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toms, and by them to their Col- 

 lectors : — 



My Lord ; — I have the honour 

 to acquaint your lordship, that 

 by a letter I have just received 

 from Mr. Squitcovich, our Vice- 

 Consul at Oran, dated the 27th 

 ult, I am informed that the 

 ravages of the plague in that 

 city have been so extensive as 

 already to have swept off one- 

 half of the population. On the 

 day on which he writes, 150 per- 

 sons had died. 



Mr. Squitcovich further adds, 

 that the whole province of Oran 

 was infected ; and that the mor- 

 tality was considerable in Tre- 

 mesen, a town on the Morocco 

 frontier, having a population of 

 between 20,000 and 30,000 souls ; 

 and that the disease had already 

 began to show itself at Fez, the 

 usual seat of Government of the 

 Morocco dominions, and a city, 

 from its numerous population, 

 and the commercial spirit of its 

 inhabitants, having the most ex- 

 tensive relations of any in the 

 empire. 



My last advices from Mr. 

 M'Donnell, at Algiers, are dated 

 the 23rd of May. The deaths, 

 during the preceding week, had 

 not exceeded 50 per diem, while 

 previously to that they had in 

 some instances amounted to 120. 

 I feat, however, this decreased 

 mortahty is rather to be attributed 

 to the reduced population than 

 to any other cause. 



Mr. M'Donnell states, that the 

 crew of the frigate presented by 

 the Emperor of Morocco to the 

 Dey of Algiers, had, after re- 

 maming a month on shore, em- 

 barked about three months pre- 



viously on board a hired vessel, 

 to be landed at some port on the 

 Morocco coast. We have not 

 yet received any inteUigence of 

 its arrival. It is needless to 

 observe that this crew must have 

 the disease amongst them to a 

 great extent. 



In consequence of the above 

 intelligence, I am employed in 

 taking further measures for the 

 security of the public health of 

 the garrison. 



(Signed) G. Don, General. 



To Earl Bathurst, K.B., &c. 



6. Winchester, f Virginia J. — 

 This town and its vicinity have 

 been visited by one of the most 

 destructive floods known for 

 many years. It commenced 

 raining on Saturday night last, 

 and continued at intervals during 

 the whole of Saturday and Sunday 

 night. All the water courses 

 were raised to a height scarcely 

 ever before known. The damage 

 sustained is immense; but it is 

 impossible for us to form any 

 thing like a correct estimation. 

 Mill-dams have been broken, 

 fences swept away, meadows 

 overflowed, and much grain in the 

 low grounds destroyed. The 

 injury done to property in this 

 town alone is supposed to amount 

 to 30 or 40,000 dollars — princi- 

 pally caused by the filling of 

 cellars, where groceries were 

 stored. 



17. Bourdeaux. — We are now- 

 very much occupied with an 

 incident which interests the 

 whole of the reformed church of 

 France. One of the deacons of 

 our church has just been con- 

 demned to pay a fine by the 

 Tribunal of Police for not having 



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