Algiers And Spain.
The Times, 1824-10-25T00:00:00

(Front the Ham ps/hire Telegarnp/r.) Oil Friday arrived His Majesty's ship P/us-on, 4f, Captain Hleinry E. P. Sturt, from AMalta, Algicrs, Gibraltar, cnd Lisbon. bringing despatches of great importance for Government. She left Malta August 19, with 110 Algerine pilgrimis on board, who had been detained at Alazta as prisoners. She lanided them at Algiers on the 29th. They expressed themselves in the mogt grate;ul n3anner ot the kind treatmnent they received since their cpture whilstat 11altst, and Particularly on their passage in the Phaetorn. Snon after the Pl,oeto,i had landed these captives, a most tremendous squall caine on, which obliged her to cut the cable and stand to sea. Two days afterwards she stood into the bay, with the hope of regaining the cable and anchor i but without success. The Datch squadron had left Algiers the tday previous to thc Phaetonst' arrival,thc Dutch Atmiral having failed in his endeavours to obtain peace with the barbarians, on the condition of paying tribute for the future, but, lIlis Netherlands Majesty being in high estimation with the Dey, the arrears had been given up. The choice of peace or war is to be made known in threce months by the Dutch. The Reven.gr Ieft Mtalta, for Naples, on the l9th ot'August. The KrIbUle was4 gone to Crfu, the Roae and Alacrity to Sivra,; the Zfar/tie to the lonian Islands. On the 14th ult. at eighta. n., whilvt lyirg at Gibraltar, the Pltaeton was struck with lightning, which shivered the fore-top-gallant mast, the fore-top mast, and foremaet, separated the bitts on the main-deck, knocked several men down, and set fire to the eyes of thc fore-top-mast rigging. The Serintgapatarnt passed Gib- ralt.4r on the 25tth of September, without calline; the Spar-.vwe- nhawk, 18, Hon. Captain R. S. Dundas. arrived there oR the 26th, in 47 days from Rio Janeiro. On the 3d instant the Phaeetot left Gibraltar hbaving been driven back by fresh westerly gales), and arrived at Lisbon on the 7th, where she found lying, the Ofeeae (Lord Amelitis Beauclerkl, JVir(sor Castle, and Active. On the 8Ltl, the Superb, 74, Sir Thomas Staines, ar- rived there, froni the IVest Indics, to relieve the WVindsor Castlc, 74, Captain Clarles Dashwoo:d, wvlich shir. was to leave the Tag.us ott the 14th instant, for Plymoutth. The P/caeseo sailed on the 12th instant, bringing despatches front Sir *WiV. A Court, our Minister at Lisbon. The passengers by her are-Colonel Sir Parker Carrol, ISth regiment, from Malta. Rev. Alr. ltadcliffe Lieutenant Harri- son, 95th regiment, 22 Spanish refugees froni &ibraltar, who were rerused an asylum at Lisbon, and about 351 invalids fromn thc ships in the Mediterranean. The 1l-aeton is under quarantine at the Alotherbank. The following slight sketch of political affaitrs in Spain and Por- tugal is contarnetd in an extract of a letter we have been tavoured wt" otherbank, Oct. 22. We have had the best opportunities ot learning ancl of seeing that the unhappy condition of Spain is past description but any long conitinuance of the existing state of things is perfectly impossible, unless we mean to sacrifiec our interests to F rance, and th weak, vindictive, but pioits Ferdinand of Spain. We have brought to Englanid liany great and noble characters, who, under the former Government of Spain, heldi the most importaRt and responsible situations, which, on that account. now subjects them to death. Whihst at Gibraltar, we were in the habit of witnessing executions at Algesiras of the most atrucious aud wicked nature, ttnd which, wc were infornied, proceeded Iron specific ordeis of the wretcledl Kins to General O'Dorinell. 'ite Spaniard;, through tle persuasion ot the French, believe that we connived at the Quixotic expedi- tioit to rariffa; and in consequence, General O'l)onnelh and Lord (<a;hain have hadt somie litigious correpmndeince. Thie for- tiier hag doubled his cordon of trocps, Forbidden any coimintunica- Lion whatever witlh the Rock, even tnat by lanti !ring aln-ost en- tirely - obstructed by the violence thtreatened by the sparniards, w.ho are i irected to shoot any person not having a teguiar pass. The rc- sult of these nimesures has been, to lea.. Lord thathamn to order all Spanalrds to leave tue Rock, anti the poor unfortunave men krow not whlere to go; for were tiiev to nut their teet in Spain, thcy would instantly experience the coi,p dc f,asil. Aloved bv sympathy a nd coii assioti at the " fallen fortunes of the great," our highly- estIeneed commalndr (Capt,in Stunt) too-k several of them, at his own expense, to Lisbon; bit wc titd not land thetmi there, It being seon signified to us, that i ithey crnie eti gttore there wcre orders to put them in prisoni, andl which woul-l be onmy a prelude to giving thenn up to the Spaniards. WN e have in consequence brou ght thtenm to the onlv safe asylum n or uniortunaie hoitourable outcasts; with several others, which we foutnd in a mer- ceiant.ve sel, tinder the same circumstances. The Spaniards semit a French frigate over to Tangiers, to demand Alveze nd others, who accompanied thie expedition to Tarifhi : but tile Emiperor of i Mo- ro cco wotild not give them up. The French appc,r to have every thing their own way in Spain, Pertugal, and thc Blediterraniean, in which latter place their onere is greatly paramount. Count Silvera, the Mlitister of Portugal, is strongly in thc French i:tterest. These sub3ects will, no dloubt, be forcedupon the scrious attentioil ofthe Ministers soon. Fraunce should not be pernittctl to uphold thte presetit ilistracted, weak, flagitions government of aftairs in A LGIERS ANVD .S,PAIYV.