The Sun.
London, England, 1801-03-02 00:00:00

VIENNA, F'.ll.

THE English Ambassador bete, Lord MitTo,
has received Official Intelligence that General
ABERCROMBY, with the .English• Fleet, with
124 Transports under its convoy, had arrived
un-
expeetedly on the Coast of Egypt, in the beginning
of January. The landing of the Troops took
place, without opposition," in the vicinity of

The English • Ambassador :at Cons/iv/final/6
Lord ELGIN, has dispatched a•COurier to London,
with a complete account of the successful Landing
of the TrooPs under General ABE-aCROMBY in
Egypt. They have been joined by the. Turks,
who. arc preparing to at with vigour,. and ,im.
portant advices may stion.be cxpetted frOm that
Country.

Heavy Artillery continues to he sent to. Pres.
burg, and- thence to the Frontiers of Turkey,
from which circumstance, sonic Politicians con-
clude, that a new War may soo:, be expetted to
comnience, though others merely consider these
measures as adopted from precaution against -the
Rebels in Turkey.

CONSTANTINUPLE„TAN. xo.

Sjria and Egypt are now again become the
Theatre of War. The first Division of the
English Fleet and Land Forces is now arrived on
the Coast of Syria. Admiral ICE IT2i has notified
to the Captain Pacha, that he had 'landed in the
Bay of Manoury with: Fifty transports, on board
of which was General AOEILCROMBY. The other
half of the Expedition was immediately expected.
The' English Ambassador here, Lard EL GI N,
has received the same intelligence.

A Paper has been published in some of the
Morning Papers, stated to be 'a communication
made. made. by the Marquis Coisiwavos ro the Ro-
man Catholics, of Ireland-CIF is said not to
have had the stamp of authority„. but 4 sup.
posed to have proceeded from the Cdstle.-!,We
very much approve of a great deal of what
.is
suggested in that Paper—The object of. ptiblish,
ing it, seems 40 have been
,to conciliate, at a
critical moment, the whole body of the Catholics,
who might naturally feel strongly upon recent
occurrences, and to endeavour to.prevent their
having' recourse.to Violent measures upon the pre-
sent emergeney.—So far we applaud the motive of
this publication—Whether it states accurately. the
opinion's of. His Majesty's Ministers, we. will
not take upon ourselves to say--7it certainty
slims Their anxiety to prevent the Cathoiic,
from taking any rash step, or 'throwing them-
selves into the,hands of those who, perhaps for
other:purposes, would, attempt to carry the que-
stion of , concession by force. We know that
Ministers very much dreaded .any commotion in
Ireland, in consequence of their not being able
to propose the measures which 'tlify intended ;
and it is extremely
.probable, that among other
means taken to quiet the minds of the Catholics,
the general sentiments of Ministers upon the sub-
jeLft were thus circulated.
A part of this Paper is represented as contain-
ing the sentiments of Lord CORNWALLIS in
which he seems broadly to declare " that Mini-
sters are pledged not to embark in the se6ice of
Government except on the terms or the Catholic
privilege being obtained." We cannot but
doubt whether this is really. Lord CogN-
WALLIS'S opiniOn, at least. stated in the un-
qualified manner in which it. is put.. That the
,late Ministers will not hold any offices under.
Government without giving the retraining Pri-
vileges to :the Catholics, at a ' rime when they
think the concession can be easily made without
struggle, Of without difficulty, we can readily
understand—=but ihey'eannot have pledged. them-
selves to attempt, under anyt circumstances, at.
all ev-ints, and at. all hazards, to adopt this
measure---nor can they have 'avowed that there
is 'no" situation of the. Country in which alley
should feel themselves bound to offer their best
services to their Sovereign, inclepend6t of th;,
measure. We objeft therefore, riot to the senti-
ment fairly explained, but to the absolute and
iffiqualified manner in' which it_ is stated 'in the
P:i per referred to. . .
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In that part .of the Paper which is supposed to
contain Mr. PITT'S sentiments, it is• declared
that all who retire from
,ofike, and many who
remain, will, at a fit time,
.gyve the measure all
their support. We have already stated what
must evidently be the intention of those whb re-
tire from office, and what must be the nature of
the pledge they are supposed to have made. As
to those who remain, we can easily conceive that
there are persons 'still holding office, who may
think that, under the present difficulties, and
Considering also the critical state of the Country
in all respects, this is not the time to press the
measure—but the same persons may
,also fully
intend to propose it whenever they think it 'can
be proposed free from the difficulties with, which
its adoption would be at present ,entangled ; .and
in this determination we see no inconsistency, as
has.been represented, but., a condut which has
for its• motive the welfare and safety of the
Country.
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We. doubt .whether the publication of the
Paper -to Which we hai'e alluded Was authorised
here.—We doubt also whether it contains the ac-
cufate opinion of thetrctiring Ministers ; but we
7►ave,observed upon it, because w;e conceive that,
in several points at least, 'it cannot mul.'h
present their ieal sentiment;.

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Arbn;raltj-o.ffice, Feb, 18i. fßol.

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(...:,..pies and Extratts froin Letters received by
Vicc!-Adiniral Rainier from the. be 0 tal Captains.
and Commanders of
,1-I.is. Majesty's
,Ships and
Vessels In the East Indies, from the zsth Ofto-
ber, i79g, to the 28th Septexni)er, i 890,, with
drcounts of,their respeetive• &e. ~
Captures,

Copy of a Letter from Captain
His Majesty's Ship Orpheus, dated Leir Copitisr,
• the Stre:ghts of Bancas' the. 25th 08. 1.799.

SIR,'
I have the pleasure Jo inform you,. that an, my
passage front' Ternate to the Straights of Batica,
I yfster4ay discovered. two sail off l'agolanda,
which I chased at one P. M. ; at three it fell
calms all the' boats. ,were -hoisted out to tow the
Ship, 'arid every exertion made to .gez: up. with
thertt.. 'On a breeze springing up at five o'clock,
we cast off all our boats, but were not able to get
alongside of them until .a quarter before nine
o'clock, when' we brought them to close action
oh each bow, which continued about a quarter c4'
an houryWhen they both struck their Colours.—
They'proved the Zeevraght and Zeelast, the one
a-Brig,and the other a large .Pancliallang,• each
mounting 22 guns, of different calibres, from Ma.-
cassar, loaded with rice,-powder, shot, gun-car..
and store‘ froth Teruate: 'The vessels
both belong to the Dutch East India Compapy-
Duririg the M.:Hon, I lost one of my best Sea-
killed in the maintop, and five wounded :
among the latter is the -First Lieutenant Hodg.
kins, who received a musquet-ball through his
right.arm ; his ronchiet on this, as on every other
occasion, :has. given me that satisfaftion that
warrants my recommending birn..tO your notice
and attention. I bad great pleasure, in observ:i
ing the zeal of, all the Officers, and Men on this .
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occasion; as I hive dote several other tune* since
my arrivaLat these Islands,..-whieh justly entitle
theni to my thanks-. Inclosed I. Apia yqu,auli,st
of the killed. and wounded: on. board the...Du-41r
Vessels. I have, &c.
- WILLIAU
P: Rain4er, Esf.• ••
of the .81m4.. &e. &C.. Edit.
Indies.
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Zia of Xitleditetd Woulfie,t zny hard itit wirler.mogioh-oVei.
Jes, cvso..ed-4)..tfix SidivOrit)epiii. Wm, Mai,
captailf, the 25th Uelfber; 1799.
Pa*aiLing Zeclast,CaPtaiti VTeter .larnen,-.-Ntut-tber on
boa if at Inc time EA-. tketicitizlZ.. Inca.
1414 ZetTratibtr.Cakit; , Milutx;,-N umber oui,oarki•
fttArto ti,itio,otatoki.33.; 4)41104 c4t*itt :Octi.sf
6 SeitrArA w 9 cad,. -
• W. MU'S-
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4,eiorfyoga Cwt.b?;A, akery ilider.of
4it Majot.:•.t Ship
.firginie,,. dated. Am.
htem, at 2.0 e. Mjy, 180 c, to l'ice..iftggiiiit
.Ra';444ir Coi;ithitrider e. t.
I beg 'leave to aitcliiaint you,
.. that I. agived
here. on 4th of.lVl4y. ' •
• I inelpse a List of:Vessels I captured on: mt
passage, which are all ar4ved at Amboyna:
A Dutch Proves, mounting 4 .-4wivols, and containing
men. A dittos na6:iiitting z S.,.vivets, and containing Is
men. A ditto, rttanArtd with 4 ITICII. . A Pliwit
motintiniailpt In.timed with .40 idea. q
mo Dutch'Bug, uhn % tciiiii p..,,andz.rirataitcartyint
20,:inen. • 'A ditto, triotttlting teu 4-iound,:rs, grid tarry.
lag 11 melt:

• The three latter Vessels, laden with annu4
supplies for the Garts;ipn on the isiitnd of Ter.
nate, and had on boa t.3.,..zexplusive of tteir car.
goes;sptcie to the anotiqt of s-eventc.ben illouf,And
nine- humired'and,forty-ilitv; Spianisl,ljoll..;r).

.Extraß a Letter from Captain E. O. Osboxne,
of His Majesty: -..Vhip
mind Rainier, Cdmoander in ebief, eLfoi,
datid ov board A; Mgjetty's Ship Atleganti a;
Sea, the 2616 of jurte, 1800.
The difficulty of getting wafer at Allier Point?'
induced tote to proceed to Mew Bay, witere I ar.
rived with the Orpheus, the gth May.
The 7. tb of May we• captured a small Ship
from the Isle of ,FranCe, in •ballast, 'which wag
burnt.

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May. 6th, sailed with the Arrogant and Orsk
pheus from Mew Bay, and pissing to .the North;
ward of the Islands off ,Batavia, made the Lana
of Java, 16th May, near Point -Indramago, and
having Bumpkin Island in sigh; at the same.tinui
to the Eastward of Batavia ; the same clay,dis...
covered a large Ship and a Brig at anchor, tp
whom we gave chase; and Who, after having
made . some signals to each 'other, made all sail
from us for the land. It *as late in the even.
ing before we g.-t near them, when diseavere4
the Ship to be a Vessel of Force, and having -se,
veral suns on her lower deck; and the Brig also
mounting Iq. guns ; finding they could not escape
us, they both ran on shore, at some miles distant
from each other, to the Westwaraof Point In.
dramago. We were scion within random shot
,of the Ship,, and anchored as near, her:as the
.depth of the water would admit, .when she began
firing at us, Which was returned by' several guns
from, each deck. -Abotit. this, time. two boats
were obServed going from her full of men ; and
as it grew dark shortly after, some of our:boats
were sent to prevent the Crew. of the Ship front
landing, and to summons .her tosurrender,..-which
they could not do till the :morning ; this I con.
elude was with the design of destroying her, if
they could have accomplished landing the Crew
in the night, but. the vigilance of our boats pre-
vented this taking place, as her boats were taker
full of men the tirst time the attempt was made.
• At clai.break she surrendered, and was taken pot--
seision of, when we foarid her to be the Henzay
dp Ltrunswick `Armed Ship), bchingifig ttr' the

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Dutch East India eompany, Jan Cornelius Paine
Commander, mounting zo guns on the upper-
deck, and-8 guns on the lower-deck, and manned
with 320 'men,- part 'of whom had, made their
escape on shore. : • • .
At the time the boats were sent to prevent the
men from landing - from the Ship, other .boats
were sent under the direflion of Lieutenant Blay-
ney, to board. thc. Brig, which was some .miles
distant from us. This service he accomplished
with Out ioss, and soon after bioughr her near us,
when we found her to be the Dolphin Armed
Brig, commanded by Jan.Yauntyes, belonging
to the Dutch East 'lndia Company, Mounting
Forirteen Guns, 'and hay ing
.On board Sixty-five
Men.

May 2+th, at daybreak in the morning, we
captured, close under the Land, a small Armed
13 rig, of Six Carriage Guns, and- some Swivels,.
on a Cruize from Sumarang, which place sbe had
left the preceding day.
On the evening-.of the 25th, we got sight of
Japura, and the Ship at anchor there ; but it fell
little wind, and we were obliged to anchor at the
distance of. ten or eleven miles from it ; as, they
had observed us frOm the shore, I thought no
timc'was to-he lost, and therefore, at eight M.
sent,all the Boats, wellananned and armed, with
Lieutenant Blayney Rice, who got to the Ship
about midnight; and though she had begin hauled
close. to the shore, (on seeing us in the evening,)
under a small battery, yet the surprise was com-
plete, and she was boarded Without any loss,
many of the Crew jumping.• overboard at the
time.

The Battery fired on them so soon as they dis;
covered her to be in our possession ; but though
some of the Boats' Oars were broke by the shot,
no. othh accident happened, and they effeded
getting bec out before daylight, when she joined
us, and we found her to be the Dutch East India
Compaq's Ship Underneming, mounting Six
Carriage Guns, and having Eighty Men on board.
After putting 'the Priie order,
May 28th, joined the Orpheus off Cheribon,
and found that in our absence she had captured a
Dutch Brig, a Sloop; and two Prows ; the three
latter were destroyed. Same day ran into the
Anchorage to the Vs'esrward of Point lndramago,
where %ve landed most of the Prisoners : some of
them being very sickly.
The Dolphin Brig i's a new Vessel well cop-
pered, and equipped, and well adapted for service,
(particularly in Shoal Water,) she mounts Four-
teen Guru, and has good room and security at
Quarters.

A true ExtraEt,
(Signed) J. HOSEASON, .1);c. Ser.

. , • Arrogant, Madras Road. 4 A. M,
August it, 1800.
I have the- pleasure to
,acquaint you, that on
.tho tnoining of the 4th August, being in sight of
lot Divy, we discovered two'•Sitips .in the N.
.E, ,and a •Brig E. by S. to the former we gave
chase, anti about noon we core sufficiently near
do see that one of thin was.a small Frigate) with
a tier of guns) and the other a Merchant Ship,
both under English colours. At -three 'quarter:,
F.ast. two P. M.,
' w& had • neared the (have con..
:siderably, when she began throwing • her guns,
.boars, and other heavy articles overboard. • -At
four P. M. the shot from our chase guns went
_ over ,her, when she. hauled the English ,Ensign
:down, and hoisted-French National coloUrs*,
her stern awes • two. or three times at .us,. and
• 'then struck, She proved to be L'Uni,- French
,Privateer, of Thirty Guns, Eighteen 'and Nine
-Potinders, all of which were thrown overboard,
• during the chacc, except Two Eighteen Pounders,
Two Nine Poundersi anti' Two Carronades ; 'she
was commanded .by Jean Francois Hodoul). and
had .a Crew of Two Hundred and Fift)! Men, on
her foiv ing the MauritiuS,on her present cruize :
.but had on board only Two Hundred and Sixteen
iVien,-when captured, having put the Test into
:Prizes. On taking 'possession of her, we found
'shat the othee:Thip was' the Friendship, (English
Merchantman,) frOm Bengal bOund to Madras,
find that the • Brig was the Bee, from -Madras
'bountl'to Mastiliphram, both of which Vessel's,
head ,bceb captured, by her in the morning ; we
made sail after .the Ship, which we recaptured
at ten at night, but the Brig made her eseapei
,L'Uni. left the Mauritius the 4th May, and
-bad captured the English Privateer Harriot, from
~the Cape of
,Good Hope, the Helen belonging
-'to Bombay, and the Ship and Biig before-men-
tioned.
The arrogant, with L'Uni Prize, anchored in
this Road last night at nine o'clock, and.re.cap.
:Wed Ship ,Friendship 1 expect shortly, as she 'sails
tolerably welly And I only parted with her two
Alp ago. T have the Honour tube, &e.
(Signed) ' EDW. 0. OSBORNE.
Peter Rainiers Esq. rice7,4lmired
-the Blur, 'and Commander itt Chief; t

&t. &t. Eft.

sin, Bombay, slept. 3, 1800.
I beg leave to itlfottn you of my arrival hereon
the 3oth of August, after a pAssage of eleven
- day 4 from Mocha, About ft:iy leitgnes to the
Eastward of Aden, I fell in with.and took the
Clarissa, French.Privatecr,- from the Mauritius,
. who threw corer her guns, and cut away her
anchors with a view to escape ; we found One
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- Hundred and Forty-eight Men 911 board her; she
is, only between two and.three years 010, built at
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iantz.... I am, &c. &c. &c.
j. BLANKET 1.
rice-Admiral Rainiet)
Admiralty-o.l)Fce, Feb. 28.
ecily of a Letter from Lieetelant james
• covitnandihg His Majesty's Schconer IVetl
to Evan Nrjoopt,: Eq.
,dated of Oporto,
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SIR,

1 beg leave to enclose, -for the information of
Ely Lords Commissioners of. the Athniiaity, the
Copy of
.; Letter from me to Admiral Lord.
KeithN - I am, Sir,
- • Ifouririost obedient humble Servantin
JAMES .MEIN,

. Netlej, obgtto, Feb. t gc3 t .
MY LORD;
have the honour to inform your lordship,
that, in obedience to Orders, from Capt. Cock_
burn, of His Majesty's. Ship La Minerve; On the
zgth ult. I sailed froiii .the Tagus in His Ma-
jesty's Schooner, Netley, undtr my conittaticli
charged with -the Trade from Lisbon bound to
the Northward: On the 31st, being off the Bar
of Oporto, I fell in with Four Privateers; one of
which was captured by the Netley; after a chace
of two hours : She is called Santa Viaoria, a
Spanish Lugger, mounting Six Guni, and manned
with Twenty-six men. The other three Privateers
escaped by my being obliged to re-join the Con-
voy, some of. the Ships having the Signal hoisted
for an Enemy to Windward. .
I have the Honour. to be, my Lord,
Your Lordship's Most•obedient hurnble Servant,
JAMES MEIN.
„Lord' Keith,' K., B;

Admiralty. ..ofice, Feb. iS.
Copy ofa Letter from Lieutenant Lloyd, command,
ing the -Nimble Cutter, to Evan Nepean, , Esq.
dated Feb.= 2¢, 1801.
SIR,

I beg you will be pleased to acquaint `My Lords
Commissioner- of the, Admiralty, that at the
Back of the Isle of, Wight, yesterday at two P.
M. having the Trade &tilt Dartmouth.Under,my
Convoy for the awns, I fell in with, and, after
a chace of six hours, engaged and captured the
Bonaparte Cutter Privateer, of Cherbourg, of
Fourteen Brass Guns, of Four an&Six-pOunders,
and Forty-four Men, two days out of Port i She
had captured a light Collier from Plymouth.
1 am happy to say the Nimble had no Men
killed or wounded ; and that Mr. Watts, the
Master, and all the Petty Officers and Seamen,
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behaved like: British Seamen.
The Privateer had two Men killed, and the
First Lieutenant dangerously wounded.

PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28.

ARRA VED Le Deux Frere4Freneh Brig, laden
with corn and flour, from Nantes bound to Bow-
deaux, captured in the Bay by the Doris Frigate.

Arrived the Indefatigahle, of '44 guns, Captain
11. M. Sco.r-r, from a Cruize. • Some days ago
she cut out a large.Freuch Cutter fiam under the
guns of a heavy battery, in a bay near the Mor-
billam, having a !great rhany troops on board,
which were landed here yesterday from the /Thie.
fatikab analodged in the Mill Prison. Licut.
Cif Fir'st of the Indefat;,:cahle, and several
Seamen, were uniottunately killed in this
enterpri'Le;

Arrived the /mkortaThe Frigate,' Cart. 11.
HOTHAM, from Gibratur,

Sailed.the Chapman Armen Ship, with a con.
vo'y for Wales) Bristol, &C. •Clyde Frigate on a
Ctuixe ; .and Renard and Garland 510614. of War
to tinc Wotwara.

Arrive,' the Lord Nelson PHvateer, of this
Port, mounting to. mins, +.poundits, with 31
men, commanded by Capt. GI as'oN:---On
day the zd inst. 20 leagues S.E. of the Start, she
fell'in with a French Luggar Privareer, which,
after a running Aftion,, and a .chace of six hours,
she captured'; the-Lugger proves to be'L'Esp6ir,
of St. Malocs, mounting 14. brass guns, with 70
men: she was two days from St. Maloes, when
taken, and had not made any captures ; is quite
new, and sails remarkably fast.—Capt, Gt asc»;
sent her for Pottsmputh.,