The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-27 00:00:00

TUNIS, Ocr. 19.

THE presents which the Tunisian Ambassador
carries to Paris for Madame BONAPARTE, consist
of two very elegant Moorish female dresses, richly
embellished with diamonds. ,For the Fr MT CONSUL
he carries ten beautiful horses, some lions, &c.
The Bey received from the French Rear. Admiral
j'ISSEGVES, several muskets and pistols of the finest
workmanship, from the manufadory of Versailles.
and other presents of great value. The Minister
,
rol-Jussur SAHIB-GAVE/1, received a large dia.
mond ring.
There are now in all 47 Barbary Corsairs at sea,
which daily take prizes on the Italian coasts.

The French Troops seem to be so much accom.
notated to the climate of St. Domingo, that most o
1-'ern will probably xvver leave it.

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E'Fits.CY OF A LETTEI2, FLOM ALEXANDRIA,
OCT. 18.

General STEW' Ai T, immediately on coining here,
lint off Lord BI;ANTyIt e his Aid-de-Camp, to Cairo,
with dispatches to A CHiiIET PACHA, by whom he was
kindly received. The Paella presented him and the
Officers who accompanied him, each with an elegant
sabre, and sent a guard of Turkish soldiers to escort
them down the Nile; on whichseveral pirate boats
had made 'their appearance since the overflowing of
that river. They were fired upon by one of these
boats without sustaining any injury. His Lordship
then ordered the men' in his boat to fire over the pi-
rates ; upon which they fled, andothe party were not
disturbed during the 'remainder of their journey.
On the return of Lord BtAMTYtta to Alexandria,
we learnt the follow irig particulars relative co the war
that has for sortie tithe been carried on between the
Turks and the Mamelukes in Upper Egypt. Both
parties having had several severe skirmishes, and
being extremely harassed, they mutually agreed
upon an armistice for some days. In this interval
the perfidious Turks, disregarding the solemn en-
gagement they had entered into, formed the design
of surprizing the camp of the Mamelukes by night,
and Offing every man of them to the sword. In
the mean time, the Mamelukes were informed of
the whole plan by an Arab : and as soon as the
night appointed for this work of treachery arrived,
they silently retired from their camp, and formed an
ambuscade. When the Turks arrived, and found
' the camp deserted, they immediately began to
plunder. During that scene of disorder and con-
fusion which soldiers so employed must necessarily
be in, they were suddenly attacked by the Mame-
lukes ; and not a soul of them escaped. There
were not twenty of the assailants killed. The
Turks acknowledge the loss of zOOO ; but it is
thought that this falls very far short of the real
number destroyed on the oceasion: This disaster,
together with the report that the English were
going to declare War against them, has very much
damped the spirits of the Turks at Cairo.
The departure of Lord CAVAN, who sailed from
this place on the loth instant, is moth regretted by
every officer and individual in the gaiiison: When
his Lordship was going to embark, he was attended
to the beach by most of the Officers. He was pre-
ceded by four troops of the 26th Light Dragoons,
with trumpets sounding, and received on the beach
(where boats waited to convey him to the !hind
Sloop of War) by two companies of the loth Regi-
ment of Foot, with their band playing, and was
saluted by the usual number of guns from the forts,
and by all the Turkish and English Ships in the
harbour.

Colonel De DULEIt, of the Regiment Di Roll,
'wild commanded the Foreign Brigade here, is dead,
regretted by his friends, and the whole Army ;
he was buried with all the honours due to his rank ;

the procession was very grand and solemn ; the
Coffin was carried on men's shoulders ; Colonel
BERESFORD, of the 88th, Colonels BARLOW and
SAUNDERS, of the 61st, Colonel GoAbort, of the
26th Light Dragoons, Colonel LAIRD, of the 54th,
and Capt. DorsEtLY, of the Narcissus Frigate, were
pall-bearers. His own Regiment marched in front,
with arms, four field pieces followed, then the
Corpse, after which came on Wattville's, Dillon's,
&c. with side arms, which were followed by the
Officers of the English Regiments, according to
their rank: When the procession began near Porn.
pey's Pillars where he died, minute guns were fired
from Fort Caffarelli; until it arrived at the Catholic
Convent, where he was interred. The whole ended
with three rounds of musketry, and three of the
field pieces

Virectnesdak 'horning an affair of honour was
adjusted on Lansdown, near Bath, in con,sequence of
a dispute which took place on the preceding even-
ing. The parties, Mr. V—t and Mr; W—d
fired each a shot, when the seconds interfered, and
a reconciliation succeeded.

It is stated in an account froM Exeter, that the
first meeting of the Harmonic Society, which took
place a few evenings ago, was extremely well at-
tended. Several people of consequence were pre-
sent, and among others, Lord and Lady Clifford,
Lord Graves, Lady Park, Sir L. and Lady North_
cote, Sir J. and Lady Davy, &c. &c. ; all the
principal fatnilies within ten miles of Exeter were
present, as well as the dignified Clergy of the
Cathedral, and a number of Merchants, Counsellor's,
and Professional Gentlemen. The evening would
have passed with real harmony, had it not been for
an unfortunate disturbance which originated in the
conduet of the Lord His Lordship,
on taking a survey of the company, was pleased to
think they were, in general, not fit to associate with
people of title, and insisted on being separated from
them by having chairs placed at the head of the room,
instead of the forms which had been prepared for
the whole of the visitors ; he broke through the
first article which had been entered into by the
subscribers, and behaved in such a manner as to call
forth the animadversioh of Counsellor Tonkin, one
of the stewards. A dispute took place, which
ended in his Lordship recalling some disrespeaful
expressions he had used, and immediately retiring
with his sisters from the . room. After the enter-
tainment the Cominittee sat, and returned thanks to
Counsellor T. for his spirited condud. They also
came to the resolution of transmitting his Lord-
ship's subscription-money to him by the post.
The DUKE of YORK, by annually adding some-
thing to Oatlands, has considerably improved that
delightful spot. This house has frequently been
distinguished as a Royal Residence ; it was one of
the twenty four Palaces of CHAR LEs I. and was
part of the jointure of his Queen, HENRIETTA
MARIA. The Park is confessedly one of the most
beautiful in England. .
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.—We hiat'perpetually
of the beauty of this unfortunate (lieen-, and the fol-
lowing anecdote proves that she never codd be
flattered on that account. When MARY, in the full
bloom of her youth, was walking in'a-proceision at
Paris, a woman forced her way through the crt:wd
to touch her. Being asked what she meant by her
bold intrusion, she said, it was only to satisfy her-
self wkether so angelic a creature was flesh_and blood.