The Providence Journal, And Town And Country Advertiser

LONDON, August 15.

The intelligence of the surrender of Cairo is confirmed. Two messengers arrived yesterday with dispatches from Constantinople and Vienna to government and the East-India Company. The dispatches to government are from Lord Minto, who continues to congratulate his Majesty's Ministers on the fall of Cairo. The dispatches, however, to the East-India Company, place the intelligence beyond all doubt. They are in substance as follows:

Extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, Esq; to W. Ramsay, Esq: dated Constantinople, July 19, 1801.

"I had the honour to address you on the 27th instant, by an express courier, in order to inform you of the reduction of the castle and city of Cairo, by his Majesty's and the Ottoman army, after some severe actions, wherein the enemy had lost 2000 men, in killed and wounded: and that the remainder, consisting of 400 men, had surrendered. I have only learnt since, that the enemy capitulated on honourable terms, and were to march to Rosetta, to be embarked for France, under the escort of British ships of war."

* Not received.

VIENNA, August 7.

Lord Minto received yesterday a courier from Lord Elgin, at Constantinople; and in the afternoon communicated the important intelligence, which he had received officially, that the city and fortress of Cairo, with the whole corps of French troops which were there, partly in garrison, and partly in an entrenched camp, had surrendered by capitulation to the united Turkish and British forces.--The French troops are made prisoners of war, and are to be conveyed to France. The joy of the inhabitants of Cairo at the signing of the capitulation was indescribable; and had it not been for the English, the populace would have proceeded to barbarous excesses against the French prisoners. By the middle of June, the Grand Vizier, with the assistance of General Hutchinson, and the rest of the combined forces, approached the forts, and threatened them with a general assault. The French judged it advisable not to attempt to resist the attack of a force so much superior, and therefore laid down their arms, rather than expose themselves to the consequences of the fort being carried by assault. The number of the prisoners is estimated at about 5000, among which are included Greeks, Armenians, &c. In consequence of this event, the whole of Upper and Lower Egypt is in the power of the English and Turks and Alexandria is the only place in Egypt remaining in the possession of the French.--Immediately after the entrance of the Grand Vizier into Egypt, that commander, in conjunction with the English, proposed to march immediately, with all the force that could be spared, against Alexandria; and it was expected that General Menou would soon follow the example of his comrades at Cairo, and submit to a similar capitulation. The Porte and the public at Constantinople have expressed the utmost joy at this intelligence of the surrender of Cairo; and it is now considered as certain that the French must soon be driven entirely out of Egypt.

LONDON, August 17.

The remarks we made the other day need now only be repeated. The fall of Cairo enables us to concentrate our whole force, and to direct it against Alexandria, the last position which the enemy have upon the Egyptian territory. Pressed by such an army on the land side, and blockaded by sea: in want of provisions and water, it is not probable that Alexandria will long hold out. Perhaps it is not now of much consequence to enquire where Ganteaume landed his troops, or whether he landed any. If, while he was at anchor on the Egyptian coast, he heard of the surrender of Cairo, it is not unlikely that, seeing of how little use such a reinforcement must be after such an event, he returned with the troops to France. If, however, he did actually land them, they will only serve to swell the number of our prisoners, without being of any use to the enemy.

[Courier.]