The Sun.
London, England, 1824-06-28 00:00:00

ALGIERS.

( From the Ilampsfare Telegraph.)
On Monday the (Arminian, 48, Capt. W.- Hamilton,
C. 8., arrived from the Mediterranean station (where she had
been. very actively employed upwards of three •years), to be paid
off. The intelligence of most prominent interest from that
quarter is what relates to the dispute With Algiers. The letter
Which we subjoin iipon this subject, is in tanour the same as se-
veral others with which we have been favoured :
" Off Algiers, May 28, 1824.
" The present captious. war with the Dey of Algiers (for
such it is considered here) is, I perceive by the papers, yet
misunderstood. • It is stated in one of the articles for the Dey's
signature, as an apology for the outrage said to have been com-
mitted in breaking open the Consul's house, (which the Dey
positively denies, 'and declares that his, Mr. M'Donald's, own
clerk opened the door, and told the soldiers to go in), for the
future,- the flag-should be hoisted on t?-e town-hausnas well as
the country one. To this demand the :Dey runwastrated,
inairnirCh as it would become a question •of religion among his
subjects"; consequently, he could. not answer-for the safety of
Ate.Cansul, if •it ' was hoisted. This ha - stated himself,,.m a
letter to Lord Bathurst at the same time he agreed to sign the
-whole of the articles presented, and denied. any objection having
been made to bond Exmouth's treaty ; but he coact not, after
:the repeated ill treatments he had experienced froth.-Mr. ill‘Do-
nald, allow him-to return • but any person beside, " a child,"
he:will respect, that England may send. ThiS is the absurd
contention to cause another bombardment. Further, there is
no objection_ whatever to our officers wearing their swords in the
Dey's. presence, for the Admiral (Sir Harry Neale), and his
Captain (Sir Charles Burrard), a Lieutenant, and two mid-
shimen,. waited on the Dey, with their -swords on : and so
little did the Dey think his objection to Mr. M'Donald would
be. considered of any consequence, that he had himself arranged
• the different salutes, as a proof of his friendly disposition ; but
when the proposal was made for the Consul to land again, and
insisted on as a sine qua noel, the Dey brokeinto a passion, and
thus ended the interview and negociation. There is-much ex-
pected from the bombs; but we ought to expect more from the
disposition of his Janissaries ; for if they do not cut off his
head, they will laugh at your bombs. Since • Lord Exmouth
was here, they have strengthened those-weak .points his Lord-
ship discovered, with three additional batteries, each two tier—
on the lower 18 guns, and on the upper 16. It is not supposed
theships will have any thing to do with the attacks; nor indeed
• would it be at all prudent. They are to anchor near the bombs,
to give them assistance only, if necessary. The Dey declares
that if we bombard the town, he will semi all the inhabitants
°a Cof it, and bold mitt) the last !' We fully expect, howeVer,
that as soon as the . other .bomlis arrive from England (the
Terror, Capt. Art uthnott, is arrived), we
shall begin to bom-
bard. The
ra4ad, is. blockading Bona ; the Ranger blockading
Oran ; the Active and Glasgow blockading Algiers ; the Re-
venge is .At Malta ;. th c. Sykille, at Smyrna; the Euryalus,, on
passage to Naples, Leghorn, and Genoa ; the Hind is gonerup•
to Alexandria ; the Pandora and • Alacrity'are employed con-
voying between Malta and Gibraltar. The Terror is gone to
Gibraltar."