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oth of O&tober, fifteen veff!s were loft at 
Botton, during one of thefe ttorms. 
WEST-INDIA ISLANDS, 
A Spanith fhip from St. Thomas? late- 
ly brought accounis of a hurricane in the 
Windward Tflands, of almoft unexampled 
feverity. Letters which have arrived 
fince, confirm the unpleafing intelligence. 
Jt began on the 4th of September, and 
contmued all that day, and the two fol- 
lowing days. St. Kitt’s appears to have 
fuffered molt ; every veflel there being ut- 
terly loft, to the number, it is ftated, of 
r20. At Antigua, 58 veffels, befides a 
packet, were calt away ; at, St. Bartholo- 
mew’s, 50; St. Thomas’, 44, of which. 
five were Englifh. The lofs was chiefly 
of American veffels. The packet cait 
away at Antigua was the Cumberland. 
A letter has been received from a perfon 
en board, giving an affecting account of 
the fituation of the fhip during forty- 
eight hours of danger and anxiety. Hap- 
pily, every perfon on board was faved. 
This packet was lying at anchor in the 
road of St. John’s, waiting for the mail, 
wen the hurricane commenced. So ex. 
teafive was the mifchief of this hurricane, 
that Captain Connel, of the brie Age- 
nora, from Surinam and St. Thomas’ to 
New York, fated, that he was three 
days in failing through pieces of the 
wrecks. 
We may here add the account brought 
by letters from Bombay, that, during a 
tremendous gale to the north of that place, 
feveral boats had been lo& ; and, among 
others, one from Baroach bound to Bom- 
bay, with a crew and paflengers amount- 
ing to upwards of 100 perfons, all of 
whom perifhed. 
A. letter has been received by the Ad- 
miralty from Capt. Conway Shipley, 
dated his Majefty’s fhip Centaur, off 
Guadaloupe, the 311t of July, giving an 
account of the beats of thac fhip cutting 
two French priveteer fchooners out of 
Bafleterre-roads. Lieutenants Sibley (who 
commanded), Outridge, Pearce, and Mr. 
Lloyd, midthipman, were the cfficers on 
this fervice, which was performed in the 
face of a heavy fire of grape thot and 
mufketry from the batteries and troops 
on the beach. One of the privateers had 
fixty-five men cn board, mof of whom 
were killed by the Centaur’s’ party, or 
drowned. Deflaiines has been proelaimed 
Emperor of Hayti. 
SPAIN. 1 
The plague. st Malaga has nearly fub- 
fided, but not till it had fpread its ravages 
to other citics,. Cadiz, Alicante, Alge- 
State of Public Affairs in November, 1804.. 
who had fled from Malaga. 
their arrival, twelve of them died; and. 
| Dec. 1, 
firas, Carthagena, and Valencia, afe faid 
to be among thofe which have received 
the dreadful vifitation. 
galley-flaves were let at liberty, to attend 
the fick, for want of other attendants, and 
molt of the flaves died. At Carthagena, 
all trade was fufpended, the merchants 
and perfons of property fled inito the 
country, the port was totally fhur, and 
no bills of health were gtanted. Entire 
families were carried off there, and in 
other cities. It is computed, that 30,000 
perfuns have died of this epidemic difor- 
der throughout Spain. 
THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 
Gibraltar has not efcaped this dreadful 
calamity. The fever is faid to have been 
introduced there by twenty Spaniards, 
Soon after 
the proprietor of the premifes they oc- 
cupied, ard his wife, quickly followed 
them: The d:forder f{pread rapidiy. For 
a week, the average of deaths was ninety 
per day; and one day ‘the number 
amounted to 114. The Jews were the 
principal fufferers, for want of -cleanlinefs 
and precaution. Large fums were offered 
to veficls by the wealihy inhabitants, te 
convey them away. Some got to the 
Barbary coat, and many others tock to 
the living in craft on the water. A letter 
of the 27th of September fays—* Evety 
‘perfon you meet in the {treet feems under 
fentence of death.”” A cordon of troops 
was at firft placed round the town, but ~ 
the defpair of the imhabitants was fo. 
great at being fhut up to perifh there, 
that it was withdrawn, ‘The -diforder at 
length reached the garrifon. The total 
amount of deaths, up to the 18th of Oc- 
tober,\is ftated to be as follows; 
Military °° ace eee 
Inhabitants . . 1575 
Otiers 3) ee 
alee 2044 
The names of the principal perfons 
who died have been publifhed, but we 
cannot venture to tranicribe the account, 
as we are unable to afeertain its accu- 
racy. 
The Spaniards. reinforced their poft at 
St. Roques; but so apprehenfion is enter- 
tained for the fafety of the garrifon. 
t is ceported that Mr. Frere, our am- 
bafiador at Madrid, received his paflports 
on the roth of this month. 
A Spanith brig, from Ahe Havannah, 
Jaden with cochineal, and yo,oool. in 
dollars, is detained by the Maidfone fri- 
gate; and brought into Piymouth; and a 
Spanifh frigate, laden with guickfilver, 
* from 
At Maiaga, the. 
