42 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1818. [Mar. 



Hon. Mr. Thellusson (brother of 

 Lord Rendlesham ) , Mr. Hassall 

 (son of J. Hassall, Esq. of 

 Hartshorn, county of Derby), 

 and Mr. Leeson (son of the Hon. 

 Mrs. Leeson), all midshipmen of 

 his Majesty's ship Tiber, who 

 left that ship, soon after the gale 

 commenced, in a wherry, which 

 was pooped by a sea at the 

 mouth of the harbour, and was 

 never seen afterward : the water- 

 man (Brown) and a boy also 

 perished. These young gentle- 

 men, who were most highly es- 

 teemed by their brother officers, 

 were tempted to leave the ship at 

 this hazardous moment by their 

 anxious desire to see the per- 

 formance of Mr. Kean that even- 

 ing. 



5. Letters from Algiers. — 

 The present Dey, Houssm, is a 

 good man ; he was one of the 

 four Ministers, Master of the 

 Horse, or, as they here call him, 

 " Chodgia de Cavallos," and, on 

 the death of the late tyrant, was 

 elected by the Divan, which has 

 not been the case for these 20 

 years, as the six Pachas before 

 Aly were murdered by the rebel- 

 lious soldiery. This election, 

 which took place in the most 

 peaceful and orderly manner, has 

 been attended with no bloodshed, 

 nor has any one been banished ; 

 on the other hand, several indi- 

 viduals who were banished under 

 Omar Pacha, as disturbers of the 

 peace, are recalled, and have 

 obtained important offices. Time 

 must show whether these persons 

 will take warning from the lesson 

 they have already received, or 

 will set on foot new conspiracies. 



The 1st of March, this year, 

 the day of Aly Pacha's death, 



will be ever memorable in the 

 annals of Algiers. That tyrant 

 had still many ruinous projects 

 and cruelties in contemplation, 

 which were to have been shortly 

 carried into effect. Thus there 

 was found in his pocket-book the 

 following memorandum, written 

 by himself: — " The daughter of 

 the English Consul, a very pretty 

 and sensible girl, 15 years old, 

 and the sister of the Dutch 

 Consul, who is handsome and 

 accomplished, shall be carried by 

 force out of their houses, com- 

 pelled to change their religion, 

 and to be the Dey's mistresses. 

 The daughter of the Spanish 

 Consul, who is not so handsome, 

 shall be watched, and kept in 

 reserve. The English Consul, 

 the Spanish Consul, and a Jew, 

 named Bensamon, who is under 

 English protection, who had 

 been already compelled to as- 

 sume the turban, shall be be- 

 headed." 



The day for the execution of 

 this horrid plan was not yet 

 fixed. The Dey seemed to waver 

 in his mind, and disposed to wait, 

 till he saw whether the Consuls 

 would submit to have their houses 

 (which according to the treaties 

 are to be considered as harems) 

 broken into and plundered, or 

 whether they would make any 

 resistance; in this last case they 

 were to be cut to pieces. He 

 saw clearly that such cruelties 

 would not pass without notice, 

 and said often, 



" The Christians will probably 

 come and bombard me a little, 

 but I shall find means to make 

 my peace." 



Aly was not destitute of 

 talents ; but he was some times 



like 



