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Sunday, 4 August 2019

The Portuguese and Greek navies according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 16 February 1827

Frankfurt, 10 February. Admiral Miaulis hoisted his flag on board of the 64-gun Hellas mid December 1826. The British praised the well built and fitted out ship. The government found enough finances to reward satisfactory the American officers who brought her to Greece. The sailors were transported to Syra to find there transport back to USA. Miaulis would tried again to collect some Greek armed vessels.

Frankfurt, 11 February. The newspaper Augsburgsche Courant dated 10 February published a tiding coming from Livorno dated 29 January mentioning that recently the British ship Lord Kinnaird, master Alexander, left from Livorno towards Egypt was wrecked near the island Giglio. She was loaded with ammunition and other war stores and fitted out by the commercial agents of the Pasha of Egypt, namely the firms Viollier at Geneve and Graban and comp of the Hanoverian consul at Livorno.

Paris, 11 February. Mr. Roche Pinto, chamberlain of the Brazilian emperor, intended this week accompanied by another Brazilian nobleman to go to Vienna where Dom Miguel was and bring him back to Brest, France where the ship of the line Joao VI was waiting to bring the prince towards Rio Janeiro, Brazil.