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V1 ..irj,- "4.-St v-.".v" v if.'W 4 . R 4 t E1G H.-P ublu ETtjjtX.::; 7V7 v:JLJUBi- Vl V v . 'tfiv 77-," r SJfJT I -7' s;-rta,.' ,77. AX,.vr&'fc;w.. ,."7' ". '.7 r.:7-.7 s ".i,,,--." vr;77; v:: .7-' :7'' wenif!n'exSbUrihgs per Ttar LONDON, Oaober 3, ; fluck up ctteray, xtta;4te Stclqgx , P A Zliatlfiid 'Hi ; ; D e a ft -''ftJW A L L Y PifrijUd j Ahu-EIeBriJted. . - EGYPT. - TJie followlog extiaa of letter From a Seritlemao In the Dritifh irray in Egypt,id icffed to frieod ia Belfaft, cootin iotne particular Uck may be at once in terefting and amufing to our reader! ' Wr trawl through plainu of wheat Sc barley, without meeting witn an inaoiutc or a tree for , maoy muci. ci , horfes into a barliy or clover field'ie they enjoy theoattlvea without 'dt'ounce. The firft fi dayi march, we travelled throl, a moll fertile country in grain, which need only to bejthrowa in the p'ound to produce a .moft plentiful crop. The Delia which i on the other fide of the Nile, is a molt ibuadant country the village! !oti$ W fcanki of the Nile kae a pretty appearance at a diftance ; they are . all railed on artio cial eminencea of mud and cUy, to piotcct them froai the overflowing of the Nile, but when you arrive at them they arc nothing but an a'flemblage of miierablc huts, gene rally built of mud, rlay and ftrawjrfca abode of mifcjy and dirt, infer!oV tiaif our word Irifli villaea. Their inhabitants the Arabs, are 2nvage raceof. people, whofc 'handa' ate on every one, and every pne'e. handa upon them the children of 9 years old go naked, and the women cover them fele with a looCe blue cotton vcRmcnt, which completely hides them fiom cur light. When we enter a village, the ladies feamper off with great precipitMion, as If we were wild beafts come to devour -theai, and the chihlieo-fct up a.blejjrnilling, wtll plcafed no doubt Vpjau ef- an arm. ' RecOllefling the ftory of Mailer Japiter and Mife Danae, I wander to a villigr with a handful of Paras a finHll coin about the - value of a halfpenny) and begin dHli touting' my Paras among the little naked dingy Ca vagel 1 prefently a mother . with her little one advances with cautious and wary llepa for her clr'ld, aud finding that 1 did not bite her or her little one, flit beckons for her female friends to advance, that t,am a very uiefcent animal and generous of my Paras, and that they may fhew iheii faces without refere. Thus do. I obtain by in nocent Health a fight of many a dingy and copper colourcdcomphxion in which there ii nothing too pretty or aereeible. (hey have fine eyes, gnat erfprsffiott, andtliiir teeth are in general in both men & women, very 'white, which probably arifisrrom their Ample mode of living, and the uf cf a!i rnenta that cannot hurt tlue'm. The TuifcWh foldier,principally live by plunder, ayd hey flew 00. mercy to a FrenchrhaO i not con "tent with 4mmolating-yry unfuuunate wounded Frenchman who falls before therri, thev carve and cut the flelhy part of their bodiea'with their immense fabi, and leave J them a lhocking fpcftaclc of the rage of - war. -; -: ' A few mornings ago we.perfprmed a ve ry: neat affair : An ollker Irom the defert brought Intelligence to camp that a convoy of 2000 men and 500 camels were on their march from Alexandria to the Delta for corn and proviliou tofupply rtbalgarrifon, and that they were then about 4 miles from at croHing the defert. The cavalry and a ftrong detachment was immediately ordered to intercept them, and by an extraordinary and forced march of 4-Jiourjamejip wit h them. By reconnoitering tliem.we fouud their force had been inuch Caaggerated, and it appealed neceffary for two tegimenti on-, ly to pufh on. Asour legiment.was one of them, I had ao opportunity of being witnefs to their furjeader, which they were glad tomake to an.Englifli force (the only enemy in this country they receive any mer cy from) having been much harraffed in . thtir route "by a party of Bedouin A 1 abs, freebooters of the &fcrt, and .implacable enemiei of the French v there were-about 590 of them, part cavalry; arid part infan try, and about ICO mounted on Dromeda rics,part of a corps which the French found eceflary to raife in this coantrj : they -are ia faft camels, but a light fpecies of them : they travel wtib great fwiftnefs, tfoUrSaf thTwor4 f coramaid;iSl' fy?8 that our ovalry capable of do- an Englifboian tBila. important capture to our army,, as itfcpphedit with a num ber of fipe cajncla fg the purpbfc of tranf portlDg . oor provUijns, ammunition, and. b?gKag' The ; plague ii beginning, Tcarryoff fome o cxr men at Abdukir, bSt.il has not reaciifcd this army. Three days - ago we had Jfpeciqseo"-of the camp fide wind, a hot bj?-y poifanou wind of "the dcfert'.it wK 'r wind that had paficd through a r' .. J icn, it lafted about Fix haura, ; f,i aeter tofe 25, fome w , . by t-but it caanot be de .A ..! I-'" poheri2v Rh f ofCjOF THE FRENCH jjFPUMn- j -t i-'-.--:.:-:- Jad5ej dif hef.ght atbut oittfift'ciock, ci ti Jottifl questLi,. Qenval oft brigade-iii the ifedl 5 4 V Bon,p,rt'. 'if SeMtid.WjB' MjTi?,'t75uo the copy the prcKniaariea of peace, formally ratotd by the chief conful. By the vefcl4hieh brought bin over, vce received Partsjournal to the 8lh, which announce that p'scehas been fignei between France and Poritijgal ; and thit the difputc between PrufBa-tid Aullria rejec ting theHjkpric of fenlerefWi moreVoiol"p The French Ttfd have r ilen again to 54. It is the great load of flnaiing debt which nquft be funded at the peace, which keepsdjya their prke,ja we aAdeiftand.f' . ; -J- Citizen , Laurtftonafief putting upat the city of London Inn, Poer, immedi JLtcly difpatched one of his couriers, richly drt iTcd in fcarlet and eold. to order borfe on the road for the French envoy, and to apprize citizen Oito of hit arrival. " Gene ral Lautifton himlelf, after, Tome refrcftti ment, followed, and reachcl Weftminfter bridge about ia o'clock at B0on,-o5JSatur--day. ; vth horftaof hi coch'Kl the dw--verj, decorated whh blue-ribbons and the woid Peace upon them." Jo this manner the French envoy made his triumph'1 entry j . r li ft 1 ' f..I A & -a mod. toon coJICCtea,. running auer ie cairiage, which drove to citizen Otto's, the corner of Hereford' and Oxford Streets," near Tyburn turnpike. After remaining a few ruinutes with M. Otto, that gentleman went into the carriage with citizen Laurif ton, and. they irovc down Oxford Street, for RcdiftiV Hotel in St, James's Street, where apartment had been taken for the French envqy. At Otto's door the mob increafed amazingly, exclaiming " Peace for ever"" Long live Buoraparte,'' &c. The populace imagined that Laurefton was f(if,.b. Biionapare, and fome fuppofedit was Buonaparte himfelf.' Hence the ac clamations of joy or. feeing, him. were loud and incefTint. In Oxford Stieet a fliort diftancc ttonv Mr. Otto'uhoufe, they (lop ped the coah, iook the horfeaout, and drew thecairiage doin BouJ Street to Re difh's: Hotel, tending the air with- fhouts, fninf ihem mounting the tri coloured cockade.- LaureRon ..repf!edj - bowed, and feemed much pieafed with his leception but really, we heiieve, much alarmed far his perfonal fafcty. After he alighted at Redrfli's Utrtcl, he went to the firft floor window, (Mr .Otto leading him to it and prefenting him,) arid (hewed hi mfell to' the populace, repeatedly bowing to them. He thvfw oat a handful of guineas to them which weie -not, we fear, divided on ,th.e principles of cqqality ; he that caught molt keep wg. all he caagbt. Laurcftori was going" to" repeat this, when, as we are told, M, Otto begged him to defi.ft, as he might of fend the government.' After . being a (hort tima at RediiVs "Hotel,. Xiauieftoo and "Otto .' retur'ne"dn!olh'e7arriage-w-iro7 ceed to' Lord Hawkefbury'j ; ofBce, ' that they might formally exchange the ratifica tion?..' f ' "7 . , - .7 ' Between four an A (We, o'clock, Mr.FoX and nis rrienos ai how ,ip,nur h. CLA.r. Trrn. tn er Vhrate the aonii verfary of his election j and it will be fecn 00 : . . Q? - i-I "that his fpeetfh is an important commenta-' ry on the peace, materially, connected with the great events of Saturday He faidin fubftance, that the. war having een under taken for an unjuHobjeft. namely, toforce upon an independetjt nation ft form of go vernment 'which it abhorred, and with the defign of deftroying the rights of mankind the- peace viae frecitfytui to it ovghl a le &f graceful to tbt auttort the vfor iitthtt 1.' kr - tede$ ffctl&$-aii tithe mgbttb jhzJihi it M oi4 apprbbatioa of the peaee of waicti vEie pi the treat ory journals nave toaftd HVVe cnic not learn whetlwr- Mr Foil w'tteiid Harliamein or not. From' what colleaea'wc (hitik h will not. But nbfciHe tanooti ! now be. occafiooed by the want If countenance .given to bis opi nion n U houfe of commons. ",'We can pofitivcly Jftate, what hc reader will not believe tw ie proceeds further, that Mr,' . "C-tit'f ' L'.lij. ft.J .L- I" ox ana -ricna, ouncriv aura, vut pofitioa. Dl bae a great majority ro both larltame niv -Thia will not be n tfee; pvbllc. recolleft, as they; lit -jrR psention pf it, that Mr.! tliord i Haw.kcAury, . t"d the' je prefeBt adminifiralioflP tOge-' houfes of. difputed m will 011 I AddidgtdJt whole 01 i ther with Mr Pitt aaa his friends have, on the great f political t'ueftion which has agi tajtd jhe erftpife for nine yearai eorrie over entirtly tMihc Opinions 1 ot oppofitlon, aud have adotvei them by ftigmatifiur the war In tlit'rft' ttf Ffae peaces ' "Jnir. iJtuoMnationa 00 oaturaay eegan with tln tight, and; were fo general, that we had aiinS (aid. they were univerfal. A minute 4fcf iptipn of them will be found ia anotheif parV of .,thi paper- .t They were only exctedid by. the illuminations o'n the Kinla recovery., Their were very, very few houks in JUdoB .tbat were not light ed up; thoti pthe poortflt claiTes were 'the moft bijliiant, comparatively fpcaking. The tafof fe will Qac to-morrow. ' We never before heard lb many guns and piflols fired oJLTnK ttreets, to the 'great annoy-, acfe4gC'S and horfes. . It fiemed as'' if vi jimb?rs"of . tte volunteer corps were givi 4 farewell falute. In a window In Oxford Slreet," oppofite o M. Otto's, was a pii&ut (of Buonaparte, with this in -fcripttpp tjfApbt Suvevr f the Univerfe '' at this ferial of the St. George's yolun- trrin their idirof m were captoe. The 4 proprtort!4, th' Jrorcupine newipaper, coiifirltl; Bifappro ftfiCC,b'ey rfptrod t the wiy, would not niuminate. Ia coBfequenee,1 the windows pf the oJBce, Jo Southampton Street, weie fmalhed - to pieces," and tbofe of the houfe of the chief; proprietor, in Pall Mall, (bar ed thefame fateJ The fign of the Bible, tte Orowrrad Mitre over the window, was befnieared , frith dirt, or rather with glory in the - cte, as 'the -proprietor will, no doubt,' affet ; and jutl with as much truth, as it is faidLord Hakfbury has covered himfelf wi glory in figoing the peace.who if his fdto4r language weie'now.aQed up on, wouldbe in reahty befmeared with dirt like the figa above mentioned. The iilumi nation wat.fo great, the flcy fq red,' that fome milesi fiom town, London locked as if it werelon fire. The fun of the mob, however, Jad not begun ; it never does on thefeoccajofls till about 12 o'clock, when the peoplebegin to put eut their lights, and .".ft.-."-- L . ' - r go to bed,.fi7g detachments of the mob breakthe jvindw&.of a whole ftrect. 1 he fun wst. we 4aynot beguti,- wben ttelc- veo o'clock ,moll tremendous ftorm came on, phich foon cleared the Streess, Drelerved perfea tranqutotyrftillrrcfsrevenf fpnt hi UaieftT.'"the people home ' well dncked, i nd faved the houfekeepcr's win dows..''' ; ' - ...- ' The K- htning T)egao to fkew itfelf flight- lv eailt Tin the ' evening ; but at eleven o'clock t fuddenly became moft vivid, fialhina elery minute, illuminating the town like the Ud. and obfeuring the light of the candles. 4 So. moch Jightiuug has not been feea in London thefs. . twenty, year, ncvet fince a sislent ttorm which did great da mar onkhe 8th of Oaober. J?8o. The litrhthinil on Saturday, night was accompa nied byjloud. and repeated claps of thua der, whte the torrent of rain fell for feve- -ral hour. The advocates ot the war may interpre this as a mark of iht wrath of heavtn at the peace ; the fupportera of this puce may call it an approbation of that eafure, . , At, esguiinca many 01 ii--. r-" a, K.Lninj It as remarkable,, tnataf the h'adMitSJlVlBC CrOWO HMurunmuBui, ui .L...Al.MM,mfi1..The. entertainment concluded- at Drury.lane ' theatre in the raidft of thi ftormV. which produced the ereatett eoofterBation in the Crouded coffee rooml tad ioDDiea, wnerc uc uguuugiu' ed. while the Ihunder roared.' Several la die fainted, and the (hrieki and groana of othersweie awfnl. None were fo much alarme, - and difcbnfolate as the Cyprian corns, who feemed to tbink a time ot rec konin wai .anived; Half guinea wai Vol. VI. given to- a hacjeney coach for a fi. - in j fate i and even arthat biicc it as difi -ult tor-itaifri-enveyaneeirbclija the hif- orv of Saturday t a dav that will be me inorable in the annals 6f this country ! '1 , Nl AGAR ; bSobcr 4 1 4 A "report has lately circulated here of the difcovery of a plot U Montreal, to burn and pillage that city"; the editor ha Ing" ufed diligence "in enquiring relative thereto; is able riow to ftate, that the Re port 'is 'not grouodlefa. ' It would fcem, . nidi ivmc viiuc in vus uiuiuc )u, b... . perfonsj moftlj RiangeY at a tAvcfh at the lower end ot t be Quebec . fuburbs; and denominated thcmfclves ivkUi , capt : - they would go at night and dig holes, . ule many ttraoge gcltures and cqarms, nota ing otit the pretence of looking for hidden treafure; Their ftumbcr vrat obferved to ocreafe. and which increaliDg fufpicions of evil among the lol.tn.th'iiB is laid to have watched and placed lpiea up on themTaiid livfed reported that thefir tentiona were td burn anf. pUUge.W,eotreai that ihe number of confederates was about 60, id combined by Oath to obedience to the orders of their leaders, who wic not made. known. to all. ';''...-.-. 7.-.'-:-. Ufon this report, of them, the raagdv t rates iffucd ilai rants ind appmhended fee ral of item, who are now to the number of t or 9 confined iu ironaiq the jail of that city the rtft having fled, it is fuppofed. ' to the United States. . The enquiry having been laid before the Governor, he. ordered an additional number of artillery '00 duty at thar Ration, ; and a part of the militia tO). be armed, and to patrole the ttreets. At far as difcovery has been made, tnere ap peaif to' be not 6cre native Panadiari in the banditti; Hannah Mufeum, (a M not rtjpoudent f New.Tori, dated, t. '.. : . . 7- -'v- '.r Stmlir O9oher t8.- "Si ace I wrote to7you laft. I hte lx- nerienced a great deal of trouble and anxw- tyt V ilniog to 09 equal juuicc to au par tie, and to conduct our paper with impar tiality, we ga've admiffion to. a number of k pieces on both fides of the quettiori. At the particular requeft of two young men of anu federal politics, though much againft. our own inclination, we puOUlned an ex traft from the Aurora, containing fome re mark unfavourable to the character ot Genertl GuffnrTThTi drew forth an anfwer . from a . friend of the Grj, under the fignature of Q, who eTijoiaed upon us fe. crecv. as to the 'author. After this pub Iication, the young men juft mentioned waited upon us, to know who wattbs aa thor of it 5 the name, of courfe, we re fufed to give up," and they left, us; though very much dilfatiBfisd. In the evening 1 went to the pbl' office j arid,' whilli t was waiting for the papers, Gtrieral Jackfon Hepped in, nd (hortly after eaterin intai converfation whh' cde, began a Ioog har- ranrtukT which he ended in praifiog bis own; and declaring that the country (and thisj ftate in particular j was indebted to him for its independence. He then 'obferved to me that, when 1 came to Savannah, I was.a good republican, to which I replied th?t my principles were , the fame that they ever , had been he contradicted me; and faid, that I was to Brttijbpaj.- To fo direft aa aftront I gave him the fieispon which he threatened to break my head.,vr prepared myfelf for the attack, but after his makiig a great noife, the fcene clofed for tfejeen ing. The t wo young men before fpbkeo of are aids to General Jackfon, and were by him, no doubt, ioftigated to their fubfequent condua; for, after the affair with the Ge neral, they agatrlledportir-and de manded the author of Ov, Wepjrrfifted io our refufal, -when one of them made an at tack upon me with a loaded horfewbip, while I . wa$v paarmed. I waivfortunatc enough to rmand the, blosr "and had, asi. opportunity of handliag him pretty rough- , ly. ' - -. ... V 4" -After this they collecltcd a mob, prefeat ed their piftolsto my breaft, threatening to poll down our hofe, and to heave the types into the river, if we did not inftantlf give up the author'! nam? 1 but they weref fooo oppofed by more than an equal number of refpeaablecititens; ; which occafioned tbeiai to difperfe in a terrible rage. . They ceUedcd a third time, but, finding there tn oim-nnrinf inc rvir-B-au v'"'"tl"" -1 -- IK-
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