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SPAIN AND' MOROCCO.

(From the Times' Special Correspondent)
GIBRALTAR, DEC. 9.

There being nothing going on in front of Ceuta,
nor likely to be with the weather that prevailed, I
ran over here on the 6th in quest of some campaign-
ing necessaries. " Ran" is not the word ; I should
rather say crept or crawled. You in England, who
see by the map that Ceuta is only some 15 miles
from Gibraltar, more or less, imagine, I dare say,
that one steps backwards and forwards, as you do
from Dover to Calais. I beg to undeceive you. There
is very little direct communication between the
Rock and Ceuta. English vessels seldom go, and,
perhaps, would be looked suspiciously upon if their
visits were frequent, owing to the belief in Spain
that England favours Morocco. Spanish vessels go
between Algesiras and Ceuta, and many things
occur to delay their departure. Thus it was that
on the 6th inst. the little Spanish armed" steamer
Ceres, by which, through the kindness of
.the
Governor of Ceuta, I had an order for a passage,
and on board of which I hurried soon after noon,
lay till nearly 8 p.m. waiting for the commander-
in-chief's despatch. With only an auziliury screw, it
was 11 before we got to Algesiras, and then my old
friend the Health Committee kept as an hour or two,
so that it was nearly 1 o'clock when we got ashore.
Algesiras is only about five miles from Gibraltar,
but the steamer is very capricious in its running;
it is a long way round by the road, and a heavy
boat, finding no wind, was 21 hours on the voyage.
In short, judging by my own experience, I should
be justified in saying that it takes 24 hours to get
from Ceuta to Gibraltar. Such is not always the
case, but it is likely to occur frequently. During
the seven long hours that the little Ceres was rolling
at her anchor in Ceuta bay we had the annoyance
of seeing, first heavy black clouds gradually de-
scending and accumulating on the heights where
the Spanish camp is pitched, and then a furious
downpour upon our deck warned us that General
O'Donnell's army was undergoing the unpleasant
process of a drenching. Down it came, almost a
sheet of water, and it must have been " hard lines"
that night for the soldiers in their tanks d'ubri,
which have proved, as I expected, totally insuffi-
cient as shelter at this season. Marshal O'Donnell
may beat the Moors, although they are not foes to
be despised, but will he succeed in vanquishing
other more formidable opponents—the climate and
weather, exposure, fever, and cholera ? I by no
means wish to paint his prospects in black colours,
but I cannot look upon them as brilliant. Almost
every one I speak to, even the most sanguine, ex-
presses his regret that the expedition was under-
taken so soon. It was really hardly worth while,
in order to flash off a little powder and drive away
a few Moors on the Queen's Saint's-day, to begin
before all was prepared. The French, experienced
though they are in African warfare—or perhaps
because they are so experienced—would certainly
not have commenced with so little preparation. A
vast deal remains to be organised, and some of the
most indispensable things appear to be wanting, or
at least not to be forthcoming at the right moment.
Thus, in the little action, or rather skirmish, of
the 3001 ult., I saw most of the wounded being
carried down in blankets, instead of stretchers.
The ground to be gone over was in great part
very rough and declivitous, the bearers were
slipping about, and every now and then had to
deposit their uneasy burden, in order appa-
rently to rest and get a better grip. Fancy
the misery, to the wounded men. Now, on that
day there were only a few scores of men so seriously
hurt as to require carrying. A great many of the
slightly wounded walked in, with or without the
aid of a comrade. Then there is not, or was not
very lately, an advanced hospital or ambulance to
send the wounded to for a first dressing. They
have all to be carried into Ceuta. We must pre-
sume that better measures will have been taken be-

fore the campaign seriously begins, and that various
departments will have received organization and
supplies which now appear deficient in both. And
the friends, not only of the Spaniards but of the
most common humanity, must desire that the wea-
ther may soon mend, so as to permit the removal
of the army from their present station, where

they cannot but sicken and die at this sea-

son of the year, and with the exposure they under-
go to rain and cold. Indeed, if the bad weather
lasts the position of the Spanish General will be a
highly difficult ono. Without an improvement of
a most decided nature he can hardly, one would
think, attempt a serious movement. He must
maintain his position before Ceuta, and the army
will assuredly dwindle away rapidly from sickness.
Were Ceuta a larger place, his wisest plan would,
perhaps, be to go into winter quarters there, and
wait a more favourable season for the campaign.
But to cram his army and its followers into so
small a town would be an invitation to disease. As
to remaining where ho is, to do so much longer
would be to dispirit and seriously weaken his army,
whose health it is impossible to deny is already by
no means good. Cholera, the offspring of misery
and apprehension, is in its ranks, and if, as I was
lately assured, it is by no means of the most malig-
nant kind, on the other hand the cases are too nu-
merous not to inspire uneasiness. Such, at least,
was the state of things according to accounts I re-
ceived at the moment of my departure from Ceuta,
and from officers whom I met on the passage.
How far it may since have been aggravated by
the continued bad weather I, of course, can only
conjecture. Take 20,000 young men, who, although
most of them from the lower classes of society,
have always been accustomed to sleep with roofs
over their heads, and place them suddenly
upon a series of clay ridges with the sea on one
side and a chain of mountains on the other, in the
winter season, when violent winds prevail and
heavy rains frequently fall—pack every three of
them under a tente d'abri, into which the water
flows, and through which the wind whistles ; keep
them there night after night and week after week,
with open air sentry duty for the chief variation of
their monotonous life, and then wonder if they
sicken and crowd the hospital. " To lie under
those tents and in the open air is the same thing
when it rains," a regimental officer said to me the
other day; " you get,as wet in the tent as outside
it." The fortunate few, the superior officers, staff,
&c,, who have money and many servants, of course

make themselves comparatively comfortable, but
the bulk of the army must assuredly endure a great
deal in its camp in front of Ceuta. And, notwith-
standing the high•sounding notes of enthusiasm
and the promises of brilliant triumphs of which
some of the Madrid papers are so lavish, I can po•
sitively assure you that there are not a few who
begin to cool upon the enterprise, in consequence
of difficulties and hardships they had not antici-
pated, and that some who were most eager to get
to Africa would now be just as glad to get back to
Spain.

At Malaga three weeks ago I heard an opinion
expressed by some of the chiefs of that corps d'arrnee
that the season chosin for this campaign was a pro-
pitious one, the soldier not having to fear heat. It
is rather' singulerr that the Spaniards, who live so
near to Africa, should have been so ignorant of its
winter climate, should not have been aware that
December in Northern Morocco is a month of
storm and tempest, when violent winds often render
the Straits unnavigable. Supposing O'Donnell's
army marches to Tetuan, beats the Moorish force,
that will doubtless give it battle on the road ; takes
the place, and establishes itself there ; if a Levanter
comes on to blow—and I have been assured by Eng-
lish naval officers well acquainted with these seas,
that they sometimes prevail for weeks together,
and not a ship can remain on that coast—all
the supplies of the army will have to be sent from
Ceuta, seven leagues!' over a roadless country,
with an enemy on your flank. Why, at
Italakleva we had but six miles, And everybody
F knows the work it was to get up the necessary
stores until the roads were made. Meantime the
Moors, snug in their towns and villages, assemble
where they please, without fear of attack or sur-
prise from an army that cannot, under present cir-
cumstances, venture far from the coast, and quietly
watch their opportunity, while small bodies, and
even the armed villagers, suffice to molest and
harass the Spaniards, and keep them on a fatiguing
qui wive. The expedition will be of great cost, and
cannot be of large profit. It has been gone into
with undue haste, and I hope, for the sake of many
good friends in the Spanish camp, that it may not
be repented at leisure.

I found Gibraltar full of most astounding "shave?
concerning what was going on at Ceuta. There is
some individual of a very inquiring turn of mind,
who sits up on the top of the rock with a telescope,
and the things he thence descries are truly wonder-
ful. Half Gibraltar believed, apparently on his re-
port, that the Spaniards had suffered a great reverse,
had been driven into Ceuta or into the sea; has]
lost guns, and colours, and reputation. Another tale
was—but I believe that was brought by some mer-
chant captain from Barbary—that there had been
a severe action on the 2d inst. As to the cannon-
ades that have been heard, they are simply innumer•
able. And even when you come from the spot where
all these marvels are alleged to have taken place,
and assure the Gibraltarines of their being pure
inventions, many of them look at you doubtfully,
not to say suspiciously, so strong a hold has the
fiction taken of their credulity. I presume the
Moors have their own way of relating the inci-
dents of the war, and their version of them may
easily arrive here by vessels coming from Moorish
port:, That accounts differing from the truth,
and less unfavourable to the Moors than the glow-
ing Spanish narratives of recent skirmishes, should
prevail here, will doubtless be taken by the Spani-
ards as fresh proof of English sympathy with. Mo-
rocco, just as the Gibraltar Chronicle, which is
in the habit of publishing, to the best of its infor•
mation, both sides of the question, has been nick-
named by a Madrid journal " the semi-official
Gazette of the Emperor of Morocco." For truth's
sake, and. to set the matter at rest, I may here
broadly state that in all the affairs that have as yet
taken place (those of the 25th and 30th of Novem-1
ber, and two or three smaller skirmishes) the advant-
age has remained with the Spaniards. On the 25th
the Moors were very daring, and appear to have
pressed them hard, and to have made desperate
attempts upon their guns, but they were finally
routed with, as I am assured, and have no reason
to doubt, very considerable loss, that of the
Spaniards being, I believe, somewhere about 400
killed and wounded: Now, as to the tales one also
hears in Gibraltar of the slaughter of thousands of
Moors, and which I suppose are intended as a set-
off to the fables unfavourable to the Spaniards,
they are scarcely worth alluding to. There have
been no battles yet, consequently no such slaughter.
There have been skirmishes, one of which may be
said to have assumed *the proportions of a com-
bat or little action. The aggression has been for
the most part on the side of the Moors. The
Spaniards, in fact, may be considered to be at
present standing on the defensive, waiting until
circumstances permit them to prosecute the offen-
sive purpose with which they have come to Africa.
If from Ceuta we are able to contradict the false
reports that may obtain currency in Gibraltar re-
specting the Spanish army, on the other hand we
know little there about the proceedings of the Moors,
with the exception of those in our front and just
around us, and we have rather to look hither for
such information. According to the reports current
on the Rock, the Moors muster in great force and
are eager tc do battle with the infidel. The sum-
mons of the Emperor of Morocco, the appeal to re-
ligious fanaticism, and the increase of pay have all
had their effect, and there can be no question that
the forces which will be opposed to the Spaniards are,
numerically, enormously superior to them. Ido not
vouch for the accuracy of the figures, but I am told
of upwards of 100,000 foot and 30,000 horse. This
does not seem improbable in a warlike population,
nor would it surprise me to hoar of even larger
numbers. Persons who have been lately and fre-
quently in Morocco express their conviction that the
Moors will fight desperately under the influmee
of fanaticism, and of that utter contempt of death
which is ono of their well-known characteristics.
With regard to the armament and equipment of
the bulk of their army, it is difficult to obtain posi-
tive information. The chief arm both of infantry
and cavalry seems to be the espingarda, or long
musket, of which some handsome specimens hoe
already been taken, and are now in the Spanish
camp. Au English officer lately in Morocco, fetch-
ing away British subjects, tells me he saw some of
their cavalry with bayonets fixed to the end of their
guns, which thus are converted into lances of con-
siderable length. The same authority, which I con-
sider a good one, expressed confidence in the bra-
very of the Moors, but said that good European
infantry ought to march through them in the
plains, both horse and foot. The question is, whe-
ther the Spanish infantry will prove good enough
to do this ; whether those young soldiers have nerve
and resolution sufficient to withstand without flinch-
ing or confusion the fierce onset of those wild des-
peradoes of the desert, and to receive them with a
close fire and a firm, unbroken line of bayonets.
A fresh east wind is blowing in the Straits, and,
according to all appearances, the weather on the
other side continues bad.

The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 10th inst. pub-
lishes the following despatch from the Moorish
Minister for Foreign Affairs, which has been trans-
mitted for publication to various English and
foreign journals :

"COPY OP A DESPATCH PROM THE MOORISH MINISTER
SIDI MOHAMED EL KATIE TO HER BRITANNIC MA-

JESTY'S CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN MOROCCO.
"Praise to the only God I There is no power or strength
_ _

but in God I
"TO OUR. ILLUSTRIOUS AND TALENTED FRIEND JOHN
HAY DRUMMOND HAY, ESQ., C. 8., HER BRITANNIC
MAJESTY'S CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AND CONSUL
GENERAL.
"We pray the Omnipotent for his welfare,

6i We beg to inform you that we have received a printed
copy of a letter addressed by the Spanish Minister to the
Representatives of the Foreign Powers at the Spanish
Court, dated the 29th of October last, in which mention is

made of the questions pending between us and the Spanish
Government before the declaration of war, as likewise about
the Riff affair, a subject not mentioned by us in our letter
dated 27 Rabea let, which we addressed to the representa-
tives of the foreign Powers resident in this empire. For
this reason we address this present letter, to give you a just
and truthful aecount of what has passed relative to the sub-
ject, begging that you will be pleased to lay it before your
Government; likewise, we request that your Government

will at the same time be pleased to communicate it to the
other rcspective Governments, as at the present time all the
representatives of other foreign Powers are absent, except
yourself, and we are unable to address them directly.
" The following is ajust and truthful account of the Riff
question:—
" The reason that we did not mention the Riff question

in our letter of 27 Rabea let, addressed to the representa
fives of the foreign Powers in this empire, was because we
had no remarks to make upon it, as we had arranged and
settled all disputes on this matter with the Spanish repre-
sentative since the month of August last, and we had made
a treaty of peace on the subject, and it can be proved that
in the correspondence between us and the Spanish represen-
tative no mention is made of the Riff question; and we are
very much surprised that the Spanish Minister should
state that the principal motive of the war originated from
the Riff question. We ourselves were not going to make
mention to the representatives of foreign Powers of a ques-
tion already settled and concluded; but now, seeing that
the Spanish Minister has mentioned the subject, alleging
that a great prejudice arises to all nations from the acts of
the Ruffians, therefore we wish to explain the affair with all
simplicity and exactitude; and you and the representatives
of other foreign Powers resident in the empire are well
aware of the injustice of the accusation on this subject.
Yon must know that Tour years "previous to this date the
Ruffians who inhabit Kaileire4Cape Tres Foreabl..had been
occupied in piracy for snore than 30 years, and had attacked
with their' boats 20 veaseli, /Is you will no doubt ascertain
4rom documents in your Consulate ; but it is now four
*ears that we have no knowledge of any vessels whatever
having been attacked either by the Riffians or by any ono
else belonging to our empire. Our Lord Mulay Abderha-
man—may his soul rest in peace l—always felt great sor-
row at these wickedacts of the Riffians, and he did all he
could to put an end to these piracies ; but, as the people
inhabit a difficult mountainous country, they would
not obey their Sovereign ; and whether it happened that
the Riffians of Kalhiya committed piracy on any foreign
vessel, and its nation communicated to us its desire to go
and punish them for their wicked acts, we did not prohibit
them, but we were glad that these piracies and all evil deeds
should be put an end to. You are aware that four years
ago the Ruffians of Kalhiya took an English vessel, a French
vessel, and likewise a Spanish falucho. Through the steps '
taken by our Lord Mulay Abderahman (may his soul be in
glory I), with the aid of the Mirabout (Saint) Sidi Mohamed
Elhady, their crews were liberated and restored to their
country, in conformity with tho orders of the Sultan, when
the English and French Governments claimed the value of
their vessels. The English Government, through you, ad-
dressed to us at different times various letters giving us
good counsel, and recommending the Sultan, for the good
of thi s empire, to send an army to punish severely the acts
of the wicked people of Kalbiya and bring them into sub-
jection. The Sultan (peace be with him I), taking into con-
sideration the good counsel offered to him about four years
ago, twice sent an army in command of the Govemorof
the Riff country, and severely punished -the offenders, and
made them pay all they had robbed from the vessels, and
also the sum of money claimed by the English and French
Governments for these vessels. The Sultan also made
arrangements with the chiefs of the Riff coast that they
should be responsible for the future acts of their people,
in order to put an end to tlAse piracies ; and
from that date to the present time nothing more
has been heard of their wicked acts. But the Spanish
Government, knowing that their piracies have been stopped
are still anxious to make other Governments believe that
there still exists pirates on the Riff coast, and so make it
appear that this war will be a great benefit to all nations.
Why did they not at the time these piracies actually existed
show their power to suppress them ? You are aware that the
Spaniards in their possessions on the Riff coast, near Kal-
hiya, and with their coastguard, prohibited the Ruffians from
carrying on their legal traffic with Tetuan and Tangier, even
when piracy was abolished and the Ruffians were legally
engaged in carrying merchandise from Tetuan and Tangier
to their homes. But the Spaniards, although we were in
amicable relations with them and in peace, unjustly threw
themselves on their boats and took them as prizes. The
Governor of the Spanish possessions near the Riff coast
even wrote to us—which letter is still in our possession—
and told us that the Ruffians did not commit any aggressive
act against their possessions; but, nevertheless, the Spa-
niards have taken merchandise from the boats of the Ruffians
to the value of 20,000 dole., the property of honest men en-
gaged in legal commerce, as we have before said, and they
have remained with this property to the present day. They
had likewise taken the crews and passengers of the boats
and made them prisoners, and did not release them till
several months after. The Spaniards likewise took a boat
belonging to the Saint, the Mirabout Sidi Mohamed Elhady
—a person who had greatly favoured the Spaniards in sav-
ing and liberating their subjects from the hands of pirates,
notwithstanding the Moorish patron of this boat carried a
pasiport or order from the Governor of those Spanish pos-
sessions ; but, in spite of all this, refused to release the
boat or crew till the English Government interfered to ob-
tain the release of the boat so unjustly taken. We do not
wish to continue the relation of other similar unjust actions
which we have suffered. We cannot deny that part of the
people of the Riff are wicked and heedless, contrary to our
earnest desire, but they were irritated in their evil doings
to other nations by the aggressive acts of the Spaniards
towards them. When the Spanish Government claimed
2,000 dols. for the abovementioned falucho, which was
wrecked on the Riff coast near Melilla and pillaged by the
Ruffians, we do not concede to their demands, as in the
treaty of peace existing between us it is stipulated that our
Government does not hold itself responsible for the acts of
the Riffians, who are not obedient to the commands of the
Sultan ; and even if the Spaniards had to take upon them-
selves to punish them for their aggression, it would not in-
terrupt the amicable relations existing between the two Go-
vernments. The Spaniards several times had battles with
the Ruffians, and we never complained of their doings, nor
did we say anything when they were making prizes on the
Riff boats by their coastguards when they pleased. For this
reason, strictly adhering to the treaty, we do not think it is
right that, after they have taken the law into their own
hands, they should claim anything from our Lord the Sul-
tan. Although, in perfect justice the Moorish Government
refused to pay the claim of 2,000 dole. for the falucho (the
Spaniards having latterly repeated that claim), you accord-
ing to instructions received from your Government, at dif-
ferent times, asked us as a special favour and as an act of
friendship, to concede and pay these 2,000 dole. to avoid
questions and disputes ; we acceded to your request and
counsel and paid the same, thus giving a proof of our wish
to favour the Spaniards, although they had no right to
claim according A* the treaty existing between us. We
also, at your request and mediation, ceded a new line at
Melilla. You are aware of the manner in which the
Spanish representative, M. John Blanco del Vale, has
treated with us, and the insulting language he has used to
us on several occasions ; but, although we feel this sorely
in our hearts, we allowed his discourteous language to pass
without comment, and we endured everything in order to
preserve friendship and harmony with the Spanish Go-
vernment, our neighbours, seeing that it is for the benefit
of both that such friendship should exist between us. For
this reason we suspect and believe that the Spanish Govern-
ment is not well informed upon these matters. but that it
has been led by the equivocal language of its agent to be-
lieve things which have no existence in this empire, and
the blame now lies upon the person who has been the cause
of this war, as there is not the slightest occasion for it, as
you yourselves are well aware. This empire was making
considerable progress in its commercial relations with other
Powers ; and, if the Spanish Minister wishes to allege that
the Ruffians have been the cause of the war, why did not
the Spanish Government send its troops and forces to the
coasts of Riff? What motive have they for taking offen-
sive steps against our ports, which have not wronged anyone ? But it is clear that the Spanish Minister twists his
words and speaks unjustly. In the like manner with
the Ceuta affair, all the world and all impartial people
who have heard of the question know what we have written,
and what they have written, respecting it ; everybody is
perfectly aware and Imows that no piracy ever existed in
our empire,
exP:tpint whiche e
owa
se
thoa
fv ertbiefff.orel
tm
iefin
iokneewdi a ss e
awteollnkentrwanatmhat no man-of-war vessel bearing the Moorish
gthaont th
flag has sailed from our ports for more than 20- years, and
the two or three merchant vessels which carried the
Moorish flag were equipped and manned by Europeans.
With respect to what the Spanish Minister states in his
letter of the 29th of October last, with reference to the
Ceuta affair, we have no necessity to make any remarks
about it in this letter, but refer to the correspondence,
copies of which we have forwarded to the representatives o'
foreign powers in our letter dated 27 ltabea, Ist. Any per-
son of ordinary talent who may read these writings will see
that we have been treated unjustly. We likewise beg you
will give your testimony to that effect to your Government,
seeing that you have exerted yourself very much for the
maintenance of peace, and that we have ceded at different
times, in deference to you and your Government, the new
claims put forward by the Spanish Government, and you
very well know that we have conducted ourselves always
with rectitude and justice in all we had promised in our
interviews and letters; but the Spanish representative, as
you are well aware, made declarations and promises both
to us and to you, and afterwards retracted them as he
thought fit, without truth or justice. You know how

" In conclusion we beg to inform you that it is our inten-
tion to print and publish this letter through the medium of
our friends in England and other parts of Europe, so that
all the world may have a knowledge of the affair, and judge
right from wrong.
"Peace, 5 Juma Elul, 1273 (Ist Dec., 1850).
" The servant of the Throne elevated by Gcd,
" MOHAMED EL RATIB."
The Gibraltar Chronicle of December 12, says
—The whole of the Spanish invading army is at
length concentrated at Ceuta, and its movements
may soon be expected to disclose_ arshal O'Don-
nell's plan of campaign. Up to the present time
the Spanish forces have been subject to a harassing
species of warfare, which, added to their exposure
under canvas during inclement weather, has pro-
duced many casualties in their ranks without lead-
ing to any real progress towards attaining the
object of the expedition. On the landing of the
first corps under General Echague, positions were
taken up in front of Ceuta in the direction of Sierra
Bullones, the Spanish advanced posts being about
a league from Ceuta. The Moors then had in front
of Ceuta a guard of only 200 men of the tribe of
Angera to watch the operations of the Spaniards.
For the first two or three days slight skirmishing
along the front was the extent of the fighting. In
the meantime the *hole of the Angora tribe, num-
bering_. about 1,500, with other tribes, making a
total of about 5,000 or 6,000 had been assembling
in the rugged slopes of the Sierra Bullones, and on
the 25th attacked the Spanish front with great fury.
They weregallantly repulsed but the casualties were
heavy on both sides. The most reliable account we
have received of this action from an eye-witness gives
the Spanish -loss at between 73 and SO killed and
from 500 to 600 wounded. On the 30th a second
attack-was made and with results very similar to
that .of the 25th. Again on the 9th we know that
severe fighting was going on in the front during the
whole day and that the wounded were being carried
into Ceuta, but we have up to this present time
received no trustworthy account of the probable
loss on either side. The Moorish force has been
daily augmented by fresh arrivals from the inte-
rior, and this last attack has probably been made
by greater numbers than those engaged on the 25th
and 30th. The Spanish troops having at the close
of each day's' fighting remained masters of the
ground, and being provided with artillery, the
Moorish losses have no doubt been heavy. The
nature of the ground is, however, favourable to the
Moors. The thick cover of wood and bush which
clothes the slope and ravines of Sierra Bullones,
masks their operations till they make their rush
forward, and screens them from the Spanish fire
when they retreat. Private letters from the Spa-
nish camp evince an eagerness on the part of the
writersto engage the Moors in a field where Euro-
pean tactics and discipline may have freer scope."

BAST INDIA AND CTIINA MAILS.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw
steamship Ceylon, Capt. R. W. Evans, arrived at
Southampton yesterday morning with the heavy
portion of the above-named mails, in charge of Mr.
Fisher, of the General Post-office. She brought 96
passengers (47 first-class, 40 second, and 9 children),
among whom was the Earl of Portarlingtom, from
Gibraltar. The cargo comprised 1,412 bales and
114 cases of silk, 58 packages of elephants' teeth,
158 boxes of oranges, 101 boxes, and 10 bags of
almonds, 165 casks of dates, 85 cases of sum, 12
bags of nutmegs, and 159 packages of general mer-
chand;e

ThaOeylon left Alexandria en the 6th inst., Malta
the 10th, and Gibraltar the 14th. She experienced
very strong head winds from Alexandria to Malta,
thence to Gibraltar fine weather, along the coasts
of Spain and Portugal to Cape Finisterre very
strong head winds, across the Bay of Biscay vari-
able winds from north-west to north, and up Chan-
nel north-east winds.

At Alexandria were the usual Egyptian squadron
and the French war steamer Sentinelle.

Her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Renown, Racoon,
Argus, Scourge, Osprey, and Intrepid were at
Malta.

Her Majesty's ships Marlborough, Orion, Bruns-
wick, Neptune, Doris, and Mohawk were lying at
Gibraltar, and five French line-of-battle ships. The
screw steam corvette Scylla left for Malta, with
the steam dredger in tow, on the night of the 12th,
and the Firebrand returns to England. The Vul-
ture was under orders to tow as far as Oran the
vessel chartered by the Hebrew Committee for the
conveyance of the poor Jews who desired to emi-
grate to Algeria. "We understand (says the Gib.
raltar Chronicle of the 13th) that the vessel carries
upwards of 200 men, women, and children, of those
who have been encamped on the North Front since
their arrival here from Barbary, and that they will
embark to-day from the new stone jetty."
On the Sth inst. Captain F. A. Campbell took
his leave of the officers and ship's company of
her Majesty's steamer Vulture, which vessel he
had commanded for three years and a half. Be-
fore leaving he addressed his old shipmates in a
very feeling manner, and expressed his sorrow at
parting with a crew of whom any captain might be
proud. The officers and ship's company reciprocated
the feeling, and, by repeated rounds of the most
hearty cheering, testified the respect and esteem in
which the gallant captain was held. Capt. Camp-
bell has taken command of her Majesty's ship Nep-
tune.

The war steamer Tripoli, Conitaander Boyle, sent
by the Sardinian Government to protect the inte-
rests and subjects of that nation during the conti-
nuance of hostilities between Spain and Morroco,
arrived at Gibraltar during the night of the Bth
inst. The Tripoli saluted the garrison at 10 a.m.
on the 9th with 21 guns, and afterwards the flag of
Vice-Admiral Fanshawe with 15 guns. These salutes
were duly returned by the guns of the fortress and
by those of her Majesty's ship Marlborough.
The Peninsular and Oriental steamship Delta,
Capt. Black, from Southampton on the 4th inst.,
arrived at Gibraltar on the 11th; she experienced
a succession of heavy adverse gales on the outward
voyage, and her machinery sustained some slight
derangement, to repair which the Delta was de-
tained until 5 p.m. on the 12th, when she resumed
her voyage to Malta and Alexandria.
The British merchant steamer Gothenburg, Capt.
J. Mullett, 10 days from London, with a general
cargo, arrived at Gibraltar on the 11th.
The ship Lisbon, from New Brunswick, bound
for Hull, laden with timber, became waterlogged
and was abandoned off Cape Finisterre. The crew
arrived on the 10th indt. at Gibraltar from Algeci-
ras, where they had been taken by a French barque.
Last quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were as
follows :—London, 90 days' date, 511 ; Paris, ditto,
5f 333; Marseilles, ditto, 5f 32c; Genoa, ditto, Of
37c; Madrid, eight days' sight, j die.; Cadiz, ditto,
dis.; Malaga, ditto, dis.; Seville, 2 dis.; Ali-
cante, 3 dis. ; Valencia, dis. ; Barcelona, par.
Spanish pillared dollars 3 per cent. premium, none
and no demand.
Freights to Brazil and River Plate, 12 dole. per ton,
and et'
ollOs ppeerr ct eonn ;nGu d 1l o
of
per
r'
cent. Mexico; na
Idt
aH, aLveagnhnoarh,
n,
Genoa, and Marseilles, 4 dols. to 5 dols. per ton,
and 5 per cent. ; lead at less.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday morning a
which had arrived late, was standing at Little-
boroughstation while the engine-driver was fetching some
goods
a siding. At that time another goods
goo d s train,
trucks
from
train was due for Manchester, from Yorkshire. William
Lord, the night watchman, went to put on the signal, when
ho found it frozen fast. He ran back to put a fog signal on
the line, but could not get far enough. The second train
came up and ran into the standing carriages, of which five
or six were smashed A large quantity of flour and other
goods was damaged and spread about upon the line. No
lives were lost.

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