name should be inscribed in letters of gold, but which, from important reasons, cannot be here inserted; on his arrival he entered into a long conversation with him respecting the danger of contagion, concluding at last with the remark, that something must be done to remedy the evil, and that the destruction of the sick at present in the hospital was the only measure which could be adopted. The physician, alarmed at the proposal, bold in the cause of virtue and the cause of humanity, remonstrated vehemently, representing the cruelty as well as the atrocity of such a murder; but finding that Bonaparté persevered and menaced, he indignantly left the tent, with this memorable observation: "Neither my principles, nor the character of my profession, will allow me to become a murderer; and, general, if such qualities as you insinuate are necessary to form a great man, I thank my God that I do not possess them." Bonaparté was not to be diverted from his object by moral considerations: he persevered, and found an apothecary, who (dreading the weight of power, but who since has made an atonement to his mind by unequivocally confessing the fact) consented to become his agent, and to administer poison to the sick. Opium at night was distributed in gratifying food, the wretched unsuspecting victims banqueted, and in a few hours 580 soldiers, who had suffered so much for their country, perished thus miserably by the order of its idol. Is there a Frenchman whose blood does not chill with horror at the recital of such a fact. Surely the manes of these murdered unoffending people must be now hovering round the seat of government, and . . . . If a doubt should still exist as to the veracity of this statement, let the members of the institute at Cairo be asked, what passed in their sitting after the return of Bonaparté from Syria: they will relate, that the same virtuous physician, who refused to become the destroyer of those committed to his protection, accused Bonaparté of high treason in the full assembly, against the honour of France, her children, and humanity: that he entered into the full details of the poisoning of the sick, and the massacre of the garrison, aggravating these crimes by charging Bonaparté with strangling previously, at Rosetta, a number of French and Copts, who were ill of the plague; thus proving that his disposal of his sick was a premeditated plan, which he wished to introduce into general practice. vain Bonaparté attempted to justify himself; the members sat petrified with terror, and almost doubted In Bonaparté pleaded that he ordered the garrison to be destroyed, because he had not provisions to maintain them, or strength enough to guard them; and that it was evident if they escaped, they would act against the French, since amongst the prisoners were 500 of the garrison of El Arish, who had promised not to serve again, they had been compelled in passing through Jaffa by the commandant to serve; and that he destroyed the sick to prevent contagion, and save themselves from falling into the hands of the Turks: but these arguments, however specious, were refuted directly, and Bonaparté was at last obliged to rest his defence on the positions of Machiavel. When he afterwards left Egypt, the sçavans were so angry at being left behind contrary to pro mise, that they elected the physician president of the institute; an act which spoke for itself fully. whether As whether the scene passing before their eyes was not illusion. suredly all these proceedings will not be found in the minutes of the institute; no, Bonaparte's policy foresaw the danger, and power produced the erasure; but let no man, calculating on the force of circumstances, which may prevent such an ayowal as is solicited, presume on this to deny the whole there are records which remain, and which in due season will be produced. In the interim, this representation tion the horrors of the French revolution, and thus diminishing the force of those crimes by the frequency of equal guilt in France, during her contest for liberty or slavery*. Narrative of the March of the Indian Army destined to cooperate with the English Army in Egypt, from Cossir by the Route of Kinnich, across the Desert. By Sir R. Wilson. ENERAL Baird had sailed will be sufficient to stimulate in G from India in the latter end quiry; and, Frenchmen, your honour is indeed interested in the examination. Let us hope also that in no country will there be found another man of such Machiavelian principles, as by sophistry to palliate those transactions; nor must the judgment abuse itself by bringing to recollec of the month of December, with the view of cooperating with the army from Europe, destined to invade Egypt, and a division of troops from the Cape were ordered to join him in the Red Sea. His ob ject was to land at Suez, and act according to those circumstances An anecdote, after what has been said against, should, however, be related, as a proof of the commanding genius of Bonaparte, and will be told as repeated by a Frenchman of high consideration. "Bonaparté, notwithstanding his successes and fame, was considered, by those who knew him best, as not in himself possessing the great qualities ascribed to him. We regarded him as indebted more to an extraordinary peculiar good fortune, forcing irresistible circumstances to his advantage, than to his own abilities and exertions. After his disasters and repulse at Acre, our opinion was confirmed, and we expected to see him return dejected, conscious of disgrace, his shame aggravated by the recollection of his having sent a messenger with a dispatch, and which was read in the institute, in which he expressed himself. "In three days I shall be in Acre; when you open this, be assured that Dgezzar Pacha is no more." The day before he entered Cairo we received orders, to our astonishment, to prepare Mluminations, triumphal arches, &c. for honour to the conquerors of Syria, and of Dgezzar Pacha. The troops who had despondingly anticipated a different reception, whose murmurs against the man who had planned their expedition amounted to mutiny, whose expressions even menaced death to him as an atonement for their seven thousand comrades who had perished, saw with surprise, the honours paid to them, heard their chief and themselves styled conquerors; and, in the delirium of vanity, forgot their injuries and defeats. The next morning, Bonaparté, assured of the intoxication still continuing, assembled his army on parade, distributed rewards, then moved forwards a battalion of grenadiers, whom he upbraided with having refused to make another assault on Acre, and sentenced them to carry their arms siung behind till their character was retrieved." It was then, said the narrator, we pronounced Bonaparte really a great man. We confessed his knowledge of human nature, who in a few hours could so improve his situation, and reassume his influence, as to disgrace those very men, who the day before would, with the applause of their comrades (now approving of their dishonour), had he uttered a word of censure, have instantly assassinated him. he he should become acquainted with there, since at such a distance no positive operations could have been prescribed. The hope was, however, always entertained, that he would arrive in time to assist the European army, even in debarkation, by dividing the French force. Unfortunately, the monsoon had commenced before his entrance into the Red Sea, in the month of April, and it was found impossible to gain his destination; but learning at Jedda the successes of the English on the 21st of March, which intelligence had been transmitted to him by Admiral Blanket *, he determined to land at Cossir, and brave the difficulties of the desert, in the hopes of affording a considerable. support to general Hutchinson, and contributing to the final conquest of the country. On the 8th of June he arrived at Cossir, and found colonel Murray, the adjutant-general, who had preceded him, and reached that port with a very small advanced guard on the 14th of May; but the greater part of the army was still missing, and none of the troops from the Cape had arrived. Anxious, however, to promote the general service, he employed himself in preparing the means for enabling his army to pass the desert, in which he was assisted by the vizir's firmans, and in a short time he saw himself provided with 5000 camels. Having made the necessary dispositions, he set out for Cunei (or Kinnéh), where he arrived on the 30th of June, and immediately arranged the march of the remaining divisions, facilitating their passage by establishing posts at the different wells in the desert, and digging others; issuing at the same time the orders to be seen in the appendix of this work, for the regulation of the march of each succeeding column. It was not till the latter end of July that his army had assembled, and even then several detachments were missing: the collected force, including the troops from the Cape, amounted to 5226 rank and file, and was composed of the following regiments and corps : Royal artillery, Bengal horse artillery, Bombay ditto, Madras pioneers, no men. His majesty's 8th light dragoons 10th foot, A constant communication had been maintained with admiral Blanket, and a naval officer twice passed from lord Keith to Suez. The first letter written by the admiral to sir Ralph Abercrombie, but which general Hutchinson received at Rosetta, was in cyphers, the key of which was lost, and therefore could not be translated. To which must be added 331 sergeants, 270 servants not soldiers, 2320 which makes a general total of 7546 persons, including sick, &c. and Wilhelmina, which brought 53 qut the 68th regiment, composed chiefly of boys, and which dis temper carried off a great number of them, as well as of the sailors. The admiral, sir R. Curtis, apprehensive of contagion, would not allow fresh troops to be embarked in these ships until they had been properly fumigated and cleared out, the good effects of which precaution the 61st experienced, as they landed at Cossir on the 10th of July, then having been near sixteen weeks on board, without having one sick man, although the strength of the regiment exceeded 900 men. At Cossir was found the Sensible, which had arrived near three weeks. The troops were disembarked, and encamped with part of the army from India, and with whom they had originally been destined to cooperate. As the march across the desert, which separates Egypt from the Red Sea, must offer peculiar interest to those who peruse the detail, with their attention at the same time directed to India, an account chiefly furnished by colonel Carruthers, of the 61st, follows, which it was thought better to insert here, that the ideas might not be interrupted, and particularly as no event of moment occurred to general Moore's army during the period which this narrative, in some degree, too soon introduces. The effective force ordered from the Cape to Egypt, was to consist of about 1200 men. The 61st regiment, a troop of the 8th light dragoons (dismounted), and a company of English artillery, formed this strength. Sir Home Popham, with the Romney and Sensible, sailed from the Cape on the 28th of February 1801, having on board the two flank companies, and one battalion company of the 61st, the dismounted troop of the Sth, and a company of artillery. The remaining seven companies of the 61st did not leave the Cape until the 30th of March, in consequence of the jail fever having broke out in the ships Sheerness At Cossir the heat was very intense, the thermometer 96, and upwards; the water very bad, being impregnated with a salt-petre taste, causing violent vomiting and a species of dysentery, with exces sive thirst. This complaint almost every one on first landing was attacked with, but it did not prove fatal, and indeed was thought rather eventually to render service. General Baird had arrived from Jedda with sir Home Popham at Cossir about three weeks before, had crossed the desert, and was at this time at Kinnéh, awaiting the arrival of his army, of which a great part had not yet made their way up the Red Sea. The 20th of July, colonel Carruthers left Cossir with a division of 600 men of the 61st. Camels were appointed for the baggage and provisions, provisions, from those bought by general Baird; but when water at night was not to be had, camels from the last wells accompanied with it, and then returned again the next day to their post. The three first days march the troops passed in a ravine, which seemed to be the old bed of a river, and which commenced a little way from Cossir, and terminated at Moilah. At Moilah, and also Legaitta, were posts of scapoys, which general Baird had stationed, and depôts of provisions, from whence the troops in passing were supplied with sheep and biscuits. The wells, excepting two or three which the Arabs had formed, had been dug by the seapoys; these were not deep. The soil was clayish, the water brackish, yet had not the effect of that at Cossir. Although the troops marched by night, on account of the diminution of heat, as during the day the thermometer rose to 110 and 115 degrees, still they suffered greatly from thirst; for unless the frequent inclination to drinking was resisted, however painful the effort, it was soon ascertained that the indulgence but augmented the desire. Water alone, or infused with a little vinegar, was found the best allayer of thirst; a very small quantity taken at a time, and kept as long as possible in the mouth, only occasionally wetting the throat, afforded the greatest relief. The men suffered also considerably from an almost irresistible oppression of sleep, which might be accounted for from heat, slowness of the marching, and its duration, generally eight or ten hours being required to perform the allotted distances; for although the route from Cossir to Kinnéh is stated at only 120 miles, there cannot be a doubt but that the actual extent exceeds that calculation considerably. From Moilah to Barimba the desert was generally of a very hard gravelly soil, with a very uneven surface. The route of the march continued in the ravines, but which preserved no longer the appearance of any river having ever flowed in them. Every where the cannon passed with facility, the principal part of which was drawn by bullocks, brought with the army from India. Barimba, or Balconra, is the first habitable spot which is to be met with after leaving Cossir; not even the smallest hut had been previously seen. This little town lies on the borders of the desert, and is rated at ten miles distance from Kinnéh, yet in fact it is nearer twenty. Here the Arabs sold milk, eggs, and poultry, in great plenty, and very cheap. On the 29th of July, colonel Carruthers arrived at Kinnéh, with the loss only of one drum boy, which good fortune must be attributed to the positive orders given to the officer commanding the rearguard not to allow of any man's stopping behind, to ensure which necessary regulation, camels were left with his party to bring on those who might fall sick. The soldiers, notwithstanding they knew their imprudence must be dreadfully fatal to them, often attempted to conceal themselves on the march, that they might lie down and sleep. Altogether many men were lost in this miserable way, for miserable indeed must have been the manner of their deaths, and horrible the sufferings |