The Sun.
London, England, 1801-11-06 00:00:00

EGYPT.

THE following very extraordinary Anecdote is
related in Mr. MORI Elt'S History of the Campaign
of the Ottoman Army, in the year x Soo. If it
were nor mentioned from such high authority, we
could scarcely ,give credit to the fart.—Mr. Mo.
RIER was Private Secretary to Lord ELGIN, and
English Commissioner with the Ottoman Army in
Egypt :
" The French have very carefully concealed
every detail on their Campaign in Syria ; indeed,
it is not surprizing that they should have been silent
on an Expedition that added so much lustre to the
British Arms, while its consequences proved no
less fatal to their Army than inglorious to their
General. But there is one circutnstance conflated
with that period of the Campaign which has just
been alluded to, that could not be concealed
.; atid
it must be recorded, because it tends to disclose a
feature in the mast conspicuous Charafter of the pre.
sent age—BONAPARTE. •
" After reducing El-Arish, the French advanced
into Syria; took Gaza without resistance, and then
proceeded to Jaffa. The garrison was summoned,
but refusing to surrender, the town was carried by
storm, and given over to pillage
,and murder for
twelve hours; yet the cruelties committed on this
occasion were surpassed by what soon followed :
four thousand five hUndred of the garrison were
-nade prisoners of war ; in this number were iticlxid-
ed one thousand of those who had capitulated, at EL
Arish. They, were reminded of having broken
their engagerments by being again taken in.armis
the other three thousand five hundred were im-
plicated with the guilty. They were all marched
to some sand-hills near Jaffa, where they were.
drawn up in a line ; an equal line of French soldiers,
with their bayonets fixed, were drawn up be.
fore them ; the order was given to 'charge, and
in an instant four thousand five hundred men were
murdered. To this day their skeleton's, and the
sands steeped with gore, attest the barbarous aft.
" It is a fad as well established in Syria,. that
when the siege of Acre was raised, and the French
Army began its march for Egypt, all their wounded
and sick were poisoned by order of their General."

DRURY LANE.—The Opera of Artaxerxes, or
rather Mrs. BlLLlNolorrirew an audience to this
Theatre last night, which completely filled it.—
There was no symptom of her recent indisposition
in her performance, which ova= in the highest, style
of musical excellence, and whie:i, of course, induced
the audience, as usual; to encore what was pre_emi_
nently beautiful. In " Let not rage," and " The
Soldier tied," she fully deserved -all the applause
with which the audience endeavoured to testify
their admiration of her extraordinary merit.
COVENT GARDEN.—The new Comedy of Poky
as it Flies was attended last night by a more nu-
merous audience than on its first representation, and
the Piece evidently increases in popularity. If the
Author has very successfully adapted the charadep
to the Performers, it must be acknowledged that
the Performers render those charalers as conspicu-
ous and effedive as the Author, or the Public, can
desire. In consequence of the indisposition of Mint-
RAY, the coharader of Sir.. Herbert' Melmoth was
performed by CORY, in such a manner as to shew
that he will be a very useful addition to this Thea-
tre. Miss MURRAY acquits herself so ably in this
Comedy, that she has fully established her reputa.:
tion, and confirmed herself in the favour of the Public.

KEMBLE has received several invitations from
Provincial Managers, since it•was knolVn that he
was likely to quit Drury-Lane Theatre.—We hope,-
howeVer, that so valuable a Performer will remain
in Loudon, as it will be for the interest of all par-
ties to keep him in a situation best fitted for the
due exhibition of his talents.

Mr. MONIPSON, who was a few years' ago
Pupil of OPIE, and who hat since highly improved
his talents in Italy, has just been eleded an'Asso-
ciate of the Royal Atadony.