The National Register. — 1816-10-28 (London, England)

ALGIERS.  Saturday se'nnight the Inconstant frigate Cotmnodora Sir James L. Yeo, arrived from the coast of Africa, where, during her cruise of several months, she captured five vessels under Portuguese colours, with 280 slaves on board. Many others were fallen in with, engaged in the inhuman traffic, but they were under Spanish and American colours; and much of the treaties between the governments upon the subject of this trade is so easily capable of a double meaning, that, to prevent litigation and unpleasant disputes, they were not detained : these vessels were crowded with unfortunate captives. • My MOUTH, Oct. 19.—We have the pleasure to announce the first intelligence from Algiers, since the departure of the British squadron from those cruel shores. His Majesty's ship Prometheus, Captain Dashwood, arrived from the Mediterranean on Sunday last, and was immediately put under quarantine. She sailed from Algiers on the 20th September, and left the city in a very disturbed state. For some time after the departure of the English Heet, the Turkish soldiers and the inhabitants appeared regardless of their ruined city ; imaccostomed to labour themselves, and having lost the assistance of their agents, the slaves, they made not a single effort towards the repairs of their shattered ramparts, until September 10, on that day the soldiery broke out into open tumult. Sensible of the loss they had sustained, and of the misery to which they viral: reduced, they imputed to the Dey's obstinacy the charge of all their mistiwtimes, and offered to him the choice of losing his own head, or of permitting the murder of ail the Jews and Moors, and the plum. der of the city. The I)ey with .li magnanimity, indignantly attired himself' to be the sari dice of their rage; but pointed met to them the very useless and even hurtful tendeney of the constrict they were about to pursue—of creating faction anion:: themselves, instead of unanimity—of wasting in dissension that time which they should employ in the repairs of their fortifications. This reasaming, with several. large sums of money dish ibuted among them. rendered them inure calm, and the greatest exertions were immediately used to clear away the rubbish, with which the bombardment had tilled all their streets, and to make their ramparts appear less ruinous, by filling up the chasms in them with mortar and loose stones. A great number of Moors were consequently employed, and the l)ey himself; using the most strenuous exertions, superintended and directed every operation. Up to the day of this Prometheus's sailing, few ur no endeavours were made towards the permanent repairs, of the batteries. Not any insult was ()tiered to any of the officers of the Prometheus, who were almost constantly on shore; hut the Dry took good care she should not have any "andies, and more than once expressed his iodignation that a British ship should remain stationary in the bay. All the slaves from the interior were not arrived, hut were. hourly expected to be brought to the city. The Prometheus was relieved on the service of waning tbr them by a Sicilian frigate, upon the mind of whose commander Capt. Dashwood impressed strongly the necessity of being vigilant in his observations of the Dry's conduct, and firm in any representations lie might has e occasiou tat make to him. Although the tumultuous dispositiou of the soldiery was  tr: •  r•VritiNVlr  Mr the present repressed, great apprehensions were entertained by the Consuls of the different nations (particularly by the British Consul) of its yet causing the plunder and con-, regnent destruction of the city. On the day after the action a schooner was dispatched to Constantinople, to request a reinforcement from the Ottoman Court, whose authority the Algerincs always acknowledged when they want its proteetioa. The courier who took the Dey's order for the release of slates at Oran was beheaded Immediately ou his arrival, for being the bearer of 'inch a Massage. There art at Algiers 12 gun-boats end a brig, and about It other gun-boats building and repairing. The Promethens remained In the Sound till Tuesday, ashen , Ate sailed for Portsmouth.