Star.
London, England, 1801-04-29 00:00:00

GRINADA.

Mr. Ltisamovoii moved the appointment of a
Committee to confider the• Petition from the plan-
ters of the Hand of Grenlsda. which he )cilcrJay
prtfented to the Hnnfe.

A converfation took place cn the fuhje,!l, which
extended to rouse length, in which it was oh)elied '
to the motion:ly Mr. Baker, and Mr. 11 ilher-
force, that the Houfe after what had palled already
refpetcting the Merchants and Planters of Grenada,
and St. Vincent's, and p:iiticulerly in the c.d.- of

Mr. M'Dowall, and others, the Hoak ought to be
extremely cautious of fanilieming any fuch proceed-
ing as this.
Sir W. Pvvrasav contended, on the other hand,
that this is a Petition merely for the relief of the
Planters, and that, therefore, the cafe is very diffe-
rent from Mr. M'Dowall's, and thole who with him
received relief from Government in Exchequer
Bills, for that relief was granted, not to the Plan-
ters, but the Merchants concerted in that trade.
The granting of that relief he argued to have been
a wile meafure, and if the Merchants have not been
able to pay regularly their inftalments to Govern
ment, it is becaufe the Planters have not been able
to fettle their accounts with them,which he thought
a thong argument for granting the relief now
prayed for by the Planters.
Mr. I. H. ADDINGTON thought there could be
, no objettion to the appointment of a Committee to
examine the fubjea, as this would not pledge the
Houfe to any particular meafure.
The motion was then put and agreed to, and a
Committee appointed.
The Houle adjourned at fovea o'clock till to-
morrow.

From i& LONDON GAZETTE, 4141 29.

DOWNING-STRPET, APRIL 28.

By Dirpatches received from Lord ELGlN,dated
Conftantinople, March 3 t, it appears that his Lord-
flip had received letters from Lord KEITH, Rat-
ing that the army under the command of Sir
RALPH ABERCROMBIE effdtuated a landing on the
Bth init. on the peninfula of Aboukir, under a very
heavy fire from cannons, mortars, and mufketry,
the enemy having withdrawn the whole garrifon
from Alexandria, and many detachments from the
vicinity, to oppofe them ; that after making the
neceffary preparations on the gth, toth, and r ith,
the army advanced on the t 2th to within five miles
of Alexandria ; they there took a pofition with
their right towards the lea, and their kit fupport-
ed by the Lake Maadie, where Sir SIDNEY SMITH,
who was polled there with his command of boats,
was keeping up a communication with the natives,
and fupplying the army with frefh provifions and
water : that on the t 3th, at feven in the morning,
the enemy made an attack, and were repulfed with
lots about eleven ; in the mean time the marines
had been difembarked, and attacked by land the
Cagle of Aboukir, the only poll in that peninfula
occupied by the enemy : that on the ig.th, at fun-
fet, when the veffel which brought this intelligence
was under weigh, the troops on chore and the gun
veffels were throwing (hot and (hells into Aboukir,
and at the fame moment a firing was heard to.
wards Alexandria, which appeared from the Fov-
DROYANT to be a general attack.
The GRAND VIZIER had marched forward from
Jaffa on the 25th February, having, according to
Major HOLLOWAY'S letters to Lord ELGEN, re-
ceived eonfiderable reinforcement.

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29.

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The Metrenger who arrived yefterday from
Vienna, was the bearer of difpatches from Lord
ELGIN, at Conftantinople, containing fuch intel-
ligence as he had received at the date of his dif-
patches from Lord KEITH. Their fubfiance was
publithed in the Gazette of laft night, to which
we refer our Readers. They agree fo far as they
go with the accounts firft received through the
medium of the French Journals, but they do not
come down fo late by two days as La Roy's letter,
nor do they give any farther particulars.
Our troops repulfed the enemy who oppofed
their land eg, and advanced within five miles of
Alexandria. where they took a favourable pofition
on the Pcninfula, between the fea and the lake
Maadie. Sir SIDNEY SMITH, with a number of
gun-boats, was to co-operate with the army, and
he kept up a correfpondence with the natives. If
this be fuccersful it may greatly facilitate our ope-
rations.

When the Officer came away, the Fort of Abou-
kir was attacked by Sir R. ASUICII.O3IIY, but it
had not been taken. Le Rot's account did not
admit its furrender.

The Melienger too, it is &id, brings account!
that the GRAND VIZIER had marched from Jaffa
with a well-appointed army, but where he got fuck
an army does not appear. Nothing is flitted that
can lead us to fuppofc that Sir RALPH had divided
his forces.

The CAPTAIN TACNA was reported to have fail-
ed from Rhodes, and was to be on the coati of
Egypt by the 23d or 242 h. The former accounts
from Conflantinople mentioned that the CAPTAIN
TACNA had been ordered to remain where he was,
and that the Turks were fo prered by Trance and
her allies, that it was thought ilie would be forced
to jive up the war.
We have not heard that any account has been
received direaly from the army itfelf. It was re-
ported that the overland difpatch to the Ealt India

Company had brought Conte details, but we cou;c
not find that it was the cafe.

This morning the Hamburgh Mail due on Sun,
day, arrived at the Poft Office.
Our private letters from Hamburgh, dated the
2lft, Rate, that a rumour prevailed there, of an
engagement having taken place between the
Swedifh and Englilh fleets ; and this report had
gained ground from the circumflance of letters
from Lubeck having been received, which Rated,
that a cannonade had been heard at that place on
the 17th. Of courfe we cannot vouch for the &Et,
but a fhort time will decide its truth or falfehood.
The Ruffian Fleet is Rated to have failed from
Revel on the ad infant.

French papers have alto come to hand this
morning. They are of the 26th inft. The MO.
odour Rates that General LECLERE bad reviewed
the firft divition of the French Army deftined to
join that of Spain againft Portugal. They were to
be at Burgos, in Spain, by the 28th of this month.
The Ruffian Ambaffador has delivered to the
FIRST CONSUL of Frances a letter from the Em•
perm. ALEXANDER.