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London, England, 1804-11-03 00:00:00

the Captain General ordered the public enatlibreti
to deltroy and burn under their eyes, this impertinent
and infamous order of decoration. Such was, lysw-
ever, the fanaticifm of there wretches that, thrnigh
tied to the flake, they never ceafcd ti• abufe the. Em-
peror of the French, and to exclaim live Drialiser
(La &silk ',dimwit.)
mmmElm•

LONDON.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC.Lt
Confole, for money 57ii_Zuo. for acc. 58.1.
Reduced 561 57-onrium 74.
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Esekange—Dublinsin London sat.

From Come extrafts horn (mall French papers in
the preceding columns, our Readers will fee that M
France there is not fu much internal quiet and fatis-
faainn as the French Government would with the
world to believe.

In addition to the melancholy intelligence refpell-
ing the eifeas of the hurricane in the ifland of St.
Kitt's, which will be found in a fucceeding column,
we have to mention further particulars of its horri.
ble devatiations in feveral other itlandi. This intelli,
genet has reached us by the Venerable, arrived at
Liverpool, from Barbadoes, from whence the failed

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on the coth of September.
On Monday, the 3d of September, the wind blow
ing W. and S. W. the hurricane commenced at day-
break, and continued with fcarcely any intermiffion
until the night of the sth. Every one of the Wind
ward Iflands are •fuppofed to have is Tome degree
felt its effeas; but they were principally confined to
the harbours, and the loffes in the interior of the
iflands were of Haig coofequence. The fury of the
hurricane was chiefly experienced in the iflands of
St. Kitt's, St. Thomas, and Dominica.
At Dominica, out of 28 fhips and a (loop of war
(fuppofed to be the Oseasv), lying in the Bay,
twenty-fix, and the floop, were 1011.
The damage done at Barbadoes is comparatively
infignificant None of the fquadron tinder Commo-
dore HOOD has received any material damage, and
there were only two fhips 1011, the Perfeverance apt
Sybil, of London. The Berwick, of London, a very
valuable Chip, drove out to fea, and loft three cables,
but being fupplied with another cable and anlance
from the launch of the Cam-rave man of war, Com-
modore HOOD, fhe was fortunately enabled to brave
the violence of the ftorm.
We feel extreme fatisfaaion in announcing, that
during the continuance of this tremendous hurricane,
very few lives have been 1011.
Various rumours prevail in our diplomatic circles,
concerning a pretended change in the Spanifh Go
vernment, and the appointment of the Qt2een of
Spain as Regent, on account of the indifpofition of
her Royal Confort. We have heard feveral other
particulars; but, as we have not been able to trace
them to any authink fource, we mull, for she pre.
fent, decline laying them before the public, as they
are of a nature which, if true, may be the forerun-
ners of another political revolution, to %%hick Bows-
P•RTE cannot be a Ilranger.

By letters from Cadiz, dated the 9th ult. we are
infcrmed, that the penitential difeai: had found its
way into that city, and daily carried off about tiny
perfons. The gates were flint, and no one permitted
to pafs them. Stakes had alCo Dein fixed round the
borpitals, fo that no one could approach them within
a dillance of fifty yards. We alfo learn, that the &C-
-order has extended up the Mediterranean as Car as
Alicant and Valencia. From Carthagena the ac-
counts are moil calamitous, ar. the number of deaths
there is averar,ed at leaf! one hundred daily.

The accounts which we fubjoin from Gibraltar
are malt &filleting. It mutt give much fatisfaCtion,
however, to the friends of humanity, to learn in the
midft of tbis fccr.e of woe, that Gen. BARN Ix has ex-
erted himfelf in a manner highly to his credit in dia.
blifbing a temporary afylom for the unfortunate in-
fants and children, who had by this calamity been
prematurely deprived of their parents. By the care
of that Officer, thole little innocents, upon whom the
effcas of the difeafe were comparatively trifling,
were comfortably I.•dged and fupported, t rail an op-
portunity mould offer r f fending them to England.

GIBRALTAR, OCTOBER c, 1804

1, I am forty to inform you, that the pellilential
fever which I.tely made its appearance here has
fread with fti,:h dreadful viruleace as to threaten the
delitufti,ll of every inhabitant of this town. The
deaths %:it! in thete Litt twenty-four hours have
amounted to ui,w•.rds of ONE HUNDRID, though
neal:y 0.. e half of the inhabitants !. ive fled from the
town. Within thcfe few clays it has begun to attack
the tro:vs with great violence :Aro, and about three
hon.!: A 'ire now It of it. They die about twerty
.aboi.t half which comber arc of the a tillery,
who Live bun .he chic( fotf•<rtrt ; n-arly half oi‘
that turps Lye hem attatked with it; 1., e troops

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eve sew elsraped out of the town, a reafute which
if it bad linen adopte4 earlier, would have fared
many valuable lives to their country at this impor-
tant moment. Great murmuring and difcontent pre-
vail among all ranks, at proper meal' . !s not having
been taken in time to flop the contagion, which
might eafily have been done on its firft appearance,
as for fevers' days it was confined folely to one part
of the town, where there was flrong reafon to be
lieve it had been imported from Malaga, efpecially
as there was no doubt of Come Spaniards who had
left Malaga during the height of the eliftemper hav-
ing foUnd their way into the gartlfon. But no re-
prefentation, however forcible, could induce thofe at
the bead of affairs here to believe, either that the dif.
cafe was contagious, or to take a fingle precaution
againfl its fpreading throughout the gareifon. This
fad negleft, joined to the uncommon filth and dirt of
the place, and a very hot fummer, loon gave a de-
gree of virulence of rapidity that nothipg could check
or fubdue.
" On the 13th of September, when the firft alarm
was given, in cenfequence of feveral hidden death's
in one quarter of the town, it appears os examination,
that there were few families, in which the difeafe had
fpread to more than one perfon in the family, and
the furgeon who attended them expreffed his opinion
that the difeafe was contagious, an opinion which
was feverely reprobated at the time, but which fatal
experience has (hewn to be too true. On the tsth
the Catholic Prieft publickly declared, that thole
who died of the fever had all the fymptoms of the
Malaga diftemper, which he had often witneffed.—
On the 16113, eleven died of the fever, all in the fame
part of the town.
" On the soth the deaths had increafed gradually to
57 daily, and notwithflanding upwards of twelve dif-
ferent inflances had then occurred, by feveral people
dying of the diforder in the fame family, (till the
idea of contagion was run down and reprobated, when
any dared to fuggeft fuch opinion.
" Molt people, however, now began to be ferioufly
alarmed, and to tru(t to the evidence of their fcnfes
rather than to the opinion of the faculty, however
fanitioned and fupported by authority; and as they
Caw no effainal Reps taken for checking the con-
tagion, which was hourly gaining ground, num-
bers began to fly from the place in all direftions; and
as clear bills of health were Rill iffued, under the au
thority of the Government, they found no difficulty
in getting away in any veffels to the neighbouring
countries. This fortunately thinned the place, but (till
the diforder continued to freed.
" On the ssth the deaths amounted to about 36
daily—four bills of health were ordered to be iffued ;
and, by way of purifying she air, all the guns in the
line wall round the town, were ordered to be fired
three times ! ! The difeafe, however, leaned to pay
very little attention so this new mode of attacking
it, but continued rapidly increafsng, till the deaths
now amount to ems NUNDIVD within the laft twenty
four hours, notwithflanding that half the inhabitants
are either fled or dead.
" This town which three weeks ago was a crowded
baling fcene of trade, population, and wealth, now
exhibits loch fcenes of woe, defolation, and wife: y,
as almott exceed defcription or belief. Every hook
(hut, the greets detested by all except thofe employed
in the burial of the dead, or in quell of aid for the
lick ! The dead arc now obliged to be car; ied off in
carts, as loon as they expire, while a party of eighty
Soldiers are employed in digging deep graves for
their reception. The confavaturs of health ate ob-
led to go round, accompanied by guards, to fearch
the different houfes, and to have the dead carried
nut, who are °lien abandoned by their friends and
relations through fear of infeftion, and notwithfland-
ing all their efforts, dead bodies have frequently been
dilco‘crcd in houfes whore they had lain neglefted.
The fymptoms of this ttraible diforder, which is
now univerfally allowed to be highly contagious,
are the following : the patient, without any previous
warning, is generally attacked with a flight giddinefs
immediately followed by a fcvere head•ach, with
acute pains darting inwards to the orbits of the eyes-
The eyes become red, watery, and inflamed, and
teem almoft flatting from their Pockets; the pislfe is
hard and quick, commonly 530 in a minute, great
eLbility almoft immediately takes place, which is fol-
lowed by pains in the loins and frequently violent
cramps in the legs, with opprellion at the brcaft and
flupor ; all there fymptoms, rapidly increafe and ge-
nerally prove fatal on the third or fourth day, and
fometimes in t a hours if not checked by proper treat.

ment.
" Bleeding, which from the ftrong apparent deter-
mination of tile difeafe to the head the faculty at
fiat frequently had recourfe to, generally proved fa-
tal, as where it fubdited the fever, the patient often
expired fuddenly even when thought out of danger.
The moll fuccefsful mode of treatment feems to be
firft, a thong dot: of glue and calomel combined with
an equal quantity of jalop or rhubarb the intlant the
patient is attacked, to which the f;ver generally yields
in a few hours, and afterwards to adminifler calomel
in (mailer quantities with Antimon;.ds. One furgcon
who has had the prudence and firmnefs to purtc
this plan from the beginning, has not loft a ling
patient

OCTOLEX 3.

" The dcaths thefe lafl accn'y-fnur hcurs have
amcoLted to • 131”11:111.1D &le t WEN IV, 41)uUt

hundred of that nombct Inhabitants, and the remain,-
der troops..
" Sir THOM It t TR IG(11, the Commander in Chic,
yetterday fent an aid•de-camp onboard the TRI U PIP H,
to rt. 410118 Sir It OIISILT BAR LOW would
receive hi,,
and his fuite on board for England, which, howevet ,
Sir Rosser &stow found himfelf under the pain-
ful neceClity of refuting to do, on account of the co
n.
tagion raging in the garrifon, Tbe Commander in
Chief's intention of leaving the garrifon at fo dread-
ful a moment has excited great fenfation in every

breaft.
1, This has been a horrible day of mortality, and
we dread the lift of deaths tomorrow morning.
OCTOBER 3. •
"The deaths yefterday amounted to ONE ts SDI aLs
AND WITTY. The Commander in Chief is now deter
mined to embark in one of the tranfports lyinr, it Ilia
Mole for England, and he is now fending his bap?, tp
on board, and will fail with the convoy from Malta,
which is hourly expeined. Tke following is a
LIST Of TUE DRAT'S OW IBM fILINCIPAL INHABITANTS WHO
HAVI DIID OW T5l IMSTILSIitI•L 44444 AT GISILALTAZ.
A Ro Is, Efq. Ordnance Store-keeper.
E. kin Efq. Eines ?roam.
The Rev. J. Faoona, Chaplain to the Oarrifon.
Mr. Wr AT T, Revenue talker.
Mr. WIATT, junior, his fon.
Mr. ROOISION, Maßef Makin.
Mr. SreA, Merchant.
Mr. HOWIIIIIIIII, ditto.
Mr. GABAZON. di•ta.
Mr. Banttstat., ditto.
Mr. Bruzanants, ditto.
Mr. SZVUOSE and Sae.
Mr. and Mrs. BOTH.
Mr. and Mrs.GIANT.
Mrs. li •
Mr. limaccr, Junior Clerk in the Inefitta's 011icc.
Mrs. GLYNN and her lifter.
Mr. MACDONALD,Cation
Mr. SOLOMON AIOAS•
Mr. DOOTH.
Mr. and Mrs. Du Moo ti sr.
Mr. Bs SO SAN.
Mi. RONIBADD.
Mr. BIIINMIZI.

Mr. MINOT.
Mr. ViaLo; late Secretary at Minorca. and 114
Dow Aar saumooolse Catholic Vicar.
The two Catholic Pried&
Captain Metzger, of De Roll% Regiment.
The two Lkutenants of the Barrack Corps.
About 7so other lobabitauts, and about &so (oldie's.

FROM A PRIVATE LETTER
OIELALTAL, OCTOBER 8.
" On the artth ult. I advifed yos of the opinion of
our medical men, on the nature of the Fever which
had broken out in the Garrifon ; fince that period
there has been great reafon to alter that opinion, a
very great mortality having prevailed ; owing, in the
fiat place, to ficknefs, but in a much greater degree
to the want of medical attendance, nourilhment, and
mules, as well as to filth and naflinefs. The number
that have fallen viaims to there ratites, within this
fortnight, is furprifing, for our reduced population,
which now does not confilt of more than three thou.
fand fouls. On Monday !aft one hundred and fourteen
were buried, and the whole week averaged about
ninety per day ; thank Gov, the number yefterdaT
was reduced to fifty-feven, and this day, I hope, it
will not exceed forty, fo that we mend apace, and ex-
pel that the firft heavy rains (hourly looked for) will
fetus all to rights. The mortality, ftom the caufes
before recited, you will eafily conceive to have taken
place molly among the poor. Of Britdh merchants,
very few have fallen, and there only in fituations ex-
tremely :irejudkial to health. The Jews, however,
have fallen in numbers ; and where it has broken out
in a dirty ill aired book, it has generally carried off
every one in it. Many people have left the garrifon
from fear, and the death of numbers is atcribed to
fear alone, particularly am •ng the women and Jews.
" Among the Britith Committee, five have been
eboten to a6lft the Government, in applying the mot
probable =afores towards the promotion of the
public health—relieving the diftreffed—burying the
dead, dm. and they ate vetted with the fulleft powers.
The members are Meffrs. Ross, Joan Sturm, W.
Sw && ,D. RABllltl, and G. ALLOWs the
duty has fallen very hard on the tbr:e li
ft, as the
children of the other two, having been for fome t
indirpored, had occupied all their attention. Though
I am always on my feet, and much ezpofed, yet front
adopting precautions, and a peculiar regimen, I never
enjoyed better health. 1. DAVID 1/111111111.
To Mr. John Hodgfon, Buctlesibury.*

BAY OF GIBRALTAR, OCTOBER ult.
" I am forty to inform you,that the peftilential fever,
which has found its way into Gibraltar,
bas not abaie,'.
We are not permitted any dire& intercourfe with di:
place, and therefore know not exaEtly the extent of
III.: calamity. Our accounts from within are of the
;di. At that time there was no appearance of the
ravages of the difeafe having abated, and all was
horr,:r and confternation. Many of the inhabitants
have rpntted the place, hating obtained pernsiMon
to charter 'eels, and take tiirmfelves away , Thni°
who have once embarked are TIM permitted again to
go on fhore on any account whatever. I am making
all the dilpatch I can to put to l'ea, intending to join
the convoy from Malta, which is hourly expctled.
" A lax. etAl has been formed at Forbes's, on the
neutral around, to which the lick poor are removed
AS (pCrIIY as pi,lble, where every attention is pail
to Ilion.",