The Sun. — London, England, 1807-06-12 00:00:00

MAILS. A wit iv ao—t Malta, r Lisbon, t Dublin, i Waterford. Du Gottenburgli, t Lisbon, t Dublin, I Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCIZ. . 6411 I Red. Ann. -53 Uranium Consols THE SUN. SOLEAS QUIS FALSUNI AUDEAT ? L 0 ND 0 IV, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1807. WE have Very - littleto add to the melancholy de t+ils we yesterday laid before our Readers respeCting the reverse sustained . by, our troop . s in Egypt. The force which was dispatched by Gen. TRAZaR to take possession of 'Rosetta consisted of about 1.5Q0 men, - under the 'command 7 of General WAuchoie, who, as .We .have already .stated, not observing any preparations for' defence at 'Rosetta, incautiously entered:that town, when a most de . ttruive fire was immediately opened upon the Brir tish troops, from the houses, mosques, &c. A retreat was immediately ordered; but, unfortunately, before it could be cif eeted; above 150 of our men fell, and ‘deneral WAucHoPE hiinSelf was mortally wounded Brigadier-General MEADE, who was next in com -Inand to General WAIIpHOPE, was wounded, but : not severely. Upon receiving intelligence of this disaster, General . FEAzft determined upon a second attack, and a Division of 9500 men was dispatched -from Alexandria, under the_ command of General STEWART, and an engdgement took place between . '.hem . and the _Turks and - Albanians,- near Rosetta, . in which' our, troops, after displaying their usual va lour, were compelled to retreat, with the, loss of 'about one thousand two hundred men, When we announced to the Pnblic the Capture of Alex andria, we stated our opinion of tie impolicy, as well as the injustice, of the measure ; and at the sam.e expresSed our apprehensions for the safety of tl)e Troops employed on r the Expedition. Our ap prehensions have unfortunately been in_a great de glee realized ; and we sincerely hope, that no time will be hiSt in bringing 'away the &fee that remains in Alexandria. It is now obvious that we cannot acquire the pds ,session of the Delta withodt a much largerforce• than' we can spare, and the mere :Occupation 'of Alexandria would be , of no use whatever. It is said, that this Expedition was planned by Lord Howick ; but we cannot possibly concdive any one principle of justice, good faith, or. policy,. upon which ;his Lord-: ship could have recornmended such kmeasure., When - the French invaded - Egypt Without any 'de claration of war; 'it was censured 'as an a& of vio ?nce and injustice, and we really do not seeany essential difference . between that Lase and theoccd p.tion of Alexandria by our Forces. We were at Peace with the, Turks, and Admiral DUCKWORTH pncl .Mr, ARBUTHNOT . were off Constantinople ue g.)Ciating with, the Porte—lf the Negociation had . succeeded, what excuse could we have. offered to the. Turkish Government for the Invasion of Egypt witho4t any declaration of War, and at the moment that we were professing a. pacific disposition ?—The irnpoiiey of- this Expedition is evially obvious ; it ponld not be suppoied that scoo men' could conquer Egypt, and . the result which . has .happened mast have been foreseen by almost every man of common sense.. The following is a List of Killed and Wounded : -KILLED. IV:nor-General WA u HOPE, and Capt. JOHN RoEtirsoN, 3.l ,st Regiment. Capt. B. DE. Stacot.iNT, Chasseurs Britanniques. Lieutenant D'ANCIEL, Pitt°. , WOUNDED. Brigadier-General MEADE. Captain HORSBURGH, 31st Reg. Brigade Major. DOWDAL, ditto. Lieutenants—E. KNox, FEARON, THORNTOIC", stEnnotl, and RYAN. Ensign K IRBY. Cclptaill3---DEPHANTZ,DE COMMIE:4ONT, DE CO LONNE, and DE LA FITTE, Chasseurs Britanniques. t Lieutenants—LE J. EITZ, DE S:AULE, and KLINGER, Ditto. Enign BENSINGAIII-T, Ditto. IN 110 SECOND ACTION WOUNDED. Lieutenantcolonel.D.PLEon, „ ivi, Major onER , . • Major FOGELSARD. , • The whole of the details respeCting the second ,glaioti have not yet been received. - . OUR Readers w'll recoiled that we some time ago extrqeted from tho French Papers a letter from Genoa, dated May t, stating, that the Seahorse Fri ga,te had been captured by a Si(piaclrcp of Ships from Toulon. We are now happy to have it in Our power to state positively, that that account is nor true: Let ters have been received by Lord COLLINGWOO.9,from Capt. STEWitT, commandstbe .sf , thorse Frigate, dated the 9th of May ; at that time Capt. STEWART was cruizing off Toulon. The Ameiican Paper!, which we have received down to the 17th ult. contain an iateresting Corres pondence between the Commandant of Fort John sort, Charlestown, and Capt. LOVE, of the Drive? Sloop of War, in consequence of the enforcement of the prohibition against the appearance of that Vessel in the waters belonging to the American States, This Correspondence will be found in another part of our Paper, and our Readers, we are sure, will read with great pleasure the letter from Capt. LOVE, as it breathes the true spirit of a British Naval Offi cer, which is always `characterized by loyalty and patriotiSm. Rear Admiral DE COURCY is arrived with his Squadron, at Plymouth, from a cruize off Cape Fi- nisterre. THE Princess Elizabeth Packet, with Mails front Malta and Gibraltar, has arrived at Falmouth.- 9n her passage she fell in with .Lord COLLING WOOD'S Fleet off Cadiz, all well. Strong , hopes were entertained that the Spanish - Fleet would come out; but we can 'hardly flatter ourselves that they will venture to give his Lordship a meeting. The Frinces's Vizateth also fell in with His Ma. jesty's HILLY4R, from Algiers bound to Tunis. Capt. HILLYAR reported that he had been extremely well received by the Dey, and that he was amicably disposed towards this Country. His MAJESTY has presented a .superb service of Sacramental Plate and Candelabra of the most cu rious workmanship, for the altar of the great Church 4.Quebec, which the Bishop of that Pro Vince is to take over with him. His MAJESTY'S arms are richly embossed On each article,. and the: whole- service is curiously arranged in a mahogany case, with a green silk curtain to; draw before it: EAST INDIA SHIPPING.-Yesterday ' thh dispatches were finally closed at the East India House, and de livered to the Pursers of the following. Ships, viz., IParfey, Capt. W5l--: A. IVIoNTAoti ' • Royal George,, Capt. C.-B. GRIBBI:E; for Madras, Ceylon, Bum bay, and China, - Irex:fird, Capt..C. IlitatcAßD, for Madras, Ceylon, and- Bombay. ffindham, Capt. J. STEWART ; ,earl Howe, Capt. A. MURRAY ; for Madras.and Bengal. Mr. PARKS,- the Midshipman who was unfor ltiriately lost . in the . Bellette' s boat, off Dunwich, Was a ybung man of an amiable disposition and uuotiend ing manners. He .was the son of an Officer whose widow has'thus`.been deprived of a spirited young mail,' who pro - miSed to be the prop of her dedining years, and an ornament to his country. Letters from St. Domingo were'yeSterdak received, dated Port-au-Prince, 22d April : • they state that an attack by CHRIS'TOPIIE'OII PETION'S army was daily "expeeted, - and every' prepatatiiin had 'been aide for his receptiOn; but that very serious- doubts were -en tertained of the power of PRTION to counterad his , clooigno. The trade c,f--thc plate continued in a Wretched state, and the alarming situation of the Island yielded no prospeei.Of speedy amendment. State of the Poll of the three,, divisions in the West Riding of Yorkshire which were prejudiced . against Mi. LASCELLES - on account of the Clothiers' ‘Bill W. M. I:. Strafrorth and Tickhill 691 1895 433 Agbrigg - s - 6 758 1421 7 54 bloaey sis I i s t.,8 897 2400 49 , 1: 2'34 Milton's majority over Laiccl les 2 773 In the remaining divisions of the West and the other two Ridings : W. M. L. 94 , 8 6270 62 88 5 6 70 Lascelles'S majority over Milton 206 iklilion's-rn3jority of the thrce.nivisiot* ".. 773' LasLelles's tiit.fo of the rest of the County zsM6 Majoriti.in favour of Milton ovei,La'scolks ,187 We underitand that a Petition is to be presented against the return of Lord MILTON, by a number of the Freeholders of Yorkshire, on the ground that a number of unqualified persons_ were admitted to vote for his Lordship. THB.OPERA.*--A very numerous audience assem bled' last night at the King's Theatre, for the liberal purpose. of •patronizing the last benefit of. Mad. PA'RISOT, who is about to retire from public life. Though we are sorry that the state of her health' obliges her to quit the stage, we are glad to find that the profits of her exertions will render • her retire ment comfortable. Her conduct has been unexcep tionable, and she has been uniformly zealous in ful filling her duty - to' the public. The performances, last night, were The first a& of llPrincipv di Taranto, and, after a Spanish . Divertisement, the first ad of La Semiranzicie. In the first piece NALDI, &BONI. .110ViDINO,. and PERINI exerteCi.. themselves very ably ; and. in : , the second CATALAN! was herself an host. She sung with exquisite skill. The last bal let, entitled Le So'rail, w as i n the Pe rsian' costume. Jr afforded admirable scope for DESIIViaS,IVIORRAU, NCRAit, Madame DESHAYES ,and PAR I S O T. It was a very:. pleasing c omposition... At the close 'Of the whole, PARISUT came forward and testified her gra titUde in . the Most graceful and interesting manner, and was receiVed witlVenthusiastie applause., A new Lobby has been for Med at the back of the first Gallery in the Hay Market Theatre, by which means the audience Will be free from the annoyance which'theyhave so long °endured from the Women of the Town. The refreshments are to bo . di s t r ib u t e d in the new Lobby. The Theatre has been painted. and elegan tlydecorated: • A new Corned3' . .l - rom T . DIB DIN, is soon to be brought forward, a Mu_sical.Piece , from rc and a 'Fae from.ARTEIVR GRIFINI-106F, Esq. a near relation of o•EilttoE CoLuAN, the younger. Mrs. • SIIDD2NTS is stir performing at Liverpool, and with a degree of success highly credital;le to the taste and jnclgment of the place. She supported the part of Be/pirlera- on Wednesday.; This character is .1161 chief faVourite, and. her merit in it . Was prObably never equalled. ' Mr. RAE, who last ' season was at the laymarkQt Theatre was t he Jcitficr. '• • • • NAV AL NEWS. t•xx _~ A PLYMOUTH, JErti'D t the' Helena .tlbop of War, which arrival it -- here terday from Syest • A Indies, and which Ship touched at St. Michael's, in her passage home, intelligence is received, that Majesty's. Cutter Cassandra, Capt;GEo. LE ELANc, had captured and carried into St. Michael's a large Spanish Polacre Ship, from South Anierica, laden ...„ with a very valuable.cargo.. The Sybille Frigate la)? there when the Helena sailed, and was to p r oceed to England with several homeward-bound Merchant... men under convoy, in a day or two afterwards, and the Spanish Polacre was to join the Convoy.' The Porn/3de, of Stt guns, itear-Adthiral •Sir,SlD= AMY SMITH, which arrived . here yesterday, sailed from Malta tbe 16th of May, passed Lord Com.ING-' woon's'Fleet, off Cadiz, all well.. : Arrived the Cockatrice Sloop of War, frori CuOu sey ; and the Snap Prago4 . Privateer, frnn-,ca crnize off the Coast of Spain, where'she captured a large French Chasse Mare, laden with bale goods; ,bbli 'unfortunately the latter fbundercd in. a gale of wind soon afterwards, and all her cargo7as lust, as were two of the Privateer's Boats, but the crews of both Vessels were saved. Arrived the /tukfatigatie Privatcer, from a cruize, FALmount,JuNE 9.-4rrived the Princess Eliza _ . . Beth Packet, with Mails from Malta' and Gibraltar.: left the latter place on . the 2.1 d ult.' in company with His Majesty's Ship Beagle . and Transit Merchant Vessel, at which time were lying there His Majesty's: Ships dhillonne, Amphion, Thunderer, and-a Con viiy. for England ; kis . Majesty's. Ships Royal. vereign, Sabrina, . and Meteor Bomb, sailed on the 10th of May with a Convoy for Malta, on which day arrived there HisMajetty's Ship; Hydra, nun derer, and Redwing; His-Majesty's Ship . Queen; of - 08 pins, was gone into - Tetuan. Bay td mate: ;, on 'the . day she came out of Gibraltar she spoke Lord COLLING woon7s Fleet, all well—they were in hourly expe&ation of the Spanish Fleet coming Out: The Elizabeth arrived at, Malta on the 2,5 th of Apra, and left it on the 28th. The Cornwallis, with Mail:4 'from England, had arrived• there, His Majesty's: Ships Pompefe, IVindsor Glaiton; Madras, Bergre, Bittern, Kiiigsfisher, - Pykales, and qpider, were lying there. A- Fleet of 'Frans : - ports from England armed there on the 25th of April, with Troops on board. On'the 9th of May the Dizatidit spoke His MajWi r jShip 32 guns, Capt. HILLyAn,` from Algiers boupq to Tunis.—Capt. H. reported that he had been ex tremely well received by the DEY, and, that his in- ten tion s were amicably disposed towards this Country. Arrivect. this day the, Townsl4e.ad Packet,. COCK, with Mails from Lisbon, in i 6 days. passage : left there His Majesty's Ship Lively, with a - Convoy for England, and the Auckland Packet. Arrived also ills Majesty' Ships Centaur,Of 74 gnus,Commodore Sir SAnyzi. HOOD ; Captain, ( Ganges, Achilli.!pe fence, and Laurel, from a Cruize off Cape di Verde Islands. -- • ' PORTgINIOUTIT, J.ozr i I.—Arrived last night the Linnet Gtrn-brig, Lieut. TstEscY, from off Havre. Sailed the Dispatch Brig of War, Capt; CRAP, with, three or four Sail of coasters, for the "Down s. The Malabar, ; of 50 guns, Capt. T,Emrt.*,,4.apt pointed - the convey to South America. . Went into the Harbour the Retuff.Gun-vessel, . • .Lieut. WHIstoN, for repairs. POOLE, JUNE 11.—Arrived tho CouzNs, from Tenby ; Neptune, PAYNZ, from London ; and Rachad, WARD, from Cork. • Arrived also the Sprqcomb; ANs,.- from Morlaix, where she went ,a Cartel from Bristbl, with French . Prisoners ; was allowed to bring, several packers of letters, which are forwarded to the Trans port Board ; , was not permitted to have any corn monication with .the shore_Wharever,.but .the Master learned that news had reached that quarter which augured most favourably of Peace. -- Letters 'from. Newfoundland, via Boston, 'have been received by.the Merchants here to=day, which speak of the" success of the winter voya . ges for seals, and in the northern parts particularly. , Sailed the Symmetry, • DtINCAN, for Leith.; and. Penns, FiottEycr, for Tenby. DEAL. JUNE 1 1. - Sailed yesterday evening the Mariner Gun-brig on a Cruize 3 also this roorniqg, for Ramsgate Pier, several light Tpansports; and the Transports having on board the 2d Battalion of the Rifle Corps of the King's German Legion, to be dis embarked. Arrived arid sailed for the B 4 iver . the Gold Hunter,. VosE, from Vlrginiat - LIV.ERPQOL, JUNE I 6.—Arrived Capt. Logo, of the Fame, from Baltimortvzitthi3 port: The 16th ofMay, in tat. 47 N l 'long. 37 W. fell in with a British Fleet of about 30 Sail for _America. She ,was bOrded br the Crocodile, from London, who informed Capt. Los 6, Oat a4w c days f llcfore she rec.aptureci I ‘ lll 9,lica hence, of arid fcor New York, and had sent her for Pfalifax ; and also dip there are ten_or twelve French and Spanish Pri vateers cruizing off the British Channel, and that . s4e bad been in chase of one or two of them. The Fame spoke the Ship Charleston, hepce for New York, out five days, all well, long. lg. EXTRACT OF A LETtER FROM TURKS ISLAND., DATED, NAxcfi 1, 1807• We continue to be harassed by the predatory visits of our neighbouring enemies. They „tong ago made Sand key . (only 0 miles distant) theilvlace of rehdezVous but now come into HatilesNest, whiCh ,is ounbesf harbOur, and wholly•defenceless. On th Bth ult. i they took a small SchoOner from her moorings, at Salt Key, and on the 20th two of them, stout Priva eers, went in open, day into the Hawk's Nest, and thence into the' Southern Creek, wheie they burnt -and destroyed the Schooner Faithful Anna, and Slop .Atalanta, beth'fine new vessels, and • owned here, The are c9nstant)y carrying off our negro fisher-, Men, whom they, find useful pilots. , In'Jiort, our sittation 'is so uncomfortable to . beitnagined by those who know ctur unfortunate condition._ We pant almost every thing, but especially : a Tal] i t and , pitmeers ; the inhabitarits, if organized, and put under proper Officers,. would forrn.a sufficient security, and allow us to sleep quietly in our beds but from this deficiency, every one does what is right or wrong in his own ey e s, and nothing results to the general good. " • • , gHEERI!IESS, JUNE 10:--7Just arrived His Majesty's Ship Capt. PHiLLIMORE, from the North • Sea ; the Ifindostan remains. . . Came into Harbour, from the Little Nore, to 131 .paid off, His Majesty's Sloop Spy, Capt.' Hubsoti. Last evening a party of ligbtefrnen,, belonging - to the Vidt alliog pgpartitient, laving assembled on board the Thorns Hoy to regale themselves witti extra gliSs, WIL,LIAtet .En.Q4LL, the Master of her, shortly became intoxicated, and told his jovial come panicin around him, he should pot care if he died that instant, when, awfial . toTelate, fifteen minutes had scarcely elapsed after this exclamation, when be retired on deck and accidentally fen fayerbp4rd ; although medical aid was immediately procured, every effort to .restore animation p cove d lie bad been 'five'minutes in the vater,. Died suddenly Lieut. WALsa, of the Cardigan Nillitla ; bis remains were this day interred at Min , ster with the usual military honour. Two bands of music attended, that of the Cardigan. and Denbigh Aegimerits, all the OffiCers, Non-commisionecl ()dicers, and Privates helongini `to the Garrison .(those on duty excepted) attended the funeral, the whole forming a grand. sfettacle on so solenin occasion, . .I>IIII4ICA P4PERS. The , SilipB ZdOrd : Oliel4l4s BURET, Inna• polis, and Friends; pywELI., trom 4ondon an Bar badoes; are arrived at Fahnonth., 'ln the Wind ,ward, Passage. Capt., • BUJIKET was boarded by a French Schooner Privateer. The foAdwing is an elitraiteroo4ike.Ship's4oknook.:,—, . • 4 ‘ Friday, April 3, do. Atone p.m. three' Sail in si g ht, t wo i n th e S. W. and one in - the N. E. Tortudas bearing S. W. Aistaut ,sad. or seven leagues ;. at two P. M. the twg • Sail in the S. W: stood , forus; at three P. M. ssw . A„ boat AutlibAr..Pf at' half-past' three they boarded us, and said they bel longed to a French P.rivaf6er - of guns, in Forns .pang with another Schooner of 10 guns. They took possession of the Ship; andrstood for the frivateers; : - sent Capt BunicA.r, with the Ship's papers and twp men, on board the Schooner, .she being then alopgr -Side at five P. M. sent her boat on board the large, Privateer, where they examined the Papers ; they then' boarded - the 'Ship lOtOf bisth boats, .and beet" . . to plunder and strip the Ship of her materials, apd such parts of her cargo as they chose ; they took sails, rigging, lines, twine, rnarlin towline, paints, oil, compasses, spare cordage; canvas, hams; butter, cheese, - potatoes; fish, live-stock, cabin -stores, ing, &c. and, in fad, every thing that struck their fancy. At eight P.M. the captain 'and the two men returned ; the Privateers, continued plundering for Some time, and then quitted the Ship, and suffered her to proceed. At midnight bore away under easy 'sail." 1W441)&45, OCT. 10, 1806. THE Arab Vessel Attamaney has arrived here from Muscat; she reports that forty Sail of Arab Ships were all ready and on the point of leaving IVlngcat, for the various Ports of India, at' the period of her departure. You are already Aware of magnitude of this evil, and it is therefore scarcely necessaryo say ajiy thing on the' subjeEt at present. We are, by the UnliMited and impolitic encouragement ex-' 'tended to the Arabs, fostering in our bosom reptiles, whose sting will not be discovered till it has inflicted a deadly wound upon the existence of every branch of British commerce in India . ; in the Mean time.vre have the mortification oiseeing our trade, in every shape, exposed' to the most studied restri&ions and enibarrassments, whilst that of our Arab rivals flou rishes on its ruins. The fact most plainly speaJcs . for itself: within'. these few years, their - commerce has increased from two or three vessels, to a fleet of about sixty, many oftbem tbe finest: Ships in the world ;- their wealth, which has enabled them to establijh so rapidly such an extensive naval force '(as you May withjustice teirn . it); has niot yet "iit• tamed its :Complete objet? ; but unlesi speedily checked by ~a firm and temperate hand, it cannot be prevented from establishing the SubjeCis of the Itnaurn of Muscat as the universal carriers of India. . - A New 7 York Papei of the gth of May states, that Capi..doLay,. from Alicante, reported that he SW eight Sail 'of the Line (French), on -the 14th' of Mareh~ its lat. 31. song. 21. 41.—,The above Siiiia ; dthrifis suPPQstAi bo that under the c ommando Sirsl.4looD, as they were cruizing near that lati* tude.at the above dm*.