The monitor, or, Delaware Federalist. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1801-1802, 1801-11-16
Laff FuetgaNNeqos.
[By the T5Oo Brothers, arri9fd at Neu-
Iofk, fran Liverpo6i.l
LONDON, September s.

Yeiterday upwards of fix thouland lei
tiers, brought from Egypt by the Spide
iioop, were delivered from the poft-office
Our letters by this conveyance do no
contain any intelligence of importanc,
being dated previous to the fall Of Cairo
They reiterate the report communicated
1y Way of Rhodes and Conftantinople
Chat tne garrifon otsralexandria was fc
verelypreiled by want, and that many o.
the Inhabitants had been expelled from the
city, and conducted in the night acrofs
the old port to the neck of land which
forms the lake Mareotis. The location
OF this meafure is variouily Rated, fome
OF our letters imputing it to a confpiracy
amonglt the natives to furrender the city
to the, Engliih and other, with more
probability, (conGdefing the ftrength of
the garriion) to delire on the part of the
French generals to reduce the confumpti-
on of provifons by the renewal of all UNI
necehary hands. Some of thefe people
have been conducted to the Britiih camp,
and make the mott melancholy reprefen-
tations of the iituation of the inhabitants
of Alexandria, who arr deititute Of eve
~ thing, and from their fuppo(ed difaf-
fe6tion to the French, treated by them
with extreme indignity and oppreaion.-
They fate the republicans to be dilcon-
tented and only held to their duty in ex-
pe6tation of fuccour-They were in
formed Of Gantheaume being on the coat,
and elated by the circumstance. The fai-
lure of his enterprise, it was expected in
our feet, would conduce to the furren-
der Of Alexandra.
The French had contributed ltrong bait
teries on the bank of the inundation made
by the Englilh and our people had in
Ike manner lined the oppoGte ihore.-
we nave Tome gun-Dolts On InIs lake
(Which in one part is three miles broad)
by means of which we could throw ihells
into Alexandria but as the 70 doing
would only injure the wretched natives
without annoying the French to any efien-
tial extent, our commanders have hui
namely defilted from ufng thefe veffels.
The ordinary depth of water in this ex-
teniive moat is about four feet but it cam
not be 70 drained as for long time to adj
nit the convenient paHage of troops; and
we apprehend that the fiege, fhould Me-
nou have fuficient fupplies to enable him
to hold out, will be prolonged by the inn
pcdiments which this inundation will pre-
ient to our operations.
The moat extends from the lake Mare
otis to the fea, in the direction of Abou-
kir within about two miles of Alexandria,
and on The eaRern point runs clofe to
Cleopatra's Needle, which is within the
French line.
Sir r. Bickerton, with three fail of the
line, including lie Tigre, had on the 18th
of June, rejoined lord Keith off Alex.
andria ON hearing that the enemy's feet
had appeared to the weltward, his Lord
flip dispatched this little fquadron along
the coat to intercept them, referving on
ly four fail Of the line to continue the
blockade of Alexandria.
Sir r. Bickerton on reaching his ftati-
on, TENT brig on ihore, when our peo-
pie were informed by the Arabs, that the
French had been there ten days before,
and had plundered them of every thing
worth carrying eff. After an unfuccefs-
full cruife, the gallant admiral returned
to Alexandria.
Our feet, at the date of thefe accounts
was perfectly healthy, and well fupplied
with proviiions and our army pofefing
a profuGon of every neceifary, was much
more healthy than could have been ex-
pe6ted from the nature of the climate and
fervice.
Yesterday difpatches were received at
the admiralty from admiral Corvallis
BY the fame conveyance we received let
tiers from the feet to the soth ult. at
which period our force was compelled of
81 fail of the line, 70 of which were two
dcckers. The enemy's feet, coniifting
of tn rty-6ve fhips of the line, were in
the outer road at Jingle anchor, and in
apparent readiness for fea.
Yesterday mail from Liibon was re-