The Sun.
London, England, 1801-05-22 00:00:00

SHEERNESS, MAY 21.

?ft i s day sailed jlis Majesty's ship Singdard, of
64-guns, Capt. CHAILES STIYAitI, for Yarmouth.

YARMOUTH, MAT sr.

SA IL E D the Earl of Leitater Packet, to Cux-

haven.

111 e Privateer sent in yesterday by the Lady Ann
Brig, is the Pifior, formerly- the Alive, a hired
Cutter in the English Service, taken by the. French:
she•had been from Dunkirk relic days, abut had cap-
tured nothing.

Three men were this morning executed an board,
the Sqedrrel, and three more are to •be flogged, in
pursuance of the sentence of a Court Martial held on
them some months ago, for mutiny.

An account of the killed and wounded in the
i&ion of the 2d of April, before Copenhagen,
oil board the ,Discovery, which has not appeared, as
the account was not sent to the Admiral before the
Dispatches came to Englond :—Killed, Lieutenant
W. HILL ; wounded, two Seamen.

The health of the ARCHDUKE CHARLES has
become so bad, .that it occasions the, most serious
uneasiness for his life. The death of a young
Prince, adored by the Army and the People, would
at any time be a serious loss to the House x,)f Au-
stria, but in the present critical, and embarassing
circumstances in which the Peace of Luneoille and
the death of PAUL have placed the alfairs of Ger-
many, the loss of Pstulct CHARLES would be
particularly fital and to be-regretted.
The salutary showers which now daily fall, havx
made a wonderful change in the appearance of vege-
ration ; every thing has now a most favourable,pto-
sped. •
The take of Mackarel on the Devon Coast within
the last few days has been very great—They are
sold in Plymouth Market at r gd. per dozen.
Yesterday the Annual Meeting of the Children
of all the Charity Schools in the Metropolis took
place at the Cathedral of St. Paul's, where a Sermon
was preached ,by the Bishop of MEATH.

The Earl of CLARE met with a most unfortunate
accident in }lyde Park on Tuesday last : His horse
started, and he was flung of. The Surgeons consi-
dered the wound as most seriously alarming. He
ceived, however, considerable relief from the warm
bath, and there were yesterday hopes of his reco-
very.

At Epsom-,Races yesterday,
.nine, .horses started
for the Derby
,Stakes,_ which were won by Sir
'CHARLES BONBURY'S filly Eh.Inv-. The race was
very closely contested, and afforded excellent sport.

On Tuesday last, as John Glanville, 'huntsman to
A. KE L LT, Esq. of? Kelly, Devon, was exercising
-the hPunds near his matter's house, a bird fleweup
from the ground very near him, which he struck at
with his whip and brought down. It ,proved to be
a young Woodcock, about two thirds grown, .nearly
fledged, but halting very young feathers on the pi-
nions ; a proof that those, birds sometimes breed in
this Country.
'fit E ATIt .—OO oxE performed Kitely, in
Every Alan
.in Hit Hamoar last night, at Covent-,
,Garden Theatre, with very great skill, and with.
more than his usual success, for the Audience gave,
him loud' and repeated marks of applause throughout
the representation. Indeed, he seemed resolved to
triumph over env-y, malice, and prejudice, by ex.
ening his powers to the utmost. There was .:oin-
pound of feeling„,sersatility, and discrimination in.
;his performance, and the predominant feature of
jealousy was most judiciously blended with every
totber quality of the part. We wish we could give
an equally" favourable report of the rest of the Per-
formers, but with-the exception of MUAJtAX's Old
Knowell, which was very respettable, WAoDY'S
Dawnrigbt,. and Miss CHAPMAN'S Mrs.
there was no great room for praise ; a circumstance
much,to he regretted, as the Comedy itself is the
vigorous progeny. of-real Dramatic cenius, that, al.
fords the public some relief amidst the monkish and
lextravagant produations.of the 'Modem Stage.
The .Chief Proprietoi of Covent Garden Theatre,
with his usual liberality, has favoured ST,EITAN
:KEA4BI.P. with a Copy of The Poor Geeetle.mar,
•whidt is soon -to be 'brought forward on the ‘&ew-.
,castle boards. The amiable heroine of the Piece,
which was performed by Mrs. Glees, is peculiarly
;adapted to the talents of Mrs. :Srt.,PHE24,KENtALE.
Er isrotAAY (Ei:oxo?.4v—Among the .greatest
!cneonomists of the present day, we Artust glass Ma-
tdarne de GE NL IS, who has lately published a work
ni frimale 'Education, entitled L4-Peth La trraere.
gq this, After some observation on the value of time,
she reprobates the fashion of repeating on the direc-
,,tion of letters, the titles, as a ilicnsteur, Mowithr,
&c. and the names of the cities. She computes that
whoever has occasion to write two letters a-day, the
one to Covstantioplc, the other to Kialitercarestin;
will lose by waiting the names of these places twice
instead of once, half a minute a day. That when
to this is added, the pmaice of lepeating 4V10444€4r,
and the very bad habit of sealing with wax instead
of wafers, the loss amounts to no less than,four mi-
nutes per diem, which at the end of the' )44 an
to a dreadAl rurall

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lIIXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM AN OVPICER INTHI
COLUSTRILAU RIKILMENT OF GUARDi•
" Camp, rear /Ewa*, March :3$ Itst.
" I-have the pleasure to inform you that we are
rived, after a passage of 7 days from Marmorice, to
our destination in the Bay of Aboukir. The weather,
which proved terispeituon, during' our pAS.
sage, and which caused the total loss clan the Tar.
leish Gen.bpats,_ did not cp_se tc. blow .§PYtNifi
days after 9ur arrival in the foreeteentiened,
to counteract our projefts, and tp .thwart ets in all
our undertakings. It was not, in fa till the e.At
piration df severedays after the Fleet 'had come to #ll
anchor, that the Army was able -tO,eifeCt a landing.
The delay oceasienevi by thin 4n4.)rFeteen eielenct
of the elements, was as propitious to the Enemy
as it proved disastrous to us ; for, in the first
, place, it afforded them: time to concentrate their
forge, in a very strong position, 'which it laceame:nee
cessary for our Army to dislodge them from, before-
we could approaph.on the side of Alexandria : nevi
it gave them the means And opportunity of :pen&
trating our plans, and' of 7,,fry Much jncreasiegebC
strength ,of their eveitioe by all:the wake o'o
which the military genius and long experience *of
the Frenchhad so well taught them to execute. . The
weather proving more .moderate on the 7th, it vas .1
deter Mined by the two :Commanders in Chief that,
on the following daY; .an attempt =sheuld.he made to
disembark the Troops. ,A sky-rocket thrown upon tile
ensuing night from the Admiral's ship, was an lb'
signal that was made for the execution of the above
enterprme. The Reserve, under Major-o°2°l •
. Moues ; the Brigade of Guards, under
General
.Lueeow ; and the ,First Brigade of the
Line, under Major-General COOTE, Were 111 C
Troops appointed to make good the first latlel.!
ing. • These Troops were. all put on bawd the
flat-bottomed boats by two o'clock in the morn.
ing of the Bth. They ,were' favoured by a verY
bright moon, and very moderate weather, but owing
to the distance they .had row (the ilea hiving
dropt their anchors at .six miles from the shore) it
was near day-light befOre the whole of the ,
could reach the Moeda° Brig, which was „the vessel
appointed for their rendezvous. A great deal of time
was lost in dressing the boats, and in ranging them
agreeable to the General's views and order of fared.
jug. Having accomplished the necessary arranite.
ment, the boats* proceeded once more towards the ,
shore; which they reached within something short
of the distance of a mile, when they were saluted
with the .most awful and terrible shower of bobs
and round, and Afterwards of grape,ehet, -4vet
remember to -have before experienced. Three beats!
each containing fifty men, were sunk within an hun-
dred -yerds of the land.: many of ;hem, mere sided
but all the. ounded inevitably perished. Thie:egilo
sight lasted during a full half hour, and it is withsolo
rvv.jarn3 both to
lami obliged-to -Add of"
, that numberslga '
fell
as to the Enemy's firteh.eTllltrYWi°lsfelinhdeeerietnihie.SntitesSPiarUSl
• cannonade that the troops bcforeementiened gmtt„
their landing. The line was -immediately foil;
with as much precision as circumstances, ar'd, t
labour we had to undergo, would permit. ,I-,c4'Actrt:
was then ordered to be made at every a:ns,
front of all the Enemy's 'heights. You will
doubt hear with pleasure, that the PIO g1,",41e1
success crowned this valorous acilidvem— tit •
ht,aend4s ;oPaPnsd. thereEtießemicyce,s.af°tefrFAanlivci.enrYidi jilt°
.9'.
Awl, on!
test of two hours, o'''ours, were completely driven fig„
the ectee of aClion. As I cannot speak
accuracy to the number. of killed and evutindo:trs,
must refer you to the Gaeetee for such partislao
130th sides,. As you may suppose, materiAY
ed ; the Enemy particularly in ,his Cavahl" •erf
l',irriga Vesards has to regret the loss of a 4
fine young ma
JOHN 011,14.spetetr
wW.44e,Rlesteiev.N; t%th,beponlyvYasrmeicl
Slate in the. Action, after leading 0"
with the most heroic gallantry. The
laid, during the 7th, Bth, .9th, loth, and
on their arms, during which time the Fleet ,
employed in disembarking the 'Tropes '114,,ce
merous Cavalry of the Enemy inaking 1t
sary we should proceed with great cautu"ntelf
accompanied always'. by .a proper enrol4lone.'
tc
field -artillery: These obstacles to our ,t st'
progress being all surmounted by the I Ith 3'4
the Arms', on the following morning, was dir._e%he
to make a forward movement, and to attaelc;,,
Enemy wherever he Might threaten to mak, ee:
reeistance. In this march, our Army gai"',4l6/13
six miles ,of .country, without firing more ::eito
few _shot, the Enemy continuing to retreats,
us as often. as the front of our Columns 104
it,tele:'veeseinviAi
I:Pt:knit the successive
Army halted that night about half wee'
having retired, under cover of their artirr;tei
and Alexandria; tile le
a *very strong, commanding position, ill, ,`“;
heights, one •
the lattey place. Our. Commander. in eaw.;fte
R.ei.eet Ateeee.repeeee-, saw the necessig).yiotee
the. Enemy ..cout4 ;he reinforced ,with frcsbt re
and before he-Gould draw more Artillery PI etlckerr
Dept at •Alexandria, of immedia.talY °-I'l‘
him, and *bring ing on a general engagernentiijok.
this purpose,. the Army was direeled t° .1.°41110441
columns pf atteek. The right ,WAS t° ,
laadiet
the sea-shore ; the -loft :don; the Lake ,eeditlit
and the centre to advance no the inter,'",, ,ref
Country. The Tight was the first of 14''')fellI
11111111S' that fell in with ehe
.Enemy) ;1000
sharp .Rion immediately commenced " fee,
this column and the Enemy's left wing' nritisl4
tune, .however, decided in favour of tof
notwithstanding the great superiority ,sieicto!
.lery aptiest us, . and their favoerable ,t),;61,0
which. occasioned numbers being 11-1.0%. efins
before 'they -could get into anion. The lit
was," • during this time, advancing 4.070.4!
flviler's right, and had already (tuned Alit'e„roeite •
when he withdrEW to his. last and Prhi LAW,
:leg 11,o,ii.cipn. Here the BritlebrArtiLlea"v.;st
and the groat sacrifice of men it would hr,:tl coulo
haveeetormed their last height, and wt." 10",
,to wait until it could arrive. 'We halre ,vet
nce°4lghavterabicne,n.demt;irimetaiiiineded,twheith&urnt
_oo-
gun to break greued, and the few horses n°l
are employed day and nigh; in the transports

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Cannon. The town of Alexankii is now al-
t within the reach of our guns. Oar loss in this
' Adtion has been consideral;le .
"I write this on the ground, enveloped with the
wind and sand, with a very, bad pen, and, in faci,
without the smallest convenience of any kind. 13,1 d
4,/ it you will have the satibfadion, my dear fa-
tiler, of knowing that I am still amongst, the living,
and that I am well."

FOR THE SUN.

ON THE
. DE.irft of SIR R 41.1311 ABERCROI.I73I'.
ADDREtSED TO .THR COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
GREAT FRE.O'RICiC t pause amidst thy bright career--
I'm dazzling Glory maps to shed a tear;
iiiiianniaaveeps,. and Vitory deplores, •
!Ilea Nile, to far-farn'dAlbion's shores;
eb"leitia loss.—But History and Renown,
Shall all the Patriot, and the Warrior crown.
Rig Pate, and Fame, fstill felt in ev'ry Clime,
"hall fitlat for ever on the tide of Time.
ghat far.fatn'd Land that saw Great Pourty die,
View'd British Valour bleed without a sigh :
haw the great Vet'ran in the gloridus strife,
Triumph o'er France, and then resign his lifei
tut out the brand Derrykracy had hurl'd,
. liudfall supporting half the. Christian World.
.The wise, the brave,': the good, must yield their breath,
.%ritiUeitself's but canouiz'd by death.
8000nvunfading in immortal bloorn,
His laurel .sheds ambrosia o'er his Tomb.
it grateful CoAntry shall-embalm his r!itrolh
And England blend her Gloty with his Fame.
Wlitthur in Marble Busts, or Hearts of Fire,
His a4ine shall live, till Time itself ekpire.
RoBERT GREER, ',lad. Ejth

Ot the WiINT OF TASTE !, the It. ofC.
• •-----
13°Esit*Bs*s harangue on the Patriot Cause
of assent—no bursts of applause
Salute e'er his eyes or his ears
Yawns and loud laughter, in disSonant key',
At all ti ~,;'efts that around he can ste—
'Tis Si/mice alone that he begs, •
CANTAB.
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