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sink into insignificance. Of this, Holland has been an awful ex- 
ample; and if America does not take care, her decline will follow 
with still greater rapidity. 
Jmie 51. — On the 18th a brig arrived from Suez, bringing dis- 
patches for India, from Major Misset, the British Consul General in 
Egypt., In his letter to Mr. Pringle, he mentioned tha.t two French 
fleets had made their escape from the ports of France, and it was 
feared their destination might be India. He also forwarded dis- 
patches that had arrived from Malta. However ill adapted for the 
sea the Augusta might be, it was thought necessary, as she was here, 
to send her olF immediately: she sailed at four this morning. By 
her I wrote to my friends in England, and to Government. The Dola 
had received a letter Irom the Imaum, approving of his having 
stopped Mr. Forbes's servant ; it now, therefore, became an act of 
the Government. I laid every thing before Lord Wellesley, and 
hoped that he would permit me to redress the evil. 
By Captain Barton, who commanded the brig, I learned that the 
troubles in Egypt had induced Major Misset to remove to Rosetta, 
but that his agent was at Cairo. He assured me that the passing to 
that place from Suez was as safe as it ever was. The report of there 
being a British army at Alexandria was false, but had originated 
from Lord Nelson's appearing off that place. This was a great relief 
to my mind, and made me look forward with pleasure to my travels 
in Egypt. 
On the 20th Mr. Salt, and the rest of the Abyssinian party, went 
on board, and sailed this morning, provided with presents for the 
King, and Ras, and with such conveniencies for their journey as the 
circumstances of our situation would allow. 
