------------------------------------------------------------------ In the French War, ending 1814. ------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+---------+------- FORCE. | French.|Spanish.| Danish.|Russian.|American.| Total. | | | | | | ------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+---------+------- Of the Line | 70 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 124 Fifties | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 Frigates | 77 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 148 Sloops, &c. | 188 | 64 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 288 +--------+--------+--------+--------+---------+------- Total | 342 | 127 | 64 | 17 | 19 | 569 ------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+---------+------- NAVARINO, BATTLE OF.--Fought on the 20th October, 1827. “The atrocities which marked the warfare between the Greeks and Turks were so shocking to humanity, that the Sovereigns of Europe felt themselves bound to interfere, and a treaty for the pacification of Greece was signed in London, on the 6th of July, 1827, by the representatives of England, France, and Russia. In consequence of this, the allied fleets in the Mediterranean prepared to force the combatants to consent to an armistice, and blockaded the Turkish fleet in the harbour of Navarino. Ibrahim Pacha, the Turkish commander in the Morea, paying but little attention to the remonstrances of the allied Admirals, the united fleets sailed into harbour, on the 20th of October, under the command of Sir Edward Codrington, to intimidate him into submission. A shot fired by a Turkish vessel was the signal for a general engagement, which lasted four hours. It terminated in the almost utter annihilation of the Turkish fleet, with comparatively little loss to the allied squadrons. The independence of Greece was virtually achieved by this brilliant victory, and was further secured by the arrival of a small military force from France; the Turkish government, however, refused submission, and war was commenced against Russia. The events of this war, though not properly belonging to English history, demand a brief notice; in the first campaign the Turks made an obstinate resistance, and gained some advantages over their opponents; but in the following year (1829), the Russian arms were everywhere successful; the passages of the Balkan were forced; Adrianople, the second city in the empire, was captured, and the Sultan forced to consent to terms of peace, dictated almost at the gates of Constantinople. The demands of Russia were, however, less exhorbitant than might have been expected under the circumstances, but there is reason to believe that this moderation was inspired by a dread of provoking the jealousy and resentment of England.”