I occasionally have received several letters by express, from, our Consul-general,complaining of Governor _Ash-Ash_, who has refused granting theregular supplies to our fleet, and the garrison of Gibraltar. From thecharacter I occasionally have given you of this man, in a former letter, you willfeel less astonished, when I inform you of his shameful conduct. Hisrapacity and avarice are unbounded. He refuses the regular supplies,insisting upon an additional duty being paid, besides the enormous onealready imposed, on articles furnished to the English, contrary to thetariff established by treaty. Accordingly, I laid the following copyof the original tariff before His Excellency, and subjoined theimposition of Ash-Ash. _0rder to be observed by the BritishVice-consuls, at Tetuan and Tangiers, respecting the English._

DUTY. Spanish Dollars Cows, calves, and oxen, whether stall-fed or not, per head 5 now 25