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

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,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
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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( conquered; 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.