Egypt have faithfully discharged man.-De Rolle's reg. lieut. Mitz their duty to their country, and nobly upheld the fame of the British name and nation. I am, &c. J. H. HUTCHINSON. Return of the killed, wounded, and missing, near Alexandria, March 21st. Total.-10 officers, 9 sergeants, 224 rank and file, 2 horses, killed; 60 officers, 49 sergeants, 3 drummers, 1082 rank and file, 3 horses, wounded; 3 officers, 1 sergeant, 28 rank and file, missing. Officers killed.-3d guards, ensign Campbell.-42d regiment, maj. Bisset, lieuts. Colin Campbell, R. Anderson, A. Stewart.-58th, lieut. Jocelyn. Stuart's regt. col. Dutens, lieuts. Duvergier, Dejean.2d battalion of the 54th foot, capt. Gibson. Officers wounded.-Staff, his excellency sir R. Abercromby, K. B. commander in chief; major-general Moore; brigadier-gen. the hon. Jn. Hope, adjutant-general; brigadiergen. Oakes; brigadier-gen.Lawson; capt. Doyle (brigade major); capt. St. Peru (ditto), since dead; capt. Anderson, aid-de-camp to maj.-gen. Moore. Officers wounded.-3d guards, captains Rooke, Ansley, Deare. Royals, capt. J. C. Gardner, lieuts. Jn. Gordon, Jn. M'Pherson, Chas. Johnson.-2d battalion of the 54th regiment, lieuts. Connor, Predam. 92d, capt. Cameron, lieut. Mathison,-50th, captain Ogilvy, lieuts. Campbell, Tilsby, ensign Rowe.79th, lieut. Ross.-Queen's, ensign Allman.-30th, capt. Smith, lieut. James.-44th, lieutenant-col. Ogilvie (since dead).-89th, capt. Blake, lieut. Agnew. Stuart's reg. capts. Misset, Mahony, Richardson, lieuts. M'Carty, Sutton, Hutton, Zeheuder, Loreg, Girard, ensign O'Her ger, adj. La Ville.-Dillon's reg. capts. Dupont, Rinaud, D'Heral, lieuts. Laury, D'Aville.—23d, lieut. Cook. 28th, lieutenant-col. Paget, lieuts. J. Meachem, Hearn, Ford.1st battalion 40th reg. lieut. Southwell.-42d, major Sterling, capt. D. Stuart, lieuts. Hamilton Row, A. M'Nicol, A. Donaldson, J. M. Sutherland, A. Grant, A. M. Cunningham, Fred. Campbell; ensign M'Kenzie.-58th, lieuts. Curry and Toole.-Roy. artillery, lieuts. Gamble, Campbell, Lawson, Burslem. J. ABERCKOMBY, Deputy adjutant-gen. N. B. One stand of colours and two field-pieces taken. Admiralty-office, 15. Lieut. Corbett, late of the Fulminante cutter, arrived this morning from the coast of Egypt, with the following dispatch from admiral lord Keith, commander in chief of his majesty's ships and vessels in the Mediterranean, to Evan Nepean, esq. dated on board the Foudroyant, in the bay of Abou kir, April 1st. SIR, I have very great concern in acquainting you, that, in a desperate attack made upon our lines by the French army on the morning of the 21st ultimo, my gallant and respectable colleague, general sir Ralph Abercromby, unfortunately received a wound, of which he died on board this ship on the 28th. It is unnnecessary to say how much this calamity has been regretted by the army and by the fleet. Their lordships will observe, that the enemy were repulsed with very great loss. I enclose, for their information, a copy of sir Sidney Smith's report of that sustained by the detachment of seamen serving under his orders; and have the pleasure of adding, that his own wound has not been so material as to deprive me of his services. The marines were not engaged, having been, previously to the action, appointed to the duty of Aboukir-castle and its vicinity. I am, &c. KEITH. P. S. The captain pasha arrived on the 26th ultimo, with three sail of the line and a body of troops; and on the following day a Turkish vice-admiral joined. Return of officers and seamen, employed on shore under the orders of capt. sir Wm. Sidney Smith, killed and wounded in an action with the enemy, March 21st. Total. - 1 officer, 3 seamen, killed; 2 officers, 18 seamen, wounded. Name of officer killed.-Minotaur, Mr. Krebs, master's mate. Names of officers wounded.Tigre, sir Wm. Sidney Smith, knt. Swiftsure, lieut. Lewis Davis. KEITH. Downing-street, 16. By advices received this morning from major Holloway, dated at the camp of the grand vizir, at Gaza, March 20, it appears, that on the 18th of that month 1000 Asiatic cavalry advanced from that place; and on the following day 1000 Arab cavalry. This body is to be under the command of Tahir Pasha, as an advanced guard. On its arrival at El-Arisch, it is to halt a day or two, until Mahomet Pasha arrives with a very considerable part of the army, probably about 5000 men, when Tahir Pasha is to advance to Catièh. It is the grand vizir's intention that these 2000 cavalry should join the British army, whenever the commander in chief may require it. It also appears, that Djeggar Pasha has entered into an accommodation of all differences, and ordered 5000 of his troops to join the imperial army, for the purpose of the expulsion of the enemy from Egypt. The first party that joined consisted of about 450 good cavalry, well mounted; and several parties have joined since. [This Gazette also announces the capture of 119 French, Spanish, Dutch, &c. vessels, by the cruizers under lord Hugh Seymour, on the Jamaica station; of 15 vessels by admiral Duckworth's squadron; and of the Bougainville French brig privateer, of 123 tons, 14 guns, and 67 men, by the Eurydice, capt. Bathurst.] Admiralty-office, 18. Letter from rear-adm. Duckworth, commander in chief at the Leeward islands, to E. Nepean, esq. dated Fort Royal, Feb. 9th. SIR, Capt. Matson, of the Daphne, informs me, by letter of the 22d ult. that, on the 16th, observing some coasters near the shore, under convoy of a schooner, he detached lieut. M'Kenzie, with the boats of the Cyane, under lieut. Peachy; but, on their approaching, all succeeded in getting under the cover of the batteries at Basseterre, one excepted, which anchored near Vieux Forte: this, in the course of the night, lieut. M'Kenzie boarded and brought off, under a heavy cannonade. The next morning they observed from the Saints the abovementioned schooner work up in shore, and anchor at Trois Rivieres, covered by a battery, and flanked by two others. Notwithstanding these difficulties, lieut. M'Kenzie, with lieut. Peachy, volunteered to bring her out; which capt. Matson was at last prevailed on to accord to; but, for want of wind, this gallant intention was not attempted until after sun-rise on the 18th, when Mr. McKenzie, in a manner which exceeds all praise, ran the schooner on board, though a superior enemy, and evidently prepared for him, when when licuts. Peachy and M'Kenzie entered with 30 men, and, after a contest of a quarter of an hour, succeeded in bringing her off, under a most tremendous fire from the batteries, she being moored so close to the shore as to have a stern hawser fast on the beach. In this contest the French captain, his first and second lieutenants, and six men, were wounded; besides one killed and two drowned. In the Garland tender, one seaman and one marine killed; the sergeant of marines, and two scamen wounded. Though I was not an observer of this exploit, which appears to me among the first traits of gallantry in the course of this war, their lordships will be able to appreciate the value of lieut. M'Kenzie's conduct, which, I must further add, is, in its probable consequences, of the greatest moment to the trade of our islands, as L'Eclair sails rapidly, and, when fully armed, will carry 12 six-pounders, besides 21 and a half pounder, brass guns, mounted as swivels. She was in her way to Point Petre to complete, having left Rochfort armed only with four brass 4-pounders, the 20 small guns, and 50 men. &c. I am, J. T. DUCKWORTH. Admiralty-office, 23. [This Gazette contains an account of the capture of the Victoire French cutter privateer, (late his majesty's hired armed cutter the Active), of 14 long four-pounders, and 75 men, by the Lady Anne hired armed brig, lieut. Lake.] Dublin-Castle, 25. The earl of Hardwicke, who embarked at Holyhead yesterday evening at 8 o'clock, on board his majesty's yacht the Dorset, arrived in this harbour at 6 o'clock this morning. His lordship, on his arrival in Dublin, was received by the lord mayor, aldermen, sheriffs, and commons, of the city of Dublin. His lordship, attended by a squadron of dragoons, proceeded to the castle, and, upon his arrival there at 1 o'clock, was introduced in form to his excellency the marquis Cornwallis, who re ceived him, sitting under the canopy of state, in the presence chamber, from whence a procession was made, in the usual state, to the council chamber. The council sitting, his lordship's commission was read; and, the oath being administered to him, his excellency was invested with the collar of the most iliustrious order of St. Patrick, and received the sword of state from the marquis Cornwallis. His excellen cy afterwards repaired to the presence chamber, and received the compliments of the nobility, and other persons of distinction, upon his safe arrival, and taking upon him the government of Ireland. Admiralty-office, 26. [This Gazette gives an account of the eapture of the Heureux privateer brig, of St. Maloes, of 14 guns and 78 men, by the Amelia, capt. Herbert; and also of the destruction of La Mouche French privateer, by being obliged to run on shore (where she very soon became a wreck), in consequence of the damage she sustained from the fire of his majesty's ship Diamond, capt. Griffith.] Dublin Castle, 27. This evening, about five o'clock, the marquis Cornwallis, late lord lieutenant of Ireland, left the castle, in order to embark on board his majesty's yacht the Dorset, on his return to England. His excellency the earl of Hardwicke, lord lieutenant, and the marquis Cornwallis, went together from the castle in the state coach, preceded by the leading coaches, in which were the officers of state, to the South Wall, where the yacht lay. They were escorted by a squadron of dragoons, and attended by a great number 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. Letter transmitted by captain Ricketts. Naiad, in Pontevedra bay, SIR, May 17. 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, 24-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 lieut.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 here with 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 ordnance, as there is not sufficient time at present to have it made it 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 possession 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 possession 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, of the inhabitants, shall be respected and protected till his majesty's farther pleasure be known. The island is to enjoy the same privileges as the British colonies in the West Indies; and commerce to be on the same footing as in the other conquered islands.] Admiralty-office, 2. Letter from rear-adm. Duckworth, commander in chief of his majesty's ships and vessels at the Leeward islands, to E. Nepean, esq. dated Martinique, April 27. SIR, 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. Per kins, of the Arab, took possession of the island, under the accompa nying 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.1 |