Star.
London, England, 1817-06-13 00:00:00

ALGIERS.

It is with pleasure we lay before our Readers the
following extract of a letter from Marseilles, dated
the 30th of May, inserted in the Have Coarant of the
llth instant, brought by the Dutch Mail of to-day :
" I hasten to remove the fear which you may na-
turally feel on account of the news brought hither
from Barcelona, that cruelties had been exercised at
Algiers towards the English and Spanish Consuls.—
The Captain of a vessel, which left Gibraltar only'
six days ago, relates, that nothing was known there
of such an event. Later letters from Spain also do
not confirm it. Thus everything indicates that the
report is fake."

Although the reported massacre at Algiers seems
thus pretty well refuted, it appears certain from other
information that a very seams inlraction has been
committed by some Algerine rover of that respect to
the Ehglish flag which it might have been thought
British bravery had so effectually extorted from them.
—The English Consul at Civita Vecchia accord-
ing to the French Papers of to-day, received advice
that two ships, under the English flag, had been
hotly pursued in the Gulf of Manfredonia, by a Cor.
sair, supposed to be Algerine, that one of them was
sunk by the pirate, and that the whole crew perished.
A Sicilian corvette came fortunately up to the assis-
tance of the other ship, and the Corsair sheered off.—
It is not improbable that it is the destruction of this
ship which has given rise in the mouth of ever-mag-
nifying Rumour to tote story of the massacre at
Algiers.

Tdesday SitstuEL NwitoLsod, Esq. of the 'Ord-
nance Department, was unanimously elected an
Alderman of the City of Rochester.
The new T►agedy of the Apaitate was performed
last night at Covent Garden llseatre to one of the
most numerous audiences of the season. Miss
O'NEILL seemed to have perfectly recovered from her
severe indisposition, and the Play w•is represented
with increased effect.

The new After-piece, " Incas." brought out at
Drury-lane on Wednesday evening, and which was
so favourably received, was presented to the Theatre
and brought out under the auspices cf Mr. KENT. It
is certainly a fair specimen of this Gentleman's taste,
and, it is to be hoped, will lead to greater efforts.
The company at Vauxhall Gardens, on Wednes-
day, was particularly numerous and elegant. We
noticed many persons of distinction among the gay
assemblage. The evolutions of Madame SAQVI at
these Gardens are of so astonishing a character, that
those who have not seen her can form no idea of the
extent of her abilities. The final scene is peculiarly
well managed, and produces, with her ascent, an ef-
fect truly imposing and magnificent; it approaches
to a degree of genuine sublimity.
A Foreign Gentleman of the name of MORAVIA,
gave a very splendid Entertainment at his house in
Brunswick-square, on Wednesday. Two persons, of
gentlemanly appearance, intruded as far as the
Drawingrltooms, wherein they were met by the
owner ; and the latter finding them to be strangers,
insisted upon seeing their cards of address ; this de.
mand.not being complied with, nor any satisfactory
apt.logy given, Mr. Mouaym very spiritedly gave
them into the custody of the guardian of the night.
A few weeks Igo a paragraph appeared in several
of the public prints, involving the character of a Re-
verend Gentleman, implicating him wi is certain
persons resident in the Isle of Man, chatt;ed with
a seridus offence. We art informed from the best
authority, that against the •Clergyman alluded to,
no proof whatever could be adduced to substantiate
the criminality charged, and that what was urged
against him was a groundless calumny.