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FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1807.

WE have Very-littleto add to the melancholy de-
t+ils we yesterday laid before our Readers
respeCting the reverse sustained . by, our troop.s in
Egypt. The force which was dispatched by Gen.
TRAZaR to take possession of 'Rosetta consisted of
about 1.5Q0 men, -under the 'command7of General
WAuchoie, who, as .We .have already .stated, not
observing any preparations for' defence at 'Rosetta,
incautiously entered:that town, when a most de-
.
ttruive fire was immediately opened upon the Brir
tish troops, from the houses, mosques, &c. A retreat
was immediately ordered; but, unfortunately, before
it could be cif eeted; above 150 of our men fell, and
‘deneral WAucHoPE hiinSelf was mortally wounded
Brigadier-General MEADE, who was next in com-
-Inand to General WAIIpHOPE, was wounded, but :
not severely. Upon receiving intelligence of this
disaster, General.FEAzft determined upon a second
attack, and a Division of 9500 men was dispatched
-from Alexandria, under the_ command of General
STEWART, and an engdgement took place between.
'.hem
.and the
_Turks and -Albanians,- near Rosetta, .
in which' our, troops, after displaying their usual va-
lour, were compelled to retreat, with the, loss of
'about one thousand two hundred men, When
we announced to the Pnblic the Capture of Alex-
andria, we stated our opinion of tie impolicy, as
well as the injustice, of the measure ; and at the sam.e
expresSed our apprehensions for the safety of
tl)e Troops employed on r the Expedition. Our ap-
prehensions have unfortunately been in_a great de-
glee realized ; and we sincerely hope, that no time
will be hiSt in bringing 'away the &fee that remains
in Alexandria.

It is now obvious that we cannot acquire the pds-
,session of the Delta withodt a much largerforce•
than' we can spare, and the mere :Occupation 'of
Alexandria would be,of no use whatever. It is said,
that this Expedition was planned by Lord Howick ;
but we cannot possibly concdive any one principle of
justice, good faith, or. policy,. upon which ;his Lord-:
ship could have recornmended such kmeasure.,
When- the French invaded-Egypt Without any 'de-
claration of war; 'it was censured 'as an a& of vio-
?nce and injustice, and we really do not seeany
essential difference. between that Lase and theoccd-
p.tion of Alexandria by our Forces. We were
at Peace with the, Turks, and Admiral DUCKWORTH
pncl .Mr, ARBUTHNOT. were off Constantinople ue-
g.)Ciating with, the Porte—lf the Negociation had
.
succeeded, what excuse could we have. offered to the.
Turkish Government for the Invasion of Egypt
witho4t any declaration of War, and at the moment
that we were professing a. pacific disposition ?—The
irnpoiiey of- this Expedition is evially obvious ; it
ponld not be suppoied that scoo men' could conquer
Egypt, and. the result which. has .happened mast
have been foreseen by almost every man of common
sense..

The following is a List of Killed and Wounded :
-KILLED.

IV:nor-General WA u HOPE, and Capt. JOHN
RoEtirsoN, 3.l
,st Regiment.

Capt. B. DE. Stacot.iNT, Chasseurs Britanniques.
Lieutenant D'ANCIEL, Pitt°.
, WOUNDED.
Brigadier-General MEADE.
Captain HORSBURGH, 31st Reg. Brigade Major.

DOWDAL, ditto.

Lieutenants—E. KNox, FEARON, THORNTOIC",

stEnnotl, and RYAN.

Ensign K IRBY.

Cclptaill3---DEPHANTZ,DE COMMIE:4ONT, DE CO-
LONNE, and DE LA FITTE, Chasseurs Britanniques.
t Lieutenants—LE J. EITZ, DE S:AULE,
and KLINGER, Ditto.
Enign BENSINGAIII-T, Ditto.

IN 110 SECOND ACTION
WOUNDED.
Lieutenantcolonel.D.PLEon,
„ ivi,
Major onER,. •
Major FOGELSARD. ,
•
The whole of the details respeCting the second
,glaioti have not yet been received. - .

OUR Readers w'll recoiled that we some time
ago extrqeted from tho French Papers a letter from
Genoa, dated May t, stating, that the Seahorse Fri-
ga,te had been captured by a Si(piaclrcp of Ships from
Toulon. We are now happy to have it in Our power
to state positively, that that account is nor true: Let-
ters have been received by Lord COLLINGWOO.9,from
Capt. STEWitT, commandstbe .sf,thorse Frigate,
dated the 9th of May ; at that time Capt. STEWART
was cruizing off Toulon.

The Ameiican Paper!, which we have received
down to the 17th ult. contain an iateresting Corres-
pondence between the Commandant of Fort John-
sort, Charlestown, and Capt. LOVE, of the Drive?
Sloop of War, in consequence of the enforcement
of the prohibition against the appearance of that
Vessel in the waters belonging to the American States,
This Correspondence will be found in another part
of our Paper, and our Readers, we are sure, will
read with great pleasure the letter from Capt. LOVE,
as it breathes the true spirit of a British Naval Offi-
cer, which is always `characterized by loyalty and
patriotiSm.

Rear Admiral DE COURCY is arrived with his
Squadron, at Plymouth, from a cruize off Cape Fi-

nisterre.

THE Princess Elizabeth Packet, with Mails front
Malta and Gibraltar, has arrived at Falmouth.-
9n her passage she fell in with
.Lord COLLING-
WOOD'S Fleet off Cadiz, all well. Strong, hopes
were entertained that the Spanish -Fleet would
come out; but we can 'hardly flatter ourselves that
they will venture to give his Lordship a meeting.

The Frinces's Vizateth also fell in with His Ma.
jesty's HILLY4R, from Algiers
bound to Tunis. Capt. HILLYAR reported that he
had been extremely well received by the Dey, and
that he was amicably disposed towards this Country.

His MAJESTY has presented a .superb service of
Sacramental Plate and Candelabra of the most cu-
rious workmanship, for the altar of the great Church
4.Quebec, which the Bishop of that Pro Vince is to
take over with him. His MAJESTY'S arms are richly
embossed On each article,. and the: whole- service is
curiously arranged in a mahogany case, with a green
silk curtain to; draw before it:

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.-Yesterday'
thh dispatches
were finally closed at the East India House, and de-
livered to the Pursers of the following. Ships, viz.,
IParfey, Capt. W5l--: A. IVIoNTAoti ' • Royal George,,
Capt. C.-B. GRIBBI:E; for Madras, Ceylon, Bum-
bay, and China, -
Irex:fird, Capt..C. IlitatcAßD, for Madras, Ceylon,
and- Bombay.

ffindham, Capt. J. STEWART ; ,earl Howe, Capt.
A. MURRAY ; for Madras.and Bengal.
Mr. PARKS,- the Midshipman who was unfor-
ltiriately lost. in the. Bellette' s boat, off Dunwich, Was
a
ybung man of an amiable disposition and uuotiend-
ing manners. He .was the son of an Officer whose
widow has'thus`.been deprived of a spirited young
mail,' who pro-miSed to be the prop of her dedining
years, and an ornament to his country.
Letters from St. Domingo were'yeSterdak received,
dated Port-au-Prince, 22d April : • they state that an
attack by CHRIS'TOPIIE'OII PETION'S army was daily
"expeeted, -and every' prepatatiiin had 'been aide for
his receptiOn; but that very serious- doubts were -en-
tertained of the power of PRTION to counterad his ,
clooigno. The trade c,f--thc plate continued in a
Wretched state, and the alarming situation of the
Island yielded no prospeei.Of speedy amendment.
State of the Poll of the three,, divisions in the West
Riding of Yorkshire which were prejudiced. against
Mi. LASCELLES- on account of the Clothiers' ‘Bill

W. M. I:.
Strafrorth and Tickhill 691 1895 433

Agbrigg - s - 6 758 1421 754
bloaey sis I is t.,8 897

2400 49,1: 2'34

Milton's majority over Laiccl les 2773
In the remaining divisions of the West and the
other two Ridings :

W. M. L.
94,8 6270
628856
70

Lascelles'S majority over Milton 206
iklilion's-rn3jority of the thrce.nivisiot* ".. 773'
LasLelles's tiit.fo of the rest of the County zsM6

Majoriti.in favour of Milton ovei,La'scolks ,187

We underitand that a Petition is to be presented
against the return of Lord MILTON, by a number of
the Freeholders of Yorkshire, on the ground that a
number of unqualified persons_ were admitted to
vote for his Lordship.

THB.OPERA.*--A very numerous audience assem-
bled' last night at the King's Theatre, for the liberal
purpose. of •patronizing the last benefit of. Mad.
PA'RISOT, who is about to retire from public life.
Though we are sorry that the state of her health'
obliges her to quit the stage, we are glad to find that
the profits of her exertions will render • her retire-
ment comfortable. Her conduct has been unexcep-
tionable, and she has been uniformly zealous in ful-
filling her duty-to' the public. The performances,
last night, were The first a& of llPrincipv di Taranto,
and, after a Spanish.Divertisement, the first ad of
La Semiranzicie. In the first piece NALDI, &BONI.
.110ViDINO,. and PERINI exerteCi.. themselves very
ably ; and. in:, the second CATALAN! was herself an
host. She sung with exquisite skill. The last bal-
let, entitled Le So'rail, was in the Persian' costume.
Jr afforded admirable scope for DESIIViaS,IVIORRAU,
NCRAit, Madame DESHAYES ,and PARISOT. It was
a very:. pleasing composition... At the close 'Of the
whole, PARISUT came forward and testified her gra-
titUde in. the Most graceful and interesting manner,
and was receiVed witlVenthusiastie applause.,
A new Lobby has been for Med at the back of the
first Gallery in the Hay Market Theatre, by which
means the audience Will be free from the annoyance
which'theyhave so long °endured from the Women of
the Town. The refreshments are to bo.distributed
in the new Lobby. The Theatre has been painted.
and elegan tlydecorated: • A new Corned3'..l-rom T . DIB-
DIN, is soon to be brought forward, a Mu_sical.Piece
,fromrc
and
a 'Fae from.ARTEIVR
GRIFINI-106F, Esq. a near relation of o•EilttoE
CoLuAN, the younger.
Mrs. •SIIDD2NTS is stir performing at Liverpool,
and with a degree of success highly credital;le to the
taste and jnclgment of the place. She supported the
part of Be/pirlera- on Wednesday.; This character is
.1161 chief faVourite, and. her merit in it. Was prObably
never equalled. ' Mr. RAE, who last' season was at
the laymarkQt Theatre was the Jcitficr. '• •
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