g03 Mr. Seppings on a new principle of constructmg , &c. 
The author of this paper cannot conclude without observing 
that the appointment of most excellent and meritorious officers 
to the ships already completed on his principle, may be con- 
sidered as a most favourable circumstance towards ascertain- 
ing the real merits of the construction. 
Indeed, the orders for carrying this new principle of con- 
structing His Majesty's ships into effect, were directed by such 
an honourable spirit of liberality ; and so unshackled was the 
authority given, to enable the writer to carry his plans into 
execution, that no subterfuge can avail him should any failure 
be found in the system. 
