1814	British and French Fleets	254

The remarks which we ventured to submit, when commencing with the important operations of the preceding year, have left us little to do in ushering the present year into notice, beyond pointing to the usual Annual Abstract, * and to the prize and casualty lists attached to it. †

The number of commissioned officers and masters, belonging to the British navy at the beginning of the year 1814, was:

And the number of seamen and marines, voted for the service of the year, was 140,000 for seven, and 90,000 for six, lunar months of it. ‡

Although we can afford to say very little on the subject, it may be necessary to state that, during the preceding year, in consequence of treaties among them, Russia, Prussia, Austria, Denmark, and Sweden, allied themselves with England, Spain, and

* See Appendix, Annual Abstract No, 22.

† See Appendix, Nos. 7 and 8.

‡ See Appendix, No. 9.

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