The Sun. — London, England, 1807-05-08 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1807. , Yesterday evening a Telegraphic' Dispatch from Plymouth announced the Capture ,of Alexandria on the Igth of March.. The possession of this iplace,' instead el a subjea of exultation, affords, jin our opinion, matter of deep regret.. We see no one good purpwe it Can answer, and it will . infallibly 'be attended with many bad , ' ones. By. this a& we have added to the number of our Enemies, the Beys of Egypt, who were before disposed to be friendly to us, and to shake off the yoke of the Turks. And what are five thousand men to accom plish against all the population of Egypt? What beneTtt to the nation is likely to arise from 5000 Englishmen being shut np in the trenches of Alex-, andria ? W e shOuld have thought that the me lancholy result of the late Egyptian Expedition, in introducing a contagious Opthalmia into our .Army, by which it is well knoWn that, numbers of young men who never were in Egypt havelost their sight, would have operated, against this uncalled-for Expedition. We cannot help thinking that had these 5000 men been attached to Sir JOHN DUCKWORTH'S - , Squadron, .and employed in the total demolition of the castles and batteries which proteLk the Passage of the Dardanelles, a very, different' result would have followed his appearance before Constantinople. —lnstead of which,- he Was.-sent to run the launtlet of innumerable heavy batteries, without a single soldier On board. Indeed we =floe conceive that five thousand men could pos;iibly Lave bean. em ployed CO a worse Purpose than 'that Of taking pos session of Alexandria ;' and we 'sincerely hope that a similar fate may not_ attend them : as our - brave fellows met with' in Buenos Ayres. Where .we can arproach on all sides, by sea,, there .we are sure of ghccess—and if the Same force. had been employed in driving otit the Turks. from the various fine and fertile Islands of the . Archi pelago, and putting then) into the possession, of;' their rightful owners the Greeks, we might : . hitve,.! made ourselves friends in every port instead Of adding to the number of c;lr enemies. We cannot forbear remarking, that this Expedition furnishes one, among many other instances shewn . by the late Administration, how wisely men sometimes can reason. on abstraa propositions ; how foolishly the same men 'can a& in cases that require only mere common sense to guide them. We have received Hamburgh and Altana Papers to the 30th 'ult. and Dutch Papers to the ad inst. They contain very little news, but they. reftite the reports which have been lately Circulated, of battles having been. fought in Poland. The Rus r. sians and the French have both received immense reinforcements, and we have no doubt have, before this time, commenced 'a6tive operations.' The Leviathan, PATorz„ one of ,the. last Fleet' from Jamaica to London, foundered at Sea. •The Crew were sated, excepting the Captain, who went down with the Ship. We are - much concerned to find that Mr. CAN• SING is still in a state of severe indisposition. A letter from an Officer on board the linper lease . Frigate, dated off the Black- Rocks, April 3 / o;siiys, " We have been hereia week. watching the motions of six Sail of the bine, two Frigates, and two BrigS," which are in Brest, waiting to make choice of an op , portunity to get out. The Plantagenet and Champion are with us." The Freedyrn of the City of Cprk has b..en una nimously voted to his Prate the l)uke of moND, in a superb gold box ; ..aud to Mr. Secret* CANNINo, and .Sri I'lltllll.lll WELLESLEY, K. B.:in elegant silver boxes. Lord LECALE is appointed Blrrack-Mastet-Gene ral in Ireland, which he held under Mr. Pm's Ad ministration, vice the Right Hon. D. B. DALY, and Mr. T. gHERIDA N• Advice was yebtf.rday received of the death of the Right Rev. JOHN DOUGLAS, Lord Bishop of Salis bury. The Marquis of STAFFORD. with ; his usual liber ality, has again opened his fine collettion of pittures fb: public inspeaion, and' tickets are freely issued to all respectable persons who apply_for them. . THE TnEATnE.---=Mrs. SumoNs last night appear ed at Covent Garden Theatre, in' the , xharatter.of Isabella, the charther in which she-first displayed her great powers on the London Stage. It is, reed less to say that her performance wits warked by all the great qualities of the art, acid that:she 'wade a due impression on the feelings, of- the audience. '''ks KEIVIBLE still remains in a state of indispositiotlilhe part of Biron was assigned to POPE, who supported it throughout with judgment and feeling. The audience was not so numerous as might be ,eXpe6ted when such talents as those of Mrs. SIDDONS are ex erted, talents that have long been without a rival, and which we may fairly presume will never be su e _ Passed. Music.—THE ANCIENT CONCERT; which, amidst all the variations and caprice of public taste, main tains a pre-eminence of reputation, concluded fort he season on Wednesday, and the pin-fort - mince was of so excellent a description, as to excite regret that it not be repeated till next year. 'The Earl olvaktcp- MOUT"! was the Dire&or, and he fully eVineed.lni judgment and knowledge, by a fine sele6tiott frtini HANDEL, with a few compositions from other Mas ters, that produced an agreeable variety. :The .princ cipal-vOcal .perfortner4 were; HAttarsos.' BAR11:g- MAN, and Mrs. VAUGHAN. The audience testified the warmest spirit of loyalty on the performance of God save theliing,'which was given with the whole force of the Orchestra, vocal and instruinental. The room was tilled with visitors of theltigher order; at the head of whom was the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. In a little pamphlet •which has recently appeared, entitled A True iii;tory of ailateS/tort Administra tion, and which is strongly marked by'shrewd hd modr and political" sagacity, ;is well. as great infoi mation, the Author makes the tbllowing remarks on Mr. WiNDHAM'S Plan for-the Improvement of the Army : " This great improvement was so important, that it was necessary to sacrifice . 'all the auxiliary means which'had been adopted foe recruiting our regular trcesi to stop the ballot for the militia, and to re duce the encouragement thick had been tiOd. out to the volunteers., " The necessary consequence is, that we have at this time a-' less amount of regular- force (foreign and provincial troops excluded) ° than we had at the beginning of I 806, the monthly supply arising from the new mode of recruiting not being-as .yet equal to the various resources previously open ; a• less amount of British militia, and a volunteer force deteriorated in numbers and diSciphne; though against what we have . lost of this latter force,- may be set the 200,000. men intended to be trained to arms by thelavourite system of Mr. Fox and•lir. WrisnitAm, which in the short period of Ow !apar andfinly : five days, it was found impossible to carry nto effect." WIFE-SELLING.—This barbarous custom, so re pugnant to every moral feeling, and dittaceful to the Christian name, we arc sorry to say has not totally dwindled into disuse. An instance of this kind -oc curred at the 4 Market Cross; Leeds, last• week,, WI WI) a tende:r-heartal publican disposed of his rib, to gether with his stock in trade, for five guineas ;; as usual, in bargains of this nature, he actually s;:i!I terred the abashed fair one in a. halter, to a new hits band ! • , , • GENERAL ELECTION. To the WORTHY and INDEPENDENT LIVERY• of LONDON. CIN LSMEN, THE very kind support which I have again re ceived this day, demands •my warmez- acknowledg ments. 1 have nothing more to offer you, in testimony of toy gratitude,- than a reference •to my general conduci, in support of my King and Country, and the pledge , of a faithtul heart, devoted; to- the - rights and privileges of my Fellow-citizens. On this ground, I most earnestly entreat the l'avour of your early attendance at the Poll, to replace me, for the fifth time, in . the distinguished situation as one of your Represem - arives. I have the Honour to be, Gentlemen, . With- the. Featest Gratitude and Respell, , • - Your iatthful and devoted humble Servant, WM. CURTIS. State of the Poll ou Thursday, May 7. • Curtis tooB I Shaw - 962 Price - - 1022. J Cornbe - - 895 Mulkey - ,- • 195 a" To the.WORTHY and .INDEPF,NDENT ELECTORS of• the BOROUGH of EAST RETFORD. GENTLEMEN, I. BEG leave to return you my warmest and most grareful - Ae% nowledgrrients -fr the Honour this day con ferred upon me, in Eleling me one of your Representatives in l'arlia,ment.. I uin, Gentleirlen Your mn uc obliged faithful humble Servant, WILLIAM INGILI3I. Last Retford, May 6, 'So?. To the . GENTLEMEN,CLERPY,and FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY óf DURRAM. • THE Dissolution of Padiament affords me, an Opportunity which i am most happy to embrace,' of acknowledging tire high sense 1 entertain of the Honour conferred by the County of Durham, by the Trust reposed in me during the last Session.—An Honour so conferred calls for every exertion of zeal and adivity on my part, and en courages me to hope, that I shall again receive your Suffrages and Support.at the ensuing Elettion. 1 once more repeat, that 1 shall ever 341 to the best of my judgment, conscientiously and indepent:ently, for the general welfare of tpe Country, ;old for the dignity and prosperity of the County of Durham. • 1 have the-Honour to he, Gentlemen, Your very faithful humble Servant, Ravensworth Castle, T. 11. LIDDELL. May 5, 1807. KENT-KENT tvkvr - - - - - - JOHN . SIMPSON, Esq. Sheriff of the County aforesaid, having ti..ceived Ili; Majesty's Writ tinder the treat Seal.of Great Liritaiu, for the eleeting-Two Knights to so - ye fbr this County. in the Parliament to be holden at We , tniitister on the 22d day of J une next, (loth, in obedience to the said Wit, and of the several Statutes in that case made, 'hereby proclaim and give public Notice, Taut at a Special. Comity Court, which will be held at Penenden Heath; near Zvlaidstone, in and tor the said Cow.ry, ort‘Ve::nesdav, the 13th day of May instant, at Teo of the Clock in the Forenoon, pur suant to the Statute in that case made and providcrl, he will pn,ceed to such E ledion: when and wee .;fl Persons in terested therein will be heard, init.' are to ,•ivc: their attend ince ab.:toruingly . Dated the D.iy of May, 1807., Sii , IPSON, Esq. Sherifr. Tothe G ENT LEM EN, CLERGY, and 12 F,EIIOI.DERS of the COUNTY of NORTHAMPTON. , • GENTLEMEN, I shptild indeed think myself iil entitled to the ii,any ['avow - , I. have rec,:iven front the County of North antigun, if. I .snnitted the hrst °pito:utility of thanking you for the high Honour you have teas day conferred upon me. in ruminating me to be rc-Llened as one of your Reptesen tative hi the appro'aching'Parn:unent. I . have the Honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obli4ed md faithful Servant, W C ARTW It I G,ll Ayrelio, MAy 7, f°o7. To the MAYOR, .ALDERMEN, ASSISTANTS, COM 00N COUNCIL,. ami FREE BURGESSES of tht BGROUGII of C.OI.CIiKSTER. Cr.Nrl.l , Nti•s, • ACCEPT my most gateful Acknow: , !dgments for the tlistni4uished Honour which you have this day conferred on toe, by electing me one of your .Representatives in Parliament. - • - • I ,ill endeavour, Gentlemen, to perform the Duties of this hio Ottire with Fidelity, by upholding the just Prerogatives of the Crown, as the best Support of the Liberties of the People. To my Constituents,. individually and collalively, I shall Ver hi, ready to pay the Most prompt attetattiii, and I trust !hat the Gdardian .of the local interests of Colchester will over be tOund•in, • ' • 6entiernen, Your faithful and obliged Servant, . RICHARD HART DAVIS. Colchester, May 6, 'BO7. MAILS. ARRIVED—I 'tumli, I Wiaerfoid. - Gottenburgh, z Dublin, 2. Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWF.LVE O'CLOCK. 63 Up - miunt - Consols - I i pr. THE SUN. SULAM QUIS DICERE FALsUM AUDtAT? NEIP PikRLIAMEA 7'. MEMBERS ELECTED. EVE-=-Mark Singleton, Esq:; Honourable Henry Wellesley. HARWICH-RW)t Honourable J. H. Addington ; William Huskisson,' Esq. , LY,Z4-I;—Lieut. :Col. Henry Fane ; Lord Burghersh. WELLs. , —Clement Tudway, Esq. ; William C. Taylor, Esq. TAuicToN—Jotin Hammet, Esq..; Alex. Baring, tsq." • , MALow—Owen Williams, Esq.'; Pascoe Gren- Jell, Esq. Hotip.9N—Honourable A. Cavendish Bradshaw.; Sir Charles Hamilton. CARNAiiVON—Honou,rable Charles Paget. Tkai—General Grosvenor; John Egerton, Esq. PoraslOUTll—Sir Thomas Miller; Adrairal.Mark ham. • PETErtsFlELp—.Hylton Honouralsle B. Gray.. • SHAFTESIWRY—Edward Lovedon Lovedon, Esq. Thomas Wallac, Esq. LEmattisTga-- : Sir Lubbock ; Henry Bonham, ,Fosq. WEITTF,CHUECH—Hon. Wm. Augustus "Fownshend; Hon. Wm. Broderick. NEW RomNEY—Lord Clonmell ; [lon. -- Ash burnbatn. BRIDGENORTI •-•-•-'• Browne, Esq.; Whit more, EScf. CANBRIDGE- 7 -Genefal Manners; General Finch. BitirtronT. ,, -Sir Evan Nepean ; Sir Samuel Hoed. BATH—LOrd John • Thynne ; John Palmer, Esti. EAST RETFORD—General Cratiford; William In-, gilby, Esq. MAIDSTONE, MAY 7.—State of the Poll— , • • Mr. Longman - -• 206 Mr. Simpson - -• UOO ' ' • Sir W. Geary - - - 191 ROCHESTER, MAY 7.—State of the'Poll Sir T. B. Thompson, Bart. 381 John Caicraft, Esq.. - 3GI Sir T. Trigge, K. B. - '305 DOVER, MAY . 7.—State of the roll: Jenl:inson - - - - 380 Pierrepont - - - - 262 Jackson MELBORNE PORT- . ---Hugh Leycester, Esq. ; Right Hon. Lord Paget. GUILDFORD-At' the close of the Poll, 3d 'day, (Thursday) the numbers were as follow : Colonel Onslow - - 145 . General Norton - 78 - Home Sumner, Esq. - - 75 WESTMINSTER. Tfirsriiiiinincr Mr. SHERIDAN and Mr. Patitl.. were tinexpeet:dly proposed as Candidates, and books were:opened to' receive votes for them'. No Speeches were-however made upon the occasion. When Me. SI-Milli:4W appeared upon the Hustings tie" Mob e xpressed• their disapprobation in. a very decided manner. • The tiiinibets 'one' o'clock were--=: — Lord .Coch rane - - - 2.63 Mr.-141i6t - - - ul5 Sir F. Burdett - - 164 . • Afr. Sheridan - 2 0 Mr. Paull - - - - 16 , . Among other whimsical passages in Lord COcn- RANE's Speech yesterday on the Hustings . in Covent Garden, there was the following, in answer to the objethon to the introdu&ion of Naval Charaaers into the House of Commons : " What did people tlyink of those ridiculous puppies who spent the greatest part of their'time driving their curricles about the streets (laughter and applause). These were confoundedly more unfit,to represent them than a Naval Officer. \Vas he fit to be a Legislator who did nothing bUt dri% ^ :e his horses along the, streets, to the imminent danger of people's necks—whose great delight was to square his mouth, to tickle the ears of on ani mal wiser than himself, who with n 9 more brains than an ass flourished the gutS of a beast about the head of a. brute, in order to please the ladieS in Bond-street (loud laughter .and ILyzzas). He was very much mistaken if -such a person was not much less tit to be their Representative than a Naval Offi cer," (applause). • Mr. Monistic , HART DAVIS, in the Church and Corporation Interest, has come in for Colchester by a Majority 0f..55.!i_.! Never has' so much joy per vaded,Colclrsster is that which is experienced by the mast complete triumph which the Church and Cor-' potation Interest have sustained over the Dissenting Interest in the ,town. Enthusiasni, in Mr. DA VIS'S-Caine, was indeed at its-highest pitch. • . Mr. iLUSHINGTON'.S Speech, _on nominating the late,Mr. Alderman HANKEY as a fit Representative for the. City of Londoh, •was highly honourable to his abiiities and to his heart.' In the charader which he . gave . of the worthy 'Alderman .he fully proved , his knowledge : of mankind, and drew a masterly sketch of that description of a man who alone shouldbe appointed to the high station of a legislator and guardian of the public tights and safety. Every account of Alderman HANKEY abundantly justifies all that Mr. LUSHINGTON said on the occasion, and warrants a full' belief that friendship and truth went hand . in hand, in the tribute that was thus - paid to a. Gentleman who might have been one of the chief pro:ps of public credit and,national honour, if .he had lived to enjoy that situation which his fig low-citizens would assuredly have. assigned to him. The independence of his fortime placed hitn far above every temptation to desert the saki line Of public duty, .and. the elevated charader of his mind qualified bins to discharge that duty with spirit, dignity, and effe6t. It iS . somewbAt curious that Mr. PAULL should 'b. 'e reused a challenge from Colonel Elliott,. his opiyment, unless ,the latter would consent to tight with him ab r o a d, and that he should himself have , elnillenged his. friend, Sir PItANCIS BURDETT, and tiolige that friend to tight withliim at home. . NAVAL NEWS. Pi.vmouilt, MAY 6.—Arrived this morning the Ba7.fleur, of 98 guns, from off Brest ; and the Dis patch Sloop of War from a Cruize. Arrived the Danish Ship King Henry the Fourth, laden with hides and sugar, from-Lisbon, bound to Tonningen, detained by the Lion Privateer. Arrived the American Schooner Hannah Marga rita, WATERmAN, laden with wine and fruit ; from Lisbon, bound to London. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 7..—Arrived the Cossack Fri gate, Capt. DIGBY, from the Coast of Africa.' • Sailed the Zebra Bomb, Capt.WourTieras, to the Downs with Convoy. „., FAtbrovrii, MAY s.—Sailed this day the Lady Arabella Packet, PORTEUS, with Mails for the Leeward Islands of the lath tilt. ; the Auckland Packet, SCHUYLER, with Mails of the 28th ult. far Lisbon ; and His Majesty's Ship Humber, of la guns, Capt. Hitt, on a Cruize. Yesterday sailed the Leveret Sloop of War, of Is guns, with the outward-bound Lisbon and Oporto Fleets (28 Sal4 . under Convoy. • • • A melancholy accident occurred here last even" ing : three impresied Seamen from a Studggling Vessel attempted to make their escape from His Ma jesty's. Ship Humber, of 1 8 guns, by jumping over board in the night.; two were drowned ; one was picked up, but in such a mangled state, by beating_ against the'rocks, that bis life is despaired of. • -,-, DEAL, MAY 7.—Arrived His Majesty's Sbip Ka:-- garoo fronra'cl-vie, and remains with the Ships a:: per last. FOREIGN ThrecLLIGE.YCE. BANKS OF THE MAINE, APRIL A 1.--Detachments , . of troops, of More than 1000 men each, 'are ahnost daily passing.ahe Rhine, At, Mentz,-which.halt in the vicinity of ,Frankfort, where they-wait for fur ther orders. It is said that an-Army of Reserve will be assewhied in this Country. ' I The Dardanelles are now put in a very formidable state of deleiice' by French Engineer's. . A very.adVantageous cptumstance, for the Porte, say some of the public Journals, is the declaration which the Austrian Internunchio has made, that his Court will observe ,a,perfeca Neutrality. This Note is very explicit, and shews that it is the policyof, the House of Austria not to suffer any great Power what ever to make itself master ofibe Ottoman Provinces in Europe. AuosayaGi,. APRIL IQ.-To:day a column of the Polish tegion, - on its march forme c.,-,and Army, arrived in this city and. its environs, from the king dom of Naples, which it left on the Bth of February. This column consists entirely of cavalry, which makes a very fine appearance. BERLIN, A.4.RIL 25.—The Telegraph of the day . before yesterday, under the article of Dresden, April 20, says We learn that the Fortress of Neisse has been bombarded since the 16th of this month." HANOVER,APRIL 22.—A great quantity ofpow. der and lead has been conveyed from 1-fameln to MagdebUrgh, An 'extraordinary' war-tax has been imposed in the Principalities. of Calemberg, Got- tingen, and Grubenhagen. 'The Siidge of Artenburgh has 'been rebuilt. • (PRIVATE CORILESPO.NDENCE.) HANIBT.TRGH, APRIL .18.---Thi§ day or to-mor row Ave expea 'Marshal BRUNE.to arrive here froM Rart"Atrea; - and 8000 Dutch troops are on .their wayifrona Pomerania. The . French, uncertain of • their success,- have prud e ntly th rown two br-dgei . . , over the River 'Elbe, near Artenburgh. Their tear of a British Expedition is'unaba'ted, and as . great as ever; and, in faa, there was never a more favoer able opportunity for a British force . appearing on the Continent than the present one, which -if not pro fited by will perhaps never offer again. • - " A strong doubt is entertained here, that his Swedish Majesty will not ratify the Majesty continues td reside at Malmoe. " The heavy French artillery was to be before Dantzic on the 18th inst. " There is no news from Constantinople, via Vienna, but it is certain that the Russians are cont 7 pletely masters of the greatest Part (..f the Turkish Provinces in Europe,, and only need a march of 45 leagues to reach the capital of the Otrornans. " Intelligence of a great and decisive battle iri- Prussia is expeEted every hour : the gr ea t es t pre . . parations are making for it, and the forces which, Will meet in this terrible conflita will, it •is said, amount to not much lt,zs . than 600,000 men. " The French are stealing away all the artillery belonging to the poor city. of Hamburgh : they have also fetched away ten waggon lnads of cankion balls.,". SCHONIN, APRIL 20.- , -- , Last night the Russian Imperial Chamberlain, M. lIrRIAUYIEIutE, arrival at Malmoe frain Memel, with dispatches for his Swedish Majesty. BERLIN, 'Aram 25.—We are assured, that solne days bi,:ate the death of the Empress of Austri3, 4 14