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Surplus 'Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the. Quarter
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Ireland ...

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Income received in the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1850, as shown in Account I.

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SPAIN .AND MOROCCO.

(From the Times' Special Corresp9),tdent.)

CAMP IN FRONT OF CEUTA, DEC. 16.

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
killed 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 head, and four for
every live Spaniard brought in. We aro not aware
that any four dollar premiums have yet been gained.
Tne galley slaves, who have been armed, and who
fight desperately, and have had a good many killed
and wounded, have been promised a dollar for
every live Moor they bring in, and they go out
out of nights on the prowl, in hopes 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 folio wtheir example.
A very few have been made, and killed by the sol-
diers before they got into camp, at which General
O'Donnell was very wroth. The soldiers say that
the Moors will not let themselves be 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.
Tho 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 are tales and traditions current of hor-
rible cruelties which the Moors are in the habit of
inflicting on the eneinifis who fall into their hands;
and, in fact, the war has at this, its outset, assumed
the most sanguinary and ferocious 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 thief adviser and dearest friend is,
by numbers 'of Spaniard; believed to be Mr.
Drummond Tday. 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, wore it thought proper to make
it, unquestionably have a good effect. A sort of
Eliot Convention, stipulating quarter and good
treatment for pri irmers, ought to be acceptable to
both parties, and. might, I should think, easily be
brought about.,

Since I have :referred to England, I 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 not
prevail that Er glishmen 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 welt-trimmed nails and light hair.
Another report was, that a Minie rifle captured
from the Spimish Chzadores by the Moors had been
sent by Mr. Hay to Sir William Codrington. A
variation of th;,s. was said to come from Gibraltar ;
it was to the 'effect that it was General Prim's
sword that he d been presented ! General Prim
is not exactly the man I should select as particularly
likely to lose his sword. An English merchant
from Gibralt•sr who came over here the other day
in the Tweedxide, which brought the electric cable,
and rode about the camp and redoubts with some
friends, excited the special ire of the army, and is
said to have narrowly escaped being stoned in con-
sequence of his being taken—Heaven knows why
—for the edi tor of the Gibraltar Chronicle, a jour-
nal which, as; I believe, without at all deserving it,
has got the roc utation of being the supporter and
organ of the 31 oorish Government. On the other
hand, it appe:irs that the Spanish cause obtains
favour among; ;some of the subordinate members of
the garrison .of Gibraltar. I am assured that
several soldi era and non-commissioned officers of
the Royal Art illery have presented themselves to
the Spanish O ❑sul, saying that if he would buy
their discharL:s they would be delighted to cross
the Straits al n I serve the Queen of Spain. The
consul is said t) have been too well advised to give

THE REVENT.II FOR THE:I.I%AR AND QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31.

the. Gross; Produce of the Revenue of.the United Kingdom, in the underrnentii 4Dne(iP€riodi, ended December 31, 1859, compared
with the Coiresponding Periods of the Precedino• Year. , • ' .

I EAR. •
ended , . QUARTE4S EX l
pED . - , • -
..:1
e-nEcteßd
Deocritb_e .
1 dI r. -
December 31, March 31, June 39, . Sept.Sei 30, Dec. 31, DeCember 31, '
1859. 1858 1858 1858 1858 • 1838. •- 1 • •
• 4 L . •
) I
! , j
''A (73 "', 'X •- . X • --- X • X
24,824,579 5,888,352 5,879,039 • 6315,X 422 6,209,187 24,09,006 CtigTOMS.
19,011,000 -i*.3,251,000' 4,626,000 - - 6,083,000 5,004,000' 17,966,000 EXCISE.
7,976,981 , 2,Q51,973 2,084,37 9- • 1,831,000 2,029,000 7,990,343' STAMPS.
3,3311;000C • 308,033 1,326,000 141,000 1,383,000 1 ' 3,158,033' ; TAX S. • '
6,077,106, !3,390,601 1,199,587 2,451,00 W ' 517,000. ; " 7,591,188 PROPERTY TAX.
1 ; 3,251,000: ' • .
.705,000 765,000 ' 745,000 860,000' i 3,075,000' ; ,20ST' OFIIICE.
282,079 70,000 . 641000. " 60,940 82,500 ! 277;440 'CROWN LANDS.
t-' 1,41t,721 f ' 345,360 335,970 " - 531,690 917,971 -I 2,130,991 701SOLLIASEOUS:
4 .
,43070,469 ' 1 16,910,819 116,279,966 111,961,052 17,03'2,as , 56,286,995 TCMALS. " •
I! . . .

No. IL—lncrease and Decrease in the Quarter and Year ended December 31, 1859, as compared with the Corr6ppriding Periods of
the Preceding Year.

____— _ •
-- . -
:Year ended Dgc. 31,1859.
Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1850. Nine nontbsiended Dec. 31, 1850.
•• . .
,
Increase.
Increase. Decrease. lncrease. • Decrease.
-.—
£
X '. ,1 -. : „X. £ £
j £
•
CUSTOMS - : •, .
illevAr...
356,00015813 '. : . .. 706,'36 732,570 ! ... .. CUSTOYPS. •
EXCISEI,I39,OOO : 1,075,000 ; . .. EXCISE. • • • STAMPS -t' . 11,003. . 25,788 10,362 .• •
STAMTS. - - -
TAXE" . e ' -1.% );. ' - . ' i'iooo , ' - . 63,000 72,9117 'TAXES.
PROP.,hLTY TAX ' . 4 .'' $,91,000 . '
POST in:. i'ICE m.,•••., • "
.. .' ' ToßsT;PEoßyTtyielly
CROW ' ANDS" ' .....- 4 - 500- - .
.9 . ' 4,639 CROWN L.AND S.
MISCELLANEOUS .. 6g3,1D. 713,U0 718,267 MISCELLANEOUS.
_
14t.'
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6:313 - ''''
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TOTALS
• TOTALS.
. %._

£216.526

ter ended December 31, 1559 ; the Application of the same ; mud the Charge
Ler with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge.

Amount applied out of the Income foi; the Quarter ended Dec. '3l, 18594 in re-
demption of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) for the Quarter ended Ser.pt. 30,
1859,, • 2,961,947

Amount applied out of the Income to supply Services, in the Quarter ended Dec.
31, 18.-u)

Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1859, viz, ,
Interest of the,_Permanent Debt £0,1324,250
Terminable Debt 5)19,8t,3
Interest of Exchequer Bills(Deficiency) 4A7
. . The Civil List ....,
Other Charges on Consolidated Fund
•,-Advances for PubliC IVorlzs, &c.

9,171, 604

8,113,103

Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Q rarter
ended Dec. 31;1859, viz.:—
Great Britain.,
'lreland.

x:•20,r,0i

720,501

.V 0,967,277

ear to the seductive proposal. T 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 13 ritain.
The dry weather we had for soave days enjoyed
ceased last night towards 12 o'cloc's . Patter came
the drops upon the tents, and soon augmented into

a deluge. All night it came dov4 n, and all the
morning, with brief intervals, and now, at 4 p.m.,
it seems, if possible, to descend mare heavily than
ever. No Morito to-day ; he mist 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 sOorc 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 u.:p at the narrow
roof above him, he sees crystal drops gathering
-within it, and small splashing sounils upon box and
bed warn him that the enemy is effecting an en-
trance. So he moves all damageatle commodities
from under the penetrated spots, :and resumes his
pen or his pistol-cleaning, or any other occupation
with which he may be beguiling the tedium of a
wet day in camp. The exercise 11:43 geti 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 oxterior nook where
ho 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 ip 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
I3ugeaud 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 unpofitable 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 reginiental 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 Geneeral-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. llcs head is rather
bent, the expression of his countimance 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 LS firm, and when,
as sometimes happens, it suddenly lengthens 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, Coin t of Lucena, the
Spaniard, of Irish descent, who is now by far the
first man in his country ; who p ossesses a power
confirmed by its duration (rare fc .r a Spanish Pre-
mier of late years), and which ,certainly has the
willing support of a great 2r 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 het% lth of the camp
much improved. It is to be hope c t the bad weather
will not last long enough to bring back or augment
the disease, which is now evidantly dying out. There
have been as many as 70 or 80 deai the a-day for days