The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-14 00:00:00

very little atteol'in is paid to any information io
Foreign Jottrnal,, but such as reilllt'S 'to our fa.
vourite.study. There are nevertheless often very
ainnsing, if not very curious matters $344e
t
Papers; as'ort example of %Oda we
.have made
la few selections from the mass of Amerieqriswhich
we received yeztterday, and beg leave tn. re.com-
mend them to our readers.
The follo;ving is ti Yankee ttecount of the bom-
bardment of Algiers
" There has been a sad affair. at Algiers for the

Lorti.Extuolitity, t‘ith to line tif battle
_ships, two or three'. frigates, hod 'several bomb-

ships, lying in the harbour of Algiers—hnth,elf,

with some of his officers, were on snore; after
Some conversation with the Dey 'respectina ne»
gociation for a treaty sitnilar to that obtained by
the United States, stone altercation took place.
The Dey ordered Lord Exmouth to go on board
and quit his dominions. Two of his Post Cap-
lains, alter losing their fingers and one Ilk baud
(in battle with some of the Turks, by the strokes
of sabres) were tied with their hands behind
.thatn, and sent on hoard.

" the moit surl+rizing► pint or this ren-
countre, k, that the English did not fire upon the
town from their ships."

THE rItINCESS 01' WALES
h tuns described by one of these transatlantic
Tort:lief, :

[From the National I:Htelligrnecr.]
THE ECCENTRIC VOYAGER.

" GENTLEMEN,—Some late letter% from the
Mediterranean have put me in po,session of the
inclosed information of the Princess of Wales. I
send it to you, to use as von may think proper;
It may amuse some of your readers. Very re-
spectfully, &c.

Washington, October 29.
" The PrinCess of Woles.—Otrthe arrival of the
Princess of Wales at Tunis in a small polacre,
Awhielt she hail chartered for the purpose of visit-
ing the different parts of the Mediterranean) 01,13
was escorted to the British Consular house by
,the Consuls of the different nations residing there,
whet a bow from her Royal Highness informed
them wi-hed to be alone. A few days alter
She received their visi!s.

4f Her dress was of a scarlet velvet, richly !rim-
- inea, cot tower before and behind- than it wont&
be decent to oa.pe, and' descending only to the
lures, win , blee%ts about t.rso inches long ; her
legs were: covered. with pair of red morocco
•boots, which tame above the knees ; on her hea d
she wore tt kind of bonnet, made of purple velvet,
end sf:alloined o.n-rosen)hic n ei own, with three
ostrich timthers, about lb i:tehes long.
". Sine it-thuarktibly fat and short ; braces her-
self up very right with unsettles ; wears :her
*bteßsts,
,her units,
,aud her back very much ex-
4pticd ; paints to excess; wear .a wig (which is
ended at ithe sides neatly as high as thetop of the:
bonoet) ; artificial. eye-brows (nature baVing
denied her any)', and false teeth.

rr Per suite consisted of a German Baron about
six feet three inches high, and every way pro-
portioned, whom she had taken from the tanks of
some . German regiment ; an Italian count and
countess, tbe latter young and handsome ; two
English offic..!-I of ordinary appearance and man-
ners ; a band of tunsic, and a few domestics.
She appears very , ignorant and coarse' in her
man eN, and indelicate in her conversation. Site
made many inquiries- reit-peeling America, and,
among others, if it was not very hot in Canada 1.
And was very much surprised to Warn that it was
also sometimes cold. She walks, bo‘s, twirls
her stick, and gesticulates like a man ; and, after
visiting the Harem, spoke at the customs there
Without reserve. As regards her husband, She'
said that. he had in some respects a stronger cliilw
to the title of brand Seignor, than any other
mean in the World.

" She visited the ruins of Carthage, and al-
though the Bey offered her his cart iage, she pre-
ferred riding on a jack-ass,witt, ,sue slave leading,
ttnothee tirivin4 hitn along. The Italian Countess
rude a-straddle On horseback, having %holt petti
coats and loose pantaloons. The other'at endants
*were some 00, liOrttCll, soole 00 othies, 41111 60111 e
'PH asses, followed by an iintisense rabble of Torks
°nil Moors, who were attracted by curiosity to see
Allis strange procession,
' Ikr .Royal highness talks of visiting the
Uwited States, as she has a reat desire to heroine
etinaintedwith the Americans, having never seen
but utie " Teal (Me her life."

GENERAL LAVALEYI'E, OR 111 SPRITE.
" EDENTON, (N. C.) OCT. tu N
A toti Fieuehman with rings in its tr rs, paseti
'--,,hitneeit off here a few thys ago tor dererol LT
' radio. But tie loive no right to complain of
he ()lily itnittl4eil himself in the innocent
recreation alt anm•iug ti credulous circle,otith the
particulars of iiis•k:seape from prison, his sithse
tOlent concealment in Paris, old peri:oits wlveu
tares and hair-breadth escapes ill various parts Of
.fr,lranee. His jokes were not scrious things, fur he
owed no vicmey--14 very good thing for itakigh.
We. ,ifl 'last Friday in the Singe for CIU
e he expected' to meet Madame Darn
tette. The General's audience supposed he had
riT ,'Plitt) tram the clouds ttPon Raleigh, for the
.",,")"I"Per loid-not announctql his arrival in any
.91 our seaports."