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occupied every one’s mind. Mr. Kohlenberg’s enemies contended that the loss of the sloop was to be attributed soieiy to the daring plan upon which she was built.* Their murmurs had hitherto been silenced, as the Naiad, built on the same plan, evidently answered every pur­ pose ; but they had now acquired an oppor­ tunity of gratifying their malignity, as they could clearly prove, that Mr. Kohlenberg’s plan was not calculated to preserve his ships from being upset, cast away, or accidentally burnt. The next effort of Capt. Kohlenberg was the Swan, a schooner, of 10 guns ; she was cast away in the Baltic, but the crew were fortu­ nately saved. He had in the mean time laid down the Nor­ way, 74, and in the interval from 1796 to 1800, completed the Victory, 64, and the Val- demar, 8 1, which were built on the old plan of Commodore Stibolt. * Mr. Kohlenberg builJs his vessels extremely sharp in the bottom, narrow behind, and with rigging considerably loftier than other ships of war. E