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BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
oap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 14th day
of November, 1859:

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Other Securities 19,405,567
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Gold and Silver
Coin 683,577

counts) 8,938,987
Other Deposits 13,636,760
Seven Day and
other Bills 785,630

£41,057.476
X.

£41,057,476
ARSIIALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated Dee. 15,1859.

AVERAGE PRICI OF SUGAR..

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 13th day
of Dec., 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain

Per cwt.
From the British possessions in America .. 25s lld

SPAIN AND MOROCCO.

(Front the Times' Special Correspondent)

CEUTA, I)Ec. 3.

The skirmish of the 30th ult., of which I spoke
.n my last, was of rather more importance, esti-
mated by the loss on the side of the Spaniards, than
lat the time believed. We had about 230 killed
and wounded, but the wounds of more than half
of that number were of a very slight description.
It may be imagined that many soldiers weary of lying
under a scanty tent on bleak hills are not sorry to
avail themselves of a scratch as a pretext for three
or four days of better quarters, even in an hospital.
From this, however, it is not to be inferred that
the troops show any indisposition for the work they
have come here to do. As far as I could observe, on
the 30th they displayed abundant alacrity and eager-
ness, and their officers express themselves well
pleased with their conduct. All, however, that has
as yet taken place can hardly be said to be more than
skirmishing, with the exception of the fight of the
25th, which appears to hare been a sharp little com-
bat. I have heard one or two persons talking of five
" actions" in 11 days, and seeming to think the cam-
paign already begun, but this can be looked upon
only as an exaggeration, especially when we have the
great events of the Italian and Crimean wars still
fresh in our memories. The present can, of course,
not boa great war, bnt it may prove a very haras-
sing one, and may give occasion for the display of
the soldier's best qualities. I shall consider the
campaign as fairly commenced only when we make
a decided move from this place ; when we strike
our tents and march for Tetuan or Tangier. Against
which of those places our first efforts will be di-
rected it is impossible to say ; the Commander-in-
Chief confides his plans to no one ! but public opi-
nion inclines in favour of Tetuan, and some think
that the Third Division, which is still at MalP..ga,
will not come here at all, but will be lande':.L in the
neighbourhood of the last named African town,
while the force now here, or the greater part of it,
will move round by the coast to cooperate with it:
It must be, one would think, the object of the Ge-
neral commanding to avoid engaging himself with
his army in the mountains, where tho Moors'
knowledge of the country and the lightness of their
equipments would render them troublesome foes,
►here artillery would have difficulty in acting, and
baggage and wounded would prove groat encum-
brances. The Moors would then be to the Spaniards
what the Spanish guerillas were to the French on
many occasions during the Peninsular war—a
swarm of hornets buzzing round a body which
could have crushed them in an instant could it have
grasped them, but which ever eluded its clutch,
and returned again to sting.

As regards the reistance that may be expected
from the enemy when he is found ip
larger force and
in more considerable encounters, opinions differ so
widely that it is almost impossible to make up one's
mind on the subject. There are persons with the
army who have resided long in Morocco, aid here
at Ceuta one meets with others who may be pre-
sumed to hive had sufficient opportunities of judg-
ing the military qualities of the Moors. Their opi-
nions differ very strangely. Some talk of the Moor-
ish Cavalry as formidable, while others declare
that it will never venture to approach regular
European troops. If we get into the plains we
shall have an opportunity of seeing who is right.
If the Moorish horsemen be as brave as some report
them, great steadiness in square and deliberation in
firing will be necessary successfully to resist their
onset. Much will depend upon the Spanish officers,
and the conduct of those in the recent affairs I have
heard highly eulogised by some of the chiefs. They
were to be seen, I heard a general officer say two
days ago, everywhere at the head of their men,
leading them on well in front, and charging first
over the obstacles behind which the enemy shel-
tered himself. The officers of inexperienced troops,
new to war, and confronted with an enemy who is
notoriously addicted to and skilful in stratagems
and surprises, have double need not only of the ut-
most coolness and presence of mind, but also to en-
courage their men by setting them an example of
daring, and by showing themselves willing to take

the largest share of danger.
The arrivals of troops from Cadiz still continue.
Three stesmers came in this morning/laden with
soldiers, horses, and mules. As usual at the com-
mencement of a campaign, especially among people
to whom such matters are a complete novelty, not a
little confusion s:iems to prevail at the places of
embarkation. One hears officers bewailing things
belonging to them have been left behind, and with-
out which they cannot move forward. Some have
been here for days whose horses or baggage animals
aro still at the Trocadero awaiting shipment ;
others miss their servants, and some can get no ac-
count of their baggage. The little quay of Ceuta
is a busy scene, heaped with stores of every kind—
flour, barley for the horses, bread and biscuit, and
all the numerous et cfet3ras indispensable for the
support of an army. Besides the newly-arrived
vessels in the bay are large lighters and the
heavy square horse-boats receiving provisions and
cattle. The beasts sent for rations seem, for some
reasons to me unknown, to suffer more than the
horses and mules. In company with some offi-
cers who were seeking expected property, I visited
early this morning the three steamers that had just
arrived, and on our return we passed a boat in the
bottom of which lay prostrate three or four oxen,
apparently dying, but certainly in very evil plight.
This most probably arises from overcrowding in
heated holds. -
Of the sanitary state of the army it is not easy
to get at reliable accounts. There have been cases of
cholera, but as little as possible is said about it, and
I suspect dysentery to be the more frequent com-
plaint. I have no grounds for believing that there
is much illness among the troops—not more at least
thanmight be expected in an army suddenly en-
camped on
exposed heights in a season of high
winds and heavy rains, where the midday sun is very
powerful and the nights are very cold. We have
now had two dry days. To-day is beautiful, the
wind has lulled, the sun is brilliant, and all is life

I and animation. We were assured, before leaving
Cadiz, that after the tempests that prevailed in No-
vember we might reasonably expect a month of fine
weather. Nevertheless, on the 30th ult. and Ist
inst. we had a, hurricane and too much rain to be
pleasant, but we hope that was the finale of the
bad weather of 1859 in Africa, and that the good
time is now setting in. It is of the utmost import-
ance to the health of the army, and also to its opera-
tions, that such should be the case.

I have just been informed that 300 of the presi-
darios or galley slaves, chosen from among the best-
conducted, aro this day to be armed, to serve as
soldiers against the Moors. You are aware, as are
probably most of your readers, that Ceuta is a pre-
sidio, a depot of galley slaves, the Brest or Toulon
of Spain. In the present circumstances there is
plenty of employment for these gentry, whom one
meets everywhere in gangs, or by twos and threes,
employed in transporting goods and stores, and
in every sort of hard work. With their coarse,
brown dresses, rugged physiognomies, and clank-
ing chains, they are not wanting in a certain
gloomy picturesqueness. Many are here for mur-
der, or at least for killing men in impromptu duels
with knives, an offence for which, at least in
Southern Europe, murder would perhaps be deemed
rather too hard a term. A moment of passion has
doubtless brought many to wear out a wretched life
in the Ceuta galleys. I was in a boat lately with
a Spanish officer of rank, and in the bow sat a tall
man in the convict uniform, who held his field glass.
I was struck by the expression of his features ; it did
not seem to me that of a hardened criminal—one
of those faces on which every bad passion is to be
traced, so frequently seen among convicts, but
rather that of a man who had suffered terribly from
despondency and degradation. "He is the son of
one of my tenants," the officer said ; "he killed a
man in a desafio (duel or single combat) and was sent
here." The convicts enjoy a large range of liberty
—at least it appears so by comparison with the
far stricter guardianship of some other foreign
bagnios. It may be supposed there is little temp-
tation for them to escape, since they could hardly
go anywhere except to the Moors, whom they
would be likely to find no easy taskmasters. Never- ,
theless, a great many have run away, and the nun-,_
ber of those supposed to be now with the 3rioors
has been stated to me at a figure seems
almost incredible. It is said that the '.%loors intend
employing them as soldiers in the, present war,
I had no time to write to you during my short
stay at Cadiz, or it was re:y intention, although my
mission here is not PP,iitical, to make some remarks
on the suspicions and odium which England seems
lately to have: incurred in Spain with respect to this
Morocco expedition, and especially since the publi-
cation in the Gazette of the correspondence between
the two Governments. From what was told me at
Cadiz, and judging from conversations that took
place before me, there seems to be almost a convic-
tion, on the part of Spain at least, that England is
favouring the Moors, and even lending them actual
assistance. One principal ground for this belief
seemed to consist in the circumstance of Mr. Drum-
mone. Bay's remaining at Tangier, or at any rate
going on shore there daily, while sleeping on board
a British ship—whichever was the true account of
the case. Whether he be still there or not Ido
not know, for people here are too busy to attend
much to such matters, and I have scarcely seen a
newspaper of any kind since my arrival. But then
he was known, or positively stated to be there, and
the Spaniards asked what on earth he could be
doing there, unless he were comforting the Moors
'with his counsel and assisting their preparations
for defence. Of course, the theme was improved,
and gave rise to the most imaginative assertions.
It was said that British officers made frequent
visits to Tangier, instructing the Moors how to lay
their guns, and so forth. This is decidedly false as
regards the officers of the garrison of Gibraltar. I
was most positively assured by two officers of that
garrison, who were both at Gibraltar and at Cadiz
at the same time as myself, that no officers had been
over to Tangier. However, the Spaniards are not
to be persuaded on that head ; you would find it
scarcely possible to convince them that English offi-
cers have not been instructing the Moorish Empe.
ror's artillerymen. It was even strongly reported,
and I dare say believed by many, that 25 English
were among the killed or prisoners taken in the
combat of November 25. This is better than the
Russians at the Peiho. lam informed, and have
had partial opportunity of observing, that the
Spanish papers, even those which are generally
favourable to England, have been lately unanimous
in assailing our Government and that portion of
our press which has opposed the expedition to Mo-
rocco. The publication of the communications be-
tween Lord John Russell, Mr. Buchanan, and the
Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs may in part
have been the cause of this, but the most recent
cause of irritation, at least in the South, has been
our Consul's remaining in or off Tangier. The
Spaniards asked what occasion he had to remain
there when all under his protection had been with-
drawn and the other Consuls had left. Mr. Hay
is believed to have very great influence with the
Moorish Government, in whose behalf it is also ss-
serted in Spain that his sympathies are enlisted. On
this head I know nothing of my own knowledge or
otherwise than by common report ; perhaps at this
time of writing, the cause of all this anger has been
removed by his departure. If the English Govern-
ment retained him at Tangier when everybody else
had left, it doubtless had its reasons. Ido but state
the fact, that by so doing it made a great deal o
bad blood in Spain towards England.

DEC. 4.

I have little to add to the above. A reconnais-
sance was made yesterday towards our left, on
ground overlooking the coast in the direction of
Tetuan. Four battalions went out. A few Moors
were seen, but there was no fighting. In the after-
noon the Spanish gunboats were firing upon the
Moors. There is a report this morning, not yet con-
firmed, that the enemy in our front yesterday re-
ceived a large reinforcement—as many, it is said,
as 5,000 men. If this be true, they probably roedi-
tato an attack. Up to this moment, however, no
orders have been issued from headquarters indica-
ting an expectation of work to be done, and the im-
pression this morning seems to be that we shall do
nothing of importance until the arrival of the
Third Corps from Malaga, which it is now said
will disembark at Ceuta. A Sardinian vessel has
' arrived with horses and mules from Malaga: If
the Third Corps does come here the people of
Ceuta will risk a famine. This large assembly of
troops in and around so small a place makes
everything extremely dear. The supplies that used
to be obtained from the Moors in time of peace are,
of course, cut off. The Spanish Government would
perhaps have done wisely to declare Ceuta a free
port for the time being, a measure which would
doubtless have caused supplies of various kinds to
flow in. As it is, all that is brought or produced
is devoured on the instant. There are times when
bread is not to be obtained at any price. An officer
told me yesterday that he had paid three reals
(Bd.) for two eggs. Meat is often extremely scarce,
and its quality is sometimes such as to give rise to
unpleasant suspicions that one is eating a bit of
one of the unfortunate beasts that sicken on the
passage, and breathe their last in the mud at the.
landing-place. These small difficulties are, of
course, inseparable from a campaign of this sort,
even at its commencement, and they seem cheerfully
borne by all. Ceuta is at present almost as crowded
and bustling as Balaklava used to be, but is exempt
from the disagreeables of the latter place. The
streets are thoroughly paved, sloping down to a
central kennel, and are generally very clean. It is
different in camp and on the road up to it, or at
least it would be so if we had much rain. Two or
three hours of wet the other night made a great
deal of heavy slippery mud, through which horses

slid and dragged themselves with difficulty. The
high winds soon dried this up. This morning the
sky is stormy and threatening, and I fear we have
not yet got rid of the bad weather.
CAMP IN FRONT OF CEUTA, DEC. 5.
As I predicted in my letter of yesterday, the
weather, fine fur a day, speedily relapsed into its
previous inclemency. At noon yesterday it blew
a gale, which soon swelled into a perfect hurri-
cane, accompanied by showers of very heavy rain.
At three p.m. it was doubtful whether the
steamer, the Buena Ventura, that was to take the
post to Algesiras, would be able to cross the
Straits. As I then came up to camp lam unable
to say whether or not she finally left the har-
bour. The evening and night were worthy of
the afternoon. It was not a mere storm, but a con-
tinuous hurricane. We dined in momentary expec-
tation of the tent descending upon the table and

upon ourselves, and slept, as far as it was possible,
with similarly agreeable anticipations. The conti-
nual flapping of canvass and occasional bursts of
rain were varied only by the monotonous &Winela
alerta ! repeated every half hour by the long line
of sentries that protect the camp. The day broke,
cloudy and dreary, upon damaged tents and a deso-
late prospect. At the present time (half-past 8 a.m.)
there is little appearance of improvement. The
aspect of the camp is uncomfortable enough. Some
are struggling with their loosened tents, knocking
in pegs,
which the softened ground will hardly re-
tain, mending broken poles, and straining damp
canvass, while others are making efforts, generally
not successful, to get up something in the shape of
breakfast. Here is a general philosophicallr con-
tenting himself with a cup of half-cold Plocolate,
; yon-
water
tdheer
afinrsut
nminortenliliiiggernetfes
certi:annot fp
most
I,B,PkPe:wni:mds
into a pot, and evidently i
-magiries that he is making
tea. The soldiers, poor fello7, s, must have had a bad
time of it during the ;gist night, with no better
shelter than their testes d'abri, on the French
model ; and as for those in front of all, up on the
elevated redrAibt, it is wonderful some of them have
not beer, "blown over into the deep valley their po-
81tio':i overlooks. An attack by the Moors was all
f.oat was wanted to complete the disagreeables of
the night, but, luckily, what was bad for us was
equally so fOr them, and they would have had no
easy work to make their way towards us in the
teeth of the tempest and over most diflicnit ground,
soddened and slippery from rain. Moreover, the
Spanish forces are now very considerable. Troops
have been daily arriving, and the two carps d'arnzee
(Ist and 2d) must now be nearly or quite complete.
The 3d will hardly be able to come here from Ma-
laga until the weather moderates, of which, at the
present moment, there is not the smallest sign.
We learn that another division is being formed of
troops raised in the north of Spain (the Basque
leted
provinces, I believe), and that,as soon as comp

it will move down southwards. In presence of the
extremely unfavourable aspect of the weather, it
seems matter of general regret that it was not• con-
sidered possible to postpone the opening of the cam-
paign until a less stormy and inclement season.
Had it commenced at the beginning of February
there would have been three months to operate in
before the heat became at all oppressive, and time
would thus have been obtained for preparations
which at present have been but imperfectly made.
If this weather lasts it will bo quite impossible to
do anything, and meantime the troops outlying,
and exposed to inclemency, cannot but suffer greatly
from sickness. I fear last night will have sent not
a few into hospital. Lying upon the damp ground
with a greatcoat and blanket for their sole protec-
tion, cannot but lead to dysentery and other dis-
orders. If we got only a fortnight of settled fine
weather, exempt from rain and wind, we might do
something—probably take Tetuan, but shall we gip
it ? One forms an idea that the climate "NATI

Africa must much reseMble that of Southern Spain,
and that the soft breei7 *lick' render Malaga so
genial a residence are also to be fthsnd on the coast of
Morocco. This is a manifest delusion. The Ceu-
tans tell me that the weather we now have is very
common here at this season, anl that about Christ-
mas they are generally visited by piercing blasts
from the north, while snow is not unfrequently
seen upon the mountains. Ido not wish to sketch
the prospects of this army in gloomy colours, but I
fear that, without any reference to the results of
their encounters with the enemy, their loss from
sickness will inevitably be very considerable. As
it is, I have this momentbeen informed, from a good
source, that the sanitary state of the army, although
not such as to inspire alarm, is by no means satis-
factory, and the number of sick men one daily meets
going from the front into the town, borne on
stretchers, is sufficient to give a certain confirma-
tion to this statement.

While the weather continues in its present state
there will be little to write to you as regards the
army. All is waiting and expectancy. It is now 2
p.m., the wind still high, although its force has
somewhat abated, and the sea very rough. Over the
range of hills to our front, where the Moors have
their fastnesses, hangs a dense grey cloud, seemingly
laden with humidity and storm. There are no arrivals
of transports. The post-boat got out yesterday, late
in the afternoon. Doubts are entertained as to the

departure of to-day's mail. Gibraltar is dimly dis-
cernible through the mist that shrouds the straits.
Various are the aspects of the double-headed rock
as seen from this, the opposite continent. Sometimes
it stands out, in leaden solidity, a dark grey mass ;
at others, through a clearer atmosphere, one discerns
the white lines of its houses and fortifications; now it
glitters in the full sunlight, or, as I the other morning
saw it, one half is bright and clear, while the other,
less favoured by the beams, remains of a uniform
dark slate colour. There stands the head and front
of England's offending in Spanish eyes. Gibraltar
is the thorn in the Spaniard's side, which may be
forgotten while greater evils press and gall him, but
whisk he is prone to revert to when those have
passed away, and prosperity appears about to return.
Of late, as may be easily imagined, the discussions re-
lative to the Morocco expedition, the representations
of the British Cabinet on the subject, and the ru-
mours of misunderstandings, and even of a possible
rupture between the English and French Govern-
ments, have revived the old grief and given promi-
nence to the vexed question. One hears frequent
conversations about Gibraltar—about its capacity
of resistance under the altered conditions of modern
warfare, and concerning the possibility of its rescue
from British hands, either by friendly or by forcible
means. Lately, I am told, in one of the large towns
of Southern Spain a toast was given to the
effect that Gibraltar might, within a year, be
crowned with the Spanish standard. Of course,
it would be easy to multiply and improve upon
such sentiments, and to drink to the recovery of
Mexico and of the whole of Spanish America, but
the toast shows the bent of public feeling at this
moment. There is little use in reasoning with
Spaniards on the subject ; it is one that touches
their national pride, and that they will not long
regard from any other point of view.
Besides Marshal O'Donnell, we have now two
Licut.-Generals Here—Zabala and Prim. The divi-
sion commanded by the former (second) lately
moved forward and relieved the first, which was in
the advanced line. The commander of the latter
division, Major-General Echague, is at present in
Ceuta, getting cured of a wound in his hand, which
he received in the affair of the 25th of November.
O'Donnell lives in a tent of very moderate dimen-
sions, and in no very sheltered position, and shares
the discomforts of his officers, which, under present
circumstances, are not a few. The Spaniards are
naturally, for the most part, inexperienced in the
various shifts and contrivances by which the evils
of a camp life are alleviated, but they seem to take
pretty readily to this sort of thing, and will doubt-
less become skilful campaigners, if the war lasts
along enough. What they now have to encounter,

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close to Ceuta and their ships, and having 'o pig S
a camp suddenly, at the close of a day's march and
skirmishing, with sick and wounded to be taken
care of, baggage to be got up, and everything to be
made right and safe for the night, at a time of the
year, tco, when it is dark at 5 p.m., and hardly
light until 7 a.m. Nobody, however, seems to doubt
of corning triumphs, and the general confidence is
increased by the behaviour of Spaniards and Moors
respectively in the skirmishes that have taken place.
Pending the arrival of better weather and more -
stirring times-tbe.re, is little to do here, sate to ride
up to the front or which latter
is, indeed, within an easy walk from head-quar-
ters. At the front, when one has been there once
or twice, there is not much to be seen, and the
roads, or rather tracks, are rough, steep, and
trying to horses. The advanced redoubt men-
tioned in former letters forms the right of our
position. Beyond it, more to the right, but slightly
to the rear of the line of the redoubt is another emi-
nence crowned by a small building known as the
Casa del Renegado. To this house a legend is at-
tached of an escaped galley-slave, who, unable either
to return to his countrymen or forget his country,
established his residence there, in order to be within
constant view of the beloved Spanish shore. Such
is the tale told here, and, whether true or not, worse
subjects have been used by the ballad-maker than
the heimsucht of the unhappy convict. The rene-
gade's house is not occupied by the Spaniards,
although their light infantry went up there on the
30th. The Moors go up there, but as its position
includes it in our line, they quickly abandon it on
any appearance of a forward move on ourpart. For
the last day or two they have been very quiet.
Probably they like the bad weather as little as we
do.

DEC. 6.

The same dearth of news ; the weather mending,
but still cloudy and uncertain. The Commander-in-
Chief rode out yesterday in front of the redoubt with
soilieMaireiheersund titeps. Very few Moors were
seen, and not a shot waskpl.. We hear that at
Madrid people are in a fever of imPatience for news
from the seat of war, and in hourly expectation of
some great victory. If they saw a little of the diffi-
culties this army has to contend with, mainly as
regards the weather, they would understand the ne-
cessity of taking patience. The lull in the wind this
morning, should it continue, will probably enable
Ros de Olano's corps to commence its movement.
But there seems no security for a calm of any du-
ration in these seas, and 10,000 or 11,000 men, with
corresponding baggage, stores, horses, and mules,
are not shipped in a day in Spain, even were there
transports sufficient. I should say it would be
very quick work indeed, judging from the past, if
the Third Corps were landed complete in Africa
within an entire week of the movement of its first
detachment from Malaga. Then, none of the ca-
valry has come—that is to say there arc 250 horses
or thereabouts, for escort and orderly duty, but
there are to be 2,000 with this army altogether.
the bulk of which are at Xeres and in its vicinity.
The transport of horses is what costs the most time,
the Spanish horses being for the most part ticklish
and fidgety, and hard to sling. At the Trocadero
the otl.er day it took the whole morning to get
about 80en board a steamer, although that was due
in great part to the inexperience of the men em-
ployed. Then, when they get here, if there is any
sea on, there is a heavy surf, and landing them is
not easy. In short, it seems to me difficult that any-
thing of importanse should be done within a week,
unless Marshal O'Donnell intends commencing the
campaign with the two corps and General Prim's
reserve (I estimate them at 25,000 men, certainly
not more), already here, and leaving the others to
come up afterwards. This may be his intention;
nothing has transpired of his plan. Whether we
are to begin with Tangier or Tetuan is still a favou-
rite subject of conjecture. Some think the former,
because, if we took Tetuan, we should have to
weaken ourselves by leaving a considerable force
there, owing to the size of the place and its small
means of defence.

The post closes at noon, and is likely to leave
punctually to-day, the weather having decidedly
improved. The report concerning tho health of the
.army is that cholera is rather prevalent, but not
very malignant. At the first symptoms the men
are taken down to hospital and cared for, and I am
assured that the percentage of deaths on cases is not
more than 15 or 20 per cent. I have received from
an officer who took a prominent part in it some
details of the action of the 25th, which appears to
have been sharply contested. The Moors fought
bravely, chiefly from behind trees, to which they
cling like serpents, shifting round them so as to
present the least possible mark to the enemy. Their
espingardas, very long-barrelled guns, require a
prop for th@ir aim to be all sure. When thus sup-
ported, I am assured that they will kill at 400
paces. On the 25th a battalion of the Regiment
of Merida got into the rear of a large body
of Moors, who were defending a wood, and
charged them with the bayonet, killing a
good many of them. When thus attacked
they take their guns by the barrel and use them as
clubs. This mode of defence is found very ineffec-
tual against the bayonet, with which the little
Spanish soldiers run in upon them. The Moors
are described to me, by persons who have been in
close contact with them, and have seen many of
their dead bodies, as extremely fine men, most of
them tall, not a few nearly six feet high, bearded,
and of various complexions, varying from black, or
nearly so, to a tint almost as white as that of most
Europeans. They are extremely dirty and
wretchedly clad, a white haik (a sort of tunic with
a hood) being their only garment. Their stature,
their -wild and ferocious appearance and horrible
yells, might have been expected, perhaps, to have
an intimidating effect upon troops of which the ma-
jority are mere recruits ; but such does not appear
to have been the case. The officers engaged in the
combat of the 25th are highly satisfied with their
behaviour, and express themselves perfectly con-
fident of their standing firm against Moorish
cavalry, as they have already done against the at-
tacks of the infantry.

According to an account that has just reached
me, and in which I have reason to place confidence,
the corps of General Ros de Olano will not come
here, but will land on the coast near Tetuan, on
which place we shall march as soon as the weather
permits. The Moors are said to have 20,000 men
between Tangier and Tetuan, so, if they mean to
fight, we may expect an action before reaching the
latter place.

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Tun EVENING, will be peiformed SATANELLA.
Messrs. W. Harrison. Santley, G. -Honey, H. Corri, St. Albyn,
Miss Cruise, Pillir and Louisa Fyne.
Conductor, Alfred Mellon.

Ballet, LA FIANCEE. Messrs. W. H. Payne, H. Payne,
F. Payne, Mdlle. Lequine, Pasquale, Pierron, Clara Morgan,
and Mons. Vandris.
Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
A GAME OF SPECULATION.
After which, by desire, THE CONTESTED ELECTION,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mr. Buckstone, &c.
And SHOCKING EVENTS.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS' EVENING, the new drama.' entitled HOME
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Miss C. Lec'ere4 and Mrs. Charles Young.
To be followed b the new Petite Comdy entitled
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and Mrs. C. Young.
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Porte St. Martin, Paris. •
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Weston.

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and Miss K. Belly.
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Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

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THIS EVENING, a new Vaudeville Comedietta, called
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Po conclude with ST. MARY'S EVE. Madame Celeste
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Followed by MAGIC TOYS, supported by Miss Lydia
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THIS EVENING, the grand melo-dramatic production,
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Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips

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BrA.CBETII (now first made public in England at these Con.
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And a Grand Se-action ,from Meyerbeer's new opera V
DINORAH. _ __ _ _

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LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 17, 1859

It were idle to predicate what the coming Con-
gress will achieve. Their professed object is to
organise a system of universal peace ; but if the
rumours teeming in from all quarters may be sup-
posed to hare any indication that

" Coming events cast their shadows before,"
matters would seem to congregate in complexity.
Count CAVOUR is now said to be going to Con-
gress. What! in very spite of the "master
of the situation ?" If it prove true, there may be a
longer truce than warlike politicians have reckoned
on. But judging from the tendency of public affairs
in Europe generally we see but little hope of a
satisfactory settlement while the mind of nations is
to be kept in bondage by the will of the few.

What the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Duke, had
such a wholesome horror of—namely a little war—
is now fairly begun between the Moors and the
Spaniards upon the north-western frontiers of
Morocco ! It is a melancholy spectacle, and in
every sense of the word alittle war ! •It is little in
its origin, in its aim, in the very manner of its
inauguration. It commenced in the paltriest du-
plicity. It began from the very smallest begin-
nings. Its purpose is quite obvious, the meanest
territorial robbery—it can be nothing else—it is so
notoriously. Conclusive evidence indeed, that this
is The one shameless design of the Cabinet.
of Madrid being furnished by the flagrant
audacity with which the demands of Spain were
increased by successive stages—the very reverse
of Plumes " small by degrees, and beautifully
less," being, in truth, large by degrees and impu-
dently more—as despatch succeeded despatch in
the diplomatic correspondence between the repre-
sentatives of the Spanish and Moorish Govern-
ments. And now that the war itself has commenced,
that war which the Madrid Cabinet had from
the very outset resolved should be brought about
as a most desirable political speculation—as
a means of kindling some semblance, at least of
enthusiasm in favour of Queen ISABELLA'S rule,
and of investing with some shadowy appearance of
popularity the dubious ministerial repute of Marshal
O'DONNELL! Now that this war,upon the arrange-
ment of which O'DONNELL and his colleagues in
the administration were manifestly (months ago)
pre-determined, now that this war has actually com-
menced How has it commenced ? Has it
not commenced, in every po rticular, like
the smallest of little wars—by skirmishes that
could not by possibility have resulted in anything
beyond bootless bloodshed ? The only conflicts
that have yet taken place have all been in the
immediate vicinity of Ceat.a—and of these the
severest (that of , the 25th ultimo) was, after
nothing more than " a sharp little combat," as it is
called by one writing thence almost as an eye-
witness, by one at any rate who is there in the
immediate neighbourhood in his capacity as
the Times Special Correspondent. With that