The National Register. — London, England, 1816-10-21 00:00:00

TILE L4l7'E ,Estract of a letter from an Officer in Lord Exmouth's auk, dated Gibraltar, Sept. 24 :—" Notwithstanding the acknowledged difficulty of treating with the Barba ry Powers, yet you will be satisfied with the terms Lord' Exmouth has made. The victory and their humiliation were so complete that there were nothing we could have demanded they would have ventured to refuse ; t;ir as the interpreter told Capt. Brisbane (who was sent on shore to conclude the " If Sir," said he, " you have a mind for the Dey's beard, say so—now's your time—he'll refuse you nothing;'—Could the present race have been extirpated, and the country peopled anew, it would, perhaps, have been a more certain means; but since, after annihilating their city, and destroying 'all within the sweep of our guns, we could have game no further ; that measure would but have driven them them to desperation, without taking from them more than a portion of their means'to effect mischief. When a little revoverod from the shock they would have nturned with double venom to their piracy, upon s► re duced scale ; and as we should have shown the exact ex tent of what we could do, they would doubtless have had wit enough hereafter to build their towns further in land, and confined their navy to such kind of vessels as might take shelter in their creek, where to us they must have been unassailable. %%lure:is now we have left them a great stake to loose, and at the same time have shewn them clearly that we can deprive them of it at our pleasure. But that if they choose to live as their neighbours do, and pursue their wars in a manlier that custom renders justifiable, we have no inclination to in terfere with their independence." An Officer who was in the action at Algiers states that the enemy were not very nice in the use of mis siles. Broken glass, old nails, spikes, and other article of a simVar nature, were fired in profusion, and did nu • little mischief. The number of the enemy's guns amounted to 1,001, of different calibres, one of them • with seven bores on the Mole Gateway, while that of the attacking squadron, exclusive or six Dutch frigates, fair bombs, and five gun-boats, were only 702. By inquiries us to the amount of loss on the part of the Alnwines, it appeared that in killed only, 5000 Janis sums, and from 5 to GOOO Arabs fell, besides women . and children. A shell thrown from one of the bombs burst in a hrmso, where nine children were assembled, and unhappily killed the whole ; and there was scarce ly a in the city but what hal sufli2red more or ler injury f.-oin the bombardment. Only 24 hours beibre tin My returned tin. answer that he would com ply with any terms, and signed the Treaty accordingly, he told his principal Officers, that he would have us to whitewash his walls in less than half au hour after the commencement of the action. A letter from Leghorn (says a French Paper), dated Sept. says—" The merchant brig the St. Sebastian, from Algiers, Capt. Solari Antanid, has brought intel ligence that, at his departure the fortifications of Al giers were rising from their ruins; that in the city they wrought with the greatest activity to eflisce all traces of the lonabardment, so that in a short time no more efli.ets of the last expedition will be visible. The My continues to cut olf the heads of all those of his army who he thinks betrayed him. His vengeance has already reached n great number of victims, and these executions seem to be agreeable to the people : they deem to think themselves :avenged by them. The Dey employs all his soldiers in the labours of the fortifica tions ; he has promised the inhabitants that his soldiers shall re-build their houses. The officers who were signalized - by their bravery, enjoy all his confidence. More the departm.: of the English fleet, he addressed u Proclamation to his Army, which has been published at the Mosque. The Dey, surrounded by the officers of his aricy, 4110 placed on the bastion which was the most damaged, said to the people assembled— " Nu! we have tut hest( con q uered; the enemy has em ployed weapons with which sit arc not acquainted, and which Luc peculiar to themselves. They ha% e sedured sonic traitors aid cowards by promises and gold. Out what African could widi for riches w hick are not fruits of Ins courage? We sign a peace, it is trite, bit; we do not shot it will' glory: and if the euvaiy celebrates the day as ha% ink conquered us, let its celebrate it in our turn as one of those un which we have done the most mischief. Soldiers, and cum heroic people, never forge: your fathers; they live—they will always live, and be b moored aisong the people of other shores. These people (meaning perhaps the English) cruse to exist when they die, au I have only a transitory power ; your; is extinguished by d rig. it is true, but it revives instantly. Recompeucts will be given, not to courage, for it is your national virtue, but to who have most suffered by the bombardment." The Dey pronounced this discourse while the Eng livh squadron was still in view, and the people answer ed by shouts of approbation, kissing the lley's I;la m:tits. Since the departure of the squadron, he has appeared in a negligent dress, and always armed. He assists constantly at the works, and encourages the la baurers." During the late contest at Algiers, the Queen Char lotte, Lord Exmouth's flag-ship, actually fired three broadsides in four minutes. Copt Mould of the Mutine (employed at Algiers) r emoted to the rank of Post Captain ; Lieut. Archi bald Maclean, to the Leander ; the lion. W. Wall:- grave, to the rank of Lieuteasutt. 411141:11EL AT THE 114 R. In the trial before Mr. Common Scrjcisnt and a London Jury, lull Saturday night, the 6th last. blr. Alley appeared as Counsel- fur flue prosecution, and was opposed to Mr. Adol phus. who alled :is Cotinsel for the prisoner. During the progress of the ease, acne warmth of feeling was expressed by the contending advocates. A./ the trial advanced, how ever, fresh► UCCiliioll was given in a personal, manner, as it appeared to us, by the Learned Counsel for the prisoner, for irritati.m on the part of Mr. Alley, who said in the hearing uR every body, that a Court of Justice was not the place to ma nifest per s!inal feelings, ben that if Mr. Adolphus was dis posed to indulge himself in that si ay, he knew very well a litre to foul Mr. Alley. This produced a retort from Mr. Adol phus, in a tone and manner of deliauce, 6* that he aliould be glad to know where Air. Alley was to be hat he had twice before Sought bitty, but e . mild not find him," and added, iu a tone equally audible, but in a manner more easily under stood than expressed, " I have not been in Coventry smith the Beach for two sears."—Whatever might be his feelings on t'i, oceasion, ilk Alley sat down in silence till the trial was concluded. Ifefore the Common Serjealit summed up the evidence for the Jury, lie took occasion iinliliely t• lament the length to which this disorder in the Conti had gone ; but at the same time passed ao eiwomium upon the cha racter and conduct of Mr. Alley, sliming the long period of their acquaintance. lie had known that gentleman fur many years a all able mad rmlnus advocate, and diving that time haul always rowlocttii himself as a gentleman and a man of honour. Nothing bad ever occurred tu his knowledge to de rogate from that character, and he felt the utmost concern that any ()evasion hail liven taken now to cast an imputation upon it. What pass-+l afterwards upon this subject, is ex ;darned in the following e ((((( naimication TO THE EI)ITOR or . 1111: TRAVELLER. SIR-1 Living seen in The Macrrer of yesterday au article. purporting to contain an account of an affair between Mr. Alley and Mr. Adolphus (the substance of which is correct) 1 think it my duty to lay before the public a true statement of the transaction, as far as I was personalty concerned. Un doubtedly there i• one circuntsCuiee mentioned in the para graph, which is not quite troy ; ly, that Mr. Adolphus positively it-fasted to meet Mr. Afz:v al any One. This, in strictness, is not correct, Mr. Adolphus having told nee, " that he could not meet my friend mail the 14.1.4 niter ne.rt ;" a declaration which I deemed to anwunt to a total refusal, or perhaps worse; for I considered such an ousts er to my 411. plication as throwing upon my friend the odious ditty of call ing eq Mr. Adolphus ler circumstances which would have subjected him to the imputation of feelings and motives tar from his nature to iuQuht ; and which, as his friend, I could not pencit 111111 to execute. I think, Sir, I cannot better fulfil the puinfnl duty I have now undertaken, than to insert my letters, giving an account to Mr. Alley of the part I had undertaken its the vindication of his honour, and the manner in w hich I had acquitted my self in conformity to tfic confidence which lie did me the ho nour to repose in me, in so delicate an adair. I shall cont inence with the first letter which I wrote to Mr.. Alley, im mediately after my first interview with Mr. Adolphus, and which is as follows: Monday, Two o'Clork, Oct. 7. 1816. MY DEAR Sin—At eleven o'clock this day I called upon Mr. Adolphus at his chambers, conceiving it the most proper place to communicate with him on the unpleasant subject of your note, which I much regret did not reach me till late yesterday evening. Not having been fortunate enough to find him, after repeated attempts throughout the day, both at his chambers and house, I determined to wait for him at the Old Bailey, whine I obtained an interview at half past one o'clock, which has proved so unsatisfactory, that I conceive any farther communization with him would not be creditable to you or me. Mr. Adolphus has refused to enter into the arrangement I proposed, by which Wow I consider he audit atone for the gross in sult offered you in Court on Saturday evening. I demanded that lie should publicly retract before thei.ondon Jury, (who were not to be impanelled again) at rive o'clock. those expressions which he made use of before them, and which admitted of but this one remedy; or that he should appoint a time and place where he would meet you, accompanied by a friend, in two hours, in order that you might re ceive the satisfaction you repined. I have, in consequmme of Mr. Adolphus's refusal to meet you (hisexpressions being •• that he would not go out with you or any other man on that day, ) declared to lion that I considered his conduct in the most untavoumble light, and that it was sufficient to justify my not having any farther communi cation with him ; and that I should not hesitate to declare in public, that it would be as highly improper for you to put off such an affair to any longer period, as it would be disreputable to have any thing farther to do with a person who bad refused the demand you had so much reason to make. I am, Sir, fse. W. li. ALLEY, Capt. 11. I'. 4th Rcgt. Foot. In the evening, about seven o'clock, I received the follow ing letter from my friend, Mr. Alley, inclosed in an en velope, informing me that it had been put into the letter-box of his chambers some time before: — Temple, 7th Oct. Int 6. Sin—At ajiout half paq one o'clock to-day a stranger introduced himself to me at the Old - Bailey, as Captain Alley, a relation of yours, and demanded in your name that I should publicly retract and apo logise for some expressions I hind used towards you on Saturday night at that place, or meet you within two hours. I told that Gen tleman,and I now repeat it, that under the circumstances which occur red on Saturday, I have no retraction nor apology to make. As to the other alternative, I have no objection to seeing you at any place you nil! appoint on Wednesday, or at any subsequent time. Before I saw Captain Alley I had made arrangements which will keep me at my house all this evening and to-morrow morning. I can therefore see any body from you at N 0.23, Percy -street, until dinner time to morrow, or at my Chambers in the evening. You would have known my sentiments sooner, but Mr. Arahin, for reasons which I cannot disco 11111 l end, declined interfering, even by delivering a message. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Peter Alley, Esq. JOHN ADOLPHUS. To the above letter I sent my friend Alley the following reply : MY DEAR Si a—l this moment received your letter, inclosing one from Mr. Adolphus, most improperly addressed to you. His note must have nu utiower, it deserves 110714'; but confirms me in the opi nion 1 so plainly expressed to Mtn at our interview on Monday, that after the dishonourable manner in which he had conducted himself, it would be disgraceful for either you or roe to have any thing farther to do with him ; and I expect you to act accordingly. I am, Etc. W. H. ALLEY. Notwithstanding my decided opinion as alcove expressed, that my friend ought not to have any farther contmau icat with Mr. Adolphus, after the manner in which lie had treated the affair of' Saturday night I but yielding to his solicitations, I waited upon Mr. Adolphus on Friday morning to know his pleasure, at what time and place lie should be ready to keep kis. promise of meeting Mr. Alley on Wednesday, or at any subsequent period. The following letter, wittten to my friend Mr. Alley immediately after my interview with Mr. Adolpus, contains a correct account of what passed between OCTOBEIt 21. Friday AAernoon, 11th Oct. 114111. MY i/V. AR Sin—As you did ncit fed Satisfied with the opinion I gave you in my last communiCation, I waited upon Mr. Adolphus this day, to demand the meeting you sn much desired, naming to.. morrow ' in order to put an end to a business, which in the first in stance had been so very improperly awl indelicately postponed. Ile told me he had just received a letter from Mr. Holland, requiring hint to leave town on the morrow, but that on his return the week after rest, he would grant you. the satisfaciion requirctl. I told him that no business, however urgent, should again take place of a call on his honour—more particularly, as the time was of his own ap pointment, and requested to see his friend, not doubting he•hati pro. vided one in the interim which had elapsed since our tust interview. On his saying that he had not done m, I told him he must be pro paml by to-morrow, on which he replied in an emphatic nuumsr. •• he did not choose to go out to be butchered." Thus insulted and 4111.3 , ,A1 by this untimely language, I could not refrain from express. ing my contempt for him. sod my indignation of his conduct in terms of tic strongest kind. Impressed with ;these scrollections, I must be.• to say, it is my decided opinion, that you should take no further nonce of the man ; the I cumet fed myself jusiitied as an Officer, or a Gentleman. in accompanying you to the field, to meet u person who could coldly and ildiberattly 36k me if •• I wished to see hilts buLliercd.' I am, dear Sir, yours, eke. W. 11. ALLEY. Four insertion, Mr. Editor, of this candid statement of a trausaetion ts hick must have excited so lunch curiosity, by the will oblige, Sit, s our must obedient humble servant, W. H. ALLEY, H.P. 4th Font. P.S.—After what has passed, as stated in my letters, I consider the matter at an end, and certainly it should have been, at least su far as my friend and self were concerned, if my opimion was adopted. I was therefore much surprised this morning, when I lean ed that yesterday afternoon, in the absence of Alr. Alley, who dined absoad„ a Gentltnian called at his house, spoke to Mrs. Alley, and esprei , - ed himself anxious to see her husband. On how telling hint that %lr. A. was not at home, he begged to leaveanote. saying he would call again on Monday. This occurrence, which took place in the pre sence of a young Lady, created a suspicion that all was not right. In consequence of which they opened the letter, which was only closed by a wet :raft r, and finding it therein stated that he intended meeting Mr. Alley at some future time, the ladies, alarmed, much more than was necessary, determined to communistic their discovery at How.strect. Slaughter's Co&e-hone, Sunday F.vening. Oct. 13. Mr. Ailey was Brought, in the custouy of Perks, the officer, to lb. Bun-street Police Office, on Saturday night, at nine o'clock, flout his chambers in the Temple, by direction of Mr. Birnie, the sitting Magistrate. Upon being called On to enter into securities to keep the peace, Mr. Alley detailed the circumstances already mentioned, and said, that nothing was mole foreign to his intention than to take any farther notice of Mr. Adolphus, after the manlier in which he had conducted himself. In this view of the ease, Mr. Birnie agreed to take Mr. Alley's word of honou r that he world ab stain from any hostile steps, and suffered him to depart. It is but proper to state, that we arc informed the course taken by :‘'r. Birnie on this occasion originated in an application from Mrs. Ailey. From the Lady's statement, it appears, that 11 at the Bar called at Mr. Alley's house on Saturday ei ening, and not finding him at home, wrote a let ter, stating that Mr. Adolphus had been misunderstood, and that he was ready to give Mr. Alley the desired meeting sonic time in the ensuing week. This letter he delivered to Mrs. Alley, sealed with a wet wafer, and her suspicions being ex cited she opened it, and thus discovered the imaginary dan ger in which her husband was placed. The feelings of as affectionate wife wilt account for the rest. ADJOURNED LONDON SESSIONS. C. Clark was indicted fur assaulting T. Clark, her husband T. Clark is r. journeyman boot-maker, and was married to tke defend ant in 1810; but on account of her bad conduct he parted with her in 1814, allowing her from Bs. to Ws. a week. She encouraged men in his house, and pawned his things. She took him before Mr. Air hie, the Magistrate, who reduced the allowance witness was to make her to ss. 631. On the Pith of August she came up to him as he was going se work, pushed him, knocked his hat off, and struck him. On the 15th of September she collected a mob of low persons round his roaster's door (Mr. lisle, in Fleet-39yd). She told her associates that she had had two children by the witness, which he had murdered; and then her companions dic.anaged her to beat him, by calling to her to tear the murderer to pieees.--Guilty ; but discharged on her own recognizance in Sol. to keep the peace towards her husband. 11. Armstrong and H. Ginn, were charged with being notorious thieves ' under the Police Act. The Lord Mayor, being sworn, d•posed„ that on the evening of the 28th of August. he went to Leadenhall-strimt, in consequence of a disturbance made by a drunken old woman, who would not go about her business; but kept calling the officers Brook, and Pelham, and Vaughan. She ! however, went away, and the mob dispersed without his Lordship making himself known. Observing the pri soners very much alive to their occupation, he followed them all the way to Fleet-street ; and at the corner of Salisbury -court. they met a well-dressed man, who was drunk, they immediately turned round and followed him. At the corner of Mr. NVaitliman's shop there was a dispute between a hackney-coachman and a Lady and Gentle man, which occasioned a crowd, and when the drunken man got into it, the prisoners attempted his pocket. They still followed him. up Ludgate-hill ; and his Lordship, dreading to see a highway rob bery committed, sprung upon them both, and took them to the watch-house. lle only saw them once attempt the pocket of this drunken man. J. Brown. a city constable. stated that he saw the prisoners, whom he knew well, in company with a Jew, named Solomons, on the lit of August, at Ohl Swan-Stairs, trying peoples wekets. lie told them to go, and they said they would. Martin. another city officer, saw them on the lit of August on Blackfriar's Bridge. looking into peoples' pockets. Seeing the a it. ness watch them, they went away. Friend, a borough constable, knew them both as reputed thieves, and had seen them in Noah-houses. Attwood • a diamond-broker, living at 15, itobert-stmt, Bedford row, said, that Armstrong lived with hint as an errand-boy, fur victuals, without wages, for three months, up to the beginning of last August. He was sure he had never dune him any dung wrong in his life. The prisoners were both discharged, after receiving a suitable re nritnand. The Lord Mayor then said, •• Be cautious in keeping out of the city." the Recorder—" And out of the Borough." Mr. Alderman U. Smith said ioco►dy — • • Whatever you do keep out of the Lord Nlayor's hands." • 11, Johnston was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, being convicted as a reputed titit The late Dr. Bell was iiminerly of Magdalen College, end fintmler of eight saolarshipi in Cambridge Univer sity, for sons of Clergymen of the Church of England, for which benevolent purpose he transferred the slam of 1.1,2001. stuck, S per cents. to the University, in. 1810. J. Bo; the