The Sun. — London, England, 1801-05-04 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAM ENT. ROUSE OF PEERS, SATURDAY, MAY Z. A Meeting of their Lordships look place at an early hour this day, chiefly for the dispatch of some Judicial Business ; and accordingly Counsel were beard at some length relative to the Scotch Appeal, M'MACAN FluctirESON : the farther hearing of which was deferred till Tuesday. • Some unimportant routine business was then dis posed of, and their Lordships adjourned till Mon- TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Letter qf W ANDZR E K 'hall readily find a place, the jest half Column we h.rue to spare. THE SUN, soLsg QUIS Diczaz faLSUI4 AUDZAT LONDON, 1114 Y 4, 180 z . DISPATCHIIS were yesterday received in Town ?corn the Earl of ELG rN, tt CanitantinOpie, which were list night published in the following LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. Doeuming-street,"May 3, Igo I. The follov;:ing Copy of a Vetter from Lieu tenant ,General Sir Ralph Abcrcromby, K. B. to the Earl of Elgin, together with Dispatches from his Lord. ship to his Royal Highness the Duke of York and Lord Hawkesbury, and a Letter from Colonel An smaller to Colonel Brownrigg, of which the fol 'cluing are ExtraCis, have been this day received. c9p) , of a Leter from Sir Ralph 4bercroriby to the Earl of E lgin, dated Camp btfore Alexandria, I.6th March, ISo 1. MY LORI), Qn the Ist instant the Fleet arrived in sight of Alexandria ; on the 2d it anchored in-Aboukir Bay ; the weather did not permit any debarkation before the Bth ; on that day it was happily effeBed," under the most trying circumstances. The Boats had Pear a mile to row; and were for some time under the fire of fifteen pieces ofartillery, and the rhusque try of two thousand five hundred men ; still the in. trepid;ty of the . Troops overcame every difficulty. , took eight pieces of cannon. - o n the 9th, the remainder of the Army was On the I:th, we marched forwards to - withi,l two leagues of Alexandria, and one league of the Enemy, who were advantageously posted on a ridge, with their Right to the Canal of Alexan dria, and.their Left to the sea. . On the 13th we moved forwards to attack the Enemy, and to turn their Left. They did not; however, wait, but came down and attacked us. The action w•ns warm; but the Enemy were every where forced under the watts of Alexandria. Our loss is considerable.— Although Col. Erskine is wounded, he is doing we ll—h e, has lost a leg. His Regiment gained great credit, but suffered severely. No Officer of P.alik is killed, or dangerously wounded. Excuse ihii, , serawl, written on my knee. .47 , R. ABERCROMEY. Extiaei qf a Letter from the Earl of Elfin to His Royal Highnest the Duke of York, dated. con. Van fivolde, April 4, 1801 As Colonel .. . Anstruther's Letter to me, which accompanied that to : Colonel Brownrigg, was writ ten on the 16th of March, I take the liberty of adding to your Royal Highness,. that Menou having with eOOO Cavalry, joined the Corps at Alexan dria, attacked Sir Ralph Abercromby on the z Ist. The Assaulfwas vigorOus ; but the Enemy were e)tirely. repulsed -with great loss,' not, however, belore Sir Ralph - , Abercromby,. General Moore, General Hope, and Sir Sidney Smirh, had been wounded slightly and Colonel Abercromby had last a limb. tiolonel Paget-4ppe4rs to have had a slight wound. • Lord Keith's last Lotter says all the wounded are surprizingly well,,eousidering they are all by can non,or grapo shot, I may, add., that my Janissari, wholefi RtiOclrs oh the 27th; 'mations . , that some of the 'Troops . wlio came there first, or had been left . sick; were'already so well as 'to have sailed from ~ . thendi to join, , ,klothing could have been more.brilliant than our ppeTatlOns appear t 9 have been. :S.Z. t r a zi o f Leter from Lord El?ils to Lord Hawkesbury i ( laud Convantinople, 4141 14, Igo!. I iviye the happiness of informing yo'ur Lordship, that Fhave this moment . received an Express from Rhodez, dated 27th March, with a scriesof private 21cct,Itints 4 of the successful proress :'cof Si: Ralph Aberetomby's Arm'. • t appears that Menou must have set out from Cairo, on the first intelligence of Sir Ralph Aher cromhy's landing. Meanwhile dur.Army had ad vanced(tinder circumstances far "too honourable for the Bricfsh Arms, fOi'me to attempt relating on the imperfet details I possess), and had taken post within three miles of Alexandria, where • they 'had prepared against an attack from 'Menou, who, with two thousand, Cavalry, having formed a jun6tion with the Garriion of Alexandria, came against our Army on the zsst. • In this aCiion'' have to regret about Five Hundred Men killed and wounded; while the Enemy positively lost Two .Thetusand Men killed and wounded, and Five pltrAicicl taken Prisoners. On the preceding Wednesday, Aboukir Castle sur. rendered., and the British and Turkish Flags were flying there. Extract of a Letter from Colonel einstruther to Colonel Brosonrigg, dated Camp near Alexandria, 16th Match tgoi. The Fleet sailed from Marmaxie on the 22d February; and anchored in Aboukir Bay on she 2d March. From that day to the 7th, the weather was so boisterous, and the swell so great, that it was impraaieable to disembark. This circumstance gave the Enemy full leisure to canal Troops and Artillery, and to make every necessary preparation to Opose us. The whole Infantry of the Garrison of Alexandria, Three Hundred Cavalry, and • Fourteen or Fifteen pieces of Cannon, were placed on a space of little more than two miles, from near the Castle of Aboukir to the narrow Isthmus, which forms the boundary of the Lake. Such was the situation in which u“o,und things, en the morning of 'the Bth, when'ithe descent was , made. Nothing, I believe, ever exceeded the bold ness and perseverance with-which the Boats conti nued to approach the shore, under a shower of bal lets, shells, and grape. Every discharge was answered by a shout from the Seamen, and all seemed totally insensible of danger. The Reserve on the Right formed as if on the Parade, and in a moment carried a Height nearly equal to, add very like to that of Cainperdown. - The Left were charged by the Cavalry, the moment they got out of the Boats. However, they drove every thing before them ; and in the course of three quarters'of an hour, the Enemy was completely beaten, with the loss of half ,his Artillery. - After a halt of two or three hours, in older to disembark ammunition, and a part of General Coote's Brigade, which had not been landcd, the Army advanced about four miles; where we remained till the r zth ; the land ing of provisions and Stores being much impeded by the boisterous weather. On the t zth we again marched about five miles, 'constantly skirmishing 'with the advanced guard of the Eneniy, who had received a.:reinforcement of two Half Brigades 'of Infantry, and one Regiment of Cavalry,.from Cairo. We halted for the. night, about three miles froin the Enemy's position, which seemed and proved very advantageous. Next morning the Army moved to . attack the Right of it, marching by Lines from ehe Left; the Reserve covering the movement, and moving paral lel with the first fire. As the ColuMns advanced into the Plain, the . attacked the: heads of • ,- • • both with all his City4,lry, swotted by a consider able body of Infantry;' and, ten or: twelve pieces, of cannon. This attack was reptilic&by the advanced guard (the Both and rd), both of which behaved most nobly. The first Line then formed two Lines to the front of march, the Flanks of which were protetled by the Deserve, and continued to advance in that Manner; whilst the' second Line continuing still in Column (excepting the first Brigade of it) turned the Enemy's Right, and forced hiM to quit his position. The Army followed in the order above stated, and Sir Ralph had given orders for renewing the attack on the Heights close' to "the Town, to Which the Enemy retreated ; but .on ; ex-. mining, them with attention, it was thought that. they were under the guns of the Forts, and could not probably be kept if carried ; the Army took up in the evening the grOund which the Enemy had quitted. The Force of the. Enemy opposed to us appeared about soon Infantry, 600 Cavalry, and a large pro_ portion of ,Artillery ; • the groOq being patticularly • •; favourable to the two last., ;kiwi movements, al though under a constanb,einttohadt,..were regular and accurate : the Crkß4il,. in this / ,lWst . adion, had • • his horse shot undeehrm,,,-1 The position we occupy -is good ; it cuts off the communication between Alexandria and the Nile, excepting through the Desert : our supplies are con veyed by nic.ins of the Lake, with case and security. The above Dispatch of Lord ELCIN, while it, affords us the satisfadion of finding the triurnph which, bas fOr fotir days been the objc4 of our joy and our hopes fully . cOnfirmed,lacltis,to chat 44 tisfitc. tion, by showing that the loss on our side has been Much less than: was.-before..atated, and diminishes the regret which must attend evenl victory from the . loss of our brave Countrymen. We have besides the pleasure to think, that if Sir RALPH As ER - CROMBY has been wounded, it can have only been slightly, as Lord ELGIN states himself to have to. ceived communications signed by that General and by Lord KEITH, so that we are relieved from anxiety with respell both to the personal safety of the Ccmmander in Chief. and to the future opera tions to. the;auctess of which his presence and his talents cannot fail to contribute. dire flatter our !selves that Government will soon receivt from that Officer himself the details of these important events, in which he has borne so distinguished a part. Till that period, ourßeaders will judge that it would be in vain for us to reason on operations on which we are not furnished with sufficient data. The only thing we can conjeaure, or, to speak more proper. ly, which we consider as certain, is, that the Vic tory of the ztst of April has given an impulse to the Expedition which the French can no longer resist. , Government yesterday received the most satis faaory intelligence which has for a great length of time reached it froth the Northern Courts.. We understand that before the - Naval Vittory gained on the ad of April, off Copenhapg, was, known at ters,bgrgh, Count PAHLEN had written to the Russian Ambassador in Drizttrark to rake immediate measures with Admiral PARKER, to induce him to suspend all hostility against Detrytork, as it was the .of Ills IMPERI A L MAJESTY to bring lia l ek s ' l . as . clon as possible, the relative situation of lingland antißttisia to the point iwkere it was before t.l'lute,tlift;r4tes. This ftet, as gratifying as it is ittilx,rtatit,: justifies all those- hopes which we from the first moment formed of the amicable dis position, and the political wisdom of the Emperor ALEXANDER. Every one mus: readily see_ that' it is calculated to put an end, in a manner favourable . _ to our interests, no: only to our differences with the . - - • • North, but also to the Contest which we have hitherto maintained with - so much glory against, France. Lord Sr. Hs LE NS sets off this day for Yarmouth, there to embark on board the Latana Frigate, for St. Petersbargh. His Lordship will 'be accompanied by' a Son or Cott:lt Woltortzow. . It is believed that his.Lorasi4 is furnished with full powers to accommodate the misunderstanding with Sweden and Deßmark, as well as Ruttier. The HamLu s egh Mail due - yesterday arrived in course, After having stated the nature of *the dis. parches received by Government from the Northern Courts; the Mail, it may be supposed, cannot fir, nish us with *any intelligence that is not -of inferior, intere,t. The facts, however, corroborative of the return of a favourable disposition in all the North ern Powers towards this country are very strong. The Prince of Hrsss has given notice to the Ham.., burghers, - that the Danes were to evacuate their city in 'the 'course of ,the present week. The Cartscronr article is of considerable importance, and the return , orSirliroi PARKER. to Copenhagen is a strong proof that the term; on which the mat ers in dispute- . ..are to be • settled are well under stood by all parties. The C4othagen Letters contain the Propositions which are to decide the Question 'of Search ; and the. Peteribursh Article gives an Ukase for re concluding our• Sailors, at the expence of the Rus sian Government, to the several Ports whence they were taken. - In .the Packet which brought over the Mail, Capt. Saone arrived with Dispatches from Ad miral PARKER, announcing his return to Ccien&agen, and we understand, the adjustment of the Prelimina ries of our-differences with Russia and Sweden. We last 'night received Paris Papers to the ist. instant, which though their contents be uninterest.: ing, are of considerable importance, as they prove the falsity of those rumours which were circulated on their authority. on Saturday last. The Momiteur is WHOLLY, SILENT ON' THE SUBJECT OF EGYrt, the strongest negative evidence that the details of whirl lifiePrench are in possesSion, are as disas. ' trc3s,to,otu• enemies as the most sanguine can have antitipated. Et*y other Journal in our possession follows the. exarniiie of the Mathew., a nd is silent on the subjo, with exception of the journal des Pefessars de la.Patrie, which having before 'de feated our armies by a dash of the pen, pursues its vi Tories in the following paragraphs : " The Minister of Marine has receivel from the Maritinie Prefed at Toulon, Citizen VE:ccE, an account, dated on the. azst April, which contains the 'following details : One cf the Ships of Citizen BAux, which sailed. foX Egypt on the zgth IVI :IQ,II, with the divi. sion under the command of General GANTHEAVUE, was taken by the English twenty -leagues distant from the Squadron, and carried into Moho'. " The Captain and the Crew were sent back in a flag of truce which reached Marseilles on the, 19th April. " This Captain writes to his employer, who is at present at Team, that- an English Ship which sailed from the roads of Alexandria on the 24th of March, and which came into Mahon on the ist April, brought intelligence that te.,# . been completely defeated by Generil I kott: Vas Captain adds that the greatest consternation prevail— ed in Mahon. r • • • , ,• " Letters from Cantantitrople of the nth March, announce its having been there stated that . General Asuaceorstar who had succeeded in disembarking in Eno, had been attacked by Ge neral MENOU, who bastkilled 3000 of his men and taken 5000 prisoners. " Letters are spoken of which confirm the reports circulated of the defeat of the English before Alexandria." We shall not insult the understanding of our . Readers by any observations on these Paragraphs. They play artiuse the People of France till rI4 .London Gazrtte 4xtraordivat y. of last night. shall 64 undeceive them. . The Tiers Consolida were higher on the loth ult, than at thetiate Of the la s t .Papers. The French Peolle probably; consider the :death of their . chkf Ally, and the prospect of 16singtherr -usurper!, donl 'lions "in the East, as• palculated,t6 remuve- sums material obstacles in the way of Peace. . . Th' e R 0 y,41, F.tz. , tt LY . are 'expea s ta to set oiftl 4 Weymouth, in the course of next *eek. - -: HIS MAJESTY, we are happy ;to ; learn, i t cji t i proving in point of health. He recoveis his strength ' but slowly, but is, in other. reyeas, conyleteljr well. - . Captain DoiiE, whci. was dispatched by Lord NEL.SoN to Lord CARYSFORT • with the advie e _of the Convention' .of Copenhagen, passed through kiamhurgh on the 24th, -on his .return from Bedirr, Count Su -Bow, -whoplayed so conspictious tu-part in the late catastrophe in the North Qf . Europ e „. beenn-apparited MaSter of the Horse to the Eruptive ALEXANDER the FIRST, • Orders, somewhat similar to those which *en • issued three years since, arc now circulating from the War-Office to the Army and Yeomanry :don the coasts :---they direet, that in the event of,,,vx invasion, all cattle andborses be immediately dri vel # into the interior, with a view to impede. the pa*. greys of the enemy. who cannot be supposecl e ipaair our superiority at. sea, to be able to bring:o'4 them a proportionate number of draught aa d athes *- horses. The book, for the instruEtions,.oomplea several pages, recommends the felling treer.ikiktp roads the enemy is to pass, indifferent andoymeiltS situations, &c. An Expedition is preparing in India against httia; nilla, Batavia is now known to be in A sate orbs mine, An 'account' of the total produce of the Tax upon Income for the year ending the sth of April, Oka, vales the amount at 5i8aa,7441. The change which has taken pine in the relative situation of this Country, daring the last due* weeks, is such as,* perhaps, has seldom occurred in the history of any Country,. It must have - mit little discomposed the hopes of our enemies, to see those whom they considered on. the ist of April, as penitas totti diciiims-orZe Britarmos, not only. renew. ing their intercourse with .tho, , ,e COuntries front which they calculated on . having, by their in ' trigues, excluded us, but renewing it wider circtire. stances of triumph in both the North and the Sotkth t as unexpeeled by our Enemies, as they jiM bag . brilliant. The conquestof Egypt from . the . Frencli, certain: ly removes a very material obstacle to Peace. I; was a illtt qua mot -of Peace with BONAPARTE that - Egypt should remain in the possession of the French, to which it - was impossible that . we should ever can.. sent. Egypt cannot 'nom become a point of the Negotiation at and therefore it appears Ds. more probable .that the. Chief Consul may turn his thoughts to the means sqf giving Peace tt? hip wretched and distraEled Country. The Chief Consul, by his Minister- at Wars BEttituta, gave us some time ago an article which must be highly satisfatiory to the Friends of our brave . Countiymen in Egypt. This was the- Hos,. pical Return of the French Army, by which it ap.,. reared chat the climate' was remarkably salubrious, and that the proportion of deaths was less than its Europe.. General 114-ossta, who Is the Second in Comn.. mand in Egypt under MENOV, is reckoned one of the most-promising young Officers in the French Service. He ivas the rival of lltstax, but w as more esteemed for military talent.. He Lost the cap t .. fidence of BONAPARTE from heing, in conjuntio with KLESER, of the Party for evacuating Egypt, -• BONAPARTE vows vengeance awtnt GANTHEAUME, whose conduet is to Ise examined into, for not having gone to Egypt in spite .of the damages which his Fleet had sustained ; and the Chief Consul has, in a rage, declared that the next Expedition by Seashall be commanded. by a Land Officer ! Amongst the absurd rumours of Saturday was on e that GANTHE#VOME had iot into Alexandria with 6600 men. GANTHEAUMg, it is perhdly ascer_ Mined, is still at Toulon, where he is about to b e tried for not having got to Egypt. Some se cre hockfa of an Lait lNuake were lat o l y :, t'it Arcot.