Star.
London, England, 1818-05-27 00:00:00

ALGIERS.

The following are some interesting extracts from
private letters received from this Regency:
" ALGIERS, MARCH 5.

" The present Dey, Messrs, is a good than. He was one
of the four Ministers—Master of the Horse, or as they here call
him, God ..a de Calalles—and on the death of the late Tyrant,
was elected by the Di.,an, which has not beta the case for these
twenty years, as the six Pachas before ALT were murdered by
the rebellious soldiery. TX* election, which took place in the
moat peaceful and ordelily manner, has been attended with no
blimdahel, nor has any one been banished; on the other hand,
se oral individuals who were banished under (NAIL PACHA, as
disturbers of the peace, are recalled, and have obtained impor-
tant onices. Time must 'hew whether these persons will take
warning from the lesson they have already received, or will set
on foot new conspiracies. The Ist of March this year, the day
of Air PACHA'S death, will be ever memorable in the annals of
Algiers. That Tyrant had still many ruinous projects and cruel-
ties in contemplation, which were to have been shortly carried
into effect. Thus there was found in his rocket-book the fal-
lowing Memorandum, Written by himself:
The daughter of the English Consul, a very pretty and sen-
sible girl, 15 years old, and the sister of the Dutch Consul, who
is handsome and accomplished, shall be carried by force out of
their houses, compelled to change their religion, and to be the
Dan's mistresses.. The slaughter of the Spanish Comet, who is
not so handsome, shall be watched, and kept in reserve. The
English Consul, the Spanish Consul, and a Jew, named DIN-
SAXON, who is under English protection, who had been already
compelled to assume the turban, shall be beheaded.'

"The day for the execution of this horrid plan was not yet
fixed. The Der seemed to waver in his mind, and disposed to
wait, till he-saw whether the Consuls would submit to have
their houses (which according to the treaties are to be consi-
dered as harems) broken into and plundered, or whether they
would make any resistance; in this last case they were to be cut
to pieces. lie saw clearly that such cruelties would not pais
without notice, and said often iThe Christians will probably
come and bombard me a little, but I shall find means to make
my peace.'
" Atv was not destitute of talents; but he was some time
like one raving, or like a famished tiger or hyzna : at an earlier
period of his !itc, he had been confined in the mad-house in the
city. If be had continued to live, there is every appearance
that all the foreign Consuls, and the few other Europeans resi-
dent here, would have been put to death. The plague still car-
ries off between 50 And 60 persons daily."
" Arrr. n,—Since the death of Air' there has been only one
execution here-; it was that of his brother-in-law, an Arab, of
the name of /lams Mt'STATIM, and his brother, ayouth of 15
years of age ; they were both tortured for 14 days, in various
ways, got no sleep, and !Isms was most severely bastinadoed.
Me received, hest, 1,000 strokes, and after that, four or 500
daily. After be had received 4,500 in strokes, in this manner,
he was sent home, where he died two days after, and his brother,
who was treated in the same manner, shortly after. The 'Turks
feared this family very much, and have therefore extirpated it.
" We daily sec here drunken armed Turks, in troops of six
or twelve men, roving about the city and the environs to plunder
the poor Arabs who are attacked by the plague.
" The }issue has not increased here, but it has spread to-
wards the west, and extended to the two large towns of Oran
and Mascara. The whole territory of Algiers suffers under this
dreadful disease; there are plenty of people to be seen in the
streets. Upon a little excursion which 1 made on horseback, I
met with an incredible number of graves, both on the highways
and in the fields. In two country houses, next mine, 17 persons
have died, and only three remain alive.

" It in uncertain whether the Algerine Corsairs will go to sea
or not ; pcorle say, no ; however, the papers requisite for a cruize
have been &auricled of the Consuls.

" How little reliance can be placed on Algerine friendship
appears from an efEcial notice just published, according to which
the Gevernnvnt has seized upon a Genoese brig that was lying
ie the harbour here, notwithstanding all the remonstrances of the
Sa einian Vt•-c-Consul. This brig has been sent to Alesandrh,
wish pilgrim, who are going to Mecca."