The Sun. — London, England, 1801-05-26 00:00:00

THE SUN. BOLAM QUIT. DICLRE f ALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, MAY 26, !801. WE last night received Paris Papers to the 23d instant. They bring us no intelligence of importance, though the length of time which has elapsed since the last arrival from Paris is more considerable than we have lately been ac customed to wait. The new KING of ETRURIA arrived at Pau on the Bth of May, on his journey to Paris. The indefatigable French Paper, the journal des beim:etas de la Patrie, has again defeated us in Egypt, in mote than one Mtion.. It is in this Paper only, however, that we see any mentiou of Egypt. The Monitear does not venture any such assertion, but confines itself to a total silence on the subjeet. We find nothing relative to the progress of the Troops marching against Portugal. 111. D'ARANIo, the Portuguese Ambassador to the French Govern ment, is stated to have arrived at L'Orient, with Proposals for Peace. The KING, QUEEN and PRlNcEssrs,,accompa nied by the DUKE of KENT, and Pitt Nev. Avot... Iglus, _rode out yesterday morning in Richmond Gardens. The PRINCE of WALES, yesterday visited their MAjEstlES'at Kew Palace. „„ SLATER, one of His Majesty's Messengers, arrived at Lord H A wKEsumtv's Office yesterday, with Dispatches from the Court cf Berlin. Foutbeautift:l pieces of Brass Cannon, taken from the Danes, at Copenhagen, have been presented to EarlSrEricatt, by Lord NEksort. The Royal Invalid Regiment marched into -the Tower yesterday, to relieve the First Battalion of the Guards. Yesterday morning the 7th Regiment of Dragoon • • Guards was reviewed by His Royal Highness the MIK!: of YoRK, on the flat lying between Wans tead.House and Forest Gate, Epping Forest. After they had gone through their several mmiceuvres, a draught was made from the Regiment for ;laud ser_ vice for Egypt, as was generally, understood. His Royal Highness was on the ground about nine, and quitted it about two. •• • GEORGE ABERCROMBY, Esq. Advocate, mar_ rigid to a daughter of the Right Hon. H E DUN AS, 'is the eldest son of Lieutenant-General Sir RALPH Aaracttomay, K. B. and- M. P. and it is a perfeft mistake-which appeared in the Papers, in saying,' that he was blind. • Lady Au ERCKOMBY, we are truly concerned to learn, has been .most seriously ill ever since she heard of the fate of her much-loved husband. Her apprehensions indeed were so strong before the fatal intelligence arrived, and had so powerful an effe6l upon her, that she kept her room, and evemher bed, 'and could admit of no consolation that friendship or airation could dielate. The fate of General At3 F.RCROMIIY affords full scope for the exertion of patriotic Genius, and we hope to see the talents of our Countrymen employed in the noble task of celebrating the triumph of de parted heroism.. The President of the Royal Aca. decoy_ gained so much honour by his Pinure of WoLrtin the glorious aft of dying for leis Coun. try, that we shall be glad to see a companion to that Pk - lure from the same skilful hand. No other Artist of the present day is better qualified to dis pose of figures in extensive groups. The battle in • which the gallant - An MC kOMESY received the fatal nound, presents a subjeEt of the most striking and interesting kind; ,the impetuosity of the French, :aid the triumphant steadiness of the English, dired .ed by the .judgment, and animated by the example 'of their Leader, provide an ample field for the powers of the Pencil ; and study we have reason to expeCt that British Genius will zealously exert itself in the attempt to do justice to British Va lour. -It was yesterday reported, that .accounts have .bren received in Towti from LordWl I.; TAM BEN TINCIC at Venice, stating that-;t report had been riceived there, which was generally believed, of SiTJOHN BO R L A3ll WARR h 1.4 having fallen in with Admiral GANTH EAU M 'S Squadron, of which, after a running fight, four sail of the line were captured. The Marquis of SALISBURY passed last week some days at Yaxley, where his ,Regiment, Pertiordshire Militia, are now doing duty over more thhn 60oa French and Dutch Prisoners. ',The - Officers of the Garrison, antithe principal inha bitants of Stilton andits- vicinity, were entertained by the, Noble Marquis for three days at the Bell Inn, in a very elegant manner. r. A DU orr, .Who hits accompanied Lord HARD-_ w t cite to Ireland, is to be resident there only, during the vacation of Parliament. In the winier Le is to conduct the abirs of Ireland in England. Lord Ct. AR a has borne the dreadfal.accident which ha's befallen him with the herpie firmness wnieh forms so distinguished a feattire of his cha racter. The operation which he has undergone, 114,d never we understand been attemptettbefore. Pt crult , t, the French Envoy, ,arrived at Norfolk, in Virginia, on the 3oth of „March. The crew of the ship that took , hitn outs were guilty of some insolence totvaids the American Sailors in that port, which produced a quarrel, and an affray, in . which about thirty of the if rench' were killed and wounded. On WedneLday last Iqr, LE-, "a Gentleman of Dover, shot himself in the breast with a pistol : he Was alive the taciwink looming, hnt the ball not extra4tc4, lllt,lC hopes were ctit , zttaited of his rocovery, N A , - ,1 L NEWS. Non i/ii impethem ptlagi, 'ovum:jut tridentrose, Se,/ rni6i scrte datum. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 25. AaRIVFD this day His Majesty's Ship Ansoa, from the Westward. His Majesty's Ship Lapwing, which passed by yesterday on her passage to the Downs, with the homeward-bound Lisbon Fleet, put back this day with the whole of the Fleet, and are come to attchor at Spithead, Motherbank, and Stokesbay. Arrived the Union, PERRY, from Lisbon, with the loss of her anchors and cables, which she cut from to save Convoy, in coming out of the Tagus. Arrived the Fanv, Friendship, and Alliance Transports, from Egypt. , Arrived the Lion, Smuggling Cutter, from Alder ney, with 500 casks of spirits, &c. taken"by La Loire. (1 1y `L, YARMOUTH, MAY 25. ARRIVED the Ranger Sloop, from Goree ; and Phenix Lugger, from a Cruize. Sailed the Liberty Cutter, for Admiral Dr cKSON'; Fleet. Sailed the Geow,WIL t, coc K, for Fiamburgh, with bale goods, under convoy of the. tier/Nes Armed Ship. His Majesty's Ship L'Espiegle has sent in the Sara Seraphina, PLOVY, from Rotterdam to Ber ger), with geneva and flax ; and the George Cutter has sent in the Charles Patrick Eckert, OWEN DENT, and .. lan Pieter, FERINGIN, both from Rot. terdam for London. Captain LITTL E ) of the Ranger, who had been some time indisposed; died whilst, removing in a carriage from the sea side to the Town. SHEERNESS, MAY 25. SAILED His Majesty's Sloop Driver, of 18 guns, Capt. DUNBAR, for Yarmouth, with a Convoy ; and //ad, Capt. SARRADINE, for the Downs. Also sailed the Dutch Ships Gelderland, Amphi trite, and Galatea, for Portsmouth, from whence they arc to take Troops in for Ireland ; and Provi dence hired Cutter on a Cruize. Arrived the Bold Gun-brig from the River Thames. DOPER, MAY 25. A Passage Vessel arrived this morning from Calais, bringing Paris Papers to the zzd instant, inclusive, and several Passengers. Passed this Port for London, the Minerva, SAL KELD, from Bengal, and the Rebecca, M‘NLIL, from Baltimore for Amsterdam. GREENOC, MAN 20. ARRIVED this morning, the American Brig Trio, Capt. MAR I NER, from New York, with In dian corn, meal, flour, and tar, after a passage of thirty-eight days. The fast sailing Ships Fanny, BRAT NE, and Huron, HuL, which sailed from this Port on the 6th o f March, arrived at New York within an hour of each other, after a fine passage of twenty-nine days. It appears by the American Papers brought by this Vessel, that the greatest part of the Ships' com posing the American Navy, are to be immediately sold, to give, peyhaps, ,the on Nation an oppor tunity of purchasing them on credit. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OFFICER OF HIS MAJESTY'S FRIGATE CLEOPATRA, CAPTAIN ISRAEL PELLEW, DATED HALIFAX, APRIL 2.6. ge We are just arrived here-from a long Cruize, and lam sorry to say, an unfortunate one. We were on shore on the IsJand of Abaco (one of the Bahamas) three days and ,nights, and very nearly lost , but thank God and perseverance, we got her off again, having been obliged to heave all our guns, and even part ()four ballast overboard ; lost' our false , keel, and hurt the ship's bottom a little. Two other misfortunes we have met with—Our 'third Lieutenant fell overboard ; and, in spite of every exertion made to save him, he was drowned the third was an expedition against a Spanish eon voy, of thirty vessels, richly laden, and protefted by three. Galles (or Gun-vessels) having 32 and 24-pound brass guns on board. They were anchor t ed in the Bay of Levita, in the Island of Cuba. 1 he Boats of our Ship, and those of the:(l;dromache, 'Capt. LAURIE, well armed, proceeded into the Bay about midnight, and would most probably have succeeded in taking them all ; bur alley had got information of our coming, and poured upon us a heavy fire of grape and langrage." Government have very judiciously adopted the mode of sending out the Troops to Egypt in Ships of War. , The advantages attending this method of carrying Troops are so clearly and fully detailed by Captain SCHANK; one of the Commissioners of the Tran Sport Board, and whose experience and a!live services attach peculiar weight to his opinion, that we are induced, upon this occasion, to re-state them, as they are given in his Examination before the Sele6l'Committee of the House of Commons.— Deing asked, if any mode could be devised f o r ' re , during I;xpence, and promoting Dispatch, in the businebs of transporting of Men, Stores, and Provi sions for the RetiefofCa:risons, or upon Military Ripeditions„ consistently 'with the safety of the `Service, Captain SCRANK made the following re- 1 'ply, " Yes, I think there can, by having 40 or so Gun-Ships `fitted up as Transports , These Ships would carry each from Five to Eight Hundred Men, from their size, they would be equal id:sailing to Men of War, arid- a greAt , deal of time,..would ha saved in their arriving at their place of destination; and in case of their losing Convoy, they would not only be able to gain 'their destination, .as soon or sooner, than - the Ships of War from which they are parted, and Would run less risk of being taken by the Enemy, their force being equal to arty French Frigate. With - regard to Expence, were those Ships manned upon the principle of , Merchant Ships, and with the same number of Men per Ton, the Expence would be the same ; but if manned by the Admiralty, the rate of Wages would be consider ably less, and no mote Seamen need be on board than would be sufficient to navigate them, unless afterwards required to ait as Ships of War. This would be a considerable advantage, as without any additional expcnce, these Ships might be 'employed, on their arrival at their destination, as Ships of War to cruize against the Enemy ; whereas, frAn sports, after performing the Service of carrying Troops, must, during their continuance abroad, or on their passage home, occasion a daily expence to the Public, and some Ships of War must be taken from the principal service to convoy those Ships back again. Such an arrangement for the convey ance of Troops, for Hospital and Store Ships, would not only be useful for the nresertatian of the health of the Troops, and safety against the Enemy, hut would add a great force to the Naval Defence of the Country, these Ships being ready for any Service whatever, with the additional Men to make them fit to aft as Men of War."—The good sense and praCtical knowledge displayed in this reply, have had their proper effeCl, and we now see with sails faCtion, the mode here recommended by Captain I SCLIANK, for the transporting of Troops, &c. very generally adopted. EXTRACT OF A LFTTER FROM AN OFFICER OF THE STAFF AT MALTA, DATED APRIL I6TH. " The body of the much-lamented Sir RALPH AnERCROMBY was brought here this morning in the Flora Frigate, and is to be interred with Mili tary Honours. " Sir SIDNEY SMITH is amongst the wounded, but his wound is slight—He has lost a finger only, and the shot that wounded him carried off one of his epaulets. Gen. HOPE'S wound is also slight. The Army of England performed prodigies of va lour, and the surrender of the remains of the Ene my's Army is a matter of certainty." Yesterday advice was received at the India House, of the safe arrival of the under-mentioned ships from Bengal direct, under convoy of His Majesty's Ship Buffalo, viz. the Friend4h4, -; Minerva, Captain SALKELD ; V a r unna , C a p ta i n W. W. FARRIR ; and Highland Chief, Captain Scorr, extra Ships in the Hon. East India Corn. pany's employ ; together with the Hope, a private ship. The cargoes of the above ships consist of gruff goods. A Portugueze Ship called the-Macaba, had arrived at Bengal with six lacs of dollars on board. She sailed from Lisbon on the ist November. , A large Privateer belonging to the French had been captured in the roads of Masulipatam by His Majesty's Ship Arrogant, which re-took the Ships Friendship and Shrewsbury, Prizes to the Enemy. The Right Hon. the Govertor in Council at Fort St. George has been pleased to establish a Court at Point de Galle, under the denomination of the Fis. cal's Court, and has appointed Mr. Fiscal HUNTER. President, and Messrs. D'ESTRANDEAU and FAR. R BR, Members of it. JOHN BROUNCKER, Esq. l'as been appointed by Vice-Admiral RAINIER, His Majesty's Naval OfII:. cer at Madras, in she room of HENRY SEW ELL, Esq. deceased. By an Imperial Ukase, it is permitted to all per sons not suspected,, and . equally provided with pass ports and certificates, in due form, to travel in the interior, or to pass the frontiers 9f Russia without mole Station ; and that the laws made until the year 1796 shall be adhered to. The price of Whearexperienced a decline of tos. at the Corn Market yesterday. Flour, however, continued at the same price. In Smithfield, Cattle sold at very reduced prices, and much below prime cost to the graziers. The sale %%as, indeed so heavy for prune beasts, that there -WAS no market for them. -‘. On Sunday ai li E. NAY DICKENS, Esq. a Barrister, •was riding gently along the road, near the Plough, Clapham, 'a Butche,r, came violently galloping in a taxed cart, osos;sing from one side-of the road to the other, half druhk.—Mr. D. seeing his piecarious situation, halloold out for the Man to keep to either one side or the other, himself going to the left. The Botcher, howeverptirove furiously on the same side,. and the shaft of the cart entered about twenty-two inches under the horse's flank, very uovidentially missing Mr. D.'s leg. The horse, - which, was a yeu tine and poweriul one, ,was not overthrown by the blow, and the Butcher went violently on, when Mr. D I C4IE - hired a post:boy to fUllow hi - m. The man'inanie is nirgrove, Broad -court, Long-acre. . Yesterday morning he brought to Bow street, and bound over to' appear at the Quarter Sessions, himself in loot. .and two sureties in Sol. each. , Mrs Dttrcrxs is deterinibed t lITOgCIUe bim t o the both in -the King's Bench for cLoiages, arid the Quarter Sessions of Surrey, and ii is hoped the punishment may be such as tooperawas a terror to others. On Friday, -fq: hgts of considerable 'Sums, a broken-down blood horse, belonging to a Poulterer in Birmingham, which had lately been sold for 525. travelled 120 'miles in fourteen hours and' forty rnindtes. He was allowed sixteen hours to perform the journey. At the end of sixty miles the bets were greatly against him ; but finally turned in hs favour nearly three to on; and he adually went the hitt thirty milt s w i t h more ,sp i rit thah the pre_. ceding ones. EDLVBVRGH, MAY :i. t Tit is day the General Assembly of the Chutell of Scotland met. The Right Hon. tlte Earl of LEVEN, His Majesty's Commissioner, accompanied. by several Noblemen and Gentlemen, walked Irmo his lodgings, King's Arms Tavern, to the Higlt- Church (the Dumfries shire Militia and City (ipard ltnlita theiireets‘:, wfiefe 711 Cw as receivenq Mapstrates in their robes; The' Rey. T)i - -11 Attn, Principal of the Vt,i,iyerity of Edininggl , , autkprie of the Ministers.,, of this City, preached before tV Commissioner an excellent niscourse. After Sermon His Grace went to the Ass4mbly Room, and the Members proceeded. to chose Moderator for the ensuing year, when the Rev. Dr. WILLI AM R ITCH 'Minister of Xiltviritling) was unanimously . eleded. His Grace's Commis. sion, and His Majesty's Lette aQd Worratirfor ioool. for propagating the Protestant Religion is the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, laeing're.v l as usual, the Assembly was opened by-an etegaht speech from the Throne ; to which a very suiiahlt reply was made by the Moderator. .. • , , , • In aletter from Lord DALHOUSIE, dated-CEmp • before Alexandria, March 28, he' mentions' Sir ' RALPH ABFRCROMBY being at one time surrqund ed by Me Yrench.Cavalry, and completely loit'in the fire and smoke; when - Major HONYMAN gallantly 'rode up, and . Warned hiln of his do get. •,* This distinguished yoiang (Nicer isithiii66l son of Lord ARMADALE, and 'has been vgticti. lady taken notice of by . General' 91 - 6'ott,E;;-:,' t ; • neral MOORE, who was wounded in-thilegia n " had gone on board ship after tle - ,13a4ii6 0 ", to him immediately the following note , :—" My " car HONYMAN, in - the htirry of the 2zst, 1 .44;r' ° ' time to thank you for yont .aisistance dtiring the course of that day. I was, hoWever, very sensible ~ of it. Your condita durin' the wide. of th.,.ttc; tion did, you infinite honour'; and you niai :tter e' nu ~ upon it, I shall take the first opportunity of iniParld ing it to Sir RALPH,' &C. ~-. All the private letters, as well as. the t h e .: • , n e dispatches, speak in the - highest terms Of 'tlte.„`,"'' ficers and Men of the 4.2 d, so that the of this National Regiment, however 'well estat h' .. cd before, has acquired' additional hondur •by tw f conduit in the present arduous. con test.. ' P a ' great veteran General, whose (lath is . so utifvff' sally -lamented, was heard to say that the bibs' r viour of th e 4 2d, at the landing on the Bth 01 March, was the most intrepid that he had eye t • witnessed. lt is • remaiiclblc, that tacit:o e r, were honoured' with the tide . of 'h'e'al gidpi!g, .they lost' nearly the same number or Of6c : er s ' and still more private men. ,It was in thqo r 170, wherrtinder a former General ArrEtteit!OsD Yl . they-stormed the French Lines before Tionde.4% ' In three late Engagements in E g ypt,. therel o . been 26 O ffi cers and above 590 Privates ofiihiiite.• : giment citherkilled or wounded; . Extract of a, Letter from an Ofticerin the* Or i t r i a, his Brother in Edinburgh, darni Aboukir -nay; 3t,'" 7 ' 3801. • • ' " We arrived here on the 2d, but W aid.ll : s t e r r : i v n' e a , 1 . . fdi bad weather till t h e B t h, w hen -the K and a small party of th e A rm y; effeaed a'1; " '4111P under a very heavy liie - of grape aria round, ih°,!;: e We were amongst the first' that landed, and - ye ' our front, with very severe' loss, 23 . men` .''" .. 4.. ed. We made good Our the spot, and 8 Officers., with '156 Privates wl .. , ii. v a need '‘. to.varLE - Alexandria, w itliout ron.ch °1,° 15 0 ,y tion, until the tidt, when we gave the P ° . : •... battle, and we again suffered cOnsitieriiblPiile - Early in the Action, I was wounded. in,4 o point, however', 20.6:10. thigh, but thank God, not dangerously) arl. iiiat now in a fair way of recovery. - 51 1143 • t ine we have had another very Severe. Mil" - ' / 4 a 21St. eflt French attacked us in the 01 0 0 1 17 . at little bef o re d a y, with thei r whole forces 14 12,000 men. After rallying three tiroe s ' - ; , b. were heat back, each time with immense ',"l7,fbe ter—nearly three thousand killedand wounde3; 0, greatest . loss on our side fell on the Reserve, I).4ig ocularly the 28th and 4.2 . 1 Regiments. Oar RiegiT tes Chief, killed, s . i 7 i d z, A 2 L 4 r .t 4 A w: E o lt m c ie lt d o . m 8 y Our , lost 4. Officers killed, and 8 wounded; 4 8 Pritta ip was, rescued frotn the Enemy by our men. Ile re since dead of his 'wounds--a severe loss, is a ti ri , you, to the Army. However we are now well .e, , trenched betbre Alexandria ;'whether it-wi1 1..,6"c; to a Siege or not, we don't know. The Grand v il l ' ii is be:ore Grand Cairo, and the Tutkish AdLn i t i ' Dt %vas wounded, ;Pi': here with seven Sail of the Line. He brought l id Commander i 4000 'Troops with hiM, and more are exix ! her , '; every ; day. We have had hitherto fine wo. t a b and our wounded men are getting well, 1 1E14 gir most of them were Very badly v4O l - I "d eu to ' h . e by. 4 ' RALPH'S body is to be . earried.to Malta, tied tliete. cn Yesterday mOrning,' bOtit four o'clock , se f ° co . the cony las, *who were under SCItIICIICe of tr i 7 sP y fipn, made their 'escape from Edinburgh Pri=on the taking off the - lock of the door that t . ° place nt execution,. and.. letting thetniehiei doWn the stiTet by it' blanket. . Some of-the Public Prints arc . 'favouririg. readers-with an accouter` wliat - I the state of the French in , Egypt. the.l clarations of.a French Regicide are of little ; ante one way :Or oiler; but . die mun e of T A LL! ifq , never can tie mentioned without exciting -the nation of tng,iishinc - n, 'that such a blood,' . 11 ,1:i) should hay.d.folind_so ftlfoUrable reeeptii-19 .1° j - to country, with tho;e•who . . pretend to bo,.Attath'' the Britisli(!e•nsti);tll:6N- ttion • r a Mt.TRAT; tite:.,Frehtli*General, „ rOC, b -, to`his Soldiers;‘whoiire.disraithed to the. ,NePf tan Stites, tells .thein.that they " a re . Ncver did bP I I., utter any thing Halite likely ;- and so e4ge,r French' General cd take posic,bion Se:tpoo":, -spoils, *that he cannot' forbear to is::ue Oi;::6 .tiop, which, under pretent. - COftecomm ending.PY ta is in reality to be considait,t is a qvatil):4Vom )/una'er.