The Sun.
London, England, 1801-06-18 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, jiimt

Artttlittn this (lay i Folk Niiil6tys Slits
Argo; and Woohiernee, front etiiiiing itt the Chan.
nele

Sailed 1-lis Majesty's Ship Avian, Cgritain
NAM, for Egypt, stith money to pay the Troops

there.

Sailed the 111;
_ .nerva, WENDT, 'tor Fiarr4,)tirgh.

SIiEERNESS, Junk io

Aitatiito ate &My Alined Ship, Captain Wit.
LIAMS, • and Peltti 04n-brig, from Yarmouth ; they
are appointed COnvoy for .the Pal*, and have the
Signal flying for the same at the Great Note.

The 7'2lol'loer has gone to Chatham, to be paid
off.

The Mims has made the Signal to go out of
Harbour, but the wind is gt present' too scanty for
her to stem the flood tide.

.OE4, JuNI

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}its Majesty's Sloop Saevage arrived this morn-
ing from a Cruize) and has since sailed for Ports.
mopth with the outward,bourid tinder her convoy,
of which the following are a part :

Alliance, Robson, for tlic Mediterranean.
spring, Dunning, fOr ditto.
Morscriteriidt, tot ditto,
Cygnet, Came Yon, for M4ittt,

The Gin- Sloop of .War sailed this morning for
Sheerness; and the Galgo ditto, with lite Ferreter
Gan-hrig, this aftcrnoon, on a CruizeNtis the West,

war&

G4LL4NT ACTJuN OFF fly ARE.

Irt the last French Papers there is an account from
Havre of the 9th itist. (which appeared itt our Paper
of yesterday) of iih attack which had been made on
the evening of the 7th upon sonic Vessels in Havre
Road=-'As the French account conveys a very im.
prrfea idea of this alion, we are happy in being
able to lay before the Public a detail of it in an Ex.
tract of a Letter from on board the small Squad on
cruizing off'Havrct
" On the evening of the' 6th the tnemy sent out
of thc Harbour of Havre, and which anchored, in a
line close under the Pier head, the following. Ves.
%els, viz. Ten Lugger Gum.boats, 'carrying each ,
one gun and 3s, men—One large Lugger of 16 guns
and 4s menu-Four Gun Brigs of 12' guns and so
men each—One Schooner of tarns anti about so
men, and the3e supported by liaterics of about 12
guns. and. Three Mortars--Thas the-Force of the
Enemy consisted nearly of Three Mortars' 96 pieces
of Cannon, and 68; Men.

c, This force Capt. N 'WM AN Cir La Lire, the cam..
mending Otiker on thu static/1w thought it his duty
to attack, and accordingly on the • e%'enin of the
7th he made the signal for the Woh.e Yen( GUI Vet;..
sel, commanded by Capt. joHr4 Watowr' to lead in
for thht purpose. A 3 Le: Loire approached, she found
sho could not get within gun-shot, from watch cif
water. The Wolveremi carrying onir 1 ± ',n4 and
70` men, gallantly stood' close in with the Enemy,
and engaged their whole Line very wahnly for
nearly hail an hoer, amidst a shower of shot and
shells. We were astonished to find when she came
out of adlon -that she had not a man hurt, nor ever,
a sail or a rope cure So pleated were Capt. N'Lw,.
MAX, and the Officers and Crew of La LeZtY, 'l}l
the gallant condu4t of the Welvereite, that when she
passed under her stern) La Lure gave her three
hellrty cheers,

"Capt. NEWMAN atspatenes tut Yr 014)trilte
Sr. Marcou with a Letter to the AdmirAlty request.
in, more force. We am see in the Bason of Havre
a Frigate, which was coppered a few days ago, with
her topmasts Up, and Imother getting her tops over
hedd, and a 'nornhtt of artificers on board her fitting
her for sea. We likewise see several Mortar Brigs
and Gun Lugger) iliac of the Pier.head, in addiv,
tion to those which were attacked by the Wd.
dvrrenr.ll

The last Letters trots &gyp, state the death of
Capt. FRIDERI CM, of the Coldstream ReBimat of
Guards,,

On Monday afternoon Marquis 'Coamv AL tas
arrived at his'seat at Culford, near Rory, in good
health, accompanied by his son Lord Vlseount
Ikon.

Lan night Drtiry-lane Theatre closed for the
season; when Mr. KR:MALE came forward, and in
the name of the Proprietors and Performers, thanked
the Public in a neat, speech, tot the encouragement
they had experienced; tor wllich, we may add, tht..
Houle is considerably indebted to his numagetn%;nc..

E )"..P7'.
The fttitawkng r. It -raft ofs.4oter, dittel the 7.th of M:ifrb
from Aelitlern ,vittviti4jotheS'ledieal Statiin E.gypt
and wit° was in tile,, ited6eilt..y..ll en atract.ed nn the
Mumli by tho Empill:ATm)r..Lobtalas,spkne
particulars not hitherto publishi:d,

" I neett.tiot infOrni ),ott'onft'very circumstance of
- the progress of our Expedition .since We arrived in
Aboukir Bay, as these doubt, be conveyed
by others ; l shall therefore confine myself generally
to pourtraying . the gallantry and . conduct of our
Troops. and Commander in Chief. The water in
Abottliir Bay, and indeed on 'all that
,part- of the
coast, is so shallow :that no ship of 'any force can
anchor, nearer the shore than about fivemiles...This'
•- not only deprived the boats of that proteaion from
our shipping which was so extremely veessary, eon-
siderring the powerful opposition the Enemy .wa's
prepared to give us in landing; but it also enabled
them at once to ascertain on what part of thccuast
we intended aCtaally, to laud ; the dircaion 'of our
bbats,.aathelor,,,, row from our ships to the shore,
pointing,out clearly our ill-motions. Under all these
disadvantages, the Corps of Reserve, consisting of
boot) men, were,put into ourboats- onsthe morning
of the Bth curt. arranged •in order of battle, and so
T4led trj the shore, .exposed to an incessant heavy
tint of-shot, shells, grape, and-musquetry ; but our
gallant Tar',, cheered, and redoubled. their ardour to
gain the shore. When our boats *took the ground,,
our Troopsisprung into.the *water,. Inanyndl them
breast high, and imMediately formed-and loaded
upon the 'beach, without • any confusion, and pushed'
the Enemy up the steep heights with such intrepi-
dity,. that, after a Severe cOnflia, they gairen.way on
all sides, and we took and retnainod in the position'
they occupied.in the morning. Some .of the Pri-
soners we took acknowledged, without reserve,
that the French Ailny looked ifpOn it as absolutedy
impossible that we could die& a landing, till dear.,
bought-experience convinced them to the contrary.
" Our Troops being all landed early•in the after.
noon of\the 'Bth, we Marched' on towards' Alexag.
dria. The Peninsula on which it siondris•almost
a continued sand, which obliged us to make short
marches to refresh the Troops. The observations
Cif a few peeviih individuals were at first curious.
Why did not the General land us on some,part of
the coast where our ships could come near the shore
to protet us ? Why dire& 'oUr'CourSe by this cursed
hot, soft sand ? But Valets they .soon afterwards
found that by occupying this' Peninsula, our posi-
tion was. strong, our ,Right proteaed by -the Sea,
and our Left- by the Canal of 'Alexandria,
prevented. any atmoyance!On our Flanks Irbil) the
Enemy's Cavalry or Flying Artillg4l;acid :who in
any other situationniight become extremely trouble.
some, our peevishrieSS Was
,ch;ingcd into general ad-
miration -nofthe prtidence and. Hebei tart' skill of our
Commander in Chief. ' • n
" I shall pass over other occtirrenct!s till the 2 tst
of
_Match?. when MP No cr, the Freach
.Qeneral,
colleefed 'from all quarters almost all hi-fOrces,
attacke& ustlan hour before,day, by a feiot on our

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left, bilt„mat.s,
_eripusir on our -right and centre.,
We had redonot mounting eijit piects of zutilloy,
'and containing'. the 2gth Regiment of Foot., some
hundred, yg4)4,,),,n frOi4"`otour righty.t,od.soon ufter
day-break '-wev'saw the French, .in strOng'coltiluti,
with their Grenadiers, k'doWn by, the44l4olatipi3,-of
vineible Legion; at' their eVir
‘vitli design to attack the Etc(
414 tieutemmt
I.; WllO bad a of this Aftillcry under
char4e, dC.lred them to remember that they,Werei.
notint preset* near their Mok,azines at Woolwich,
to-have all their wants supplied ; that one shot now
Egypt, well cliren.ed, iva-s worth thouca:2l an'
.wlicre eke, therefore de:',iretl their` uns to t)i. pointed
deliberately, an..l 'with', precision ; for says
We must convince•tholie French lads that there

are no Invitieibl6. in Egypt Liter and
-British conrage.",-.This rhort ;address from a youth
not much above twenty years of age, spread like
lightning through all ranks or our littietG4trison.
All eyes' were fixed upon our Artillery, The
French Column was advanceel pretty near, and
shouted a 'general hustra. This was answered front
out _redoubt by a co n t hmal .and, s t cady discharge of
grape shot, which made a. dreadful' carnage in the
French. Column. Several..l4(dd attemptsjo storm
us in front and both Panks ; fpr4c-Artillery;
and the coolness and bravery of the :Bth Regiment,
baled everreffort ‘with increased carnage arnotig
the. twiny. In attempting to .force the rear:of:our
ridotit,. Whieh was open, and at one time penetrated
by the Enemy, the.ZBth, 4.2 d, and Oth Regiments,
drove b zek or killed all that nppoed them,andour
gallatit.C.AM EYU 1., got wounded in the, leg
,but
our little Garrison remained itnprenable. - From
what we have, learnt since the adion we know that:
114E:stay's positive orders were, to take this Redoubt
at ;all hazards,- in hopes thereby to put oux Army.
in confusion,and clticat ; and the repeated attempts
to stertn and the_ dreadful havoc the
,Enemy
sufrered, arc pretty strong proofs of what,conse-
tonee..they eonsideredth: yosseksionof it., I have
no in saying, that the C Mirage :inilcon-
hstwhieh thi,i,R,Aquht was defended, defeated
the. EneWs ptan), in a very esentlat degree
saved our Army.

ti To, ri wlio, behaved hest would
.he:r winno.
as all ; hat sOni..l": Regithents h;td it
more in their power to dispiay their courage and
"discipline, thin others : '1'43161 op' the ivhote, (vie.
woidd think that every 'Ofti,cer, and ,every
merit was pl:iced fn tliat situation be waSlitted for,
the duties of whkin” he Tully performed ; so Om*
is difficult whichjoAlailtelttost,,tiv_bravery of the.
Troops or the,prodenceandsk,',ll of the Crinsuriander
in Chief.' An his "&ath we 'have suffered 411 irre.
trievable Llied of his wounds two days
no, cgv.e.;,:.4 With slory and, the esteem and regret
'ijf the whole .Axely. "Law of Ni:itions must
be improved by an abolition ot the. sharp shgoters,
or our Officer's iliust be disguised as private men,
therwise tr.tr helit be. piek.ed off; for
this is the pinfes.tled intention and praelkoof she,
I,*l.4ncli sluirp shooters."

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RIEPOPT.

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,COLlitt n= K-iNG's IIENCI!, NVI Dp:Kstiv, E. I:

• THE E: ING Gll.OEll'4
MR. GU It NE r stated, that •this was an Indiament
against, the Defemlant tor having a large quantity
of geese and ducks in 'his possession, ss'hLh he had
fort;stalled,' that is, that he had bought them with
intent to sdi them again ; but he was to submit to
the Court, that this IndiCtment was defeCtive., The
Learned Gentleman was going to pOint out the de-
feCti in this Indiament, when he was stOpped 'by
the Court, who called on Mr. WOOD, who was to
support it.
Mr. Woo referred. to the Authorities, on which
he had to submit that this case was founded.
The Court was clearly of opinion that this In_
dietiDent was bad,.becausc it did not state the num-
her of geese and ducks, nor in what manner they
were bought ; nor did it state any crime by which
the Defendant knew what it was that he was to
defend ; nor could -any judgment be pronounced
upon him if he had been found guilty, See.
Lord KENYON said, that he %Vas-, clearly con-
vinced that Proweutions for forestalling the articles
of the food of man were very fit. Prolecutions—if
this was an error, it was an error in which be should
live and die,. for he was quite sure he should never
change his opinion upon. that subject, and therefore
he was for supporting Indictments of this kind ; but
he could only support Indidments which ,were pro-
per in point of form, accorling to Law, which this
IndiCtment was not, and therefore there Must be
Judgment in this ,Case for the Defendant—Judg--
meta for the Defendant.

Mr. Crisps said, he'had to make an application
to the Court against 'the 'Mayor and Justices of the
City of Bath, who, nee doubt, from pure motives to
keep down the price of Bread, had ailed in such a
manner as would,. if not checked, make it impossi..
ble for the Bakers to; live in Bath. By the Ad of
the 31st Gp.o. 11. c. 29, it was provided that the
Trice.'of Bread shall he given out every week by the
.Lard• Mayor of London, on examination of certain
MtialWeighers' returns, &c.. This Statute was con_
firmed by 'other provisions, and the firSi.part of it re..
lated .to London only; The 7th Sedion.of the' MI
related to;every other City or Corporate Town
where there s Aldermen,
hall be a Court of and then,
;the price of Bread was to be regulated by such:
Court, according to'theprice"Of Corn sold either at
such City fg, Tqw,nl or. at the next Market Town.;
the returns, to be upon Oath, in such planner and
on'such days of the week as the Magistrates shall
appOint, &e. which "price •shall' be entered in a
book;: any that, by the 9th Seion; within two
days the .'fakers shall,pave. access to such book, and
shall see the without paying any thing for
it, in order that the Bakers may have an oppor.
tunity .of stating their ,objediottito the Assize or
,price of Bread, if such.. should bpi unjust;; and the,
iVfagisitaies were not to set the Assize until two
days. after-the return', in order to give the Bakers
time to be heard.
The t eth eetion regulated:the Mode in which the
Clerk of the Market should keep his Book.
Now,. he had an Affidavit stating, that the
Mayor and Justices of Bath have., until very lately,
set the assize and price of Breadfrom the price of
_Wheat, 'as,it was sold at market, at Devtzes, or
at .Warminster, the. latter place Wit 15 Miles from
• Bath :—That they have hitely.set The assize at.a
late hour on Saturday niulat, or early on Monday
'morning, so that, the Bakers had not the means, of
seeing the RoturnS, except ,in one case, when tits,
Mayor was going to Church :---That the Returns
were not made as usual upon Oath of the truth of
them (which was very material):—That these Re-
. turns were not entered in a Book, as ussually,dOne
;arid required, Aso that, the Bakers could not inspect
the Assize and Price) .—They then stared, tilat , the
and Priced P..read, now,at. Bath, was taken
from the price and weight of Wheat and
.Efour. sold
at Briitol, where there was no pitched place,
or Public Maijiet , for rite Sale of Corn or Flour.—
They further said, that chi,: ,ale was not entered in
bctok kept for the inspeL'tion of the Bakers, and
',hat there has been, for some. time, a }itched place
for:the sale of Corn at Bath, but the Price of Bread-
}was not affixed from'' sue.h. sale ; th:ft the Mayor arid
justices' had denied to the Bakers the:means of in.
formation they wanted, arthouglt required so tp do.
The:ie were the materials on which he had to move'.
lie did not, wish-to deal harshly with*these*Gentle.
and therefore he :should only move for a Mau,
4al)ws tp dited them to make their-Returns OPthl
oa#ll AT. and :th make the propeeentry. in the book,
&e, for he aoty wanted tO teach these Magistrates
their duty.—Rule 'to shed Cause granted. :•''
We fiboidd ohs'eri;;ei, h6tirever, that- this is only
rin eV parse statement; and 'that ourßeaders will
suspend theit'judginent until Cause is 6heW4l.

Mr. GAZE f.r.v moved .for i .Mandamus, to be
dirededlo,theppper Dflicer, ' commanding hid to
permit the inspeetidn of a record. The person on
whose behalf this application was made, had been
indided for felony to the County of Norfolk, and
the. Grand Jury had thrown out the Bill '•. he there_
tare wished to,havt4 ztccess to the record,: in order
tivit he might round upon its contents an Adion
for a malicious prosecution.

Lord Kr,141.,0:i- was 401)4110n such an application
could not be acceded to. The policy of the Law
considered these records sacred. They were de-
posited in a place of security, to which there were
three keys, one of which Was entrusted to his care.
erhis circumstance furnished a strong inference that
our antestdfs,' A'vhb-provicled such security; thought
these records sliould be kept secret, and withheld
from public.inspedion.