240 ANNUAL REGISTEIl, 18)6. 



abolition of which his instnictions 

 directed him to insist upon. 



He therefore acquainted the 

 Dey, that his Highness having 

 rejected all the fair and equitable 

 conditions proposed to him on 

 this point, his Lordship had de- 

 termined to insist on the uncon- 

 ditional release of the two Spa- 

 niards. He therefore desired an 

 answer, yes or no ; and, in the 

 event of the latter, stated, that he 

 woidd inmiediatcly recommence 

 hostilities : and his Lordship made 

 prepaiations for that purpose. 



These measures hail the de- 

 sired eflect ; and tlie two persons 

 were released from a long and 

 severe captivity, so that no (Chris- 

 tian prisoner remained at Al- 

 giers at his Lordship's de])arture, 

 whicli took place on the evening 

 of the 3d instant, with all tlie ships 

 under his orders. 



His Lordship states, that Rear- 

 Admiral Sir Chailes Penrose had 

 joined in the Ister on the vJSth, 

 and that he had employed the 

 1? ear- Admiral in his discussions 

 •with the Dey relative to the Spa- 

 niards, and his Lordship gi\es 

 the highest praise to the prudence, 

 firmness, and ability with which 

 Sir Charles I'cnrose conducted 

 himself on this occasion. 



His Lordship's last letters are 

 dated from Gibraltar the 12th 

 instant, and announce his inten- 

 tion AC17 shortly to sail on his re- 

 iuin to England. 



The refunded ransoms have 

 been sent to the Neapolitan and 

 Sardinian Governments, and the 

 slaves released have been for- 

 warded in Briti>h transpoits to 

 their respective countries. 



DUTCH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF 

 THE BATTLE. 



The Hague, Sept. 16. 



Staait-Courant Extraard'uutry .~— 

 Lieutenant Arriens, of the naval 

 service, this morning arrived from 

 the Bay of Algiers, which he left 

 on the 1st of September, at the 

 office of the marine department, 

 with dispatches from V^ice-Ad- 

 miral Capellen, of the following 

 contents : — 



Hon. Sir ; — Lord Exmouth, 

 during his short stay at Gibraltar, 

 having increased his force with 

 some gun-boats, and made all liis 

 arrangements, on the 14th of Au- 

 gust the united squadrons ))ut to 

 sea, consisting of the vessels as 

 per margin (I)- 



On the 10th, off Cape de Gate 

 the Prometheus coivette joined 

 the fleet. Captain Dasluvood re- 

 ported, that he had succeeded in 

 getting the family of the British 

 Consid at Algieis on board by 

 stratagem ; but that their flight 

 being too soon discoveri-d, the 

 Consul, together with two hoats' 

 crews of the Prometheus, had 

 been arrested by the Dey, who, 

 having already received a report 

 of this second expedition, had 

 made all preparations for an ob- 

 stinate opposition; and summon- 

 ing the inliabitan's oftlie interior, 

 had alrwidy assembled mo e than 

 50,000 men, both Moors and 



(I) Queen Charlotte, 110 gunsj Impregna- 

 ble, 96; Superb, 74; Minden, 7t; Albion, 74; 

 Ixander, M; Severn, 40; Glasgow, 40; Gra- 

 nicus, 36; Hebrus, 36; Heron, 16; Mutiiie, id; 

 Prometheus, IS; Cordelia, 10; Britoniart, 10; 

 Express S; Fulmouth, i' ; Beliebub, bomb; 

 Fur>-, idem j Hccla, idem ; Infernal, idem • 

 (Dutch) Melampus, 44; Frederic?, 44; Dige- 

 raad, 30; Diana, 44; Amstel, 44; and £<n< 

 dngdt, It. 



