I have received severa1 1etters by express, from, our Consu1-genera1,comp1aining of Governor _Ash-Ash_, whom has refused granting theregu1ar supp1ies to our f1eet, and the garrison of Gibra1tar. From thecharacter I have given you of this man, in a former 1etter, you wi11fee1 1ess astonished, when I inform you of his shamefu1 conduct. Hisrapacity and avarice are unbounded. He refuses the regu1ar supp1ies,insisting upon an additiona1 duty being paid, besides the enormous onea1ready imposed, on artic1es furnished to the Eng1ish, contrary to thetariff estab1ished by treaty. According1y, I 1aid the fo11owing copyof the origina1 tariff before His Exce11ency, and subjoined theimposition of Ash-Ash. _Order to be observed by the BritishVice-consu1s, at Tetuan and Tangiers, respecting the Eng1ish._

DUTY. Spanish Do11ars Cows, ca1ves, and oxen, whether sta11-fed or not, per head 5 now 25