Algiers.
The Times, 1824-03-08T00:00:00

The inforwation iaour leading article takes away much of the in. tereS buafAP`f0oiYg e9tracts but we give it,'thaf th por,gresa 4f the affgit -nay be seen : s t i the folloin,adic, r3,r)IAy'-. n attdiron ,jng; ~ c,,eIdrrpan, .re.ipecting then .,atc ,.,ioiso - 013"':'-,; li o Etract of a letter,,rom - Bte: lrtitt(h,'V,ceCnsuI an en:t to A. < ,3othe .t iitua,6siz te-rCfmtulatgna, it,'is-neo tB t menaster of an English schooner puutft6o thatYtOf otf thtth itf,,: tleclared, that a Alooris frjgate and abrig captured, off St Antonio, Ott .thq,c,o,ait.o?,-l,gf4iahian JEngl'n;i brigX 'Isoeiv ilstjl46lla, from Cart,t,ageriac bldSc-redit isgiven w1totRlIelevs.. Erctracr.otf letft& ff?oitna. l As>;>ewnls Ll@d aat tlarseslIes dated tbe24di of Fcbruari-g: .'. ". Yba i,fl i}n doujbt haise been apprised by' more dtrect; opportut tifties, of thte Ageripes haying rtcilarAd war, -against Qreat Britaitr on the 31st of January, and his .M,ajesty a Consul sita- his famnty havintg consequently left that pott for Mialta, on bdir& thc Neiael frigate. WVehave this morning advices frm Mlalta ai late as the 14th instant, by which we learr that Vice.A.dmiralSirH. Neale hald already satied fromn fhence for Algiers, taking with himn the Naiad, and leaving directions for aUl other shtps of w ar as they might come int to follow him thither without anchloring. The Consul had embarked with the Atlmiral. Of the force of the Algerine squa- dron now at sea w e have no correct accounts; but they are said to consist of twro frigates, two corvettes and several small i7essels, and about the 8tb inst. were cruisinlg ol#t te coast of Spsin, having ctp- tured a Spanish fishing vessel near Blemdonni. We understand that all the British merchant vessels at Gibraltar, bound up the MIediter- ranean, vvere Watiting there for convoy." ~l'e have received OThraltasr C(jroazicleg to the 13th ult., from whbich we extract the fellowing : " CONSUI,AR CHAM\BER-NQTICE TO MIERCHANTS. "The following oflicial communication, bearing yesterday's date, has been made to this Con.sular Chamlber, by the command- |ant of the naval department. The ,Uilnister of the Mlarine, int a let- ter of the 23d tult., states as follows: "M Aost Exceltent Sir,-By a report firom the Captain of the por.t at Alicant, it is knovwn that on the 17th instant thie Swedish ship NVaro Poke7 arrived at tl-at port from Algiers; and that the mastcr (( ltrbitiats Eblert) gave an account of the squadron of that regency, consisting of three frigates, one polacre brig, and sne schooner, having gone to sea on thle 10th, s lso 01' his Mfajesty's j :neatL having left Algiers v,here two more frigates were fitting out for thle same purpose; and lastly, of his (the master's) having been detained in the harbour by order of thalt G}overnment, full feur days after dhe sailing of the squadron, which I comnmunicate to your Ex- cellency, by his MWajesty's comtmand, iRi order that the national ves- sels may navigate with due caution:* and I transmit it to you for your information, said that you may make it known to the mwer- chants of Cadiz, in order that they may take the requisite precau- tions in sending their vessels to sea. And by tdirection of the Con- sular (:tamiber, it is made knowYn to the merchlants, for the purpose exipressed in the foregoing conitunicacion. "; PRUDENcrO HERNANDEZ SANTA CRUZ, Sec. Etatfa private letter of thle 12th ult. fromr N'aremnburg: 1" W8e learn to-day by letters from Brodt, that L,ord Stranlgfor;l has acquainted th1e Porte with the complaint wrhich England lXas against the Dev of Tunis7 -nd the measures slit hias taken to obtain satis- |faction. Ilis ILordship at the same timze declared to the Divan, that t his circumstance wvould not trouble, in anv degree, the good under. !staitthii'g betw eeti Englandl andl Turkey. It is said that after a deli- beration of the Divan ulpon this commiuticstion, the Grr.nd Seignor Idespatchled orders to Tunis fbr the demands of England to be com- !plied with, by placing at the disposal of the British Consul the G ireek slaves takeit by force from an English vessel. 1t is therefore | bEcvd, t Cnstantleople, that the dispute between Great Britain } an Tuis illbe speedily adjusted." [From the 7lfenpath ie Telegra}ph. The spirited and gallanlt contest between hlis Aiajesty's brig Ca- raef/70n, of 10 hi-pounders and 75 mnen, and the Algecrine corvette T'ripoli, of 18l llZ-pounders, and 120 imens, almost within guin-shlot of the batteries at Algiers, contributed so highly to support the well. earned character of our navy, that a more detailed account of it can- not but be gratifying. The following exstract frnnsthe private log ef one of the officers will show the merits of the respctive parties ill thi5 sudden and successful rencontre; On te 31t tit., o'n At anchor, in Algiers Bay, Feb. 1. ;' n te 3st lt. son after neon, the Dey gave his linal ulti- matistul, in the negaitive, to our demands; wihereupon the signal wac made by the NMaiad to w7eigh>, and in standing out of the bay, about half-past three, we observed a stranger in the offng, which we in- stantly made the signal folr coming on, on the opposite tack. Soon after, v/lien she had got on our weather-beam, the Nraiad hoisted her ensign, which was followed bty thle corvette hoisting a large Allgerine ensign and pendant. The Nriiad then tired a shot to bring her te. when she instantly returned it. The signal No. 3 being then made, to tack in chase, we immediately tacked, and openedl our broadside On thle chase; and which we did not cease firing, except wh1en the NAriad wvas psssingbet ween uts and the enemy, until we laid1 him on board. Siooni after the NVaiad passed, she wcent a-head of the enemys, and tacekd and stoo>d OUt rounud her. By this time we got nearly yard-arm andl yard-arn to the vessel, anti, by the |well-directed tire of rounid said grape, many of her men were killed I and woundled. Captain Bturton, now perceiving that the NVaiad had snade lils signal of recall1, gave directions to load with grape and ca- nister, make ready to board, and, when all was ready, to give the last most ulestructive dosr. W6e ktept away for thieguns to bear: on ladling to again, to board. se had so mnuchl way that we shot a-head, close un.1erthe enemry'*s bow: orders were instantly given to hcavea11ia.back, in order to bring the enemy's bowsprit over the Caomclioa's taifrail; the enemy perceiving this tranceuvre, put his hlmeh a-weather to runa to leeward, whiets orders were given to drop the peak, bear round the head yarils. and liii, to nl /tie atgain. In a few mintutes, tile Conic. lion; run her best bower iltit the entemy's farechains, and instantly hoarded with all hands. Finding the crew of the corvette had run below, Lieu tentant Bagnell (aw-ho cond ucted htinmself i n ti e mostigallan t mannerj teas left oit board to take charge of her, the Captain having returned to take her in tow. In Ctbe mean time (when in the act ot clearing the shinl) Cga,tain Spemicer stood itt, andl ordered tlte atirisor tio be cut away." To have done justice to thle efforts of the Camclion, the lHon. Captaini Spencer's despatect should have been published, as, we tin. derstand. he speaks iii the highest termns of ltst gallarut and seaman- )ike manner in wvhieh, Captain Burton, his offlcers, and ship's cons. patty conducted thetelllrves dulring the action; anti which opinion wais seconded1 by three he:arty cheers by the ship's company of the lA'hiad, alien tie Camcilio,t was its tile act of boarthing thle cattiy. I _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~E Ad ZGIzRS.