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not left a single Christian prisoner 

 in Algiers. 



Such was the termination of an 

 enterprise, than which, perhaps, 

 no one more truly honourable to 

 the British na\'y and nation is 

 recorded in the kingdom's an- 

 nals. With an exertion of valour 

 scarcely surpassed, it has exhi- 

 bited an example of the rare 

 moral merit, of national supe- 

 riority employed for no Interested 

 purpose ; but purely for the ge- 



neral benefit of mankind, in 

 putting down with a strong hand 

 a system of rapacity and cruelty. 

 With the generosity chaiacteristic 

 of Great Britain, she has per- 

 formed this great public service 

 entirely at her own expense ; 

 abandoning even the restitutions 

 Avhich her arms compelled to the 

 sufferers ; baigaining for no sal- 

 vage or indemnity, but freely 

 imparting Avhat she gloriously 

 gained. 



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