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 meet the approbation of Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Moore, my commander-in-chief. I have the honor to be, &c.

(Signed)“, Commander.”

“To Alexander Tulin, Esq. H.B.M. Consul.”

“Marsa, 14th September, 1822.

“Sir,– I have the honor to communicate to you the result of my audience of his Highness the Bey, this morning, here at Marsa.

“Not having failed to explain to him, in every respect, the contents of your letter of yesterday, his Highness, in the first instance, has desired me to tell you, in the most decided terms, that far from having given instructions to any one to molest, in the slightest way, the English seamen, he feels, on the contrary, extremely sorry at what has happened, and requests you will accept his apology for the atrocious act committed on your men.

“As a proof of his disapprobation of the occurrence, and to shew his desire of giving you every satisfaction in his power, his Highness ordered three hundred bastinadoes to be given to each the aggressors, publicly, in the presence of himself, myself, and the whole of his court; which sentence, I have the honor to add, I have seen duly executed. The aggressors were then put into irons, and are to remain so long as you may desire. I have the honor to be, &c.

(Signed)“, H.B.M. Consul.”

“To Captain Smyth, H.M.S. Adventure.”

At Alexandria, Captain Smyth became acquainted with that extraordinary character, Mehemed Ali, Viceroy of Egypt, a ruler whose genius and spirit of enterprise have commanded so much attention. He found him extremely interested and inquisitive on all points of naval discipline and economy, as well as in matters of science and general knowledge; and in the various interviews that ensued, his Highness was pleased to adopt several measures of importance, from the suggestions of Captain Smyth. He had been particularly struck with the disorganised state of the Turkish marine, when he saw the Adventure come into port after a heavy gale (Mar. 1822), in so different a style from their fleet, which on that occasion had lost two frigates, three corvettes, and a brig, with nearly 800 men, while almost every other ship and vessel suffered in spars, &c. When Captain Smyth succeeded in placing his large theodolite on the top of Pompey’s Pillar, the astonished 