The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FEIDAY EVENING, DECENIBEII, 2, 1859.

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PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONI4L TO MR.
R. T. WAY; • SUPERINTENDENT 'OF TILE
LOT E]? TERMINUS.

(From the Dover Chronicle.)
A dinner took place at the Royal Oak-roam, Cannon-
strcef, on Monday evening last; on the occasion of the pre-
sentation of a testimonial to Mr. E. T. Way, the superin-
tendent of the South-Easternailway Company's station
at Dover, as a mark of the high esteem in which he is held,
not only by his fellow-townsmen, but by all those whose
business has:brought them in contact with him in his official
capacity, and who have experienced his urbanity and re-
ceived at his hands every kindness and consideration. It
is unnecessary for us to say that such a mark of regard
must be exceedingly flattering to the individual who is the
object of it; and we doubt not that the occasion of its pre-
sentation will ever be remembered by him with pride and
satisfaction. The testimonial, which was supplied by Mr.
Bacon, of king-street, and did him great credit, con-
sisted Of a handsotne silver cup and salver, with a purse of
£2OO, and bore the following inscription : —" This silver cup
and salver, together with a purse of £2OO, was presented
to Mr. E. T. Way, superintendent of the South-Eastern
Railway at Dover, by numerous friends, as a.special mark
of respect and esteem. Nov. 21, 1859."
At the dinner, which was well served, and comprised
numerous and excellent dishes, in which the ability of mine
host of the Oak (Mr. Philpot), as a caterer to the gastrono-
mic taste of his guests was universally acknowledged, about
50 gentlemen sat down. The chair was filled by W. Mozon,
Esq., who was supported on his right by Mr. Way, the
Rev. W. Yate, and Major Barnard, and on his left by the
Rev. T. B. W. Briggs, D. White, Esq. (one of the officials
of the South-Eastern Railway), &c. Dr. Morgan officiated
as the *ice-chairman.
Upon the removal of the cloth,
" The Queen " was given and loyally responded to,
followed by the " Health of the Prince of Wales, the
Prince Consort, and the rest of the Royal Family," the
chairman remarking in reference to the youthful Prince,
that the country ought to be exceedingly happy in having
so good and pransing a king in perspective. (Cheers.)
The VICE-CHAIRMAN next gave " The Army and Navy,"
observing that it was not his intention to occupy the time
of those presone by any comment, and, indeed, were he se
disposed he should be lacking in the ability to pass a fit
eulogitarn upon those two great services of our country, He
should, therefore, merely call upon them to drink to the
army and navy, coupling with the toast the name of the
gallant Major Barnard.
The toast hoving been patriotically responded to,
Major 134.11NARD role to respond. It devolved upon
him to return thanks for the two services, as he, it
appeared, was the only representative of either of them
present ; bbf he should have been very glad to have
s.seen
amongst the companf a jolly good old sailor, who could
have spoken up for the sister service—the navy. At the
present time, when there were wars and rumours of wars
and tumults, and when an invasion was threatening the
land, permit him to say, as his honest conviction, thatevory
man who was capable of taking any share in the defence of
the country, would do well to join himself to a volunteer
corps, and in a town like Dover, situated as it was upon the
sea coast, and where there were a number of batteries re
quiring to be manned, it wa,i Particularly desirable that an
artillery corps should be formed. He recommended the
men of Dover to enrol themselves as gunners, aad they.
would be useful men in case of a seige ; should such a cala-
mity ever happen to us, they would be obliged to serve at
the guns whether they liked it or not, and therefore it
would be much better to tender their services voluntarily.
God helping'the right, he did not believe that old England
would ever have to submit to a foreign foe setting his foot
upon her shores. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN next gave the " Clergy of all denomina-
tions of Christians," coupling therewith the name of the
Rev. W. Yate. Ho trusted, for the sake of that worthy
gentleman, that tho toast would be drunk with all hearti-
ness

The toast was well received.
Th,e., Bev. W. YATE begged to thank them most cordially
for the kind way in which they had been pleased to receive
the toast., In reference to Mr. Way, he could only state
that he had known him now about 14 years, and he had
never met a person for whom ho had a greater respect and
esteem. . (Hear.) He was also quite sure, from what had
fallen under his notice when.in attendance at the railway
station, that the travelling public felt likewise a great re--
spect forhim ; indeed it could scarcely be otherwise, for
ho was always kind and attentive to every one. It
was true that ho sometimes had an unpleasant duty;
to perform, but then it was invariably performed
in so pleasant a manner as in a great measure
to remove the unpinasantness from those who
Might happen to be the objects of it. (Applaase.) He
expressed a hope, in conclusion, that the excellent testimo-
nial of 200 sovereigns woulel be as useful to Mr. Way as the
cup and salver would be ornamental. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN having called upon the company to
charge their glasses with bumpers, rose to perform the most
important duty devolving upon him that evening; and
while expressing his 'regret that the task had not fallen into
abler hands trusted that they would bear with him and take
, the will for the deed. It was now for him to present to Mr.
Way the. :handsome cup and salver, together with that
which the cup contained, and which altogether he believed
approached in value to something like £250. After this,
he thought he need say but very little with regard to the
estimation in which that gentleman was held by all who
had boon brought in contact with him, as the fact spoke for
itself. Ho (the chairman) had not had the pleasure of
knowing Mr.' Way for so many years as had most of the
gentlemen composing that meeting, his acquaintance being
liinited to the comparatively brief period of five years; but
this he could say, that during the time referred to he had
experienced from him a very great deal of kindness, both in
his official. capacity and in his private life—(applause)--'
and ho had no hesitation in saying that those who had
formed a more extended intimacy with Mr. Way had ex-
perienced a larger share of kindness, from the simple fact
of having known him longer. But, in order to show how
universally respected was Mr. Way, he would only refer
them to the list of subscribers to the testimonial, by which
they would perceive that his friends were not confined to
Dover alone, lint were spread abroad over the land. (Hear,
hear.) The presentation of this handsome testimonial
ould redound to his honour to the day of his death, and
he trusted that the recipient would ever remember the oc-
casion of their assembling around the festive board that
'evening. He (the chairman) made the presentation with
a great deal of pleasure, and hoped Mr. Way would live
Many years to drink a cup of claret whenever any of his
friends should call upon him. (Loud cheers.). [The
chairman then presented the silver cup and salver
to Mr. Way, at the same time proposing his health
—long life, prosperity, peace, and happiness to him. Ho
next' handed to him the purse of 200 sovereigns, promising.
hith that he would find but very few counterfeits amongst
theml

Mr: WAY, on rising to acknowledge the flattering testi-
mony of esteem which had been paid him, was received with
considerable applause. He said he had really so intiCh for
which to thank them, and so much for which to be gratofal
to them, that he scarcely knew where he should begin. He
came to Dover in the year 1814, which was now about 15
years since, with a determination to carry out two or three
objets, the principal of which was, to watch over to the
best of his ability, the interests of the company which he
had the honour to serve. He could assure them that he
thought then, ho ever had thought, and he hoped he should
continuo to think, that he could never do too much for the
accommodation, the gratification, and the pleasure of those
who travelled by the South Eastern Railway. (Applause.)
During the time ho had been the superintendent at the
Dover station—of course they could not compete in the
amount of traffic with the London station, inasmuch as the
number of passengers who passed through there in one year
was equal to the number he had seen hero during his loca-
tion amongst them—but he could safely say that no less.
than 15,000,000 of passengers had passed through Dover
station during the time he had mentioned, and he.believed
there were not 15 individuals out of that large number who
could say that he had not done all that ,he could to make
their travelling as comfortable as possible. (Hear.) Amongst
this 15,000,000 were reckoned a number of illustrious visitors
to her Majesty the Queen, a greater number of whom had
passed through this station than through any other outport
station in the kingdom. All those august personage's had
been satisfied with the arrangements which had been made
for their convenience as far as the journey by rail was con-
cerned ; and they had presented him with several testimonials
of which he was very proud,as he knew were, also the Dover
people. He could not sufficiently thank them for all this kind-
ness shown towards him,—to the worthy chairman, to the
secretaries (Messrs. Briggs and Forster), to his worthy
friend Mr, Yato (the treasurer), and to all the members of
the committee he begged to ofer his sincere thanks; to
every one who had honoured him by placing their names
on the list, whether it be for five guineas or for ss.—(hear,
hear)—he returned.his grateful acknowledgments, and ho
sincerely hoped that ho should never live long enough to
lose any of that pleasant gratification he felt at the present
moment in holding the esteem of his fellow townsmen.
(Applause.) When lie looked around and saw so many of
his fellow townsmen assembled on this occasion to do him

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honour, ho was inclined to ask himself what ho could do to
compensate them for all their trouble ? He could only tell
them this, that:if any of them or their friends could show
him how he could possibly be of
the
to them dui),
would only be adding one more to the pleasures they had
already given him. (Cheers.) Ho had often remarked
that it was a prowl day fur him when he came to Dover.
On his taking up his abode here ho was a perfect stranger
to the people, but they had not treated him as such, showing
him every kindness. The different mayors, also, whose
acquaintance he had had the honour to make during his
stay here, had also always treated him, both officially and
privately, with the greatest consideration, and he took that
public opportunity of thanking them. He assured the com-
pany that no one felt a greater interest in the prosperity of
Dover than he did—he would tell theni that Dover must
prosper, even without the townspeople wishing it, for the
Government had seen that Dover was the key to.tho conti-
nent—travellers had seen it long since. (A laugh.) In
conclusion, it only remained for him again to cordially
thank-them for the honour which they had done him, and
he wished ho could individually as he could now collectively
thank them. If any of them at any time doubted his sin-
cerity, let them try him—(cheers)—and if they had no way
of asking him to serve them let them ask sonic of their
friends who had, and if he Aid not do anything they required
why—they might call him a Dutchman. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. W. H. PAYN next gave " The health of the Mayor
and Corporation of Dover."
Alderman WOOD returned thanks. • It would have given
him greater pleasure, he said, to have seen instead of three

of the members of the Corporation within thosewalls, which
had held them on so many occas'ons, as many is 22. (Hear.)
He was of opinion that the gentlemen they placed in office
'should show themselves more .in publics than they did at
present. (Hear.) • -On behalf of the-corporation, he would
say that they hoped to do their duty-during their term of
office, and he trusted it would be for the benefit of the town
and for every person belonging to it. (Applanseo '
The Rev. T. BRIGGS said lie had a toast to propose which
he knew they would' receive with great cordiality-'-it" was
the health of their worthy chairman. (Applause.) He had
'been identified, as he had told them, for the past five years
with the interests of Dover'; and he was certain that from
the moment when he first set his foot in Dover up to the
present time he had done all that ho possibly Could for the
benefit of the town, having been largely connected with
various public works here, including the barracks and fora-
cations. (Applause.) All these he had 'eat.ricd nut satisfac-
torily to the Government; and it was with considerable meth).
faction thathe learnt that Mr. Moxon bad that day signed
a contract ,amounting to something like £lOO,OOO for Go-
vernment works to bo executed in Dover. (Cheers.) He
was sure that that annouucement would go immediately to
their hearts, as they all must feel that he was a worthy lel-
low-townsman, although there was a .time when certain in-
dividuals thought otherwise, but they did not then know
him. He had done the extensive contracts in which he had
been engaged well, and had now taken 'aphis abode amongst
them • and although ho was at present.engaged in carrying
out the extensive works of the metropolitan main drainage,
yet his home was in Dover, and it was here that he spent
the money he had obtained'elsewhere. Now it would be a
good thing for Dover if others would follow the same course,
and identify themselves with the interests hf the town. With
reference to the getting up of the testimonial to Mr. Way,
Mr. Moxon was the first to promote the he took
the chair at,the first committee meeting, and was the filet
to put down his name on' theist for five guineas. Since
that time nothing had given him greater pleasure than to
watch the progress made in the subscription list, and at
last to. have the h nour of presenting to his friend this hand-
some testimonial. (Hear.) Therefore, he hoped they would
all cordially join with him in drinking the health of the
chairman, hoping that he might long live in Dover to be
identified with its* prosperity. (Loud cheers.)
The toast having been received witk three times three,
Mr. MoxoN said he rose with a great degree of pleasure
to thank them for the handsome manner in which his health
had beer! Proposed and responded to, although he thought
th:.t the proposer had said a great deal more of him than he
deserved. (No, no.) As long as he should remain in Dover,
he hoped' he should never do anything to disgrace the name
ho hose. His object, as, Mr. Briggs had truly intimated to
them, Was to see Dover something superior to what it was at
present.. Mr. -B. Dieraeli had very frequently said that there
was something looming in the distance, but, unfortunately,
there were very few in the town who appeared to open
their eyes to this fact. He heartily, agreed with Major
Barnard when he urged the necessity, of the townsmen,
making themselves familiar with the use of arms, in order
that they might be able to defend themselves in case of need.
He assured them nothing would give him greater pleasure
than to know that Dover,prosperedgend every 'one in it in
the same ratio. (Applause.) Dover was a place to which
ho had taken a fancy; and in which he had taken up his
abode. He had many esteemed friends here, amongst whom
he might mention his friend on his right, and his friend on
his left-hand'; and he-thoUght he might take the liberty of
going the round of the table, and when he had included the
whole of them, he trusted that' there would be none who
would have reason to regret the day -in which he set his
foot in Dover. (Applause.) The .chairman then paid a
compliment to the ladies who were witnessing the proceed-
ings from the other end of the room, huinourously-romark-
ing that he had observed there such an amount of white
sambric as must be highly gratifying to everyone present.
(Laughter.) He begged once more to bo allowed to tender
his most sincere thanks for the honour they had done him in
drinking his health. (Cheers.) • ' •
Mr. BRIGGS, sen., intimated that he had been requested
by the chairman and vice-chairman to propose the next
toast, which he conceived to be of the first consequence to
the individuals composing this town, because, individuals
together caused iu the aggregate the prosperity or otherwise
of a town like Dover, which was one of the most important
in the British empire. (Hear.) If we would have prosperity
as a whole, we must wish it to each individual ; in propor-
tion as trades or professions .were in a thriving condition so
would a town flourish; and let him also add, that the hap-
piness of the whole community was vested in the happiness
of each single person, anti if Dover was ever to be prosper-
ous, it must be when all divisions and dissensions were at an
end. (Lend cheers.) Whether in the Town 'Council or
elsewhere, it was necessary that business should be carried
on irrespective of any party feeling whatsoever, and then,
and only then, would the town be in a prosperous condition.
(Hear.) But he (the speaker) had suffered because of his
expressed determination to follow an independent course—
ho wished to see prosperity in Dover independent of sect or
party - (hear, hear)—and he was persuaded-of this, that if
the inhabitants acted unitedly, prosperity would attend
them. He hoped, in conclusion, that the time was net far
distant when they would see all united for the good of one
another, and for the welfare of the town. He begged to pro-
pose " Prosperity to the town of Dover," and. harl,great plea-
sure in connecting with that toast a most venerable, excel-
lent, and worthy man, Mr. Hipgrave. (Applause.)
The toast was drunk with great heartiness
.Mr. llseonav responded. He remarked that when so
humble an individual as himself was called on to do justice to
the toast of the first town, he might say, belonging to the Bri-
tish empire, he felt how unequal ha was to the task. -It ought
to have been in the hands of—if the clergy, bosh mid say the
Archbishep—(laughter)—if the military, it should have been
the general of the garrison, for he believed that even
the Prime Minister himself—(laughter)—would not be able
to do justice to a 'place so extraordinarily splendid, so pro-
tected in every way by providence, and he might say so de-
termined as we all were and he hoped we ever should be, to
keep an enemy from our shores The words of that noble
officer (Major Barnard) were first-rate—we ought to make
ourselves acquainted with exorcise. What use was a man if
he went out at night and did not understand the system of
defending hiniself ? What should we able to do supposing
these human butchers arrived ? (Laughter) Why, they
would slaughter us like a flock of sheep, had we nobody to
rally us, nobody to guide us, no philosopher like Confucius
and all the rest of them. (Laughter.) But there were men
who were able to instruct us and put us in a right position
to defend ourselves. What must have been the feelings of
those proud Austrians, badly disciplined and badly gone-
railed, when opposed to the French army, in every way
' most perfect ? However, he was net one of those individuals
who were lost in admiration and envy of the French'Empe-
ror, for he believed it was his destiny to rule over the most
extraordinary people in the world—so divided, so ferocious,
so ready at all times to rush out like wild beasts of the wil-
derness to kill and destroy. (Loud laughter.) How we could
expect this noble Napoleon to keep all these wolves, and
tigers, and lions; and all'the rested' the destructive animals
in the aforesaid wilderness—(laughter)—he was at a loss to
conceive—it was impossible. Why, the Emperor had no
other reason for going to Italy than because his army got
the mastery over him—they would be at something—eo said
Nap, "If there is anything that wants rectifying and puri-
fying it is Italy,
,and we will go there first." (Ltiaighter.)
But it was, useless and vexatioxs for' him to detain them
longer. (Cries of`" No, no," and "GO on.") 'ltaly, they
must know, was such a congloineration of circumstances
that he• believed the first philosopher in the world was
unable to interpret what the inhabitants wished, or even
tell us what was best for them. Then,• they were divided
into so many States, when strength was in beino. united.
Major Barnard had called their attention to this, and ho be-
lieved that if the English nation put itself in a proper posi-
tion of defence it might laugh to scorn the whole world;
but then they must take care and put themselves in that
position. Consider how proud they ought to be when they
knew that they were the most extended nation on tho face
of the earth, that their children were roamiug all. over the
world, and that the tongue of old England was sounded
from polo to polo. Then let them be united, and fami-
liarise themselves with military discipline—which he
had no objection to learn himself--(cheers and laughter)—
and when they had such a wonderful and astonishing man
as the Rev. Mr. Yates to_ keep theni in good, „holy order—
(a laugh)—and such a great leader as Moxon—(laughter)—
who was now carrying out these gigantic works of defence,
to rally round, they were all saved; and all was well; but
let thorn be assured of this, that if they did not put them-
selves intri a proper state of preparation, they would some
day or other be too late, and then they would stand every
possible chance of having their dwellings entered by the
invader, their little ails forcibly carried away, end their
wives and daughters ravished before their eyes. He begged
to thank them for the honour which they had conferred
upon him, and to inform the meeting at the further end of
all things thathgwas the oldest acquaintance Mr. Way had.
'l'ho VICE-Cleantataer then, in a complimentary speech,
gave " The health of the Fair Sex," coupling therewith the
health of Mrs. Way.
Mr. WAY, in replying to the toast, observed that he had
now been married about 20 years, and he believed it had
been the happiest portion of his life. (Applause,)
Mr. A. BoTiroe, in giving "The Press," took occasion
to advert to what had fallen front Major Barnard, with re-
spect to the volunteer movement in Dover, assuring him
that 'seine of the 'Dover people were not so insensible the
importance of fitting themselves for militaryfunetions as he
seemed to suppose, A meeting of the inhabitants had already
been held on the subject of rifle corps, and ho regretted that
more had not resulted from that meeting. Perhaps in no
town in the kingdom had the call to martial pursuits been
less responded to than in Dover—not a single shilling hav-
ing been subscribed by any of its wealthy inhabitants, so
far as he could learn, on behalf of the movement. It was
gratifying to know, however, that 50 of our fellow-towns-
men had' tendered their names to Government for tho esta-
blishment of an artillery corps. This, ho thought, shoWed
that the volunteer spirit, at least, was not wanting. (Hear,
hear.) Indeed, their own inclination had at firAt led them
towards the formation of" a rifle corps'; but, learning that
in outports such as Dover artillery corps would be of more
use, they had consented to become artillerymen, their de-
sire being to servo their country in case of need in the best
way they could. (Hear, hear.) But the artillery corps
could not yet bo declared formed, for althatigh the names
of the volunteers were down and the application forwarded
to the proper quarter, no official ackuowledgMent of the
offer lied yet been received. He did know that Col. Aylmer
had received instructions tohommenco a course of drill with
such persons as might be desirous of acqUiring that kiud of
instruction; but until the services of the Dover Volunteers
were properly recognised, and they weirs placed on the fool-
ing of other crops of the same description, they could
scarcely regard thenisolves as in a position to take advant-
age of the permission thus held out. (Hear.) He had little
doubt, however, front the feeling now exhibited,lhrit before
many days were over, a movenient would be ihade in the
right • direction, and the Dover Volunteer Artillery Corps
properly_ organised. (Loud clic:ones). • Mr. Bottle then gave
"TP he ress."
Mr. J. T. FRIEND responded to the toast.
A great number of toasts of a more personal character
were then proposed, including the health of Dr. Morgan,
the , Rev. T. B. W. Briggs, Mr. W. H. Payn, Mr. Bacon
(who had furnished tho tankard and salver comprised in
tho , testimonial), the Visitors from London, and Messrs.
Whites Gouge, and Allen, Major Barnard, &c.
3iajor BARNARD, mt ,responding, again pressed 'on
the attention of the gentlemen 'present the importance
of great gun exercise being learnt by the civilians of
a town. like Dover, so that they might be useful in
time of need. God forbid that that time should ever arrive,
for none who had over seen the horrors of a general actin
would, desire to look upon the scone again. None could
say:that he funked in his duty or hesitated to accept a post
of Clanger; but he fervently hoped •he might never again
look upon the sights that had met his gaze upon a field of

battle and the'surest way of preventing the possibility of
such a scene in England was to look well to our defences,
and never let a foe fall into the error of supposing that we
wore unprepared to resist an attack. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN. in response to an observation which had
fallen from Mr. A. Bottle with respect to the lack of sub-
scription said he should belappy to contribute ten guineas
td any fund that might be got up to defray the expenses of
a volunteer corps in Dover. (Cheers.)
The company did not, separate till a late hour.

**PAIN AND 'MOROCCO,

(From the Times' Special Correspondent.)
BAY OF CADIZ (IN QUARANTINE), Nov. 22.
We have heard a good deal lately about the pro-
gress made by 'Spain, and the flaw of foreign
travellers into the country has •doubtless been in-
creased by the belief that such progress implied
increased facilities and improved. accommodation.
The health-giving climate of Malaga, so greatly
vaunted by Ford, has been preferred by many in-
valids to the soft breezes of Nice and the sunny bay
of Naples'. One hears of railways opening and
of lines of Steamers regularly running, and of hotels
combining English comforts and French luxuries,
and one as induced to believe that Spain, recently
reputed semi-African, has taken a deserved place
among civilised countries, and no longer presents
difficulties which even a featherbed traveller may
not with impunity brave. I fear the picture has
been rather over-coloured. Spain may have in-
creased in financial prosperity, and probably has so,
since she finds money to undertake a crusade
against her ancient enemy the Moor ; but English-
men who come hither, expecting to be speeded on
their way, and no longer to suffer from the intoler-
able dilatoriness and stupidity so long and so
often a reproach to Spanish officials, will find
themselves wofally out in their reckoning.
Hearken to the tale of your correspondent's troubles.
He wrote to you from Gibraltar soon after noon on
the 20th inst., and quickly afterwards went on
board the little French steamer that was to convey
him, wind and weather permitting, in eight hours
to Cadiz; but wind and weather were adverse
exceedingly. It blew a perfect hurricane round
the old rock of Gibraltar; the windows of the Club-
house Hotel were preserved only by a miracle from
being blown in, and boatmen were profiting by the
gale to demand stormy prices for conveying pas-
sengers on board. And here let me observe, paren-
thetically, that since the opening of the Alicante and
Madrid :Railway and the establishment of various
lines of steamers along the east coast of Spain the
proverbial imposition practised by boatmen, por-
ters, guides, &c., at most of the Italianports where
the English land has been cast altogether into the
shade by the effrontery and extortion of the same
classes in the Spanish towns. Tariffs there are
none, or if there be they are unobserved, treated
with contempt and set at defianoe. At Malaga,
especially, the traveller is swindled and pillaged to
atiy extent. Under English surveillance, things
are much better at Gibraltar, where, indeed, as fur
as I have observed, there is no great ground ler
complaint ; but, of course, a stiff breeze affords an
opportunity of making an extra dollar or two out
of the impatient and the inexperienced. Once on
board, on Sunday afternoon last, it soon became
evident that our departure was not likely to be as
speedy as was promised and hoped. Dirtier wea-
ther I have seldom seen. Darkness came on and
we were still at anchor, a tempest raging, and the
rain descending in torrents, the weather so thick
that a move was not to be thought of. It was a
nice night in Gibraltar Bay, and we were heartily
glad when day broke, and a comparative lull
enabled us to steam out, passing one or two
ships that had gone ashore, and finding better
weather in the Straits than could have
been expected. But our troubles were all before us,
and it is only now that I am coining to the lament-
able portion of my talc. At half-past four o'clock
yesterday we dropped our anchor in the bay
wherein I date this loiter. It was broad daylight,
and we looked out anxiously for the Sanidad, the
health boat, which was to give us pratique. We
looked in vain. Whether it was that the quaran-
tine officials were too busy in the manufacture of
cigarillos to take heed of a boat-load of intrusive

foreigners, or whether they had just dined and were
unwilling tnexpose their digestion to the ordeal of
a roughish sea, I am unable to say, but no Sanidad
appeared. So we resigned ourselves to another
night on board, and were up in the morning before
the earliest-rising gull had made the tour of the
ship, to watch the coming of the health-bearing
authorities. There was no such need of haste to quit
our cots. '!'here was time for a good deal of pacing
of the' wet deck, and of cigar-smoking and mut-
tered expletives, before a sort ofgondola with eight
oarsmen, and two elderly wrinkled Spaniards sit-
ting under an awning, approached our side. Papers
were handed down, and the sanitary officials com-
menced their perusal. Presently one of them opened
his eves to the widest extent, puffed out his cheeks
like Iloreas, and gave to his snuffy high-dried phy-
siognomy as astounded an expression as if Medusa's
head had suddenly been presented to his view. The
Gibraltar authorities had thought it their duty to
announce, two days before, that there were
half a dozen cases of small-pox in the military
hospital. The sick men had been kept isolated, and
the malady had not appeared in the town. But
these redeeming facts were insufficient to tran-
quillise Senor Sanidad. There was the small-pox,
the viruclas at Gibraltar. Consequently nopratique.
rush off the boat at once ! Up with the yellow
flag ! It is still a wonder to me that our captain,
a worthy Breton and a smart sailor, did not get a
fit of apoplexy from the excess of his indignation.
He swore like a Pagan, but Sanidad was not to be
affected by any amount of sacres. There was a
Spanish cavalry officer on board, newly appointed
to the staff of some General presently at Cadiz, and
who had excited general admiration by the length
of his spurs -and his extraordinary escapes from
tumbling over them in ascending and descending.
the soaked, slippery, cabin stairs. He was prompt
and vehement in expostulation—his General impa-
tiently awaited him ; the expedition was about to
embark; on shore he must go. But the wizened
little Spaniard in the grimy boat was inflexible, and
off he went to call a Board to assemble and deli-
berate whether we were to be admitted. He
took with him letters and papers; the pilot
had already gone ashore, in short, enough had
landed to infect a whole city full, if infection there
had been ; but we unfortunates were condemned to
remain tossing about far out in the bay until the
Spanish Sangrados had conferred concerning us.
To heighten the joke,in a couple of hours a boat
came from shore with permission for the Spanish
officer to land. Apparently his landing was to be
kept a sort of secret, done upon the sly; but, as
the whole ship's company and passengers were
present at his stepping into the boat, mystery
was a farce. To cut a long a story short at
this present time of writing, eight at night, this
is our position :—Tho ship's agents have pro-
tested against the bulk of the passengers being kept
on board, on the silly and ridiculous pretence of
quarantine, when one of them has been permitted
to land, and the Spanish authorities have tele-
graphed to Madrid for instructions, the case being
apparently too knotty for them to decide upon. It
is true that the Spanish Prime Minister is at pre-
sent in Cadiz, but it is not his department, and he
has his hands full of more important matters. If
Madrid does not pronounce in our favour to-morrow
morning the steamer, which has little to do at
Cadiz, will proceed to Lisbon, unrelentingly bear-
ing with it the psysengers who are here at their
destination. At Lisbon we shall probably be again
put in quarantine (as Was lately threatened to be
done with another ship of the same company) be-
cause we come from Gibraltar, which is near Alge-
siras, where there was lately the cholera. It is
true that the cholera has ceased for some time past,
indeed, there are ill-disposed persons who say that
it never existed there to any extent, but that it was
magnified to prevent British officers going over
there from Gibraltar and spying out the nakedness
of the land, making unhandsome criticisms on
Echa.gue's division, since embarked for, Ceuta, and
so forth. But no matter, any stick serves to beat a

dog, and any pretext suffices to put
,an unlucky
French steamer in quarantine in the ports of the
Iberian peninsula. It is not the less true that
there aro passengers on board the lively craft
known as the • Ville de Malaga, to whom a visit
to the Portuguese capital will be as disagreeable
as unexpected. Here is M. X-----, late French
Consul at some Moorish city, and who has left in
consequence' of the war, and has all sorts. of
despatches to deliver and important business to
transact in • Spain, and here are Major Gabion, of
the Engineers, and Captain Enfield, of her Majes-
ty's 110th, who are away from Gib. on short leave,
with a view. to visit Granada and see if it be at all
like Mr. Owen Jones's representation of it at Syden-
ham, and who must be back to muster on the 30th,
under pain of an immensity of bothernient, and
here is your correspondent, who—but, without, in-
sisting on details, you will understand how unplea-
sant it is to be taken to the Tagus when you would
pause at Cadiz, to say nothing of the possibility
that our captain, if compelled to hoist the yellow
flag again at Lisbon, may go off in a huff to France,
dropping us in the lazaretto at Vigo. There is no