The Sun.
London, England, 1802-01-11 00:00:00

LONDON, JANUARY 11, .002;

Two Ilamburgh- Mailsremained, due when :our
Pitper-w:l3 put,to Press*
We are happy in 'being able to announce to their
numerous' friends andirelatives;' that' the isi Batta-
lion of the Coldstream Regiment of GuardS, lately
arrived from Egypti• aPe expeCted in Town' in two,
' diVisionstolmorrow and next day. •
• This gallant .Corps has suffered severely during
that glorious and. ever-:memorable CamPaign,
in Officers' and Men ; not only in • consequence2of
the severe Adions which they sustained against
veteran Troops of .France,• but also from
the effeas. of a climate peculiarly inhospitable
toe European constitutions, • and the very harass-
ing and severe duties :which. they underwent
both.lo the;Eastward and Westward ofAlexandria,
during the period of six months ; they had; how..
ever, the satisfaCtion to see their labours (iR
_conjuntlion with*those of the rest of the. Army)
crowned with' success, in the final expul§ion of the
French from Egypt ; and are now returned to enjoy
their well-earned' reward in • the applause of their
country, and theendearinents of domestic happiness.
We ate happy to add, that . they left their COM.,
fades, the gallant 4.2 d, in good health and spirits
at Winchester. ,
General BAIRD'S detachment from India, that
arrived in Egypt, in addition to the native troops,
consisted of detachments from the 75th,, - 77th, and
78th regiments, and the strength of the ioth, 84th,
and 88th regiments of. Foot, with a detachment of
Artillery. These corps remained at Alexandria
when the last accounts arrived- from thence, wait-
ing orders from •home how they are to be dis-
posed of.

A very ingenious machine has. lately been in-
ventedby a Scots Gentleman, which seems capable
of being rendered extremely useful to the defence of
this Country. -and
.its Colonies. It is :a kind'of
moveable Battery, or Castl4 quite impregnable.
It turns. upon a pixoD xt.peculiar manner,
and always presents torythe:-.Enettiy a very acute
angle. The two - sides forming:l:this angle .are
long, compared with 'the line''which would in_
dude the angle, but it it not a- triangle, there
being more sides. lf struck *by a ball it is only
turned round, the shot being necessarily thrown
off, The cannon in the inside -is fired from
the acute 'angle, which is presented to the Enemy,
and the embrasure is 'made by. dropping a slide
for an instant, 'which' is then returned. The
persons in the inside, see \tlkir objet through a
very small aperture,' placed to correspOnd with the,
cannon in such a manner as to be quite sufficient
for taking aim. Its machinery will turn the most
ponderous mortars, Or guns of any calibre, with the
greatest ease. It can be wrought by four men.—
Those in - the inside are perfectly safe. The gun
which this Castle contains is likewise on a new prim
ciple, capable of firing with much greater certainty
of cffeet than common Artillery. The ,whole zs
bomb proof; and, indeed, from the shot necessarily
striking in 'such a'thanner as only-to whirl the ma-
chine round, •no great impression can be made. In
the inside are places-for provision, magazines, Sec.
CHALLENGE.A message, amounting .to a chal-
lenge, was last week sent by an Officer lately re_,.
turned froM India, to-CIA.MILLs,.Esq. the Chair-
man of the East India Company. The,,circtunstance
has given rise to much conversation at both ends of
the town. We understand that, the Officer, Mr.
J. complained of certain language used by, the Chair..
-man respe&ing his father, who had \been aGovernor
in India. He therefore sent Captain G.•a•relation
of his, to- wait upon Mr. M I LLS.i not as :Chairman
of the Court of Direaor?..,A
butas a 'Gentleman and
a Soldier, for Mr. MII,Lij :Lieutenant Colonel 'of
one of the India Company Volunteer Regiments.
The Chairman, however, conceiving that the mat-
ter regarded hiS official conduit, submitted it to the
Court of Directors, who were of,oPinion that Mr.
MILLS should not accept the challenge, and they
have dirated,their Solicitor to take legal steps
,against' Mr. J. 'We suppose a criminal information
will be moved. in the Court of King's Bench-. We
heard it reported tfiat it was onaccount of some be-
haviour which Mr. J. considered personally rude,
that the explanation was desired.
A Special Commission is about to be issued,
dire ted to the Lotto CHIEF BAito7l, Mr.judze
RooKs, and Mr. Judge LAWRENCE, who attend
at the next Old Bailey Sessions, authorizing them
to try Governor WALL, who is charged with mur-
der committed some years ago on .the Coast of
Africa. _ •

Forged Notes to the amount of 80,000 francs;
upon the Bank of Commerce at Paris, were nearly
ready for circulation, when they were lately seized
by order'of the Minister of General Others
had been•previously issued ; but the Minister ob-
serves, in his letter on th 6 subjea to the First Con-
sul, that only eighteen of 500 francs each, were
aitually in circulation. Two persons. principally
concerned in the business, have.been takep up, and
tneasures have been adopted' to apprehend their ac-
complices; who are ai.l..yons. .

.At the Annual Meeting of the Peterborough
Agricultural 'Society on the 23d ult. a premium of
twoguineas was adjudged to Francis Bloodworth,
of Pickworth, labourer, .for having brought tip. a fa-
mily of eleVen children without parochial assist-
ance; a premium of one , John Snow, for
having worked • as' a JabOuret on the farm occupied
by Mr. Warwick,: of Stpdground, 35 years ; a
premium of one guinea :to ThotnaS Cooper, for
having lived-as a servant in husbandry with Mr.
Welts of RaMsey, 27 years ; and a'premiuni of one
guinea to Ann Ray, for having lived as a servant
with Mrs. Brown, of Ramsey, 161 years.
On Tuesday twenty-fout persons were convi&ed
at the PettysSessions held at Castle Hedinghain,
Dfie.)t, of having false scales and weight-sj,and paid
• the penalty. -

NAVAL NEWS.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. 9.

ARRIVED the Royal George, of zoo gtms, ,San
Josef, of i t z guns, Pompey, of 8o guns, and Robust,
of 74. guns, from Torbay: The Pomple is to come
into Harbour to be docked ; the three other Ships
are to take on board large supplies of provisions,
&c. and .return to Torbay as soon as possible.

Arrived the. Arto, Watoxr, from Petersburgh,
3
with hemp and iron, for the Dockyard.

HARWICH, JAN. LO.

His Majesty's Ship Conqueror, of_74: guns, sailed
hence this afternoon, for Sheerness, attended by the
Minx, Mariner, jackal', and Monkey Gun-vessels.
The Express Packet, Capt. DELL, sailed yester-
day morning for Helvoetsluys, with the Dutch
Mails of the Ist and sth inst. ; and this morning the
Prince of Wales, Capt. HEARN, sailed for Holland,
with the Mail of yesterday, a Russian Messenger
for Petersburgh, and several Passengers. At the
same time the Prince gf- Wales Packet, Capt. A.
DEANE, sailed for Cuxhaven, with the Hambro' and
Bremer) Mails of the sth and Bth inst. ,