upon us. I do not know what to say of this: it appears, undoubtedly, a reinforcement to the enemy, and one of considerable magnitude. I take it for granted they have gun-boats among them. I must make preparation, and be ready to retire upon you; let me know as soon as possible." My answer, immediately dispatched, was not received, the dragoon being unable to penetrate to the post. The reinforcement, also, which had marched under the orders of your aid-de-camp, captain A'Court, was obliged to return.

Not a moment was to be ost in breaking up from the position before Rosetta, and in supporting the Hamet cetachment. The advance upon us of a strong body of cavalry in that direction, pevented my detaching single corps to their relief, and it was necessary that the whole army should move together. The field guns were first withdrawn from the batteres; all the camels were laden with ammudition and indispensable stores; the caronades and mortars kept up their fire on the town to the last moment that could be pared, and were then destroyed and buried; all spare ammunition and stores were set fire to and biown up. The picquets remained in their fleeches until the field tran, the wounded, and the stores, were assembled in the plains, under the charge of the 78th and De Rolle's regiment, which formed a square round them. The brave 35th then retreated, followed by the picquets. The enemy, sallying from the town in all directions, surrounded our square; but the bold front which the 35th kept, under the command of captain Riddle, and the flanking position of the light infantry battalion, under major O'Keefe, on the heights of Aboumandour, prevented him from making any impression.

Nothing could surpass the steadiness of the troops you had entrusted to my command. The 35th regiment fired by its wings and platoons retiring; and the 78th with its front rank kneeling, as during the movements of a field day. Under the direction of Colonel Oswald, who regulated proceedings in the rear, I felt confident, on the good conduct of the whole. About ten o'clock, our little army advanced across the sandy plain, in a direction for the lake Edko, and the right of the Hamet position. We arrived there about one o'clock, under continual fire, and after a sultry march; our loss was not, however, considerable, the greater body of the enemy being kept at a distance by the fire of our artillery from the flanks of the square. To my surprise, not an individual of the Hamet detachment joined us on this march, nor could firing be heard in that direction, as our last account of their proceedings left them warmly engaged near to the village of Hamet, on the Rosetta side. Failing to meet them on the shore of the lake, it was necessary, in some measure, to retrace our steps, and to look for them nearer to El Hamet. This could be effected by gaining some sand-hills, which lay about a mile on our left. Our march was, accordingly directed towards them: the light infantry now leading the front of the square, advanced with activity, and the enemy who occupied them, dispersed in all directions. From those hills, which completely commanded a view of the plain and Hamet position, the enemy were seen to be in possession of the latter, and not any appearance of our detachment in the former. It was apparent they had either effected a separate retreat to Edko, or been completely defeated; in either case it was adviseable, under all circumstances, that the army should continue its original retreat; this was resumed in the same good order as before; the left being flanked by the lake,. the enemy ceased to pursue us. Our casualties, during this retreat, did not exceed fifty killed and wounded, and none were captured.

The loss of our enemy was considerable, but we made no prisoners. By sun-set we arrived at the depôt. Lieut Tilly, with his usual activity, had, in consequence of my express to him in the morning, safely embarked all the provisions and stores. Having left our wounded and our twelve-pounder on board germes here, and refreshed the army, we advanced to Fdko, and took up our former position, about two in the morning., On the 22d, the whole of the stores, which were at Edko, were safely embarked for the caravansera, when the army marched for that post, and arrived in the afternoon without opposition. On the succeeding day, the troops embarked for Aboukir's wells. The caravansera was blown up, under the direction of captain Hallowell.. No certain intelligence has reached me respecting the fate of the detachment under lieutenant-colonel M'Leod. General report confirms their defeat in the forenoon of the 21st, and states many of them to be prisoners. On this I will make no comment,

Every step, which a sense of duty could dictate, was taken, in order to secure the post of Hamet; and it will, I sincerely trust, appear to you, that none which prudence could suggest were omitted, in order that a junction should be formed with the detachment. That our unfortunate comrades did their duty must not be doubted; that all was lost, save honour, when they surrendered, must also not be doubted.

In closing this letter, I am bound to state that I have been ably supported by those who were under my orders.

To colonel Oswald I owe every thing that a commander can owe to his second in command; to lieutenant Tilly, for his exertions on the late, and to captain Nicholls, for his service at the caravansera, our army was indebted for its uninterrupted supply. Wherever naval assistance has been required, it has been given, under the able superintendance of captain Hallowell, with a zeal so peculiar to our naval operations. In every department, and to each commanding officer, our country is under much obligation, as they exerted themselves to the utmost. They all deserve that better fortune should have attended their zealous endeavours.

I have the honour to enclose a return of the killed, wounded, and missing, since the 19th instant. The missing imply the detachment at Hamet alone, none being missing from the main army. I have the honour to be, &c.

(Signed)

To major-general Fraser, &c. &c.

W. STEWART, Brig. Gen.

Return of the killed, wounded, and missing, of the army serving against Rosetta, from the 19th to the 21st of April inclusive, 1807.

Royal Artillery-1 rank and file, killed; 1 serjeant, 5 rank and file, 1 horse wounded; 1 lieutenant, 19 rank and file, 12 horses, missing. Light Infantry Bat.I rank and file, killed; 1 lieutenant, 3 serjeants, 9 rank and file, wounded; 2 captains, 2 lieutenants, 3 serjeants, 3 drummers, 129 rank and file, missing. 35th reg. -1 rank and file killed; 2 lieutenants, 4 serjeants, 58 rank and file, wounded; 2 captains, 2 lieutenants, 7 serjeants, 2 drummer, 134 rank and file missing. 78th reg.-1 rank and file, killed; 1 captain, 2 serjeants, 11 rank and file, wounded; 1 lieutenant-colonel, 1 captain, 7 lieutenants, I ensign, I staff, 10 serjeants, 4 drummers, 158 rank and file, missing. De Rolle's reg-1 rank and file, killed; 1 rank and file, wounded; 2 majors, 5 captains, 4 lieutenants, 3 ensigns, 8 serjeants, 5 drummers, 282 rank and file, missing. 20th Light dragoons-1 rank and file, 6 horses, wounded; 1 captain, assistant surgeon, 1 trumpeter, 11 rank and file, 14 horses, missing. Total-5 rank and file, killed; I captain, 3 lieutenants, 10 serjeants, 85 rank and file, 7 horses, wounded; 1 lieutenant colonel, 2 majors, 10 captains, 15 lieutenants, 4 ensigns, 2 staff, 30 serjeants, 15 drummers, 733 rank and file, 26 horses, missing.

Names of officers wounded.

Light infantry bat.-lieutenant Arthur, of the 35th. 85th. reg.-lieutenants Dally and Phillot. 78th. reg.-captain R. H. Dick.

Names of officers missing.

Royal artillery-lieutenant Durm. 20th Light dragoons-captain John Delancey, assistant surgeon Gibson. Light infantry bat.-captains Tarleton, (of the 35th) and Reinach (of de Rolle's regiment ;) lieutenants Westerman (of the 35th,) and Rossillon (of de Rolle's reg.) 1st bat. 35th reg.-captains M'Allister and Pike; Heutenants Wilkinson and Walker. 2d batt. 78th reg.-lieutenant-colonel Patrick Macleod; captain Colin, C. Mackay, lieutenants W. M. Dick, John Matheson, Malcolm McGregor, Christ. M'Kae, Alexander Galhe, Phineas Ryrie, and Archibald Christie; ensign Joshua Gregory; assistant surgeon Alexander Leslie. De Rolle's reg.-Major C. Vogelsang; brevet-major Moher; captains Ryhiner, Muhler, Barbier, and Tucks; lieutenants Gouguelberg, Frey, and Ledeguve; ensigns Stetter, Muller, and Sonnenberg.

(Signed) JAMES STEWART. Captain and Major of Brigade. Copy of a letter from major-general Frazer to the right hon. William Windham, dated Alexandria, May 6, 1807.

SIR,-I have the honour to acquaint you, that lieut. Matheson, of my regiment, has this moment arrived here from Cairo with a flag of truce, bringing various letters from

the officers that were made prisoners at El Hamet. The only intelligence he brings is, that the mamelukes have certainly made peace with the viceroy of Egypt. Lieute nan tMatheson has been sent here with a view of being exchanged for some Albanians, whom we thoughtit necessary to send away from this place. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) A. M. FRASER, Major General. Return of prisoners taken by the enemy, transmitted by major-general Fraser, the 20th of May, 1807. Alexandria, May 20, 1807.

Prisoners of War.

20th Light dragoons-1 captain, artillery-1 lieutenant, and 7 rank Batt. 31st reg.-12 rank and file. drummers, and 84 rank and file. 7 serjeants, and 60 rank and file. tenants, 11 serjeants, 4 drummers, -36 rank and file.

I assistant surgeon, and 3 rank and file. Royal and file. Gun drivers-2 rank and file. 1st 1st Batt. 35th reg.-1 captain, 6 serjeants, 2 2d Batt. 71th reg.-1 captain, 4 lieutenants, De Rolle's reg.-2 majors, 4 captains, 3 lieuand 197 rank and file. Chasseurs Britannique

Prisoners of war not at Cairo.

20th Light dragoons-3 rank and file. Royal artillery-4 rank and file. Gunner drivers-3 rank and file. 1st Batt. 25th reg.-1 lieutenant. 2d Batt. 78th reg.-1 ensign, 1 assistant surgeon, I serjeant, 2 drummers, and 47 rank and file. De Rolle's reg.-1 captain and 2 ensigns.

RECAPITULATION.

20th. Light dragoons-1 captain, 1 assistant surgeon, 6 rank and file. Royal artillery-1 lieutenant, 11 rank and file. Gunner drivers-5 rank and file. 1st Batt. 31st reg.-12 rank and file. 1st Batt. 35th reg.-1 captain, 1 lieutenant, 6 serjeants, 2 drummers, 84 rank and file. 2d batt. 78th reg.-1 captain, 4 lieutenants, I ensign, 1 assistant surgeon, 8 serjeants, 2 drummers, 107 rank and file. De Rolle's reg.-2 majors, 5 captains, 3 lieutenants, 2 ensigns, 11 serjeants, 4 drummers, 197 rank and file. Chasseurs Britanniques.-36 rank and file. Total.-2 majors, 8 captains, 9 lieutenants, 3 ensigns, 2 assistant surgeons, 35 serjeants, 8 drummers, 485 rank and file.

Officers, Prisoners of War.

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Capt. Delancey, of the 20th light dragoons. Assistant surgeon Gibson, of ditto. Lieut. Dunn, of the royal artillery. Capt. M'Allister, of the 35th regiment. Capt. Mackay, of the 2d batt. 78th reg. severely wounded. Lieut. Matheson, of ditto. Lieut. M'Gregor, of ditto. Lieut. Galhe, of ditto. Lieut. Ryrie, of ditto. Major Vogelsang, of De Rolle's regiment. Brevet-Major Mohur, of ditto. Capt. Remach, of ditto. Capt. Ryhiner, of ditto. Capt. Barbier, of ditto. Capt. Tucks, of ditto. Lieut. Roussilon, of ditto. Lieut, Gouguelberg, of ditto, severely wounded. Lieut. Frey, of ditto, severely wounded."

Officers Prisoners, but not at Cairo.

Lieut. Walker, of the 35th regiment. Ensign Gregory, of the 78th regiment, wounded. Assistant surgeon Leslie, of ditto. Capt. Muhler, of De Rolle's regi ment, severely wounded. Ensign Stetter, of ditto, severely wounded.

N. B. There are also prisoners of war at Cairo: lieut. Tinmore, lieut. Love, and three privates of the royal marines, who were carried away from the Caravansera by the Bendouin Arabs; Capt. Vincenzo Taberno, of the guides; and Mr. Forbes, of the commissarial department.

This is the most correct return we have been able to procure, but we cannot expect it to be very accurate.

(Signed)

GEORGE AIREY, Acting Deputy Adjutant General. Copy of a letter from Sir Samuel Auchmuty, to the right hon. William Windham, dated Monte Video, April 26, 1807.

Sr,-Since closing my letter of this morning's date, I have received a dispatch from Heut. col. Pack, at Colonia, informing me that the enemy, a thousand strong, had made an attempt on his post, at one o'clock in the morning of the 22d instant. The atack commenced on an advanced guard, and immediately after on the lines, The troops on duty supported the post, until the corps were under arms, which they did with great alacrity, and instantly repelled the assailants, and pursued them to the

village of Real, about three miles from the town. At day-light no enemy was to be seen for many miles.

We had not a man killed in this affair. Major Trotter, commander of the light battalion, and capt. Willgress, of the artillery, with a corporal, are wounded, I am sorry to add, that these valuable officers have suffered severely. Major Trotter is wounded in the body, and capt. Willgress has the bone of his arm shattered. The enemy's loss is unknown. Eight killed, and as many wounded, were left on the field. As col. Pack reports that his works are in a respectable state of defence, and as the reinforcement would reach him immediately after the date of his letter, I am under no apprehension for the safety of his post. I have the honour to be, &c. S. AUCHMUTY, Brig. Gen. commanding.

(Signed)

FOREIGN OFFICE, DOWNING STREET, JULY 18.-The right hon. George Canning, his majesty's principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, has this day notified to the ministers of friendly and neutral powers resident at this court, that his majesty has given orders to his officers employed in the blockade of the rivers Elbe, Weser, and Enis, to permit vessels under the burthen of sixty British tons, and coming from any neutral or British port, to enter the said rivers, provided that such vessels are not laden with any articles contraband of war, nor with liquors or provisions, wet or dry, (excepting such as may be fairly deemed sea stores, for the use of the crews of such neutral vessels) nor with grain or tobacco; and likewise to the extent of allowing neutral ships, under the burthen above-mentioned, to return laden with cargoes, to be carried for importation to any neutral or British port, provided that the goods im. ported into the ports of the united kingdom shall consist only of such articles as are by law allowed to be imported.

TREATY OF PEACE AND AMITY BETWEEN HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AND THE KING OF PRUSSIA, SIGNED AT MEMEL, 28TH JANUARY, 1807.

His majesty the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his majesty the king of Prussia, being equally desirous to terminate, in an amicable manner, and to settle, by a formal treaty, the differences which have, for a short time, interrupted the relations of union and good understanding which had so long subsisted between them; their said majesties have nominated, as their plenipotentiaries to be employed in this important undertaking, namely, on the part of his Britannic majesty, the right hon. John Hely Baron Hutchinson, a general of his army, and knight of the most honourable military order of the Bath; and on the part of his Prussian majesty, the sieur Frederic William De Zastrow, his minister of state and cabinet, majorgeneral of his armies, and knight of the orders of the red eagle and of merit; who, after having communicated, and exchanged their respective full powers, and found them in due form, have agreed upon the following articles:

Art. I. There shall be, between their Britannic and Prussian majesties, their heirs and successors, their kingdoms, provinces, and subjects, perpetual and inviclabłe peace, sincere union, and perfect friendship, to the end that the temporary misunderstanding which has recently taken place, shall, from the present moment, be regarded as entirely at an end, and shall be buried in eternal oblivion.

Art. II. The accommodation and the reconciliation between the two courts having for their basis the renunciation, on the part of his Prussian majesty, of the country of Hanover, his said majesty relinquishes all right and title whatsoever to the actual and future possession of the electoral territories of his Britannic majesty ; and renounces, at the same time, all the pretensions which he had advanced to those states; and in case the events of the war should bring about the re-occupation of the electorate of Hanover by the Prussian armies, his majesty the king of Prussia engages not to take possession of the electorate, but in the name of his Britannic majesty, and immediately to re-establish the ancient form of civil government, and the ancient constituted authorities of his Britannic majesty, which authorities shall be formally invested, with the entire administration of affairs in the name and for the advantage, of their legitimate sovereign.

Art, III. The freedom of navigation and of commerce shall be restored to the subjects of his Prussian majesty, as it formerly was in time of peace, and on the same footing as it was before the period of the late exclusion of the British flag from the

rivers Ems, Weser, and Elbe. And his said Britannic majesty having with this view already issued an order, bearing date the 19th of November, 1806, to all officers commanding his ships of war, as well as to all privateers, not further to molest, detain, or bring in any Prussian vessels which they may meet at sea, provided their cargoes be innocent, and not prohibited by the laws of war, and that they be not bound to ports belonging to the enemies of Great Britain, or occupied by them, the said order shall continue to be observed, and to have effect in its full force and extent.

Art. IV. And in pursuance of the above determination, his Britannic majesty promises and engages to issue to his admiralty, without delay, the necessary orders, that the merchant vessels, which, by the proclamation of the 24th of September, 1806, were subject to provisionary detention, shall be released and restored to their proprietors, with perfect liberty either to continue their voyage, (if their place of destination be not prohibited) or otherwise to return to their own country.

Art. V. The crews of all the Prussian vessels, detained or brought into British ports, since the publication of the letters of marque, shall be set at liberty immediately after the conclusion of the present treaty; and the British government shall cause them to return, in the most direct and expeditious manner, into the dominions of his Prussian majesty, to whatever place shall be hereafter agreed upon.

Art. VI. His majesty the king of Prussia engages not to impede, nor to allow any other power to impede the free navigation of the subjects of his Britannic majesty, in any of the ports of his dominions; but, on the contrary, to afford full liberty to the English flag to enter into, and to proceed from, the above-mentioned ports, in the same manner as before the late closing of the rivers Ems, Weser, and Elbe. Art, VII. The two high contracting parties mutually promise and engage, to invite the emperor of all the Russias to take upon himself the guarantee of the renunciation, on the part of his Prussian majesty, of his rights and pretensions to the country of Hanover, as stipulated in the second article of the present treaty.

Art. VIII. Every other subject of discussion or arrangement between the two courts, is reserved for future amicable adjustment.

Art. IX. The ratifications, drawn up in due and proper form, shall be exchanged in the space of six weeks, or sooner, if possible, in case the present difficulty of communications should allow of it.

In faith of which the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty, and have hereunto affixed the seals of their arms.

"Done at Memel this 28th day of January, 1807.

(L. S.) HUTCHINSON,

(L. S.)

FREDERIC GUILLAUME DE ZASTROW.

Circular Note from the Court of Vienna to the Belligerent Powers.

The emperor, Francis I. could not see, without the greatest regret, the revival of war last autumn, between his inajesty the emperor of the French and king of Italy, and his majesty the king of Prussia; and he was soon after more deeply affected, to see hostilities extended, and fall upon a great part of Europe.. If, guided by a principle of strict and rigorous impartiality from the first, his imperial, royal, and apostolic majesty has had the good fortune to maintain, in these stormy periods, his system of neutrality, and to preserve his people from the misfortunes of war, he has not the less lamented the calamities which were multiplied around his dominions; and his just fear for the tranquillity and security of his kingdom, he could not conceal from himself, either the perpetually recurring alarms ou his frontiers, or the sinister effects experienced by several branches of its internal administration. The emperor, invariably animated by the same dispositions, had no other views from the commencement, and during the course of hostilities, than to labour to bring about a reconciliation, and to avail himself of every favourable opportunity to put an end to the misfortunes of war. Pe conceived, that the best mode of attaining the salutary object, was constantly to impress upon the Belligerent powers his sentiments of moderation and conciliation, and studiously to endeavour to excite in them a corresponding disposition.

"The confidence which a prospect so consoling inspires, the general welfare and the interests of his own states, make it the duty of his majesty to present to the