1801. } 
An account of the amount of the Bank 
of England notes in circulation, onan ave- 
rage of every month, from 25th of OSto- 
ber, 1800; diftinguifhing the amount of 
notes below the value of five pounds. 
Amount of Bank of England notes of 
five pounds each and upwards :—from 
2sth O&tober to 25th November, 1800, 
3,816,7001.—-2 5th November to .25th 
Decenbeli 135133,500].—25th December 
to 25th January, E801, £3,345,800l. 
Amount of Bank of England notes of 
two and one pound each: :—from 25th 
October to 25th Novem. 1800, 2,061,700l.. 
—zs5th November to 25th December, 
#,14.8,7001.—2 5th December to 25th Ja- 
nuary, 1801, 2,519,400. 
“RefpeGiing the failure of the Ferro] ex- 
pedition, the following facts have appear- 
ed, and as a matter of authentic informa- 
tion, we fubmit them toour readers. The 
epedition having arrived off Ferrol, Sir J. 
B. Warren informed Sir R. Abercrombie, 
that it would be extremely practicable 
to deftroy the whole of the enemy’s fleet 
in that harbour, if the troops would firtt 
filence the batteries of Fort St. Philip, 
which Phd not be approached by our 
thipping. 12,500. men were accord- 
ingly aides under the direStion of. Sir 
Edward Pellew, who difplayed uncom. 
mon judgment in fuperintending the dil- 
embarkation, as not even a mufket was 
lof in this fervice*. ‘The landing being 
effeSted, the troops were marched up the 
hill which overlooks Fort St. Philip, with- 
out any oppofition from the enemy, who 
had fled in great confternation into Ferro}, 
where all the churches were opened: to 
hear mafs, and to befeech the protection 
of the faints. It was expected that the 
fignal would be given without delay to 
ad vance ; when, ‘tb the furprife of every 
part of the fervice, the troops were ordered 
to retrace their ground, ae tore.embark. 
The reafon affigned by the molt refpect- 
able authority, for this counter-order, 
was the determination of a council of war, 
which was of opinion that it would: not * 
be practicable to take Fort St. Philip by 
affiult, without rifxing the lofs of 3000 
men, and that to attack it in a 
way, would require eight days before the 
lat parallel could be com; pleted ; ; that this 
delay would be dangerous on mary ac- 
counts, as, befides. the. reinforcements 
which might be fent to Ferrol, there would 
* A tranfport with 400 troops on board, 
was however,-run down by a man of wear, 
and every man on beard perithed. 
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bea great rifk from a change of wind, 
which might drive our fleet, off the coaft, 
and leave our army in the fame fituation as 
it was at Oftend: that, moreover, Sir 
James Pulteney’s inftructions were to rifk 
nothing, as the expedition had an ulterior 
object of greater importance to accom- 
plifh. 
The military force now under Ghicrat 
Sir Ralph Abercrombie, in. his Egyptian 
expedition, is faid to be as follows: one 
troop of the royal-horfe, and three compa- 
nies of the royal-foot artillery ; a detach- 
ment of artificers, under the command of 
a Brigade of Officers from the corps of 
royal ¢ engineers 3 two regiments of light 
cavalry ; two battalions of the guards; a 
regiment of therifled- barrelled corps ; and 
about ten other regiments of infantry ; 
forming an effeStive body of r5y000 
men. 
Intelligence has arrived from Conftanti- 
nople, of “the 1 3th of January, flating, that. 
the Englifh fleet had not yet arrived nal: 
but, that four frigates, with General 
Abercrombie’s Adjutants, had reached 
Rhodes. A grand attack was to be made 
upon Egypt; fecthded by the whole 
Turkifh navy, under the Captain Pacha 3 
Geseral Abercrombie was to land at Jafa, 
with about 20,000. men; and to march 
afterwards through DBamietta, againft 
Alexandria, with an European force of 
near 20,000 men. Ten thoufand men 
from the Eaft Indies, were to land at Suez, 
while the Grand Vizier was to make an 
attack from ElArif{ch, fo that the French, 
in Egypt will be attacked in front, in the 
-rear, and in flank. 
The Whig-club dined at the’ London. 
Tavern, on the 6th of February. The’ 
Duke of Norfolk, prefident. The health 
of Mr, Fox was given by the Duke, and 
drank with great applaufe. His Grace 
> added, ‘‘and may the King and Country 
fee their error, before it be too late, and 
call forth his talents to regcue them from 
the dangers with which they are  ftr- 
rounded.”” Several new members were 
adinitted. 
On ‘the Faft-day the King caught cofd 
going to the Chapel Royal, which has fince 
been #tended with very alarming fymp- 
toms of body and mind. This « circum- 
ftance has, in fome degree, fufpended the 
operations of Government, and has occa- 
fioned a very “yuma pauie in the 
progrefs of the new Miniferial arrange- 
ments, the particulars of which we fhall 
relate in our next Number. 
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