Star.
London, England, 1805-06-03 00:00:00

EMBASSY TO dLeIERS..

Mutest been favoured with the fa/Sowing Account of the late
Fe►ba{fy, which terminated in the re•eßabUihment of a good
underttaoding betwec.t the Doi and Reieney of Algiers, writ.
ten by a Ccntkmat► oa board Ida Majefty's alp Superb, we
!often to lay it before our Readers.

On the 28th of December Jail, having received on
board a Mr. Cartwright, lately from England, we
parted from our fquadroo, then off Cape San Se-
baftiano, and at day-break on the 3d of January ar-
rived off Algiers. The Rev. Dr. Scott, Chaplain
of the Victory, and the Rev. Mr. Evans, of the Su-
perb (both converfant in the Italian language), went
Owe with Lieutenant Butler early in the forenoon,
and were loon concluded into the prefence of the
Dey. After the ufual falutation of (taking hands,
(a pi ivirege allowed to none but BritiA fubjeds,) Dr.
Scott proceeded to read to him Lord Nelfon's letter,
which was in Italian : it was further explained, either
in the Turkifh or in the Morifco language, by Mr.
Bufnach, a very opulent arerehant, Chief of the
Jewilh inhabitants, and poffefied of great influence
At Algiers. His Highnefs the Dey expreffed his fa
tisfadion, in the Rrongeft terms, at our having
brought with us a Conful ; but on hearing that part
of the letter which Rated the conditions on which
alone he could ever be landed, be not only vehemently
protelled that he would never comply with them, but
even advanced, in oppofition, a claim on his part,
which, as far as I can learn, was never Willed on
when we were there in January and June laff parr
Mr. Evans, on this, returned on board, in order to
communicate to Captain Keats the refill' of the aw
dience, and on the following morning we went-afttnre
again, with further inflrudiens, but all tending in-
variably, (if we may judge from the final iffue of
the embalry,) to the unconditional attainment pf the
demands already delivered in. Dr. Scott, in tie
mean time, had been very actively and ufefully en-
gaged, in imprelling on the minds of the Minitiers,
that nothing elfe than an abfolute compliance with 1
the ultimatum propofed could infure a continuance
of that amity which had fo long prevailed between
his Britannic Majetty and the Kingdom of Algiers.'
On the sth Captain Keats landed and had an audi-
ence of the Dey. lam inclined to believe it was a
tempefluour one, but that it finally had a good effed.—
On the morrow he returned to the charge ; and, af
ter a long and violent confultation in full Divan, it
was at length determined that his demands ought to
be complied with. That night he was under the ne-
ceffity of remaining on Ihore. Here I mutt obferve,
that Mr. Mountford, Secretary to Colonel Lear, the
American Conful, then at Malta, refpeding their af-
fairs with Tripoli, had, on the 3d, 'node an offer ofl
his houf.: and table as long as the Superb fhould re-
main off Algiers • his friendly and hotpitable invita-
tion was gladly and thankfully received, appear-
ing by no means politically advifable to open the
Englith ironic. Our term Wing now been fqlly
acknowledged to be equitable and honourable, and
a perfed compliance with them having been promifed,
no further caufe of complaint teemed to trill : but
a ferious and unexpected obßacle intervened at the
very moment that the principal and primary obje& of
the embaffy was about to be attained by ps. The
confequence was, that Captain Keats, after a fpirited
remontlrance, inttantly returned on board. Nearly
at that time, having by means of fignals made by
one of our boats afhore, received favourable intelli-
gence, and the wind alfo favouring us, we came to
an anchor, and were fainted with twenty-one guns,
which compliment we immediately returned. On the
morning of the Bth January all impediments were
removed, and the indifpenfable demands firit propo-
fed being now unconditionally acceded to, and car-
ried into died, Mr. Cartwright landed about noon,
and was received rith the ufual masks of diltindionr
but with unufnal joy, for the inhabitants, Turks,
Moors, and Jews, dread above all things a war with
England. He was prefented by Captain Keats to the
Dey, who received him in a very gracious and friend-
ly manner. The Englifh Confular Houfe was then
thrown open, and thus was Mr. Cartwtight moll
honourably ellablithed at Algiers.

On the 11th, having taten in a plentiful (apply of
frefh provifions, vegetables, &c. Captain Keats had
his audience of leave, and, in the evening, we left
the Bay. The wind proving favourable, we joined
our brave Commander in Chief and the fquadron,'at
their anchorage in Madialena Bay, Sardinia, early on
the 15th of January.
I cannot conclude without expreffing my full con-
viaion, that this happy termination of our differinces
With Algiers is principally to be attributed to the
zeal, judgmeat, and intrepidity of Captain Keats,
the whole tenor of whofe conduCt was filch as to ex-
tort profeflions of refped and efteem even from the
Minifters he treated with, at the very moment that
they were reludantly complying with his demands.
Calling to mind the very tenacious and irritable dif-
pofition of the Dey, biaffed by pecuniary confidera-
tions, inflamed alto by the fly infinuations and artful
intrigues of a defigning fadion, at the head of which
is the Reprefentative of Bonaparte, powerful at the
time, but whole ftrength is now co more—if you
confider there, I fay, and the many other obftacles
we had to contend againft, you will admit that we
have accomplilhed a talk Herculean.
Superb, you will remember, is the (hip that,'
in the awful and memorable right of the 12th of

July, 'Sot, (having been fent a-head by the Ad111. -. TA.6
the gallant Sir James Saumarez,) tingly opened her
fire on the rear of the combined enc'my, xr,d caufv.l
the deftruftion of the Real Carlos and San licrmenc•
gildo, of tix guns each ; after which flue chaft.d,
fought, and captured le St. Antoine, of equal force
with herfelf. There we had an opportunity of main-
taining the honour of the Britilh flag, and we have
now been the means of hoilling it again at Algier,
with increalbd Nips& and dignity. After an abfence
of nearly four years, we now naturally look wil:.
anxious hopes to that happy period which will recd
us to the hot= of our Friends and Relatives, to otn
dear fire fide, in the favoured abode of happinefs and
liberty.