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ADHIRLTY OFFICK, SKPT:,l5.
1 CptBvU!wnt:; u'f hislMareVtVs
. ; office lat TiigUtT v? ith Aher foUoijif
dispatches from Admiral -Iibrd 'Ex
( mouUifXi C. B, addressed trf? Joltj
i ;AViljion Croker,Esq. - -
: Qharlouejlgier Bay,
V Sir In all the vicissitudes ''of a
lohgjife of public service no cir
curnstahce" lias everprdfduted on my
H mind such impr6ssfdnsv of gratitude
and joy as ihe veyent of yesterday:
' olttiveeen onelof th humble!in-
" Btruments, in the hands of Divine
; Providence for bringing to - reason a
, ; rferocious govern nent, and destroy
infoVeyer the insu fferable and ! hor
rid system of Christian slavery, can
t, i never cease to-be a source" of. delight
and heartfelt com fort -to very lindi
yidual happy enough' to4 be employ e(
in it I may, I hope be permuted,
.. under such impressions, to offer ny
. sincere conratiIations totheir iiord
chips on the complete success which
attended the gallant efforts of .hL
3Majestys fieet in their attack upon
Algiers of yesterday, and the happy
reiult produced from , it on this day
by the signature of peace.
Thus has a provoked war of two
days' existence' been attended bv a
complete victory, abd closed by a re j
newed peace for England and her al
Jy, the kin of thej NethertandsV o
conditions dictated; by the firmness
and wisdom of his Majesty's-go-vernmeht,
and commanded'iy the
vigour of their measures.
My thanks are justly due for the
-honor and confidence his Majesty's
ministers have been pleased to repose
on my zeal, on this jiigh'ly important
occasion. The means were by them
nuide adequate to my own wishes, and
the rapidity of their measures speak
for themselves. -Not morp than one
hundred days -since I left Algiers
with the British fleet, unsuspicious
and ignorant of the attrocities wUich
had been committed at Bona; that
fleet, on its arrival in England, vvas
necessarily disbanded, and another,
with proportionate "Tesourcescreatcd
am equipped ; andaUhoug.h imped
ed in its progress by calms and ad
verse winds, has poured the venge
ance of an insulted nation, in chastis-
. .iiiiE-UiLcriieltie go
vernrhant, with a promptitude beyond
example,, and highly honorable to
the national character, eager to resent
oppression or cruelty, whenever prac
tised upon those under their protec
tion; j
Would to God that in the: attain--
roent of this object II had not deeply
10 lament the severe Joss of so marry
gallant officers and men ; they have
profusely bled in a contest which had
been peculiarly .marked by proofs of
; such devoted heroism as would rouse
every noble feeling, dttl l dare indulge
in relating them. ; V
TJieir Lordships vvill already have
been informed, by,, his Majesty V
. sloop "Jasperj of m prbceedms up
to the-M4th inst. on WiicU day 1 broke
ground from Gibraltar, after a vexa
tious detention by a foul rind of four
days', v : ' " - " ,.; j .
The fleet, complete in all its points,
with the addition of five gun boats,
fitted at Gibraltar 'departed in 'the
v highest spirits, and with the most
favorable1 prospect of reaching the
portf of their destination in three
days ; but an adverse wind destroy
ed tbe expectation of an early arri
val, whjch was, the tnore anrxibusly
looked for by myself, in consequence
of hearing, the day i sailed tom
Gibraltar,, that a largejarmy had been
assembled, .and that vpry iconsiderar
, hie aaitnl. worki; ere throwing
ftljp, nbl pnly ori both flahk&of the ci
y, but?sonftim6diatela
- enjtranceijolthelVlole from lthis I
was apprehensive that niy 4.nleil06n
i if, ,of baking ttist tibihtf niy priheipaif
wuv.,tii',iiuiu iiau ocen aiscoverea.
f w; ure .icy ijjr iuc same . means ne
had beard of ; the 1 expedition: jThis
-ijtitlUgccwafc ri rtiefbllpwing'
tf eaidyTcdjo firmed hythePro;
vwetKeu wl)ich Ir hadj dispatched to
lgiersr4etie0efbTeto
kvour t6 getaway Vth'e "Consul. i;Capt
; )ash wood had with difficulty succeed
cd in bringing aVay7. disguised, in
7 widshipman's.unifdtm, his wife i
rfhtcp, leaving i Wt tdVbrin off
, ! thei infant child; cominc down in a
. .r .... VMM, ?U tUUII) WIIW lUUUITIU
p.: , t ev-t." J f!avi uj)jucuu, cuirunnappuy
i : ''ffa cried thee-wak:anAin con1
i 1 1 : -n. j lS PcneKfe,seizedTid
? --;.v -s f;v-'tv
x? instance pT liU humanity, il cught
to1 be recorded hmcV; ' ; ; -'f; .S-r'
UCapt.Dashwobdilartherxonfir
ed,lhat about 40,000 .men ;liad -heen'
broiight down froia the ; interior, and
all the , Janissaries k called in fipi'
distant gafrisohs, and that they, were
indefatigably employed. t in " their
batteries," gunboaU, , 8ccv and every,
where strengthening the Sea defen
ces '-T'v' ' ' '
v - .... - V : ?
The Dey informed capt. Dash-
I wood he knew perfectly well the ar
",a,; ucincM ior Algiers, ana
asked him if it was true ; he replied,
ifvhe haducBr informatioh he knew
las much as he did,and probably froni
me same source ne pubjlc prints.
The ships were -aH in port, and
between: 40 and 50 gun and mortar
boat s ready, with several more in for
ward repaid "The Dey had closely
confined the Consul, and refused ei
ther to give him Up or, promise his
personal safety ; nor would he hear
a word respecting the offkers nd
men seized-in the.boats-of the Pro
metheus. . . ; -., -
From the continuance of adverse
winds r and : calms, the land to the
westward of Algiers "was" not made
before the .16th,ahd U)e next morn
ing, at day-break, the; fleet was ad
vanced in sight "of the city, ,"though
not so near as I had, intended. As
') the ships were becalmed, I embrac
ed this opportunity of despatching a
boar, undercover of the Severn, with
a flag -of truce, ' at.d' the demands I
Had to-rnake, in the name of his" Roy
al Highness "the" Prince Regetit on
tne uey ot Algiers (of which the
accompanying are copies) directing
the officer to wait two or three hours
for the Deys answer, at vhich time,
if no reply wassent, he was to re
turn to (he flag-ship ; he was met
near the Mole by the captain of the
port, iv ho on being told the answer
was 'expected in. one hour, replied
that it was impossible. The officer
then said he would waitlwo or three
hours ; he then bbserved, two hours
was quite sufficient.
The fleelat this time, by the spring
ing up of the sea breeze, had reach
ed the bay, and were preparing the
boats and flotilla for service, until
near two o'clock, when, observing
the officer was returning with the sig
nal flying that no answer had been re
ceived, after, a delay of upwards of
three hours, I instantly made the
signal to know if the ship? were all
ready, which being answered in the
affirmative, the Queen Charlotte bore
up, followed up by the fleet, for their
appointed stations ; the flag, leading
jn the prescribed order, was anchored
in the entrance of the Mole, at about
fifty yards-distant. At this moment
rtot a gun had .been fired, and began
to suspect a Full compliance wi;h the
terms which had been so many hours
in their hands ; at this period of pro
found silence, a shot was fired at us
from the Mole, and two at the shins
to the northward then following ; this
was promptly returned by thc Queen
Charlotte, who was then lashing to
the main-mast of the Mole, and
which we -had steered for, as the
guide to our position.
Thus commenced a lire as animnt.
an4 vii supported as, I believe,
was ever witnessed, from ' a quarter
before three until nine, without in
termission, and which did not cease
altogether until half pait eleven.
The ships immediately following
me, were admirably and coolly tak
ing their stations, with a precision
beyond my most sanguine hope ; and
never did the British flag receive, on
any occasion, more zealous and ho
norable support. To look further on
the line, than immediately round mc,
was perfectly impossible 4 but so
well grounded was my, confidence in
the gallant ,-officers I Jiad .the honor
to command,, that mv mind was. left
perfectly free to attend to other ob
jects,, and I knew . them Jn.their sta
Uons onljr by theeMrficVive effect of
their file upon the walls'arid batteries
to which they wee oppose. , .
1 had abiit this time, the 'satisfac-
rtion of seeing yice, Admiral Van-
"t" -; "ajy; , station, jl naa
"KMc 10 Aim, anct soon after, at
intervals;' the, remainder of his fri
gatesf keeping up a ' woll , supported
fire on the nflankin batteries he'had
.offered Uo;Vcover t2svTrom,1 as it had
,npt heen " in -M power. : for want "Wf
roomV to bring him" in theTtont of
the;Mo&; ' - v;: W c
v About sunset I received aimssa'sre
fmRtar AdmlUlzMfthecohVey .
mgtome the severe loss the.tmpreg-
! 50UUe4fn!' wounded,ahd retiuest
ing .I notild, if possible, send him a
v', -C" " ' uo- vne; urer ne
)7 weighed, buirte wind had been
. -;..y;
t
iuan ociore. . ,..ww
I ;had it this' 11 int cnWunlcrs la
the exploslod vesief, under the charre
.01 tne i,ieut. rieming.and Mr, - Par
ker, by Capt. Itead,- of the engineers
to bring her into the Mole but the
Rear Admiral having thought she
would do hini essential service if ex
ptodc'd'Un'der'thVbattery in his. front,
sent ordfcfs to this vessel to that ef
fect, iWhich were executed. I desir
ed also the Rear Admiral might be
ittformed, that many of the ships be
ingnow in'flames, and certain of the
destruction of the whole, I consider
ed I had executed the4 mosf import
ant part Of my instructions, and
should make every prcparulion for
withdrawing the shipsi and desired
he would do so as soon as possible
with his division.
Thtfre were awful moments during
the conflict, which I cannot new at
tempt to describe, occasioned by fir
ing the ships so near us, and I had
long resisted the eager entreaties of
several '-around me, to make the at
tempt upoh the outer frigate, distant
100 yards, which at length i gave in
tofcnd Major Gossett, by my side,
who had been eager to land his corps
of mine repressed me most anxious
ly forpermission to accompany liput,
Richards in his ship's birgc. The'
frigate'was instantly boarded, and in
ten minutes in a perfect blaze ; a
gallant young midshipman, in a rock
ct boat No 8, although forbidden,
was led by his ardent spirit to follow
in support of the barge, in which he
was desperately wounded, his bro
ther officer killed, and nine of his
crew The bare, by rowing more
rapidly, had suffered less, and lost
but two.
The enemy's batteries around my
division were ;abfut ten o'clock si
lenced, and in a state of perfect ruin
and dilapidation ; and the fire of the
ships was reserved as much as possi
ble, to save powder, and reply to a
few guns now-and then bearing upon
us, although a fort on the upper an
gle of the city, on which our guns
could not be brought to bear, continu
ed to annoy the ships by shot and
shells during the whole time.
Providence at this interval gave to
my anxious wishes the usual land
wind, common in this bay, and my
expectations were completed. We
were all hands employed warping and
towing off, and by the- help of the
ngnt air, the whole were under sail
and came to anchor out of the reach
of theshells, about two in ihe morn
ing, alter twelve hours incessant la
bour. Th-; flotilla of mortar, gun and roc
ket boats, under the direction of their
respective artillery offtccrs, sharec1,
to the full exunt of their powers,
in the honors of this day, and per
formed good service ; it was by their
fire all the ships in the port (with
the exception of the outer frigate)
were in flames, wYicb extended ra
pidly over the whole arsenal, store
houees, and gun boats, exhibiting a
spectacle of awful grandeur and in
terest no pen can desci ibc.
The sloops of war which had been
appointed to aid and assist the ships
of the line and prepare for their re
treat, performed jiol only that duty
well, -but erhbfacefl every oportuni
ty of fiir;g through thejnteivals, and
were constantly in motion. , .
The shells from the bombs were
admirably well thrown by the royal
marineartiUery ; and though thrown'
directly across and over tm, not an
I-
accident that I know ot occurred to j
any ship. ' , )
The whole was conducted with
perfect sHence. anil such a thing as a
-cheer TneveV 'heard in any part of I
the line; and Chat'the guns were well
worked and directed will be seen for
raanyyears to come, and remember-'
ed by these barbarians' for ever -
The'' conduct jng this ship.tohcr
stiti'on by the masterof.tbe.floet and
ship; excitcd'the iphYsejoC all. The
fcrmen has been my companion -in
t Havirig?thus?clctailcd, although but-
imperfecgye progress of this short
ris ior more man C20 ears.
service, f venture to' hope, thatthe
numbte and devoted iserviccs, of tny
self and the officers and men. of every
description I have he hoiJor.to com
mand, will be received by his Royal
'Highness the Prince Regentwith his
accustomed grace. .! ' . w 1
V Tne approbation of our .services
by our sovefengn, tad the good op-,
tnion pt ourtbhhtry; will, -1 venVdrc:
to affinmei received :'by us all witK
the highest satisfaction:- - ;';
: "attempted to name -to .their
Lordships. :tht numewui oSRcers'
:C:.5y;; y-; c,:-'
iiiiJtair.ed athcr, a better position
!f.n?.!lJ; "J1 5j;4c prtdsel
tilVrUQlv ww- ' uul7 i vercf-
eagtM-t attempt services, J which 1
found more , difficult 4 to restrain than
excite ; and no where was this feeling
more conspicuous than in my own
captain, and those officers immediate
ly abotit tny person.- My gratitude
and thanks are .due. to all under my
command as well as to Vice-Admifal
Capellen,, and . tha . oulcers or the
squauroaof His, Majesty the King
ol the Netherlands ; and I trust they
will believe the recollection of their
services will never cease but with my
UTc, In no instance have 1 ever seen
more energy and zeal : from the
youngest-midshipman to the highest
rank, all seemed animated by one
soul, and of which I shall with de
light bear testimony to their Lord
ships, whenever that testimony can
be useful.
I have confided this despatch to
Rear Admiral Milne, my second In
command, from whom I have receiv
ed, during the whole service intrusted
to me, the most cordial and honorable
support. He is perfectly informed
of every transaction of the fleet,, from
the earliest period of my command,
and is fully. competent to give their
Lordahips satisfaction on any points
which I may have overlooked or
have not lime to state. I truu I
hate obtained fom him his esteem
and regard, and 1 regret I had not
sooner been known to him.
The necessary papers, together
with the defects of the ships and the
i return oi the killed and wounded, ac
company this despatch, and 1 am
nappy 10 say, Captains Llkms ar.tl
Coode arc doing well, as aUo the
whole of the wounded By account
from the shore, I understand the ene
my's loss in killed and wounded is
between 6 and 7000 men
In recommending my officer and
fleet to their Loulship protection
and favor,
1 have the lienor to be, Ur
EXMOUTII.
A general abstrtct of the killed and
wounded in the fccpiadron under
Admiii&l Lord Exmoutr.'s com
mind, in the attack of Airier, the
27ih August. I3IG.
Total 15 officers, 88 sramcn, 19
marines, 1 marine artillery, I rockti
troop, 4 boys killed ; 69 officers. 4 59
seamen, l(Jt marines, 5 marine t
tillcry, Usappcrs and miners, 4 rock
et troop, 3 1 boys 12 supernumeraries
wounded.
Total killed and woubdjd, 12S
hilled. 690 wounded.
UUr.CH SQUADRON
Jotai 13 killed, 52 wounded
Grand total, 883.
From the National Intelligencer.
George Madison.
Wc have announced the deceaio
of that truly excellent man Geo rob
; Madison, Governor of Kentucky
He was intcned with Military and
j Civil honors at Frankfort ; on which
i occasion the followiog Funeral QrA.
tion was delivered by Geougk M.
Umc, Esq. in the most feeling man
ClTlZtKS,..
While we drop the sympathetic
tear oyer tfic bodv of 'our drrrrd
friend, let not o'ur sorrows down the
recollections of his virtue, which
: were the moving causes of these
i sorrows.
I have more need to repress "my
iceimgs, man to
bilities afresh :
excite your setisi
these vou have re-
nerously. bestowed.
I come to bury not to ftrahe him.
But on this sad, this solemn occasion,
it well becomes the office asried
me, to call your senses from the cold
amJi lifeless body ; to awaken y;u r
recollection to those x virtues which
glowed within tlic living n,an. So
Shall the (rood which men o .r.
'thetriViVd'efslri.eeraiifta-
bc instructed to emulate this- bright
esample. -
JtpUKo frntEXDS When . -the
standard of American Independence
1
v. uui ncwiy erected when .dread.
Jul Revolutionary conflict tried the
stoutest'Kearts,' then but' 17 VMr r
age, he volunteered in the military
service of his, country mnly
ppiin. iiitunca mm to trecdr.m's
cause ; the purity of his, own heart
inspired him with a Hb'eral confidence
m his seniors, thus he eiimc a
youthful soldier and a patriot. "
He' accompan1edMhev detachment.
P.Qreeobrier militia to; protect- the'
.WSt:VJiUemcttii.'.rArtoi'eatIy
pAptt'cttlemcntoftkenWcy,'
HcatP9residcni;pr:the disttfev
W-OJiPiborehU
vv:- vv ' vY ;a.;
put. inisiixccThlraidr ia ixb.
loewoundAhe received as-well
in", ot, CUfr dercafis in other
billies, 4 cbuld not shake the solid
firmness of .his courage ; xor disturb . "
the collected pi ex ace r his mind;
ln e rI. htUe he shetrcd himself . '
capible of 'asupertorjcpmmand.
Mittf AfcT Fauf-Kos There lies
one, who but two days since,. was
your chief! Silent is that tongue Ic 1
pale is , that cheek 1 which; on the
plains of Raltin, cheered U inirn:; .
ed his companions in arms to deeds
of cool collected valor. Dim, is that
eye which.vicvred the sloftn of war
and outfaced danger. Lifeless is ;
that form, whose heroic pretence
checked the plundering hand, and; f
made even Proctor feel, there was a
danger more terrible than the dread
ed fury of his savage allies.
In war he wss elevated by his
deedstn armt. In peace he wasc
levated by he suffrages of his coun
trymen : imitate his glorious exam
pie. In war -he wav courageous
the Lion ; in peace as senile as :hc
Lamb.
Citizens
You have' long wifnctiedhis"'ccn
duct in private life ; you know ho
faithfully he discharged his varicus
social duties. He w mild end gen
tle : in him there was no guile He
never detracted fiom the merit of
another ; never traduced en bent A
friend, nor suffered him to fco undc
fended. His house was cer open
to him who needed food or chel-.cr.
His eyes overflowed 31 ihe tale ofwu:.
His heart swelled v.hh syn.pathy a:
the light of misery. His hand vas
ever ready 10 clievc the r.crc'Miojt.
s a friend, ho shall I n
him ? Warrn. generous ir.d sincere.
He wm indeed my fiicnd ; he nts
the friend f us all.
For twenty years nd upwards he
filled the important and confidential
offirc of auditor of public scrounis,
whose xTarrar.t u the pitf.ort to
the public chrst ; yet hit fdclitv r
maiucd chaste, ocn bevor-d suapitU"
cn
He never rrm;rd tl!e ftois of lie
people by adulaiirn, X.or fcullcd thrm
by false pretences ; l e ws nil thet
he seemed to be. And i?)C occn
sion upon vhich he was c.V.led 10 ac
W5t H cater, io he nse to t.e lctl
ot the uccaiun, displayed ncu
- r . '
pOWr
niinu li.u greater
character.
Cuciy of
He was called to the cfTicc f cVuf
magistrate of Kentucky by the imn
in.uus voice cf 50.0C0 Uet men
1 rv on the occanon. The rtc ui
kU ccuntrymcn were tunud" upon
WTM for hs faithful and Rni:ani fCr
vicen. The office w-s conferral
(uithout canvass on his ps j r4
just tribute of a grateful people. -
cn whilst his friends
111 n iiuo unite, ne c!cclred, in the
manly ingenuousness af his mjuI, thr.t
he distrusted his own faculties. He
was not ambitious of power, but he
was solicitous lor your fiecdom si.d
hsppir.ss.
Treasure up in your mctnorv the
virtures of our departed friend ; in
him the state has lost her chief ma
gistrate ; in him the citizens of
Frankfort hac lost a long Josed,
much endeared friend.
He is gone I but he yet lues in tl
hearts of his coui.ti y men ; and his
heroic spirit will flou'rUh 10 imrr
tal yomh in the mansions of bliss
And now ye ministers of oir Ho
ly Religion, perform yourtoleicn of
fice were pressing
c)10 Reward.
LOST, on Tuesday the 29th of
Ortoberlast. my POCKET
liOOK; it is made out of an Ot
ter skio, aud containing in it when
lost.- seven dollars in brik rote,
some due bills, few papem, amenr;
which are cne nie V.n Timer
I believe pyaMe to TK,o.
mv Jonr. for riirrety poundi fcr.c
on'Johu Nnrm?n, for aht twrn.
'V eicht dollar
p3)-n!dc to thu
- . 9 ,,,, triiet
sreath, for aSout fifty dol!a one
on ArthibahKSmitri, wiih ome rre-'
Vlus on it, a. balance of pUout eight
founds ; a due bill on John Mac,
for about fourteen dollars j an or.
icr rr.? Jcl?Q axwil, on John
C. Williams,, for twenty dollars ;
and-other paper tint I do nor r.
iU'Jfrihrr rm r t a-
T
Lcollect, Whoever has found the
aforesaid Pccket CooV, with U8
conteotf, rul delivering the same
o; the . subscriber or by Jeavlrp it
at tbe Store of Mr. -Unwe'ii; shaU,
receive hr ahovc reward. Y ,
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