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 The subjoined paragraph on the same important subject, is taken from the “Hampshire Telegraph.”

Previous to the Sybille being paid off, in Nov. 1826, she was inspected by Sir George Martin, then commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, attended by several officers; and her men were practised at firing with shot, at a target placed 350 yards from the ship, of the size of 8 feet by 6 feet; when, of 28 long guns, 7 shot went through the mark, and of 19 carronades, 6 of them struck; all the other shot were quite close, and must have hit the hull of a ship. The elevation of the long guns was one degree, and of the carronades 1¼ degrees. We mention this in proof of the perfection in naval gunnery which the crew of the Sybille had attained by the system of training adopted by their skilful captain.

Captain George Richard Pechell, brother to the subject of this memoir, obtained post rank in Dec. 1822.

Agent.– Sir Francis M. Ommanney.

