French woman, lately fell violently in love with the statue. And Mr. N.. Bailey, in his Dictionary, pronounces that Apollo was one of the most genteel of the athen Gods. View of the West Front of Christ Church Oxford, draton and etched by J. Buckler. Engraved by R. Reeve, Published by J. Buckler, Bermondsey. This is equal to the very fine views of cathedrals, &c which Mr. Buckler has recently published; and it would not be casy to give it higher praise. It is correctly drawn, beautifully engraved, and has a most picturesque effect. It is to the honour of the artist and the print that they have been generously patronized by the Dean; whose patronage becomes more valuable, from its not being injudiciously or indiscriminately bestowed. This we believe is to be followed by another print of the same dimensions, representing the cathedral, the sketch of which has been greatly approved by some whose opinions confer some degree of honour on any thing they praise. An Engraving representing the Fragment of Egyptian Architecture, bearing Medallions of the Portraits of the General, Commander of the British Army in Egypt, &c. &c. Designed by Loutherbourg; engraved and published by Cardon, Clipstone-street. This is dedicated to his R. H. the Prince of Wales; and, being in the vignette form, is not bounded by any lines. It is engraved in the chalk manuer: spirited, and highly characteristic of the manner of Loutherbourg. Mr. Ackerman has just published, a Series of progressive Lessons on the Art of drawing Landscapes; engravedin the manner of chalk drawings, and accompanied by instructions and descriptions of each plate; the whole so arranged as to supply the want of a master, or to forward the progress of the pupil in his absence; leading from the most simple principles to those that are most difficult. Designed, drawn and engraved by Joshua Bryant. This work is divided into three parts; and we think, admirably calculated to improve the young practitioner in the fine arts. The drawings are admirably contrived for progressive studies; the descriptions and instructions annexed to each, are such as must be very useful; and the terms on which the work is sold, very reasonable. There has been recently placed in the Vestibule of the British gallery, in Pallmall, a Colossal Statue of Achilles, executed by the late Mr. BANKS, which is esteemed to be the first work of its kind that this country has produced. Achilles is represented kneeling on his left knee; the thigh being supported on that side by his shield, thrown obliquely on the ground, and grouped as an inclined plane, with his helinet, battle-axe, and sword behind it. The left leg in this view is fore-shortened; and the foot bears strongly against a fragment of a stone. The extended action of the right lower extremity, shewing the front of the thigh to the happiest advantage, places this leg in a fore-shortened view alsa, the entire limb resting on the great toe. A drapery, arising from behind the figure, and passing over the top of the helmet and shield, extends over the upper part of the left thigh. The body rises erect from this complicated, but natural and vigorous disposition of the lower extremities; the chest inclines a little forward, the head is thrown rather back upon the right shoulder, supported by the right hand, expanded and pas sionately fixed upon the hair, which is in a dishevelled state. The face looks upward over the left arm, which is extended in a graceful and animated manner. The countenance is full of disdain, disappointment and resentment. The whole contour of the figure is astonishingly grand, yet the anatomy perfectly correct. The sculptor has taken that moment of time, when Briseis has been torn from Achilles, by order of Agamemnon, and the action is described by the preceding lines of Homer. The waves of the ocean wash the base of the figure, which is elevated on a pedestal about three feet high. The figure measures a little more than eight feet. STATE STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN MAY. GREAT BRITAIN. ABSTRACT of the tempt, in which the marines and boats' creta Army been the windsor Cas the Expences of the British Army for the year 1807, presented to the House of Commons on the 14th of January 1807 : Guards, Garrisons, &c. £.4,051,623 6 &c. 0 2,609,143 13 9 25,214 10 0 277,243 0 10 2,193,344 7 5 0 4 tle, and Standard, had been engaged. It is now my duty to acquaint your Lordship with the result of the resolution which, for the reasons I have already detailed, I had adopted of forcing the passage of the Dardanelles. My letter of the 21st is dated at anchor eight miles from Constantinople, the wind not admitting of a nearer approach; but the Endymion, which had been sent ahead with a flag of truce at the request of the ambassador, was enabled to anchor within four miles. Had it been then in our power, we should then have taken our station off the town immediately; but as that could not be done from the rapidity of the current, I was rather pleased than otherwise with the posi tion we had been forced to take; for in the conferences between Mr. Arbuthnot, and the Captain Pacha, of the particulars of which your Lordship is in possession, it was promised by Mr. A. that even when the squadron had arrived before Constantinople, the door to pacification should remain open, and that he would be willing to negociate on terms of equality and justice. In consideration of this promise, and, as it would convince the Porte of his Majesty's earnest desire to preserva peace as well as to possess her ministers with a 50,597 199 confidence of the sincerity of our professions, 335,785 7 8 it was the opinion of Mr. A. in which I con43,258 7 6 curred, that it was fortunate we had anchored at a little distance from the capital, as a nearer approach might have given cause for suspicion and alarm, and have cut off the prospect of an amicable adjustment of the differences which had arisen. 0 34,318 11 221,209 18 5 467,273 3 11 192,515 2 11 44,000 0 o 150 0 0 .1,490,301 4 8 18,208 15 11 459,450 12 6 42,000 0 0 14,743,348 12 4 Deducting the India Forces 532,397 0 0 Total 14,160,951 12 4 The Gazette of the 5th of May contains copies of dispatches from Sir J. Duckworth, to Lord Collingwood, relative to the affairs at the Dardanelles on the 19th and 27th of February, and Sd of March; of which the following are the particulars:- Royal George, without the Dardanelles, March 6. Together with this letter, I transmit to your Lordship two letters of the 21st and 28th ult, the former of which will have informed you of my arrival with the squadron near Constantinople, and the latter of an uplucky at At noon of the 21st, Ysak Bey, a minister of the Porte, came off; from whose expressions Mr. Arbuthnot thought it imposible not to believe, that in the head of the government (for in the present instance, every cir cumstance proved that, between him and the armed populace, a great distinction is to be made) there really existed a sincere desire for peace; and the negotiation was carried on, as will appear by the documents transmitted to your Lordship, till the 27th; but from the the morning of the 1st of March, such was the moment of our anchorage till we weighed, on unfortunate state of the weather, that it was not at any time in our power to have occupied a situation which would have enabled the squadron to commence offensive operations against Constantinople. On Sunday the 224 alone, for a few hours, the breeze was sufficient to have stemmed the current where we shore where the Eudymion was at anchor, that were placed; but such was the rapidity on Capt. Capel thought it very doubtful whether the squadron could have obtained an anchorage, though it had been held in preparative readiness readiness, by signal, from day-break; but the peculiarity unsettled state of the weather, and the minister's desire that I should give a few bours for an answer to his letter, through Msak Biy, prevented me from trying. Before five o'clock, P. M. it was nearly calm; and in the evening the wind was entirely from the eastward, and continued light airs or calm till the evening of the 28th, when it blew fresh from the N. E. and rendered it impossible to change our position. Two days after our arrival near Constantinople, the ambassador found himselt indispos ed, and has been ever since confined with a fit of illness, so severe as to prevent him from attending to business. Under these circumstances he had delivered in on the 224, to the Turkish ministers a project, as the basis on which peace might be preserved, and at his desire the subsequent part of the negotiation was carried on in my name, with his advice and assistance; and while I lament most deeply that it is not ended in the re-establishment of peace, I derive consolation from the reflection that no efforts has been wanting on the part of Mr. Arbuthnot and myself to obtain such a result, which was soon seen, from the state of the preparations at Constantinople, could be affected by negociation only, as the strength of the current from the BosphoIns, wit the circuitous eddies of the port, rendered it impracticable to place ships or an attack without a commanding breeze; which, during the ten days I was off the town, it was not my good fortune to meet with I now come to the point of exp aining to your lordship the motives which fixed me to decide in repassing the channel of the Dardanetles, and relinquishing every idea of attacking the capital, and I feel confident it will require no argument to convince your lordship of the utter impracticability of our force having made any impression, as at this time the whole line of the coast presented a chain of batteries; that twelve lurk sh line of battle ships, two of them three-deckers, with nine frigates, were with teir sails bent, and apparently in readiness, filled with troops: add to this near two hundred thousand were said to be in Constantinople, to march against the Russians: besides, there were an innumerable quantity of small craft, with boats; and firevessels had been prepared to act against us. With the batteries alone we might have coped, or with the ships, could we have got them out of their strong hold; but your lordship wifi be aware, that after combating the opposition which the resources of an empire had been many weeks employed in preparing, we should have been in no state to have defended ourselves against them as described, and then repass the Dardanelles. I know it was my duty, in obedience to your lordship's orders to attempt every thing (governed by the opinion of the ambassador) that appeared within the compass of possibility; but when the unavoid able sacrifice of the squadron committed to my charge (which must have risen, had I awaited for a wind to have enabled to cannonade the town, unat ended by the remotest chance of obta ning any advantage for hi Majesty's service) must have been the causequence of pursuing that object, it at once became my positive duty, however wounded in pride and ambition, to relinquish it; and if I had not been already satisfied on the surject, the i creased opposition in the Dargantiles would have convinced me I had done right, when I resolved on the measure as indispens sably necessary. I therefore weighed with the squadron on the morning of the 1st; and as it had been reported, that the Turkish fleet designed to make an effort against us, to give them an opportunity, if such was really their intention, I continued to stand on and off during the day but they shewed no cisposition to move. I therefore, as every hour was of importance, bore up at dusk with the squadron: we arrived off Point Pesquies towards the evening of the 2d instant; but the day-light would not admit of our attempting to pass the castles, and the squadro came to anchor for the night; we weighed in the morning, and, when I add that every ship was in safety outside of the passage, about noon, it was not without the most lively sense of the good for tune that has attended us The Turks has been occupied unceasingly, in adding to the number of their forts; some had been already completed, and others were in a forward state. The fire of the two inner casties had, on our going up, been severe; but, I am sorry to say, the effects they have had on our ships returning, has proved them to be doubly form.table; in short, had they been allowed another week to complete their deiences throughout the channel, it would have been a very doubtful paint whether a return lay open to us at all. The manner in which they en ployed the interval of our absence has proved their assiduity. 1 transmit your lordship an account of the damages sus tained by the respective ships; as also ther loss in killed and wounded, which your lordship will perceive is far from ifling. The mainmast of the Windsor Castle ceing more than three quarters cut through by a granite shot of eight hundred weight, we have found great difficulty in saving it.-I have the ho nour to be, &c. J. T. DUCKWORTE P. S. I am forry, to observe, that, in the course of this letter to your lordship, I have omitted to mention that, having placed the Hon. Capt. Capel in the Endymion, which had been advanced in the stream of the Bas phorus for the purpose of ascertaining whea the squadron could stem the current, and for a watchful observation of the movements ef the Turks, as well as to facilitate communication with the Porte, I feel myself indebted to that officer, for his zealous attention and assiduity during the time he was placed in that arduous situation. J. T. DUCKWORTH. Royal George off Constantinople, Feb. 21. MY LORD, have sustained, I cannot help expressing my satisfaction that we have suffered so lightly; as, had any of their stone shot, som of which exceeded 800 weight, made such a breach be tween wind and water, as they have done in our sides, the ship must have sunk; or had they struck a lower mast in the centre, it must evidently have been cut in two; in the rigging, too, no accident occurred that was not perfectly arranged in the course of next day. The sprit-sail yard of the Royal George, the gaft of the Canopus, and the main-topsail yard of the standard, are the only spars that were injured. It is with peculiar plea sure that I embrace the opportunity which has been at this time afforded, of bearing testi I had the honour of transmitting to your lordship, by the lite first Lieutenant of the Ajax, the various details relating to the transactions of the squadion, till the 17th ult. Your lordship will from thence have been informed from my resolution of passing the Dardinelles the first fair wind. A fine wind from the southward permitted me to carry it into effect on the morning of the 19th.-Information had been given me by his Majesty's minister, Mr. Arbuthnot, and Sir Thomas Louis, that the Turkish squadron consisting of a six-mony to the zeal and distinguished ability of ty-four gun ship, four frigates, and several corvettes, had been for some time at anchor within the Inner Castle; and conceiving it possible they might have remained there, I had given orders to Rear Admiral Sir Sydney Smith, to bring up with the Thunderer, Standard, and Active, and destroy them, should our passage be opposed. At a quarter before nine o'clock, the whole of the squadron had passed the outer castles, without having returned a shot to their fire (which occasioned but little injury). This forbearance was produced by the desire of his Majesty's minister, expressed to preserve every appearance of amity, that he might negociate with the strongest proof of the pacific disposition or our Sovereign towards the Porte; a second battery on the European side, fired also with as little effect. At half past nine o' lock, the Canopus, which on account of ir Thomas Louis's knowledge of the Channel, joined to the steady gallantry which I had before experleficed, had been appointed to lead, enter ed the narrow passage of Sestos and Abydos, and sustained a very heavy cannonade from both Castles, within point-blank shot of each. They opened their fire on our ships as they continued to pass in succession, although I was happy in observing that the very spirited return it met with had so consider bly diminished its force, that the effect on the sternmost ships could not have been so severe. Immediately to the N. E. o. the castles, and between them and Point Pesquies on which a formi 'able battery had been newly erected, the small squadron which I have already alluded to were at anchor. The van division of our squadron gave them their broadsides as they passes, and Sir Sydney Smith, with his division, closed into the midst, and the effect of the fire was such that in half an hour the Turks had all cut their cables to run on shore. The object of the rear admiral was then to destroy them, which was most rapidly eflected; as in less than four hours the whole of them had exploded, except a small corvette, and a gun-boat, which it was thought proper to preserve. I inclose to your Lordship a statement of their number: and when I add also an account of the loss his Majesty's ships MONTHLY MAG, No. 157. Sir Sidney Smith; the manner in which he executed the service entrusted to him was worthy of the reputation, which he has long since so justly and generally established. The terms of approbation in which the rearadmiral relates the conduct of Captains Dacre., Talbot, Harvey, and Moubray, which, from my being under the necessity of passing the Point of Pesiques before the van could anchor, he had a greater opportunity of observing then I could, cannot but be highly flattering; but I was a more immediate witness to the able and officer-like conduct which Captain Moubray displayed in obedience to my signal, by destroying a frigate with which he had been more particularly engaged, having driven her on shore on the European side, arter she had been forced to cut her cables, from under the fi e of the Pompee, and Thunderer. 'The sixty-four having run on shore on Pesquier Point, I ordered the Repulse to work up and destroy her, which Captain Legge, in conjunction with the boats of the Pompee, exe cuted with great promptitude and judgment. The battery on the point, of more than thirty guns, which, had it been completely finished, was in a position to have annoyed the squadron most severely in passing. was taken possession of by the royal marines and boats crews of the rear division; the urks having retired at their approach, and the guns were immediately spiked. This service was performed under the direction of Captain Nicholls, of the Standard's marines, whose spirit and enterprize can never be doubted; but as circumstances rendered it impracticable to effect the entire destruction of the redoubt, orders were given by Sir Sidney Smith to Captain Moubray, which I fully approved, to remain at anchor near the Pesquies, and to employ Licuts. Carrol and Arabin, of the Pompee, and Lieut. Lawrie, o the marines to complete the demolition of the redoubt and guns, which when per ormed, the Active was to continue in the passage of the Dardanelles, tid further orders. Aca quarter past five, P. M the squadron was enabled to make sail; and on the evening or the next day, the 20th, came to an anchor at ten o'clock, near the Prince's islands about eight miles from Constantinople, when I dis3 R patched patched Captain Capel, in the Endymion, to anchor near the town, if the wind, which was light, would permit the ship to stem the current, to convey the ambassador's dispatches to the Sublime Porte in the morning by a flag of truce; but he found it impracticable to get within four miles, and consequently anchored at half past eleven, P. M. I have now the highest satisfaction to add, that the condutt of the officers and ships' companies of the squadron under my command, has fully supported the character of the British navy, and is deserving of my warmest eulogium. Having endeavoured to pay just tribute to those whose duty necessarily called them into this service, should feel myself very decient il omitted to mention that his Majesty's minister, Mr. Arbuthnot and Lord Burghersh (who had requested to take a cruise with me), were amongst the most animated in the combat. To Capt. Blackwood, who after the unfortunate loss of the Ajax, volunteered to serve in the Royal George, great praise is due for his able assistance in regulating the fire of the middle and lower decks; and when the Royal George anchored, he most readily offered his services to convey a message to the Endymion, of great moment, her pilot having refused to take charge of the ship. From thence he gave his assistance to arrange the landing of the troops from the sixty four, and setting her on fire; indeed where active service was to perform, there was his anxious desire to be placed. His officers too requested to serve in the squadron, and their services, in passing the Dardanelles, met with approbation.—I lve the honour to be, &c. (Signed) J. T. DUCKWORTH. A List of Turkish Ships and Vessels taken and destroyed at anchar off Point Pesquies, Feb. 19, 1967, within the Forts of the Dardanelles. Burnt, one line of battle ship, sixty-four guns; four frigates, 3 corvettes, one brig, two gun-boats-Taken possession of, one curyette, one gun-boat. [The letter, dated Feb. 28th, mentions an unfortunate attempt to capture a body of Turks, who had landed the island of Prota, and were erecting a battery. About 100 of the enemy retired to an old convent and fired through the oopholes, on our seamen and marines who had landed. Lieut. Belli, a promissing young officer fell, on the passing of the Dardanelles; Licuts. Willoughby and were Messrs. Holbrook, Furneaux, Dalrymple, Alexander, Rouse, and Cotesworth, midshipmen; with forty-five seamen and eight marines were killed. The total loss on the different days, was forty-two killed, two hundred and thirty-five wounded, and four missing.] The London Gazette of the 9th of May contained the particulars of the capture of Alexandria, in a dispatch, from Major General Fraser, dated Alexandria, 25th March, 1007:- SIR, It is with much satisfaction I have the honour to inform you, that in the afterno a of the 20th current, the town and o,tress of Alexandria, with two Turkish frigates and a corvette, surrendered to his Majesty's arms by capitulation; and that they were taken possession of on the memorable inorning of the 21st, by the troops under my commianus You are already apprized of my having usea detached on this service, with a body of treaps from Messina, by his Excellency encral Fox, under convoy of his Majesty's ships Tigre and Apollo; and the Wizard sloop was scat forward by Capt. Hallowell, to get intellis gence from major Misset, whom I had been, by my instructions directed to con sult, as to the best plan of operations for cl fecting the purposes of the expedition. I have now to acquaint you, that in the night of the 7th inst. (the day after we sailed) the Apollo frigate, with 19 transports out of 53 which conveyed the troops, parted company, and that the other 14, with the Tigre, came to an anchor westward of Alexandria, on the 16th. On our getting, near the land we saw the Wizard, and Capt. Palmer immediately brought me the intelligence he had received from Major Misset, together with a letter from him, stating that he had not come off himself, thinking his presence in Alexandria absolutely necessary to counteract the intrigues of the French consul, who was endeavouring to prevail upon the Governor to admit a body of Albanians from Rosetta, to assist in the defence of the place. He earnestly recommended me to land the troops immediately, as the inhabitants were well affected towards us, and that he had sanguine hopes we should be able to get possession of it without firing a shot. Before I determined, however, upon this measure, I deemed tp dent to acquaint Ma jor Misset with the very diminished state of my force, and I therefore sent in my aid-decamp, Capt. A'Court, of the 31st regt. with a flag of truce to him with a detailed account. of it, and at the same time, a manifesto to the governor and inhabitants, (a copy of which { inclose), which had not the desired effect; but, on the contrary, was treated by the governe with contempt. The major, however, in reply, strongly urged my immediate landing; still repeating that we should not meet with any resistance, and that my doings so would be the only means of preventing the garrises being reinforced by the Albanians, who had actually been sent for, and might be repected in the course of twenty-four hours. These considerations led me to follow has advice, and accordingly I landed that evening (the 17th) as many troops as our small number of boats could convey, a few miles to the eastward of Marabout, without appositina, though I could only take up a position for the night, as, before the next landing could be effected, such a surf had arisen on the beach, |