Knight of the Bath--Renewal of hostilities--Resumes the command in
the Mediterranean--Services at Naples--Services at
Marseilles--Instructed to negotiate with the Barbary
Powers--Anecdote of the Pope--Causes the city and defences of
Algiers to be surveyed--Previous ignorance of the place--General
order to the fleet--Peace made with Algiers--Abolition of slavery
at Tunis and Tripoli--Second visit to Algiers--Violent discussions,
negotiation broken off, danger of the party, hostile
proceedings--Negotiation renewed--Arrangement--Lord Exmouth's
anxiety at having exceeded his instructions--Debate in the House of
Commons--Massacre at Bona--Determination of the Government to
enforce the abolition of Christian slavery. page 187


CHAPTER XI.

THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS.

Description of the defences--Force demanded by Lord
Exmouth--Surprise of the Admiralty at the small force he
required--Lord Exmouth's confidence--His entire satisfaction with
the arrangements of the Admiralty--He refuses to allow his
relations to accompany him--His promptitude--Sails--Preparations
for the battle--A Dutch squadron joins at Gibraltar--Preparations
made by the Algerines--Particulars of the battle--Fleet hauls
off--Lord Exmouth's conduct after the battle--His very narrow
escapes--Submission of the enemy--Lord Exmouth's account of the
battle, in a private letter--Closing remarks. page 200