Star.
London, England, 1804-01-17 00:00:00

MALAGA, NOP. s 7.

I can hardly give you an adequate idea of our me-
lancholy fituation here, which feems daily toget worfe.
Notwithlianding upwards of 40,000 people have left
the city. the mortality OM Inereafes, and now amounts
to 140 daily. About yooo have already died of the
diforder. and about t2OO ate now tick of it—a great-
majority of thole who are feised die. and it generally
proves full in three days.

The nfual fymptoms are, a violent pain in the
head and loins, an uncommon lownefs of fpirits. and
the greateft debility, accompanied with ficknefs,
thirft, and great heat, and on the third clay black
livid (pots commonly appear, and the patient expires
in a few hours afterwards with a general mortification
over the whole body, which is obliged to be buried
immediately after death.
Almoft all the attendants and nurfes of the tick
have fallen viftims to it, and many whole families
have been entirely cut off. It has now got into
feveral of the nunneries and convents. where it makes
great havoc. The faculty have as yet been very on-
fuccefsful in their mode of treating the difeafe. which
appears more nearly to rcfemble the plague than the
yellow fever, and a treat variety of opinion prevails
refpefting its origin. The Dutch !loop of war lying
here has loft the Captain and the greater part of its
crew from the diforder, and many vefkls are lying
here with the whole of their crews dead. It has Dot
fpread into the country above two leagues from Ma.
lags, to one or two of the villages, where Come have
caught the infeftion from %it'll ing this ?lam but very
few have died out of the city.

Sunday his Royal Highnef* the Doke of Your, •
General Carvear, Mr. Gamenwooe, and a large
paffy of General Officers, dined with Lieutenant-
Colonel Wisirs, oa the Kote's Guard.. His Royal
Higlinefs's band attended, and played fame of the
stioit admired and popular airs.

Sir Sr on ar Sr trii, we are Corry to learn, has stet
with a ferious accident, from a (word that was fa
difpofed in his cabin u to enter his back.
His MAJISTT has accepted the offer of the Marqui's
of Buc monomer, to raife four companies at Qoafteld,
Matted, Hediagham, and Weatherfield t and to in-
corporate the fame with the three eltahlithed coops-
.
met at Bocking and Braintree, and with the indepea-
, dent companies at Finching6eld, &Bag, asißard-
field, under the appellation of fuel limaind Pe-
&start .

On Thurfday, is eonfegtionce oh plan previmillt
formed by General Wji.rnao. of the Royal Cornwall
Militia. commended 'by Sir WILLIABI Lenox ; Co-
lonel Boas uss's Corps of Pendennis Artillery; and
the Penryn Volunteers, enndueed by Colonel Goose a.
were brigaded, and had a (tam fight. The mfpeetive
Corps had taken their pofitions by eleven o'clock.

A detachment of son of 1.1)e 24th Font marched
into Yormonth yeflerday from Norwich—the rep
mainder were ex,pelled this day.

The Third Regiment of Royal Lincoln hfilttia,
commanded by the Earl of Bucaimoneee sego, am
arrived at Hall.

A paragraph having been copied. into this paper,
left week, Rating, that Major Da LatiCT, when tak-
ing a furvey of the coati of Holdernefa, a few days
'ago, had been vireo up by the peafantr,y at Xilnfea,
and carried to Pair ington ; we have.authority to fay.
that the report is entirely devoid of truth.
The different companies of the Loyal Southwark
Corps met yelierday at various times and places, tp_
hear the determination of Government rerpeeting thff
appointment of officers t 3 that Corps. When the
letter of Mr. Secretary YORK was read to each, and
all-i the letter of the Deputy-Lieutenant of the
County to the Commandant, which accompanied it,
and his letter to the Captains of Companies. Some
of there bodies viewed the fotatleoce of there letters
in a very different light front others. The Light In-
fantry was particularly ftrenuotts in the affertion of
what they conceived to he their right. When they
were told that fuch as would not mftantly agree to
the contents of the letters Ihould fall out of the riaki,
all the Company but four Repped forward. After
they had began to furrender arms, *c. they were
prevailed on by their Captain, to whom they are
mnR Ilrongly attached by ties of perfonal efteem far
beyond thofe of duty, to refurne their military order.
and, if they fhnuld think fit afterwards, they might
furrender their arms to the proper Officer. The
Company addreffed the Lieutenant-Colonel and this
Major who happened to appear in coloured clothes.
Rating that, if it was found to be the cuftom of
other Volunteer Corps to Live their Officers non*
nated fur them, they would readily accede to the
fame praßite ; if other Co7ps who had eaercifed that
privilege were willing to give up their right in that
particular, they would Alto comply with the Curren.
der of their rights ti. far. But they thought that it
would not be hAndfome in them to be batty in lay.
ing a precedent tathich might be reckoned bad by
whets, and which might hereafter influence the con-
duit of 370,0tri0 men. They thought the letters too
extennee u.i be anfwered in a few 11111 l ntes; and with-
ed to },.se an oppott,mity of considering them more
at leiftire. The company was then ordered to be
furpended until fume future determination of the
Twain's. Each man went individually to the Cap-
tain's houfe. and ladged their arms there, it being
their determination not to &thand if poffible, but to
hold themfelvea in readinefi to anfwee any call which
the cousitry might base upon them for ks proteCtion.
The general &Malaga of the letters can only be col-
keied from rumour, as foam degree of fecreeT was
rblerted with regard to their er.a.ears. It us raid
that they Rate the molt pi.fitivedetermisation of Go-
vernment to (upport the peattice which Mr. Tumult
hes promulgated in his Corps, and add. that filch
(Fall be tbe getseral principle upon which all Yobs..
wer Corps &all be regulated. 14oft probably, hoer"
eyes. ibis may be a snottske. as may Coups km
eardto very different refoletions its the twightel
of service which they wade to Govensmelks
and will moil probably be soled by dam sea foal of
eceepat between them as the Stem