Star.
London, England, 1807-08-31 00:00:00

EGYPT.

The unfortunate fate of our brave conntrymen in
Egypt is Ilre.ngly depicted by a young Gentleman,
now a prifoner at Grand Cairo, in a letter to his fa•
flier, at Golprt, of which thefollowing is an cxtraa;
which will doub;lers interest the feelings of our
Readers :

" Citadel of Grand Cairo, May 9

" You will, I have little doubt, be very much hart to hear that
I have found my way Into aTtirkiffi priam, where I have been two
days. I had the miefortur eto he taken in the difattrool affair at
El Hatned, wh Te a detachment of 700 men, from differet t regi-
ments of the army (before Rofetta) was completely cut up ;—nut
above 130 of then) remained without•heing fererely wasuaded ;
and hot one of them /:turned to the army to give kitty account of
our fate Colonel Mq.cod, of the 78th, commanded the patty and
was killed. We heft three pi, met of canrpn. You may eafily
conceive what a narrow rreape I had. when I tau yon that the party
I remained with. commanded by Colonel M'Lcod io realm, can-
Ming of 273, were ail It Led to to, of whicht3 a n:y t re toed with-
out being wounded. My poor hock raved my IVe bat at thee,-
pence of his own. I had Ulf/noun:ea and plarea tnyft If behind
hint (as did Colonel MeLettd, and the efficer and a party of cieht
men of the rath light dragoons) when a ball (truck hint in :he fide
exadtly oppofite to where I A no'., and killed hint on the (pit He
had received a great trany wou, bet e-e that. My room (an
Arab) was killed. a;rl my servant waunded in fix places; I had fix
cant I+ belonging to teovernment with their driver, (a Maltere)"
and an i: %iv-tree killed I believe not an officer or man engaged
in the z ffei- hail ev..r ken an; thlog equal to it before.
'the Turks urove the party I was with about a mile along the
Iriahte, when we found nutfelves complat ly furrounect by the
cavalry in our franc and infantry 011 both fidee and our rear...As
our ge..ateft loft took place on the rpot, It Was thought adinfahle to
attempt t,. cud', a fin and juin another party under Major Vet-
galtana of Dc Rode', R giment. which hail formed into a Iquare,
for the &Tenet. of the easinou. H weever, wa had not half cre.fred
the fald wLen the Turkiili cavalry came uran us and cut us up
mad r ruelly. Captain M•liay of the ;Bth, and an officer of De
Kill's were cut down at th. (axe moment; a blow was made at
then which I evaded y fadiug—it (Intel; my hat. and the (Word
cut it in two; fie .itng I was not woondel, : immediately rofe and
the fame leoard el :nada mount- eat at my ne•R, which I could
not hive 'avei led, bad Lot Prtovi aeN cc fent me an Alhanefe fol-
dier to fave n.y life, who received what was in-en:el for me open
his mufkat. I then furreneh red, and gave up my (word, watch.
breaft pin. and about 7) Dutch clucatt, pu' lie m eiay, and about
al. private, together with every thiaz I !tad in my pock is —I was
afterwards oblieed to lead a boric to the. Lurk s•.f the Nile where
the Turleilh camp was, a eiftance of tlirce /mist, faa.n where I was
taken, with a waunded Turk upon it. and carry two mtigteas, with-
out a hat, in a burniag fun, and almoft dying with thirst. Whet:
I arrived at the camp I was taken to Hann Paeha. where about
too heads were lyiee in a pile. I afterwards was Winter' to the
&inning or realping of there heads, which were fent with us to this
place; they Were carried before us to the Pach..'s Palace upon poles
It was the firft, ant I hope it will he the lift time, I (half ever be
obliged to be led in triu-lph throalh a Turkifh town ;
.we were
marched along, arnitift the acclamations of the people, acid were
received before the Pac%a's Palace, with mufie playing and !tuna
firing. After tv.:iting in ranks for above an hour, we were order-
ed before the Paths Mahn: net tell, who received ue in a very be-
coming manner, and, atter telling us that he was very much the
friend of the Palatial, and sa grating that politics thould have
brought us to this country as his enemies, he allured us Obis pro.
teetion, and that we amid receive the Wildcat treatment, which.
I am happy to fay, is the cafe, and we mall combine to cxperierce
it. I hope. as long as we remain here. Laft night, the Pacha came
to 'he Cit. del, and fent for ns to his apartment, whets we weea
treated with the greateft familiari.y, and paired away the event, g
until about eleven o'clock, in dircourfing upon politics and n.ili•
my concerns. We have received great civility from Mr. Dor-
vette, the French eonful, who has fin tailed us wi II clothes, moue',
and all we wanted We form a very exterlive mere here, being
altogether to officers, three of whom arc wounded. Our slimier
end (upper never cot.filt of lets than 17 dither, rent us fearn the
Pacha's Inn's t ,!,le, which we eat upon the ground with a court
wooden (pont); as (Flake are very Pearce, we flint out-haves to a
dram altar each meal. Wine we never talie, which concerns me
but little, as we have excellent water from the Nile.

A Leeward Eland Mail 1141 arrived at Falmouth,
hrntight by the Oeen Chatlottc pat lict, Captain
Munor, in 32 days from Tort-IA. The letters and
papers were not delivered out when this paper was
put to prefs.

The Queen Charlotte failed fr .m Falmouth the
z9th May atrived at Bar bad.-es the 24th June, and
found lying there his Al (hips Favourite,
Superieure, Itofario, Dart, Mozambique, and Alex-
andria—on the 3oth June arrived at Dominica, where
(he found the Belicille, Prince George, and Ramifies
—got to Tortola the 27th July, where were the Ga-
latea and Maria.

The American armed fchooner Revenge, of
guns, Capt. REED, arrived at Falmouth on Friday,
trom Norfolk (in America) in 30 days. She brought
the long expeaed difpatches from America, on the
fubjca of the lat.: renctntre between his Mejefly's
fhip Leopard and the Chefepeak American frigate ;
there difpatches. immediately on being landed, were
fent off for the American Mihitter in London, by
two Officers of the Revenge. Difparches for the
American Miniier at Paris were aim landed from
the Revenge at Brill, on the aoth
The contents of thefe cifpatches will molt probably
he laid beNre our MiNillets by Mr. Motraos, the
American Envoy, in the courfe of this dey or to
morrow, when we hope, every mifundet !landing be.
tween the two countries will :)e done away.
The difpatches from Admiral BERKELEY on this
fubjea were received by our Government fame time
ago. When the Revenge left Norfolk, hii Majetly's
!hips Triumph, Leopard, and Melampus, were I)ing
in the bay.
In addition to the above, we have to Rate the ar-
rival of the Difpatch, Captlin Smith, at Liverpool,
from Virginia, from whence the failed on the 25th of
July, in company with the Minerva, for Liverpool,
and the Golport for Cork. She was boarded off the
Capes of Virginia by an officer front bit Majefty's fhip
Leopard, who treated Captain S. with the greeted
politenef6. The Militia were all broken up for their
refpeaive homes, the day before the Dlpatch failed;
but the Englilli officers and feamen were rvrt Oren
up at that time, as the anfwer had not been received
from Wafhingt on refpeaing them.
We have alto to announce the arrival at Falmon,h
on Friday of the CHRERFUL cutter, Lieutenant CAR-
PINTER, with difpatches from Lifbon, after a pafitge
of (even days. It was currently repor.ed at Lifbon,
when the, Cassarut. came away, that the French
had made a demand of a conliderable turn of money
from Portugal, as the price of their forbearance from
a hoftile attack, by means of General PINOT% Army,
which is on its march from Bayonne. The eiclutio.:
of the Englith from the Trade of Portugal is Paid
be offered as an alternative, by which that coun.ry
may alfo fecure her iaternal tranquillity. The ctit
patches brought by the CHIERVUL were forwarded
from Falmouth to London by exprefs, and ate fup.
poled to relate to the above propofals of the French
to the Portugnefc Cabinet.
The CHF:term . failed from Lifbon on the ctrl infl.
and left lying in the Tagus his Majelh's fhip
Livaxv, of 38 gupa, and PRINCI of WaLas and
Tr.wasitsou packets, the former of which arrived at
Lifbon on the 19th infiant, and the latter nn the 28th.
The PRINCI of WALES was to fail with Mails for
&gland on rise s3d initial.