Star. — 1818-03-05 (London, England)

ALGIERS, DEC. 14, 1817. " Our situation here is about the same as I before stated to you. With respect to the plague, the sickness is certainly diminished, but so long as ten or twelve victims are failing every day, we are far from being able to consider ourselves in safety ; and when the season becomes more mild towards the months of February and March, we have to fear that this calamity will rage with all its former fury. Up to this time I am happy to say that, by the precautions adopted by the. Europeans, not one Christian has been attacked.  " Since the month of September last this country his been the theatre of almost uninterrupted revolutionary Oxen, &show, was murdered three months ago; his successor, the present Dey Act, had scam* reigned a week before the Turks were ready to assassinate him also; he proved himself, however, more vigilant than his predecessor, and several of the conspiracies formed against him had only the effect of strengthening his power the more. " To be in greater safety he removed his residence up to a strongly fortified castle close to the town, where he has established a garrison of Moors, sod she Turks are not allowed to pass its gates with any sone! arms. From the strong measures he tool against the turbulent military body, be irritated them extremely. In the town they could do nothifig to reveage themselves; but a Turkish army returning from Constantine at the end of last mouth, had resolved to take Algiers by force, and destroy the Dey, in which, however, after making a desperate attack on the town, they failed; the Moors composing the garrison of the castle and batteries behaved perfectly well, and the Turks were repulsed in a battle fought in the immediate neighbourhood of my garden. It will be astonishing for you to hear that we were not In the least molested, although surrounded by these barbarian armies—perhaps amongst some kuropean armies we had not come so well off.  " After this victory Ali became perfect master over the Turks, and all is now quiet ; but a great discontent amongst the people of all classes against him, does not offer a prospect of long' tranquillity. lie has rendered himself very odious by several tyrannical acts, amongst which are deemed particularly atrocious —his having carried off several youths and girls of the Jewish nation, and even a Christian girl, whom he has forced to embrace the Whammed= religion, and has taken the females into bis Harem. He &hewed himself in the beginning very friendly to the Consuls, bat at present it is no more so ; and there is reason to believe it to be his intention to make war soon against Spain and Sardinia, as he has lately confiscated three Spanish and one Genoese Cargo, under the most frivolous pretext. " Decimate 28.—The plague increases in the town, and the deaths are abcat 30 per day, but in the interior it is dreadfully bad, whi:h is the mere extraordinary that it sheuld cow spread so wah the very cold and rainy weather that we experience, and leaves us no hopes at its termination this year."  The Coronation of Charles-John is to take place on 17th. It is remarked that the new Monarch adds number to his two names, and that he has considerably reduced the titles which the Kings of Sweden have hitherto borne.