the electric cable,
and rode about the camp and redoubts with some
friends, excited the special iresof, the army, and is
said to have narrowly escaped being stoned in con-
sequence of his being taken }Heaven knows why
—for the editor of the Gibraltar Chronicle, a jour-
nal which, as I believe, withoukiat all deserving it,
has got the reputation of beinge ,the supporter and
organ of the Moorish Governmnt. On the other
hand, it appears that the Spanish cause obtains
favour among some of the subordinate members of
the garrison of Gibraltar. : I am assured that
several soldiers and non-commissioned officers of
• the Royal Artillery have presented themselves to
the Spanish Consul, saying that if he would buy
their discharge they would be delighted to cross
the Straits and serve the Queen of Spain. The
consul is said to have been too well advised to give

ear to the seductive proposal. I will not risk a
conjecture as to the period for which the volunteers
in question proposed, in their secret souls, to remain
with the Queen of Spain after being released from
the service of the Queen of Great Britain.
The dry weather we had for some days enjoyed
ceased last night towards 12 o'clock. Patter came
the drops upon the tents, and soon augmented into
a deluge. All night it came down, and all the
morning, with brief intervals, and now, at 4 p.m.,
it seems, if possible, to descend more heavily than
ever. No Morito to-day; he must be hid in some
nook of the hills, cursing the Christian and striving
to keep his powder dry. He will be lucky if he suc-
ceeds. If this lasts, there will soon be nothing dry
in the Spanish camp. The tents hold out stoutly,
but there are limits• to the resistance of canvas,
when assailed by such a drenching, downright rain
as that now falling. As one looks up at the narrow
roof above him, he sees crystal drops gathering
within it, and small splashing sounds upon box and
bed warn him that the enemy is effecting an en-
trance. So he moves all damageable commodities
from under the penetrated spots, and resumes his
pen or his pistol-cleaning, or any other occupation
with which he may bo beguiling the tedium of a
wet day, in camp. The exercise ho gets in trans.;
porting his effects from one place to another in
search of a dry spot is perhaps salutary, but is cer-
tainly disagreeable. If he be new to this kind of
misery and of irritable temperament, he probably
heaps anathemas upon the tent, its maker, and espe-
cially upon his unhappy servant, whom he has sum-
moned to his counsels from some exterior nook where
he had been lurking, and who stands before him
helpless, damp, despairing, and bewildered. If he be
an old stager, and has culivated that precious vir-
tue, patience, he consoles himself with the idea that
he is no worse off than his neighbours, rolls up his
bed or whatever substitute for it he may possess,
puts on his waterproof, lights his cigar, heaps up his
chattels in the middle of his tent, or in whatever
part of it may be tolerably dry, climbs upon the
top of them and sits there, a philosopher, defying
fate. There are no umbrellas in camp, or they
would be useful. Perhaps some day we may take
them from the Moors, who are said to be curious in
that article of furniture, and from whom Marshal
Bugeaud captured the big parasol which was ex-
hibited in the Tuileries gardens in the peaceful days
of the Citizen King, when Louis Napoleon was at
Ham and Solferino not dreamt of.

Under all the disadvantageous and trying circum-
stances that have hitherto attended this campaign,
commenced in ill• omened haste, in the worst sea-
ton, and with very insufficient preparation, the good
qualities of the Spanish soldier have been conspi-
cuous. He has been invariably orderly, obedient,
contented, and even jolly under circumstances which
Mark Tapley himself might have found trying.
Satisfied with little, submissive to hardships, he has
a fund of insouciance and merriment which bears
him up where many would grumble and despond.
Drunkenness is unknown in the camp, and crime is
consequently rare. To-morrow will complete one
month since Echague's (the first) corps landed, and
hitherto there has not been a single serious offence
in the army, not one court-martial, not one soldier
brought up by the gendarmes who act as the police
of the camp, not a riot, nor a fight. Wet under his
scanty tent, which was devised to exclude sunbeams
and not to ward off rain or resist wind, harassed
by frequent guards and advanced post duty, out-
lying pickets by night and unprofitable skirmishes
by day, neither his good spirits nor his good hu-
mour desert him. Put on your waterproof and
walk through the camp, on this, a wet SUnday, on
the hills of Ceuta, and you shall hear no complaint,
behold no doleful faces, but, on the contrary, see
many a blithe, cheerful countenance. Here is a guard
just come up, preceded by its regimental band, and
going on wet and weary duty. Were they bound
for a parade in the Madrid Prado, they could not
look less annoyed at the prescribed duty. They
halt just by the tent of the General-in-Chief, out-
side of which is standing, regardless and apparently
unconscious of the heavy rain, a tall gray-haired
man, seemingly about 55 years of age, dressed in a
waterproof coat and Macintosh leggings, the only
military part of his costume being the " Ros," or
Spanish kepi, with three bands of gold embroidery
round it, indicating the rank of Captain-General,
equivalent to Field• Marshal. His head is rather
bent, the expression of his countenance is severe,
but at the same time not without a certain bon-
homie. His brow is somewhat furrowed, but less
you would say by years than by the cares and anxie-
ties, the vigils and fatigues of an active, eventful,
and ambitious career. His step is firm, and when,
as sometimes happens, it suddenly lengt-hens almost
into a stride, you perceive that he still retains no
small share of the vigour and elasticity of youth.
This is Leopold O'Donnell, Count of Lucena, the
Spaniard, of Irish descent, who is now by far the
first man in his country ; who
possesses a power
confirmed by its duration (rare for a Spanish Pre-
mier of late years), and which certainly has the
willing support of a greater majority of
the nation than any of his predecessors for many
years past could reckon upon.
I think I mentioned in my last letter that cholera
is upon the decrease, and the health of the camp
much improved. It is to be hoped the bad weather
will not last long enough to bring back or augment
theldisease, which is now evidantly dying out. There
have been as many as 70 or 80 deaths a-do yfor days

—back into your tents, if tont there still be. The
poles and two flaps of drenched canvas stand there
to represent it. Everything beneath it is soaked;
beds, clothes, saddle-bags, everything in short, ex-
cept fragile things, which are all broken. By des-
perate exertions we prop up a sort of nook, into
which we creep, enveloped in waterproofs and ac-
companied by • a lantern, and whence I now indite
this sketch of our disaster, much impeded by the
rain drops, which.contemptuously pass through the
canvas as freely as if it was not there and render
my writing nearly illegible. Wind and rain still
continue their riot, and do not seem at all tired of
,the fun or disposed to leave off. They are making
35,000 individuals horribly uncomfortable ; but
what do they, hard-hearted, care ? The diana •will
for once be welcome, when it sounds, five hours hence
during which we shall have plenty of time to reflect
on our faults and follies, and on the rashness of be-
ginning a campaign in Morocco towards the end of
November. I wonder how Morito fares, yonder in
his gloomy mouutains. If he be half as poorly off as
we are, he will probably be wishing, as I suspect
many in camp are at this moment doing, that the
Ceutan crusade was past and gone.
MONDAY MORNING, DEC. 19.
I have done but imperfect justice in the preceding
description to the furious storm of last night and to
its ravages in camp; In head-quarters camp alone
(a very small one) several large tents and two or
throe of less size are down. Open-air kitchens have
disappeared, officers are sacking their property,
scattered in the nighttempcst, disconsolate servants
are struggling against adversity and to get up some-
thing in the shape of breakfast. There two or three
old Crimeans here, and they protest that since the
storm of Nov. 14, 1854, they have witnessed nothing
to cqual.that of Dec. 18, 1859. The wind has now
abated (10 a.m.) and the rain has ceased, but the
sky is extremely wild and the weather evidently for
from settled. Thirty hours—from midnight on the
17th to 6 a.m. on the 19th—of the heaviest rain,
with rare intervals of a few minutes; nine hours of
a perfect hurricane ; a thunderstorm to complete the
festival—such are the amenities of winter at the
foot of the Sierra Bullones. How is campaigning
possible.in a country and season where such bursts
maysat any moment occur—almost without warn-
ing ? Suppose we had been overtaken by this wea-
ther in a bivouac half way between here and Tetuan,
should we have been fresh for marching and fighting
after such a3O hours as we have just passed ? I pro-
mise you that even last evening there were some long
faces anddrooping crests in France, and some who
lately wero sanguine of triumph spokc with more dif-
fidence, admitting doubts, and seemed to cast wistful
glances back to Spain. The worst *as still to come.
The rain was unpleasant, but the wind was seriously
damaging. The poor fellows in the advance must
have suffered grievously last night, and it is to be
feared the hospitals will receive no small accession
of inmates as one consequence of the deluge and
hurricane.

There are a few shots to the front. It seems that
all the rain has not sufficed to damp Morito's ;mar-
tial ardour or render his powder unserviceable. The
wind is rising again, and threatens another gale.

TILE CONGRESS,

A rtratoiir. has obtained during the last few day?.
that the much talked-of Congress on the affairs of
Italy may perhaps never take place. Of course,
this is only the natural inference of the political
and commercial world from the evident embarrass-
ment of the French Emperor and the other pro-
moters of the meeting. We may, however, say that
at the present moment it looks as if there would be
no Congress at all. Such a diplomatic Council
presupposes some union of opinion among its mem-
bers, for the most zealous upholder of the system
scarcely claims that a majority of votes should bind
any Power, or intethre with the organisation of
any recognised State. A Congress is a meeting of
independent Powers to give a moral sanction to
some thing done or to he done by those who have a
just claim to act, or whose acts, being already ac-
complished, cannot be reversed. It may recognise
the enlargement of the Sardinian kingdom, although
the States concerned may not approve the war of
1859. It may recognise the overthrow of the Papal
authority in the Romagna, although the members
expressly disapprove of people choosing their own
rulers. But there its powers end, and no one will
arrogate its right to bind the minority from aiding
either the Pope or his subjects at their will. Hence
it follows that, unless there is a hope of something
like unanimity, it is of little use to meet at all. A
Congress which can bind no one will be of little
service when it exhibits five States voting against
four, or some two or three protesting against a
particular resolution. The moral weight of its
decisions will then be small indeed, and they will
form no part of the public law of Europe.
This unanimity will be, it is evident, difficult to
obtain. Of the history of recent negotiations we
profess to know more than is open to the world ;
but enough has been made public to enable a fair
judgment to be formed as to the part which the
different States will take. The most important re-
, suit of the last few months is undoubtedly the re-

Russia, and more than one minor State now hang-
ing back from the Congress.
Shall, ' then, the Congress be given up?
means, so far as the English people is concerned.
We do not want it—we have never wanted it ; we
have, on the contrary, looked upon it with suspi-
cion, as involving assumptions inconsistent with
international law. We have merely agreed to join
it at the pressing instance of the French Emperor,
who declared that it was necessary for the per-
manent solution of the Italian question. Should.
Napoleon be able to bring his troupe of Plenipoten-
tiaries torruther, we will send our own, but should
he fail, the remark in England will be, " So much

the better." All that then remain will be to
recognise the Central Italian State which has been
formed out of the Romagna and the Duchies, either
as an independent kingdom or as part of the Sar-
dinian monarchy, to take our stand on accomplished
facts, and to leave tho Pope and his supporters to
their remedy.— Times.