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ren till our further pleasure shall be signified*
During your continuance on this service, you are
to send, or cause to be sent, to us through one of otir
Secretaries of State, constant accounts of all that
passes ; and you are to follow all such orders and di-
rections as we shall send you, either under our sign
manual, or through one of our principal Secretaries
'of State.
No.; and inslosure contain a List of the Land Forces, amount-
ing to 33,1 43 Men.
Nos. 3 and 4 contain his Majesty's approbation of the conduct of
the Army and Navy, in the capture of Walcheren, South Be-
vel:Pod, &c.
No. S.—Dispatch from Viscount Castlereagh to the Earl of Cha-
tham, dated August 21, 1 t 09.

. health which, the
we. operations, Was but
the honour to stdte
body and mind,
action, resist for
The fever 'which now unhappily
first appeared among the battalions which were can-
toned in South Beveland, and only began to demon-
strate its influence here about the time that Flushing.
surrendered to his Majesty's arms.
The rapidity with which the disease has extended
itself during the short period that has elapsed since
that event is almost unexampled in the history of any
military operations. As the season has hitherto been
a favourable one (for hot and dry weather produces
the most destructive diseases), the 'cases have been
slight ; but a very considerable number of them have,
notwithstanding, assumed a more serious form, and
have degenerated into that species of low fever which
often prevails in gaols and other ill-ventilated places
in England,-

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This letter, after expressing his Majesty's satisfac- • --- —JP. -."
Lion at the capture of Flushing, proceeds thus; I A melancholy proof of this is found in the loss of
salhospitals of this
h
His Majesty rejoin, that this serious obstacle to the vi= !valuable lives that has already been noticed, and
e.rons prosecution of the ulterior objects of the .Expediiion "I which I am concerned to state is not diminishing.—
me the regimentoa
has thus been seasonably overcome ; and his Majesty feels :
Sevengarrison teen
alonen died
duringin the last 121 hurs.
persuaded that those important objects will be followed up,l
As the progress of the Mischief in the short period
without a moment's loss of time, with the tame energy,!
.Of three weeks is much seater than could rationally
perseverance, and rapidity, whif:k have hitherto disiitt.
;Have been calculated upon, and as scarcely a third
guished the course of your Lordship's operations.
• No. 6.—Dispatch from Viscount Castl2reagb to the Earl of Cha- part of the sickly season has elapsed, it is hardly pos.
thdm, dated September 2, 1809. . sible to conjecture what loss may be incurred during i
This document alludes to the opinion of the Gene- the continuance of it. The causes, which operate on
ral Officers, that farther operations were impractica- the human frame are so powerful, and so generally
ble, and orders the army to retiirn, after leaving a applied, that all the precautions and preventives I
garrison in Walcheren. Nos. 7,8, 9,- and 10, are , which art can invent, though they may diminish, can
uninteresting. - never obviate their effects in any great degree; it
No. 11.—Dispatch from Viscount CAS :lA.2MM to the Earl , must therefore be an inevitable consequence of the
of CHATHAM, dated September 9, 1809. , ' i British troops remaining in Walcheren, that a very
My Lonti—The painful and indeed alarming ac-1 considerable loss must be sustained.
counts received of the progress of disease, amongst ; Although I have trespassed so much on his Lord-
the troops under your command, has created, the ut- ship's time, I beg leave to add one remark, that I
most anxiety in the minds of his Majesty's Govern- humbly conceive of consequence, which is, that those
ment. : men who may be attacked with fever, and recover
Every arrangement which has been saggested, for from it, will have their constim ions so affected by
the removal of the sick to England, and for the ac-; the shock, that their physical powers, when called.
commodation of those which are to remain, has been . into action hereafter, will he very materially chilli-
ordered. I nished. I. have, &c. (Signed JOHN WEBB,
I cannot, howevet, avoid desiring your Lordship I Lieut. Col. Cary, Inspector of Hospitals.
will include, in the report called for on the islund of . militcii Sec, acc• des- &e.,
Walcheren, such information as may enable his Ma- Nos. 13, 14, and 15, are uninteresting.
jesty's servants to judge of the general influence to be No. Is.—(Secret and confidential.)—Dispatch from the Earl of
apprehended from the nature ot the climate, upon the Liverpool to lieutenant-General Don, dated Oct. 27, 1809.
troops requited for its defence. I am, &c. i. Si it—As there still appears to prevail some uncer-
(Signed) CASTLER EACH. 1 tainty with respect to the conclusion of peace between
I, To the Earl of Chatham, &a: ':Austria and France, and as the expediency of the
N0.1z.-llupatch from . Viscount CASTI.EREACII to Sir Er ar evacuation of the Island of Walcheren, at the present
Coos- it, dated Septonb. r 25, 1809. moment, must depend in a considerable degree upon
Sun—l • have received and laid before the King, that event, lam not as yet enabled to inform you of
your dispatch of the 17th inst. brought by Captain the final determination of his Majesty's government,
Worslcy, respecting the sickness which seems increas. on this important question. .
int; among the troops under your command. The I There can be little doubt, however, that a very few
first representation did not fail to excite the most im. i days will bring us some decisive intelligence from the
mediate exertions for alleviating the calamity by : Continent on this subject, and that this intelligence
which the army was visited. You are already in ' will in obably confirm the reports we have already,re-
I possession of the orders which were at first given
ceived from so many quarters, of the conclusion of
upon the subject ; and I now inclose to you a report peace. •
of the measures which have been taken here, and :also In such an event, I think k most probable, that the
a copy of a letter which I yesterday addressed to the decision of his Majesty's Government will be, to eva-
Commander in Chief, the directions in which you will i cuate the Island of Walcheren. But; under the •cir•
-follow ; likewise a return of the transport tonnage, cumstances of such an evacuation, they consider it
which either remains at flushing, or ha's been ordered to be an object of material consequence, to accom-
thither. . I phsh the destruction, it possible, of the bason of
When yon consider the number of medical ass's- Flushing, as a port for men of war, as well as of the
tants already sent to Waleheren, and reflect upon the' other naval resources of the Island of Walcheren, pro-
, previous necessity of succouring the demand for aid vided the measures necessary for this purpose can be
to the wounded in Spain, you must feel how er. • executed within a reasonable time, and without ten-
.
trernely difficult, if not impossible, it must be to pro-! dering the evacuation of the Island this winter im-
vide an adequate supply for a calamity so sudden ; practicable. '
and so exten'ive. Every possible exertion has been I enc• lobe to you a report on this subject. You will
made, and will continue to be. made, for the relief of ' see, by this report, the opinion entertained, of the fa-
the troops ; and I have no doubt that you will notit cility t
ot of attaining the object, and you will commu-
fail to call in the aid of every assistance which can be • nicate it to the Admiral and to the Commanding
procured from the resources of the island for .their;Officer of Engineers, in strict confidence.
comfort. •I If the destruction of the naval resources, above
That part of your dispatch, which relates to the de- stated, should be considered by you as practicable, I
creasing state of security of :he island from an hostile am p'irticularly anxious to call your attention to the
attack, is under consideration. 1 have, &c. situation of the garrison. Whilst this operation is
(Signed) CAS Mk:REACH. igoing on, measures have been already taken, and are
First inclosure describes the prsparations made for still in progress, to remove, with as little delay _as
the reception of the sick in England. possible, all the sick and others who may be unfit for
(Second lnclosure referred to in No. 12.) service, from the Island. The reduced state of the
Midt.ll.:bur;,, S pttmber 11, tstig. garrison, from these circumstances, would render it
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Sot—The Communication I have been honoured impossible to lock to the retention of the island during
the winter, without the necessity of sending some re-
with from Lieutenant General the Earl of Chatham
inforcements from this country. Dut if, during the 1
Is of so important a nature that I must beg leave to
trouble his Lord hip with more detailed observations : temporary occupation of the island, for the purposes
on the subject than I should presume to do on any
above-mentioned, such a measure could be avoided,i
ordinary occasion. i it would certainly on many accounts be desirable. ' •
Independent of the existing records of the unheal- i As this, however, ought to depend on your deci-
thiness of Zealand, every object aroand us depicts it' s;on, founded on your knowledge of the actual situa-
in the most forcible manner ; the bottom ot every i tion of the island, and of the means which the enemy
canal that has communication with the sea is thickly i possesses at this time of making an attack upon it,.
covered with an ooze, which, when the tide •is out, ; directions will be imme.,iiitely given to held a corps
Of four or fife thousand infantry in readiness on the
emits a most offensive and noisome effluvia ; every :
coast, in order that they may be sent without delay
ditch is tilled with water, which is loaded with animal
; • to Walcheren, in case you should judge it necessary
and vegetable substances in a state of putrefaction
and the whole island is so flat, and so near the level ; to call for them.

IYour va consider, in your decision on this ques-
tion, the advantages which may be expected to arise
from such a reinforcement, compared with the incon-
veniences which may result from the necessity of em-
barking an additional number of troops, when the
evacuation of the island is finally to take place.
You will inform me of your opinion on this point,
with as little delay as possible ; and you will take
every preparatory step, in conjunction with the navy,
which may be necessary for leaving the Island in such
a condition as, without inflicting any wanton injury on
the inhabitants, may render its ports and arsenals at
least, for a time, unserviceable ; and thereby prevent,
the enemy from deriving those advantages which
they have certainly hitherto derived from thence, since'
they have had the command of the navigation of the
Scheldt. I am, &c. (Signed) LI VERPOOL.
Nos. 17, IS, 19, 20, 21; 22, and 23, relate to
the minor details preparatory to the evacuation.
No. 24., is a return of the sick and wounded sent
home from Walcheren, previous to the final evacua-.
tion—they amounted to 12,863.
; Na 25.—Extract of a Dispatch from Mr. Bathurst to Mr, St-
cretary Canning, dated Buda, Sept,. 15, 1139.
The Emperor is very solicitous that the British
forces disembarked in Holland, should continue their'

of the sea, that a large proportion of it is little better'l
than a swamp, and there is scarcely a place where
water of a tolerable good quality can be procured.
The effect of all these causes of disease is strongly
marked in the appearance of the inhabitants, the
greater part of whom are pale and listless. Scro-
phttla is a very general complaint among them. The
children are sickly, and many of the gruwn persons
are deformed.
The endemic . diseases of this country, remittent
and intermittent fevers, begin to appear about the
middle of August, and continue to prevail until the
commencement of frosty weather checks the exhala-
tions from the earth, gives tone to the debilitated
i frame of the people, and stops thereby the further pro-
-1 gress of the complaints. It is computed that nearly
i a third of the inhabitants are attacked with fever
every sickly season.
If individuals who have lived in this island from
their infancy, who observe a degree of cleanliness
that can scarcely be surpassed, and who live in spa-
, cious apartments, cannot obviate the effects of the
climate, it may naturally be concluded what a foreign
army must suffer by being exposed; in the first in- i
stance, to excessive fatigue, and to the inclemency of
the weather, and afterwards by being crowded into

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OXFORD, F'EBRITAIir 3.
The subjects for Sir I.Yrn. Browne's three gold medals for
present year, are —For the Creek Oder-Ad Braes*:
Serius 1. coAurn redeas diuque
Lzttis intersis Atha.
-For the Latin Ode—irjuriartitit Africartirent fir.is.
For the Greek Epigram;.4BisticrmAtaLt.
For the Latin Epigram ; ---Srevis.esseiaboro,
Obscorus 80.
The late Dr. Smith's two prizes of £93 each, 'for Pie 1,,,;t i;
&lents in Mathematics aad Nazural Philosophy, amongst the
commencing Bachelors of Arts, of Cambridge, were adjudgeto
the Ist instant to Messrs. Wm. Henry Meuse and Thomas t.ha,
Brandreth, of •frmity College, the first and sec-,nd
The Rev. William Henry Markby, B.A. of Benet Cog,' •
el•!eted a Fellow of that SO:it ty.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been pletsea
"pciat the lter.l.V.M`Douall, M.A. Vicar of Asian 61* la Zcacy
to be one of his Royal Highness's Chaplains in On. wary.
The Rev. George Baker, MA. of Newton, Dee,,,i is prestt.
ed to the living of South-Brent, in that county, worth L'isno,
annum.

Feb. 27.—. Thomas Robinsons of ilnt-court, Middle Tempi;
London, money-scrivener; it ten, at 27. 11
Garnhant Bromley and Robert Smith, of Bishopszate,,tret
London, auctioneers, at ten, at Guildhall.--Feb. `:7. John Jones
John Owen, and Henry Abbott, of Ducklershury, London, T„,r
chants, at one, at Guildhall..--March 1. lame► Donnelly, tle,ett.
street, parish of St. Ann, Seho, Middlesex, milliner, at eleven,
Guildhall—March sl. Joseph Connop and Coltman Levy Ntv.
ton, of Red-Lion -street, Spitalfields, dyers, at ten, at Guiltlhan.
—March 1. George Miller, of Woolwich, Kent, tayler, at ten, ax
Guildhall.—March 1. Stephen Eel., late of Cannon-street,road,
parish of St. George, Middlesex, mason acd builder, at ten, a
Guildhall.— -March 13. Moses Agar, Lye of Austin Friars,b4
now of City Chambers, London, skip-own: r, at eleven, at Gel.
hall, March 1. William Aspland, of Kensioston, Middlesex,
cheesemonger, at eleven, at Guildhall.--=Feb. 27. John Pooreof
Tolley street, :lout hwark, lighterman, at eleven, it
Guildhall,-Feb. 24. John Moseley, late of Goole, btft new of
Swinefleet, near Howden,Vork shire, potatoe-rnerclrant,
at Guildhall, Lontion.--Feb..26. George Baker, of the City Reail,
parish of St. Luke, Aliikilesex, coach-maker, at twelve, at Guilt.
hall, London. •
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• DIED.. • •
Monday, Sir Jeremiah Fitzpatrick, late Inspector-Genera] of
Heri.lth to the Army.
Saturday se'nrigh::, the Rev. Williafn Weklin, Vicar of Gm
Chesterford, and Recror of Great Yeldhan, Essex, and fonnoir
of Pembroke Hall, Oxford.

RENOVATED HEALTH.
IT has been too fiequently the subject of just and
general reprobation, that men destitute of the elements of
the medical art have offered themselves a candidates far public,
patronage in the profession of Physic. For the purpose of doug
justice to the. result of our studio:: and experience, and to preves.
us from being classed among those empirics whose impudent pre-
tensions have, unfortunately for society, been too favourably re.
ceived, we beg leave to submit to the liberal and enlightened, a
faithful statement of our pursuits and acquirements.
After having received a regular medical education, as the pupils
of Messrs. Grindal and Blizarel, whose lectures and practice ve
carefully attended, as Professors and Surgeons of the London Hos.
pital, we entered ourselves as students in that justly celebrated
school for medical acquirements, the Royal College •of Edin-
burgh, and Were instructed in the different branches of Anatomy,
Surgery, the Theory and Practice of Physic, Chemistry, Mid-
wifery, Botany, &c. &c. &c. by those eminent Professors, Drs.
Mom°, Gregory, Black, Hamilton, Duncan, and Rutherford.'
We trust we shall not be deemed presumptuous in saying, that,
our proficiency and acquirements are not inconsiderable. Having,
for a long series of years made VENEREAL COMPLAINTS,'
and the various diseases of DEBILITY, the particular object of
our studies and practice, It will, we hope, be ahowea that wehave
acquired superior ktzawledze of their treatment and care. Is
slight and recent cases of infection, a perfect re-establishment is,
completed in the short period of two days, and in those of the
utmost inveteracy, where other practitiun -rs hive failed of sue-
c-ss, a proper perseverance in our plan of treatment ensuristothe
patient a safe andradical cure.

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Amidst the melanchdty variety of disoilers• which are.the*
fects of a habit long and tnost unhappily pursued by thesouth of
both sexes, there are none more alarming or more digressing than
those deficiencies and debilities which frequently prevent or em-
bluer the matrimonial state. l'o such persons it must be a co:-
soling reflection to know that they may now, by a new andinfal,
tible mode of treatment, be restored to that greatest of all human
blessings, a strong, manly, and vigorous constitution. In ill cases
of debility, from whatever cause arising, as well as iif every Spe-
cies of Venereal infection, we may be consulted ky patients of
either sex with the greatest secrecy and honour. Hours of con-
6ultation at home from ten to three, and from six in the evening
till ten at night. •• • •
Patients in the country are requested to state the particulars of
their case, age, and general habit of living, Bcc. inclosing a remit-
t tance for advice and medicines, when the same will. be or, or
Km to any part of the kingdom. To ensure 'that secrecy so es-
sential to our undertaking, the postage or letters =floe added*
the account for medicines. • • • '' ':' •• •
CtiRRIE and Co. Surgeons, 14:807, flittall-Cesnien.
,-0,

3 0 .IHOMAti TAYLOR; 'ESQ.
SIR, No. 9, New Bridge-itreet, London
I CONSIDER it but an act cf. jtutice due to the
merits of your LEAKE'S PATENT PILLS, to communicate
to you the following Cure, which has recently been performedbY
them. - An acquaintance of mine, who by the breaking out of al
old Venereal Complaint (attended by a complication of disoniel
arising therefrom) was reduced almost to a siCt4eLoll, and althrt
he had the best medical advice Which could be obtained, and tricd
a variety of patent medicines, nothing could be procured WWI
seemed to suit his case, or do him any service ; he retrained ins
most irduced and pitiable situation for two years, unable to
f.
low his profession, and scarcely able to walk or even to stand a
his legs ; in fact, no ciee who knew him ever supposed it no
for him to recover. Helves advised at last ro try your Leak'
Pills—he did so, adhering strictly to the directions given w
them—he bad not taken more than two boxes, before he fo•
'an alteration for the better—this encouraged hint to proceed 3;!
by taking a few boxes more he found his appetite and went:
&radially return, and is now as healthy and stout as any Wilt
know. You are welcome, Sir, to refer any person to me fa
confirmation of the above account, if it should be doubted. lc
Sir, your obedient humble servant, THOMAS 111.111 DAY.
Library, Folksttine July 10, 180.5.
Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, Thomas ears
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, at his 114'
N 0.9, New Bridge-street ; where, after a Constant residdee
mote than 40 years, in a practice particularly directed to the
of Venereal complaints and those incidental to the parts of: .
• nn in both sexes, with. that inviolable secrecy which men 01:
profession should always observe, he flatters himself the 3tlVlt,.
and assistance, he gratuitously administers to persons tal.icg t,,
medicine, will be esteemed by a discerning public as an advanw
seldom to be obtained, and void of ambiguity.
Also sold by his appointment, for the convenience of those ;11'
Ing at a distance, at the Perfumer's, No. :15, St. Alban's-str;l
Pall Mall ; tee Toy Shop, No. 109, Oiford-street ; Mr•Dt.,
rough's, No. 7, Fish-street Hill; Mr. Baxter's, South Br i 7
Edinburgh; Mr. M`Donald'si Glasgow ; Me. Cal:wail's, DulJ,„
Mr. Billinge's, Liverpool ; Mr. Atkinson's, Manchester; Ire
one person in every considerable town in Great Britain and
land, in boxes of only 2s. 9d.'each, sealed up, with full andr:
directions, whereby persons of either sex ma cure thenisto
N.B. Every box sold iu Greet Britain is scaled uP' vim)
Stamp, on ss hid' by favour of the• Commissioners, is Pti".
. the Stamp Office, " T. Taylor, No. 9, New bridge-sato, '
imitate which is felony, and all others arc counterfeit.

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fficer comniandffig the naval to se- severe and
►y of.the objects as-circumstances will per- Tb, heal
) soon as- the services shall be completed, active oper
t thereof as is attainable, you "rill take had the h
measures for re-embarking the army, and powers of
with it tO England, leaving a sufficient -called into;
intain possession of the island of Walche- The fever
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trpopi,e.sveyid during the 4eision °die!
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it a time thetauses of disease& I ment of BOnaparte, is to thdOttrage a hope Of I
happily prevails in the armyl joining the English cause:
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