Published weekiyby 4 Mo. 1. IR TST oy RII CER XT ...31 1 ible Lord Ezmouti's Letter. The London Gazette Extraordinary, Sun- day Sept: 15. Apxirac ry OFrick, Sept, 15 Capt. Brisbane, of his Majesty’s ship Qucen Charlotte, srrived at this office last cgught with the following despatches from Ludmiral Lord Exmenth, G. C. B. address= ed to John Wilson Croker, Esq s—4 Queen Charlotse, Algiers Bay, Aug. 28. Sin, In all the vicissitudes of a long life of public service, no circumstance has ever produced on my mind such impressions of <ratitude and joy as the event of yesterday Yo bave been one of the humbie instry- . nents. in the Hands of Divine Providenct, 7 lor Bringing 16 Teron ferdcious Governs mont; and destroying forever the suffer “able and horrid system of Christian slavery, call NEVRr cease fo be a source of delight and heartielt comfort to every individual 1 may, Bappy enough to be employed in it. 1 Lope, be permitted, under such impressi- ens; Lo offer my sincere congratulations to Official a - " zx: - ALE SATURDAY B X A i En Mel fai Sor es by TER 7 ed in the gate way,and in consequence the surgeon, 3 midshipmen, inal]. 18 persons, weve seized and confined “as slaves in the usual dungeons. The ¢hild was sent ofl acxt'morning by the Dey, and as a solhary instance of his humanity, 1t ought to be re- corded by me. ; Captain Dashwood further confirmed, that about 40,000 men had been brought down from the interior, and all the Jannisa- ries called in from distant garrisons, and that they, were indefatigably: employed in their batteries, gunboats, &c. and ‘every where strengthening the sea defences. The Dey informed Capt. Dashwood he knew peviectly well the armament was des- tuned for Algiers, and asked him if i was true ; he rephicd, if he had such wformation he knew as much as he did, and probably (rom the same source~ine public prints. The ships were all in potiy and betwee: #0.and 50. gun and mortar-boays rgady, Wit several more in forward vepair. he 1€) | had closely ‘confined tix Loisul; and re fused either to give him-up or proinlse his persenal safety ; nor would he Leas a woud respecting the officers and men seized in the boats of the Prometheus. From the continuance of adverse winds shed Lordships on the complete successiand calms, the land to the westward oi Ab which attended the gallant efforts of histgiers was not made bifore the 16u, and Majesty’s Beet; in their attack upon Al- gic1s of yeswerday; and the happy result pretduced from it on this day by the signas ture of peace, Thus bas a provoked war of two day’s existence been attended by a complete vie tory. and closed by a renewed peace for England and ber Ally, the King of the Nes XANDER HAMILTON EF ENING, Fo gi the next morning, at day break, the tice! , Mm ys ab TTA SR PRD a uuder. The Glasgow near me immediately weighed, but the wind had been driven ‘¢ cannonnade, and she was o- anchor again, having obtained away by blidged t rather a a 1 bad der position than before, Fleming cfect/ which were executed thet manny of the ships. bemg division “I here were awful moments during the condlict, wich I cannot now attempt to escribe, occasioned by firing the ships So was advanced 1a sight of the city, thougs pity of despatcning a boat under the cover sar Us, and 1 had long resisted the eager not so nearas d hud intended, As the stapsf utreatics of several arcund me, to make were becaimed, I embraced this “opportu-fi° cember 23, 1816. About tnnset 1 received w massage fom! Admiral ¥iloe, conveying toma the severe loss the ifapregnable was sustaining, hav: ing then 150 killed and wounded, and re- questing 1 would i possible, send him a frigate to divert some of the fire he was iis time sent ordets to the ex- plosion ve:cl under the charge of Lieut. d Mi Parker, by Capt. Reade of the epziniers, to. bripg ber into the Mole; but the Rear Admiral having nought he would do. him essential ser- vice if ckpioded under the battery in his iront. | 1 sent orders to this vessel to. that 1 desired alse the Rear Admiral might be informed now in Emir ona certain el the | destruetion of {i whole, I concluded I bad executed thie, mio. diuportant part of my instructions ahi should make every preparation for withdrawing the ships and desired he woula do so as suon as possible with his Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. : Lf hE LR i ic ad Hee i cont HI FAR RR mis. a nol command, will be received by bis wpyal Highness the Paice Regent with his ay customed grace. CT Re at The approbation of olr spryjges by our Sovereign, and the good opiniontol els country, will I venture to affirm, by re. ceived by us all with she Tighest sinstaor tion. . : i Fin y If I atterapted to name to their lordshipe the numerous officers, who in such a cons flict, have been at different periods miore conspicuous than their companiens, 1 should do injustice to many ; and I trust there is no officer in the ficev 1 have the honour to command ‘who will doubt the gratelul feelings 1 shall ever cherish for their unbounded and unlimited support. Not an officer nor man confined his exer tions to the precise}limits of their own duty; ull were eager to attempt services. which I found more difficult to restrain than excite; & no where was this feeling niore conspics vous than in my own captain, and those officers immediately about my person ly gratiugd “and -thanus ere duo to all nder my command; as well ag to Vice. Adil Capelen, and the officers of tho squadron of his majesty the King of the. Netherlands ; and { trust they will elieve that the recollection o/ their services will never cease but with my life. In no me stance have I ever scen more energy and zeal ; from the youngest midshipman 10 the higest rank, zall seemed animated by ane soul, and of which 1 shall with delight attempt upon the other frigate dist:ntipear testimony to their Lordships, whents 90 yards, which at length I gave ino ; of the Sevein, with a fag of truce; and thel(*4°" and Gosset by my side who had denviands & had to make, In the name of his GLE eager to land his corps of miners pres Royal Highness the Price Regen, on thof, me most auxiougly ler permission 19 ver testimony can be useful. rah Ihave confided despatch to rear Admis ral Milne, my second in command, fromy whom 1 have received during the whole thevlands, on conditions dictated by the! £ unness and wisdom of his Majesty’s gov, teroment, aod commanded by the vigour service intrusted to me the most cordiak and honorable support.’ He is perfectiy informed of every transaction of the flees, oA 3 py . 3 3 In? Dey of Algiers, (of wuich the accompany Ror Licat, Richards In thls Sips ing are copies); abecung paige. the oliver oh The frigate was ins.antly board: '¢ OMcer 101g and in teu munutes ina perfect blaze; of thei: measured. ; § Pe ania] for the honor ¥ha confidends his ‘have been pleased to repose on my geal, on this highly important occasion. The greans were by them made adequate tomy own wishes, and the rapidity of their mea- sures speak ‘for themselves. Not more shan one hundred days since, 1 left Algiers with the British fleet; unsuspicieus and ig- sorant of the atrocities which had been cominitted at Boua ; that ficet, on its arri- val in England, was necessarily disbanded, {3° service, until near 3 o'clock; when ob- and another, with proportionate resources,’ ¢resied and equipped 5 and although impe- i i { 43 rey, . 3 ded in iis progress by calms and adverse Colved ater a delay of upwards of three sla winds, pression or cruelty, whenever practised up: op those under their protection. Would to God, that, in the attainment of ‘yards distance. At this moment not a gan this object, 1 had not deeply to lament the had been fir ed, and I began to suspect severe loss of so many gallant officers and (full compliance with the terms which ba men ; they have profusely bled in a contest wagesty’s Minvteie hus poured the vengeance of an if) sulted nation, in chastizing the cruelties of) @ ferocious government, with a promptitude beyond example, and highly honorable to the national characterm—cager te resent op- sweryat which time, if no reply was sent, (be Was.lo xc OCRT HE DING by Mav Ga Ni (Fort. who, oit being told the answer w lexpected 1 one hour, d that {iapossible. {would wait tw observed, two hiours were quite sufficient, The fect at this'time by the springing up of the sea breeze had reached the bay, and were preparing the boats and flotilla replied that it was The officer then said he serving my officer was returning with the {signal flying that no answer had been re- {hours, 1 instantly made the signal to know i the ships were all ready, which being ‘answered in the affirmative, the Queen ; Charlotte bore up, followed by the fleet, for ‘their appointed stations; the flag leading in the prescribed order, was anchored in the entrance of ‘the Mole ; at about fifty wail two or thr irs i : 's apd | a £6 Tours lof the Dey's aD gallant young midshipman ina rocket u to the flag ship ;. bE oh bro? No. 8 although forbidden was led by! y 2 « = AY 0 or three hours; he then, 3 ardeat a CBRIEe, 1 WICH ire nine of his crew. fre of t as possible, to save powder and gle oft whole time, s Providence at this interval gave to my anxious wishes the usual laud wind, cem- mon in this bay, and my expectations were compleated ,—We were all bands employ- ed warping and towing offyand by the help of the light air the whole were under sali and came to anchor out of the reach of the shells, about two in the morning, after tbeen so many hours in their hands ; at this which has been peculiarly marked by proofs! period of profound silence a shot was fired ol such devoted heroism as would rouse every noble feeling, did XI dare indulge in selaiing them. Their Lordships will already have been informed, by his Majesty”s sloop Jasper, of my proceedings up to the 14th inst. on which day broke ground from Gibraltar, after a vexatious detention, by a foul wind, of four days. The fleet, complete in all points, with the addition of five gun beats, fitted at Gib-| agus from the Mole and two at the ships to the northward then following ; this was promptly returned by the Queen Charlotte, who was then lashing to the mast ofa brig, fast te the shore in the mouth of the More, and which we had steered for as the guide to our position. Thus commenced a fire as animated and well supported as I believe was ever wits ‘nessed, from a quarter before three until nine, without intermission, and which did raltar, departed in the highest spirits, and not cease altogether until half past eley- with the most favorable prospects of reach. ing the port of their destination in three days, hut an adverse wind destroyed the expectation of an carly arrival, which was the more anxiously locked for by myseclt, in consequence of hearing, the day I sailed y Gibraltar, that a large army had. been asscinhled and that very considerable addi- TY "Use sional works were throwing up, net only wn both Sanka, of the city, but also immed: lately about the entrance of the Mole ; from this i was apprehensive that my intention of making that point the principal ; object afattack had been discovered to the Dey by ‘the same means he had heard of the expe. dition. Thisintelligrnce was, on the fol Jowing night, greatly coufirmed by the Pro- nethieud, which I had despatched to Al- giers same time before, to endeavour to get away the Consul. Capt, Dashwood had with difficuliy succeeded in bringing away, disguised in midshipman’s uniforny, his wife and davghter, leay boat to drirg 0 down ki a their infant child a ¢ si TY aliy COI in a hasket with tha surgeon; who thought © : Ro had composed &t, dud it sohappily one en. The ships immediately following me iwere admirably and coolly taking their sta- tions, with a precision even beyond my most sanguine hope; and never did the British flag receive on any occosion, more 2ealous and; honorable support. To look further on the lise than immediately round me was ptifectly impossible but soavell grounded was my confidence in the gallant officers 1 had the honor to command, that my inind was left perfectly free to attend to other objects, and I knew them fin their stations only by the destructive - effect of their fire upon the walls and batteries to which they were opposed. - 1 had about this time the satisfaction of seeing Vice Admiral: Van CapcHen’s flay im the station I had assigned to him, and soonaiter, at intervals, the vemamde: of bis fiipatess keeping up a well supported Gite on ihe flanking batteries he hadeffered 'to cover us from, 4s It had pot been in amy inaweer, from want of room, te bring him 0 twelve hours incessant labor. b The flotilla of mortar, gun and rocket boats, under the direction of their respec- tive artillery officers, shared to the full ex- tent of their power in the henors of this day, and performed good service ; it was by their fire all the ships in the port (with the exception of the outer frigate) were in flames ; which extended rapidly over the whole arsenal storehouses and gun boats; exhibiting a specticle of auful grandeur and interest no pen can describe. on. : The shells from the bombs were ad- mirably well thrown by the royal mariae artilery ; and though thrown divgatly across and over us mot an accident that knew of occurred to a ship. Fhe whole was conducte ever, by the years. Having detailed, although but ture to hope that gervices of mysel yagi “ ~ ihe {rent of the Mole: ofe as) wounded, bis brother offier killed and Thelenemy’s battries around my 6ivi- sion were about ten o'clock silenced, & in a state (f perfect and dilapidation and the ships were reserved as much to res ply to alfew guns now and then bearing upon us although a fort on the upper an city on which our guns could not be brpught to bear, continued to annoy the shipd by shot and shells during that The sloops of war which had been ap- propriated toraid and assist the ships of the line and prepare for their retreat, per- formed not only that duty well, but em- braced every op portunity of firlng through the imervals, and were constantly in mo- d with perfect siienee, and such a thing as a cheer I nev. er heard in any part of the lime 3 and that the guns were well worked and well direct- ed. will be seen for many years to come and remembered by these barbarians for The conducting this ship to her station masters of the ficet and ship excited the praise ofall. The former has been my companion in aitas for morc than 20 imperfect ly the progressof this shot service, Iven- the bumble and devoted] f and my cfiicers and mer yery disoviption I have the Liquous lo from the earliest petiod of my. commands and is fully competent to give their. Lord» _ spirit to lollow in support efisuip. endafaction on any points which 1h may havens ed or have not time to siste. I trust 1 have onrameu mony him bis esteem and regard, and I regret 1 had not sooner been known to him. The neccssary papers, together withthe defects of the ships and the veturn of the killed and wounded, accompany. this dese paich ; and 1 am’ happy to say Captains Elkins and Coode are doing well as also the whole of the wounded. By accounts fromthe shore I. understand the enemy’s loss in killed and wounded is between six and seven hundred men. : Io recommending my officers and fleet to their Lordship’ protection and favors I have the honor to be &«c. EXMOUTH. neers 0 O—ee toi ’ NEW YORK, November 5. The whole of the American squadron, under com. Chauncey, were leit at Naples on the 26th August, by capt. Mills, of this schr. Amphion, arrived at Baltimore, = © Extract of a lsticr from Naples, dated Auk « The demands made by Mr. Pinzknep on the King of Naples, have, 1 understand, been complied with, the king agreeing tor pay te the United States the sum of thres hundred thousznd dollars. This businegs being settled, and all the Amcricen squads ron. except the schooner Hornet, beg now here, it is supposed the feet will «ail in the course of thiee ov four days for Mose sina, from thence to ‘Syracuss, then visit the Barbary states, and proceed to Gibrale tar to make arrangements for sending one of the ships heme with despatches, and te. carry home the men whose time of service has expired, i“ 4 1 think it is % mistortune for the peo ple of Naples, thar Murat is nat still theip king, as he certaiply improved the city more then the present king would in, a hundred years. The inhabitants here seem o laugh ar the idea of his (Murat) having been shot, 2Bd say that Peis still alive, Tne deed, » French gentleman, (formerly an of- ficer in Ronaparie’s army) vom we carr~ ed from Malta to Gibraltar in our ship, told us that he was still alive, and insinuated shat he knew where he ‘was’? —-— Extract af a letter fiom Leghorn deted Spr. 8. : « There are dificrept reports in tOWD reg pecting the success of Mr. Pukney’s mis. sion fo Naples = Our American and Eng lish correspopdens sate shal nothings
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