The Sun.
London, England, 1801-06-01 00:00:00

PARIS, MAY 27.

.A.traii from the Register of Secret Depositions of
the Office of Public Heald:, at 2trarseilles, May
18, ninth Year of the French • Retublic. .
Citizenioxs M. BOYER has received in the
Lazaret the deposition of Citizen HENRY VILLE.
MET, of Charlaville,in the department of the Arden—
nes, Chief of Squadron in the 14th Regiment of
Dragoons, passenger by the Apollo flag of truce,
No. z s 8; commanded by Captain N. J. &AMC..
DON, an Englishman, with a crew of to persons in
all, who'has
:said upon oath that he left the' Bay of
Aboukir on the 3sst,of March, in company With.
two other English tl e of truce, already arrived
under the escort elf an italgjishfrigate, which vessel
had on board-14,French, ;Al prisoners of war, of
whom i z are Officers; and 'the 'remainder soldiers,
embarked b 7 ordet'of .Admiral • KEY rit.---He re-
ports,,that t!ie health of the troops' was goad, and
that he had no knowledge of any contagious disorder
in the environs of Alexandria; but that at Cairo
there had been some accidents from the plague,
which, however, had producedno considerable
consequerrees. •
The Deponent declares, that he was made prisoner
by the English on the z: St of March, in an
.affair
which took place within •a League of.ints.andria,
upon the road of Aboukir, where ther-: remained
upon the field of battle a great many killed, and
wounded on both sides; amongst whom 'were Ge 7
nerals LAprusss 'and ROIZE, Generals AIIEIq;ROM-
BY, Sir SIDNEY SMITH, an&tWo other Geuerals.
He says, that in this affair, .General MENou Com-
manded ; that the Army engaged in it, consisted of
about 7000 men, including 600 Cavalry ; and that
the English Army, which occupied the jantient lines
of the Camp of the Romans, wits COMposed of about
13,000 men ; ' their right supported by the Sea, and
their left by the Dyke of Lake Madhiti ; that after
this affiair, both Armies .preserved their position ;•
and that the' remainder of the French Army were
expelling the GRAND Viz 'Ea at the outlet of .the
Des.art. fie adds, that 'the debarkation of the Eng-
lish was effected on the Bth of March, by a Division
of 6000 men at.once, who were received by 2,200'
Infantry, and zoo Cavalry, and were severelf.treat-
ed, though our TrOops could not make use of their
Artillery, haVing been obliged to fall back, from
the smallness of their number, after having killed,
as they suppose, about I,so:English. • That, on.
the 13th, there was a second affair between Soo
Cavalry anti 2,500 French Infantry, commanded by
Generals LANUSiE and FRIANT, against the Eng.
fish Army of 4,000. men : that the loss on the side
.of the English was much greater than that of the
French. ; and that, after the affair, both Armies
preserved their positions. °kJ'
He says, that 44..ramfirkAias in .a very respect-
able state of defence, both, With respett to amniutti-
don, provisions, and .weer, and was defended by
brave Troops, who could. very well maintain it
against the whole English Army.—LHe reports?that
he left in the Bay of Abpekir about ten Ships of War,
several Frigates, and a number of English Trim_
sports, from which the Crews had .been withdrawn
to join the Army on shore. That on the toth of
March, siX Turkish Ships of the Line, including
one of three decks,-four Frigates, andtwo Corvettes,
with t o Transports, having on board from six to
'hobo Troops, cOnuaanded by the Captain' PAc HA
in person, 'of which' one French demi.brigade, at
most,
.would give a g account ; that the Fort of
Abotikil,' after a siege of three days, had surrender_
ed to the English before the arrival of the Turks.
He adds, that the feeble resistance made by this
Fort had produced a great sensaiion in the Army :
he further says, that the peopled the Country were
on very good terms with the French ; that they
loved General IVlErzoi; very much ; that he heard
it stated as a positive fad, that the English, thLs
GRAND Vizttg, and the Captain PACHA,
taken steps to draw over MoottAn BEY to their
side, the latter had sent to General MENOU all
the letters which had been addressed to. him, un-
opened, protesting, at the same timei his inviolable
attachment, and offering him his MatnelukeS: The
communications between Alexandria and the irate.
riot continued open. The Mamelukes of IftRAHIM
'BEY deserted in great numbers from the Army of
the GRAND VIZIER, tojOiti. MotIRAD BEY. He
adds, that there was nothing to ,feat, on the side of
Syria; .that from ~0%,,6p00 .Cophts, Syrians, or
Greeks as well horse a foot, cOmmanded by French
Officers, were destinedl;fincipally to guard the
Posts'of the interior, anti that-their fidelity may be
depended upon, because they are extremely afraid of
falling into the hands of the Turks or their Allies.
He relates that after having been separated from the
Frigate that escorted them and" two other Flags of
Truce, they 'met two English' Frigates, West of
Candia, cruizing, and Were spoken to by one of
their boats ; that the' ()Dicer told theta that they

ikpe,Zied Adtatitta tkA •
,
place 1 KEITH; and that he litings, nil ft.:cil
dii,isiuti of eight Ships of
He arrived oil 23d of April tit Mahn; tefOr:
English frigate the Flaea,.which brought from ..-4bQZ.:
kir the rediains Of General An c (sl,.i
v..cre bUried ,there with great pomp; that during hi'
tay,,ai-Maha; to transports there, a graved- there,
of a frigate; having on board provisions;
and that, on the 28th of April twd ships df h.l. guns
sailed from Malta; escdrting a convoy of twelve
transports, laden with niilitary'store4 and iirdv isiousi4
and having on board about 1000 troops to reinforce
the English Army. at Abohii that several incr.-..
clutiitmen had also sailed from )1/a/ta for England,
under convoy of a frigate. He left Matta the 30th
of April; and from that tinie to hii artiv;!l at the
port bf brneglie, Met nothing at sea: This being
reA by thedeponent, he acknowledged the contents
were true. . .

P. S. declares further; that in the atffiOn Of
the •itst Of
.March, the /d light infantry and the
sid cif the line, the 3d, i4th, and zoth regiments
of dragoons were those principally engaged. They
defeated the whole centre of the Enemy, with the
loss to the English of more than 3000 in killed;
wounded; and prisoners.-By the Secretary Ar.
chivist, (Signed) RE-Vt4Auti.

LE clui Rig, MAY 6.--The French squadron having
left two Frigates to proted 'the expedition to Porto
&Trap', continued its course towards the Levant.
It had previously landed two corps of French
troops on the isle of. Elba, wh9 made themselves
masters of. Porto Longoee, a very important acquisi.
tion for facilitating the reduetion of Porto Fri-raja.
We are infotmed to-day, that the French are
attacking that place, which the inhabitants say they
will surrender to their master only.. Wrare rather
inctined to think that there are dome English troops
employed in defending it,