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This evening a gentleman from
Boston, (having heard the above
description) on viewing the per
formance, declared that he could
fay (as the Queen of Sheba did)
“ the half had nos been told ; and
that he had been in the Museum in
Bolton, which contained nothing
that equalled it.'’
THE VICTORY~IN THE
MEDITERRANEAN.
Copy of a letter from the American
Consul at Alicante, to the Secre
tary of State , dated
Ai.iCANTii, June 21, 1815.
Sir—l have the honor to inform
you, that by a letter this moment
received from my vice confol,
Nicholas Braile, at Carthagena. 1
learn that the firlt division of oyr
squadron, under Commodore De
catur, had appeared off that port,
and sent in an Algerine frigate of
44 guns and 500 men, captured off
Cape d<_ Gate, alter a short engage
ment, during which the comman
der of the Algerine was killed.—
Oar loss confided of four men
The Commodore had sent in a fchr.
for reire{hment, and oth6r necefla
ries, with which (lie immediately
failed for the fleet.
The prize mull perform ten days’
quarantine. I Thall set olf within
two hours for that place in” order
to make further provision for the
fleet, if necelfary, and render every
other service in my power—from
thence I fhaii have the of
addreflin you, and advise what
further may occur.
With fentfinents of the higtyeft
refped, I am, fir, your mod obedi
ent fervsjit.
ROBERT MONTGOMERY.
To the Honorable the
Secretary of State.
Copy of a letter from the American
Consul at Cadiz to the Secretary of
State, dated
Consulate of the U States,
Cadiz, June 27th, 1815.
Sir-—I have much pleasure in re
fer) ing you to'the subjoined flate
rnen t, lor'the interesting and im
portant information it contains,
which I doubt not, in a great part,
may be relied on. Ihe informant
adds, that about 400 prisoners had
been landed from the prize frigate,
and that bur few had been laved
froth t!ie brig. The wind being
now from theS. W. makes it pro
bable that the particulars of this
’ actiong from the Commodore will
not come to hand for fome days.
With much refped, I have the
honor to be. &c.
RICH!) S. HACKLEY.
lion. [f. Monroe ,
Secretary of State.
Cadiz , 27 tb June, 18] 5.
Arrived, Spanish boat Santo
Chrifto del Grao, Patron Manuel
Strvera, in lour days from Cartha
* gena : laid Patron reports, that on
the 21st ind an Algerine frigate
of 44 guns (admiral) a prize to,the
Americans, had entered said port
with, the loss s.t all her mads, ex
* cept the foremad-, and otherwise
much injured. She was brought
in by an American schooner, which
after taking fome frelh provifioris,
again put to lea i
The capt. of said schooner report
ed that an Algerine brig had been
run on fliure by her crew, between
the tower .of Kftacio 2: that of Al
bufera, bur was afterwards got olf
by the Americans: that the Ame
rican squadron continued in dlafe
t f two other frigates, and had driv-
en a third into Alicate. The A
merican squadron were expected in
Carthagena in 10 or 15 tlgys,
which place was to be their rendez
vous. The admiral had ordered a
house to be prepared for him.
The frigate captured is one which
fome years ago captured a Portu
guese frigate.
Translated from the original.
RICHD. S. HACKLEY.
The Algerine admiral had been
killed in the engagement.
Lisbon, July 4.
To-day a Greek Ihip has arrived
from Smyrna, the captain states
that 14 days fmc,e, oft Carthagena,
he saw the Aftnerican and Algerine
-squadrons engaged ; that he saw
them disperse in all dirdions, that
he saw the Americans take three
fliips, and that, although he had a
good breeze, he heard firing to one
o’clock in the mornipg. He knew
of the arrival of the Ligate at Car
thagena, as mentioned. He was on
board of Commodore Decatur's
Ihip before the adion ; and after
wards, off Malaga, ho fell in .with
the Dutch squadron.
Nezv-Y'crk, August 12*
A French vefiel arrived a Mar
felles about the 25th of June, from
off. Algiers, and informed that the
American squadron were bombard
ing that place.
TREASURY NOTES.
Charleston , August 10.
We are happy to learn that such
of the Treasury Notes as were
counter-signed by the commission
ers of loans in this state, payable to
James Roddoy, or order, at
Charleston, on the 11th day of Au
gust, 1815—principal and interest
thereon, will be pai J to-morrow, by
the Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank
in this city.
’ N.
Custom House Rtceipts. The du
ties on imported goods, entered at
the Guftom House in New York,
in the months of April, May and
June, amount to near four millions
of dollars. The following state
ment for t-hefe months is authen
tic—the accoußts for July are not
yet made up :
April, Dollars, GOO,OOO
Ma>\ 1,20,0000
June, 2,139,000
■
Total for 3 months, D. 3,939,000
The following report from the
commander of a cutter in $e reve
nue service of the United States, to
the Coliedor of the port of Wil
mington, Delaware, has been tranf
initted to us for publication. It is
with no little pain that we witness
jhe recurrence of tilde wanton in
sults on the part of British officers.
So long as our flag is thus spurned,
and our citizens mal-treated, even
in fight of our own (bores, by the
officers of Great Britain, so long
will time exert its influence in vain
to heal the wounds and foften the
hostile feeling produced by the late
war. A con dud so arrogant can
not be calmly borne, and if persist
ed in, must ever prevent the restora
tion of a cordial friendifh between
the two nations.
National ‘lntelligencer.
General Green , August 18, 1815.
Dear Sir.
Last evening spoke the brig A
mazon, of Philadelphia, William*
Phillips, master, from New-York,
in ballast. Gapta:n Piiillips states,
that on the 25th instanf, offßarnc.
gat, he w T as boarded by an officer
from the Britfh Akbar, of 74 guns,
the officer hauled down captain
Phillips colors, and hoisted them
union down, ransacked the vefiel
all over, gave captain Phillips a
great deal of abusive language, took
him and his papers on board the 1
ship, ohe captain of the ffiip en
dorsed his register and tore it al
most in pieces, and abused him ve
ry much. Capt. Phillips under
stood the captain’s name was Chas.
Builen. There was a sloop of war
in company called the Arab.
JOSEPH SAWYER.
Allen M'-Lane , Esq.
■ • ■"•**--? —-
General Jackson . —We are hap
py to learn by a gentleman imme
diately from Tennessee, that though
the Hero of Orleans has been feri
oufiy ill, he is now convalescent.
The report o( the generl’s having*
been (hotatNew Orleans, is without
foundation. He is at head quar
ters in Nafhviile. •
r*** 1 * -*•--->■• - .<-v *-fc***. n tmmmn i wrw*
FOREI GN news.
Late and important news from Eng
land and France
New-York , August 23.
Arrived yeftrday, the cartel Blip
Woodrop Sims, Captain Jones, of
Philadelphia, in 33 days from Ply
mouth, England, with about 350
American prisoners from Dart
moor.
We learn by this arrival, that
Mr Gallatin left London on the
Bth July, for Liverpool, at which
port he intended to embark in a few
days for the United States.
Commodore Barney had .arrived
cut with defpatches from our go
vernment.
The U States ship Analcftan
had alio arrived at a port near Ply
mouth.
It was reported that the United
States* frigate tongrefs, Captain
Morris, with Dr. Eultis and suite
on board, had passed up the Chan
nel.
To the politeness of a refpe&a
ble friend, the editors of the Com
mercial Advertiser are indebted for
London dates, received by this ar
rival, to the 9th.
The Duke of Wellington, and
field marshal prince Blucher, at the
head of the allied army, entered
Paris on the 7th of July ; Louis 18,
king of France, ai rived at his capi
tal on the Bth, and the arrival of
tb? emperors of Ruflia and Austria
was expeded on the fame evening.
Lord Caflfereagh also arrived on
the Bth.
Os Bonaparte we have no certain
intelligence. The moft plausible
rumour refpeding him is, that he
failed from Rochefort in a French
frigate on the 2d of July.
The Provisional Government, or
Commiflion of Regency, and the
two Legislative Chambers weredif
lolved, and the ministers of Louis,
who were in office on the firft of
March, were reffored to their ref
pedive official fundions..
Brussels , July 1.
PROCLAMATION.
The King To The French People•
The gates of my kingdom at
Est open before me; I baften to
bring back my milled fubjeds, to
mitigate the calamities which I had
wifiled to prevent, to place myelf
a iecond time between the allied &
the French armies, in the hope
that the feeling of consideration of
which I may be the objed may
tend toffieir preservation. This is
the only way in which I have wished
eo take part in the war, I have not
permitted any prince of my family
to appear in foreign ranks, & have
restrained the courage of thofp of
my servants who Tad been able to
range themselves around me.
Returned to the foil of my coun
try, I take pleasure in speaking con
-1 fidence to my people. When I
! firft re-appeared among you, I
found men’s minds agita'ted and
heated by confli&ing passions.
My views encountered on every
fide nothing but difficulties and ob*
ftacles. My government was lia
ble to commit errors ; perhaps it
did commit them *rhere are times
when the purest intentions are
fufficient to diredt, or fometies they
even mislead.
Experience alone could teach ;
it (hall not be loft All that can
save France is my wiffi.
My fubje&s have learned by cru
el trials, that the principles of the
legitimacy of Sovereigns is one’of
the fundamental bases of social or
der—-the only one upon which,
amid ft a great nation, a wife and
well ordered liberty can be eftab
liffied. This dedtrine has just bedh
proclaimed as that of all Europe.
I had previously consecrated it by
my charter, and to add to
that charter all the guarantees
which can secure the benefits of it.
The,. unify of ministry is the
flrongeft which I can offer. I
mean that it should exist and that
the frank and firm march of my
council should guarantee” all inter
ests and calm all inquietudes.
Some have talked latterly of the
restoration of tylhes and feudal
rights. I .his fable, invented by
the common enemy, do-** not re
quire refutation. It will not be ex
peded that the king should flop to
refute calumnies and lies-; thefuc
cefs of treason has too clearly in
dicated their source. If the ptlr
chafers of nationalpropertyhave felt
alarm, the Charter should fuffice to
re-assure them. Did not inyfelf
propose to the Chambers, & cause
to be executed, Tales of such pro
perty ? This proof my finccrity is 1
unanswerable. In • these latter
times, my fubjedts of all daffies have
given me qual proof of love and
fidelity, I vvifh them to know how
sensibly I feel them, & it is from a
mong all Frenchmen I (hall flight
toehoofe those who are to approach
my person and my family. I vvifh
to exclude from my presence none
but those whole celebrity is matter
of grief to France, and of horror
to Europe. In the plot which they,
hatched, I perceive many of my
fubjedts milled, and feme guilty.
I promise—who never premfed
in vain, (all Europe knows it) —to
pardon milled Frenchmen, all that
has palled since the day when I
quitted Lille, amidst so many tears
up to the day when I re-entered
Chambrai, aindift so many accla
mations.
Bnt the blood of my peop!e*has
flowed, in consequence of a treason
of which the annals of this world
present no example. That treason
has summoned foreigners into the
heart of France. Every day re
veals to me anew dil'after I owe
it then to the dignity of my Crown,
to the interest of my people, to the
repose of Europe, to except from
pardon the instigators and authors
of this horiiole plot# They (hail
be designated to the Vengeance of
of the laws by the two Chambers
which I propose forthwith to aliena
ble.
