Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-15
Late Foreign hsfsIlsggs''ee.

IT.; no,p aid by those who haye an nn
,,;aopised satisfaction 10 dwelling o. tn'
lse unfos.unaie occurrences 10 E6yP., 'ha
oar loss IL the second actlon c1cesded VIVA
4. stated 10 the hitter Of general Frazer. al
ex,ract Of a private lssscrffom Messina !
communicated, forthe purpose q , shs% Y.
the aggtasaied circumstance q tns sssils
wkiehin sphs:ancs states
Cha, pon the day following she 5onc
tien of general Stewart with gen. ~ eade
stlisx former ordered second assault 70 %
5;aslrnatlc SSIi Rosetta, and that the streets
should be- presioasly cleared By rhe held
pieces This was accordingly rxecuIen
and seeing the streets apparently cieafeo
general .uars advanced, whsn tnsy "sf fi
suddenly assaekrd item bshind by asiarSc
force Of Abausans, WHO approached under
cover Of fog, and entered the temporary
eutrenchneuts WHICH had bur then s@sn
abandoned BY the English. In the SANS
momens .sse Turks ssilsed tror 4osaind
Rosetta, and The English were attacked y
once 10 front and rear. The loss ot'hs 20
elish is estimated at fifteen hundred isi'
s:sad on the 6sid General Stewart remain
ed one plight ADD s,he following day IN the
field cf battle 10 bury the dead bat the en-
emy had by this time become so numerous
end were making such Formidable prepa-
ra,ious 10 Cut him of, THAI he deemed It
advisable TO commence his retreat. The
!, English fought with the most desperate
courage. bur they were opposed tonum.
bers which overwhelmed them"
We would hope that although the loss
has been serious, We are Ia possession OF
the priocipai features Of is. Gen. Fraser
5 could have no reason To palliaie the Parti-
Guitars Of il, and we cannOt suppose, IRON
what we know cf them, that the present
administration would be very Careful to
conceal any circumstances OF the failure
The minister;al Prints inform us, that
!. al is preparation and busile in our sra ports
and on our coasts, and that shelang talked
of expedilionis assast about 10 sail wish
Out DELAY so thasi.is possible, if a pa
ciHca,orY negotiation be Ia progress. that
the British contingcos may reach iss csssl
nation Just ia time TO witness the s;gn'ng
Of tie prelimioaries. Whether the troops,
rnder orders for embarkalioa, are intend
ed 10 co operate with the allies or not,
there has been strange fatui,y in assemb-
. log shem. AT one time the grand expedi
ton, as il is called, stands still, because
socae OF the force TO be sent out, is at a
distance from the poinsof enlb,rkauon /;
hat when the distant troops ars arrived,
then the nearer body of men, who are TO
!. form q part Of the armament are to march
from the interior TO the coast, as it DO
previous calculation could have been made
80 as To- have both the decrip,ion of troops
AZ The point required at one and the SAME
time. Such combination we should have
thesshs, if We had not seen this diagram.
instance tothe contrary, to have been with
:nthe compass of'the plodding heads ct
this peerless administration bur no--it
wouid seem thar they hsve not talents for
combining any two given things. When
they had determined on al expedition,
they could no. derive the means of getting
their men together when that is accom-
plished, they know not either zphssa or
xyisre 70 send theaas The thug woald
: ssem 10 have been SO unaccounssbly lcog
In agitation, thatthe object has become 10.
.deserminate; SO that our preparations,
with all their pon.p and circumstance, anr
all the we'll simsdpraisss bestowed onahen
BY the ministerial writer's, are mockery
Of expectation from abroad, and a genera
ridicule at home.
It's truly lamentable, say the demi.oG
cial papers, that the opposition should be
so barbarous and hard-heartcd, as to ne
mace an attack on the present innocent ad
minisuation. on the first day of the ses
sion! But il is absolutely srue, fer a threat
<enipe lesscrhas been dispatched from Stras