The United States frigate Ino no sooner learnt the news of the capture made by the Consul than it ran over to Tangier, sent a boat on shore with armed men, and carried off the prisoners.

This proceeding was not, however, allowed to be performed quite so quietly as the Yankees could have wished.

The Christian population, exasperated at the arrest, turned out in force, and fears were entertained that even the forty men from the Ino would not be able to secure the safety of their prize.

But here the neutral powers were of assistance: their representatives, with Mr.Drummond Hay at their head, came to the aid of the captors, calmed the mob, and thus averting the threatened rescue, enabled the United States to carry off the two Confederates on board the Ino.
Captain Semmes, finding he could do nothing with the authorities at Tangier, communicated with Mr.Mason, the Confederate commissioner in London, and that gentleman made strong representations at the Foreign Office, with what results the following statements of facts will show.
It was on the 28th of February that the captives were finally carried off from neutral territory, by an armed force from an enemy's ship.

On the 8th of March, Mr.Mason was informed by the Under-Secretary, that the British Government was under the impression that they had been released from confinement.