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vered her to be the Naiad, of thirty-six guns, from her peculiar construction. This frigate was the first ship built'in 1796, on the plan of the ingenious Captain Hohlenberg, who may very deservedly be called the Restorer of our Navy. Her stern, in particular, differs from all others, having neither cabin windows nor quar­ ter galleries. There are merely two port holes abaft, glazed, to admit light. Ships of war should be planned for utility, not for the ac­ commodation of large parties j however con­ tracted and inconvenient, therefore, this sort of cabin may appear, it is essential to the good of the service. The command of this frigate was given to Captain Steen Bille, and went her first voyage to the Mediterranean. Differences having afterwards arisen between Denmark and T ri­ poli, which ended in a rupture, the Naiad was stationed off Tripoli, in company with the Thetis of forty-four guns, a brig of eighteen guns, and a hired xebec of six. In the har­ bour six frigates and a xebec lay ready for sea, but feared to venture out, till the Thetis being