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The Experimental Brig Squadron, 1844. Ships of the Royal Navy off the south coast of England. 'The brigs returned into port at Plymouth yesterday week, where they are ordered to refit; and it is reported that the Mutine, Espiegle, and Cruiser, are to proceed to the East Indies, the others to the coast of Africa, to suppress the slave-trade'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.