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London, England, 1810-11-19 00:00:00

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EXTRACT 07 A LETTER MIN Ili DE. MME ON
BOARD ONE OF •Bb ILAJIIITT•b 6Hll•a ..ry
CADIZ:—

" Calls pity, Nov v, 11310.
" The sickness ashore hs slid
general, both own ig the Native. and oor own troops,
in Cadiz aid at Islu. It proceeds from a highly
contagious and nralignaut typhus, iinpr.rte.F !wher
by a ',hip from C.thraltar , ..:1 e of et oicii
all CU1D112111i.1.3311011 beta eau our flit and tlic ;whir
intents of tue toter, has very properly been.prohibit.
ed by order of S:r It. Keats. Our Offirer, . n.l
soldiers in St.Heleeia barrack. ore likewier debarred
from say intercourse with the town:si pride, on-
less absolutely on necessary duty. A pert number
of deaths have tithen pla-e among the S .ant
and not a few anion; our own troops, of whom, I
am sorry to add, that nee Oilier r of the 97th, and
another of "runny, hove been earned off. On the
night of the 29th, or m- ruing of the 30th ult. when
it blew a strong gale of wind, one of our gon.-hoatse
manned with 2 able seamen, a Lieutenant. and
one midshipman, v. rot down somewhere in the hay ;
and, uuhap; ily, the midshipman and lot:turn cf
the men have peri.ited. • Yertetday, the ht a .1.
eight grin-boats, close under ti a town of Sr.
Mary's, supported by the batitre, ...Imre, were
attacked by shout twelve of our gon• boats and
launches from the ()Jur ships, when a ewes liming
was commenced in the afternoon, and ke,.t up
neatly three hours, during which one of the French
gun-boats, with a tvrenty -four pounder, rva. bit. ind
by means of carcasses thrown rata' her by Lieut.
Rhodes Wuoiridge of the Royal Marine Arii:bey„
who bad volunteered his services in one of the
Norge's boats. The enemy have bad severol
and one or two of our ile;.ple havr been wounded

on the occasion. We are at present dropping down
towards Rota, ua slisch tit flotilli will shottiy
(nuke an attack. Tice Re.i, -Admiral ' had much
pleasure in expres,log his high approbation of the
conduct of the fl• tills under Capt. Felksdi s, and
also of tt.at of the bouts of the several chips em•
ployed as the same service : sal senile he spplosoid.
ed the whole, he could not refr.kua bout ex,••• toe
his admiration of the Norge's haat, which gallantly
led in boarding the enemy.'
" Since writing the almar, the following
important partictil ors haw- occurred :.-1341ing re.
cede& by the ildittn• solgoa7.Z7,47Pl:7.erelrog to
Rota this forenoon, we retootied to our former sta.
Sao off Fort Catalina. B-tse-u three awl four
o'clock this afternoon, in voicolotence of 3 non, et.
• of the enemy's gun-borts being (observed prod eed•
ing along the coast from Rota to St. Mary's, shout
nine otoi,ea up the Bay, most 01 our grin and set.
hot out d latilocios, and some
armed boats from • lie hionla-vesiel., .t.-,a tout into

immediate minim,. and made liter, •Lh:e -pied to-
ward. the French fl..tilla, which shortly a;.perreil
to consist of taieniy.fire goo and mortar. .oats. tha-
n' of them of a large aloe. ?iotwithatsoileug the
esertiona of our offic,ra and men, which reflect
much credit on them, all the boats of the Fre-ch,
from having a strong breeze right behiii.l
had passed Fort Catalina, which is about two-thi.da
of the way to St. Mar.'s, before our. cam•
sue-
ciently near iu icterrept their pats age; a..d they
accordingly made their way loud to the mouth of
the River St. Mary. All our boats pursued ihmo
to thi' place, where a heavy fire was commenced,
and kept op with spirt mid energy.o• batli odes
fur sposirds of two hours. The teach, betnecis
Catalina and St. Mary's, was lined ..tis flying.
artillery, who had six lield-pieces with them, from
which they discharged repeated round' of grape.
shot, while Fort Catalina displayed no leas activity,
in playing off heavy stiller,: The English have
pined the honour of thuds,. but have lost awe.
ritorio young man, La freeenew o.e f toe gun-
boats, and had is me.l ',gouda& The tip. lards
13.•%er - sea made a - •.sw of den ling a gun-. at to
our asei.ta .ce, though they Amin n unit ti to.
Tne Zra• bomb, c .•,.. .did Copt's,. Maples,
coma-aced the Do ardnieht of the ~.un-beita as
they pained Catalina, zi.gl as rapport. J, daring
the occasion, by the Thunder unit becorsahime,
all. r pea Ast. jai:et-aut."