s had to
perform. The number of troops to be embarked at Minorca was 5,247; at
Malta, 6,529; at Elba, 418; and at Egypt, 4,631; in all, 16,845. These
were destined partly to England, and partly to Ireland; to transport
which, men-of-war and merchant-ships were collected from all quarters.

On the same day Sir James received from Lord Keith a copy of a letter
from the secretary of the Admiralty, dated 1st April 1802:

I transmit to your lordship herewith, by command of my Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, for your information, a Gazette
Extraordinary, containing an account of the signature of the
definitive treaty of peace at Amiens, on the 27th of last
month, by the Plenipotentiary of his Majesty, and the
Plenipotentiaries of France, and Spain, and the Batavian
Republic. If no unforeseen event should happen, their lordships
think it probable that the ratification will be exchanged in
the course of three weeks from this time; but, whenever it
shall take place, the earliest notice thereof shall be given to
your lordship, &c.

The same despatch brought information that his Royal Highness the Duke
of Kent (father of her present most excellent Majesty) had been
appointed governor of Gibraltar; and, in consequence, the following
orders were issued by Lord Keith:

Foudroyant, Gibraltar, 28th April 1802.

General Memorandum.

When his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, who is expected at
Gibraltar, arrives in this bay, the flag-officers and captains
then at the anchorage are to attend in their boats with their
flags and pendants hoisted, and to row in succession, the
flag-officer or officers following the commander-in-chief, and
the captains next, two by two, according to seniority; and, as
soon as his Royal Highness shall have landed, the officers are
at liberty to return to their ships.

When the royal standard is hoisted in the boat in which the
Prince is to land, the ship he came in is to fire twenty-one
guns; and, as the boat passes the flag-ship, twenty-one guns
shall be fired from all the ships commanded by post-captains,
beginning when the Foudroyant shall have fired her second gun;
the guards to be turned out, and the drums to beat a march, but
the ships' yards are not to be manned.--By order of the
commander-in-chief.

We need scarcely add that his Royal Highness