The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-11-12
PARIS, September Is.
MINISTRY OF TIE MAp1Nr


Jerome bonaparse, Captain in the Navy, Command
ing D,viiion in the Mediterranean to his Exc.
the Nilniiter of Marine and the Colonies
U" b0ard La Po7zone, ia RE road of C..,a, Isib
FrHd7ido,, year I9.
Mr. MinRer,
nave the honor TO inform your excelency that the
million which H. M. has been pleaied 10 ,trut m.
with, has been happily fulfilled. The divifion under
my orders has Juh anchored in the harbour Of Genoa
with 23i haves on board, all in good health as we'll
as the crews They Will he landed in two days con-
iormable to II. Ms in,tru9ions. The Civ of Al
gers and ITS neghborhoot in perfect health #
my departure, as is proved by the declaration made
to ME by Mr.. Dubois Ihanyiile, the emperor,s
Charge d'Afaires
ms expedition would have been fooner brouqht
TO concution had it been for the circumfans &C
whieh rendered It neceilary for me to put into Tow
ion, and of which have had the honor TO accua;n,
1. TX. by my diPatch of the Esd Thcrmidor
was not detained there long time, thank, 70 the
care and activity of the Maratime prefeGa In 70
hours the diviiion in Fate fet fail and proceed
on Its voyage. had difpatcied The AbieIe foop.
capt. tydoux, two days before to inform the Com
military General of Commercial Relations at Alqiers
OF my approaching arrival ard the Object of INV n,if-
non. detired him at the fame time, immediately
TO let ON loot negotiation for etting the faves a,
oerty, III order TO fave the dellys and difficulties
which might otherwife meet with.
let fail from Tou!on, on tie Goth Thernidor. a,
zen IN the morning with iirong breeze from, the
~ W. with c!oie reeted topiAls. | ihaped my
oourie towards Mahon, where hoped to fall IN win
an enemy S cruz.r. paiied it league, having on.
~ ieen and viiited iome ihps of allies and neuras
anonglt the reit Riguian, twenty two DAYS
ron Gibraltar. learnt from her captain that rear
admiral BcSerton with fail of tbs line was then bu
hed IN repairing bis hiPs and taking in provilions,
and that Lord Nelion was cruzing of Cadiz.
On the fourth day fmy departure from Toulop,
arrived at Algiers. The AbeilIe noop of war had
| arrived there 48 hours before me. Mr. Dubos
h2uvi!le, had no fooner received my letter than he
let on foot the negotiation had enrufled him with
put was topped in it by difficulties he was no, era
Died TO remove-The Dey was little difpoied TO
aeiuielse IN what was required of him. He would
not conlPrie in the number of laves whom claimed
thoie who had been taken at Gran, and who. for M
wards OF 20 years, had been in the power Of the Re-
seney. ne oberved, that having been made prison-
ers whit lighting under the Spanjh FLAG they ougb,
not to participate in the fame favour, bedes which
they had been refufed to France at fevera different
tn'eS. he added, however, that in honour of the
emperor brother, he would content to give nxaaIp
thirty Of thefe naves. HH8-
repied to the Dey, through Mr.. ThaiA#H#HaHHHRaI
"no mad come on board The FotsAsaahHHaAfsH|bHH
OF his Intentions that it J,,ao no. NJ
Tnyisf with fulfilling only half Of
WHICH III. M. had eDtruited me- and n
~ 1t was not iucient for to have
he Offered inc, but that Unified ON ha WY
french, Ligurians and Italians in his podei
that 1t in twenty four hours, my propofi,ion
agreed to, ihould have nothing more to fsy
and would break off all negotiation On the al
ing morning bad favourable anfwrr, ard IN go We
evening received board my divifion gel lavcs
which the Dey cauted to be delivered To me. com
trary to the epionl of the country after fun Iet.
fet fail On the fame evening, the % Frusidor
On the 9TH at u leagursto the " E. of Msbon. |
deferred frgate miles to windward the wind
then blowing very lrelh from the N. NJ T. the Cea
being very heavy Obliged me take in all the reefs
Under luch circumstances could not bore to come
UP with the frlgate, which had the wind on the other
tack Two other fail bearing in fight at the fame
time ireiolved upon giving ehale to them as they
were to eeward. iiPredd ont my dvilion, and eauC
ed 1t to manGuvre f. rs off their retreat had
Te been better iaiiOrs. One If them which was
F'gate bore away under all tie fail ihe could carry
and loit Eight OF her during the night The lrcond
ioon came up with, and found her to be AN Ameri
can from Lcghorn to Bogcn. learnt from, her can
tain that he had fallen in with on the precedug
nag, with Ergliih frigstes, the fame ! auoreberd
which had jnH lesn and which cfcaped bv ,b.,r
diltance from ne ard hyperion falling. I GO, ipsed
my couTfe, aaa after days calm ami light breezes.
arrived in Grnoa road, on TIE ICth FruSidor, at ;
IN the morning.
Accept Mr.. Miniter, the aGursnee of my diiln-
gIiihed eleeni,
J. BONAPARTE.