The National Register.
London, England, 1816-10-28 00:00:00

ALGIERS.

Saturday se'nnight the Inconstant frigate Cotmnodora
Sir James L. Yeo, arrived from the coast of Africa,
where, during her cruise of several months, she cap-
tured five vessels under Portuguese colours, with 280
slaves on board. Many others were fallen in with,
engaged in the inhuman traffic, but they were under
Spanish and American colours; and much of the trea-
ties between the governments upon the subject of this
trade is so easily capable of a double meaning, that, to
prevent litigation and unpleasant disputes, they were
not detained : these vessels were crowded with unfor-
tunate captives. •
My MOUTH, Oct. 19.—We have the pleasure to announce
the first intelligence from Algiers, since the departure of the
British squadron from those cruel shores. His Majesty's
ship Prometheus, Captain Dashwood, arrived from the Me-
diterranean on Sunday last, and was immediately put under
quarantine. She sailed from Algiers on the 20th September,
and left the city in a very disturbed state. For some time
after the departure of the English Heet, the Turkish soldiers
and the inhabitants appeared regardless of their ruined city ;
imaccostomed to labour themselves, and having lost the
assistance of their agents, the slaves, they made not a single
effort towards the repairs of their shattered ramparts, until
September 10, on that day the soldiery broke out into open
tumult. Sensible of the loss they had sustained, and of the
misery to which they viral: reduced, they imputed to the
Dey's obstinacy the charge of all their mistiwtimes, and
offered to him the choice of losing his own head, or of per-
mitting the murder of ail the Jews and Moors, and the plum.
der of the city. The I)ey with .li magnanimity, indig-
nantly attired himself' to be the sari dice of their rage; but
pointed met to them the very useless and even hurtful ten-
deney of the constrict they were about to pursue—of creat-
ing faction anion:: themselves, instead of unanimity—of wast-
ing in dissension that time which they should employ in the
repairs of their fortifications. This reasaming, with several.
large sums of money dish ibuted among them. rendered
them inure calm, and the greatest exertions were immediate-
ly used to clear away the rubbish, with which the bombard-
ment had tilled all their streets, and to make their ramparts
appear less ruinous, by filling up the chasms in them with
mortar and loose stones. A great number of Moors were
consequently employed, and the l)ey himself; using the most
strenuous exertions, superintended and directed every
operation. Up to the day of this Prometheus's sailing, few
ur no endeavours were made towards the permanent repairs,
of the batteries. Not any insult was ()tiered to any of the
officers of the Prometheus, who were almost constantly on
shore; hut the Dry took good care she should not have any
"andies, and more than once expressed his iodignation that
a British ship should remain stationary in the bay.
All the slaves from the interior were not arrived, hut were.
hourly expected to be brought to the city. The Prometheus
was relieved on the service of waning tbr them by a Sicilian
frigate, upon the mind of whose commander Capt. Dash-
wood impressed strongly the necessity of being vigilant in
his observations of the Dry's conduct, and firm in any repre-
sentations lie might has e occasiou tat make to him.
Although the tumultuous dispositiou of the soldiery was

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Mr the present repressed, great apprehensions were enter-
tained by the Consuls of the different nations (particularly
by the British Consul) of its yet causing the plunder and con-,
regnent destruction of the city.
On the day after the action a schooner was dispatched to
Constantinople, to request a reinforcement from the Otto-
man Court, whose authority the Algerincs always acknow-
ledged when they want its proteetioa. The courier who
took the Dey's order for the release of slates at Oran was
beheaded Immediately ou his arrival, for being the bearer of
'inch a Massage.
There art at Algiers 12 gun-boats end a brig, and about
It other gun-boats building and repairing.
The Promethens remained In the Sound till Tuesday, ashen ,
Ate sailed for Portsmouth.