Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-08-21
..r;can Consul, M. Jones, a
The a. sccount was announced to

slp' a. minister 70 protest against tiis
,vifn ~, ssdanfed conduct; but the mini
sSssssl;ued an interview. He then
s!s Jrooerman to announce to him
sent n n,' ga, . = struck, and would not be
BIS ns until reparation was made for
hos!ss offered to the flag of the Unit
talsn us The Consul demanded the
ed ss of tbs brig immediately. The
rss!u:,@tsr assured the drogerman that the
Nla Ds On the brig was without his know
sllis %. and should be enquifed into i'm
FaSs stely. That night a gun-boat was.
rea's from the shore by order Of the Ba-
'fas tolay alongside Of the prize. The
ss a.al requested Of the Bashaw leave to
f ~ the prizes, according to his treaty
ss -, rho United States. This could not
VIZ sranted. The Bashaw said he would
s leave for the Abaellino and her
g. to sail, and he would detain the
gg.aIipa twenty-feur hours. But the
rfaglish consal had already told him that
- Paulina should not be detained !;
.assrefore to have left the port with our
us would be completely throwing
hem away, as the Paulina was always.
lady to get under weigh as soon as we
Al. After frequent interviews with the
g.sbaw's minister, requesting that they
DOnld cause the neutrality Of the port to
~ respected, and the treaty with the
United States to be adhered to; nothing
.Oald be agreed to between the Bashaw
and the American consul, and it was ea-
s;ly to be perceived that the English con-
nj had full control of the affairs of Fri
noli. and that the miserable, pusillani.
NOUS Bashaw dared not do any thing
that would not comport with the inter-
est of the English.
On the goth, an armed transport arfiv-
ed from Malta, of 10 guns and 80 ma
rines, aud in co. with the Paulina, fired
4 salute which was answered from the
.astle. In 90 minutes after, the boats
were manned from both the English yes
sells, and they Immediately boarded and
took possession OF our two prizes, and
hOisted the English flag ON them. Ga
notice Of this, the consul struck his flag,
and staff, finding no respect paid to the
treaty, nor the neutrality OF the port.
We now prepared our vessel to repel a
ny attack they might make with boats /;
an anchor was carried on shore, with a
hawser, that in case they should attack
US with the brig, we were prepared to
haul her on shore and blow her up. On
the Esd the prizes sailed for Malta
Whenever there was favorable moment,
the briggs yards, were always aloft, and
her cables ready to slip in moment
Thus we were completely bleckaded.
In a few days the transport hauled
outside in the n. w. channel, and the
brig in the ship channel, and remained
SO until the Gath April, when a ship ar
rived from Leghorn, by which we learnt
That the treaty of peace was ratified by
our government. On the 26th trans
port brig arrived from Malta, with the
two prizemasters and crews of the two
last prizes sent into Tunis. These
prizes were captured In the harbor of Tu-,
mis-, by the English gun brig Lyra, Dow
81 OReilly, commander, another auda-
cious, unprincipled act. The prizemas-
ters and crews were carried into Malta
IN the Lyra, and put in prison, and kept
until the official account of the rati6ca-
non OF peace was received. By this
transport we also learnt, that the brig
Hope, had been recaptured by the En-
gilsh schr. Emma, which schooner we
had made cartel of, and given up to
the captain with orders fer him to land
the prisoners at Cagiara in Sardinia,
which he aAreed to do. The Paulina and
transport having sailed for Malta, on the
SSth we sailed from Tripoli, and on the
sOth anchored in Tunis bay. We here
found part of the crew of the Hope
Fracured such refreshments as We were
IN want OF, and on the 4th of May sail
ed again, and ON the 18th arrived at
Marseliles, and anchored In Pomague to
perform quarantine. On the 22d, arriv-
60 the schr. Spartan, of Baltimore, IN
sadays from Naples. On the 18th June
We began to take on board part of our
cargo, and on the SOth sailed for home.
On the 9Th Of July, otfCape Pallas, pass
cd a shipof war, which we judged to be
an American. Passed through the Gut
on the 18th. July s0th lat. IL, 81, long.
%. 80, spoke brig Hope, of New-fork,
DAYS from Boston for Nantz. On the
Attn Aug. made Cape Cod.