Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-07-20
Foreign Intelligence.
From late English Papers, receired at tn
Office of the Commercial Acsertlser.

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LONDON, May so.
Extract Of private letter dated
Tunis Bay, aprai "a.
g The contents of this letter you vii
receive as assigning a reason why the f1eel
has not retained to England ere this, as
was generally expected, We all rendez-
vous at Mahon, consisting Of as follow
/" Boyne, SO, flag ship of the command
rim chief, captain James Brisbane; Bonn
bay, "a, rear admiral Sir c. V. Penrose,
captsin l;azeley ; Berwick, "a, captain
Brace /; Ajax, "a, captain Mundy Le,
viathan, "a, captain Briggs; Montague:
"a. captain P. Haywood Tagus. captain
Deans Dundas /; Clorinde, capt. Pechell
Erne, captain r. Spencer; Pilot, captain
Nicholas Banterer, capt. WARD Spar
rowhauk, captain Burgoyn; Calypso
captain Sisson; four transports, witt
rocket boats, &c.
" Whilst baking the necessary prepa
rations fer sailing, Lord Exmoutn issued
an order to the iiect. Couched in very
strone and animated terms, describing
she service upon which we were about u
proceed, and assigned to each ship he
particular duty that she would be expect
ed TO perform, in order to effect it. We
arrived at Alsiers on the 2lst of March
having beer preceded By the fagus, CAP
tain Duhdas, which Ship had been ap-
pointed by the commandes III chief 10
coovev notification t, the Dey of his APP
preach, and with what design, and what
we're the only teens he had proposed to
him. The Dey not oaly refused to is
ten to the overture, but would not open
the dispatches, assigning. however, as his
reason. curious as it may appear, because
his uncle had died the day before, having
shot himself; and that, at that tine, he
must call Divan, to consider OF the dis
patches.
Lord Exmouth replied in effect, that
it was Of 10 sort of use to think OF offer
inc excuses, OF of temporizing with the
iemands-they must be complied with !;
and as to the Diyan, he, the Dey, could
cut off their heads at any moment that he
pleased therefore their council could
not have much to do with the matter
Whilst this reply was under cOnsldera-
ton, the feet was ordered to prepare Tor
action. and be ready the next mornin. to
anchor within cables length OF the Mote
and batteries. But as it came on to blow
very hard, and the wind right out of the
harbor, the fleet was prevented from moy-
ing therefore, Lord Exmouth .nstan ly
determined to 60 on shore. La a lew
hours afterwards he came off again to the
feet. having, by his firm and resoiute
conduct, obtained all the principal terms
that he required, tote ioiiowlns effect
That all Sardinians5 and Genoese slave
should be emancipaeed at 500 dollars a
head, and Ill Neapeiitans at loco dolIars
a head. One third Of the Neapolitans to
be sent home Immediately the remainder
when paid Tor. Tia, the Dey should he
ger 20 to war & III Sardinia. that poWe +
having placed Itself under our naval pro
lection. while peace remained with the
Dey ard England and tia should war
ne made with either Of the othef powers
It should be carfleG On, with respect to
prisoners taken, in tie sane manee Ell as is
observed by Christian nations.
"NVe here do not pretend tc judge Of
the state policy that dicta ed tie Admi-
ral', instructions, which should prefer
making terms with such cruel. despotic
vretches, rather than to seek to destroy
all the means they possessed of effectine
their wanton and hard hearted crimes :
bat this we all know, that Algiers is a We.
ry strong place, defended by ESQ guns,
from 6S to IS Founders !; and, had not
the object been attained in the way it has,
it must have cost us a great loss OF lives;
and this. too, before we could have even
taken up our position, from the heavy
thanking batteries they have. The Mole
is the principal fort. upon which there are
q pieces Of ordnance, in three tiers:
some Of which are al a height of AZ feet
above the level of the sea. They bad be
sides, 1000 infantry, and five frigates and
four corvettes in the halbor.
The admiral had directed, that pro-
portion of seamen and marines from each
ship was to storm the lower batteries, ard
spike the guns; whilst another division,
with the rocket boats, should endeavor to
destroy the place. The crews of our ships
entered into view of the combat with
quite an enthusiastic, feeling: thew all
to have an abhorred dete>tation
of the unfeeliag cruelties committed by
the BaTbarv States many of them bad.