The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1810-08-02 00:00:00

Orders by Post ;Mewled to.

Nary-Wire, Jl' Y 3, Ism.
HE Principal Qfficers Est Commimiokbers of
T
flu Majesty's Nary haehy zirc .Votiee, that a Plan of
Education has hens eetablithed at the Royal Naval College at
Ms Malady's Dock •Yard at Portsasoatth: for a Saporta, Clam of
dopteatiers to Shipecr*hts.
That Ike number of students in the superior class of ship-
wrights' apprentice* shall, in the first instance, be limited to
twelve, hut will gradually be increased to twenty-ire. The
period of apprenticeship shall be seven years; but for •
Market who may have previously served its the inferior claw
of appreutices in His Slajesty's yards fur the space of two
year, it shall be onlysix years, anti only five years for a
student who may have preiiossly served in the said class fur
the space of three years
Au instructor in the theory of Naval Architecture will he
folded to the present establishment of the Royal Naval
College, to arm*• particalarly in the iostruetiou of this class
of apprentices
The candidates for admivsino moat produce certificate.
from two respectable physicials, or sittgeona, that they bre of
sound health and constitution, foul likewise proof from thr
register of the parish in which they were horn, of their bei4s
at least fifteen, sod not more than e, reoteco years of axe,
excepting candidate,' from anions the ships rixtits appreo.
lice* of the yard, who may be admitted if they shall not
have nerved more than three years of their lime. Candidates
she be examined on the brit vVielitry lay in November in
'each year, by the ProfessUr of the Royal Naval College,
amisted by the lastructiw In the Theory of N seal Archi-
trctuiv, iv the prmeuce of the Cominissiouvr of the Yard,
the Lieutcaant•Goreinue of she College, and Master Ship-
weight,. who shall jointly report the remelt of the ?Immo..
lion to the Lords Cuasinisaieuers of the Admiralty, carefully
inserting the names of the cmuli late* to succession, accord-
tug to their seepective merits.

la fatioainc shall he Ow ;objects of eanniination, with
which, every succt asflli elildiJate olllloi be pea fecily arto.nonni
lat. itvadmi Eugliah, and irritiog it aids faciltiy from
dictation.

The first four rules of Arithmetic, snit the Rule of
There in n hole numbers, sod aku to vulor and decimal
fractious

ad The fiat three Books of Euclid's Elements, by R.
Venison, with the exception of PrOpusilBlBB 42, 44,45, Book
and of 1.r.op(84118.818, 9, to, it, 14, Rook 11. this
f part o the exa aaa iaa non's, besides vein the most p crane de•
issuustrations, the Candidates will be expected to make the
constructions in • practical manner, with compasses sod a
rules'.

sth. The French langnage, a knowledge of which, •l.
though not absolutely required iti the candidates who may
present thenisittes at the First examinatioit which is to he
held, will, nevertheless, give • preference to those who are
ill all cativo respects equally qualified: at all subsequent exa-
minations, however, the candidates will be required to read
and translate French with facility.
After admissive into the superior class, the apprentices '
sl.all attend ut the Royal Naval College three or lour hosts
ou the monologs of every duy in the week, except Sunday and
the established holidays: where they shill he instructed in such
parts of the following subjects as slhall appear to the Profes-
sor of the College too I.e best adaptul 1.. the igtjert of the,
►stablishment, vie. the formation of able and useful ship-
bodiless

Geometry,
Algebra, Theory of Naval Az,
Plane Ts igonometry, chitecture,
Nrech.ilaies, Drawing,
Hydrostatics, The French Language.
On Mondays. Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, the sppreutices
shill Ile employed at the Celtege during the hours above-
mentieuel, in theatedy of mathematics, under like prefessur
k 4 the tokkareelor ; on Thursday and Friday mornings, iu
drawing, under the drawing-master ; the art of perspective
bring meat p.oticelarly applied iu drawing the different parts
of a ship; testi the muffling of Saturday shall by approptiatt.l
le the sleety of such books UPI exercises in the French
larm-
guage, under the French toaster, as may perfect them therein.
mid at the same lime advance their professional knowl.dge.
This dmvjl,oa of time allotted for their studies, is,
ever, to he subject to such alterations its shall appver to
the professor best calculated fur promoting the ohject of
the inetitution.

In the' renusining part of the day, when not attending at
the college, they shall he employed ender the muter ship-
wright ur instructor of naval architcctiare, in the mould-tuft,
in the 'menial Linda of mutual labour connected with ship-
; in t he acqniremeut of a complete knowledge of the
diffei tot parts of a ship, and of the method of constructing
and futeniug the same, as well as in discriminating her dif-
ferent properties iledreilele hose theoretical calcelations
also iis the management and conversion of timber, cad gene-
malty in sorb other mustier as the master-shipwright nay
mousider ea hat sit u pied to snake them fully acquaintit.l wait
all the detad of the duties of n prettiest ship. weight
To insert the punishment of offences committed by them
dorh,g their attendance at the college, a h4lol‘ shill bt• kept
by the iesteetor, in shish surls offences shalt he entered ; and
at the end of etch week, or oftener if there he ocessioa, Ibis
book shell be *Vat to the afire of the Commissioner, who
'Milord'r such punislitomt to he inflicted, % may be con-
formable to the seasal treatiment of appreatites le the dock-
yard.
And at We end of nth year, is public elimination shall

year I Ltio
pd year tal year 70
3d year 3,1 year tit year alas
4th year ad year Oil year go
sth year 4th year 3d year 104.1
6th year :oh sear 4th year 110
711, year Mb year sib year 130
Upon their return from sea, until they can he appointed
officers in conoesneuce of vacancies having occurred, they
shall tic employe,: as thrersinra of ships building, in ansisting
the Master Slrime..ight in the dilferent Yarda, mid theirassist-
• auts or furemeo; in the mould loft, Satter the timber toaster t
or is any other situation in winch the Sfaster.Shipwright
may have ocessi (((( to employ them, with the approbation u(
the Commissioaer : daring that intermit they shall have 151.,.
per annum; and if sects • lc:incite should m»t haPPen for
three years after their retorts, they shall then lase taut per
annum 'refit they he provided fur.
In order that the services of young taro, whose orhaestioa
has been manioc.' at a considerable capenee to Government,
may nut be het on the expiration of their apprenticeship,
they shall Carl of theta, .previnnoly to their entry in the
Yard, li: required to find two sureties, to enter into bond to
the amount of soul. and in the mint of an apprentice being
discharged for santenailaitt„ the amount of the bond, or an
much of it 3,1 nay indemnify Geis 'mound for the rapines
lacurred in his education, shall be turf drat
The Maisel.* this isistitation is to improve the modifiea-
Sinus of the Shipwrights iii the Docklards, turd thereby to
insure a miertimem of setificers, from among whom officers
of tbe deicriptliani td maitonnammarete, forenien,. Sac vide
selected, sod from Ilium the appoiutinamM 4 the saperior
officers in His lloje,ty's Dock-yards, and Surveyors id the
Navy will ultimately he made.
•Fite day of 'Realisation a fixed fur the first Wednesday in
November next (711. November, lilt). A certain nitaiber
Id apprentice* now in the Docic.yards are to be rammed (ruin
manual fabler, to prepare themselves for the examination ;
and this public notice of the quilifications expected from
those trim intend to become candidates, and of the day on
winch such couilidates wilt be examined, is given, in order
that the iminher to be entered in the superior class of ap-
prentices (which in the first year is to be limited to twelve)
may be selected limn those best qualified, whether belonging
to the Duck yard or not.
Sueb persoutof the descriptina before mentioned, who may
be desirous of becoming candidates fur admission to the
superior class of apprentices to belong to Ilia Majesty',
thick-yard at Portsmouth, are therefore hereby informed, that
they will be required to scud notice of their I:Mealiest to the
Navy Board, oe the Coininissioner of His Majesty's Dock-
yard at Portsmouth, on the -24th of October lain; mid they
must be prepared with every duenment sad qualification
mentioned iu this advertisement, sod be at Portsmonth
Dock-yard at • eight o'clock ors the morning of the day of
examination via. 7th November, into, sad wait for farther
directions fr:am the Commissioner for their proceedings.
ft. A. NEISON, Secretary.
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