The Sun.
London, England, 1815-10-28 00:00:00

ArrlEitiGA.

-.WASHINNON, Q.
,2.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CoNTINIODORE DECATUR

TO. THE SECRETAItY OF THE NAVY.

,6 U. S. ship (...4turrier,'oti carthagilit: June 19.
" have the•hunuur to inforth you, that on the
711, it off Cape de Gat, the squadron lei; hi
With and captured an Algeritie frigate of 46 quits,
and between 4 and 500 men, eutt►manded by Dais
naiin»ida, who bore the title of Admiral ; .s►'e
struck. ber flag alter a running fight of twenty'
five minutes. '

The Adhdral was .killed at the commeace-
went of .the aelitak ill;er the Guerrier

Irom favourabl:: position rcis eh:ll,Aetitt) bring
•
the enemy . to clo.i";.; ‘1(:tion) had fired two broa
Sides, the ein.7iti.l, with the exception' of a fe
bc).. The Goerrier hail oo-
inen wormd-s:il by mush,:t:shot, which is the only
injury done the enemy in this afredi:.
‘,` We have 406 pt issuers ineltulurg the wound-
e-fl. The prisoners state, that about 30 were
killed and thrown overboard,
Their'squAdron to be crnising in our
vicinity; five days ago they wer..o. this place;
unless I obtain some further intellii4enee of them
by to-morrow, I shall prOeeed to the port of Al-
girrs,,in the hope to inteieept their return. For
-the present, I have determined to send the prize
to Carthagena.

" STEPHEN DECATUR."

S ship Guerricre, off Cape Palos, Jane 20, 1815.
t` Sin—i hive the honour to inform -jou, that on
tic 19th instant, ofF- Cape Palos, the squadron
tinder my command eapturtd aim Algerine brig of
2 guns and 180 men. After a chace of three
hours, she ran into shoal water, where I did not
think it advisable to follow with our large ships,
ImCdispatched the Epervier, Spark, 'lurch, and
Spitfire, to whom she surrendered after a short
resistance. TWenty-thrce men were found dead
on "board. We received from her eighty prisoners,
the residue of her crew has iiVg left her in boats.
Many of Ilietn must have been killed by the file
ofour vessels, and one of the bo.-s was sunk.---;
No'ne .of our vussels sustained. any damage, nor
was there a num killed or wounded. This brig is
larger than the -Epervier, was bu:lt in Algiers five
rears ago, by a Spanish constructor, the saute
who built the frigate captured on the 17th inst.
and is perfectly sound.

" S. DECATUR."

.e,
QUEBEC, SEPT. s.—Yesterday, in consequence
of the great and glorious news from. Europe, a
salute was fired frog) the Grand Battery, tpd one
from his M,tjest y's frig,tfc La Traave: The fri-
gate was in t .11.dre.fs. In -the .evenitig she was
brilliantly dlinninaied„ when she firc'el some of her
gnus, aid thy-w. up .a few .rockets.
But the most awfully grand illumination of yes-
terday was a destittettve fire which_ broke out da-
ring the races, between one and, two. o'clock. It
originated in a store helongins; to.Mr..Obadiab
Aytwin ; and thence,communicated to his dsyelling-
house and a large store, appertaining to Messrs:
Brehant and , ti;icppard ; both containing much
valuable prOptuty, a part beFonging to the ;
the whole of Which, together with the building
was entirely consumed.
Front 'Mr. Ayl win's prerrC.ses the flames spread to
another tinge store, attached to. Mr. Racev's
brew-house ; bitt which had been let to govern,
went, and contained a considerable quantity
provisions and stores ; which, with the building,
were laid'in ashes. Front thence the fire spread
its ravagesto the I-new-house ; the,larger pit4l of
which was, however, by great 'eZertions saved.
Here its"devastations terminated. There was
some,apprehtnsion for a powder magazioe JAI) the
Caiie' over the fire, as the (limes
~ caught the
bushes on the race- of the Cape, the heat was
intense. .