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tiOM ! TANTISOSL% April if
INTELLIGENCE lias been received from Egypt tliat
Rosetta is now likewise in tlie hands of the Englifli, but
that the French garrison at Alexandria (till continues to
make a valiant defence. The Englifli had bombarded the
latter city, and attempted taking it by florm, but were
driven back with conliderable lofis. The blockade of A*
lexandria by sea and land [till continues. It is said that
very few houses remained without fome damage from the
bombardment, in consequence of which the French had de
sired and obtained a cessation qf hostilities for 3 1 days.
Pcterjlnirgb, May 18. The embargo on the Englifli
flops, and the sequestration of Englifli property, was taken
off yeflerday. The Ruffian admiralty has received orders
to get all the British fliips in the Ruffian harbors repaired
at the expence of Russia. The 21 ships at Riga, which
were given to the heirs of Zuckerluker, to difeharge a
demand which they made upon the Englifli government,
have likewise been rtflored to their lawful owners. The
. harmony and friendly relations which formerly fubfifled
with England are again entirely reflored. Lord Nelson
is expedted here on a friendly visit.
Florence , May 2. The denii brigade refnfed to march,
for the Jfland of Elba, ceded by Naples to France, having
been seduced from their duty by certain inhabitants of
Leghorn who are in the interest of the Englifli. The com
mander in chief, Murat, ordered two battalions of grena
diers to be difarnied, and sent to the citadel of Turin. The
fufiliers would have lhared the fame fate, but Murat par
doned them on account of their former bravery.
Hamburgh , May 24. The Danes left ns yeflerday
after a refidencc of nearly two months, and this event af
fords us great fatisfa&ion, as their support cofl us 100,000
crowns per month. Prince Charles of HcfTe received his
orders on Tuesday lafl, in consequence of which he re
moved his headquarters to Peftmberg, and cantoned his
troops in the environs.
London , June 2. From Copenhagen, May 12, we
learn that the Ilritilli have burnt two of their fliips, as un
ferviceable, in the bay of Kioge. They have loft in all,
by their victory of the 2d, 10 fliips of war; 4 were burnt
before Copenhagen, and 4 others, as utterly dilliblcd, were
sent home to Britain.
The Danish army under the command of prince Charles
of Hesse loft about 1000 men by dela tion during their
stay at Hamburgh.
Letters from Altona, May 17. (late, that the news of
the capture of the Danish Weft India islands is a terrible
blow to their moft opulent merchants. Even the future
restoration of these isles will not compensate for the mil
chief refill ting’ from the present interruption of the trade
with them.
Letters from Vienna, May 14, fay, “ We hear that fir_
J. K. Warren continues to cruise with his fleet between
Malta and Africa, to intercept any French ships going to
Egypt, and forms, as it were, the vanguard of the grand
Britifli fleet before Alexandria.
Accounts from Milan state that a French expedition
from Naples .had taken pofieffion of Meflina.
Letters from tlie frontiers of Russia mention that the
emrx-ror has put off his coronation, and that of the emprcls
Elisabeth, till the 29th of September, on which day his
grandmother, Catherine 11. was crowned, 39 years ago.
Holland, Switzerland, Piedmont, the Cifalpine republic,
having embraced the French, merely in the vain hope that
the triumph of France would make them free, bear with
impatience the Gallic yoke, and are ready to become the
ft. reeft and moft inveterate foes of the conquerors, with
whom they-vere lately so eager to fraternize.
The Danes repent tliat they lliould have made so dear a
fucrifice to the’ caprices of Paul, and the artifices of Bon
aparte.
Jnnc £>. Lord Nelson 1; about to return to England
immediately on account of his'health. He was confined
to his cabin 17 days. Tlie gallant admiral said he had no
< bji ction to be killed in the Baltic, but as all chance of
fighting was over he preferred dying a natural death in
England. We trufl'the n ole lord will live long to en
joy his well earned fame; the admiralty, however, have
c; mj.licd with his willies, and vice admiral Pole is appointed
to succeed him.
Downing fireet, June 4*
Tlie following copy of a letter from lieut. gen. iir J.
H.'Hutchinfon, K. B. addressed to the right lion. Henry
Dundas, has been this day itc’ ivtd at th.c office of the
light lion, lord Hobart; as also the copy of a letter from
lord Elgin, addjeffied to the right hon. lord Hawkelburv,
one of his niajeftv’s principal secretaries of state for the so
- reign’department.
Copy ‘fa let it r font lieut * gat. fir John IT. Hxttcbin -
K. J>. to the right bon. Henry Duiuuis, dated
camp before Alexandrian the 2 otb April.
biw—lt is with pkafure that 1 am to inform you of
the liicet Is of the* corps'of Turks and Britifli under the
co mm and of col. Spencer*
They were ordered from, hence about ten days ago, for
the purpqft of forcing the enemy from the town and caltle
, of Rosetta, which commands the navigation of the Nile.
Ibis operation lias juafcctly luccceded. We are now
made ns of the wtfttni branch of that river, and of course
have opened a communication with the Delta, from which
vye shall derive all r.eoelkiry fuppfies, as the French have
irnrtet v any troops there, and none capable of making a
iericus refinance.
I he enemy had about Roo men at Rosetta when they
an ere attacked; they made but a feeble effort to sustain
tnemhlves, and retired to the right bank of the Nile,
.<:\\ mg a lew men killed and pri loners. They left a gar
lslon in the fort, again.ft which ourlattrries opened on the
i bth, and it lurrendered on the 19th instant. The condi
i ttons are the lame as were granted to the castle of Aboukir.
j have many obligations to col. Spencer for the zeal,
activity, and military talents, which lie has difpjayed in
toe conduit cl tins important fen-ice; and I fcet leave to
recommend him as a deserving and moft excellent officer.
- 1 h.ive the iionor to be, &e.
n . , , Tr J* Hctchiwos, niaj. gen.
Eight hon. Hcnrv Dundas, fee. & c . fee. J
Copy of a letter front lord Elgin h,d Havkcjbury,
dated (.ehfinnttr.oplc, qtb cfMav, 1801.
M Moner having returned from Egvnt,
Os 4 v
t bayfc the fatisfa&icn 0? being able to !ay before pouf
lordship a far more particular account of the affairs and
proceedings in that country than it lias hitherto been in my
power to communicate, lie left the camp before Alex
andria on the 22d ult.
At that time the enemy remained in their ftreng position
upon the heights near the eaftem walls of Alexandria,
their numbers about 6000 men. They were still in anxi
ous expeftation of receiving reinforcements, particularly
that which had been announced to them as coming from
admiral Gantheaume.
‘l’lie lofts of the enemy, according to the nuvnerods re
ports which had been collected, certainly exceeds 5000
men,’ and a great proportion of officers; 4 generals are
known to have been killed. Every encouragement fee ms
to have been given and held out to the French army to cn
furs their utmost exerti- ns. Among things they
were taught to expeft no quarter from the Britifli. The
prisoners agree that jn no part of the war had such hard
fighting, or such determined bravery, ever been fecn, as
they have met with from our army in Egypt.
I presume that fir Ralph Aliercromby’s aide nee from the
camp, in consequence of his wounds on the 21st of March,
had created a momentary suspension of our operations;
and the irreparable loft ccCaftoned by his death *nnift also
neceflarily have checked the profectition of plans in the
formation and execution of which he had always borne so
conlpicuous a part. The captain pacha did not arrive in
time to fee fir Ralph Abercromby; but it appears that gen.
Hutchinson followed his excellency’s intention relative to
the troops on board the Turkish fleet, by employing them
against Rosetta, and accordingly directed col. Spencer,
having under him a corps of about Bco Britifli, to pro
ceed with the Turks s>n that expedition. The town was
evacuated without rehftance. Some guns were the n brought
to hear upon tlie Fort St. Julien, which commands the
entrance ot the river. ‘Flic garrison of 368 men fturren
dcred on the 19U1 ult,
Rahmanicii was foil in the hands of the French; they
had fortified it, both in a view to feciire their
catipns from the upper part of the Delta and Upper E
gypt, whence they received their premiums.
Under these circumfbnces gen. Hutchinson has vei •
much strengthened his position between Aboukir and A
lexandria, not only by a range of works in front, but
particularly by opening the iluices which kept in the wa
ters in the lake offi their left; and if, as is supposed, this
inundation lliall extend over the whole of the plain to the
east of the Lake Mareotis, tlie communication between
Alexandria and Rahmanich, which is the enemy’s neared
point, will be eight or nine days journey without water.
Having taken these nieafures, gen. Hutchinson was to
transfer his headquarters to Rosetta on the 23d ult. to
which place he had already sent forward a strong detach-_
ment, amounting to about 4000 Britifli, including col.
Spencer’s corps; and he was immediately to oroceed from
thence, with nearly unequal number of the captain pacha’s
troops, against Rahmanldi, where the French were under
ftcod to have a lift m bird 3000 men.
On th.e other haftfl, advices have been received vfeveral
da) s before from the grand vizier, dated at Belbeis, from
which it appeared that his Inghnefs, reinforce-1 by nearly.
5000 men from Djexzar pacha, had palled the delert, anti
advanced so tar towards Cairo, without meeting with op
position either at Saiahidi cr at Belbeis. He had also de
tached a corps which has taken pofieffion of the town of
Damietta, though the fort cf L’ElßelHliii in the hands
of the French.
It is not expe&ed that his highness will experience any
material resistance at the town of Cairo; and I find it is
the determination of pen. Hutchinson to a dol'd his high
ness such aid as may be requiiite towards the attacking the
fortifications which the French occupy near to the town,
if it is nectlTsrv to reduce them by force.
Gen. Hutchinson has further received a ftvonb'c letter
from Murad Bey, laying he is ready to join us when we
come into his neighborhood. >
. I am happy to add that our army is in the big! est health
and I’pirits. Ihe climate and weather bad hitherto been
pnoft propitious, tlie natives had acquired the greattft de
gree of confidence from the proclamation iffiued by our ar
my, and were contintvr-'g to bring in korfes and previfinns
in great plenty. Nearly ioco ot our cavalry are now well
mounted there, and we have had above 11,000 infantry
in the field.
The. utmost degree of unanimity prevails between the
Britifli and Turkiih troops.
o 1 have the honor to be, &c.
v Ei.ai>r.
Private letters which accompanied the late dispatches
fiom Constantinople lay that Alexandria lurrendered to
the Britifli troop*cn t!e ill of May; they add, that as the
1 urkifli army advanced the inhabitants of the country role
every where in its favor.
Sir J. B. Warren’s tquadron is arrived offi Alexandria,
and that of commodore Blanket in the Red Sea.
June 8. A packet arrived at Falmouth on Friday foil
Lisbon, which Ihe left th.e 24th of last month. The let
teis bring tlie important intelligence of a battle having
taken place oetween th.e main bodies of the Spaniards and
1 01 .ugueie armies, in which the Spaniards were defeated,
wito toe loss ot upwards of tooo men. The intelligence
reached Lilbon the night before th.e failing of the packet,
which was immediately dispatched with the news. Tlie
French army nad not joined the Spanifli, but their advanc
ed guard was within two or three days march of the Span
ilh headquarters.
1 he Gazette of Saturday contains the order of council
for removing the embargo on Ruffian and Danilli (hips,
c\ huh ws mentioned on Saturday.
Letters received on Sunday from Dublin contain intel
ligence ot the moft unpleasant defeription, viz. of a num
uer ot itoppages and absolute failures in the commercial de
partment; one home is mentioned as having failed for
ico,oool. and another, whose embarraffiment is likely to
involve all the south of Ireland. ‘
Lctteis from Paris fay, that gen. Maflena has been put
under arrest. He was nominated to go as minister to the
court ot Stockholm. Against this he ftronglv represented,
and called it an exde. He took a hnufe near Malmaifon,
and *t is said that he was foibcacd ofcabaffing with feme
•nfriguants, in consequence of which he was.jxtt tirdcr a
reft. His great ambition was to command the exoefrtfon
against this country. txpcution
Great adivity prevails in the different ports in or.E r To
feud reinforcements to Egypt as quicUy as p , lTlbl
pom faded yeflerday from Portlinouth for Ii drnd
on board troojis; and on Saturday the Monmouth fr-'frd
from 1 lymonth with the 24th regiment on Uu r j
.... . irov \ [ hc Spanijh Official Paper.
I he Prince ot Peace has commenced the
gainft Portugal under the moft fatisfhdforv <y’
venza, defended by a very strong castle,. and \r.,’
yor, a town pretty well fortified, are in hi, powe
is at tins moment employed in tlie siege of Efrpt
colors wili fliortly wave on the walls of that citv. Or *
hundred Spaniards have put to flight a corns o r ioa
tuguefe,® 1
Jnjerwr Court, Coatbam Coiihtv, “ju!v . ,
Whereas, ... a „d b y ,a,rat4i, a., i
to empower the Inferior Courts of the fever?!
counties in to is state to order the laying cut of public ro?A
and to order the building and keeping in repair of*pub! V
bridges,’ paffied the 4th December, 1799; and a!lb ; n 2 f + ’
pJied tlie Ift December, ißco, entitled, An act to r!t< ’
anu amend an act to empower the Inferior (hurts of th
frveral counties in this state to order the layir-r rut tfo
public roads, and to order tlie building and kei oiiv 5.. p
puir the public bridges;” the Justices of the Inferior Cow
are empowered to regulate and cliredft the rep firing *4 1
kedpmg in repair the public roads, bridge?, Ac. in*their
Itverul counties, in pursuance-and undu’ the a-ithority so
the said aifts; the justices of the Inferior Court for tI C
County of Chatham do appoint tlie following persons as 0.
verleers of fcveral divisions and diftricls wiihin tlfo I
county, us herein after mentioned, for the purpole of cs-- I
rying into effect the afore recited aexs of tte Legiilature, via, J
For the fnft northwest divifton, commonly called tfo I
Augusta road, Peter D-veaux, from ti e Spring Ilill rode I
eight mile post on find, road; Edward Harden, frcni ti,„ I
eight mile post on ft id road to the e!r-\n mile; Jiercs 8
Cuthbert, from the eleven mile to the line of £fti:s ? hany I
county. I
for the Newington road, leading fern tlie northwest I
road, through Newington village, to the line of Effingham I
county, Bqrucli Gibbons, from the northwest road, on the I
Newington road, to th.e fix mile post; Francis Couivoifie, I
from the lix mile to the eleven mile post on laid road; l)a. I
vid Francis .Bourquin, from the eleven mile post to the line I
oi Effingham county. 9
For tlie firft southwest aivificn, commonlv called the I
Ogechte road, Donald MfiLtod, from the beginning of I
laid road, leading from Savannah to the fix mile pnft;°Be- I
fix mile to the He ven mile post; I
Shadrach Butler, from the eleven mile pi ft to the brifre fl
dver Great Ogecheel. a
For the eaftem division, commonly call eel the roifii to ■
Skidaway ferry, William Stephens, Charles Odingfeifr, I
and Richard Wyily.
For the louthern division, commonly called the White
Elm- road, lay/, Irom the line of the common oi Savannah J
to the villages oi Aficn and Vernonburgh, including the J
villages of Highgate and Hampfiead, Nathaniel Adams |
jun. \William M. Evans, and Edward Lloyd. I
And, fer the keeping the several roads within this cor,am I
in repair, it is ordered , That all free male inhabitants!
between the ages of fixtten and forty-five, years, and all I
male llaves within the several diflricts, (except those a-1
ii-ling on the several it lands in Savannah river, who arc to
work as hereafter direfled) {hall be fubjeft, agreeabletol
law, to the Older and directions of the several Overlees■
appointed as aforefaid to 1 cup the roads within their reljvo®
tive didricis in proper condition. And it is further sr-B
dcrjsd , That all the male inhabitants or ilaves refidingoaß
Kutchmfon’s Illand, liable by law to work on the
ror-ds within this county, do perform their work on t:eH
Newington road, from the north wed or Augufla rcadttH
the line of Effingham county, in such manner,.anilcnH
Inch parts of said road, as the Overseers, or a majority
them, for tire several diftricls within that division,
dirtef and appoint; and that all the inhabitants, orihvsM
liable to work on the public roads as aforefaid, residing
tire I (lands of Argyle, Onflow, and I {lav, do pcrfcr®
their work in the north wed division on theAugufta rig
in such mannef, and on such parts of the public road with®
the jjud division, as the Overseers, cr a majority of
for the several diftri&s within that division, flail dire®
and appoint. 9
And whereas it may so happen that in feme of the e;jj
trials within the several dlvifions in th.is county as ai'orl
mentioned there may be more hands residing within til
fame, Irttble to work on the public roads, than are
ent to keep tire roads within the said difliift in repair? -1
in others a iefs number than are fufficient for that purpofl
for remedy whereof, the several Overseers within each*
vision, in such case, lhall, and they, or a majority <fl
them, are hereby empowered and required to apportwa
hands, in tire several didrifts, in such a manner as intl'l
judgment will bed answer the puipofe of keeping alltl
public roads within their divihon in good repair, 1
Ordered, That the foregoing be publidied in the fever!
Gazettes for three weeks.* 1
Extract from the minutes , 6th Attgujl, ißoi*
J. Bulloch, clerkj
COPARTNERSHIP - DISSO LVED^I
THE Firm of MILLER and POWERS is, “bynJ
tual content, didolved this day*. All those thl
are indebted to are delired to render in their accounts ■
settlement; and those indebted to the firm are requeik*
make immediate payment to either of the fubferibers- ®
Auguji 6. MILLER and POWfJ
TO CREDITORS^
ALL persons having claims or demands againd®
Edate of Herman Herfon, deceased, are defa®
render them in atteded, agreeable to law', and thei®
debted to said Edate are required to make pavment. j|
JOHANNA C. HERSON, ExecutrL®
fOHN WI SEN BAKER,! r , n .M
‘ JOHN HERB, J Ex ' c ” w -1
Auguji 13, iSou I