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nglish from necessity
e Scarcely iwecessary to say, tRat
ally abandoned his claim
statues to the
to the stone ; and that be only gave up the
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* • *
11 m a y
General Menou
for the collections made by the learned, as
they more modestly urged, that their re-
searches would be made public for the ge-
neral benefit, the British general ordered
them to be restored ; rightly judging that
none could complete better than those who
had designed. And.it was in the course of
this verbal contest, that General Menou ra-
ther pettishly signified, “ that he was cer-
tainly obliged to yield to the mandates of a
General, who had so many thousands of men
under him, so much artillery, &c.” To
which General Hutchinson answered, “ these
reproaches were not handsome, since he had
never cast anv reflections on him for allow-
u 1 «
ing an inferior army to gain the country at
first ; nor should lie even now make such re-
crimination/’
A frigate to convey him home was also
claimed by General Menou, grounded on the
indultfcncies allowed General Wurmser in
the capitulation of Mantua ; but General
Hutchinson’s reply to this claim was, that
he had no authority to alter a tittle of the
treaty between them.
Thus, though a happy issue had crowned
the expedition to Egypt, the promotion of
the interests of Great Britain were still pre-
dominant in the breasts of Lord Keith and
the General; on which account, they wished
As
nglish from necessity
e Scarcely iwecessary to say, tRat
ally abandoned his claim
statues to the
to the stone ; and that be only gave up the
A
* • *
11 m a y
General Menou
for the collections made by the learned, as
they more modestly urged, that their re-
searches would be made public for the ge-
neral benefit, the British general ordered
them to be restored ; rightly judging that
none could complete better than those who
had designed. And.it was in the course of
this verbal contest, that General Menou ra-
ther pettishly signified, “ that he was cer-
tainly obliged to yield to the mandates of a
General, who had so many thousands of men
under him, so much artillery, &c.” To
which General Hutchinson answered, “ these
reproaches were not handsome, since he had
never cast anv reflections on him for allow-
u 1 «
ing an inferior army to gain the country at
first ; nor should lie even now make such re-
crimination/’
A frigate to convey him home was also
claimed by General Menou, grounded on the
indultfcncies allowed General Wurmser in
the capitulation of Mantua ; but General
Hutchinson’s reply to this claim was, that
he had no authority to alter a tittle of the
treaty between them.
Thus, though a happy issue had crowned
the expedition to Egypt, the promotion of
the interests of Great Britain were still pre-
dominant in the breasts of Lord Keith and
the General; on which account, they wished