His Royal Highness upon the marriage of Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary with His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester; to which he was introduced by Lord Viscount Castlereagh, His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Robert Chester, Esq. Assistant-Master of the Ceremonies. Whitehall, September 21, 1816. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant the dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto Edward Baron Exmouth, Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, and Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and to the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, stile, and title of Viscount Exmouth, of Canonteign, in the county of Devon. Whitehall, September 19, 1816. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent hath been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to nominate and appoint David Milne, Esq. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, to be a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent hath also been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to nominate and appoint the undermentioned Officers of His Majesty's Royal 1816. Pp Navy Navy to be Companions of the said Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, viz. Captain Charles Ekins. Captain the Honourable Frederick William Aylmer. Captain the Honourable Anthony Maitland. Captain John Coode. Carlton-House, September 18, 1816. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Brigadier-General Alexander Bryce, Colonel of the Royal Engineers, a Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Knight Commander of the Royal Sicilian Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit, and a Member of the Turkish Order of the Crescent. Foreign-Office, September 21, 1816. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to appoint Thomas Fonblanque, Esq. to be His Majesty's Consul at Dunkirk, and the ports and places in the departments of the North, the Straits of Calais, and the Somme. Whitehall, September 18, 1816. Whereas it hath been humbly represented anto His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that, on the night of Friday the 9th ultimo, some evildisposed disposed person or persons did wilfully and maliciously set fire to a hay-stack, the property of T. Thurnall and sons, of Dunford, in the county of Cambridge; His Royal Highness, for the better apprehending and bringing to justice the persons concerned in the said felony, is hereby pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to promise His Majesty's most gracious pardon to any one of them (except the person who actually set fire to such haystack), who shall discover his, her, or their accomplice or accomplices therein, so that he, she, or they may be apprehended and convicted thereof. SIDMOUTH. And, as a further encouragement, a reward of FIFTY POUNDS is hereby offered to any person (except as is before excepted) who shall discover his, her, or their accomplice or accomplices therein, so that he, she, or they may be apprehended and convicted thereof; or to any person or persons who shall apprehend and bring the said offenders, or any of them, to conviction, or cause them, or any of them, so to be apprehended and convicted as aforesaid; such reward to be paid by the said Messrs. Thurnall and sons, of Dunford. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of SEPTEMBER 28, 1816. Admiralty-Office, September 24, 1816. REAR-ADMIRAL Sir David Milne, К. С. В. 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 already appeared in the Gazette Extraordinary of the 15th instant. He is also the bearer of dispatches from his Lordship, detailing his further proceedings, of which the following is the substance : On the 28th of August, Treaties of Peace were signed by the Dey with His Majesty, and with His Majesty the King of the Netherlands. On the same day also was signed an additional article or declaration for the abolition of Christian slavery, to the following effect: DECLARATION of His Most Serene Highness Omar, Bashaw, Dey and Governor of the Warlike City and Kingdom of Algiers, made and concluded with the Right Honourable Edward Baron Exmouth, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Britannic Majesty's Fleet, and Commander in Chief of His said Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed in the Mediterranean. 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 sincere desire to maintain inviolable his friendly relations with Great Britain, and to manifest his amicable disposition and high respect towards the Powers of Europe, declares, that in the event of future wars with any European Power, not any of the prisoners shall be consigned to slavery, but treated with all humanity, as prisoners of war, until regularly exchanged, according to European practice in like cases, and that at the termination of hostilities they shall be restored to their respective countries without ransom; and the practice of condemning Christian prisoners of war to slavery is hereby fornially and for ever renounced. Done in duplicate, in the Warlike City of Algiers, in the presence of Almighty God, the 28th day of August, in the year of Jesus Christ 1816, and in the year of the Hegira 1231, and the 6th day of the moon Shawal. (The Dey's seal.) (Signed) EXMOUTH, (L. S.) Admiral, and Commander in Chief. (Signed) H. M'DOUELL. (L.S.) By command of the Admiral, (Signed) Jos. GRIMES, Secretary. The Dey also, in presence of his Divan, apologised to the British Consul for the personal restraint which had been imposed upon him during the late transactions; and he also paid to the Consul a sum of three thousand dollars, as a remuneration for depredations committed on his residence after his imprisonment. After the Treaties and Article before-mentioned had been negociated, and that the Dey had refunded three hundred and eighty-two thousand five hundred dollars, which he had lately received from the Governments of Naples and Sardinia, and had re |