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DUTCH 01411CIAL ACCOUNT OF THE BA'
JOLTnAngolumsy.)
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Lieutenant Arriens, of the naval service,
morning arrived from the Bay of Algiers, which .
left on, the lss_sst September, at the office of the
Marine Departieent, with dispatches , from. Vice-
Admiral Capellen, of the following contents :-
Hos. Sta.—Lord Exmouth, during his short stay
- it Gibraltar, I:aving increased buitorce with snme
gun beats, and made all his arrangements, on the 14th
of August the united squadroits put to sea, consisting
of the vessels as per margin (1).
Osi the 10th,•off Cape de Gate, the Prametheus
corvette joined the fleet. Captain Dash Wood reported
--that he had• succeeded in getting the family of the
British Consul at,,Aigiers on board by stratagem;
: but ttiat their Right being too soon discovered, the
Consul, together with two boats' crews of the Pro-
aneeheus, had been arrested by thebey, who, having
already received a report of this second expedition,
- had made all preparations for an obstinate opposition.,
and summoning the inhabitants of the interior,* had
already assembled more than 50,000 men, both Moors
and Arabs, wider the walls of Algiers.-.
In consepleace of a calm, and afterwards by strong
_ easterly winds, we were not before the Bay of Algiers
until the 27th of August in the miming. Lord Ex-
mouth immediately sent, by a' flag of' trace, a writ-
- tea proposal to the Dey, containutg. in substance,
that the late atrocities at Bona having broken all
former coonesions, fie deMended, in the name of eke
- Prince Itegenr,
t. The immediate delivering op of an Christian Slave* srldieol
ransom. .
it. The restitution of an the htooey whttii had already bevel'
received for the Sardinian and Neapolitan Captives.
• 3.• A. solemn declaration from the Vey, that he bnund
htorr
• set, Due those of Tripoli and Tunis, to respect the tights eft
Humanity, and in future wars to treat all prisons= according to
_theasees of European nodose.
4. Peace with his Majesty the King of the Netherlands on the
like status as with the Prlisce Regent. .
' On all, these Articles his Lordship expected an
attune yea or slay, or hostilities must immediately
His Lordship, on whom I waited in the morning,
was 2.lraid that he should that day be obliged to rest
eatistied with coming.to anchor, and confine himself
for the night to an attack by bomb vessels, gun and
rocket-boats. Scarcely had I returned oft board my
vessel when the sea breeze sprung up, and the fleet
bore into the bay with a press distil ; the four bombvesselsimmediately took their station before the
town, and every thing was prepared for the attack.
Shortly afterwards, his Lordship communicated to
me, by private signal, “ 1 shall attach immediately, if
the wind does assfail." Wan this I immediately made
*signal to form line of battle in the order agreed upon,
in the supposition that all the Officers must have been
well acquainted With the position of the forts and
batteries that fell to our share, before the attack was
to begin: but as it appears that the signal was not
well understood, I resolved so change the tine, and to
lead it myself tithe Melampus.
At halt-yast one o'clock the whole fleet bore up in
succession, the hlelampus closing in with the rearmost
ship of the Ehglish line; and at 15 minutes past two
o'clock, we saw Lord Exmouth with the Queen
Charlotte before the wind, with sails standing, come
to.anchor with three anchors from the stern, with her
, broadside in the wished-for position, within pistol.shot
of the batteries, just before the opening of the mole.
This daring and unxpected maoceuvre of this v uel
(a three-decker) appears to have so confounded the
enemy, that a second ship of the line had already
well nigh taken her position before the batteries
opened their fire, which, bow violent sorter, was
fully replied to.
Having told Captain de Man that I wished, as,
speedily as possible, with the Melampus, and the
other Invites sn succession, to take our position on
the larboard side of- Lord Exmouth, and to draw
uponeur squadron all the fire of the southern batte-
ries, the Captaia brought his frigate in a masterly
manner under the cross fire of more than 100 guns,
the bowsprit quite free of_ the Glasgow, with an
anchor from the bead and stern, in the requited
Position, so as to open our larboard, ens at the same
poem
Captais Zierisgel, who was folly acquainted with
the above plan and with the !wearies. brought his
. frigate, the Dana, nearly at the same =Meat, within
* fathom's length of the place where I had wished it.
*Aar iiirected position. The Dagesaid, Captain
Ptliaio. alto immediately opened berms ries in the
- best sfwection. The Captains Van tratus and
Vander Hart. by the thick smoke., and not beiogso
tar ecclegintod with the localkies,.were not so for-
tunate in the ..first moments ; but worked with the
greatest cootness. and soder the heaviest fire, so as to
ve -their baste*, a good dietetioo. The gaidragt,
Papaain‘Lieutenant Wardasbarg, which I had placed
in reserve) in order to. be able to bring assistance, re.l
, -mained tender the fire of the batteries dose
_ 'Oar ships had ant fired for mote theft hell au boor,
1411 M Lord •Ezmouth acquainted me ttiat he was
very much satisfied with the direction of *the fire of
our squadron on the southern batteries, because these
giving now as little hiadrance as possible, he com-
manded the whole of the mole, and'all' the enemy's

• His Majesty's squadron, as well as the British
force, appeared to be inspired with the devotedness
of our 'magnanimous chief to the cause of all man-
kind ; and the coolaeu and order with which the
terrible fire of the batteries was replied to close under
the Massy walls of Algiers, will as little admit of
description as tbe heroism and self-devotion of each
individual generally, and the greatniss of Lord Ex-
mouth in particular, in the attack of this memorable
day. The destruction of nearly half Algiers' and,
ot eight o'clock in the evening, the burning of the
Whole Algeria, navy, have been. the result of it.--
Till 'unto clock, Lord Exasouth-resnained with the;
Queen Charlotte in the same position, in *the hottest.
of the fire, thereby encouraging every one not to give'
tip the begot' work until thw whole was coMpleted ;
stud thus displayieg such pcfse. verance,.that all were
animated, with we sans* swot, and the fire of the:
Qosso Cloristto, 110 goes; lmprogftaldo, Oes Sersrb,.
14; Mindeo, 74; MUNI, 74i 14035d1e. 401 Swan. 401
Wawa. 40; Parkas, 36; Bebe% SI; liossgs, IS; Mahn,
roVischoos, is; Cordons, 10; Bummer; 30; ROMs,
• IS; .P
▪ ; Vateuito,' a;. netisobsb, bond; ; Peryddsms ; HO*, idsm
ilitusug, man ;paw° Molarnius; NS. Frame% 44 I `Dar-.
rsa6, LI; Moss, 46; Austad, it; sandookor, 16.

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means to be alarmed 14 his safety. but only to con-
tinue our fire with redoubled seal, for the executieo
of his orders, and according to his example."
His. Lordihip sit lett, about half an hour to ten
o'clock, having completed'the destruction is the Mole,
gave order* to retire without the reach of the enemy's
fire ; Which I, is *ell as all the others, scrupled to
obey, before the Queen Charlotte was in safety from
Abe buining ships ,
In this retreat, which, from the want of wind, and
the damage suffered in the rigging, was very, slow,
`the ships had still to .suffer much from a new-opened
,and redoubled fire of the enemy's lotteries; at last,
the land 'breeze springing up, which Lord Exmouth
had reckoned upon, the fleet at tweliieo'clock,came,
to anchor in the middle of.. the bay.
The Qumn Charlotte, wide, the fire of the battoi
ries, passing the Melampus under sail,. his Lordship
wished to be able to see me, in order to completelyl
reward me by shaking my hand in the heartiest maw!
ner, and saying-" I have not lost sight of my Ducar
friends ; they have, as well as mine, done their best
for the glory of theday."
This circumstance, and the general order of Lord]
Exmouth to the fleet, of which I have the honour UP
enclose a copy, must make the squadron hope for Molt
Majesty's satisfaction.
. For our loss in killed and wounded, I have to refer
you to the subjoined list : it is remarkably small for
ships eiposed to a fire of eight hours duration, in
comparison with that of the English ships. In the da-
mage'done to our rigging, arc. your Excellency will
observe that we have been less fortunate.
' The day after the 'action, Lord Exmouth sent a
second summons to the Dey, of which his Lordship'
sent me a copy': it stated, that by the destruction of
half Algiers, and of his whole navy, the Day was mow
chastised for his faithless conduct at Bona, &c. and
that he could only prevent the total destruction of the
town' by the acceptance of the conditions of the pre-
ceding day. The signal of the acceptance of the con•
ditions was the firing of three shots, whicb, three
hours afterwards, we had the satisfaction of heating.
In a conference with two persons empowered by the,
Dey, on board Lord EIMOUIWS ship, (at which,
myself, together with Admiral Milne and Captain
Brisbane. were present) all the points were regulated.
. The conclusion of the peace was for England and
the Netherlands celebrated by the firing a salute of
twice 21 cannon; and I havrnow the satisfaction of
wishing you joy on the successful termination of the
efforts of his Majesty in the cause of humanity.
[Here follow praises bestowed by the Admiralon
the different officers of his squadron.]
In proof of his adherence to the treaty, the Dey
must this day, at twelve o'clock, deliver up 400,000
dollars; and all the slaves muselse ready-lox.eps.,
barkation at the wharf. Those of our country are in
number 26 or 27, all well, besides Many others driven
into die interior of the country, and who cannot Le
here before two or three days.
t shall hive the honour, on a future opportunity.
to report farther to your Excellency ; and atn,
with
the highest respect, ice. &c. (Signed)
T. VAN Dk CAPEWLEN.
His Majesty's fegate Melainpus, Day of Algiers, Aug. so.
The Netherlanders who were in captivity at Algiers
were already, on the 31st of Augnst, on board the
flag ship of Vice-Admiral Van de Capelleti,.whili had
appeinted the Dagrraad frigate to convey them to
their illative country. The corvette Eendragt has been
sent to Marseilles, to bring the. Consul FrAssivet.
• The joyful tidings of the victory. OW the Arzerines
was made known to die inhabitants of this residence
LI the firing of cannon.

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couldn't surstwonoisatti- WRDNRIIDAY MORNING.
COUIIt Goltz, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary froth Prussia, yesterday had a pri-
rate audience of the King, at which he presented to
his Majesty letters of felicitation frouthis Sovereign,
on the 111.Iffiiige of the Duke de Berri.
- Russia increases in prosperity rapidly : in 1312,
the number of manufactories throughout the whole
empire did not etceed 2,931 s isi 1814, their number
was 9,362, which gives, in two years, an increase of
931 new establishments:
Thursday the First Council of War will proceed
to the trial of General Decant.
VIENNA, SEPTEMBER 7.
The last Post from Constantinople, dated August
12, speaks of very great excesiet conatuitted by the
Janissaries, who are discontented with the nomination
of some of their superior Officers. The Grand Vi-
zier was obliged, on the second day, to remove the
Aga, in order to appease the tumult.

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