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

CHAPTER XII.

LORD EXMOUTH'S RETIREMENT AND DEATH.

Honours paid him--His exertions for his officers--Thanks of
Parliament--Activity of his mind--Command at Plymouth--Trial of the
Queen--His unpopularity, and remarks on it--His independence in
politics--Catholic question--His religious principles and
conduct--Peace of his declining years--Anxiety for the safety of
the country--Death of his daughter--Death of his grandchild; his
reflection on the occasion--Made Vice-Admiral of England--Death of
Sir Israel Pellew--Lord Exmouth's attachment to the Church, and
confidence in God's protection of it--His last illness and death.
page 221

THE LIFE

OF

ADMIRAL VISCOUNT EXMOUTH

CHAPTER I.

FAMILY HISTORY.

The life and services of Lord Exmouth are of no common interest; not
more because he has advanced the reputation of his country, and
connected his name with her history, than that he began his career an
almost unfriended orphan, and rose to the highest honours of his
profession without having been indebted to fortune or to patronage. One
of the most interesting spectacles is that of rising merit struggling
from its difficulties. The most encouraging, is the honour which rew