The Sun.
London, England, 1801-07-17 00:00:00

LONDON, p

Tai E Hamburgh Mail . due on Sunday last, ar-
rived this morning. The most interesting part of
its contents, that which relates to Russia, has al_
telly been anticipated by the communication re-
-Ceived by Government. From ,Egypt we find no
intelligence so recent as that contained in the Eon_
doe_ Gazette Extraordinary published on Wednes_
day.

The Armistice between this Country and Sq,ve-
den and De,vmark, has been prolonged for Three
Months, in order to give time to make the neces_
sary arrangements for their acceding to the Conven-
tion concluded at Petersburgh.

The Ostend article gives a further account of the

preparations against this Country. •
WICKII-AM arrived in ,Thwn this morning

from the Continent-.

WE gave in our Paper of yesterday the London
Gazette Extraordinary, leaving it to speak for it-
self on the subject: of the successful operations of the
Combined Armies in Egypt. We cannot however
retrain from adding to it to-day our congratulations
on these Successes, which give us still greater as-
surance as to the final result of this great and in-
teresting Expedition. According to the accounts
which have been published, it appears that MENotr,
seeing that General Hu-rcx NSON had for a moment
renounced the attack upon Alexandria for a more
desirable object, that of taking advantage of the
Co-operation of the GRAND ViztEß. and the East
India Force, in order to reduce the whole of the
upper part of Egypt—it appears, we say, that the,
French General turned also his defensive measures
to the same point, and endeavoured to preserve, it
possible, the Post of Cairo. The march which the
French Corps that were defeated at Rahmania made
towards that place, was, it must be admitted, very
rapid and well conceived. It is evident that they
bad no other resource left but that of coming unex-
pededly upon the GRAND VIZIER, and of endea-
vouring to defeat him and to force him to retreat.
If they had succeeded in this, they would then have
been able, if not to keep the field against otir
Troops; at least to defend with advantage the Cita-
del of Cairo, or perhaps at least its approaches.—
We think however that notwithstanding that, they
would not' have been .ab:e to support this species of
V,'ar beyond the time when the Troops disembark-
ed at Suez should come up.

These suppositions are, however, now become
unnecessary, and as far as a military judgment can
be formed at so great a distance from the theatre of
the War, it appears to us that the French can no
I..nger-hope for any chance of safety either in the
valour of their Soldiers or the skill of their Officers.
They now possess but two strong Fortresses, and
on which depends the whole fate of the War, Alex-
andria and Cairo. The first of these two places
is blockaded by sea and by lard, and the Garrison
is in no situation to undertake any thing serious
against able Troops entrenched in a position, the
strength and advantage of which were viCloriously
proved on the day of the zrst of March, and which
has been since still farther ameliorated. The Gar-
rison of AleXandria are therefore coruleirmcd to re-
main. speaators of the field of warfare which is
carried on in the rest of Egypt. The blockade
which they experience is the moat disastrous
species of warfare that can be waged, as it is
evident that they are in want of ptovisions. If
this had not been the case, the French would cer-
tainly not have attempted to send them a convoy
which must, according to all appearance when the
state of the respective positions was considered,
have fallen, as it has done, into our hands. The
perilous undertaking of sending this convoy proves
the urgent want under which the Garrison of Alex-
andYia laboured ; and the, capture of it also proves
that they must, ere long, have much to sustain in
that roped. The reduilion of that place will
however, very probably, as we have from the first
moment predicted, be the last event in the War in
Egypt.

With respea to Cairo, it must, it appears to
us, be like the other place, reductd to defend itself
against a blockade, which we may suppose will
soon be converted into an effective Siege. The
june-tionor the co-operation of the Corps of Gene-
ral HUTCH I NSON, of that of General BAIRD, and
of the Army of the GRAND VIZIER, do not allow
us to entertain any doubts as to the mare or less
si‘eedy success of the Expedition. The approach
of the two former Generals will nut 4:tow the
French again to attempt attacking the GRAND
VIZIEIt with all their forces, as they would, by so

Troops, and exposed to a Coup de Main, which
would be powerfully seconded by the inhabitants of

that city.

While the blockade, or the siege of two places
will thus require for their defence the employment of
all the forces remaining to the French, our Troops
will be masters of the Interior of the' Country.; a-ad
will enjoy, in the greatest abundance, all its re,
sources. No post of any importance, except the
two which we have mentioned, can he occupied in
any force by the Republicans, the number of which
must have been extremely reduced by the engage-
ments of the Sith, ; 3th,
.and 21st of March, by the
loss of the Garrisons of Aboakir and Damietta, by
that of the Prisoners taken at Rahmania, and. by
the last engagement with the GRAND VIZIER. On
the whole, it may be said, that there has seldom
been a War, the issue of which could with so great
a degree of probability be predicted, as that which
is carried on at the present moment on the banks of
the Nile, and on the confines of the Desert.

The KING, according to a private Letter from
Weymouth, is in perfect health and spirits—goes
every other night to the Play, and the intermediate
nights he has his Concerts, ar.d the QUEEN her
party.

There is a new arrangement at the Lodge this
year : the Equerries no longer dine with the ROYAL
FAMILY ; but have a table to themselves, the La-
dies only being admitted to that honour. His
MAJESTY, by way of setting a good example to his
Subjeas, has for some time abolished second courses.
Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, was mar-
ried at Larnbeth.palace, Lord PELHAM to Lady
MARY OSBOR NE. The ceremony was performed
by His Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in
the presence of the Dutchess of LEEDS, the Earl
and Countess of CHICHESTER, the Countess of
HOLDERNESSE, Lord and Lady FRANCES OSBORNE,
and Lady EMILY PELHAM, his Lordship's Sister.
Lord F. OsBoRNE gave away the Lady. At twelve
o'clock, the company sat off•in two coaches and
four for Putney Common, where his Lordship has -a
beautiful house.

Letters from an Officer of the tzth Dragoons, in
Portugal, to his friends at Plymouth, - state the
hardships suffered from the negligence and inatten-
tion of the Portuguese Commissaries, by the z zth and
26th Dragoons, and the three Emigran:Regiments
in British pay, near Abrantes. They marched there
to encamp, but neither tents, straw, nor forage
were furnished for some time; nay, their allowance
of provisions was extremely scanty. The same
Officer writes, that on the 4th of June, as the Por-
tuguese Troops were conveying some provisions
and stores for the Camp near Abrantes, they were
attacked by a body of Spanish horse. The -Portu-
guese instantly fled towards Abrantes, Lieutenant
HAWKER, of the t 2th Dragoons, with a half
troop, gallantly volunteered to recover it from the
Spaniards. His offer being accepted, he with great
spirit attacked the Spanish horse, though superior
in numher, routed them, and brought off the fo-
rage in triumph to the Camp at Abrantes. The
Dragoons of the i zth and 26th were so continually
on the alert, that they had not their boots off for
fifteen days.

On Tuesday and Wednesday the 9th Regiment of
Foot, consisting of three battalions, have been dis-
embarking- at Portsmouth from Jersey. This regi-
ment, chiefly recruited from the Militia, served the
whole of the campaign in Holland, • afterwardsac-
companied General Sir JAMES PULTENEY in the
Expedition to Belleisle, Ferrol, And Cadiz ; were
about two months in Portugal, from .whence they
went to Jersey,. and are now returned to England.
The French Society of Agriculture, of the De-
partment of the Seine, have come toa resolution to
apply to the British Board of Agriculture, through
the. First Consul, for a swing plough; a horse hoe,
a two furrow plough, and such other improved in-
struments-of English and Scottish husbandry, as the
Board shall judge to be, worthy of-trial in France.

The famous Citizen HENRY VANDER Nowt-, who
distinguished himself so much several years since, by
the alive part he took in the revolt of the Nether-
lands from the Austrian Government, has applied
to the Batavian Government for leave to settle in

Holland. with his brother, who. has resided eight
years in the vicinity of Bergen-op-Zoom. His re-
quest has been granted, on condition that he shall
be constantly under the vigilant eye of the Police,
and promise never to engage in any political in-
trigues.

conduft of Prussia in taking possession of
the Ea-tot-are of Hanover,. would justify Much
stronger language than that. which has been employ-
ed in the State Paper addreSsed by the Hanoverian
Ministry to °the. Prussian Government. But it is
to be hoped that the respeftful moderation of that
language will have its due weight, particularly as
it is known to come from a Power whose moderation
is not
,the. effed of imbecillity, but with a firm re-
solutidn to support.its own rights, is averse to re.
sort to the last extremities 'till liberal forbearance
is `found to be wholly ineffedual.

In the revolutions of Power during the last three
hundred years few States have suffered more than
Venice. It appears from the return of the Naval
Force which the French have published, - that when
she fell into their hands she had only Seven Ship of
the Line, almost dismantled, and Fifteen Gallies, be-
sides Merchant Ships. In the Fifteenth Century
she had Three Hundred Ship: of mar, manned by
80,000 men, and One Hundred and Fory.five
lies, the crews of which consisted of i 1,000 men.
In the German Papers brought by one of the last
we find an Advertisement of a new edition

of a Treatise on the Right of search. The most
popular and the most generally approved work on
this subjea in this Country will be that edited by
Lord ST. HELEN3'at Petersburgh;

HAMBURGH, jut? 8.

YESTERDAY-the English Envoy Mr. WICKHAM,
from Vienna, arrived here on his return to London.

ST. PETERSBURGII, Juxt 19.

To DAY several Russian Merchants were sent
for by our Minis-er who conduets the affairs of
Tr2.de, and assured that they might now continue
their commerce with England as heretofore, as all I
disputes with Great Britain were accommodated.