The Sun.
London, England, 1801-05-11 00:00:00

CUXHAVEN; MAY 7.

An inconsiderable part of the Danish Flotilla
has come down the Elbe, and is now off this place,
where it has been for three or four days. We da
not,. however, apprehend from it any hostile inten-
tion. The Mlles have not yet left Hamburg,
though their departure has been daily expeeted tor
thc last' week. The Prussians, who are also here,
will, itis said, leave us in about a month.

Mr. Ross, the Messenger, left. Town on Satur.
day for Yarmouth with Dispatches, to be forward.
cd by Lord ST. HELEN'S, His Majesty's Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Court of Petersburg&
Thd sum paid oh account of the Loan, was or,
Friday last 14,600,0001. The Sum due on the Instal.
ments was only 5,450,0001.
The prices of Insurance on Vessels.to the Baltic,
Holland, Flanders, France, Spain, Portugal, and
I reland, last . week experienced a considerable re.
duction. _ _

In Devonshire, Worcestershire, and Hereford
shire, the apple-trees are of uncommon promise, and
cyder has fallen to two guineas per hogshead.
One Troop of the gth Dragoons has arrived at
Hereford : the rest of the Regiment are stationed at
Worcester and Gloucester.

The average Pricc of Sugar, computed from the
returns made for the week ending the 6th day of
May 18or, is Seventi.seurn Shil!big: and. Seq.,ert
NCe Three Farthings per hundred weight:

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F) am the LONDON GAZETTE, May 9, 7801.

Admiralty.pffice, May 9, 18ot.
Copy of a Letter from Admiral Lord Keith, K. B.
Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and
vessels in the Meditertanean, to Evan Nepean,
Esy.dated on board the Foudroyant, in the Bay of
Aboukir, moth March, rfiot.

SIR,

My Dispatches ofthe zd ult. by the Speedwell,
Will have acquainted you, for the information of the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that, the
Armament on that day quitted the . Harbour of
T,I:o-marice for-this place, which the whole Fleet
reached on the zd instant, the Turkish Gun Boats
and Kaicks excepted, all of which bore up, by
- right, for Macri, Cyprus,- and other Ports, during
the prevalence of strong Westerly Gales that we en-
countered on the Passage.
Too much of the Day of our Arrival here had
elapsed, before all the Ships Could get to Anchor.
age; to- admit of the landing being effeCled before
the approach of Night ; and an unfortunate sucl
• Cession of strong Northerly gales, attended by a
heavy swell, rendered it impossible to dislmbark
- before .the Bth. The necessary preparations were
made on the pi eceding evening.. The Boats began
to receive the. Troops at two o'clock in the morn-
big,, and at three the signal-was made for their pro-
ceeding to rendezvous near the Mondovi, anchored
• about a gun shot from the shore, where it had been
determined that they were to , be assembled and
properly arranged : but such was the extent of the
anchorage 4ccupied by so large a Fleet, and so
great the distance of many of them from any one
given point, that it was not till nine the signal
could he • made • for the Boats to advance towards
the shore.
The, whole Line immediately began to move
- Ivith .great celerity towards.. the Beach, between
the Castle of Aboukir and the entrance of the
. Sed, under the diredion of the, Honourable Capt.
Cochrane, of His Majesty's Ship the Ajax, assisted
• by Captains Stevenson, Scott, Larmour, Apthorpe,
- and Morrison,. of the Europa, Stately, Diadem;
Drtud, and Thisbe, and the respective Agents of
Transports, the right flank being proteaed by the
Cruelle Cutta, and the Dangerewe, and Janissacy,
Gun vessels, and the left by the Entreprenantece“
ter, Malta Schooner, and Negresse• Gun.vessel,
with two honcho of the Fleet on each,. armed for
the purpose of supplying the places of the Turkish
Gun-vessels, 'of, whose service I.had been deprived.
'Snitch, of the '
Captain Sir-Sidney I tgre, with the
Capiaihs Ribeicau, Saville, Burn, and Hil.
lf the Astrea; Eurus, Experiment, Blonde and
1/cigc.r, joippointed with a detachment of Seamen, rdco-operate with the Army, had the charge of the
• Launches, with the Field Artitlery accompanying,
the Troops. he_'Tartarus and Fury were placed
in proper situations for throwing shot and shells
with advantage ; and. the Petterell, Cameleon, and
Minorca, were moored as near as possible, with
their broadsides to the shore.'
The Enemy had not failed to avail himself of the
Unavoidable delays to which we had been exposed,
for strengthening the naturally difficult Coast to
-Which we were to approach.. The whole Garrison
of Alexandria, said to amount to near three Thou.
sand Men, reinforced With many, small Detachments
that had been observed to advance' from-the Rossetta
Branch, was appointed for its defence. - Field
Pieces were placed on the most commanding Heights,
and in the intervals of the numerous Sand Hills
which cover the Shore, all of which were lined with
,Musquetry : the Beach on either Wing being flanked
with Cannon, and parties of Cavalry held in readi.
}less to advance;
The fire of the Enemy was successively opened
from their Mortars and Field Pieces' .as the Boats
•,' got within their reach : and as they approached to
the Shore, the excessive discharge of grape.shot
and of musquctry from behind the Sand. Hills seem-
red. to threalen theM with destration, while the
Castle of Aboukir on the Right Flank maintained a
constant and harrassing discharge of large shot and
shells-; but the ardour of our Officers and Men was
not to be damped, No moment of hesitation inter.
vened..
_The Beach was arrived at, a Footing oh.
. tanned; the, Troops advanced, and the Enemy
fbrced to relinqttish all the advantageous Positions
which .they had held.
• . The Boats returned without delay for the SecOnd
Division; and before the evening the whole Army,
with few exceptions-, was landed, with such At.-
" titles of Provisions and Stores as required the most
immediate attention. •
I refer to the General's Report for the loss sus-
-tained by the Army in this dangerous and difficult
Service. I enclose the Casualties of the Squadron
. and Transports, and feel much satisfaaion in con.
' veying to their Lordships my full testimony to the
merits of all the Officers and Men employed under
my Orders on this arduous occasion.
I have the Honor to be, Sec.
KEITH: