The battle of Algiers forms a class by itself among naval victories.  It was a new thing to place a fleet in a position surrounded by such formidable batteries.  Bold and original in the conception, it was most brilliant and complete in execution.  Nor was it more splendid for the honour, than happy in the fruits.  It broke the chains of thousands; it gave security to millions;—­it delivered Christendom from a scourge and a disgrace.  To complete the happiness of the achievement, a nation co-operated, the natural ally of England, and the truest of her friends; bound to her by the proudest recollections of patriotism, and the dearest ties of religion; and which, if it should be required once more to strike down the power of whatever evil principle may desolate Europe, will again be found at her side, strong in virtue as in courage, to emulate her prowess, and to share the triumph.

FOOTNOTES: 

[12] Sir Israel, his brother; Captains Pownoll and Fleetwood, his sons; Captain Harward, and Sir Lawrence Halsted, his sons-in-law.

[13] Slaves liberated by Admiral Lord Exmouth:—­

AT ALGIERS.

Neapolitans and Sicilians                1,110
Sardinians and Genoese                      62
Piedmontaise                                 6
Romans                                     174
Tuscans                                      6
Spaniards                                  226
Portuguese                                   1
Greeks                                       7
Dutch                                       28
English                                     18
French                                       2
Austrians                                    2—­1,642

AT TUNIS.

Neapolitans and Sicilians                  524
Sardinians and Genoese                     257——­781

AT TRIPOLI.

Neapolitans and Sicilians                  422
Sardinians and Genoese                     144
Romans                                      10
Hamburghers                                  4——­580

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CHAPTER XII.

LORD EXMOUTH’S RETIREMENT AND DEATH.

Lord Exmouth’s services were acknowledged as became such a victory.  He was advanced to the dignity of a Viscount, and received an honourable augmentation of his arms.  In the centre of the shield a triumphal crown was placed by the civic wreath; below was a lion rampant, and above them a ship, lying at the Mole-head of Algiers, and surmounted with the star of victory.  The former supporters were exchanged for a lion on the one side, and a Christian slave, holding aloft the cross, and dropping his broken fetters, on the other.  The name “Algiers” was given for an additional motto.  The kings of Holland, Spain, and Sardinia, conferred upon him orders of