The Sun.
London, England, 1801-04-20 00:00:00

iiexatdr:ia,the Troops ,sciatereti iii the ncielmr

lOod of that place. • On the rjrhi-Genpral Sir R!
•
E'RCIIOMBY, after hnvitg, no.doubt, disemlark
ed ;lib Artillery, and Provisions, twartilh:d forward:
with all his forces, and met the 171::1C10, at seven in
the mornipg, ii it battle -took,
plong the whole ll'oe,.and after vapious success,.
. it appears evillent that the' French were on !heir
lvft ,driven into Alexii;:. dr;a, and were on. their
, fright forced to give ground still - fAittbes. On the
evening of the t 3th and on the. 4th,' our 'troops
continued •to make-progress on their left. We
know nothing .of their operations subsequently to
• that day,. t4e French Frigate, the, Osiris, which
.brought this intelligence,- having on the I,sth sailed
froto Atextritdri./, where a Frigate Carrying 300
chosen, Troops, and 3000 Musgets Lad, a; well "as
a arrived on the 2{l of 141arctl. .. •
Our Readers, on perusing w:qh attention, the daily'
;dispatches:, of the Maritime:Fret-0.1 of Es.),..pt, and
'the acodunt of the two battles on the oth, and 3111,
will be able, notwithstanding the wilful silence of
the riench, to forth a tolerably clear ju'dgment at to
the situation'ofatfairsjnEgytt on the 14th of March.
It, is evident, that at that period, that ;is, six days
only ;titer their disembarkation, or troops were in
possession of the wty.)le peninsula of AboOir, ani
h. 13, is It the highest importance, cut off the
.nication between the Garrison of AlzweiniPia

and A.;orikir and the main bed? french
Army. The latter circumiance 4.suiLi!antly proved-
by no, dispatch from Mgisrou' having besn rerOved.
That General was, it appears, to have assetnbled
hi? Troops at. Rbamania, on the t ith ult. and.it
was expeeted that he would march against Sir
Riti..Fll-00.41e.415t. In. the wan time, we may
suppose, that the latter will
,have, ettcteavourecl to
make himself master of. Alexandria and Aboukir,
whit+ it is material to hiiiilttyt. to leave behind-him.
The Letter of therKaritime 43,refea to the .First
tbgsul;givis.us4o,4;igilizpu,Lhat as early as the
j6th, the Siege 44ijat. pla4 had been hegun..7--;
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Every thing seems-4)ns, to depend 02 its prompt
is;ae, and'i.ve cannot help forming the most lively
hopes as'to?the result. We should enter farther in_
to this subject, it our limits woald ha;e allowed us.

WE Ought, certainly, to make use of tie pros i=
denthul and import:int occurrences which have lately
taken place, to try the: disposition of our. Enemies,
with resped to Peace. Nothing can sp much tend
to facilitate the attainment of that desifable objet
as the dissolution of the Northern' Confederacy,
which the Death of the Emperor PAUL, and the
Vii ory at •Colenhagen, uwst verf shortly effea.
We shall soon see the KING of hzussiA. withdraw

from that Confederacy, advancing some plausible
preic-,:t for the part he has taken,:,:,aad Sterriee7i,
already indisposed to the content, cannot find it her
interest to Continue tiler:fore, that
in course of• the last ten da3ks, the greai'-olisiaole,
to Pacification has been removed, aija,we are con-;

vinced that our' Ministers, sincerely entkayOdting

to attain this desirablr, will be 'as-moderate in
proposing conditions, in the hour of Vietory, as
they would have been, firm and undaunted, if, in-
stead of obtainini±Vittory, they had unfortunately
experienced Defeat. TheAviilrnot, however, we
are sure, be sb anxious and eager in;their pursuit of
Peace, as to accept humiliating Terms, such as
can be said, in any degrees; to impair 'the Security,
or to tarnish the .Honour of the Country,

It is. itnp6Mble to consider our present situation,
without feeling the merits of those who lately ad-
. ,
ministered our AP m
irs. No Men ever ore nobly
upheld the Charat'tet and Dignity of the Nation.—
We cannot give a more striking proof of the
truth of this remark, than by reminding our
Reader's of the circumstances under which theren-
terecl into the War with the Northern Confederacy,
,At the moment when the Powers which joined, that
Confederacy thought that.pur Strength was mate-
rially impaired,- and our' Resources nearly
hausted, they avowed openly, their intention,of
setting a Right, which theyliad, at the beginning.of
the' Contest, only secretly countenanced. Timid
Men, condutting our 'Affairs, would, under'Such
circumstances, have given up the.pretendcd
Right---
temporizing Politicians would have buffered the
Confederacy to a& upon it withodt admitting its
justice—but what.was the condt4 of our 'Ministers?
they, felt that our Naval Superiority—lthat all that
renders us'great in the Scide of. Nations,-was

volved in the maintenance of this important point—
...
th3t we had Justice
,and the Law of Nations 'on:our •
side—rand they %literminediNin spite of every -dif-
tieuity, to asser,Pilie Cat 444. their CoUntry.—
We think the o,4nrwill sheWihat they have done so
successfUlly. Tfth'etitill,fpFd; we should even then.
haVe contended, that the Measures 'zdopted. against,
the Northern Confederacy, were fclundeil in NV /S.
dom,in a just sense of the interests of the. Nation,
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and were the result of that boldness and intrepidity,
which, in the midst ofdanger, and olditulty, will
ever, Oast,. animate the breasts of those to
whoni the AffairS of this Country fire confided.

If that event, the most.auspkioui far the welfare
and happiness of gu,tope, *nd fartk4larly of this'
Country, had tzken-place a week sooner', it.might;
it has been • said, have saved the iffkiltOti-Aif the.;
blood- which eras been spilled at the Attack cr
Copenkagen. It. 'night`.stave had that, ;flea, but
Vidary is seldom to be gained without the sacri.:
fide of human liyes,'and.we cannot but feel, if ever
tere was_a, IsilatiarfiWhich deseryed chastisement for
its perfidy, it 'w.a's Scarcely had the
Fleet of Achriirat'Dicraor-: left Capnbaith, under
the strongest assuranees'olthe Danes abandoning, at
least during the War, the support of :a principle
against which- -we. Leinte,roed, before the assertion
and maintenanc& that tvery. principle was made
•
the hood .of atattideract In 'whith Dentnqrk her-
- . • h,', • - la-x • • •
self bore
`a princi.lal part. The forrtiation of thii
- • t
Confederacy and-its objet ,were at first kept pro.
roundly 'ec-ret -•,,‘ but when Denzzai.l thought she
. .
had sufficiently prepared for l*r defence, they were
oper9k,ayowcd. Wii,s it not essentialthen.to our
1-lonour;anS tb our future interests, to punish such a
conkluel ?s. Was it not. necessary to oar securiry
itself, to chew to the Pciweri so • leagtkil together,
and to•de.irm4rater to .the W0r1,1,-ilie Fatly, ay well
as the injustice. of such a Combination i , •

, •
are far from swishing that the City of
CotrAag.en should be .destroyed, or that the Fleet.
of that Power should be annihilated ; • the eistcnce,
pay the rtrength of that Nation, may forni no un- .
important:cheekito,the ambition of other Nations,
and may form .useful- weight in the balance of:
power in Europe. We wish only that the effeet
of-one, of the greatest Viaories which the present
War has produced, may be, to dissolve the league
against bs,r:nd to spew ;to the World that, Whether:
in-theleizht oForosperity, or in the midst of danger
-IJg .
and of difficulty, will no
an ourselves to be
ins=a-VIM intTl Unity. .-- 7 ;
various' SourceS, the .2VOWed dis-
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p?bition of the FAnperot AL t XANDER. to De inclined
to Peace, we -can..tee no further o;bjeEl which is.
likely to aetuate.BoilArAttrE' to-continne the Cdij-
test. We think hetill ttiow be sincere in treating
fqr Peace.--:Whil;thel:Orthern'Confederacy
exist-
ed, and Egypt remained •in .the potsessiOn of the
French, -he never would have treated with 'sincerity ;
he has declared that he looked to. that Confeieracy
L
:as tthe mans of humiliating the pride, and destroy-
.ing the vital interests of Great Britain.

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It is withmuchsatisfaaion we see the happy.effeE
`produced on the Public by the Speech delivered by
Mr. ADD INGTON on Wedpesday _ last;.-a
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mote•honourable than -any we have long hees44, to
the head and, to the heart 'of the Speaker,'aft d not
less important with respeet to the joint interests of
England and the political world.. The well adapted
and .afreding 'eloquence Of this Speech, sews haw
groundless Were the fears expressed by some of our
,public Prints, lest the oratorical talents of Mr.
-.Apploosea-Aihould .not -.prove equal to his.tither.

trgiqt9 and to what 'his new situation required.
Convinced as we have been from the beginning, that
he would soon demonstrate 'as strong daims .to to
admfratioeh and to the confidence of the-Public, when
nut of the Chair, as he possessed while he occupied
it, we have been particularly gratified to see him
thus proving, in so striking a manner, the justice
of-our predialon,

The circumstances which produced this Speech,
presented an occasion. as critical for the Nation as
for the Minister who governs it, and in which the
latter could not avoid, affording' the- former the
means of estimating his views, his charatier, and
his capacity. Every one, of our Readers will, hear
in recollcftion how honourably Alr:Ann-qo-roN
has undergone this triple ordeal that heepreiscd,
withouLdisguise:or affeaation, his sincere des ie of
restoring' Peace to his Country ; that .11e— gave tis
the valuable asstgance that he would not be diverted
from this desire by the sudden; ,and brilliant change
which has-taken place in the situation of our 'Conn-
.
try ; that he knows, in short,. how to seize
,the
most favourable moment for giving pledges of his
.
firmness and moderation, when the former of these
qualities could not wear the appearance of ostenta,
tion,'nor the latter of.weakncss. It is this happy
combination of energy atsd prudence,
of strength
and magnanimity, whichi ar-s" the ch atleriatio trait
of The Political Conduet.Of our Minister. He ap-
pears to have taken for hiS motto, and to have had
consjAntly in view, the precept of the Roman Poet,
~03ive? Re434adversis.animosta atque
Fort.rficppare, sapienter idea.
"r(? C$ nimiurn secundo
t Turgid,a vela. .
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SUN - OFFICE, .

HALF rAST • TWO, Y.M.

WE stop 'the' Press to announce, that the I-ion.
Colonel STEwART has, just arrived at the.A.lmi_
ratty with Dispatches. from Admiral Sir Hy DE
PARKER. He has brought. intelligence, that an
AttliS•tiee for fourteen weeks has been agreed to,
bet'veen'xhe, Commanders of the Eitglish Fleet and
the Court of Copenhagen. . .

.
,NIAJESTY, on Saturday,
,rode on horseback.
to Blacicheath, to visit Her Royal HighnesS. the
1244CESS of\VA t. ES, and ale PRI NC ESCH AR LoriE.,.
The ROYAL FAMILY remove to Itew this day.
PRINCB .tDOI.I)HUS is to have Apartmentssai
Kew, during the residence 'of
.cheßoyAL FAzyttir
at .that Palace. , -
We have
,reason to believe, that Prinde .ADOL-
?Hos has brOught very sattsfanory assurances from
the KING of PRUSSIA to Hli MAI E'STY,. on it'very
interesting point.
The'KING has made a present to the PRINCE of
W...-1,--rrof a most beautiful whiteHanoverian-Horse,
fora ,chnact! •
.;- The.Comttwent out of Mourning yesterday.
Thel.9Ark.ooANcgu.oa and the Cabinet Mi-
, RiAters he)6ll, Coilference in council yesterday, at
Lqxd HAWISESBURY'S Office. •

Last night about t2n o'clock' seventeen persons
were arrested udder authority of a Warrant from
the 'Duke of PoRTLANti, IT Mr. SHAW, a King's
Messenger, with a Parry of theßow-street.Offteers,
at a Public.hotise, in Fore-street, Cripplegate, on
suspicion .of-beiog assembled there for certain Sedi.:
tious and Treasonable purposes.—The prisoners,
tr,r safety; were immediately .taken to Newgate.—
Some Papers of a. scditias• tenaeney were found Upon
some of diem. • .

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Non illi imperium flagit seeviinque (1-I.l?mteir.
Sect mibi srte diner. . . -

Ffr:m tr.,e-LONDN GIZEITE,:-Aprii IS, 1801.. '

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C f a Lelter:',..)tsC:tilla-in !J a- Per, of
jesty's Sb;p Arlbgst,'M'EvaliNepeani. E.-sty:data
Siltheadi the '311.1 Instant. 01‘ .
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have the pleistzu, of informint 'ant at'Jialf
past nine..pci thitr.urning •the rztir,"Ctin!nor wav
`round, we with and captured, ifiVi'sia. hour
ehace, the Frereit Privateer Lugger, I.e. Brave, of
BnuJogne, of fiukeen guns and fifty-sevcn men, on
her first cruize,fperfceqy new.
• I *am, &e.
THOMAS WOLLEY.

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rLYmouTH, APRIL IS.

SAILED the Laptu;n: Frigate, with Dispatches
for Lisbon ; 'La Loire and Ambuscade Frigates,
Renard and La Sujisa-nte ,SloaPs."l3f
LADIZe aiut sims, with a en;,_
voy to:the Westward. _
Arrived the Grappler Gun brig, from a C ruize
the Channel ; and the Brig ArAventure, of and itotn.
Jerky, bolo,' to. Liverpool, in ballast, putt LE
GRELLtER master, captured on the t6th inst; Off
the Lizard aTrcncli privateer, and re.:takert Isy
the fraiiatir Lugg6b. -
Sailed the Majcitic, of 74 guns, for the North
' Sea:
' Arrived the•Daris, of 36 guns; from a Cruize off
Bourdeaux;

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Fonts moum,' A4Tt. ,
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ARRIVED His Mljesty's' gfti-p. Camilla,' front
, •••• •

cruizing,
Sailed His. Majesty's. Ship ransuard, for tl,e
Nortll-60 Fleet Brilliant Frigate, •to., the East.
ward ; and.Hii Majesty's Ship Madttkn.l,- fbr the
Downs, with the Lomcwitrd.bound 91,3110 Shipss
And many othet xessels, under her convoy.
Arrived tlie,Daniili Brig' Chi: e _ owe', PETER.
SON, frOill.tt;,:rllo.paily,iqi stlgari detains by
.
His Majc3tri shtrentydics. •

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i'4IZMOLT.II, au; q.
SAI LE p 4.01/1.01 Leicezer Paoket, THom.P!
scnct to Cuxhaiien with flails, under . a Flag of
Truce;- thef,P;iileace , Cutters Li'a'r Stoup-
re.
Wright and Albion Armed Ships.
Arrived the i'riizi„,nce, of 74.. guas; Lr rencve
and Griper Guii-brigs, La Pirio.7c frigate, and,
Hermes Armed Ship. - `-.

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FALMOUTH, Aran 17.

THIS day arrived the'Prlper Cutter, Lieutenant
CQGL4N, from :a- Cruizei and the Brig herbeib,
Captain. ELLtorr, from. Bristol for Jamaica ; al:,)
about Eighty Sail of Vessels under convoy of Ilia
Majesty's Ship La Contance, of 24 guns, for Lisa
bon and Oporto. They wait here • for the arrival
of His Majesty's Ship Zuudicp Capt.. 84.71-tuitsr,
from Plymouth, with. the remaining Pane;:of _the
Fleet. • . .
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The Marquis' do- Po MB Irßaf:2l:l,w,S:ctiei
xavriel
) - - •
peded- here to-morrow,. to ,
Lisbon in'the
l tai'
with the first favourable The Pho'fix Packe
for .America; "with the Mail ,Of the Ist inst. soi
remains by contrary wind. ..,

1)01TR, APRIL 19.
PAcsrn by, the* Ull;Oil, of Boston) 1 Hoo;ist,
bound to Lisbon from Amsterdam; foada;•With
,Saiterthe 'Nasty, of Dover, Capt. R
with bispateltes fig Calais.,

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SHEERNESS, AP X1;1 L 19'

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YESTE.III).AY sailed His Majesty's. Ship Rub.", ii
6+ guns, Capt. Sir E. BERRY, Kat. for Yarrnots
This day went. out .of Harbour to tile Nore, s
Alia, of 64 guns. . .• ,

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DEAL) APRIL 19.

}its Majesiy's Ship Nemesia- rrivzd
from Sheerness, and sailed tlsiy morning on a Crui►l

to the Westward.
The G;er Sloop of War sailed yesterday to t'4l

Eastward.

A Vessel arrived on 6aturday in the River lot
Am,terdam, whence she sailed on Tuesday .3st
the master reports, that after extraordinary elto
_dons, several Dutch Ships of War had tirtny
down the nimptisr, and were on the eve
o of
ensaihr
when, intelligence of the Battle oir Cphav
reached the Batavian, Government ; ita rnergp

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immediatey beagle suspended, its exertions
End, and every !thing manifested their disappoint-
ment and despondency.'
Captain MglClNtiy, of .the Ottir, and Captain
Et R CHAL L, of the Harty, inconsequence of their
gallant exertions against the Danish Fleet, have
been promoted—the former is appointed to the Eel-
lona, and the latter to the Monarch.

Captain WORTH is appointel to the Renard, of
24 guns, vice'SplcEß, absent en leave.
The Leotard, of fifty guns, tearing the Flag of
Rear-Admiral BLANKETT, with the Fcx and Or-
phei Yrigatesrvwas at lomba: on the 2.9 th of
November. •

Letters are received from Capt. PEARD and the
-Officers of the Success Frigate, sated from Alice,
near,TVon, on' the zoth and 23d of March.—
They were on.their Parole, and. treated with much
attention,

Wednesday a Court. Martial was held on board
His Majesty's Ship Gladiator, in Portsmouth Har-
bour for the trial of Thomas Hall, William Bezen,
and frilliatte Harris, seamen, belonging to the Li.
berty Brig, for Desertion. The Prisoners were
all found guilty) and sentenced to receive too lashes:
each.