The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-10-09 00:00:00

GIBRA LIAR, SEPT. 15.

The sickness at Nlal iga continues ; hut the ac-
counts received by the last Mail upon thi; sutsjeet
are so contra linory, that we shall take no notice of
t ..t.,_. wing (5345 it 11.45 arc ; UPCMNI ne-
cess.try to extend the bounJaries of prolli iition, with
respell to our communication with tile Spanish
coast, as far as Almeria. l'liere has always bee•
more sickness in this garrison at this season than at
any other; the number of people who have died
lately is not greater than in other years ; yet the
sickness, though not unusual, combined with the
state of Malaga, has occasioned alarm.
To prevent the cifea of exaggerated reports,
the following catement is given.
Died, from the Ist of this month to this day :
o► r►vxsts,

inhabitant . . 12
Soldsers SOldlOts. WiTCS . li
ILL OP VLVLItF,
Inhabitants . . . 63
Soldiers 14
•

Antonio Bensetto, a boatman. having been de-
teaeil endeavouring to introduce two foreigners
into the Garrison, who, being unproviJed with a
8.11 of Health, had been refused admittance, was
sentenced by his Excellency the Conrnander in
Chief to receive seventy-five lashes, viz. twenty-five
on the Alameda, twenty-five at the Four Corners,
and the remaining twenty-five at the Lazarettn.
The sentence was put in mention the day before
yesterday ; and the same punishment is to be in-
fliaed on the twn foreigners, Christ. C.ip•lio and
Raphael Atilla : namely, Capello, on Monday nest,
and Atilla, on Monday week.

SEPT. I'.
Yesterday arrived the Tigre, Captain Halle+.
well, and the Cerefiferer, Captain Pelkw, iii fifteen
days from Plymouth, to join Lnrd Nelson'. fl e-.
Arrived also the lbdra, and tier con% oy of
thirty-two sail, from Spithead, in tweet; -four J
We are mach alarmed here epidemic
fever, which has made its appearance among us.
God grant we may not be visited with the same ma,
lady that now afiliAt the town of Malaga.
seat. 21.

The epidemic fever, which lat.:ly made its ap-
pearance here, continues t' increase daily. The in-
habitants are in the greatest terror and alarm; al-
most every house and slwp in town is shut up.
through dread of the infection. and all business
Marty at a stand. The demths amount to about
sixteen daily ; fortunately. it has not yet attacked
any of the troops, except the Artillery and De
Rolle's Regiment, who have for several men by it.
Many of the inhabitants have fled troll the place ;
but all ;he ports of $.- •.1 and Poi tu JAI are now
stint against u., and we daily espea the same to
take place with respea to Barbary.

The Su ERIPES met yesterday morning at eleven
o'clock at Guildhall, for the purpose of casting up
the numbers on the Poll Looks, for the eletion of
a Loafs MATO% for the ensuing year. At twelve
o'cl,tck they adjourned the Court till to-morrow,
at one o'clock. when the nun beis will be publicly
decd tied.
Luctus COATIS, Lg. Lieutenant of thtlEtc,ilersi,
;Old snit of Admiral Sir R. Cu. rse, is MA e A Com-
mander. and appointed to the Jaws,.
The Kew has brought home more than a tn;.,ion
of &liars, for the merchants Captains P. PLr.K, a,
and Pa Lusa, of the Navy, fume iss,sengers in bet.

CIRCULAR.

We understand that the tintowing Circular Letter
has been ati,fressed,.by order of His Royal Highness
the (.omm:older in Chief, to Agents of Regiments
in Great Britain and lrelan
Gcn•
r limm Guard., 211th Sepi. ISff4.
IL: Royal II aline= the Command:, in Chief !mein, the
strutigesr tea, i.r to h.eliese, fretm the ailvertistinems that have
trainently appeared iti papers, tlrit exten.ive cor-
m iondence • is curried mu with Ibt, Officers of the Army, by
p,nrots, mating themselves Army ttrok.o..„ to induce them to ene
ter auto pecuniary engazem-itts for the ear;orse of 'Attaining
contrary Iltho ostablishc.l r,gulat inns, and it being
the earnest doom of toe Conmiander m Clout to check its inwh
as pie.sibl7. a practice ,0 eXtfrinliv prenaltnal to the service, I
am commanded attention to this irtiiiiittAllt point,
and t.. iimpreas up au you the liecess.ty of the tit ,met vignette*
to preventing, as fu as mly be in your power, ally ablution...a.
two whatey,r with thaw uetsna. an.l the uniz..-.fs in Four
A vrocy, aid tliacquaiiitt Yin., that .host d it at arty Line appear
that any such cornota,irat shall h tee bee n.gociatod thr nigh
your Act., the Comritand.o. in Call wind consider it hi. d,:tv
bt ril,:wfwiwrod to the Colon el. nl the res,wctive regiment. to
witioe such it ...Infante, by withdrawing their Itt•glitietit4 from
that Agency and ;Acing them id other hands.
I hAve it further ut command, to desn, hat yeti may Ise
pl,••sntl to cones, to the Officers eironiati lung rig...tont. in
,our Agency the •nost marked .fisa:iiirobatiol of tit. korai
I i ightim, of Oita improper and ,terns ire ffic, and in aVI 4re 'twat
lilt if, ..role it on rite date of tilt. Lett. r, aoy C
411,111 be diteeeeted to here bens so &sailed, such commission
will be queen.. d„ and the (HE-er re:wired to
tit, King as having acted i.e chisel disoaedien:e to the orders of
the Cunimarel 7 ill Chief.

1 have the lininnur tube, Ce-ndemen,
Yuur most ~batiout bumble Servant,
(S pied) J. W. !JORDON.

A letter has been sent frc.m His Royal Highness
tke Cox ;lamps* in CHIEF, to the 4:h, or, King's
own Regiment of Inlanty, stating, that His Royal
Highness observed with particular pleasure, when
he renewed them, the very high state of discs-
piine which they had attained ; and he should make
a point of premoti.ig the o ILers in that regiment.
AS a reward for the great assiduity they bare used
in making the regiment so c‘nnplete.
The Army Agent's house, lately failed in Dahlia.
is that of Ws-BRANT, and Son. The sun for which
it has stopped payment is 40-0301. and there is
more than doubie the amount due to it.
The MAY OR of Hi. Lt. received, on Sandal, last.
a letter from the Chairman of the Istr:hants.t ading
to Spain and the Mediterranean, of which !la- to,.
lowing is an extra& It gives me nie.ssuie to
vaint you, for the general intnrmati +. of the gen-
tlemen of your place, cow. c lied in the tiade with
Sp sin, that His Majesty's Ministers have been
pleased ti consent th it eceu on cue of a rziotur•- with
that countr,•, the Slatiish vessels now in the _posts of
Great Brrain shall be permitted to Intl, or :ake
the remaintl.- of cargoes, and to oi •ed. with
passports, to the poet of their d:s:ia ition This
me isure of libtralic and indule•ence w be essen,
ti illy scrviceabh t> tiade and in tnufaclur:s ; and I
wish to hope, that it will produce an egoalls !avow-
able rift& on the dispcisiti in of the Court of Spain.
The Mediterranean convoy is granted by the Athol-
salty for the 20th ins:. to sail from Spithead."

A private) .•ttt r from S. Peters'nt gh, dated Sep..
umber 1, says, .• Lord Gwent i. ho srly expAnosli
to succeed SrJ. Vk
Gown, A Y-ry melan
choly fire happened n. rt
yesterd ty at rise of the hospitnls, e-.tit.lr
consumed, with many beds And other thine con-
tained in it. The loss i, considerable to G .vc n.
ment. There nn account how this Acride it hap-
pened, It is singular, that Another fire broke ow at
the same time oil beard a sisriii yes,el, witch b
done much damn, to °le of the bridges, of wilted
there art several here, all built or wood."

Last week a nitmlser of horses and othzr cattle
scene stolen from several farmer at .odd• stria,
Mead, in liertfoisi,hire. Three of the horws be-
longed to Mr. Lt:cr, farmer and bench :r of t. at
place. Several m ..1 were seen in the neigh hon
with bridles and l:orse-cloths. Tae hors:•s, it is
supposed, have bee., s at di.tant
On Tuesday the town of Dorchest r was
alarmed by a :ry of'Fri' from the bat; 4:ks, uoi
cupied by the Let horse of the German Legion.
It was caus•r.i by same of the me-I gilaig to
b d with their lighted pines in t•teir mouths. and
h ivfng fallen a.leep. the tire ha t co•nmunicated to
Cleo- b... 1 clothes, which were blazing w'.en disco-
•ered, but the prowess was mo.t providentially
stopped, as the depot of stores, containing several
toes of powder, and an immease quantity of ball-
eartridges, &:. was eliit;.ziiiitis r.s it.
On Toes igy the 2.ith u:t as Mr. and M Boca.
WI WILLIAMS, with th.•ir li.tle boy, were irmg
front Welch-Pool to Glarthatres, in a one !wise
chaise, both shafts suddenly gave way, in
quence of the Wiriness of me wood, by which :.Its.
WILLIAMS sutfied so much injury, as to enclaniter
her personal eatery.
A Provincial Paper vates, that at the Q•tatter
. .

Sessions held at Ficiitnia. Tuesday last. „I tsss
flu/. nacre H ass., ..i.foietwedes4
Beane',, and 484 Jelly, fur 6q,tar were tt•s•
chart:J.
A tire hroke out last week in the town of Airsick,
in Northuntberiand. Lori rtacy atontied all toe
time encourrgin t and assisting the V.v.u.ae.ts. Tp
was hsppily got tinier without much itjary.
Sundry List the Whitechaprl %Marl
the command nl I.ieutenant Co:onel lissov, must:
tered in the tenter Grows t, s.;nrilmrn'ssifields. and
proceeded from thence. in military CA,%, to v.tral
Medley's Downs, I atr miles beyond Croyd". w ere
the Regiment formed in line. previous to seldch
their Chaplain, the lie.. Mr. Witioar, pror.o.i .ced
an impressive discourse at the &a u-heai
regiment then co! mei in two divisions. • id cum.
uneaced a sham tight, n ;tic t cnnti wed tot
tformt or four hours. In the tours- of it es
ambuscade was lai.t, and a prert satiety of Mil
Sant manceitvres were dll.4yed, the effec
of which was much increased by the iii•!graii:y 0
the ground. After the ficli day was sieret, met
were reg led with mast h-cf anJ por:er t e • were .
then marched hack to Go elm sus'-firelds. and di;
Shprtly at er they were again called togc- ;
then, by the sh UM beating to arms. in consrqumc.
of the fire which tone pl ice ta the concerns o
Messrs. CC AVSIC and Bowsaws. Sug.a Refiners ,
Nelson Street, White Chaps.. ; by their altieitg
chiefly, the /taws were sub in J, and Yelfisecial
morning they were again dipaissed.

I I ft_ _-

NAVAL IN7'EtLIGE W
FOR rsmourti. ner. G.
Arrives( the Avenger sloop of war horn N w-
f

SA;led the Ant schooner, with t'-e N,orph
asport, for the Don u.; Seems it,), ih• ~
C, ; and the Gowal I.lolr cutter for Gu ••rnsey
Wind S.

TALIIIOIITII, OCT. 6.
Sailed this evening. with the wind at W.N.W.
the Tow itend paeket, Captain Dodd. with two snails
of the 1 ith and 251 h ult. for Li;kon. She has also
on board %fr. Smith. the messenger, with important
dispatches from the Conn of Great Bntain, to our
Chargs deffraims, at Madrid.
The BreMingham Rribatts, will sail to-
morrow, fir Lisbon, with mails of the 2,1 instant.
Also sailed tho American brig, Wasniegroa, Capt.
MiCrillian, for London; she arrived yesterday from
Senegal.
the Diana packet arrived on To .sday la,t, in
thirteen d.ys from Lisbon, at which time not the
least ids i was entertained there, that a ruptute be-
tween thi.. c.io::try and Spain was near at hand.
The Przace Troia packet was safe arrived out
in 8 days.
On %% ednesday arrived the Prineen Augus►a,
Captain hompson, wi ii mails from Jamaica, 6fty-
eight days pass i(te ; and this day the Priarem Chur-
C.ce sin Kerr, with !nails from the Leew ad
Islands, fort)-two days fr. m Tortola: neither of
those packets.bi mg Any particular new•.
Also arrived the Swedi-h brig, thar.'em
Yorke. 4rom Lacasta, and is gone into quarantine ;
the Danish brig, Maria Charktle, Eschelles, (corn
Figuara.—Wind W.N.W.
_Ti ?MOUTH. OCT 6.

Arrived the Parft Str.tyco,:k, from Q.lchec ;
Ton,ant, man of war, and Rivger, cutter, from
cruise.
Sa,led the Atalalt: sPvits of war, on a cruise; and
the Dinseowi, Captain Munro, of London, for the
South Seas. _ -

osit, ncr. 7.

Arrived the .4rt•,rn, armed defonce ship, from
Wall, with the Sae, 'ad brig, and convoy hnun ito
Plymouth, and ren,ain in the Down, with a Lrg fleet
of sh;os of war ar ned defence s os, &c. Aliso.
His r!.josty's schn ?ler rharSete, Lieut. Ault, with
dispatr !,rs from the 'dos kAding squadron off Dieppe;
tape htings an account of an aelion with the Eng-
lish squadron and the French fl tila which came out
of Havre de Grace, consisting of twtnty-eight schoo-
sows and loggers, one large pram, carrying two
mortars and twenty guns, and thirty-thee gun-
brigs ; the whole of which were disperse.i, and it is
biped, some of them will he ca. tared by the cruiwri.
When the CAarletts left the squadron, the Faired and
Raltl,r sloops of war were in chace of the piaam
'nil a brig, and the Cassperdosva cutler in chace of
two luggers on Friday afternoon the sth inst.—
Wind, S. W.
OCT. 7.
Lasio Framers packet, Captain Flyn, sailed
ass day, with the Mdils for Gottenburgh, and the
Acme. CaptniO 111.ansilton, with the Ma lc and pas-
nengers, for liusum Among the passengers were
Sir Charles and Lady
sors lain Guayas.
And Capt. Cooke, of
regimen tor ie uarcts.
As the Dorset, Capt. Hamilton, that arrived on
Friday last from Gottnnhurgh, WAS ten days on
her passage home, we could not hear of the arrival
of the La?* packet at that port, in which Monsieur
sailed.

vartmoura, OCT 7.
Arrived yesterday Delon;. Co, ne/:3,.1an renisse,
from North Bergen, with ti,ll and oil, hoit:id to
Dart, sent in by the Phsh• cutter.
Arrived this day, the Pc,,ice fr;'cs p
from Husum, with mauls and p.i..en.ers,
are landed here. and the packet will sail, II:e
wind permit, to Harwich, with Hanoverian sr:.
diers.
Arrived in the raids .4friraine frigate nitli Ad-
miral Thornbrotegh, from the Tezel, and rLmaia
with the 31.4,,,,0uti and .4me/kust frigate.
Sailed the /filen gitn.hrig on a cruise.