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I .-, -9„ mem' led in the Adriatic, and even upon the con fines of a Turkish province, whose tidelity was doubtful. another army of the same nation had ad vanced to the Phasis, taken possession of the tort of Anakra, situated on that river, provoked the inha bitants of the environs to partial combats, of which it made a pretext to build a fort upon the Entine ; that the Russians, thus established in the provinces that separate the Black from the Caspian Sea, have opened a new road into Asiatic. Turkey, and equally menace Pt rsia and the Porte. It is said, that the Porte has demanded of the Rus sian Legation at Constantinople, explanations upon the capture of the fort of Anakra ; where some Turks were killed. The Legation pretended igno rance ; and still continues (though its Court pursues its system of invasion), to endeavour to inspire the Porte with fresh security, by soliciting the renewal of a treaty of alliance between the two Courts.— Mortimer. Al tICASDRIA, JUNE 24. Accounts from Cairo communicate the events which have passed in that ttifortunate city, from the ;30th of April to the 23d of May. The Delhis, cantoned at Grand Cairo, have been guilty of the greatest disorders. They have chased the inhabitants from their houses, killed the women, after having violated them. and massacred the children. On the first of May, the gates of the great mosque were closed, all the hazards, all the okels, were shut ; the inhabitants waited but for the signal of their Chieks to fall upon the Delhis, when the Bashase, for the purpose of putting a stop to the insurreCtion. sent his Kiaya with the Aga of the Janissaries. These officers were soon obliged to re tire. on account of the shower of stones which were thrown from the terraces on them and their escorts. However, they contrived to speak to them, and the Chieks granted the li;:shaw three days to send all the troops of Delhi away from the city. The Del his did not appear disposed to remove ; they de manded three month► pay ; hut the coffers were empty. VA:thorned Ali was of the party of the Chieks ; he had ordered his soldiers not to offer the smallest insult to the inhabitants; and the Albanais and Osmanlis did not make a common cattle. At the expiration of the time which had been given to the Bashaw, a patty of the Delhi troops passed over the river. The city was a little more tranquil ; they had even opened some of the shops, bin the Delhis continued to demand their pay, and those who remained in Cairo, tecorn meneed the same disorders. The hazards re. mained shut, the inhabitants were on their guard, and the women, above all, took great care not to appear in the streets ; where the soldiers stopped, robbed, and murdered persons of every age and sex. At length the Bashaw declared to the Chief. who demanded the pay for the troops, that he had no. money to give them, hut it they wished to go and . fight the Mameliike , , they could themselves, after ward, levy contributions on the provinces. A par ty of Delhis, who appeared to set forward for Syria, stopped at the village of Kelionbe, under the command of Kour °gins', who has declared himself rebel to the Pacha. Fifteen hundred horse men, under his command, plunder and ravage every where. The Bashaw has ordered the Arabs to harra's them. On the 19th Floreal, Knorchid Bacha, according to the ins itation of the Chieks and Grandees of .Cairo, went to the house of Se. t-1 Aga, Viceroy of the Sultan Balidee, to hold a Divan, and to read, in the presence of the Cadi, the grant of the Grand Seignor, which gave to Mahommed Ali the Pachalic of Cecil'. This ceremony was performed with much parade, and Mahronmed Ali was, according to custom, clothed with a pelisse, in the midst of nni• venal applause. The sitting rose ; the Bashaw was preparing to retire into the citadel, when he found himself sud denly surrounded by the soldiers, claiming their pay, and accusing the Viceroy of having converted the public revenues to his own use. There is n. &stet but that this iesuriellion was direCled by Mahommed Ali, in concert with Hassan Bacha, one of the principal chiefs of the Albanais. Nleanwhile the latter, to hinder the troops, who demanded the head of the Bashaw, from proceeding to extremi ties, conduBei him to his house, and took him under his protettion. All this passed without the least violence. The multitude were already proclaiming the new Vlahommed Bacha, Governor of Cairo, when baleh-Aga, Omer, and Taher-Bey, other Arnaute Chiefs, attached to the party of the Bashaw, mani fested their discontent, and threatened to take up arms, if they did not restore liberty to the Viceroy. Seyd-Aga being informed of the dispositions of these three Chiefs, entreated those who had taken a part in his attest, to go up into the citadel, to avoid the effusion of blood, promising •to make every effort to pay the army. On the morning of the 10th he announced, that finding it impossible to procure funds by the ordi nary contributions, it was necesiary that the capital should assist him. This declaration put the cite into a great fermentation, and the inhabitants de. dared, that they would pay no contributions what ever. Atter long discussions, the Chicks, on their • side, set up pretensions, and imposed conditions an the Bashaw, which he could not„fultil. They were divided in.° 21 articles, of which these are the prin cipal and most essential: st That the troops sltal be atatineteil at Giseh, and not at Cairn; that Iv, erica soaker shall be permitted to enter the City ; that no cuntri; ~, ,halt be leered nu the City slut the COCOMII NiCal ilati each Upper Egypt shall be re-established." The other conditions are 'dative to the tranquil lite and safety of persons in the city, as well as in the country ; and to the reestablishment of the ancient order, for the passing and repassing of the caravans from hlecca and ledda. The Cacti, the Ulcmas, the Corps of Odjaklis, and the people at length coalesce; and, on the leth, Without stiiking a blow, Kourchid Bacha was de posed, and the new Mahommed Ali Bacha, pro. claimed Governor of Lgy pt. Kourellid Bache was still master of the citadel. He had with him about a thousand men, under the command of Saleh- Aga. Chief of the Albanais. It is not as yet known whether it i 1 their intention to resist, in case of :in attack. Letters from Kaetta, dated May 10, state, that the Mamelokes and Arabs were not more than three or four hours keirney from the city, and that sc• :rat Maiasses going to Cairo have been stopped and rabb dby the liedotsinli; The Terkish Gun suaotkr was making preparations to retire iota the ~'' Castle, and the inhabitants were in the greatest consternation. The English Agent, alone, intend• to receive the Mamelukes and Arabs as friend. With respeia to the Beys, this is what was, accord ing to the latest news, their topographical situation : Ibrahim Bey was at Mount Fatont ; Soliman Bey encamped at. Fechen, between Benizonef and Cairn ; Elphi Bey remained in the provinces of Gzeh ; while Little Elphi, ;Ind Soliman-Cachef-El-Bonab, continued to ravage Lower Egypt. THE BRITISH PRESS. LANDON, SATURDAY, Avousr 31. ~~ The Pomona frigate, from Oporto, is arrived at Portsmouth. She has brought letters from several Captains of the Antigua convoy, captured by the Combined Fleet, stating, that they were all at Oporto, on their parole, and were to come to Eng land in the fleet ; they also state, that the Com bined Fleet were very much shattered in the battle of the 211 July, and landed upwards of a thousand wounded men at Ferrol. The Prince of Inks Packet is supposed to have sailed from Lisbon on the Bth inst. The Town:end Packet was to sail from Lisbon on the 17th or 18th ult. Two expresses, as will lee seen under the proper head, arrived in the course of yesterday, from Wey mouth ; and the Royal Mail from th.st place did not reach town until two hou-s after the usual time. These circumstances excited considerable uneasiness in the public mind We can state, however, with confidence, that His MAJESTY, and the rest of the ROYAL FAMILY, were, on Thursday, as well as usual, with the exception only, of their grief for the Royal Relative, whose place of bnrial, and the in structions respeCting it, were the stehjed matter of the expresses. The American Captains have been charged with misleading Lord hlei.sos in his late pursuit of the French fleet in the West Indies. If the inaccuracy of their reports has sometimes operated to our disad vantage, so may it sometimes prove in our favour. The capture of the Dam) furnishes a case of the latter class. It is said that the Phenix of 36 guns, Capt. BAKER, was cruising to the S. of Cape Finis terre, and spoke an Ametican, and then stood on his course. The American Captain afterwards, when the Phenix was hull dawn, fell in with La Didax, ed guns, and 370 men; he informed the Captain of her, that he had just parted company with an English corvette of 20 guns, and that she was then in sight ; La Dun spread all her canvas, and the Phenix standing on under an easy sail, was soon along-side; the Daen soon found her mis take : the anion commenced within pistol shot, and lasted for two hours and 52 minutes by the log, yardarm and yard-arm ;by this time, the main and mizen-mast of La Dnisa were gone over the side; and, as a last effort, the French Captain ran his bow-sprit over the taffarel of the with an in tent to board, but no efforts could avail to bring the French sailors on for that purpose, though gal-. lantly headed and encouraged by their Officers: the French Captain, afraid of being boarded in his turn, struck his colours, and called for quarter, his fore-mast then falling over the star-board side ; she was a mere wreck. The number of dead upon the deck, gave the ship the appearance of a charnel house. The Phenix and her prize were in com pany with the Dears, when the latter saw the French fleet to windward, on the afternoon of the 14th. On the morning of that day, the Dragon had spoke a Dane, whom she told, that 25 sail of the , line were cruising near her. As the Dane was after wards hailed by the enemy, she probably commu nicated that intelligence to them. The Dragon also made a number of signals, when in sight of the French fleet, and fired guns, which made the enemy believe our fleet was at hand ; they accordingly im mediately hauled their wiud. The Dragon kept comp.sny with the Phe•nir and Didurt, till day-light, on the 15th, when seeing another of the enemy's fleet, the Phenix was desired to proceed, if possible, to Lard NrlsoH, with the intelligence, whilst the Orates made sail for the Channel fleet. to inform Admiral Co It NWA L Lis of his having seen the French fleet. The Phones, we are happy to hear, is said to hare joined Admiral CortswaLzis off Brest, after having seen her prize safe into Lisbon. On the 15th, after parting with the Phenix, the Dragon spoke an American, who informed her, that he had been boarded by one of five French sail of the line and three frigates, on the preceding day, in tat. 46. 18 long. 9. 0. W. and that they had burned a Dane and a Swede the same day. Can this quadron have been detached from the Combined 1. leer, or is it the squadron from Rochefort ? When the Combined Fleets were first seen on the 13th, they had 27 sail of the line. When they were last seen, they had hat 20 or 21 ; they must, there , fore, have detached a squadron. The enemy are, proba')V, endeavouring to intercept our homeward bound fleet. Admiral CORNWALLIS, since he detached the squadron under Sir Roocitr C ',toga, has been re inforced by six ships, viz.—Wort, ' 9g ; Ilindsor Castle, 98; Worror, 74; Captain, 74 ; Audacious, 74 ; and Repulse. 74; amounting to '22 sail of the line. Sir R. CALDER arrived off Ferrol on the 21st,. and having ascertained, that the Combined Fleet was neither in Ferrol nor Cotunna, he immediately stood to the Westward. At the time the Combined Fleet railed from Cadiz, on the 9th of May, fur the West Indies, many pers'lns conversant with nauti cal affairs, regretted, that Sir JOHN (hoe, when he was forced to raise the blockade of Cadiz, did not leave a frigate behind to watch the motions of the enemy. This precaution, we understand, has not been neglened upon the present occasion, as Capt. Ila ACE, of the Lie, who saw the Combined Fleet off Ferrol on the 13th, has, according to report. been sent in pursuit of them: We trust, that Sir RoBERT CALDER, if not favoured by chance, may derive from Captain BRACE, or such other sources of intelligence as Government may have prepared, A clue to the perplexed course which the enemy have steered. Sir Rummy's squadron, we under stenJ, amounts to twenty sail of the line, one fri gate, and two gun-brigs, viz. P-inee of Wales,9B; Stit3llllll, 110 ; Prince 08; Tem,. cairn, •. Neptune, WI; Canopus, 74 ; Donnegal, 64 , Con queror, 74; Spence - , 74 ; Tigre, 84; Dram, 74; Levi athan, 74; Revenge, 74 ; G.diath, 741 Terri.sle, 74 ; Swat ting, 74; 6 ! iartiate, 64; Orion, 74; Zealous, 74 ; P3lrpbe niui, 64; Sirius, 36 ; two gun-brigs, bundes three frigates, on the Ferrell stotion. Lord Net sow is said to he of opinion, that the Combined Fleet is gone to Rochfort, as the nearest port where the ships can be refitted, and difficult to blockade. It is alio the most convenient port for theta, if their intention be, as there is some reason to believe, to am:rapt a junftion with the Brest Fleet. The Lovely 11,-t!ry, lately - arrived at Cork from Barbadoes. sailed on the 1 I.th of Jly, in company with about 9.0 sail, under convoy of his Majesty's ships Roelodoes and Creel, for Tortola ; and was to sail from thence, with the fleet, on the Ist of August. The Loreto Bet,ty parted, soon after sailing from Barbudoes, having carried away her foretop-mast. The &fide, BAY ngs, from St. Lucie, is arrived at Liverpool; she sailed on the 6th of July, under con voy of the Brazil :vas frigate ; on the Bth, fell in with the Grenada fleet, which she joined, and parted from them the next day. The Marie. from Rhode Island, is detained and sent into Dover, The Lterbice Packet, SM AST, from Londonderry, for Spain, is captured, and carried into A lg!Sir,li. The Serena, Capt. Jacoa RODUAA N I A, from Gib raltar, is captured and carried into Malaga. The Lord Nelson, WHITT LK, from Messina for Liverpool, is captured and carried into Martinique by the Combined Fleet. We have already announced the loss of the P ;re cutter, of 12 guns. The following account of that event is taken from the Jersey Paper of the 17tit inst.—" Last Saturday, Ilia AJCSTY'S cutter the Figs', commanded by Lieutenant Satre, on its way to this place from Guernsey, touched upon one of the rocks of Scilict. She immediately made signals of distress, and the boats and pinnaces of the Almost and Albacore frigates were sent to her assistance ; but notwithstanding all their exertions to save her, she is totally lost, with the exception of a considerable part of her rigging and stores. We have, however, the pleasure to state, that none of the crew were lost." The following is an extra& from an advertise ment, in T,is LeoPrpsol Chroisarle, of the Q&h inst:— ORDERLY ROOM. !EGON° RROVMENT Of LIVERPOOL VOLUNTEERS. August fto, 1809. At a Meeting of the Committee of this Cow., coriveoel at the desire of the Commanding Officer, it is arc:d, that the establishment of the Corps ought to be completed without rt..- lay ; and, to effal this, no other more practicaVe means of er thin to address the Manhood of this Town, to awaken the insensible to the prevent exigency, and to deniand, publicly, whether soy man can remain an inactive spectator of the tre mendous preparations of the enemy, mow ripe for execistion , ... Need any more be said to those who labour under nu dtishility ? The Committee will sit at the Orderly ROOllll. in Water sweet, from twelve till two o'clock, every day (Sondays except ed), to receive and enrol such per.ons as maw be desirous of en tering the Corps. GEORGE WILLIAMS. Mr. THOMAS 304INSOV, a member of Colonel W PAIS'S Corps, in Liverpool, was convicted, on Friday sennight, before the Worshipful Mayor, in the sum of two hundred and seventy-four pounds four shillings, being the amount of his fines for nen.at tendancc on the drills of the corps.—Liverpool (Armtek. The French have long been proverbial for Ines r,vereantion as well as gasconade, and a glaring proof of their talents in the former rasped, is ob servable in the returns they have made rrlstive to the late aelion between VILLFNEUVX and Sir Ro sales- CA Lou. According to all the arconnts from our Fleet (irt which the Spanish Captains fully con cau), the French ship Scipio was very severely ft iodic(' by our gallant tars, and ha I absolutely 3tru4 A, though she contrived to make her escape, fa voured by the state of the atmosphere--yet, in the French Admiral's Official Return of this ship, it was stated, that she had neither Aslied nor evariedrd. A • more impudent falsehood hardly ever appeared, even in the naval records of BsprVie.ix or berm/ France. - F,-4 ROYAL Flu n .r. SVCVM:IVTR, Str.lsy 2 R . This morning, after breakfast. the Ros AL F.. At :iv came nut of the I.odg-, for the fiat time , iare the death of the Duke of Gi ovecsivt cr is , nounced. Their MAaLsvirs went in the 'r trayollint carriage; likewise Princesses Eric A neva cu l Maas , in another carriage ; Princesses A• 01sTA, SOPHIA, and Atari.' A, on hors back, acram iun i t4 by the Dukes of Yoaa and CA mna TINT rode in the neighbourhood of Upway, and returtail to the Lodge to dinner. The ii:tvnlJnts nr• r! . Countess ILCHESTre, Leidy Geist iv, 1.0 1 ,1 vsts, Generals CARTWRItiIIT and Firzitor, Cei. nels TAYLOR, CAMPBELL, Desasuw, and Sits-. ART, and Count MtINST ER. We are happy to say, His MAJESTY anprark tremely well. We begin to recover our again. The Esplanade is again attended with a 'o de company. A very rich American ship price was buriehc into Weymouth on Wednesday, bound from ,;p...a for llolland. FASHIONS FOR SAPTEMBER. Hats for evening dress ars mate of black crap.: cffiev picket, ememented with jet ,sr !meet, feathers en flowers; et, ['tow the most prevailmg. Kick chips of a h .., ex. ;comely becoming, ornamented with crape M . Or my turbini, with veils richly entinoidsred with bugles, wust al ways hold their ration. Tiaras, composed of jet and boeirs, ate also moth the dresses are maps, Itahan muslin, m tiffany, mole 3. coral; long clear sleeve..., and lialidku:rchte's of the same-, but the ball dresses wil; be al white thin muslin crape, with black moments or white bugle:; black tutf.loy crape or pick^t scarfs art! mar. tles ; large veils, suspended fr.tm the crown of the hat, fwming a covering for the shoulder.; for the mnolin4, and 'filmy hats; sa.Mct slips, are wont guider the bull dreg es. Nothing dlryays a fins lure v.) sn math advalitss• n mourning ; it gives additional lustre to &fine skin and com plexion. Yesterday, Earl Calmat and Viscount Camte. E /ECM, dined with Mr. PITT, at his house at Put yiey, where they were accommodated with beds. His MAJESTY, we understand, was much phased with STEPHEN Kesiteces performance of fae.t4; and expressed great approbation of it, to the \Vsy. moarh ‘lanager. Miss PAYNE'S beautiful turbans are now rivalled by her mourning hats. The latter ought to take the lead, as they carry a freher. Lord CAST 'Aar AGir ought to avoid all esla plates, and consequently SIOCCOM. Wsol-osich and Dew have proved nearly fatal to him On Thursday last, a Lady, of whose " fur me. mists," Fame speaks in the highest terms, was to have made her Jae/ at the Li ver?no• Theatre, in Cut part of / erfy Teazle Mrs. Powst.t. of Drury lane Theatre, concludes her engagement at Derby rwatre this eight, in the pat LS of /3derdera and Catheri.,t, being fir her ORD henrfit. Seven horses started on Thursii Ay, at fielding, fin the 501. Plate. Didier won. Thcie was very bad sport. Hastings is crowded with company, and is both gay and pleasant. Last night, the remains of the Earl of 'WEI ware expelled at B. orate!, in Kent, on their wir from Tunbridge Wells, to the family vault in Os fiardshire. BRAHAst and Staatacz are gone to Margate, pro bably upon a professional speculation on the re opening of the Theatre. Mr. lac rEDON held his C merit Cha, at Derby. on Wednesday eight. With the assistance of lilt &near, and a f.'s. , other of his Irish friend, the evening parsed off with much oche and melody. The Ramsgate Ball, on We Inesclay night, It. traded a great nurnher of fashinnables, who ire delved in the merry dance till two o'clock thb following morning. Miss Dcscas arrived on Tuesday night, at M 4" gate, and is to make her first appearance in the IVdow Merles, on the reopening of the Theatre. The Charity Sermon preached on Sunday, at Man gate, for the benefit of the Sea a (thing Infirm try produced between 50 and Bal. Lord Hemel e ra. Sir Hoascr MANN, Mr. Serjeant Sittestrao, an Mr. Gaartow, were amongst the enmpinY• Mr. COOKE. on Thursday night. was to peen Lord Hastings and Petrisehii, at the Birmingha. Theatre, for the benefit of Mrs. JOHNSTON. It said, he intends astonishing the town, next season.' the parts of /Gager, Gobtflye/r, and Diller, Weir resigned crook-backed Itic4nrd and Pszarro, to t little iforrii. Miss MA MOT, who played with so much cut eels at Covent•garden Theatre, last season, and been so great a favourite this summer, at lirigh • succeeds Miss SMITH at the Bath Theatre Ilte grant dinner whi,:h the Prince of Wat.• was to have given on Wednesday, at Bright° 1, put oft on account of the late melancholy event i the ROYAL FAMILY. His Koyal Highness has u. been in public since, and, we understand. he pot poses immediately to pay a visit of condelemx His MAJESTY at Weymouth. In the provincial reports of Candidates for theattii cal repute, Fame speaks highly of Miss J A ntral pretensions. This young Lady mule her entree Ise winter at Bath, in Antantlinis, in 13e Child of Sans , * and Hester, in To Marry or Not to !Harry. Thursday, about four o'clock, the Marqiiis d WATERTON!) was married, by special licence. It Lady SUSAN CARPENTER, daughter of the late Eat of TYRCONNEL, at St. George's Church. Minolta' square. The ceremony was performed by the Mat quis's ;srother, the Bishop of Coat, in the presem of the Earl of EGRESIONT. Lady ALITIERIII Ca' TENTER, the Earl of T• moonset, and several othe • persons of distinftion. Vet y soon after the her pair were bound in Hymen s bands, they left tow L for Lady AMLSIIA CAPPES UR'S vi lla, at Man. - vm•P g0..1 No. 41. , By V A lit Woo oey Sm have $1 machine or , peril to ha ve gre.st ne is sem the PJ i t g bar Poem' tlAarint over IV' Tin Ti Fes+ from fun.. JEST kw+ ••nil .