The Sun.
London, England, 1801-05-18 00:00:00

DEAL, MAY 17.

THE Aggressor Gun.brig, came down this morn-
ing from the River, and remains.
His Majesty's Ship Nemesis arrived this morning
from the Westward, and soon after sailed again on
a Cruize, with the Savage, and Serpent Sloop of
War, and Censor Gun brig._
The Telegrap,s, Whaler, of Deal, Capt. H.
SWAi NT, arrived this afternoon in the Downs, from
the South Seas. Sailed from St. Helena the r6th
March last, with the following East indiamen
High/aid Cb;if, Minerva, Fritndsbip, Verona,
*and 112,6 e Brig, under convoy of His Majesty's,
Ship Biel-do, and parted from the Fleet soon after
they left St. Helena.

Governor lincion, of St. Helena, comes home
Passenger in Co e'ELf,fah.
The Tricgraph brings the. following account of
the Ships left at South Georgia on the 2d March,
18oz.

M. late Capt. Frcochovitlt-J6,000 skins, :cc ton-, o'.l
to sail for St. fitlena sth March.
Eliza„Swain, to tons oil, «coo Skins—to sail for ditto 31st
I'k/omit.

Adventttre, Fo?ger, 3c:oo skins--to winter at South Georgia.
Africa'? Qom); Cook, 6,...0a skins, p tons pil.—to-wintar at
r
. ditto.

Drag'n, Todacrray, nisco skinsi and. 4 tims of oil —ta sail
12; li'Marea. •

bOrER, MAY O.

SA ECI the Friendship, S —A.utipv!s, for Calais.
Arrived the Three,qisters, CoNRADiAs, from
Calais.

Passed by for London, the Wl'Mans:and Ittir.y,
Dii,t I NGIVIN, :for' New' York; RAviort,
for ditto; 84/6., Est ER Y, for ditto; ' William and
PE IRCE, • for Baltimore.

On Tuesday the following Commissioneh 'of, His
Majesty's Navy arrived at Sir £HA. SAXTON'S, in
the Dock:Sard, Portsmouth, viz..----DONcAN,
putt' COMF.' ttollerv. HA itTW ai,t., and ityie.. A
Board was, immediately. held ;- and next-- morning
they went on 'board 41 the ships_ in ordinary at
that p.ort, except the'Britetv:ia and 44-.;eli...:se.
vend- Were ordered for comrnission' :end others to be
broken'ap. '1 hey, '..also surveyed the bridge.froin
Gosport tokiaslar Hospital, 'which,. being, in a state
of delapidation, was ordered' to:be taken down.
'Lord- NE LSO N'S'• Fleet • remained in. Kioge Bay,
above Copenhagen, on. the iSt init.A- Division
was about to.etuize off the ,Island of :Bornholm.

We `substituted, h mistakek-- in. 'a:Paragraph- in
our Paper of Saturday, the-part:lp of Sir- ROl,l ERTL'
CAL D Eg,. for that. of Sir JOHia WA,IiREN. Yr WaS
the latter who fell- in 'with' GAl4'iltEAttlsiE, in'the.
Mediterranean' on the.4.th of 'April; and 'raving
lost the French Squadron again in a fog, very. judi-
ciously inished on for Alexdxdria, the rlace of its
destitiat ton,

ARMI

IN EGYPT.

EXTRACTS OF LETTERS FROM AN OrFTGER OF
RANK WITH AI&MT IT EgYr f.

camp ,before Altxaiuiria, 41:16rreb 25, 180 r.

" We were getting forward Artillery, &c. &c;
with an intention soon to attack the position of the
French, in frOnt of Alexandria, when MENOU col-
leded his whole force from Cairo and other quartets;
joined the Army at Alexandria; and attacked us be:-
fore daylight on the 21st. This attack was upon
oar right and centre, opposite-to the Reserve and-
Guards. About 300 or 4.00 yards in front of the
Reserve, a redoubt, open in the rear, had been thrown
up, which commanded the plain in front of out
Army, in this was posted the 28th Regiment; a
large ruin, 'retired 3o or ,fo yards behind the right
of the redoubt, flanked it on that side, and swept
the ground between the redoubt and the Sea—in
this was posted the sBth Regiment.
" If the enemy got possession of this redoubt
and the ruin, it was impossible for the Army to
keep its position. It had, therefore, been settled,
that in case of an attack, the 4211 Regiment was to
move up to the left of the redoubt, and that the /3d
Regiment and Flank Companies of the 4.oth, were
to support the 58th in-the ruins.
" The army were standing to their arms an hour
before day-light as usual, when the attack, coin,
menced. The firing began on the left. This, how..
ever, only masked the real Runk on the right;
which commenced immediately after on the re.dotibt;
They attacked it in front and- both •Flanks:
There were six pieces of Artillery in the redoubt.
They could not force it in front, but the .groUnd
enabled them to lie under cover, and keep a heavy
fire on it. On the right the 58th allowed them to
advance pretty close, and threw in two or three fires,
which killed so many, :that the rest went Off,: and
never made any other serious attempt on that side.
" On the left of the redoubt things were more
serious ; two bodies of the French had passed unseen,
and when the 4.2 cl Regiment arrived,'and 'were
forming on the felt of the redoubt, one of tliese 1)0..
dies Was discovered completely in their rear, and
moving towards the ruin. The 4741 ,faced- tei
tight about, charged the French Colimin; afittnot a
man of four or five hundred: escaped being killed,
wounded, or prisoners; they then .turned against
the other body, and drove. it; but in doing this
their order was. somewhat deranged, and'a Corps of
Cavalry got in upon them; they, however, stood
their ground,- and fairly got the better of the Ca.
valry._

" The French, renewed their attack twice.after.
wards, their Cavalry again penetrated, a part of
them turned the redoubt, and .gotinto it; the 28th,
who lined .the parapet, without quitting their sta.
don, turned round, and drove out, by their fire, such
as they edict not kill.
" The Foreign Brigade, undcr Brigadier-Gene-
ral Stuart, had moved up frOm. the second line to the
support of the. Reserve, and shared. in repelling the
last: attacks.

" Having failed in every attempt to force us with
their Infantry, they endeavoured to dislodgz us
with their Artillery, and they cannonaded us for an
hour and .a half, without our being able, for want
of ammunition, to return a shot. As soon as am.
munition arrived they retreated. _

" The French have lost in this Rehm better
than 4.000 ; their Cavalry, which was at 1500, is,
they say, reduced to seven or Soo. We have bu.
ricd 1200 of their men,. and 4.00 horses. There
can be no more convincing prcof of the superiority
of our Infantry, than the three actions we have had
since we landed. I never saw such determined
bravery in our troops, nor, do I believe it was ever
surpassed►
The Guards were attacked at the same time
with the Reserve, and were equally successful in
repelling the enemy : but in my relation I have
confined myself to what I saw."

Camp, at Sb;,k..ll.Arty, March IS.

_ -
I some days since minutely inspeEted the beach,
where ow troops debarked, and I ,was astonished in
viewing, the hill which, the 28th, .1.2 d, and 13d Re-
giments ascended in face pf sereral pieces of cannon.
I, declare to you./ could scarcely walk up it,,and at
the. hoitom for some .distance the sand. is so deep,
that. atsach step I sunk, to the artcle. For nearly
half. an hour our boats .were under the fire of fifteen
pieces of cannon pouting . grape. shpt -and bombs=
one of our boats was .sunk .by a shell, and we could
pply.sAve s of so men who were ,on. board... The
apnals of the world do not. recoUan.enwprize, of
morc g4l.l4ntry and decision.

campl.:fore Aki-and,a, April 7, lgol.

We occupied our prOent position on the morning
of the 22d, and cover part 'of the ground -which
formed the enemy's lines on the-.2 zst. 'Nothing
has .beerr attempted again-st Alexandria, and I' be-
lieve it is intended that the await the' issue of .the
EXpedition against Rosetta, :&c. Which, if success-
ful, must determine the fate, of Alexandri3, without
incurring .the 4anger. and 41fficulties. of attacking it.
Its principal strength arises from two hills strongly
fortified, and which are:inaccessibl.e„ excepting by
one made road, on which there is ipowerful'Ost.
Sir Sidney Smith , commands.. the; _Expedition
against Rosetta ; he bas'.w,ith , him, the Flank, Com-
panies of the 4oth, the Queen's-Regiment, and I
believe all the Turks that have been, landed, with
his,Brigade-of Sailors. In the event of his succeed-
ing at Rosetta, and ke arc warranted in anticipat-
,ing from the.enterprise all fhatjudgment aed gaUan-
.try. can atchieve, this *column is to; proceed tip the
Nile to Cairo, , for which point the Grand Vizier is
likewise in motion. We have.certain.advice that a
strong column of. his army has entered Egypt, and
advanced beyond Birdeoader, and were-expelled at
Salehich about .the. 26th ult. The French had a
strong Corps diem, but thegarrisoli has, we under-
stand, been, reduced to a few,native Companies.—
The . natives are. every -where revolting, and at
Catech, Bistab, Hahras,. and other places,. have
joined the Imperial standard in.erowds.
A supply ofhorses has been received from Smyrna,
and neat), the entire of our Cavalry, 'are at prevent
mounted. Our, _horses hitherto lave ..not_exceeded
three hundred, and these fa r the greater pilrt not yet
broke in. Tim-French Cavalry is excellent, their

movements ztr,e ra ni, arid,,preeise h,lyorld,ziny
. saw ; our -Infariti? Wcv.w6rei•
surmounted the apprehensions which they, had been
taught to entertain of the enemy's Ca:Jaiuv. (h:
Gua.rtlsi and the o.th Regiment, when charged on
landing, completely dispersed the assailants; and
theii gallant cxampk has -been well adopted on
everY.subsequent occasion. . .
The Arabs, from previous intercoTirse with Sir
Sidney Smith, improved by the conciliating cundutt
of our General, are iealons in our interest, and brii-ig
down refreshments to our army, notwithstandhig
the French General has shot in the front of his line
several of them whom he intercepted' and threatens
like 'punishment to such others ns he may catch. -

Swifisgre, qg' Alexankia, ,4pril 7, i3o c

The Flora frigate; which has been detained here
for some days, in consequence of the late severe
gales, is now preparing 'for England-; and avail
myself of the occasion to continue my narrative of
the progress of our expedition: ,
- We have just returned to this plaCe; having in our
'endeavours to keep oil' the shore, been obi:ged. to
tarry sail to such degree, as nearly to tear our ships
-to pieces, and received further prw)f of the inr:.
possibility of forming an effe,7tual blockade tf any.
port, even in this fine country. On the night of
our return from the offing, we spike the. Pearl fri-
gate, bringing us advice of the sailing of a French
squadron, of Seven Sail of-the Line, a Frigate, two
sloops, and two store ships, for this place, having
seven. thousand troops, and three Generals on board ;
they have likewise two Admirals, one of whom was
blown up in L'Oi•iciit, at Abojkir. We look for
their arrival-with the most anxious and pleasurable
•expectation, as their dekat, which would, doubtless,
he
,the consequence of our meeting, would:tern:lb:lite
this war.

- Lord KEITH has been busied in preparing the.
Stately for the line, and our force no* conststs,of
the Fondroyant, of 84 guns ; 8o; Ajax,
Northumberland, Swifisure, Kent, end Minotast,.-of
74 ;andStately, of 64, with several small vessels.

The Turkish Fleet is in Aboukir, where they are
to remain in charge of the convoy ; we had three of
their line of battle ships-With- us .on the early part
of our Cruize, but wlienit- began to blow; they ran
into port—they are singtdatly ine Whips.
We are sufficiently near Alexandria Ito distinguish
their videts with our glasses ; and sine the Battle
of the 21st, great civility .sul9,:iist4between the Out-
_posts. Colonel AB tacaomny writes us frAm
Head-quarters, that 'tfie trench,` froM such informa:.
tion as he had-colleadd front the VlL,uners, iyere
heartily- died of being heie ; -aadsit appears certain,
that if it was not, for the CipSsflation of speedy
•forcements; that they would accede to the very
liberal terms which have•heen pro'po-sedto them.
Our Sailors 'are particularly healthy gild we are
abundantly supplied with provisions.

Rhae.r, .111:4tch
The wounded-are daily arrivinihrifirorn'Egut
they arc well acebinmodao.d, and many who suffer.
ed in the affair of the Sth,,ate pearly recovered.

THE OR 41t A.—The fame of Signora V t xci seems
to increase every time -3hc
Opera of La Prineipessa Philos:ra was repeated on
Saturday last, and the PerfOrthance was received
with the warmest marks of, public faVour. She is
certainly'a very_ chartning performer.. There is"a
degree of, elegance blended with her spirit that
forms a rare compound. If her voice is nut of the
highest order, she knows how to manage it with
great Skill. Her Rondo is a very spirited-composi-
tion, and she giVei •it with beautiful eiiresio.i.
In hit. Duo with. Mort EL L her humour is chaste,
but by no mean 3 insipid. On the whole, she is a
very charming Performer, and a very fine attraaivc
objet for the sight as well as the ear. We were in
hopes to see the Chinese Ballet brought forward on
HILLIGSBERG'S 'Benefit, xepeated on Saturday ;
but the second Ballet was Barbara. and Allan, a
Composition of no very, s.tri4.ing ,Morit Action
,
or in Scenery,' but, however, strongly recommended
by, the accurate and sprightly Pas sinl of PAalsor,
which, as usual, was encored. The Duke aiiA
DLitcheSs, of YORK, .with the evident, but unosten_
tatious &arm of doinestic
.and a crowded
aswinblige of rank and beauty, rendered thu The_
atre a striking and interesting speciacle.

Mri., BILL ING,TOrr, we' understand, has had very
liberal overtures.from both the Theatres, as well as
frum the Opera. House, but has not yet entered inio
any Agreement., .and as the-present season 14 sc) near
a. conclusion, will probably-,not appear till thesnext.

Mr. Lewis, in his Epilogue
_to Afelmorn, has
been morefruf^ than consistent, in panegyrics. .4.1
first, the conclAirg lines were interkled as a Com-
pliment to HER MAJESTY, and the Audience were
referred to-Windsor in proof of the truth of the culo-
giums. But the very same
spra;se is now tr,msferrrd
to .the-DIITCI-IESS of-YoRK, and Oatlanis is 4e
local substitute.. • The Author,. howev6r; has tin.
luckly forgotten to alter the words 'gc pre44 art in
plaer," Which mti3t, of cotme, relate.to HER MA-
JES:rY, so thit• the Audience are now puzzled
between the 'merits of both of these illustrious
characters, and the praise passesoff without exciting'
a due~ tribute of popular regard towards either. r
There seems great danger from the introduetion
of the use of Straw.• Paper,: that our Authors will. be
exposed to much ridicule. These works, instead of
being reproached as smelling of the lamp, will now
be censured for smelling of the stable, and a Poet'
With a fruitful nmie, will, after every poetical
banding be aptly called the Gesitlemax in the
Strartp.

The -progress, ,of Science in Dublin, since the
Union, is -very- considerable. As Mitical Writer
there. has made a greatadvance• to wards. the Quadra-
tare of the. Circle, for.he asserts, tlia-t the measures
of the present Administration, like thoseof the last,
are ill planned in every Corner of the Globe.

Saturday the convids.from Newgate, &c. were
embarked at Deptford, for the purpose of being-
conveyed round to -the transports at PoMim i h f
they will probably bail with. the Cape and China
ships 1

The Kenyon, Robinson, from Jamaica to Liver-
pool, has- been taken,. retaken by the Galatea
frigate, and'arrived at Cork,

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, ,CATURDAYr MAY i 6.

THE ATTORtiEY GENERAL said, that a Motion
Was made yesterday, by Mr. MINGAY, for a Habeas
Corpus to bring op the body of a Gentleman, who
was alledged to be confined under a false allegation
of Insanity. The truth of the matter was, that he
was a person • of considerable distinetion, and was
under confinement from the care and tenderness of
his friends and relatives, to prevent his otherwise
inevitable destruetion. A Commission of Lunacy
was about to pass under the Great Seal this very
Clay, so that there was no pretence for the applica-
tion which had been made to the Court,for bring-
ing him up.
Lord KENYON said, that really and truly it %On
great pity that any one should have _thought of in-
strueiing Counsel to make the application to bring
this unhappy Gentleman up ; when no one,, who
knew any thing of his fathily, could doubt, of,his
calamity.
The ATTORNEY PENERAL said, that it originated
in a desperate scheme to marry him unworthily.
Lord KENYON said, .that nobody who had heard
of the family could doubt ,of that a:a either.
Mr. Justice Geost said, there was an Affidavit
laid, some time ago,. before him,. in this matter,
,and he had a clear opinion of the case..
Lord KENYON said, the same thing, and the same
,parties were before him also.
Mr.:lVliNoAy said, that after he made
.the. Mo_
tion, according to his instruCtiotis, he went to the
bead of the family yesterday, and he told the family
what course the matter ought- to take, with which
they were sati,fied. The, better way be to
let .the proceedings under the Commission of Lunacy
to gO without inteiruption, and in the mean time
to enlarge the Rule until the next Term.-:=Ikole en-
.)arged accordingly.

••• Bowes ro. eowts.
This was a suggestion for the purpose of obtain.
Sig a peohibition to prevent the Spititual Court
from granting Letteis of Administration with the
Will annexed,. or-PrObate to the Executors 'or Ad.
ministrators of the late.cOuntess- of Strathmore, on-
der an allegatiOn that her. Ladyship, having a htis,:
band living at—the , time of her death, could n9t,
wiihOut his consent; dispoSe of any personal estate ;
for, that the husband *as; by 'Law, her Executor in.
• all the personal property she died possessed-of, et.
cept 'such as she had power to dispose of by settle.
went ; that As to all the rest of her personal property;
she Must' be'eonsidered as having died intestate, and
that therefore AdministratiOn should be. granted to
. him, 'B4c. •
The ATTORNEY GENERA shewed cause against
this Rule, and stated, that the suggestion was un.
true in the material part, aid therefore inconclusive
in point of Law ; the fads were, that Lady Strath-
more, prior to her marriage with Mr. 13owes, hiv-
ing very considerable personal 'as well as landed
property, executed a Deed 'by 'which she secured to
herself the sole controul of this property. After
she was deluded into that marriage, tt he was put
. under duress, arid compelled to revoke that settle:.
meat, which Deed of Revocation occupied the
Courts for some time, and was afterwards declared
void ; so that the Settlement, before her marriage,
remained in. full force ; her jewels and other ankles,
which had been' taken from her, were restored to
her, b)J order of the Court of Chancery.: She had,
since, made her Will, disposing'of this property,
' as. she had a right, to do, and this application was
on behalf of Mr. Bowes, who claimed this property
as her husband. It was laid dOwn in several cities,
in ,BROWN' and VE jllll.' that where a married
Lady had a separate Maintenance independent of her
husband, and accumulated'any.Of it by way of say.
ings, that: she could -ciispose of such accumulation by
her Will. Where sheleft that; or any other perso-
nal property, withotit nuking any, disposition of it,
the husband took it as her next of kin;. but nothing
was more clear, than .that where' -she had property
at her own disposal in*her lifeltime, she could dis-
pose of it by Will, which was the case here, and
therefore the Executors under. the Will were entitled
to the Probate.
'Lord KENYOt . said, they could only.have a limit;
• • ted Administration, for:that the Will could operate
only on the property which the Lady had.reserVed
the power 'of disposing of by the Deed before her
marriage ; that if she had lift any other personal
property, the' Will.could have no effect upon it, or
if she had left any personal property that was not
taken notice of in the Will, in either of these cases,
the husband would be entitled to it, as the next of
kin.

Mr. ERSKINE adinitted the Law .to be as had
.
been stated by the. Attorney General, and recognized
by. the Court, in this.case, but expressed an appre-
hcmisin that 4e Probate would be general, by
which the Executors would hire. the disposition of
all the aids, 160 that the property to whiCh Mr.
Bowes might be entitled, as the husband and next
of kin, might be taken away without his lraving
any contrutd over. it.' •
Lord'KE!IYON said, that was; legally, impossible,
for that the Administration was Nuked within the
bOundaries of the power of the Testatrix ; if she had
given any property. which she had not power to give,
or had left property undisposed of, the husband
would be entitled to it- in either case.: there was
nothing in the point, it was as clear as the sun.
Mr. ERSKINE asked if the Court would allow
-Mr. Bowes to declare in prohibition, in order to, see
what did.belong to. the husband ?
Lord KEWYON said, No; there had been too'rnuch
money fruitlessly squandered.in the fitthily already
if there was any belonging to him, the Administra.
tion to these-Executors could not affect it.
Rule discharged.