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Y P. SYI fit' t—lier.ry 'Vane ti,elmll)i., et 11oLseharn, .sq. I Sir Henry 1 bbetson, el Dzutzn, 13art. ;. sir William Ingleby Manor, Bart. • • PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL. Nevemlfer 12, 180 . 1. County of Cortrwrzll. . The names' of those who were nominated for Sheriff's by the Council of His Royal Highness the P r ince o f Wales, at His Royal Highness's ouncit- Cilamber and Dutchy-Office, Somerset-Place on Thursday the i zth day of November, in the Forty_ second year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, and in the year of our Lord !801 Thomas Carlyon, of Tregiehan, Esq. Thomas Rawlings, of Pac.stow, Esq. Richard Oxnam, of Yenzanct, Esq. Downing.itreet, Noev: 14., ISe t. Dispatches (in dupliCate) of which the following • are a Copy and Extratl have been received at the (Ace of the Right Hon. Lord Hobart, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, brought by Colonel Abercromby, from 'Lieutenant General the Bon. Sir John Hely Hutchinson, K. B. commanding His Majesty's' Troops serving in Egypt. Ifead-quarters, Camp brfare Alexandria ) MY LORD, r9th August rSoi. The last division of the French Troops who sur rendered at Citiro, sailed from the Bay of Aboukir few days ago. There have been embarked in all near thirteen thousand five hundred persons. The Giir4son of Calte3 consisted of about eight thousand Troops of all descriptions, fit for duty, not includ ing onethouland Sick, and a considerable number of Invalidi: The total amounts to near ten thousand Soldiers arnangst .i.vhotrr there was a very, sinall - proportion of Grees and Copts, not more than four or five hundred' men : the remainder were all French. The other persons embarked were fol lowers of the Army, and attached to it'in various civil capacities. Major General Cradock having been confined at • - Cairo by illness, I entrusted the command of the Troops to Major General Moore, who, during a long march of a very novel and critical nature, played much judgment, and concluded himself in the most able and judicious manner. Notwithstand ing the mixture of Turks, British, and French, the utmost regularity was preserved, and no one dis agreeable circumstance ever took place. My pre sence at Cairo was rendered indispensably necessary, by some arrangements which I was obliged to make with His Highness the Grand Vizier. Major General Baird, after having struggled through many difficulties in passing the Desert, and from want - of Boats to descend, the Nile, has at length arrived at Cairo with the greatsnt•part of the Troops under his command,• and I fmagine he will Teach Rosetta in the course of a few days : he has been direded, to detach a certain number of Troops to Damietta, and to leave a Garrison at Gaza. We two. days ago commenced our operations against Alexandria; as yetno event of any conse quence has taken plate; we have lost a few men, aid taken a few Prisoners. Major General Coote .has been detached with a considerable Corps to the Westward, in order to invest the town .uOmpletels , on that side, and to cut off the communication of the Enemy with the Arabs, who have been in the habit of supplying them with small quantities of cattle - and other kinds of fresh provisions. General Coote's first operation will be direfted against Marabout, a Castle on an'lsland at the entrance of the old Har bour of Alexandria.., cannot conclude this latter without stating to your Lordship the many obligations I have to Lord Keith and the Navy, for the great exertions they have used in forwarding to us the necessary Sup_ plies, and from the fatigue they have undergone in the late embarkation of a considerable number of Troops .and Stores, who were embarked on the new Lake, and proceeded to the Westward under the orders of Major General Coote. The utmost dispatch has also loten•used in send ing the French Troops lately captured, to France ; which, in our present position, was a service of the most essential consequence. I have the Honour to be, &c. J. HELY HUTCHINSON. Lieutenant-General. (Signed) Extraa of a Letter from Lieutenant General the Honourable Sir job: Hely Hutchinson, K. B. to the Right Hon. Lord Hobart, dated Head-quar ters, Camp before Alexandria, 19th Aug. 18or. I was honoured with yogr Lordship's Dispatches ~f the 19th May, at Cali Where I remained to settle some essential business with His Highness the Grand Vizier, on the.subjed of the Mamelukes; I have put their affairs in a train of negotiation, and hope to bring them to a fortunate issue. • The Siege of Alexandria will probably be attend ed with many difficulties ; the works towards the East side, where we are encamped, are prodigiously strong, and can hardly be approached on account of the narrowness of the space between the Lake and the Sea, and the nature of the ground; towards the west, the works are, not so strong, but how ever the difficulties in approaching them are also numerous; the Corps there is completely in the De sert, the combunication with us (by whom they must be supplied with every thing), is tedious, and the Boats employed have a most severe duty to per form ; General Coote has, however, been so for. tunate as to find. water; on the whole, I cannot 'flatter myself that. Alexandria will be in our pos session in a short time, unless some event takes place, of which we are not at present aware. The reinforcements from England, Minorca, and Malta, are arrived, except the "4.Bth Regiment from the latter place ; they are very fine Troops, and in a perfect state of health, order, and disci pline. Dentrnmg-Strett, Nov. 1 4, 180 1. A Dispatch, of which the following is an Ex trad, has been received at the Office of the Right Honourable Lord. Hobart, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, _from General the Honourable H. E. Fox, commanding His Majesty's Troops in the Mediterranean, dated :Malta, 7th Oaober, z Soz. WE last night received Paris Papers to the 13th inst. They contain but the two following articles entitled to notice, both of which are extra led from the Moniteur. " Yesterday, (9th November) at half past eleven, His Excellency Marquis Co it NWALL is, Pleniporen. nary Minister, of His BRITANNIC MAJESTY at the Congress of Ann'ens, was introduced by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the CHIEF CONSUL, who gave him audience in private. " The Feast of yesterday had the charaaer of all those celebrated in France since the 9th of Novem ber, 1799. " The greatest order tended to make the great est confidence prevail, conneEting Citizens, and making them live contented under Laws which humble no one, nor give to any one exclusive privi leges, and dispose them to participate, without un easiness as to the future, in the ten years of triumph to which France is indebted for her Independence, her Institutions, her Repose, and,her Festivals. " The days which preceded the 9th November, announced weather very little adapted to a National Fete : the morning of the 9th of November was stormy ; but the moment when the preparations for the Feast were finished, the day cleared up, the Sun shone on the sports of 'the afternoon, and the night was illuminated with a magnificent display of lamps, and by a Fire-work the finest which France ever beheld. " By way of precaution and equality, the car riages were forbidden to be driven after five in the evening : etiquette required that of Lord CORN. w should be excepted from this tntasure. His Lordship walked about in all places destined for the " Evzry where did he see order and propriety ob. served without constraint. His prescnCe every where excited that attention which is not the result of curi osity, which rather serves Jo repress the feelings, and which is an expression of pleasure, and at the same time a testimony of respat to the character, 'and to the fame of him who is the objeA'of it. " This festival presented to all eyes the spectacle of a great assemblage, without any disturbance, and of a general joy, which, in its demonstrations, was as far from airdiation as from tumult." IT is evident from the deliberations in both Houses of Parliament, that the Legislative Bodies arc in perfea coincidence of opinion with the Peo ple, on the subjeas of the Peace and the Convention with Russia. This circumstance alone is remark able in the History of Great Britain, and promises an happy futurity to its Subjeas, while it has con ferred a lustre on the Administration, - which proves they merit, and ensures to them henceforward, the confidence of their Countrymen. In short, it is the only instance which has ever occurred in our Annals, of a complete unanimity of sentiment be tween Ministers, the People, and their Representa tives. At the time when the present Administra tion came into the possession of power, a general anxiety and alarm pervaded the Country. They pledged themselves to obtain a Peace, if possible, on fair and equitable Terms, and they avowed their willingness TO maize any reasonable 'sacrifices. for the attainment of this great objea. Hence, the minds of men were sensibly affeaed during the progress 'of the Negotiation; a very large proportion of the People expeaed, and many persons 'wished for an unqualified cession of all our Conquests, without exaaing from France any pledge whatever of her sincere disposition to a general Peace, Ac cording to the present state of Europe, they cannot, be accused of having reasoned rashly. 'They per ceived strong symptoms of the return of order in France, and a general disinclination on the part of all the Continental Powers, to form another Confe deracy against her. They - would have approved, therefore, of a complete . cession of Conquests, -rather than have given any encouragement to the pro longation of a Contest, which would have re quired an extraordinary expenditure of National' strength and treasure, for an' objea that was not.. susceptible of a definition, or in faa, for no ob jea at all. —ln this temper of mind, they were•preparcd for Peace on any. terms. But what was their surprise when they found, that by the terms of the Preliminary Treaty, Great Britain not only preserved, in their fullest integrity, all the possessions which she held before the commence ment of the war, but retained two stations highly important, either as commercial or military depots ? --,No wander,. then, the Preliminaries of Peace were announced to the Phblic amidst the raptures of joy and exultation, and that they experienced but a -trivial opposition. This . general and unequivocal expression of the public feeling, proved,that Mini sters kept their word with the People, and were worthy of their confidence. There is a time in the course of human affairs, when Plaih sense and down right honesty will get uppermost, and silence all cavils. This is the time. Ministers have rested their importance on their integrity, and their strength on the approbation and unanimity of, the people; while they have disarmed all opposition by proving themselves to be the real Friends and Ser vants of the Public. Some objeaions, however, have been • started against the terms of the Peace. It has been asserted that we have abandoned the objeff of the War, namely, " indemnity for the past, and Security for the future." In answer to this feeble assertion we remark, that the term, " indemnity for the past," is so indefinite in its nature, and impraaicable in its application, that no wise Statesman can possibly aft upon it. The Indemnity we demanded was, the undisturbed enjoyment of our religion, laws, - and country, which had been most unjustifiably attacked by those who, at the commencement of the War, exercised the Executive Power in France. These, and the safety of our Ally, were the only causes of our quarrel with that Republic. The wild decrees, the hostile sentiments, and the avowed pretensions of the Executive Committee against the established discipline of every ~,Governutent,, especially that of Great Britain,, justified our . having recourse to arms. The Alliances which we formed in consequence of this measure, were wholly direaecl against those principles, for it is well-known, that the War had broken put on the . Continent a considerable time before we embarked in it, -and even while we observed the most rigid neutrality, without having in the least increased our Peace Establishment, nay, even having diminished it. At the period, therefore, in which this Country engaged in the War, the Moral condition of France was such as to alarm every civilized community. When the Chiefs of each successful party stept into power, the wretched multitude sat down in sorrow ; triumph on the one side, and misery on the other, were the only events that marked that gloomy period. Pains, punishments, torture, and death, were made the business of mankind, until compassion, the fairest as. • sociate of the heart, was driven from its place, and. the eye accustomed to continual cruelty, could view it without oEnce. This disgusting order of things has since undergone a visible alteration, and there are strong reasons for believing that' it will never be again revived. France herself, fias abjured the hot.. rible maxims of her former Governors, and it is the declared object of the present Government, to ef face the sad remembrance of those days of mourning and to punish all disorganizing, and Revolutionary Projeds. At the same time it, should be oi3servedt that the People of this Country are recovering their usual good humour and loyalty, and from the suffer ings of their neighbours, have' derived the nrst in struc`tive lessons of civil wisdom and subordination. They •have been, taught to feel experimentally the praaical benefits of the British Government, and to . • see that the regeneration of a Country, as it 15 foolishly called, can only be effecled by bloodshed,. the image of old .lEson, whose youth could be re vived only by cutting him into pieces and boiling-hinu . When, therefore, it was evident that the storm of' the Revolution had spent itself, and the dance of death had ceased ; when Religion and Laws were no longer outraged, the blood of Patriots and Mar tyrs no more streamed from the scaffold ; when mo rals were not insulted and ridiculed by legislative decrees; but when the reverse.,of all this was sr nifested, then the time arrived in which we ob tained a full and complete inde:nnity for the past. Policy and humanity dictated that we should tlle° withdraw from any further continuance of the Warr. and that we should give the - people of France at' opportunity of recovering their former tranquillitjf and of pursuing, in common with ourselves, theif happiness and prosperity. Shall 'it then benolsel. over Europe, that the nearer'France"appthaches to regular Government, the 'hither 'we ought to re', move from her, and the More anxiety she discovers to make itonement- .for the faults of her 'former Rulers, the inore' our' Fared against her - shonitl in crease ? This wound be a false and wicked We have on'the contrary, thought and afted in 3. bettes spirit ;. we have foll Owed the wise judgment of the Grecian PhiloscPher, who, when cast upon a strange coast, comforted his companions with the'. idea that they were thrown tipOna civilized country, because he had found a problem of ...Etre 1, 2 D drawn upon the cand. Great Britain and France' are each of them suf ficiently powerful for all the purpa-,es - of indepen dence and grandeur, and neither .of- them is in $ condition to be abjeft or to . be-dklated to. Both have been softened by experience into a spirit of. conciliation. Instead therefore of using a tone of assumed superiority, which would have led to irti' tation, it was manly, just, and hOnourable in Ad' ministration to be the first to stretch forth - the hand ofellowship, fellowship, and to contribute, as muc h as l a y t° their power, to dry the tears -and heal the wound° of the two greatest families of the earth. TheY could not have chosen a more propitious momerir than that which exhibited to all mankind the 51.1 C, cesses of France, the matchless power of our Fleets , the prowess and perseverance of our brave Army " Egypt. This is a sufficient answer to the former part 0' the objeaion, and it may serve to cool that ardolit of oppo!:ition which has arisen from some persons 0 1 the ground of consistency. Wesgive them full credit for the sincerity Of their motives, but it must be retnenibcred, that men may be consistent in error, as well as in truth, and that pertinacity in anv s ystem , much more in such a dubious one as th a t &he'll° policy, is as 'great a prof of prejudice and folly, as the abandonment of a false prin c ipl e , i s an indo• bitable evidence of integrity, g o od s ense, a° judgment. Experience, is thei only sure' gu • d e by' which the ut=ilitya any measure can be ascertain ed, and the best Statesman,• is he who knows ho'i r to adapt his measures to circumstances, to corre 8 what is wrong, tp establish what is expedient, t cl exert as much s ag possible, on all occaoccasions,3 pro- vident foresight in the adjustment of hisobjeas, b° t . always to reserve to himself the power of propot' tioning his means to the end, and of relinquishid that end altogether if found . impraeticable, but t° extricate himself from the further pursuit of it with 1. ability and dignity. ,This is what-ConsisteneY, in t he vulgar acceptation of the word, can t never accoul • it plish ; for wherever it takes root in the min' assumes a sort of self-sufiiciency, a sentiment o f su periority, which, no intervention of circumstances can remove the . It'. will rather. tumble downlvry, fer. cipice, that be diverted. froln its rpad J.); a." more circuitous course. we cority I Ceding fro m he against that go: retaineC late her Weil wi afford n try did I have the Frondur to enclose to your LGrdsLip Letter I have received from Lieutenant-Colonel Aircy, commanding the Troops in Briti , ,h pay in the island of Elba. Porto Ferrajo, Sap. 16, 1801. stR, - I have the Honour to inform you ) that since my last dispatch, we could observe the Enemy busily employed in strengthening their works and batte this round this place, and especially towards the Church of the Annunciara, and English Fort, where we found they had thrown up some additional works,. and • masked all the embrasures, by filling them with fascines. Sir John Warren arrived here on the izth inst. and from all . the intelligence I had' received, I thought, with the assistance, of the Marines of the Fleet, and a party of Seamen, are Attack from the Garrison might be attendal with good efrea; that we might at least destroy the satteries, that 'shut up the port, :Ind by bringing their force into the field, be able to ascertain how far the accounts we had received of their numbers were to be depended on. The Admiral acceded to my representation, and on the morning of the i4th inst. with the c6:7cur renee of the Governor, a little before day-light, a landing was made by two separate divisions, amounting in the whole to abouttooo men, includ ing Tuscans, Peasants, Pioneers, &c. the same time that a reserve was left in the Garrison, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel De Bercy, to make a Sortie from the Gate, if found pradicable, and to co-operate with the main body, seizing the works in front of the Falcone. The landings were made will) success, and the Batteries round the Bay , were destroyed, but find ing our force not sufficient to complete the whole business, we reimbarked our Troops with compa— ratively little loss, having destroyed the Batteries of Punta Pina, the Grottoes, and Giovanni, , with a great quantity of powder and made-up ammuni tion,and bringing off into the Garrison one hundred and fifty barrels - of gunpowder ;we also brought off with us fifty-three prisoners, including three Cap tains and two Subalterns. . I feel myself much indebted to the Corps of Ma rines and Seamen for their support and assistance, and was much pleased to see the steadiness of the Swiss Troops under Captain De Winter ; Captain Knoibler, of that Corps, who bad the Command'of the Division sent against Punto Pina, speaks very handsomely of the detachment of De Bercy's Corps who afted with him on this occasion. I beg leave further to express my gratitude to Captain White of His Majesty's Ship Renown, for his great attention in the arrangement for the land ing, and his activity in re.embarking the Troops, when a good deal pressed by the Enemy, I have the honor to be, eve. (Signed) GEORGE AIREY, Lieu tenant-Colonel. I cannot close this Letter, without submitting to your Excellency the very meritorious condaEt and uncommon zeal and attention of Messrs. Grant and Lettedale, in preparing and providing every thing necessary for the operations of the day. Return of the Killed, Inunded, and Missing, in the Attack of the: E;ienty's Batteries an the Island of Elba, on the 14th inst. De Bercy's Corps-3 missing. Swiss Corps-5 killed, 14 wounded, II missing. Tuscan Corps--z 2 killed, 9 wounded, 14 missing. Total-17 killed, 23 wounded, 28 missing. I have not yet got the Return of Seamen and Marines. Captain Long, of the Vincego Brig, was unfor tunately mortally wounded, and died the next day Lieutenant Clarke, of the Marines, .wounded and Prisoner. (Signed) GEO. AIREY, Lieut.-Col. The Hon. Gen.. Fox, &c. &c. &c. [Bankrupts, tic. To-morrow,i THE SUN. SOLIM QUIS DICIRK FALSUM AUDIAT? LONDON, NOVEMBER x 6,1801. eventua Fleet s ; jeaion, amain tr 4 ccompl &O easil labour, ilatj, 1 possessii to disco derived lollies sc tion and there is may eve Zles because lzaritimi C OMmerc In Peace Prove th dependal t olrunanc that Fri :MoiciEs tura]. eff Prance - 1 rease; a `t pe tap cu o ia rt t i: Itereial genius of °ll lineri e a`i jus Gonernrr t° be as, tequentl) future. Indeed n ervation l IId saris! 'ard fee] toncludec the imprc "Patio n fr om sehe I Y, th e re I.°4 teSt. be st will vg 44 rnUeb. 4 1 40 1 n in ° Niies, ti Nll. tills Coun She has • 11 4 . 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