number of the nobility and persons of distinction, the lord mayor, sheriffs, several of the aldermen, and principal citizens, in their carriages, followed by a concourse of people, to the water-side; the streets were lined by the regiments of infantry on Dublin duty. The marquis Cornwallis received every demonstration of respect, in passing through the streets, from the people, who testified their regard by repeated wishes for his welfare and safe return to England. Admiralty-office, 30. SIR, The boats belonging to the Naïad and Phaeton, manned by volunteer officers, seamen, and marines, under the direction of lieut. Marshall (1st), of the Naïad, highly distinguished themselves, on the night of the 16th, by the capture, of La Alcudia, and demolition of El Raposo, armed Spanish Corunna packets, in the port of Marin, near the town of Pontevedra, under the protection of a five-gun battery, 21-pounders, prepared to receive them. La Alcudia, the largest, commanded by don Jean Antonio Barbuto, a very old lieutenant in his Catholic majesty's service, was moored stem and stern close to the fort, and her sails were sent on shore the preceding day. This service was undertaken from information that she was a corvette of 22 guns. I am happy to state, that four men only, belonging to the two ships, were wounded. W. H. RICKETTS. P. S. I was under the necessity of setting fire to La Alcudia soon after she was towed out by the boats, the wind setting in strong at S. W. JUNE. Downing street, 1. The following dispatch was this day received at the office of the right hon. lord Hobart, from lieut.-gen. Trigge, commander in chief of his majesty's forces in the leeward and windward Caribbee islands. SIR, Martinique, April, 27. I lose not a moment in having the honour to communicate the information, which has been just now received of the islands of St. Eustatius and Saba having surrendered on the 21st inst. to a detachment of the 3d regiment of foot, under the command of lieut.-col. Blunt, and capt. Perkins, of his majesty's ship Arab. The enclosed extract of a letter from Mr. president Thompson, commanding at St. Christopher's, ordering lieut.-col. Blunt to proceed on that service, and of lient.col. Blunt's official letter, acquainting me with the result, will explain to your satisfaction all such circumstances as you may wish to be informed of. I have only to add, that the officers charged with the conducting of the service have acquitted themselves with such judgment and promptitude as to merit and receive my entire approbation. I have the honour to enclose to you herewith a copy of the terms on which these islands were surrendered, and have been placed under his majesty's government; but am unable to transmit by this opportunity. the return of ordinance, as there is not sufficient time at present to have it made out correctly. THOS. TRIGGE, lieut.-gen. Extract of a letter from lieut.-col. Blunt, of the 3d reg. of foot, to lieut.-gen. Trigge, dated St. Eustatius, April 22. I have the honour to enclose an order addressed to me by the presi dent dent of St. Kitt's, in consequence of which I embarked on board his majesty's ship Arab, capt. Perkins, and an armed schooner, his prize, 100 men of the Buffs, with lieut. Brown, and 10 men of the royal artillery. We summoned the island of St. Eustatius on the morning of the 21st, which surrendered by capitulation; the terms of which accompany this, and I hope will not be disapproved by your excellency. They had no provisions in the garrison, and very little in posses sion of the inhabitants. From the extent of the batteries, it will not be in my power to forward, by this opportunity, lieut. Brown's report of the ordnance. I am, &c. R. BLUNT, Lieut.-col. Buffs. Extract of a letter from the president of St. Kitt's to lieutenant-col. Blunt, of the 3d regiment of foot, dated Basseterre, April 20th. I have just received information that the island of St. Eustatius was evacuated by the French on the 16th inst. Under these circumstances, and considering that a favourable opportunity presents itself to acquire the possession of that island, and thereby give security to the islands in its neighbourhood, and recover a number of negroes who have eloped from hence, and which may be lost by delay, you will therefore embark, with 100 men of the Buffs, on board of his majesty's ship Arab, capt. Perkins, and take pos session of the island of St. Eustatius, which you will retain until his excellency general Trigge's pleasure thereupon be known. I am, &c. R. THOMPSON. (Here follow the articles of capitulation, which are in the usual forms. It is stipulated, that the persons, properties, religion, and usages, On the 16th instant the French garrison evacuated the island of St. Eustatia, carrying with them fieldpieces, and as much powder, with other plunder, as their vessels could stow; which circumstance having been communicated to president Thompson, of St. Christopher's, he very judiciously availed himself of the moment, by making the application (of which I enclose you a copy) to capt. Perkins, of the Arab, which he directly complied with; and, on the 21st, col. Blunt, with a detachment of his majesty's 3d regiment of Buffs, and capt. Perkins, of the Arab, took possession of the island, under the accompanying capitulation, which included the island of Saba. The ordnance stores taken in the island of St. Eustatia consist of 48 pieces of cannon, of different calibres, 336 barrels of powder, with a quantity of filled cartridges, as also musket ditto, with some shot, &c. J.T. DUCKWORTH. [Then follows a letter from capt. Perkins, of the Arab, to adm. Duckworth, stating his compliance with the orders of the president of St. Kitt's, (whose letter to capt. Perkins is also enclosed), agreeably to what is stated in col. Blunt's letter to gen. Trigge.] SIR, St. Eustatia, April 22. I have to inform you of the surrender of this island yesterday to his Britannic majesty's forces, on terms of capitulation, in which your island is included; you will therefore have to receive the officer that will hand you this, and leave the British flag behind. DANIEL RODA. RICHARD BLUNT, lieut.-col. JN. PERKINS, capt. of the Arab. To his excellency Thomas Dezey; vice-commander of the island of Sabu. Downing-street, 2. The following letter having been humbly submitted to his majesty by the under-mentioned officers, who served in the detachment of his majesty's 15th regiment of light dragroon's in the action of Villers en Couché, near Cambray, on the 24th day of April, 1794, his majesty has been graciously pleased to grant to each of them his royal licence and permission to accept the rank of knight of the imperial military order of Maria Theresa, and bear the insignia thereof, the same having been conferred upon them by the emperor of Germany, in testimony of the high sense which his imperial majesty entertained of their distinguished conduct upon that occasion, Major W. Aylett, now lieut.-col. in the army; capt. Robt. Pocklington, late major of 15 dragoons; capt. Ed. Mich. Ryan, nowy major in the army; lieut. Thomas Grandby Calcraft, lieutenant-col. of 3d dragoon guards; lieut. Wm. Keir, major of 6th dragoon guards; lieut. Charles Burrell Blount, late captain of 15th light dragoons; cornet Ed. Gerald Butler, now major of 87th regiment of foot; and cornet Rt. Thos. Wilson, now major in Hompesch's regiment of mounted riflemen. 1801. Letter from his excellency lord Minto, his majesty's envoy at the court of Vienna, to lieutenant-col. Wm. Aylett. SIR, Vienna, Nov. 7, 1800. I have received from his excellency baron Thugut eight crosses of the order of Maria Theresa, which the emperor has been pleased to confer on yourself and seven other officers, under-named, of the 15th regiment of light dragoons, who distinguished themselves in a most gallant action, near Villers en Couché, on the 24th of April, 1794. His imperial majesty has already testified the high sense he entertained of the brilliant and important service which the regiment performed on that occasion, by presenting the officers engaged with a medal, struck for the purpose of commemorating that distinguished action, and affording to those who achieved it a lasting testimony of his approbation and gratitude. It was deemed at the time worthy of the cross of Maria Theresa; but, at that period, a doubt was entertained whether this order could be conferred on foreigners: that difficulty being now removed, his imperial majesty avails himself with pleasure of the occasion to evince his high esteem for the regiment, as well as his regard for the individuals, by investing with this distinguished order of merit gentlemen who have proved themselves so worthy to wear it. In transmitting to you, sir, these crosses, to be distributed to the officers for whom they are destined, I cannot omit the opportunity of expressing the satisfaction I have experienced from the share which my situation here has afforded me in the transaction, which, while it does honour to the liberality of his imperial majesty, and throws so much lustre on the corps, and on those who are immediately concern (D) ed, ed, reflects, at the same time, cre- Letter from lieut.-gen.Hutchinson; It is with great pleasure that I am to inform you of the success of a corps of Turks, and British, under the command of col. Spencer. They were ordered from hence about ten days ago, for the purpose of forcing the enemy from the town and castle of Rosetta, which command the navigation of the Nile. This operation has perfectly succeeded. We are now masters of the western branch of that river, and of course have opened a communication with the Delta, from which we shall derive all necessary supplies, as the French have scarcely any troops there, and none capable of making a serious resistance. The enemy had about 800 men at Rosetta when they were attacked. They made but a feeble effort to sustain them selves, and retired to the right bank of the Nile, leaving a few men killed and prisoners. They left a garrison in the fort, against which our batteries opened on the 16th, and it surrendered on the 19th instant: the conditions are the same as were granted to the castle of Aboukir. I have many obligations to col. Spencer for the zeal, activity, and military talents which he has displayed in the conduct of this important service; and I beg leave to recommend him as a deserving and most excel lent officer. J.H.HUTCHINSON, maj.-gen. Copy of a letter from lord Elgin to lord Hawkesbury, dated Constantinople, May 9th, 1801. My Lord, Mr. Morier having returned from Egypt, I have the satisfaction of being able to lay before your lordship a far more particular account of the affairs and proceedings in that country than it has hitherto been in my power to communicate. He left the camp before Alexandria on the 22d ultimo. At that time the enemy remained in their strong posi sition upon the heighths near the eastern walls of Alexandria, their numbers about 6000 men. They were still in anxious expectation of receiving reinforcements, particularly that which had been announced to them as coming from admiral Gan theaume. The loss of the enemy, according to the numerous reports which had been collected, certainly exceeds 5000 men, and a great proportion of officers; four generals are known to have been killed. Every encouragement seems to have been given and held out to the French army to ensure their utmost exertions. Among other things,they were taught to expect no quarter from the British. The prisoners agree, that in no part of this war had such hard fighting, or such determined bravery, ever been seen, as they have met with from our army in Egypt. I presume that sir Ralph Abercromby's absence from the camp, in consequence of his wounds on the 21st of March, had created a momentary suspension of our opérations; and the irreparable loss occasioned by his death must also necessarily have checked the prosecution of plans, in the formation and execution of which he had always borne so leading a part. The captain pasha did not arrive in time to see sir Ralph Abercromby; but it appears that general Hutchinson followed his excellency's intention relative to the troops on board the Turkish fleet, by employing them against Rosetta; and accordingly directed colonel Spencer, having under him a corps of about 800 British, to proceed with the Turks to that expedition. The town was evacuated without resistance. Some guns were then brought to bear upon the fort St. Julien, which commands the entrance of the river. The garrison of 368 men surrendered on the 19th ult. Rahmanich was still in the hands of the French. They had fortified it, both in a view to secure their communications from the upper part of the Delta and Upper Egypt, whence they received their provisions. Under these circumstances general Hutchinson has very much strengthened his position between Aboukir and Alexandria, not only by a range of works in front, but particularly by opening the sluices which kept in the waters in the lake on their left; and if, as is supposed, this inundation shall extend over the whole of the plain to the east of the lake Mareotis, the communication between Alexandria and Rahmanich, which is the enemy's nearest point, will be eight or nine days' journey without water. Having taken these measures, general Hutchinson was to transfer his head-quarters to Rosetta on the 23d ult. to which place he had already sent forward a strong detachment, amounting to above 4000 British, including col. Spencer's corps; and he was immediately to proceed from thence, with nearly an equal number of the captain pasha's troops, against Rahmanich, where the French were understood to have assembled 3000 men. On the other hand, advices had been received several days before, from the grand vizir, dated at Belbeis, from which it appeared that his highness, reinforced by nearly 5000 men from Djezzer Pasha, had passed the desert, and had advanced so far towards Cairo, without meeting with opposition either at Salahich or at Belbeis. He had also detached a corps which has taken possession of the town of Damietta, though the fort of L'Elbe is still in the hands of the French. It is not expected that his highness will experience any material resistance at the town of Cairo; and I find it is the determination of gen. Hutchinson to afford his highness such aid as may be requisite towards attacking the fortifications which the French occupy near to the town, if it is necessary to reduce them by force. Gen. Hutchinson has farther received a favourable letter from Murad Bey, saying he is ready to join us when we come into his neighbourhood. I am happy to add that our army is in the highest health and spirits. The climate and weather had hitherto been most propitious. The natives had acquired the greatest degree of confidence from the proclamation issued by our army, and were continuing to bring in horses and provisions in great plenty. Nearly 1000 of our cavalry are now well mounted there; and we have still about 11,000 infantry in the field. The utmost degree of unanimity prevails between the British aud Turkish troops. ELGIN. [The Gazette of the 6th contains an order of council, dated the 4th, for taking off the embargo on Russian and Danish vessels in the British ports; and for removing the prohi bition respecting the payment of bills drawn from those countries. The intercourse between the different (D 2) powers |