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 in tow to steer by, keeping pace with, and going as fast to windward, as the Clyde frigate, and several crack vessels of the Boulogne squadron. Having fitted a temporary rudder in the Downs, she proceeded from thence to Plymouth, where all her defects were made good, and from whence she finally sailed for the Mediterranean, with a fleet of merchantmen under her protection.

After touching at Malta and Messina, the Seahorse joined Lord Collingwood, near the entrance of the Dardanelles, and found Sir Arthur Paget (who had been sent out on an embassy to Constantinople, after Sir John T. Duckworth’s failure), making an unsuccessful effort to restore peace between Great Britain and Turkey. In August, 1807, Captain Stewart was despatched to examine the ports in the Cyclades; to report as to their capacity, means of refreshment, &c.; and to offer such of the islands as had shipping, and where commerce might be introduced, every facility for carrying on a trade with Malta. On the 15th Nov. following, he wrote to a friend as follows:–

