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and several of the master's mates and midshipmen obtained commissions as lieutenants.

The Dutch admiral behaved uncommonly well; and the following has been adduced as an instance of his self-possession in the heat of the battle : About an hour after the firing had commenced, a lieutenant of the Queen-Charlotte went on board the Melampus with a message from Lord Exmouth. The baron himself attended the lieutenant to the gangway on his return, and rated the frigate's first lieutenant somewhat sharply, for his inattention in not having shipped the best man-ropes for the British officer's accommodation. Among the meritorious individuals concerned in this expedition, the interpreter must not be forgotten. The zeal, talent, and fidelity of Mr. Salamé appear to have merited all the praises officially bestowed upon him, as well by the commander-in-chief as by the officers, Rear-admiral Penrose and Captain Brisbane, present at the conferences with the dey.

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