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'~ It • D-runing-strett, August 22, 'Soh A • A 38or. I have the Honor to he, &c. THE ZONDO.Y GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 1801. DISPATCHES, (in Duplicate,) of which the fol lowing are Ovpies, have this day been received at the Office of the Right Honorable Lord Hobart, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, from Lieutenant-Geileral the Honorable Sir John Hely Hutchinson, K. B. transmitted in a Letter from the Earl of Elgin 'to the Right Honorable Lord liawkesbury. Extrati of a Dispatch from the Earl of Elgir to Lord Hawkesbury, dated Constantinople, jai), I 8, I have the satisfaaion of acquainting your Lord. ship, that the enclosed Letters to Lord Hobart con. tain the intelligence of the Surrender of Grand Cairo to the Combined Forces under General Hutchinson, the Vizier, and the Capitan Pacha. Head-Quarters, Camp before Gizeh, MY LORD, 2 Lit June, 1 801. I have nothing new or of very essential import to communicate, but I avail myself of the oppor tunity of a Messenger going to Constantinople to inforrii_you that we are now encamped near Gizeh, which is on the opposite side of the River to Cairo. We mean to erect flatteries in the course of twenty four hours : It cannot hold out long, as it is a very weak place ; but it covers .a Bridge of Communica. tion which the French have over the Nile, itild it is therefore essential to us to. have it in our possession. This operation cannot last above f;ur or five days at- most : I then mean to cross the River and join the Army of the .Grand who is at present encamped very near Cairo o we shall then besiege the Place, which is garrisoned by Four or Five Thou sand French, but their NA'orks are very exteo , , l -_.d, and would require a much grater number - of men to defend them. Great delays have been'occasioned in this operation from the low state of the River, and from the Bar of the Nile at ROsetta, which is frequently impassable for tea days together, so that our march has been much retarded.. • The dif ficulty of procuring Provisions for the Army,'and the obstacle:, which we encountered in•bringing 'the heavy Artillery up the River, which has not yet been entirely accomplished,) . have been very great. However we have now a sufficiency to begin the Siege. (Signed) J. A. HITI CHINSON. To the Right Honorable Lord Hobart. Head-Quarters, Camp before Giza), MY LORD, 29th June, 1801. The Combined Armies advanced on both sides of the River on the 2 tst instant. The British Troops, and thtise of His Highness the Capitan Pacha, in vested Gizeh on the Left Bank of the Nile, whilst the Army of His Highness the Grand Vizier moved forward, and took a position nearly within cannon_ shot of Cairo. On the 22d, in the morning, the Enemy sent out a Flag of Truce, and informed me, that they wished to treat for the Evacuation of Cairo, and , the Forts thereunto belonging, upon certain conditions. After a Negotiation of several days, which was conducted by : Brigadier-General Hope with touch judgment and ability, they agreed to surrender tit, Town and Forts on the conditions which I have the honour to enclose 4 We took possession of the Gate of Gizeh at five o'clock yesterday evening, and also of the Fort Sulkoski on the Cairo side of the River : Hostages have been mutually exchanged, and the final Eva cuation will take place in about ten days. I should suppose that thereare near Six . Thousand _Troops of all kinds in the . Town, but I speak with , out a perfcet knowldge on the subjeet, as I have not yet received any Returns. This has . been a long and . arduous Service ; the Troops, from the great heat of the weather, the . difficult) , of the N::vigation of tlloßivcr, and entire want of koads ;1) the Country, !lave suaei - cd a considerable degree cf titigue, but both Men and Officers have submitted to it with the greatest pa tience, and have matlif -, _.!.,ted a zeal for the Honour of His Majesty's Arms that is above all paneg-yric; the condea of the Soldiers has b!.!en orderly and exemplary ; and a discipline has been -preserved which would ha\ done Honour to any Troops. I am extremely obliged to . Lieutenant;Colonel Anstruther, Quarter:Master General, for the great zeal and ability which he has shewn, under very difficult circumstances, in forwarding the Public Ser vice, From Generais Cradock and Doyle, who were the General Officers employed immediately under my orders,- I have derived the greatest as sistance, and I beg leave to recommend them as highly deserving of His Majesty's Favour. 'The exertions of Captain Stevenson of the Navy have been extremely laborious and constant during this long march ; they have done every thin , that was possible to forward our Supplies; and, indeed, without their powerful aid, it would,have been im possible to have proceeded, Your Lordship will recollea, that the river is extremely 16w at this _season of•the year, the Mouth of the 'Nile impass:' able for days together, and the distance from Ro setta to Cairo between :6o and 170 miles. Cl_ tain Stevenson has been ably supported by Captains Morrison, Curry, and Hillyar, - who were employed under him, The Service in which they have been engaged has not been a brilliant one, but h hope it will he recclleCted that it has been most useful, and has required constant vigilance and attention ; it has lasted now for many weeks; the labour has been excessive, and the fatigue greater than I can express. , This Dispatch will he delivered to you by my Aid de Camp, Major Montre:sor, who has been in the most intimate habits of confidence with me since my arrival in Egypt, and will be able to give your Lordship 4 most perfea account of the situa tion of affairs in this country, I b;g leave - to re, commend birrito your Lordship' s proteaion, as an Officer of rit, and highly deserving of His .Ma jesty's Fa• hive the Honor to be, etc. J, ► I -1 1.3 1 CHINSON) 4 7 41AjocPqa"1. Lord ,1444 4 . fgc, CONVENTION for the Evacuation . of Egypt ay tha Prink and Auxiliary Troops under the Command ofilse General of 1.21- lieliiard, concluded hetweert Brigadier General flop-, on the part ef the Carn..7tander in Chief of the British ...Afro in Egypt, Osman Bey, on the part a Ills Rigbnest the and Pixies-, and Isaac Be . y..isnitie tart of His Hirintess the Caplan Pacha the Citizens Dangelot, Genoa of 13Yigade, ilforiod- ; General of Brigade, and 1 arayre, Chief of Brigade, on rho part of General' of Division Beltiard, commanding a Body of French and iloxiliasy Troops. The .Commissioners stove named having Met aini conferred, after the exchange of their re speefive Pommrs, have agreed upon Inv following Articles: Art. I. The French Forces of every description, and the Auxiliary Troops under the Command of the General of Di vision Bernard, shall evacuate the City of- Cairo, the Cita del, the Forts of Boulac, Giza, and all that part of Egypt which they now occupy. Art. 11. The French and Auxiliary Troops shall retire by land to Rosetta, proceeding by the lett Bank of the Nile, with their Arms, Baggage, Field Artillery, and Amrriunition, to be there embarked and conveyed to the trench Ports of the Me terranean, with their A rnis, Artillery, Baggage, 41nd litleCts, at the expence of the :killed Powers. The Embarkation of the said french and Auxiliary Troops shall take place as soon as possible; but at the latest within fifteen Days from the date of the ratification of the present Convention. It is also agreed, that the said Troops shall be conveyed to the French ports above mentioned, by the most direel and expeditious Route. Art. 111. Fmm the date ofthe signature and the Ratification of the present Convention, hostilities shall cease on both sides. The Fort of Sulkoski, and the Gafe of the Pyramids, of the Town of. Giza, shall be delivered up to the Allied Army. The line of advanced posts of the Armies respedively shall be fixed by Commissioners, named for this purpose, and the most positive orders shall be given, that these shall not be encroached upon, in order to avoid all disputes ; and if any shall arise, they are to be determined in an amicable man- Art.-IV. Twelve days after the Ratification of the pre sent Convention, the .City of Cairo, the Citadel, the Forts, and the Town of Boulac, shall be evacuated by the French arid Auxiliary Troops,.who will retire to Ibrahim Bey, the Isle of Rhoda, and its Depcndeneics, the Fort of Foucruy and Gizeh, from whence thzy -shall depart as soon as pos sibic, and at the latest in five days; to proceed to the points c. Linbarkation. . The 'Generals commanding the British and 0 itcinan A rmiesconsequently engage that means shall be furnisl;ed, at their charge, ter conveying the French and Auxiliary Troops as soon as possible from Gizch. Art. V. The March and Encampment of the French and Auxin:lly Troops shall be regulated by the Generals of the 'dive Armies, or by Officers named by each Party; but is clearly understood, that, according to this Article, the Days of March and •Of Encampment shall be fixed by the Generals of the Combined - Armies, and consequently the said French and Auxiliary Troops shall be accompanied on their march by English and Turkish Commissaries, instruded to furnish the necessary provisions during the continuance of their route. • Art. VI. The Baggage, Ammunition, and other articles transported by water, shall be escorted- by' French Detach ments, and by armed Boats belonging to the Allied Powers. Art. VII. The French and Auxiliary Troops shall be subsisted from the period of their departure from Gizch to the tnne of their embarkation, conformably to the Regula tions of the French array ; 'and front the day of their ent-- bark - atien to that of their landing in France, agreeably to the Naval Regulations of England. Art. VIII. The Military and Naval Commanders of the British and Turkish FO - rCes shail provide Vessels for convey ing to the French Por t s of the Mediterranean the French and Auxiliary Troops, as ivell as all French and other . persons employed in the service of the Army. EV er y thing4elative to this point, as well as in regard to subsistence, shall be re• gulated by Commissaries mu - tied for this purpose by the Gene ral of Division Belliard, and by the Naval and Military Com manders in Chief ofthe,Allied Forces, as soon as the present Convention shah be ratified. These Commis:tries shall pro cecd to Rosetta or to Aboukir, in order tp make every neces. sary preparation for the Embarkation. Art. IX. The Allied POwers shall provide four Vessels (or more if possible), fitted for the conveyance of horses, water-casks, and forage sufficient for the voyage. Art. X. The French and Auxiliary Troops will be pro vided by the Allied Powers with a sufficient Convoy for Their sate return to France. After the embarkation of the French Troops, the Allied Powers pledge themselves, that to the veriod of their arrival on the Continent or the tench Repubitc, they shall not be in the least molested ; and on his part, the General of Division Beihard, and the:froops en t . s ae that. no 2no -c1 of hoctility shiat committed, U by nde th r e i m liscomandl. ,5 during the said period, against the fleet or Territories of ills Britannic Majesty, of the Sublime Porte, or of their Allies. The Vessels employed in convey ing and escorting the said Troops or other French Subjeds, shall not touch at any other than a French Port, except in cases of absolute necessity. The Commanders of the British, Ottoman, and French TroOps enter reciprocally into the like engagements, during the period that the French Troops re main in Egypt, from the ratification of the present Conven tion to the moment of their embarkation. The General of Division Bel hard, commanding the French and Auxiliary , Troops, on the part of his Government, engages thet the Vessels employed foi• their conveyance and protection, shall not be detained in the French Ports after the disembarkation of tha Troops; and that their Commanders shall be at -li berty to purchase, at their own • expence, the provisions which may he ne..t.ssary fbr enabling them to - return. 'Gene ral Betliard also engages, on the part of his Government, that the said Vessels . ..hail not Lie mole:L,;:l en their return to the • Forts of the A tiied Powers, prr , vl,Jeri they do not attempt, or are nezde subservient to, any rniht,oy,operation. . - Art. XI. All the Administrations, the Members of the Commission of Arts i-!!7c. .s,;i:Llc;:s, and in short every person attached to the Frencii, ArtnY, shall enjoy the same advan tages as the All the Members of the said Adinioi stration, tine Cojnmissio.. _Arts. and Sciences, shall carry with them, not only the Papers relative to their Mission, but also their private Papers, as well as all other articles which have reference thereto: Art. XI I. All Inhabitants of Egypt, of whatever Nation they may b.:, who wish to follow the French Troops, shall he at liberty so to co; nor shall their Families, atter their departure, be molested, or their goods confiscated. • • Art. XII I. No Inhabitant of Egypt, of whatever Reli gion, who may wish to follow the French. Troops, shall suf. ter either in Person or Property, on account of the connec tion lie may have entered into with the French during their continuance in Egypt, provided he conforms to the Laws of the Country. Art. XI V. The Sick, who cannot bear removal, shall be placed in an Hospital, and attended by French Medical and other attendants, until their recovery, when they shall be sent to France ou the same Conditions as the Troops. The Commanders of the Allied Armies engage to provide all the , articles that may uppcar really necessary . for this Hospital ; the advances to 6e made on this account shall be repaid by the French Government, Art. XV. At the period when the Towns and Forts men= tioned in the present Convention shall be delivered up, Com missaries shall be named tOr reyqi ring the Ordnance, Ammu nition, Magazines, Pavers,/AtefilvAlS4 Plans and other Public Effects, which the F reach strati leave in possession of the Allied Powers. Art.X4rl. A veksc I shall be provided as soon as possible by the Naval Commanders of the All ied2owers,in order to convey to Toulon an 011ie& and a Commissioner, charged • with the conveyance of the present Convention to the French (.; °vent— ment Art. XVII. Every difficulty er dispute that may arise re speeiiiw the execution pi the present Convention, shall be determined in an amicable mapner ¢y Comm . ysioners named on each parr. Art. XVI 11. IMmediately after the_ratificatiop of the present Convention all the -English cm Ottoman Prisoners at Cairo shall he set at liberty, and the.. Of:kfuntanders in Chief of the 'Allied Powers shall in likemanner release the'French Prisoners ip their respective camps. Art. XIX. Officers of Ram: from the English Army, from His Highness the Supreme Vizier, and from His High ness the Capitan Pacha, shall be exchanged for a like num ber of French Officers of equal ik;,ipk, to serve as Hostages kir the execution of ti,;.• present Trcity. As soon . as the French Troops sh,a;.: be landed in the Ports of F:ancc, the Hostages s4l. tie reciprocally released. F.:X. The present Convention shall be • carried and , coro.Municated by a French 0 Nicer .tp General Menou at /...f.exandria, and lie shall beat liberty to accept of it for tie * french and Auxiliary' Forces (both Naval and Military), which may be will) tiiin . at the above,mentirnied place, pro- . vided his acceptance of it shall be notified to the General commanding the English 'mops before Alexandria ,within ten days the,44t; Of 0; corrimurlication *4l4_ /flack to 'NT, • the Cornmanders in Chlei of the respective Armie; twenty-four hours after the Signlture thereof. Signed iu uadruplictte, at the Place of Conference be tween the Two Armies, the 27th of June, tor, or of the Sitze of Sallar, r 216, or the SLh - •:',lessidor, Ninth r Year . ofthe French Republic. {Signed) J.HOPE, Brigadier-General. OSMAN BEY. ISAAC BEY. D 0 NZ E LOT, General de,Brigade. TARAYRE, Chef de Brigade. Approved and ratified.the present Convention at Cairo, the 9th Messidor, Ninth Year of the French Republic. • (Signed) • •BELLIARD, General de Division. THE SUN. 10 , 14L11 QUiS DICLAZ 1r ALSUM AUDIAT ? LONDON, AUGUST 24, 1801. LORD NELSON, with the whole of his Fleet, weighed anchor from Deal yesterday morning, and stood to thallorthward. At three in the afternoon the Fleet were still in sight, apparently shaping their course N.E. A Flotilla, which was supposed to be bound to Boulogne from Dieppe, was met off St. Faller] on Friday evening by His Majesty's Frigate Ja maica, which immediately gave battle to, ana sue,. ceeded in sinking three, and capturing as many; one of the latter of which sunk soon after she was taken. The vessels were close in shore, and covered by the Enemy': Batteries. MAJOR MoNrit ESOR arrived in Town on Satur day evening, with Dispatches from Majoi-Gene ral HurcHtNsov, containing the. official details of the Surrender of Cairo, which hay.e been so anxiously expetled, and which were yesterday published in a Londcn Gazette Extrawdinary, tp be found in our preceding columns. It will be gratifying to our Readers 'to find that this success has been purchased without bloodshed on either side. The force in the City, it appears, was not exaggerated, when it was stated at 6 0 00 men.— Too much cannot be said of the beneficial conse quences likely to result from the capture, nor too much praise bestowed on the Troops to whom we are indebted for the accomplishment of an °Ned so.arduous, and which has been attended with so much fatigue ; but it is unnecessary to enlarge on these subjeas, as the opinion of the Public has been uniform and undeviating from the first moment.of the arrival of the intelligence. . By the Terms of the Capitulation it will be seen that the French and Auxiliary Forces are to evact, Ate the City of Cairo, the Citadel, the Ports Of Bculac, Giza, and all that part of Egypt which they then occupied ; are to retire by land to Re sena, with their arms, baggage, field-pieces, and ammunition, and are thence to be conveyed to the French Ports in the . Mediterranean, at the expence of the Allied Powers, by the most dire& aml ex. pcditious route. The, third and subsequent Arti des of the Convention, to the eleventh inelusively,• determine the manner in which the conveyance of these Troops, bid the other circumstances inci dental to it, are to be. - regulated. The twentieth Article direas that a *communication of the Con vention shall be made by a French Officer to Gene ral MENou . , at Alexandria, who shall be at liberty to accept it for the Forces in that place, within ten days after the time of his receiving the communi cation. The date of this Convention is the 27th of June, and supposing General ME xott to have received the intelligence on the 3oth, he will have had till the 9th of July to deliberate on the condul he would adopt ; and as Lord &ones . Letter is dated on the 18th of July, it does not come down to a date sufficiently recent to bring us the result of the French General's deliberation, supposing him to have taken the time allowed him by the .Con vention. We arc however without anxiety as to an event which, as far as it is allowable to calcu late upon certainty in human events, appears 'in. cvitable, though it may be delayed a few days, or a few weeks. The Park and TQwer guns were fired on Saturday evening in consequence of the above advices. The Hambuish Mail due on Wednesday arrived on Saturday evening, and that due yesterday ar rived in course, The intelligence which the fur. mer has brought us from Egypt is anticipated by the 4ficial accounts. From Peterdur‘b we receive information that DUROC has failed in the objea of his mission, the revival of the Northern confede racy, a fail which our Pacification with the Court of Russia had long ago enabled us to predia. The other information brought by the first Mail is un interesting, with the exception of those articles which relate to the Invasion of this Country ; and our Readers have been so long alarmed, or rather excited to vigilance by these accounts, that we 4101 not thinkit necessary so reoapitulge prepara. tips of the French, .a. • ••••• •V•aallA 1, 1111 LUC In 414".7 that the Turkish Troops were advancing in COr' siderable force against AleAandria. It represent) too the preparations in Holland and Flanders a s nog aaually carried on, less with a view to an attack upon our Coast than to the defence of their own, WE yesterday received Paris Papers to the 2lst instant. They, contain scarcely any thid of importance. Admiral LA.ToVCITE TR Ev has given an account of the Attack made by Les NE LsoN: on the French Gunboats, on the !lie: of the rsth instant. If we were not already in possession of the narrative given by Lord Nk L soll and his Officer's ofthis affair, we might peruse this account with some interest. But this is- no lone excited ; nor can we, patiently peruse a statement/ in which it is said, that one of the French Guts' Boats sisal four o f our Pinnacer and took several - I All mention of the Chains which preserved these Vessels, is of course omitted, and the French are again covered cwith glorj•, for having saved their Boats from the efforts of our Seamen. We understand, that in the arrangement or the offices of Secretary of State, the Plantation business is transferred from the Home Secretary to Loi HUB AR T'S Office. Sir Oft)xcE SHEE is appointeci to the Herne Department, principally for 'the purpose of givi4 his assistance in coluitietiiig the Correspondence with Ireland, with the affairs of which he is particular)/ con versant. In addition to the Supplementary Militia and Va' lunteer Corps, which are every where organizing fat effeaive service,` arrangements are making for rats' ing the Country rti mane, should circumstances re' der such a measure necessary ; the Sheriff's of same Counties have already issued their preeepts.for asset' raining the number within their several ,Di s triei capable of bearing arms, and for establishing evert possible facility to the immediate assembling of th e posse comitatzst, in the eu.ent of invasion. Lieutenant-General w zLLIAM GARDINER IS ara°, pointed Governor of Kinsal e , v i ce G enera l L Ito&smoxE, deceased ; and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. TWIN CRE / GH TOlif to be Governor of Hurst Castle, vice Lieutenant' General GAILDINER. The Lincoln Supplementary Militia are to be re: embodied at Stamford and Grantham; on the Vs' inst. and the following day. The Nottingham Militia are to be re-embodit 4 at Mansfield on the z+th of September, The Volunteers of Scarborough are at present doing garrison duty there. The Suffolk Supplementary Militia was on Thuts 4 day re.etnbodied at Bury and Sudbury. The Troops, including some Detachments of the Guards, which marched from Colchester rthcnit A l4s weeks since, nre shortly to return thither. The Leicestershire Militia were to be emboai gl at Leicester this day. Several other of the Scotch Volunteer Corps, VII addition to those we before mentioned, have off feted to extend their services to England in case invasion. The Musseibur4h, Dalgety, and SitAth" migis, were most prQminent. Saturday a considerable number of Letters Fre the Cape of Gooal-lope and St.... Helena, brought 0 , England by the G'am . brio n Friga te , were delivered from the Post-Office.. By this 'medium, Letter , from the Cape. I'o the" 26th of May are received , which state that the nutriber of Troops sent fto lll Bombay to co-operate with the British 'Army i° Egypt, amounted to near.. 816 co men.--Our Letter° from St. Helena are to the z4th of June, at whiel period, the iVimibain and Lord Drumm Indigre i had arri;ed there tram London. General MOORE, and several other wound Officers, are stated to have .been on board the S , willa sure, on their passage to Malta, when she was c:lr tured. • The two Naval Officers who were to have be t/ executed at Copenhagen, on the 14. th inStant, fo r cowardice in the battle of the 3(1 of April, wer° pardoned when brought to the scaffold, on tion of being imprisoned for life. The Banking-house established at Hcimburgh for commerce with Vienna, is called Foga and Corm. anj ' • a name composed from the initials of the four Partners, FRICS, OCHS, GtYMEELLIER, and ARts-rrEtxtits, four rich Bankers of Vienna. It 9 business will be principally confined to the payment of the debts and interests due by G overnme nt to FOreign Countries. The importation of Grain and Flour for the %WIC" viz, from the 15th to the 21st inst. inclusive, O s as follows ; Wheat, 25,700 quarters ; Flour, it,5, 84? cwt. ; Oats, ,I 1,960 quarters ;. and Rice, 7,00 ct ew t. There were likewise about r,OOO .quarters O f Barley, and a like quantity of Pease. , . The Price of Wheat in the Metropolis ha s ' during the last week, experienced a further reto c ; tion of about zos per quarter, bri ng a f a ll o f thr e e Guineas per quarter .within the present month/ Barley is gs. Rye Bs. and O ats 6 s . per qua rtet cheaper. Flour holds its price, and is 103 . r ef Sack dearer than the best quarter of Wheat. In some of the Provincial Markets, Wheat ha s fallen more,than Cent, per Cent. At Chester, a r the commencement of the present month, the 3 '' e i ' raged Price of Wheat was 15s. z Id. and last we e ' one hundred bushels of prime new Wheat was offer" ed at Ss. 3 d. per bush e l ; b ut no purc h aser , be found, the Dealers e:pefting, from the admitted abundance of the present Harvest, a still greater reduetion, In Cheshiie, Staffordshire, WArwickshire, and. some ne . ghbouring Countie,, Po tatoes ar e selling al one shilling per bushel of Soil). Died, on Friday the x4th inst. at the Parsonage' House, Chatham, WILWAM STORY, Esq. at thc *4Yaiwzd arc of $;.