The Virginia Gazette

TRIPOLI, October 2.

In Consequence of the Peace which Commodore Keppel has renew'd here, between the King of Great Britain and the Regency, the Bey has wrote a Letter to his Britannick Majesty, the Purport of which is as follows:

To the most August and Invincible Monarch and Emperor of the British Nation.

"With the sincerest Joy we have seen the most Sage and Honourable Keppel, Commandant of your Majesty's Ships, arrive here. He imparted to us your Majesty's Intention to renew the Peace and Friendship between you and our Regency. This Affair having been proposed in our laudable and enlightened Divan, all the Members thereof were unanimously of Opinion, that it was good and expedient to renew this Peace; because the English, being ancient Friends of this State, it was fit to give them Proofs of a reciprocal Inclination to maintain and cement Friendship with them.

Thus the Treaty having been renew'd, we expressly order'd our Captains, charged to maintain the Glory of our Flag, to treat as Friends all the Ships of the British Nation which they shall meet with; to abstain especially from giving them any Trouble or Uneasiness, and to be very careful of not stopping or detaining them without a Cause, after the said Ships shall have duly comply'd with what is required by Treaties, in such Cases as when our Ships, being in Quest of our Enemies, met with Vessels belonging to Nations in Friendship with us. It is our most unfeigned Desire to perform ingenuously, and without any Reservation, the Word and Promise we give to our Friends, particularly to such whose Friendship is so ancient as your Majesty's. We will be sedulous to preserve and increase that Friendship, and be diligent in removing all Obstacles thereto: For it is with the strictest Regard to Truth, that we lay these Assurances before your Majesty's Throne, that they may be a Guarantee and certain Proof of our real and irrevocable Sentiments, &c."