>From The Hobart (TAS) Town Courier, 5 January 1838 -- LOCAL. The Bussorah Merchant.--We are happy to state, upon good authority, that the diseases, which produced such fatal results on board this vessel on her voyage from Ireland, no longer exist among the emigrants, who are now comfortably situated on shore at North West Bay, and receiving every attention under the circumstances, which the government can possibly provide. At the same time, the quarantine has been most rigidly enforced, to prevent the possibility of any latent contagion being communicated. On Friday last, Mr. Logan of the Colonial Secretary's Office, proceeded, by command of His Excellency, to North. West Bay, in the Vansittart cutter, "for the purpose of carrying into effect certain arrangements which were deemed expedient for promoting the health and comfort of the emigrants by the Bussorah Merchant, with a view to their early relief from quarantine. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Irish Maritime News Acton, Mass. | http://immigrantships.net/newsarticles/newsarticles.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -