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patched Captain Capel, in the Endymion, to 
‘anchor near the town, if the wind, which 
was light, would permit the ship to stem the 
current, to convey the ambassador’s dispatches 
to the Sublime Porte in the morning by a flag 
of truce ; but he found it impracticable to 
get within four miles, and consequently an- 
chored at half pasteleven, P. M. Ihave now 
the highest satisfaction to add, that the con- 
duct of the officers and ships’ companies of the 
squadron under my command, has fully sup- 
ported the character of the British navy, and 
is deserving of my warmest eulogium. Hav- 
ing endeavovred to pay just tribute to those 
whose duty necessarily called them into this 
service, I should feel myself very deficient 
if I omitted to mention that his Majesty’s mi- 
nister, Mr. Arbuthnot and Lord Burghersh 
(who had requested to take a cruise with me), 
were amongst the most animated in the com- 
bat. To Capt. Blackwood, who after the un- 
fortunate loss of the Ajax, volunteered to serve 
inthe Royal George, great praise is due for 
his able assistance in regulating the fire of the 
middle and lower decks ; and when the Royal 
George anchored, he most readily offered his 
services to convey a message to the Endymion, 
of great moment, her pilot having refused to 
take charge of the ship. From thence he 
gave his assistance to arrange the landing of 
the troops from the sixty-four, and setting her 
on fire; indeed where active service was to 
perform, there was his anxious desire to be 
placed. His officers too requested to serve 
in the squadron, and their services, in passing 
the Dardanelles, met with approbation.—I 
liave the honour'to be, &c. 
(Signed) . T. DucxwortTn. 
AA List of Turkish Ships and Vessels taken and de- 
- stroyed at anchor off Point Pesquiecs, Feb. 19, 
* 1807, within the Forts of the. Dardanelles. 
Burnt, one line of battle ship, sixty-four 
guns; four frigates, 5 corvettes, one brig, two 
gun-boats.—Taken possession of, one cor- 
vette, one gun-boat. 
[The letter, dated Feb. 28th, mentions an 
wnfortunate attempt to capture a body of 
Turks, who had landed on the island of Prota, 
and were erecting a battery. About 100: of 
the enemy retired toan old convent and fired 
through the loopholes, on our seamen and 
marines who had landed. Lieut. Belli, a pro- 
missing young officer tell, on the passing of 
the Dardanelles; Lieuts. Willoughby and 
were Messrs. Holbrook, Furneaux, Dalrym- 
ple, Alexander, Rouse, and Cotesworth, mid- 
shipnien 5 with forty-five seamen and eight 
marines were killed. 
The total loss on the different days, was 
forty-two killed, two hundred and tliirty-five 
wounded, and four missing. | 
= The London Gazette of the 9th of May 
contained the particulars of the capture 
of Alexandria, in a dispatch, from Major- 
General Fraser, dated Alexandria, 25th 
March, 1807 :-— 
State of Public Affairs in May. 
: 
June i, 
Srr, It is with much satisfaction Ihave the 
honour to inferm you, that in the afternoon 
of the 20th current, the town and fortress of 
Alexandria, with two Turkish frigates and a 
corvette, surrendered to his Majesty’s arms by 
capitulation; and that they were taken pos- 
session of on the memorable morning of the 
2ist, by the troops under my coramand. 
You are already apprized of my having been 
detached on this service, with a body of troops 
from Messina, by his Excellency Geneval 
Fox, under convoy of his Majesty's ships Tigre 
and Apollo; and the Wizard sleop was sent 
forward by Capt. Hallowell, to get intelli- 
gence from major Misset, whom. I had 
Leen, by my instructions directed to con- 
sult, as to the best plan of cperations for ef= 
fecting the purposes of the expedition. 1 
have now to acquaint you, that in the night 
of the 7th inst. (the day after we sviled) the 
Apollo frigate, with 49 transports out of 53 
which conveyed the troops, parted company, 
and that the other 14, with the Tisre, came 
to an anchor westward of Alexandria, on the 
16th. On our getting, near the land we saw 
the Wizard, and Capt. Palmer immediately 
brought me the intelligence he had received 
from Major Misset, together with a letter 
from him, stating that he had not come off 
himself, thinking his presence in Alexandria 
absolutely necessary to counteract the in- 
trigues of the French consul, who was endea- 
vouring to prevail upon the Governor to ad- 
mit a body of Albanians from Rosetta, to as- 
sist in the defence of the place. He earnestly 
recommended me to land the troops imme- 
diately, as the inhabitants were well affected 
towards us, and that he had sanguine hopes 
we should be able to get possession of it with- 
out firing a shot. 
Before I determined, however, upon this 
measure, J deemed it prudent to acquaint Ma- 
jor Misset with the very diminished state of 
my force, and I therefore sent in my aid-de- 
camp, Capt. A’Court, of the 3ist regt. with 
a flag of truce to him with a detailed account 
of it, and at the same time, a manifesto to the 
governor and inhabitants, (a copy of which [ 
inclose), which had not the desired eéfect; but, 
on the contrary, was treated by the governor 
with contempt. The major, however, in 
reply, strongly urged my immediate landing 5 
still repeating that we should not meet with 
any resistance, and that my doings so would 
be the only means of preventing the garrison 
being reinforced by the Albanians, who had 
actually been sent for, and might be ex- 
pected in the course of twenty-four hours. 
These considerations led me to follow his ad~ 
vice, and accordingly I landed that evening 
(the 17th) as muny troops as our small num- 
ber of boats could convey, a few miles to’ the 
eastward of Marabout, without opposition, 
though I could only take up a position for the 
night, as, beiore the next landing-could be 
effected, such a surf ad arisen on the beach, 
as 
