Star.
London, England, 1813-09-04 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPEAS:
NEW LONDON, JULY 20.

Yesterday, the late British Consul, J. Stuart, Esq.
took his departuie from this place for Tolland, which
is the distance required of forty miles from any sea-
port in tf.is State. In consequence of which, a flag
arrtveclat this 'place, with a letter from Commodore
Hardy, addressed to General Isham, stating, that he
had received information that Mr. Stuart had been
taken prisoner of war; and if so, he would wish to
receive Mr. Stuart and family on board his ship, at
the same time giving the strongest assurances, even
pledging his honour, that no communications have
passed between himself and Mr. Stuart but in the
Most open manner.

The enemy's squadron is still at anchor without the
Race, in sight of the town.
It is reported that the Governor of this State has
prohibited any provision being carried out of it.

CADIZ, JULY
' LETTER,
FROM GENERAL ELIO TO THE MINISTER AT WAR.
VALENCIA, JULY 7.
66 'file enemy abandoned this capital on the morn-
ing of the 6th, taking the direction of Murviedro.
General Villacampa, situated on the side of
'Lida, and instructed, as I had the honotfr to acquaint
your Excellency, that should the enemy retreat, he
ought to tdrass him on his march,,was attacked with
considerable vigour by two divisions, which, joined to
the closeness and rapidity with which the enemy's
main army conducted their retreat, prevented him
from doing any thing of consequence, except protect-
ing some deserters, and talsing some prisoners.—
Among other prisoners, there was an Officer of the
Staff of die division Severoli, who was carrying orders
Ur the withdrawing and saving of the garrison of
Teruel, a.s-appeared both from his own declaration
and the purport of a letter which he was conveying.
44 It is not, however, yet ascertained, what Suchet,
with tire principal corps, has left at Castellon ; and
whether 2 :00 men, supplied with much ammuriition
of —,intis kinds, have been left to garrison Murvie-
dro. It app.,.T. to me incredible, that, if Suchet was
determined to pass thc Ebro, he ould leave Murvie-
dro garrisoned, since that would be in a manner
throwing away the garrison.
c' My second division, under the command of Vil-
lacanipa, with the brigade under the command of
Brigadier Miy.tres, and the cavalry, are in this city ;
and the other troops under my command are ap-
proaching by The road of Las Cabrillas. The troops
commanded by Lord William Bentinck are also ap-
proaching ; and of them the two Spanish divisions
-of Roche and Whittingham reached this, the former
yesterday morning, and the latter to-day.
" Such is our present situation ; and of every thing
deserving your Excellency's attention I shall transmit
you successive accounts.—May Con preserve, &c.
(Signed) 6' zavlatt zuo."

MALTA.
The subjoined letter is not so recent as others
which we have seen from Malta, but the details being
'lllol`e minute, in some particulars, it may prove ac-
ceptable to our Readers :
(4 MALTA, JUNE 19.
i 4 Hitherto not an instance of Plague has occurred
• amongst the army, the navy, or the prisoners of war.
One of the greatest difficulties we have had to en-
Counter is the impossibility of securing proper atten:
dance to the sick, and a sufficient establishment for
conveying the sick and burying the dead. It was pro-
posed to immure the entire population within their
respective houses for the space of 40 days, but the
plan was conceived to be impracticable, for the gene-
rality of the inhabitants are but recently persuaded
that the Plague actually exists. They have heard of,
and many of them have witnessed the dreadful 'ra-
• wages which the disease occasions in the Levant, and
they imagine that because it has not made .those rapid
advances with which it is characterised in countries
where no precautions are used, the malady cannot be
"The same, Under this impression, it is not probable
that the lower classes Would have patiently submitted
to an unqualified imprisonment, or if there had been
a police establishment of sufficient magnitude to en-
force obedience (which could not be organised in a
moment), nor does it appear that so rigid a system
of confinement would be advisable at such a season,
and in such a climate. The middle course, in my
humble opinion, which has been adopted, has cer-
tainly been very efficacious in checking, and had it
bean carried into effect in every quarter of the town,
as it has been in some, there is every reason to believe
that.it would have extinguished the malady. I am
• happy to add, that neither the British inhabitants,
nor thebetter classes of natives, have been visited by it:,
To THE EDITOR.
Stn—The bodies of those persons who sink under
the plague in Malta are conveyed in a cart to Fort
blanoel, where they are buried in lime, The persons
employed in this most dangerous occupation are cri-
minals, called Fozati, who have been condemned to
perpetual imprisonment. Among them is an Etng.
lishman, who volunteered his services on condition of
being pardoned, and to have a gratuity of a dollar a
day if he survives. A: his case is curious, I shall re-
late it in his own words. A "friend of mine having
occasion to pass the prison, previous to the appearance
of the disease, he was astonished on hearing himself
called by name, He approached the grating, and
was addressed by this man-4, GOD bless you, Major !
I hope you are well; I know you very well, Sir; I
have often seen you in Hastings ; my name is Pin-
fold ; my father keeps the waggons at Hastings ; I
am an innocent man ; I am condemned to perpetual
confinement ; I was a sailor in an American ship :
the first night we came into Malta I got on shore,
with three or four of my messmates ; we got drunk,
1 was left drunk in the streets ; the picquets found
me there, and about thirty paces from me the body
of a murdered Maltese. From my being the nearest
tO it they suspected me to be guilty. My messrnates,
who were not so drunk as I was, got off, and I alone
suffer." This was his tale.- Since the appearance of
the epidemic he has seen, out of forty volunteers,
thirty tour die. He was well the day we left Malta,
(the atial June„) and perfectly careleks of the dan-
ger . One day as the cart was returning to Port Ma.-
noel with bodies, he hailed Captain R. of the 14th
regiment, with—., No room to-day, Sir—all full in-
side—only take three—shall be happy .to" take you
to-morrol,vt" • se

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