The National Register.
London, England, 1816-07-22 00:00:00

VIC E.CONS LAT l'A LER 3/0 ;••••

" SIR—I am trolly atii.cted at having to animater, to you the
an-ital in this. port yesterday, an I continued arrival .n*
oral coral fishing-boats, which has c had the g I furtnee tor
escape from Ilona, bringing the dreadful news of the tragedy
which has orearred in that barbaimi,. country. Seacist-tiiii,
vessels had ass& inhled on the out part. and 20J on the roll,.
consisting of Neapolitans, as well As Iilost• from Corsica
llarmerite, under the English flag, for tlw purpose of carrying
on the coral fishery allowed them by the tSiat'aili e.stablimliment,
at Ilona, as well as by pa—ports front Ma: 03Thusiel, the Bri-
tish Consill-tieneral at Algiers; or from M. B. Eseeederit' virtu.
Consul at Ilona, appointed by the English. Consul. each .bu,d,
paying 200 elOWIls to the establishment for that fishery.
Having personally examined, several of the boat-masters,
in order the better to ascertain the circumstances connected
with the es ents, I comiiiiiiiivAtk the substance of the I11101.111:1-
11011 I have collected.

" All the masters having immediately on their arrival at
Bona paid the. 'hairs, and obtained the passports mentioned
above,. hentied acd• proceeded to take tima tits magatiner...cii-
the British Commlate, who e supplies are stored, such prowl•
siIIIIS as were necessary fur six months, as well as all articles.
used in the coral fishery. They had tranquilly commenced
their labours, and had deposited inilteir magazines what coral
they had collected.

" (hi the tad, the Feast of the Ascension of our Lorit, at ono
in the morning, when the crews of all the boats were preparing
to hear mass, a gun was tired from the Castle, and at the same
moment there appeared about 2,000 infantry and cavalry, con-
sisting of Turks, Levatiters, and Moors. One part of-tiniest
troops proceeded towards the country, and immediately ail-
other band advanced on tile river, where the fishing-beats were
lying, at greater or less distauces from the sea, and fis•-d, as
did also the forts, on the unfortunate tishers, who were partly
on board their boats and partly on land, and massacred the
whole of thewt. They took their Enek,li flags and tore them
in pieces, trampled them under their tee t, :n al dragged them •
along the ground as iii triumph.
'• Those whaleippencil to be in the country savrd•thetnaclves
by flight. They declare that they saw the troops pillage elie
house of the English Consul, and the magazines containing the
provisions, and the coral which had been fished. Mr. I•'rauces
F.scredero, (lie brother of Use Consul, after seeing that nufirtu-
nate gentleman bound in the midst of the banditti,escaped with
one (dour boat toasters, and afterwards set °Et for the isle of
Caleta, proceeding by the way of Sardinia. The intelligence
has filled our town with grief, as well on account of the absent
men, who are believed to be massacred, as fee the loss of about
seventy thousand ounces.
" Throe other vessels have this moment arrived. The mas-
ter of the first relates, that on the arris al of a courier hostilities
were suspended ; that the Vice-Consul, who still survived, WAS
set at liberty, but was not permitted to leave the town ; that
several masters and seamen, who, during the narsarre, had
taken refuge iii a magazine, were also set at liberty ; and that
the Vice-Consul had advised them to put to sea well the heats
which were without crews. The same master, who. rperrks
Turkish, having asked a 'Turk the reason of these
the latter replied, that the Dry of Algiers had declared war
against the English, because the Admiral had made a demand.
tending to burn the Algeriiie tieet. God knows vs liether
be true! The master of the last boat, on board of w 114'11 vva.
a master barber, an intelligent man, states, that the Castross
had recommenced tiring, without the reitain of that proceeding
being known.

" In this state of uncertainty, I can as vet rmy notlritig poai.
tive, hut (Aiwa to be able so to do wisest I shall bare received
better explanations from the other boats. which were•4oll
point of basting is ith woundril mess, stud cannut.iie leng iu dn.
riving ; find shall not tail to interrogate the 'amblers as they
ars iv..., provided I am permitttul by the Depot:scion, in miler
to semi you tidier information on is subject of *melt high inter i st,
and accounts of which you will doubtless have to transmit to
those entitled to such conuusinication.--.4 :1111,
•• SAL% AI)ORE MALATO,
English Wiee-Cossal.!•.

Trapaui, May,2B.

A Low:sts.—lt is a remarkable, liistorico fact, that At-
giers, against which such formitWile preparations are sow
mating in our harbours, was.the first tow a. that expo-
r enced the dreadful bombauttnent from ships of war.
In the infancy of Louis the. Tourteenth's attval.- pima:, -
the Barbary corsairs infested the Mediterranean,
drew on-Ahem the vem;caate of that Monarch. It was
on that occaion that a young man named Bernsrd
lie-
naud, who had never seared at sea, ortl'whose genius the
great Colbert had drawn from obscurity, proposed:to tae
'Ceuncil the construction of bomb-vessels le act a.raiust
Algiers. The proposit ion was at first ridiculed; but the ping
encouraged the young enand, preparations. being
made, he %T:LSe.ent o wit -11.411 e wi-11.411e celebrated Du Quesne,.to •
su pe ri tetul the perfismtance of aim own ?tamest inn . Ill.* en-
teriorize completely succeeded ; Renaud was honoured for
hist . estructi vei r.vens ion ;and the Al:feria...l se attperut t
Vessailles to solicit pardon and peace. They restoredrall
their :Christian captives, and et en paid ajaVgemum of
money to their conquerors.
NEW KIND or PROXV.—It isAtated, that the Intl of
Al;;iers, who was only acting as Deputy for a man. whom
the people disliked, was strangled G# pnwy fur kis .auster.