Star. — London, England, 1801-05-22 00:00:00

• SPORTING MTF.LLIGENCE. kPSOM RACES.-WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 • Fifty pounds for all ages, was won eafily at two beats by Mr. Hi:mimeses Kill Devil, beating Mr. Covssrav's Sadripant, and Mr. CONC.& N NON'S Trifle. T 11 TA SDAY. The Derby Stakes of sogs. each, 'h. ft. (33 Sub- fcribilTs.) Sir C. Banbury's b. 1. Eleanor - Mr. Wyndham 's br. e. by ridges Duke of Grafton 's ch.l. by Trustspetin Mr. Watfon's Voltmeter colt. Sir W. Gerard's Belleille. Lord Derbee'gr. e by Sir Peter. Lord Grotrenor's ch. e. by John BuIL Mr, Hooines ch. e. by Precipitate. Lord Ucrniont's brother to Young Speen Mr. Hemings's ch. c. by Pegafus. Even betting, and 5 to 4 on the field apintt :Eleanor, who won very eafily, and is the fiat filly that ever wou the rierby Stakes. Sweep (lakes for two-year-olds, togs. each, four fu6fcribers. Lord Stawell l e Anna Maria - - IL R. H. the Prince of Walea's Volunteer filly - 1 Anna Maria the favourite, a very good race. Mr. Jow ES'S Fortunio beat Mr. O'Haaa's Vi valdi, a quarter of a mile, for looga. Afternoon's race, 501. for all ages, 4mile heats. Mr. Whalcreyea-boy. 5 yrn. old - Mr. Coventry's licpbeltion, 4 Yrs. old - Mr. Prince's Grey Falcon. 3 yri. Old ° - • 3• 3 Even betting on Grey Falcon, who was beat eafily.—A good race between the other two. All the Sporting World were prefent.—The finenees of the day, and the promise of (pert, at trafted a very genteel and. numerous company, amonga whom was the PRINCE of WALLS. Sir Camttss BUNNORY'S filly won the. Derby States eafily.. Five to four the field again[;, and even betting. Mr. Wns.t.t.ry won the other Stakes and the Plate. • STANZAS TO THE MIME' OF Sit RALPH AIERCILOMEY. THE HERO'. GRAVE. Mirth, awhile thy crew reivrain, Comrades, join a Soldier's tear; Mark the fad and folemn train, Weeping o'er their Gen'ral's bier. Moungul fighs their grief proclaim, Tribute to the good and brave; Think on Aszaeaomar's fame, While tears bedcw their Hero's grave. IL Gentle was his feeling brad, Smiles adore'd his manly brow And alone his beast deprefed, Ilfhelt mourning o'er a captive fee. Zre canfign'd to parent Earth, Halta the young, the good, the brave, Dwell on ASIR CILOMIT'S worth, While tears bedew the Hero's grave. We are happy to find that the monuments of onr heroes are to be placed in St. Panl's Cathedral, and none admitted but what are decreed by the voice of the country. An invalid corps march into the Tower on Mon day to relieve the battalion of the sd (or Cold itream) regiment of Guards, who are ordered for duty at Kew or Windfor. The Premier's motion for a repeal of the Tax upon Salt, and the motives in which it originated, were duly appreciated by the Houle, and will, no doubt, be as properly eftimated by the coun try at large. We hail, with joy, this indication of a difpolition to render revenue only a fecondary confideration in managing the important concerns of the Britifh Empire ; and we hope to fee the day when a tax, amounting to a prohibition, will be impofed on certain articles, which tend more to injure the health, and to corrupt and deprave the minds of the lower claffes oldie community, than any other caufe whatever. The Loan LIEUTENANT and Council of Ireland have iffued a Proclamation, offering a reward of 5031. for each and every of the firil three perfons apprehended, and profecuted to convitiion, who were concerned in malicioufly letting fire to the King's (tones, in Lime- ftreet,in Dublin, the sd ink. The twelve Judges have given their opinion, on the firft point, in the cafe of the five defperadoes, capitally conviiled for breaking into the counting houfe of Mars. BOLTON and Co. at Soho, near Birmingham—" that it was not a hers-krises entry ;" the other refereed point, " whether it wits a lar ceny or note' has not yet received their LorcUhips' decifion. Governor Bemoan who is coming home from St. Helena, in the dors, holds a Colonelcy in the Company's fervice with local rank only. On Friday a Court Martial was held on board the HYDRA, at Sheernefs, on the Boatfwain of the NAN II RI M, for drunkennefs and neglea of duty ; and after an impartial trial, the charge not being fubftantiated, h e w as a cquitted, and returned to his duty. The ground is marked out ataieltenham for the MILITARY SIN INARY ' the plan of which is ex peded to be laid before Parliament, for its con currence, in the courfe of nest week: His Ma n rry is to be Patron, and the Duke of You, as Commander in Chief, Prefident of this great Na tional Inftitution.—The funs of the SoLnisav who who have been longeß in the fervice, are to have a priority of reception. Monday afternoon a party of the Bow -greet of ficers went to a houfc in St. James's -place, St. James's-greet, againft which an information had been laid as a common gaming-houfe, and where, in a room on the firft floor, they found a number of Gentlemen with a ioulet table, which the offi cers fazed, together with the bank, containing about 401. notes and flyer pieces, adapted for the purpofe of pl a y. Th e f e , wi t h the panics attend ing, were conveyed m Bow-fireet, where the Litter were obliged to give bail. The table, money, ice. were ordered to remain in the bands of the officers, ao one appearing to claim them. N,III7.IC'AL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY...-Wind S. S. E. ARRIVED DOI o Hamburgh, 0 L Dublin, May t 7, x Waterford, May zB, • Donnagbadee, may, a, 0 YAXIVIOVEH, MAY at. . - Ye(lerday afternoon arrived the Das* packet, Capt. Osaoam, with Mails, and Meas. LUNHE, PARISH, and feveral Paffengers.—Arrived the BLENHEIM, or 74 guns; Morimourn, of 64; and la Jecovse brig.—Sailed the PRINCE OF WALES packet, Capt. HEARN, with the Mails, the Hon. Mr. WINDHAM, four Meffengers, and feveral Paf fengers.—This day three feamen, condemned fome time ago, were hanged on board the Sqy &RIM. (loop of war, and three others were flogged fur Mutiny on board the Paid Ihip. SHEERNESS, MAY at. Arrived yefterday the PROVIDINCR hired cutter, Lieut. COWAN, from a cruize, and MALLARD gun brig, from the River Thames.—This day his Ma. jeßy's (hip STANDARD, Of 64guns, Capt. STUART, failed for Yarmouth. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. DEAL, MAY 2l.—Remain as per Wt.—Wind E. GRAVESEND, MAY 21.—Paft by the Etperiment, HOLMAN ; Juno, —; and Offian, —, from Dantzic ; Dolphin, —, from Meinna ; Nancy, Derrsit, from St. Michaels; and Maria Regina, MEYER, from Hamburgh.—Sailed the Jonge Duffe, —, for Embden. The Mufgrave, ATKIN sos, from Liverpool to Virginia, was loft the isi.h of March; crew faved. 1 he D•dphin packet, —, from Spain to the rlavannah; is taken by the Dart privateer, and arrived at Brifto'. JOHN WENTWORTH HOLLAND, Firft Lieutenant of the PlloEll frigate, is promoted to the rank of Mailer and Commander, for his gallant conduit i: the late anion with the French frigate l'Africaine. A F-ench cutter privateer, of 14 guns and 75 men ( irmerly the ACTIVE cutter), is capture. , in the Ninth Sea, by the LADY ANN armed brig, and orought into Bridlington. The Sultana, Coss; and Brymer, fron Halifax to London, are taken and carried int. Pallage, near St. Sebaflian's. The MONTGOMERY, Capt. SINCLAIR, belonging to Bengal, has been captured off Sumatra b) three privateers; fhe had on board gold dult valued at poo dollars; The above privateer . have long infefted the Weft coact, one of whici very lately attacked the Company ' s fhip ARN • rrost. They generally cruize about Pooloo Neya, BRITISH ARMT IN EGTPT. EXTRACT OF A LETTER PROM AN OFFICER WITH THE ARMY IN EGYPT, DATED a 1 7th Marth, l Bor, Camp near Alexandria. " DIAL Sia—A frigate fails immediately for England, and I have only time to fay I am well. The Papers will defcribe to you our fuccefsful land ing, on Sunday morning the Bth inftant, on the Sand hills of Aboukit, in fpite of a thoufand times the refittance we met with in Holland. The anion of the 13th intlant furpaffes ' both in determined courage and the molt exaadifcipline, any thing that (lands recorded in the page of Englifh. Hit tory. Compared to this, the army in Holland was a mere rabble. We are now in fight of Alex andria, but the enemy is fo ftrongly potted on the heights that cover it, that we cannot attempt to diflodge them till we have heavier cannon.—Six teen 24-pounders I have juft teen landed for that purpofe : only part of our two regiments of cavalry are mounted, otherwife the enemy would never have made good their retreat. The Arabs arc coming in fall, and already fupply us with plenty of good provifions. The track of country we occupy, is part of the defart, and is prolific in nothing but land. A few date trees, however, occafionally appear ; but a wilder fcene alto gether can fcarcely be imagined. We lay at anchor for a week on the very (pot where the gallant Nstsos gained his great and glorious victory. I took an opportunity of vifiting the plains of Aboukir, where Bosatarts gave the Turks fo defperate a thrathing ; ten thoufand of them certainly fell, and their unburied remains now lie in heaps on the field, many of them have yet fiefls remaining on their bones—it was a dread ful fight. " We did not land until the action was over on Sunday, of courfe I had nothing to do; but on the 13t11, I am forry to add, was for feveral hours employed on the leveret fervice I ever witneffed.— The dreadful havock made by the French artillery furpalled any thing I ever raw br heard of. " The heat here even now is very great; and am afraid, if we do not get poffellion of Alexandria in the cantle of another month, the confequences will be extremely fatal: at prefcnt we are tolerably well. " The conduit of Sir SIDNEY SMITH, during' the whole of this bufinefs, has been truly gallant— He is really a wonderful man :.both army ant: navy idolize him. Having two pod horfes, I have an opportunity of vifiting the Royals frequently. Some of my bell friends are wounded, but I am happy to add, not dangeroufly. I am writing on my knees, therefore (hall not apologize for this (crawl; and you may ret allured of hear ing from me as often as an ppportunitroccurs. a<Yours, &C." COPY OF A PRIVATE LETTER, DATED •BOURIR BAY, EGYPT, MARCH 30, 18cit. " On the 2d inftant, the Let call anchor in this bay, about fix miles from (bore (fo fhoal is the water), but the weather fo boifterous as to prevent the troops from attempting to land, and continued fo until the 6th inftant, when Sir Smarr SMITH, with a part of his crew, in fame armed boats, ap proached the (bore, to examine and pitch upon that pan molt proper to attempt landing. A battery from (bore openecta fire on him, as alfo a gun-boat • of the enemy ti Sir Sum ay procadedtoboard and take; in endeavouring to efcape, file ran a ground dole under the battery. Sir SIDNE y endea voured to fet fire to her, but fhe would not burn, the gun (a brafs 24-inch) was therefore thrown into the fea. He then landed with tome of his men near the battery, at which were flationed a corporal and five men ; on his advancing they all ran off except the corporal,who,conformable to his orders,would not quit his poll without leave, but allowed himfelf to be taken prifoner, he alto feized an Arab with a mule. The above captures he !hipped off, and conveyed to the General and Admiral. From the French corporal, who expreffed his latisfaetion at being taken prifoner by the Englifb, he learned an accurate account of the enemy's firengtii, with other particulars, which afterwards turned out to be juft. The Arab was kindly treated by Sir Sin- N EY, and after landing himfelf and his mule with all forts of provifions and liquors, he put him on fhore next day to aftoni(h his countrymen with this fpecimen of Britilh liberality, which has been the means of eftablifhing a vegetable market for the army. " It was not till the Bth inft. between the hours of eight and nine in the morning, that the army landed, expofed to a fevere fire from the fort and batteries, and alfo a number of field-pieces, which threw grape with dreadful efFeft, as our boats ap proached the (bore; three or four Were funk, but fo dole in, that the greatell number of the men Caved themfeves. This was a bold undertaking, and the bravery and determined conduel of our troops allonifired the enemy fo much (who, fo fully con fident of their fecurity from all advantages attend ing their fituation,that they neverdreamt we thould attempt it), that the inilant we got on there they were panic-ftruck, and had not prefence of mind to embrace their advantages, and maintain the com manding heights, but made a precipitate retreat ; , and, in the running fight, which kited hut a (hurt time, two pieces of their field-artillery fell into our hands. We difcovered next day a ma(ked battery, the guns of which were found buried in the land. The firft landing was competed of the brigade of Guards, part of the firft brigade Royals, and 54th regiment, Major-General Colts's, and referve, Major-General MOORE, 23d, 28th, 42d, flank companies of the 4oth, and Minorca regiment, rifle ' men. Our lots in killed and wounded, on this day, was ab,ut boo, whereas the enemy, from every circumftance, could have loft but few—about three thoufand oppofed our landing. " From the gth to the nth was taken up in :ending every apparatus neciffary for the army ; in the 12th the army moved forward eight or nine miles, the enemy retiring in regular order, the cavalry of both armies tkirmithing, but few on either tide were killed or wounded ; towards the :vening the enemy (hewed confiderable bodies of cavalry and hone artillery; alfo Tome columns of infantry on a commanding ridge of fand hills, where they drew up, and commenced a fire of heavy ar tillery upon us, and alfo formed in line, and our ar tillery exchanged a few (hot, the diftance between being fcarce an Englifh mile. Adjutant-General Hors rode to the front, and, by waving a sellie handkerchief, the firing of the artillery ceafed for the night, by mutual agreement; next morning be ing the 13th, a general engagement took place.— We attacked, though the enemy were advantage oufly polled on the ridge of heights above-men tioned, with their numerous artillery judicioully arranged, which dealt terrible havock in our lines while advancing ; and our artillery, though pretty well ferved from fo low a fituation, could do but little injury in return.—Nothing could exceed the regularity of our troops, firmly de termined on their purpofe, who, the inftant they gained the heights, drove the enemy quickly be fore them, and forced him to retire acrofs a plain to another eminence ftfll higher, and proteCted by 3o pieces of artillery, which did much injury to our troops, who lay all day expofed, and could not, without being more fo, remove their fituation be fore dark ; againft fo formidable a poll, the army could not, with prudence; venture to proceed, with out heavy ordnance, and by regular lines of advance. Twenty 24-pounders were accordingly brought up the lake, and landed Tome days after, and works thrown up ; in this action our lots is about 1,3ci0 killed and wounded, and the enemy, by their own account, allow they have loft upwards of tooo. About a mile in rear of the enemy's poll, we fee Great Gibraltar,a Ilrong height, regularly fortified by Bowarmors ; this is the principal and moll fe rions undertaking. and only to be reduced by a re gular liege ; this done, Alexandria is in our pof feilion,• and the intention of this expedition com pleted, as the French have now againft us all their force in this country; they have no auxiliaries, and the natives are their moll inveterate and (worn ene mies: they neither give nor receive quarter. " About the 18th a detachment of the enemy's cavalry were leen to our left, endeavouring to flop and prevent the Arabs from bringing us freffi fup plies. A detachment of our light dragoons, chiefly the 26th, (eventy in number, went out after them; they chi - charged their carbines and piftols at each other, and ours charged (word in hand ; the ene my made towards their lines, covering, and pro teeting their rear in the bell manner, Rill retiring, until they had drawn our's fufficiently into the fnare, when of a fudden, they wheeled round, and met each other; ours, who, by purfuing too far, found themfelves furrounded by a number of the enemies d—el rifle/aro, polled purpofely for their detlruftion, were obliged to dath through, and snake their bell to efcape ; out of 7e only 3o got off, the reft were killed or taken. The Comman der in Chief reprimanded them verbally for their temerity, although, at the fame time, he could not help applauding their fpirited conduft. " On the sgth I had the pleafure to fee the Eng lifh flag hoifted in Aboukir Fort; it furrendered after feveral days cannonading and bombardment; one hundred and fifty prifoners. This fort was rendered strong by BONAPARTR, who pulled down the confiderable village ofAboukir for this purpofe. 4 , On the sods, two Turkifh line of bank !hips joined, and tome days after a few frigates with tranfpurts from Rhodes, having on board a few thoolind Turkifh foldiers, and more are daily look ed for. This is the firft and only affifiance our dear allies have as yet catered ; but from every u count little is to be expected from their bravery ; they are an undifciplincd rabble, without fyltem, without uniformity, and no fpar k of humanity or generofity. On the contrary, they thew no mercy to the vanquithed, but glory and exult in glutting their vengeance. few of thole Turks who were landed came up to our line, kill after the aCtion of the 21ft, and could hardly be prevented by our foldiers from decapitating fome of the unfortunate prifoners; but the character of the Turks is well known to every one. " On the aoth,GeneralMasou joined the French from Grand Cairo with a reinforcement, principally horfe : he reproached the army in infamous terms, calling them poor cowards, to allow the Englifli to land ; an undifciplined mob, who were driven from Holland by a parcel of French ; from Ferrol, by a few Spaniards; and did not even dale to land at Cadiz : he concluded, by laying, that his Invinci bles (a brigade fo nominated by Bort APARTE) would &It force them from their works, and his cavalry drive them into the Lake Maadie, fully refolved to annihilate us. He accordingly made prepara tions over night, and having given his fokliers as much lirong liquor as they could drink (him felf !hewing the example), commenced the attack about an hour before day light, by a feint upon our left ; they milled into a fmall battery, where our men were then at work ; our foldiers imme diately feized their arms, which were at fame little diflance, piled, and giving a volley made the ene my as quickly abandon the work, aftonifhed to find our people had their arms. Then they attacked fcrioufly to the right, and marching up in folid columns, favoured by the darknefs of the night, made themfelves mailers of a two gun battery, 18- pounders, before ours could well oppofe them.— The referve, Major-General Moos a, and the troops to the eight, drove them back again ; the 28th and 42d regiments particularly, with uncommon brave ry, beat back the fucceffive bodies, and withilood the reiterated charges of the enemy's cavalry. At day-light the conflict became general. " The French, intoxicated with liquor, and ac cuftomed to conquer (being the remains of the ar my of Italy), with confidence brought up column upon column, marching in the throat of death, even to our cannons' mouth, with the enthufiaftic fhouts t f Dive la Rrpolicue! You can eafily co, . ceive how onr . artillery cut up thofe folid bodies ; the Ilaughter was immenfe; the enemy were driven back to their former ground, after leaving within our limits about 1,300 dead bodies. * Their lofs is from 3 to 4,000 killed, wounded, and prifoners.-- Their fecond to command is dead of his wounds, and fame others of their General Officers wounded. A Colonel of Cavalry, taken prifoner, was drank. Our lofs in killed and wounded is alto confidera ble ; and, to the unfpeakable forrow ,of the army, our brave Commander, Sir RALPH AlkliC/OW ay, was wounded in the hand, and a ball buried itfelf in the joint of his thigh, which mortified, and put a period to his life, on the 28th inftant. —His conduit on this occafion particularly (not to mention it in all fimilar cafes) was conlPicucan, and his pretence, no doubt, animated the foldiers, who placed every reliance and confidence in his ability. He expofed himfeif at their head, and contributed not a little towards the fuccefs of this 'day. Tne army was alto deprived of the affill ance of Major-General MOORB, Major-General Oa ass, and Adjutant-General Hors, all wounded, but in no degree dangeroufly, and they are fo far recovered as to be able to take the field again.-- /loth armies, fence the 2111, have been lying upon their arms, and have done nothing.—From a few deferters, who come in daily, we learn, that General Milroy made two or three fruitlefs en deavours to get his men to attack us a fccond time, but they abfolutely refufed, acknowledging that their battles in Italy were a joke to this. —Their army is much diratisfied, and com plain of the fmall pay they receive, 4d. per day. They alfo labour under diftrefs, and are running &tot of provifions. Our plan, I underhand, is to cut of all fupplies from the country. They talk of cutting acrofs the Canal of Alexandria, and. by letting the water of the lake Maudie join that of Mareotis, they will effe& it. They arc com pletely blocked up by lea feven line line of battle 'hips. and feveral frigates, &c. are off the mouth of the harbour. A fmall prize was taken the other day going in, with General Ctassa lir, Aid-de- Camp to BONAPARTE, but no papers of any con t.:titmice were found upon him." The Rev. and learned Dr. Mac Im nes, of Gle nurehay,'Argyllthire, communicated to Mr. PER.. aims, of Leiceller-fquare, London, in a letter of December 13, s 800, the refult of his trials of the Patent Metallic Traaors, which he acknowledges has exceeded his warmeß espeaation." Among the cures are a Pain in the Head of many years (landing; two cafes of violent Rheumatifm ; and a Scald, which is defcribed as follows : " One of my krvant men had a tea-kettle of boiling water darned on one of ha thighs and knees. The alarm reached the family room, in which there wan a young Clergyman, who had attended the medical chiles at Edinburgh, and who, a little before the accident, had exprceed his iiiibclief of the d ulcacy of theTradlors. I infilted that he (honk' witncfs their applicatiou. The inflammation was high, the pain extreme, and there 'rata (Mind appearance of vacation. In the (pace of s t minutes the pain fubilded, the infl.mmation and bllfter ditappeareil, and without any other application whatever, the man went to his work, and never more complained of paw.—My gucft re turned to the room a convert" On the tft of April was publilbed, by the Patentce,an entire new Work, entitled " Cafes of fucccf‘ul Practice with Pea v IXell Patent Metallic Trainor., arrived fine Jamiany 1800. the date of the former publication, &c." price is. Sod by j. johnfon, St. Penn Church-yard, London.—Of the Patentee it may be had iptis, by all *lto have paraded the Tradors. The Cures of Gout, Rhenma.iim, Head-ach, 'luoth-seb, Sprains, Bruifes, and all analogous Difeafes of Morka which arc publilbed, are leoumerable. The Tradeirs., fo neceffary in every Family, and among Hodes, may be bad, genuine, with new and improved dimes dons for tiling them, for Five Guinean the Set, of It D. Pea at vs, A. M. the Patentee, in Leto. to atd of Freskris Smttb, Chemiit and Droggift, in the Ha 7ntxrket, London ; Thr portable nat ure of the Tradlors rend, ix their cone:yar.ce by Coach, or even by P,ft,perfally movement. Letters toad log their SIMON (pat paid) duly attends l to. The P a thinks it proper alto to aiutify. that be has removed trona No. It to No. aB, Leicefter-fquare,L44l4loll. this Hank of the late john Hunter, Sargran, wificb he has taken trans its fuperior Canvraltnices for 141CCNINg Patients, as "Wm his numerous YAW,.