Star.
London, England, 1813-07-30 00:00:00

PROLONGATION OF THE ARMISTICE.

Paris Papers to the ‘:.)6th instant have arrived.—
They put an end to all speculation on the subject of
the Armistice, the suspension of hostilities having been
prolonged to the riddle of August. .In the mean
time, Plenipotentiaries from the Belligerent Powers
have arrived at Prague : Count NARBONNIR and the
Duke of VICENZA (CA umwouar) appear on behalf
of France. The Privy Councillor D'ANSTATT (or
D'ANSTETTIN), is deputed by Russia; and Baron
Flosmotor by Prussia, on the same occasion. On the
7th July, an English Ambassador, whose name is pot
mentioned, is said to have passed through Neuss, in the
department of the Mozelle, for the same destination.

From the Gibraltar Chronicle, of the 10th July, we
extract the following details respecting the plague at
Malta, which we are happy to find has not spread
so rapidly as was at first given out :

EXTRACT FROM A PRIVAtE LETTU, DATED MALTA,

17TH JUNII.

64 Thank GOD the plague has not as yet interfered
with the military in any one instance. You will, of
course, be anxious to hear some account of it, and I
will now endeavour to give you as concise a detail as
I can of the rise, progress, and I wish I could add
fall, of the dreadful malady which has prevailed here
now six weeks. Nobody yet knows how it got into
the island. Vague suspicions have been entertained,
but until we hear with tolerable certainty, I shall not
mention one report. It is my intention only to state
facts, some of which come under my own knowledge,
others I have from the best authority. I have kept a
journal from the commencement. On the 4th May
`a letter was written to Mr. Green by Dr. Gravagna,
who had visited the family of a shoemaker in Strada
Paola, No. 150, by name Salvador Borg. one of
whose children died on the 19th April, after a very
short illness. The mother was taken ill on the 2d
and died on the 3il May.
The Doctor suspected the disease was the plague•
in consequence of which he wrote to Mr. Green. In
the margin of the following page you will rind a daily
state of the exact numbers who died of it, and have
been infected. The shoe-maker was infected on the 7th
May, and died on the 12th, but generally speaking,
death succeeds the infection in hours. Only three
instances of recovery have as yet taken place, and
I believe the reason has been want of attention. No-
body will come within yards of art infected person—
if yon are tpo ill to assist yourself, you must neces-
sarily die, and several cases have occurred where
death takes place almost immediately.
" On the .sth May, Government published a Pro-
clamation, to inform the People that the disease had
made its appearance. and recommending precau-
tionary measures, which were only pursued by the
English, as the natives would not believe for a very
long time that it was the plague, in consequence of
the small number of deaths and infections. It is the
same in every country; the disease makes its appear-
ance with so many different symptoms, besides the
difficulty of finding out those with whom infected
persons have had communication.
46 It has spread through Casa!, Isola, Floriana,
St. Julian's, Vitoriosa, Burmola, and every part of
the island of Malta. Gozo has not been infected, nor
Lampeduza. Fort Manuel was cleared out as a place
to put those in who had not the disease but had. been
in infected houses, or these who had survived in in-
fected families. About 300 persons have died there,
as they were at last obliged to send all infected per-
sons to that fort, which destroyed those who were
sent in the first instance. Those infected in ;own are
allowed to remain in their own houses, if they are
, respectable persons, and the houies airy:

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44 in the country all remain in their houses. The
men-servants of Captain Chilcott, Agent of Trans-
ports, were taken ill. One of them died—the other
is recovering, in Fort Manuel. Captain Chilcott, by
taking every precaution, has escaped, and is as well
as ever, though the servants were infected a fortnight
ago: all the family arc alto welL .It has not spread
sp tapidly as might have been expected, considering
the immensity of the population. Ito. 26, Strada.
Poizi, had originally fifty-two inhabitants, who have
all died, except a little girl, aad she wag infected this
naming.

" I should till a volume were I 'to relate all the
affecting scenes I have witnessed. Itt one house the
father and mother were dying in bed, the mother
with an infant at her breatit, two elaildrrn on the floor
helpless, another infected, but able io move, and
employed in bringing pill, &c. to the family, which
MLA left at the door, and feeding .them, without
touching any thing herself—theY are all pow dead.
i saw seven people put into thedead cart ene morn.
ing at Floriano—three from one house,
64 In fact, whole families have beeh swept away.