Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-10-10
Auguh II.
FROM EGYPT.

Az n announce that the Hamburger mail
I.s ' inf arrived. The following is the
Intelligence brought by IT.
Accounts from ConHantinople of the
18th of JuIy fay. 1t is now known official
" that the French army at Cairo, after
AZ obAinate battle, in which they loii a.
bou, 1000 men killed and wounded, ON
,be 10th of June, furrendered to the iupe-
r;or force of the Turks and Britilh. The
French troops, before the battle conGited
Of about 6ooo men.
Two days after this victory, the Grand
yizier made his formal entry into Cairo,
and gave orders for the greater part of his
army, to the amount of $4,000 men, to
march againll Alexandria.
A diEovery has been made at Malta Of
conpiracy to deliver thar iiland TO the
\ French.
Lord Mellon, at s o'clock on Saturday
morning, made the Ggnal for all command
B ers TO come On board the Medufa, where
8 they received rhe following orders: Tha,
q every veilel in the feet was to iend her
3 large boats well armed with pixies, pole.
& axes, and cutlaaes every officer and Eai-
ID lor to be drelled in blue jacket and trowi-
81 ers, with white belt buckled over the
y Jacket, for the cutlafs; each boat carrying
\ carcale to burn the enemy's vehels, in cafe
B we could not fucceed in carrying them off
/ after boarding.
Lord Nelfon's name feems to have truck
terror into the minds OF our enemies along
the French and Dutch COATS. Whenever
they perceive afail or two in the citing, a
general alarm follows, and lord Mellon is
inaantly expected. Gen. Angereau has
been viiiting the whole coat of Holland,
and putting every thing in fate of fate
ty agairf the Britilh.
Lord Melton, when he vifted the wound
ed in the Royal Naval Hofpital at Deal,
was obferved to pay particular attention to
every individual, inquiring their cafes, and
coniolng them 18th prcmiies that he wonld
isnd them good news ihortly. Ola fea.
man whom ne recolIetted, his Iordlhip ak
Ell him how he was? The gallant tar r..
pied, that ne had loft his arm. To which
the Admiral faid, i" Never mind that. I
have loft an arm, and perhaps will Mort.
ly lote a leg-they cannot be loft in her,
ter caaie than fighting for our country"
ihls had iueh an effect on the failors, thar
'eVerai OF them exclaimed, they only re-
GREETED their wounds, as it prevented them
accompanying him in another attack on
their enemies, The French.
Inc gentleman of Lloyd's coffee houfe,
always forward in rewarding the naval de-
tenders of their country, have commenced
a iu9lcrlp'ion fer the relief of thofe Who
nave fallen, or may fall, under the COM
i r OF lord Mellon, in frufraling the eff.
l Il OF the enemy 10 invade our flores
oucn a conduct is mott liberal and judiei.
GUS We are amazed by the grandeur Of
"e victory Of the Nile; but we are a;ll
more interehed in the protection OF our
uoVIS at nome.
Mr.. Arlington, it is faid, has traDt-
mlfted to the French government a olsn of
IaSl'ca'lon, containing thofe points of Fri
,"o'y importance to the interef}s Of this
,opotfy' from which he has fated his de-
summation IL, not to recede.
ne annual million, appropriated for the
.ou'lon OF tie national debt, has paid
~, n''ii'ons in IS years. Ii is faid one
"'l'ion and an half is to be added 70 ,ha,
! every year the money TO be raif
:, !, upon grand plan by way of lottery,
. ,n@l}, at the fame time, will prevent a,y
.u'y of infurance being carried on
D Inc poor people.
T.. ll'l'i'neni, it is faid, is to be agem-
~ early !" the month of October. 70
ac r"' vote OF credit, and for other pur
u.s. Perhaps ALTO it is the intention Of
~, ""er, to lay before parliament the
yof re- ana myierious correspondence as
"AtidIy 10 \ panoo.