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"SHE FRIENDS" of 'LORD Al LTON and his . Cause are requested to Dine at the Crown and An. rho , Tavern, Strand, at Six o'Clock, on SATURDAY., t 3, to celebrate his Lordship's Return to Parliament for the County of York. W. F AWK ES, Esq. ha the Chair. STIWARDS, Marquis of Hartington, • Lord Lauderdale, Earl of Cholmondeley, - Right Hon. W. Eliot, Lord Viscount Morpeth i Hon. Wm Lambe, Lord Viscount A Ithorpe, Hon. f. Ward; Lord Viscount Howick, lion. C. Pelham, Rt. Hun. Lard G . Sir j. C. Hi ppisley, Bt. M.P. Rt. Hort. Lord W. Rt4ye,- —'G. Byng, Esq.: M P Pt. lion. LOrdl. TOwns i lierid; S. Whitbread, Esq. M.P. Rt:- Hon. Lord 11. ,Petty, W. j, Dennison, Esq. M. P. Rt. Hon. Lord Dundas, F. F. Foljambe, Esq Tickets to be had of Mr. Kerby, Stafford-street, Old Bond-street, and at the liar of the Crown and Anchor Tavern, 105. 6d. each. • ; • INTERCEPTED CORRES'PONDEiv - C.E FROM INDIA.. • ' [PUBLISHED BY THE ENEMY.,], LETTER BLIT . NDELL; TO COL, PATERSON, DATED MADRAS, JUNE 1, 1806., In this-letter, the Treaty of Peace.concluded with the Mahrattas in t' beginning . 'ot . the year )806, is• strongly 'censured, and, it s is .said, that Lord LAKE and Sir GEO ! cGE BARLOW had had a serious dispute on that SobjeCt. It stated to be the gene ral opinion that Peace cannot last, and that floLKAit and SCINDIA were actively recruiting their armies, colleting Artillery and Ammunition, and making every exertion to restore their' force to the situation in which it was before the. preceding campaign. It is reported that Lord LAKE was to sail:for England with the geptember fleet, 'and that Sir JOHN. CRAD- DocK was to prOceed to Bengal as Commander in Chief.—After stating that Colonel GILLESPIE is ap pointed Commandant of Arcot, 'it,' is observed-= 7 . You would scarcely know ,Arcot, it is so much embellished by the new Barracks for the Cavalry, and by a magnificent Equestrian Hall,' which cost the Company more than eight pagodas." LETTER lI.—FROM MR. JAMES eORSELLIS TO LIEUT.- CUL. SCHAW, DATED CAMBRAY, FEB. 19. The writer asks, whether it is likely that General WELLEsLEy will be appointed Governor of Bombay ? That appointment, it is observed, would be a great benefit to the country, and is anxiously desired by every one at Bombay. LETTER 111.-FROM MR. GEO. CORSELLIS TO I. BAWS- TREE, ESQ.. DATED CAMBRAY, AUG: s'. • This letter contains a.report, that Governor MN CAN was to sail for England, and would be succeed ed by Sir Cnaltehs-BAR: , i. MALLET, formerly a re sident for seven years at Catnbray.—En this letter it ik - also stated, that the Peace with HOLKAR, it is Illtinght, cannot be of very long duration, and that the Mahrattas are recruiting their armies, and gave great encouragement to European: deserters, parti cularly artillerymen. ",., TTER IV.—M: C. JOWAN TO HIS FATHER, COL WORTHY JOWAN, ESQ. DATED.MARCH 27. This Letter contains the following account of the circumstances which immediately preceded the con clusion of the Peace with HOLKAR.—"tan the 10th of March . the army of HOLKAR encamped . five leagues from Amritsin, and be himself entered that city on the same evening, in order to demand the, ,protection of RAUSJF.T SING. In his interview with that Chief, HOLKAR declared that his 'design was to embrace the law of the Seiks, if hiS demand was listened:to. ' He at the same time informed the as sembled Chiefs, that their refusal would force him to embrace the Mahometaty Faith, and to 'seek pro tection front the King of the Afghans. The Assent bly heard this extraordinary declaration with sur prise und joy,'and immediately consented to support: his cause. .In consequence of this Meeting, which appeered- to indicate a , -junetion of the Seiks with H01.h./111, Lord LAKE sent Raja &TAY SING CHARD , to 117011Ze his nephew of the effeetS of such a meaL stu - 4,if policy.—Thefanatism of the Priests of 4m ritia, who anxiously desired to make a, proselyte \ of . a tuan so distinguisla4l as HOLKAR, opposed great cbitacles to the success of this mission. But BHAY SING was not discorrraged, and persisting in: his de sign, at the end of three days he found, means to convince-Raja SING of the ithpolicy of his conduct. At - this moment the Vakeela of HOLKAR were sent back by Raja SANSAR CHAND, in consequence of a hiission from Lord LAKE to that Chief, who, in his' turn sent his Minister, in order tostrengthen' his re - Lotions with the British Government.. Houcati being thus disappointed of all the advantages which he had promised himself by entering the Panjab, de t2rmMed to demand a pbace, and for Char purpose scut two of his Agents to the camp-of Lord LAKE, where they arrived on the ,20th of December, and the Treaty, sis signed tart the 23d. Having given :, them proofs of our generosity, by restoring to him }his cessions, HOLKAR seemed -to entertain an opi- , n'on, that we should he as indulgent to him with'. regard to other Articles stipulated in this Treaty; t d therefore continued to pillage in the Jalintha, without any disposition, to return to his own terri tories; and be has thus , prevented us from putting our troops into cantonments." ' ' - MAILS. Att R Tonningen, t Waterford. Dot:—t Gotten. burgh, t Dublin, t Waterford. L 0 ND 0 .IV, THURSDAY, JUNE. I 1, 1807. DEFEAT OF THE BRITISH FORCES IN EGYPT. r is with the utmost regret that we acquaint our Readers, that Government has received Dispatches this morning from Egypt, containing a most disas trous, and melancholy result of the uncalled•.for and unwarrantable EXpedition sent against Alexandria ; an Expedition undertalten when we were not at -War with the Turks, And at the same moment tha t a Negotiator was sent uir to Constantinople with proposals of friendship and alliance to the Sublime Porte. It appea;s, that the Army having made good its landing at Alexandria, proceeded, with eat Joss of time, to take possetssion of Ros6tta, and no,t observing any, preparations for resistance, our Troops incautiously entered the town, wlien the T'srks and Albanians began a brisk fire train the. houses, every shot of wilich unfortunately told. Our Army retreated, and having been joined by reinforcements from Alexandria,again proceeded, and an ACtion was fought before Rosetta, in—which the British troops, overpowered by nunibers, were obliged to fall back, having sustained a.loss of from 1200 to 1400 men; 'General OffiCer killed, and one wounded., . The Garrison is now cooped tfp in Alexandria, to he fed from England, as •in all probability the .City will be invested ore every side by thousands of Tuiks and Albanians: • So rnilch for Lord - HoWricK's, as welLas .Mr. W..rpirniAm's, Talents for - carrying on the War. " Fine sense and exalted sense are • not half: so. useful as common sense." But the sense of these Gentlemen has. not only proved 'not useful,, but most pernicious indeed. to the interests of this Country. The above thifortunate intelligence was brought by Sir ,SID NEW SMITH, .who is arrived at .Plymouth in the Pomp& Tins morning BasiLico, the Messenger, arrived at Mr. iCANNING"s Offide, in DoWning-street, with Dispatches from Lord Hufrc HINSON : they arer,how ever, of a very old date. His Lordship bad not re ceived the account of the Surrender of Dantzic when BASILIC° came away. Governmient also received Dispatches from Gen. C-11ApFURD and Gen. GREY,, at the Cape of Good Hope, and from Gen. Fo;‹, ,at Sicily. Tuts morning a: Mail from Tonningen arrived, but it does not bring any intelligence•of • importahce. The rumours of 'a Negotiation, undeir the mediation of Austria, are still current on the Continent. A paragraph has appeared in several of the Papers, stating, that Captain .W. H.-D YER ; Of th e Wootton . under-Edge Volunteers, had called his Corps toge ther) and told them, that in consequence of a mea ., sure lately adopted by the present Ministry, :whereby .a very considerable temptation was held out• to the. Serjeants of the Voluriteer COrps to enlist the Mem bers of such Corps into the Regular Army, it was his intention to resign ;.and at the same time in formed the Members , of the Corps, that they, were at liberty to withdraw their names. .•This speech, it is added, eras well received; and' the Members unani mously agreed to withdraw [heir names. We are strongly inclined to doubt the accuracy of this state ment, for though we do not know any thing of Capt. DYER', we cannot believe that any Volunteer Officer would ilia in the manner in 'which he is re presented to . have: aeled. If 2 Volunteer Officer is dissatisfied with any general Regtilation which Go vernment may think proper to adopt, he has the right, if he pleases, to resign his Commission ; but we cannot believe that any Gentleman would en deavour to prevail upon his Corps to withdraw them.' selves Irons the Service of their CoUntry at such a nio. ment as the present. But. the reason assigned for the resignation of Capt. Dv tit and, the Wootten-under, Edge Volunteers is so absurd, that we are inclined to believe that the whole statement is founded in mistake.—We do not know what the measure is which has been adopted by the present Ministers,: which is stated to have given, such serious offence to Capt. PYLII, but it appears from the Paragraph to which we allude, to haVe been one which iMposes no restriction whatever upon the Volunteers, ; hut leaves theai at liberty to act according to : their Own inclination. Volunteers have at all tiiues, we pre-' sume, been at liberty to enter into 'the Regu lars, if they thought proper ; and as to tempta tions held out • to the Volunteers to enlist, We . know of no temptation but that which is held out to every one to enlist, viz. the bounty: • Some apprehensions. have been expressed, that this ex ample may be followed by other Corps. We, 6ow ever, entertain no fears upon the subjeet. If the Wootton-under-Edge Volunteers have withdrawn themselves from .the service Of their Country, for the reason assigned in the Paragraph'to . whiCh we have alluded; (which We do not -believe) we will venture to prediEt, that their example will not be followed by any one Volunteer Corps in any part 'of the United .Kingdeni. , . So far from the. intended Expedition to the. Con tinent being given up, the force is im m edi ate ly t o b e augmented by two additional brigades of Infantry. The delay is entirely owing to the extensive provi sion Of Transports requisite tbr this important ser vice, which is now nearly perteded. The Duke of GLovicEs-rcit,. accompanied by Lord H. PETTY, visited the Post-Orlice'on Tuesday, and minut e ly inspei-led every department, with which his Higline:is as very well phased. The I/crudes, Capt. .Rocps, is arrived at Liver pool, from Tortola ; she sailed from thence with the Fleet, ,consi s ting of about 150 Sail, on th e - I : 9 th April, uneer Convoy of His Majesty's Ships Venus and Osprey, en d parted from them the same night. The Townsherid Packet, from Lisbon, is arrived at Falmouth ; she sailed on the 23d Alay—the letters will be delivered to-morrow. TOXIN' INGEN IVId IL. HAb' uz,, MAY 30.—A report is current here, that • our King intends to visit a distant bithingiplace. 'Mr. - dmar.za,, toincillor of State, is appointed Minister of Justf i etr--'- - • 13,ptutq, MAY 30.—The Deputies' sent by his Majesty_tlx-Klag..a..ll9lland, to his Maieityibe , Einperor anti King, have, accomplished their mission. They were most . graciously received by his IMp - eril Majesty, at the head-quarters in . Frockenstein; and both M. .'6,mbnnic:, Councillor of Stiii; 'arid 11: - VAN HUGGINS, were presented by bird' witli'hir Portrait; richly-set 'in diamonds. • M. REEINHARD, late Imperial Fr&ach Minister, arrived at Carlsbad y,ith his'faMily in the course of last Month: . . LUBEC, JUNE 1 .--Two Lubec. Ships, which on the 23d and 2gth.oflast month were detained off the Isle of.Rugen by-a . Swedish Frigate, 'arrived yester day in Travemunde„ through stress of weather, to gether with the Swedish . seamen who were put on board. . . ...- We understand. that Rostock and Wiemar, Ships have been detained in the same manner. 'As, how ever, no previous notice has been 'given on the part of the. Swedish CoUrt of the intended 'detention of our Ships, no uneasiness is entertained on that sub - jea—(Hamburgh Correspondenten,.cf June 3.) STETTIN, MAY 26..—Tbe day before yesterday Marshal BRUNE arrived here. at ten , o'clock in the evening, and.established here his Head. quarters, as Commander of the Army of Observation which .is assembling in our environs. General THOUVENUT has been appointed Commandant, of the place.•. Yes— terday at noon the Members of the Regency 'arrathe Magistracy •paid their compliments to the Marshal. NuEEMBERG, MAY 24.—The 'following advices have been received from the Austriaa.States :—Wer learn. from Ofen the Magnats have signified to the States. of Hungary, that -they saw themselves corn... pelled to demand of ..the Emperor of Austria, their' . King, a new Constitution, more adapted to titnes., and circumstances, which the Peasantry and Citizens have long solicited. The report still continues that our Court labours . . with success for the re-establishment of Peace. 31e . 1 ekchange of Couriers bdtWeen the French and Rus- S ian head-quarters . is.extremely frequent. BANKS OF THE 'ELBE, JUNE 1. The report brought by the Master• of a Ship. that the French 'had seized on Palau is not confirmed. • -New. advices from those environs, of the date 17th of May„ say, that the Ships which were to bring the troops from Pillau to the Nehrung, rived too late at the place of their destination, 'be ' cause the south winds had rendered, the - water sp low - that the English Ships of War, which were to co-operate in the debarEation, were unable to ap pioach the Russians. The Russians lost at the affair.. of the Nehrung 1500 men without efkeding any thing, and were obliged to retire under the cannon of Weichsel munde, where; for want of transports, they could not embark. The French, before the engagcment, , - with the .Itusstans, had received reinforcements of 14,000 men. According to the last accounts, the price of pro-, visions had considerably lowered .at Konigsburgh, and Memel, a great number of Ships laden with provisions having lately arrived there. The Garrison of Dantzic, now Prisoners of 'War, consisted of 15,000 Prussians and 5000 Russians.. The first propositions for a Capitulation were made on the 21st of May, and it was definitively regulated on the 25th. , The last accounts from the French head-quarters come down to the 24th May : at that time move ments were observed that indicated an approaching battle. It remains to be seen who will attack first ; some accounts say that the Russians proposed' to make an attack on the 24th May on the whole ex tent of the French line. An English Frigate, having on board ammunition and arms, has arrived at Stralsund. A , Prussian corps, concerning the force of which reports vary, has landed iu Swedish Pomerania. Letters from Halle, state, that the Privy Council lor and Direalor of the Posts, M. MADEWEISS, the. Professor NIEMEYER, Counsellor WEDEL, and two other persons of distinetion, have been suddenlY ar rested. An English Frigate, which arrived on the 3d of April at Messina, landed there a million of divres, intended for the payment of the troops. MILAN, ,MAY 13.—Letters from Leghorn, and a Ship arrived at Genoa from Corsica, agree in stating, that the Toulon Fleet haS' put to sea ; that there . are niany troops on board, and that it has taken an English Frigate and a Brig that were stationed there to obserVe the Port of Toulon. SEMLIN, MAY 11.--Letters from Servia, contain the certain intelligence, that the Turks have taken by assault the Fortress of Uschitza, on the Marwa. COPENHAGEN, MAY 30.----To-morrow our Court is to go into mourning for the late Princess CAT:IA.. EINE, of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, and for the Em press of Austria, lately deceased: Yesterday the Imperial French Amba sado-, M. ThDELOT, had his first audience of his It:)yal Majesty. 'They write from the Hague, that on the late cursiOn of the King of Holland to the Helder, he viewed the spot where the English and Ruisians Jai - 1(1Pd- i4l the year 1 , 799 *4l is Majesty observed, that ,he should take care to prevent..a,simitar even t 4r :future, -and also ordered..several works td be con strti6ted on the Texel, • ' • Letters froth' Berlin,Stke, that the report of an in— tended journey of-the Hereditary Prince and Princess , . of Saxe-Weimar to Russia. is tinfotiuded.—(Copen hagen Gazette of May '30.)- Yesterday, about twelve. o'clock,. His MAJESTY . arrived at the Queen's Palace from Windsor. The Duk& of KENT was in attendance"to receive His MAJESTY. • • At two o'clock His MAJESTY held a - private Le.' vee; which was attended by the First Lord- of 'the Treasury, the Lord . Privy Seal, the Secretaries of State, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,. the First Lord of the Admiralty, the • Judge Advocate, the Lord Chamberlain, the Duke of NIONTROSS, Earls HARRINGTON and UXBRIDGE, Lords- HEA.THELELD and WENTworun4 Sir H. B. NEALE. b. Lord HARRINGTON was presented to His MAJESA - TY upon . his return from the command in Ireland. _ HiS MAJESTY gave audiences to the Duke of PORT. LAND, Lord HANV — KESBURii, Ea!' Of UXBRIDGE . , Mr. 4 CANNING, and ,Mr. BoND,,vvtio laid,before His MA. JESTY the Proceedings of.several Courts Martial. A little , before six o'clock His MAJis . it set off on his return to Windsor. . . The appearance of Ascot He a th y es terday was delightful. An elegant pavilion, and two marquees, " were placed at the turn of the Course, for the ac commodation of Her MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES,. Opposite the 'Judge's box was another for his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES: A range of booths, and :stands over them, were fitted up to the right of the Course, besides shoWs of every description ; the whole stene was all bustle. - Carriages of every description were placed - on the left, of the Course, besides numerous horsemen.. At one o'clock Her MAJESTY and the five PRINCESS ES, in three carriages, arrived . on - the 'ground; and were received by their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE of Wat.r, Dukes Of YORK, CUMBERLAND, KENT, CAMBRIDGE, and SitsSEx, : who had previously arrived in their respec tive carriages.. Her Mioterv- and three of PRIN CESSES were dressed in white Spanish mantles; Princess MARY wore a black lace inantle ; 'and Princess AME LIA a white lace scarf; lined with blue ; they all wore gipsey hats. His Royal Highness, the PRINCE of IftratEs was dressed in dark baffle green ; and his Royal' Brothers in -the Windsor uniform. After the ROYAL FAMILY had taken refreshments, they walked on the ground inclused tor thetri. His . Royal High ness.the. PRINCE of WALES, and hiS Royal Brothers, • frequently rode on their chargers over the Course, and entered into conversation with many of the Gen tlemen present. Amongst those that came in eke.: gant carriages were—The Marquis and Marchioness CoßuwAws, in a chariot drawn by four greys : the Earl 'of CHATHAM, Earl 4 SAND wicn,. Lord and: Lady Asnr3ROOK,, Sir THEOPHILUS METCALFE, and D. ScorwEsq. displayed elegant equipages. By the Treaty of Peace signed at Posen, on the t th• of December, 1806, between Saxony 'and France, the latter engaged. to obtain from Prussia,for • the former the Circle of Cotbus and Pietz, situated in Lusatia, and surrounded on all sides by the:Saxon territory. • Added to the for Mer Saxon dothinions, it wouldirender Saxony three times larger than Wir.. tem.bargh ; but even with this addition, Saxony would be stilt considerably less, though richer and better. .cultivated, than Bavaria. The Circle of Cot bus and Pietz has an extent of abOut . loo English square miles ; its soil is generally light and sandy, . ,but in some parts very fertile; it.abounds in ex cellent pastures, :and numerous fish-ponds, which yield plenty of fine carp. Its two market towns are Cotbus and Pietz. The fortner has 800 well.- built houses, and 5000 inhabitants, employed chiefly' in brewing, and in some linen and woollen manu.- fa6tures. There are, besides, t 16, villages ; and the • whole circle contains a population of about thirty thousand inhabitants, most :of . Whom are lineally' descended from the Vandals, whose language they' have retained. A cause of a very intereeing and novel nature was tried on the 13th of April at Kingston, in Ja maica. It' was an at instituted for an excess of jurisdidion,. by Mr. CHAELES LAHE, against Mr. 40IIEAT HAMILTON, as President of a .Cotirt Mar— tial which sat on a. trial . of • Mr. I.,Axe, in January, on charges exhibited against him by Colonel. MAR. • STON,, of the Port Royal , Regiment, for negle* of duty and disobedience of orders. It appeared by the evidence, that the Court Martial- had exceeded the powers vested in them, and pronounced jude meat against . Mr. LAKE contrary to evidence, by which he had been compelled to pay a fine of 501. a varrant• having been issued against him for that sum, and, he was to stand committed until that fine was paid. The Jury gave a verdict of 2.5u1. damages, with costs, against the Defendant. -.. , YottissninE DUEL—This contest, though of so serious a nature, was not unattended by something more whimsical than is usually found in such trans actions: if the following account of what passed is authentic. The combatants are said to have ad• dressed each other in this manner, in the field : Mr. Mw.isn —" Take care of Yourself, HAwxs, for by . G— I shall hit you." • Mr. HAwkE—" I will, my lad ! and let me recommend you to take care of your own cannister !" .• The Seconds, on hearing this, agreed that they should not take aim, but tire by signal, which was done --when Mr. INIELListi missed,' and -Mr; ' Flaws. E's shot took effeCt, by passing round the lira of his opponent's belly, and then shattering the bone of his left aim; on which Mr. MELLISH ex' claimed, " HAWKE, you have winged me! fend me your neck-cloth to tie up the broken pinion!" which was immediately complied with, and the arm -being bound up, they both returned, in the. satire chaise, as. good ttiends as ever. TH E SUN. SOLtM QUIS DICLRE PALSUM AUDEAT ?