The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-11-08 00:00:00

FEVER .1T GIBRALTAR.

LIURACT OF A LETTER TROY GISRAL TAR, DATED
OCT. 10.
" Our situation becomes more and more truly
dreadful and melancholy, and it does not appear to
receive much benefit by removing, as many who left
the garrison on the first attack have since relapsed
in the Bay, and fallen victims to the fever. Among
the late deaths may be enumerated M. GRZFO, the
Imperial Consul ; Mr. Frederick Raleigh ; Mr.
Jerhson, brother to the Judge; Mr. Nugent, King's
I'rolnr.
The contagion catches all ranks, and few that
are severely attackv.l escape with life. What adds
tn. our miser y is, that we cannot get any assistance,
as all servants, on appearance of a sick person in the
house, immediately run away ; and for some days
past people could barely he colleaed to bury thc
dead. We have only the chance of cold or bad
weather setting in to drive away ur dissipate the in.
feaed air that surrounds us."

tITILACT OF ANOTHFR GETTER.
" The dreadful milady with which this place is
afdifted, was introduced by means of alswert twenty
Spaniards getting in undiscovered by the geasds.
They took up their resi lence in some tenements on
the premises of Mr. William Boyd, and, soon after,
twelve of them died, and the proprietor of the pre-
mise; and his vire shared the same fate. It was
soon ascertained, that they were part of the people
who had in a fit of desperation forced their way
through the cordon of troops placed round Malaga,
to prevent the introdu&ion of the disorder into other
parts of the country.
" The Ea,.r merchant ship, in which several fa-
milies have embarked with their efre3s tor England,
was obliged to be left behimi by the convoy now Ar-
rived, the fever having discovered itself among
them, and made great havoc with the passengers
aid crew."
FUNER,4II-1. Of C.4PT. R F2VOLDS.

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This brave and young Officer, who lately died
in the West-Indies, was ill with the fever in Prince
Itnert's Bay, Dominique. and on his arrival at
tiscbadoes, was removed on shore; but finding
he got worse was taken on board the Custaur, to go
out the cruise, in hopes the change of air would
bring him about; but every thing proved ineffeaual;
for on the 13th of September, at two o'clock, p.
closed the life of this allant and promising young
man to His Majesty's service, off the Diamond
Rock, Martinique, where his remains are deposited,
and where a stone will be ereCled to perpetuate his
memory. His funeral was concluded with as much
ceremony as time would allow. At 5 o'clock the
barge was manned, the guard drawn out on the
quarter-deck, the Centaur'. colours, pcnd int, and
flag, at the garrison at the Diamond Ruck, snuck
halt.mast ; the whole of the officers, every man and
boy in the ship, attended to sec the corpse lowered
in the boat, that they had been witnesses to its
gallant exploits a few months before. A quar-
ter past, the corpse was lowered in the boat, the
band playing in the most impressive manner the
dead march. and not a dry eye was to be seen in
thy ship. On the boat putting off, the C. ala,tr fired
minute glint, and continued so doiii wail they
landed. At six the following proce,sion took place
un shu; c, at the Diamond, from the Queen's battery.

MEETING CREOII.OII%, AT GUILI)H ALI.,
TO- 7,4 041 NUM. M.
John Wehb, !Lowe:len, MMldlrxrc, wine-warre:t.mt 1 1