Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-06
DAaDANELIEs, Oct IA.

Translation ct a In5kisn despatch prseut'
ed By his excellency Mouhammed Ali
Pschs. governor of Egypt, 70 his high
ness the Caimakan Paeha.
Upon the upper margin, 70 the lefl, is
written the following note in red letters,
probably by the Reis Efendi: 50 This
j despatch Of your slave, Mauhem-
med Ali Pacha, governor OF Egypt
= To his highness the most high, NEST
fortunate. mast generous Lard, my.
aaost respectable and most honoured
Brother.
q The supre me will of his highness be-
ing that the impure presence OF he Eogiish
in6dels, whs had q. the time takea posses
sion, by surprize, OF The fortress of Alex
andria, should cease to sully this territory,
and that the said fortress should be, with
the help Of the most high, resaken, and
submitted soils lawful possessor, 10 order
to conform to The noble command, the
fronsispiece of which was decorated with
the sacred character of the imperial hand,
and addressed TO the undersigned, his mos.
humble slave, has,ened TO assemble eve.
ry thing that was necessary to the success
of this military expedition: and from the
FRS, day of the moon Of Djemazied Oosh-
ra (sbou, the eighth OF Angus,) Sc, eff
from Cairo at the head of all the cavalry,
and the flower of the infantry, marched
s.raigh, against tie enemy
!. pitched nay camp In the plain Of Da-
menkhnr. six leagues from the place called
Ssd, an intrepchsd post Of the English. |
seq. during the night few lish horse
to the spot, tor The purpose of sscopooi,er-
ing the position Of the Epghsh, and The
means 10 be takeo for surrounding them,
I marched forward myself, and secured
the m0st proper place for he raising Of my
batteries, land for the introduction Of the
armed boats ADD gun bsrks into the two
lakes, which are upon both aauks of the
Sed. This operation, performed in the
silence Of the nieht, having lasted fer some
time, could not be concealed from the
knowledge of the boats which the enemy
KEEP. stationed upon the lakes According.
ly, he fred many cannon shots, which hap
PLY did Us 90 damage HaweveF, this
first movement 90 our part had already
given him the alarm. and The eek. day VIC
saw arrive. with the maiar who had ossa
cent so me twice before as 1egociasor.
the second 10 command OF the Epgllsi1
forces, accompanied by two other persons,
and who took The title ct plenipoientiariy,
appointed both by the commander Of the
squadron, and by the gen Of the forces, 70
conclude peece. The ,plenipo' produced
10 supporsc f his character his credrasi4!s.
The sense Of shese wiring, he lasguage
Of the bearer. and she reault ct he confer.
ence. amounted upon the whole to these
few words ::
Is rot the demand you make in she
Hame of his highuess your powerful ewpe
ror, the re~si,uslao of the fortress OF Alex
andria? Return MS eur prisoners uho
fell into your hands 10 the ,wo engsgr mtn,s
which took place a, Rosetta, aad We will
return you the sald p!ace. should alsu
have resturded so you the three armed
ships Of lis hiehness, had they not been
seut to England and | hereby formally
engage to gst,hem directly scnl back TO the
sublime porss.''
g These propositions, which the English
made without there being vet any attack on
either side, having been weighed in council,
were accepted. 1t was considered that tho
the inhdels employ cunning and craft the
sword of the true faith always predominates.
On the other hand it was observed, that the
post of Sed could not be carried, without
landing troops there; and that, on account of
the ground which the Nile leaves uncovered
in its ordinary course, the landing depends
absolutely on the great increase OF the waters
of that river, which. having inundated the
whole surface of the earth, would every
where favor the entrance of the boats and the
Gun barks. Now the overflow of the Nile