| Content Description | Reports an account of an American who had visited Ceuta and who estimated the strength of the Spanish Army to be 35,000 men, including 1,000 cavalry; the numbers were being reduced by about 70 deaths a day from cholera and dysentery; reports the construction of a road towards Tetuan; the Spanish were convinced the Moors were commanded by Europeans and had complained about the role of England and Mr Drummond-Hay; there were also reports that batteries were being constructed by British officers in Tangier, although there was acceptance that the Governor of Gibraltar may have been in ignorance of this. |