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MALl.limNrlkf pAocPRDINcs. HOUSE OP LORDS, SATURDAY, APRIL 18. The Royal Arent WAR given, by CommilSon, to the Habeas Corpus Sufptnfion Bill, the Irifh motet of the Rolls Bill, the Eat! India Goods VII, the Poor Children's Indentures Bill, and the poor Rates Colleaion Bill. The Lords Commit. f oner s were, the Lord Chancellor, Archbilhop of Canterbury, and Duke of Portland. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. BultDON prefented a Petition front the Ship owners of South Shields againft the Coal eGge from the Lords clerked the attendance of t h e Houk to hear the Royal Affent given to fcvc- Tal Bills ; after which fome pr ivate bufinefs took place, and tke Houfe adjourned. LONDON. MONDAY, APRIL so. 'RICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK : Coutols 610--Confols tor time 64. Red. per Cent. 974 1 .1. I—New s per C. 9sti-•• Oninium rot PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY: 3Per Cent. Red. 6o scton _ eo p Loi. 941 3 per C C.orf. 601 6of Long Ann. rBf 4 per Cent. Conf. 79 } 7 8} omnium 9,1 'of 9 TO per C. Navy 97i ConL for May 6tS4 6161 i We were at A lofs to underftand the meaning of an article in the Monitszr, infertec(in the STAR on Saturday, refpefting news of a veffel from Lord. Kriries fleet having reached Cagliari in Sardinia. We have the myflery now explained by the arrival of French papers, the contents of which incline us to believe, that the intelligence they contain was known in Paris when the former Journals were print ed, and that it was thought expedient to prepare the public mind for the arrival of news from Egypt, by a notice almoft unintelligible. Be that as it may, the leforsiteur, which we yefterday received tp the tsth inft. inclufive, contains official intelligence o f the landing of Sir RA LP H AHERCROMBY'S army at Aboukir on the Sth of laft month. It appears by the details tranfmitted by LE Roy, the Maritime Prefect at Alexandria, that the expe dition appeared off the coat on the tft of March, and the weather did not permit a landing to take place till the Bth. The French General Fitts or, the Commandant of Alexandria, was by this cir cumftance enabled to affemble the force in his neighbourhood, and to difpute, though not pre vent, the debarkation. The enemy vainly attemp ted to oppofe the landing, which our troops effeCt ed in good order, notwithftanding the ()Mules they had to encounter. • After a revere anion our troops got poirellion of the heights of Aboukir.—The French retreated to Alexandria, as they fay, in good order. They admit the lofs of three hundred killed and wound ed, and are no doubt guilty of a very grofs exag geration in Elating that we 101 l two thoufand killed and wounded. Between the Bth and I 3th nothing very important took place; on the t 3th our forces, according to the enemy's account, to the number of twelve thoufand, advanced to the attack, which the French received in front of Alexandria. Their own number, they Rate at four thoufand. A very hard fought aftion took place that day. The French do not admit that our efforts were fuccers ful.in carrying, or at leaf in retaining any of the outworks of Alexandria. The battle was very general, and mull have been attended with great lots on both fides. The French, from their own flatements, it is evident, muff have been feverely repulfed. Down to the 25th Ventofe (March t 6) nothing further had taken place. By the account tranfmitted by Le Roy, it ap pears that MENOt/ had been apprifed of the de. barkation of our forces ; and on the tith he had arrived with his head-quarters at Rhamanie, about fifty miles from Alexandria. There he was con centrating his forces, and was expeScd at Alex andria by the 2,a of March. He would, no' doubt, bring with him the p?incipal part of his forces, particularly the divifion of REGNIER and Leaussz. There, with what he had himfclf at Cairo, were lately dated to be 15,000 ; (an exag. geration), and of there a confiderable part muff have been left in garrifon. The French accounts give no authentic details of the number of our troops, nos have we any pounds of conjeCture whether all Sir R. AIBEIL ctossev's army landed at the fame fpot. Not a word is mentioned of any Britith force having ar rived at Suez. Some letters from the Fall men tion however that Sir R. AIt&CROMBY had heard of the arrival in the Red Sea of the force from Bombay before he failed from Macri. It would be of the utmoll importance to the fucceis of our s*perations if any confiderable body of men has advagy arrived on that fide. The French Rate that on the 2cl Match, while our blockading fquadron was driven off Alexan dria, the frigate Regenerec had entered that port with 300 picked men, and 3000 murqueu and other bores for the army. The Regenerce had failed from Rochefort, in company with the Afri- Caine, which we know to have been captured. Several other velTels from the coati of Italy, to• gether *ith an aid-de-eamp of General MURAT. had arrived at Alexandria. The Praia LE Rov affeEts to fpeak with con fidence of the refult of the contell. He affute , Bow A PARTE that the land and fea fervice are equal ly refolved to defend Alexandria to extremity, and that oui troops will never re-embark, if they do not before MENOU'S arrival. The Monitestr, however, talks of the itruggle as doubtful, and in a tone by no means very fanguine. As to numbers there cannot be much difference between our army and that of the French ; but, ours are all Britifh! while that of the enemy is partly made up of a mixed rabble of natives of every defcription, on whore fidelity furely Mt Nov has but little ground to place implicit reliance.— Befides, MENOU rnuft leave a part of his troops in the firong places, inflead of bringing the whole againn General ABERCROMBIE, whore force may be animated at about 20,000 men in all. The eyes of Europe will now be upon Egypt, and the intelligence from that quarter will for fume time to come excite the molt lively intereft. We may expett advices from General ABERCROMBIE in a few days. The French Papers contain nothing elk of im portance. The Ter, Confolides arc 53 f. sc) c. The news from the Baltic includes averyerroneous view of the engagement off Copenhagen. The Journal du Commerce reprefents Lord NELSON as having fail. ed, and having propofed a fufpenfion of hoililities. Other letters mention a report that Copenhagen was to be blockaded, while part of the fleet went in quell of the Swedith and Ruffian fleets. Thefe flories, we need (carte add, deferve no attention. Not a word is faid of GAN THEAUME. His MAJESTY, on Saturday, rode on horfeback to Blackheath, to vifit her Royal Highnefs the PRINCESS of WALES, and the PRINCESS CHAR LOTTE. The KING has made a prefent to the Palace of WALES of a molt beautiful white Hanoverian honk for a charger. The KING has been plcafed to grant the dignity cf an Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland, to the Right Hon. ALEXANDER Lord Loughborough, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, Ryle and title of Earl of RossLya, in the county of Mid- Lothian, with remainder to the heirs male, law fully begotten, of the body of Lady JANET ER. SKIN x, deceafed, filler to the raid ALEXANDER Lord Loughborough, and widow of Sir HENRY ERSKINE of Ava, Baronet. The KING has alto been pleafed to declare and ordain, by his Royal Sign Manual, that Maley HENRIETTA ERSKINE, daughter of Lady JANET ERSKINE, deceafed, fitter to the Right Honourable ALEXANDER Lord Loughborough, and widdw of Sir HENRY ERSKINE of Alva, Baronet, (hall have, and enjoy the fame place, pre-eminence, and prece dence, in all affemblies or meetings whatfoever, as the daughter of an Earl of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ' • and his MAJESTY has been pleated to order that the fame be regiftered in the College of Arms. The Gazette of Saturday night contained two Orders from the Lords of the Privy Council ; the one diretting the Archbithop of Canterbury to compofe a Prayer of Thankfgiving for the recovery of his MAJESTY from his late dangerous illnefs ; and the other ordering that this Prayer be printed. and read in all places of divine worfhip throughout the Empire. The Court Mourning for the late Duchefs Dowa ger of BRUNSWICK terminated yellerday. Yefterday a Cabinet Council was held at Lord HAWKESBURY'S Office, at which the LORD CH•N. cat.Loß attended. . On Saturday M. Orro had an interview with Lord HAWICIS BURT, on the fubjed of the difpatclt es which he received from France. The laft Hamburgh Mails brought letters from Conftantinople and the Levant, which mention that Major General BM o, with eleven thoufand Sepoys, had arrived in the Red Sca, from India, for the purpofe of co-operating with the Britilh troops in Egypt. The late overland difpatch from India has brought accounts from Delhi, to the 17th of Geo bcr, announcing that Zemann Shah, the enterpri fing Sovereign ofCabal, had taken the field againft the Meek Tartan, who threatened his country with invafion. _ _ . The laft accounts from India fay, the Ameri. can (hip Franklin, containing fpecie to a very large amount, is Rated to have been loft, during the month of November laft, in the (traits of Sunda, with the greater part of the crew. A few pct.- lons, by means of the matt, floated to an unin habited part of the coati, where, for three days, they experienced the greateft difirefs, till picked up by a vefel from Batavia. Laft week, as Mr. STURT'S honnds were run ning a fox on the cliffs, near Lulworth, in Dor. fet(hire, by a fhort turn the animal gained an earth, and in purfuing him, three couple and a half of the leading hounds precipitated to the bottom, and were dallied to pieces. On Saturday afternoon a powder mill at Wal tham-Abbey blew up with a horrible ex plofion. We are lorry to hear that feveral men peri(hed by the dreadful accident. The report was heard at a vall diflance, and all the windows in the neigh bourhood were' (battered. I.aft night, about ten o'clock, feventeen perfons were arrefted under authority of a Warrant from the Duke of Poert.ano, by Mr. SWAM, a King's Mellinger, with a party of the Bow-ftrect Officers, at a Publiamufe, in ForeAreet, Cripplegate, on fufpicion of being affembled there for certain tious and Treafonable purpofes.--The Prifoners, for fafety, were immediately taken to Newgate. Some papers of a feditious tendency were found upon fume of them. trAuric.a t!t-rr'.I.IGENC:E. MAILS TINS DA' .-04" IND N.\s'. ARRIVED DI , E o $ bublin, April ts, 16, • t Waterford, April i 5, • DounagbadeciApril is, 16. FA I.MOUTH, APR!! 7. Arrived the outward bound Litbon and Oporto fleet, congaing of about 8o fail, under convoy of his Majefly's flhip la Cow sramcr,of 24 guns, Capt. FIAv : they are to wait the arrival of the EVILY wet: frigate from Plymouth, with the remaining part of the fleet.—Arrived affil, the VIPER cutter, Lieut. COG LAN, from a cruize; the brig Capt. I GALE, from Brillol, to join convoy for Oporto; and the brig Ifabella, Capt. ELLIOTT, from Briilol, for Jamaica, having miiced convoy.—The WAL SINCHAM packet for Liibon, with the Mail of the tath inftant, and difpatches, will, it is fuppofed, fail to-morrow.—The Marquis de Post BEIRA, and fuite, are eipeaed early in the morning, and will take their paffage in her.—The PHOENIX packet, with the Mail of the tft inftant, for America, is ftill detained by contrary wind. PLYMOUTH, APRIL Came in the Brigantine Adventure, of Jerfey,' Captain Jour; le GRELLY, from Jerfey, for Liver- 1 pool, in ballaft : the was taken off the Lizard on the 16th inft. by a French privateer, rigged as a fchooner forward, with a gaft forefail, and as a lugger aft, with a lug main and mizentail ; and about ten o'clock fame night (he was re-taken by the VALLIANT lugger of 14 guns, Lieutenant MAXWELL. Came in the GRAPPLER gun velrel, of 12 guns, Lieutenant CONFIDINE, from a cruize. Sailed on a cruizc, the LAPWIaG, of z 8 guns, Captain ROTHERAM, and the AMBUSCADE of 38 guns, Captain COLVILL. Came in the . Apollon French Cartel, Captain LASNY, from Nantz, with So Eng prifoners, 55 of them were landed at Hellion in Cornwall, and 21 of them went on board the EMELIE privateer of London, the other four went on board the DART privateer of Dover, both of which veffels they met with at lea, and they are gone on a cruize in them. Sailed on a cruize the GRAPPLER gun-ve(ftl j alfo, the MAJES TIC, of 74 guns, Captain GOULD, to join the Channel fleet; and the AvEtrruziElt, of 14 guns, Lieutenant BIRDWOOD, with a fleet to the Vs'eft. ward. Came in the DORIS, of 32 guns, Captain HALLWAY% from a cruize. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 19. Arrived the CAMILLA, of 20 guns, Capt. Lai- ICONS, from the Downs.—Sailed the VANGUARD, of 74 guns, to join the North Sea fleet; the MAlD sromu frigate, with a large convoy for the Downs; and the Nautilus merchantman, for Demerara. SHEERNESS, APRIL 17. On Wednefday . l.4ll arrived at the Nore his Ma jelly's 'hip NEM MS, of 32 guns, Captain BARER, and failed again yeflert.l..y; fAilecl alto the Pol4Wis, of 32 guns, Capt. Cow ER, for Yarmouth.—This day Laded the HER nt ES armed 'hip, Captain War son,and the Fu RICA'S gun brig, Lieutenant Taorn. for Yarmouth. YARMOUTH, APRIL ». Sailed for Cuxhaven, under a flag of truce, the Emu. OF LEICESTER packet, Captain THOMPSON, with the Mails for Hamburgh and Bremen of the 17th inflant, and two King's Metrengers.--Ar rived the VEMGr&NCE, of 74 guns ; la VISUVE and GRIPER gun brig; the POMONA frigate; and the HERMES armed fhip.—Sailed the DILIGENCE cut ter; ALIIOW armed (hip; and Lvwx !loop.— Wind N. W. LANCASTER, APRIL ts. The John, Numus, from hence, at Martinico. The Aaise,l Coacess, arrived at Barbadoes the 6th of March, in company with the Cork fleet, all well, and was to fail next day for Martinico and Jamaica. The Commodore paid great at tention to the fleet. The Tyfon, Pawzox, from Demerara for this port, was drove on (hone near Lytham, in the gale of wind on Saturday morning, after throwing her guns overboard and cutting away her malls.— The people were all fared, and it is hoped part of the cargo will be faved alfo, but it i► doubtful whether the veirel can be got off. FROM LLOTTYs LIST. DIAL, Mau 17.—Sailed the Nllllllllll frigate oa a cruize.—Wind S. S. E. _ _ _ GII••RSIND, APRIL r7.—Paired by thePatnesss MART, Mimi, from Bengal; SC/MR/RAT CASTLr j from Bombay; TMAMif, WILLIAMS j GLATTON ' DRUMMOND ; and WALIIIR Bowman, from Bombay; Coale Douglas, CLARK, from Demerara; and Vrow FJizabeth, SCR OD. now t from Hamburgh.—Sailed the Norfolk Hero, Scovr, for Q2ebec. GRAVISIIID, APRIL t9.—Paffed by the Anon Smith, ROBIRTS, from Waterford; and Prineeffa, Lis, limn Smyrna.—Sailed the Courtier, ---, for Madeira ; Mineral Spring, for New Branfwick ; Severn, forlVaterford Swift, —, for Bolton; IfabdUa, Humus ' for Hali fax; Embden Packet, Par skio7l ; and Cleopatra, I for Hamburgh. irv7r ilt611: t.ONDON GAiEttE, Aritil. ADNIRALTY•OFFICE, APRIL le. . . Cmy of 3 netter from Captain Wot.t.er,ta hie ilde)efttra Sip ARrrul t, to EVAN NIC4.ICAN, 'ELF dated Spitball. the 13th inflant.. Sir—l leave the pleafure of informing on that at half pall nine on the morning of the tathi on our way round, we fell in with and captured, af ter fax hours chace, the French privateer lugger le Brave of Boulogne, of 14 guns and si men, on her Ertl cruise) perfealy new. (Signed) monis woccsr. DISTRIDOTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. The crew of la RAISON, for the 'capture of the brig Wea Point, will be paid their proportions of the proceeds of the raid prize, at Salters' Hall. court, Cannon-flreet, on Thurfday the aid init. The crew of la RENORIMFR, for the capture of the Spann fhip Poloma, will be paid their pro portions of the proceeds of the Paid prize, at the fame place and fame day. The crew of the TRITON, for the recapture of the brig Venus, will be paid their proportions on board the raid fhip in Hamoaze, on Wednefday, the sad inflant. The crews of la RFNOM MEE and SQ,IIIRREL, for the capture of the El Neptune, Nancy, •Three Friends, and Martha, will be paid their propor- tions of raid prizes, at Salters' Hall -court, on Th urf day, the z3d infant. The crew of the hired cutter the VIGILANT, for the recapture of the brig Elizabeth, will be paid their proportions arifing from the falvage of the above, onboard the Vial LAN r, on her arrival in port. A Gentleman in Portfmouth has received a letter from an Officer in Lord NELSON'S fleet, of which the following is a copy: " Copenhagen Roads, April 3, t Sot. " NT DRAG SIR, " We ..avc leathered them well, and I am promoted. have no time.--Cod blcfs you all. --." COPY OF A LETTS& FROM AN OFFICIER ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP JAMAICA, CAPTAIN los!, DAT. F.DBEFORE COPENHAGEN. APRIL 6, Itiot. a My dear Father—Though you will fee through the medium of the official letters, accounts of the fuccefres of the Fleet in this partof the world, yet I cannot but fuppofe it will be more gratifying to you to hear the detail from an eyewitnefs, as at the fame time it gives me an inexpreffible pleafure in writing h me. Our (hip left Yarmouth en Fri day loth March, and proceeded towards the Catte gate ; had very blowing weather until Tuefday fol. lowing, when we joined the fleet at anchor near the Knoll, where they had been only two days : indeed many of the fmall veffels had not been able to work up, but were continually arriving. Oa Thurfday the fleet weighed, and arrived in the en trance of Elfineur Roads, where we anchored; fineur Cattle in fight, diflant about three miles.— The wind being contrary, we could not attempt to pats it, though we weighed feveral times for that purpofe. On Monday (3oth March) we weighed, and paired out of gun-fhot, by keeping well over on the Swedifh fhore, as the Swedes never attempt. ed to moleft us : the batteries at Elfineur kept up a continual firing at us. Same morning we anchor ed within five miles of Copenhagen, with a fine fleet of 19 fail of the line and two fifties, befides frigates, (loops, bombs, and gun-vefrels : nothing very material took place until ten o'clock on Thurfday morning (2d April), when the van divi fion of our fleet, under the command of Lord NEL SON and Admiral GRAVES, commenced the attack on the enemy's (hips, hulks, pontoons, or floating batteries, and a number of (mall vefrels, in all about 24, carrying in general 42 and 24 -pounders. The EDGAR led on, followed by the ARDENT, ELEPAAMTbLord NELSON'S), GANGES, MONARCH, BELLONA, EFIANCE (Admiral GRAVES, a very gallant fellow), Isis, and GLATTON. The BELLO. NA, PoePPHtwvs,and Russet got a-ground ; the relt all anchored as they came up ; the remainder of the fleet under Sir HYDE PARKER, as a (or are referve, got under weigh, but could not wor k up to (hare in the glory of the day. The enemy made a very obilinate refiftance, and fought like brave men. I need not inform you that the Englifli did thelfame ; the action was kept up without a mo ment's ceafing for five hours; molt of our Mips are very much cut up, more efpccially the Den aNc I, MONARCH, and Isis our number, killed and wounded, amounts nearly to moo men. This fe vere lofs was much occafioned by the BELLONA and RUSSF es being afhore, and the Aaawiws oa not being able toget up her anchor, which hindered them from taking their allotted Rations; but our lofs is nothing comparable to what the Danes have Mitered ; their killed alone, by accounts (rim the Danith officers (of whom we have three on board befides 93 men) mull be near Soon, and the verde which have been captured are perfeet fieves, there not being hardly a tingle plank in any of them but what has at lealt ten (hot-holes in it: in faa, it is thought to be the hard& fought anion in the an nals of hiftory. I forgot to mention, among our lofs, is that of Captain Moss!, of the MONARCH, and Captain Riot,, of the AMAZON frigate, with feveral Officers of diflinguifhed merit. Captain Sir T. THOMPSON, of the BELLONA, has loft his leg. Lord Mum's in the ELEPHANT, fought nobly; really, to endeavour to make comments on his con duCt would be impollible, though he unfortunately at the clofe of the action got aground, as did the DEVIANCE and DESIREE frigate; however they all got off by the morning of the 4th. The cap tured Danith !hips are one 74, one 64, four two decked large hulks, two frigates, and one gun.bat tery, four pontoons of 24 guns Lach ; in all thir teen "reels, eaclufive of one frigate and a brig funk, The Danifh Commodore took fire, and blew up with a tremendous expiation within half • cable's length of the falltyd A 1.4,11 CA. Several others of the enemy had alto ruck ; but the wind favouring them, they made their cfcape on (bore, where they now remain under the protection of their batteries. The impediments to the bombard ment of Copenhagen are now removes'', and our bombs are placed fo that, if the Danis are not (enable of the fituation, the town arfenal may be very loon reduced to allies. Believe me, my dear Father, your ever dutiful fon, T. P. ASPERNIO . i i