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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



to inform their Lordships upon 

 all points that I maj'have omitted. 



Admiral Sir Charles Penrose 

 .arrived too late to take his share 

 in the attack upon Aiders, which 

 I lament, as much on his account 

 as my own; his services would 

 have been desirable in every re- 

 spect. 



I have the satisfaction to state, 

 that all the slaves in the city of 

 Algiers, and immediately in its 

 vicinity, are embarked ; as also 

 357,000 dollars for Naples, and 

 25,500 for Sardinia. The treaties 

 will be signed to-morrow, and I 

 hope to be able to sail in a day or 

 two. 



Tlie Minden has sailed for Gib- 

 raltar to be refitted, and will pro- 

 ceed from thence to her ultimate 

 destinati(m. 



The Albion will be refitted at 

 Gibraltar for the i-eception of Sir 

 Charles Penrose's flag. The Glas- 

 gow I shall be obliged to bring 

 home with mc. 



1 have the honour, &:c. 



EXMOUTH. 



To John ffihon Croker, 

 esq. &.C. Admiralty. 



ADMIR.\LTY-OFFlC£, SEPT. 54. 



Rear-Admiral Sir David Milne, 

 K. C. B. has arrived at this office 

 with the original dispatches of 

 Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth, 

 relative to his attack on Algiers, 

 the duplicates of which have al- 

 ready appeared in the Gazette Ex- 

 traordinary of the 1 oth inst. 



He is als» the bearer of dis- 

 patches from his Lordship, de- 

 tailing his further proceedings, of 

 which the following is the sub- 

 stance : — 



On the 2Sth of August Treaties 

 of Peace were signed by the Dey 



with his Majesty, and with his 

 Majesty the King of the Nether- 

 lands. 



On the same day also was sign- 

 ed, an additional article or declara- 

 for the abolition of Christian sla- 

 very to the following effect : — 



Declaration of h\s most Serene 

 Highness Omar, Bashaw, Dey 

 and Governor of the warlike 

 City and Kingdom of Algiers, 

 made and concluded with the 

 Right Hon. Edward Baron Ex- 

 mouth, Knight Grand Cross of 

 the most honourable Military 

 Order of the Bath, Admiral of 

 the Blue Squadron of his Bri- 

 tannic Majesty's Fleet, and 

 Commander in Chief of his 

 said Majesty's Ships and Ves- 

 sels employed in the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



In consideration of the deep 

 interest manifested by his Royal 

 Highness the Prince Regent of 

 England for the termination of 

 Christian slavery, his Highness 

 the Dey of Algiers, in token of 

 his sincere desire to maintain in- 

 violable his friendly relations with 

 Great Biitain, and to raanifeii his 

 amicable disposition and high re- 

 spect towards the powers of Eu- 

 rope, declares, that in the e\ ent 

 of future wars with any European 

 Pov.er, not any of the prisoners 

 shall be consigned to slavery, but 

 treated uith all humanity as pri- 

 soners of war, until regularly ex- 

 changed, according to European 

 practice in like cases, and that at 

 the termination of hostilities they 

 shall be restored to their respec- 

 tive countries without ransom ; 

 and the practice of condemning 

 Christian prisoners of war to sla- 

 very 



