The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-09-01 00:00:00

%HE PLAGUE.

We have hen favoured with the f Mowing extract
Oa letter, listed Gibraltar, July 40.—(Congduh's
Plymouth Paper.)
•' Perhaps this will not be the first information
Sou will have of the probability of our bring again
visited liya destructive malady. fu many of the
eastern countries, and parts of Barbary, the plague
is au annual visitor ; but at this time it appears to
be extending itself farther than usual. It is now
• ragiog at Tangier. within twenty miles of Gibraltar.
Notwithstanding which, 1 hope, from the vigorous
measures which are adopted by way of precaution,
arid the help or Providence, we shall escape its ef-
fects. Perhaps of I trouble you with a few extracts
from the berg and most correct information we
have rtceiYtit, of the initial existence of the plague
in Bartr.iry, it will not he altogether unacceptable.
bilet week a iri;tit mission was sent by Generals
on (Gibralt:ir) and Allis (Algesires), to Tsirgier,
and with the greatest difficulty they were at length
rtitiblerl to collect the fact:, from which the fol-
lowing are extr rcted :—' Suspicions,.. to the actual
eitistence of it contagious disease, bearing the cha-
racter of the plague, were first awakened the
ifith and I'7:h June, by the sudden death of a
young girl. aril shortly after of her brother, in
whose house n Moorish woman, who had recently
urrivrd in the ship, which brought the pilgrims front

Alex:mans, hod ;lied, on the 7th of tire same month,
as report' d. of • fever. Three enure persons in
the II u►►e house were shortly after attacked mod

" Swellings have appeared in several instances,
chiefly in the groin and exilic. This information
is derived fro') parsons who iwrform the list offices
to the dead. One of them who officiated in the
same manner, in the years I7W) and 1800, declares
the ele.rase en Ise the same** at that ;period ; this man,
on the -15th June, lost his son, and it was trot till
then that he made the shove declaration; stating ul
the twine time, that several others had died of the
gime elo.ruse. The malady has been observed to
pass through its different stages to death in 48
1 r.. Nu well-authenticated case of recovery had
)et been oseertaihed, though iu one or two instances
the eumplaisit seemed to have taken a favourable
*nen. The Consula, and other Christian residents,
have shut themselves up in their houses. The Moors
end J.-WI telik no wet-sentient', nor were there any
observed 9n board the shipping in the Bay. The
town is remarkably well supplied with provisions.
Its present population is estnnated at 10,000 souls.
" The information as to the state of the disease
in Tetuan, is snore uncertain; it is stated, how-
ever, that from 15 to .te) persons die daily, having
the Ulna! symptoms Or swelling*, Zte. At Felt,
disease, of a character similar to the above, is
stated to have appeared, and was supposed to have
been bronght there by some of the carriers of the
caravan from Algiers, three of whom are stated to
Lave died.

" Ai there is every probability of our being shut
up its the pinion its a little time, the Governor
Las issued piochimations for sill foreigners, who are
i;einployed, and have not the means to provide
iliernselves with three mouths prosisiom, to quit
the garrison immediately. Also, for all inhabitants
who here, to lay iu a stock of provision.
sufficient for their families consumption. for three
months, and to keep that stuck good until it is
determined whethei- it will be necessary to close the
communication.

" A packet-boat is established to pass from
hence to Tangier, once a week, and will sail (14
the fist time) on Monday next, so that the Gs,-
Teruo, will be enabled to gain frequent information
its to the progress of the malady, said will udupt
measures With respect to this place accordingly.
" Every thing is very dear, and trade almost at
its lowest ebb. Two or three merchants have al-
ready shot up thrir buuaa, awl others reduced
their eNtablishinents so low, that abotit a dozen
otitig risco (clerks) are about to leave the garrison
immediat, ly, entirely for want of employment.
01 We have a very warm summer. In the course
of the List fortnight the thermometer has been re-
gularly from 80 to 83 in the shade—it appears
likely to continue so."

Fiftc-eight African•, bring a part of those latrly
izril fur a violation of• the law of the Uained
Staley, prohibiting the importation of slaves, arrived
br►e a few days past, and will be exposed to public
vale on the 17th of next month. Most of them are
young and very likely. The residue, about 30 in
cumber, are in the powession of the collector of
the port of Darien, and will be disposed of in the
bid. It is probable, we learn, that the whole will
be claimed by the person who introduced them into
the statr...-(Georgio Journal./
A dreadful calamity happened at six o'clock on
Saturday earning in the carnal near Croydon, to
NICHOLSON DIP:IMO ANDERSoN (son of the late
HOBERT NIMRSON, Esq. late Superintendent ol•
the 'Marines of the Hon. East India Comps ay
Bombay), a student at the Ea.t India Company.,
College at Addiscombe, near Croydon: whilst bath-
ing with three of his fellow-collegian*, lie sank and
was druiviiril. Every effort was made to restore am-
• Motion, but without tilecti