The Sun.
London, England, 1831-03-14 00:00:00

No. 12.013

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PUBLIC DINNER.

PRICE 7D.

four Captains of the reduced companies of Royal Marine
Artillery to command four of the additional companies
of Royal Marines. Four First Lieutenants of Royal
Marines to be promoted to the rank of Captain,
and to command the remaining four additional com-
panies of Royal Marines. The subalterns of the four re-
duced companies of Royal Marine Artillery, and of which
there are twice. as many as in' a similar number of com-
panies of Royal Marines, will be passed over to the eight
additional companies of Royal Marines. This extra
number of officers in the corps of Royal Marine Artillery,
as compared with those in the corps of Royal Marines, is
rendered necessary in consequence of the nature of the
duty to which the former are liable, small detachments of
ten, fifteen, or twenty. men, as the case may he, being re-
qtiired to embark on hoard the various ships which sail
from this port. Nearly one hundred of the men of the
Royal
.Marine Artiflery,.who have been discharged from
that corps, have entered during the week on board his
Majesty's ship St. Vincent, to form part of the gunnel'a
crew, where they will nn doubt prove a valuable acquisi-
tion in the management of the great guns. Colonel
J. E. Jones, a Quarter-Master_Serjeant, and two bom-
bathers, of the Royal Artillery, arrived in. this Gar-
rison on Tuesday last, to receive such of the men of the
Royal Marine Artillery as were willing to be transferred
to the Royal Artillery. Forty-four of them have already
entered into the latter corps.
His Majes•y's ship Charybdis, which was launched en .
Monday se'nnight in this Dock-yard, has been ordered to
•be rut down within two feet of the dock, and-already have
the workmen cosnmenced operations with this view. The
vessel is, we understand, to have a different species of ar-
mament ; she is to carry guns, less in number and heavier,
to fire over all.

A Court-martial is ordered to assemble on Tuesday next
at nine o'clock, a.m., on board his Alajesty's ship Wel-
lesley, Captain Samuel Campbell Rowley, of that ship,
President, to inquire into the circumstances attending the
loss of his Majesty's ship Thetis, at Cape Frio, on the
night of Sunday the sth of December last, and to try Cap•
tain Samuel Burgess for his conduct on the occasion. A
particular account of the melancholy occurrence, which
will form the ground of this Court-martial, will be found
in our Paper of the 20th of February last.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have or-
dered a new class of steam-boats to be built at the eastern
yards, measuring upwards of eight hundred tons. lids
seems a very necessary measure of precaution, as we un-
derstand the French are building a class of steamers of
this descriptiOn, which might render them very unpleasant
neighbours, if we were not in a situation to compete
with them fully and in all respects. The only means by
which we can hope to retain that superiority which we
have established in all parts of the world, with regard to
our naval force, is by jealously watching the progress of
our rivals in naval architecture, and in being prepared at
all times to meet them on an equal footing with respect to
the particular class of ships with which we may, sooner
or later, be unfortunately compelled to engage. The
steamers will, in all probability, come to this port to be
fitted with boilers, &c. ; a new building of considerable
extent and great convenience having been constructed in
this Dock-yard for the manufacture of steam-boat fittings.
The frame of a bomb vessel, which is in progress of
building at Chatham, has been ordered to be taken to
pieces and sold.. From this, we presume, it is intended
to do away with this class of vessels altogether.. We
should nut, indeed, be surprised to find that the new class
of steam-boats, of large tonnage, which have been ordered
to be built at Woolwich, &c. are intended.to supplant the
bombs.

An order having been given for his Majesty's ship Bel-
videra to be fitted with one of Lifut. Rodger's patent
hollow-shanked anchors, an anchor of that description has
been constructed at his Majesty's dock-yard at Woolwich,
under the immediate superintendence of that gentleman,
and sent to this port. The anchor is now on hoard the
13elvidera.. We. need scarcely remind our readers of the
very successful experiments which were tried in this dock-
yard several months since, to anertain the comparative
strength of Rodger's and Perring's aielors, when the
former was proved the stronger of the two.
An order has been issued by the Lords' Commissioners
of the Admiralty, dated February 12, 1831, requiring all
parties entitled to grants from the Compassionate Fund, to
fill up the whole of the blanks, as to age, income, &c, pro-
perly and correctly, and which it appears has been hitherto
very irregularly done. The order further directs, that all
persons who have been continued on the list, on account
of ill health, shall send, with their affidavits, medical cer-
tifi:•ates, attested by the Clergymen of their respective
parishes, of their continued inability to earn their livelihood.

BRITISH SHIPPING AND COLONIAL

On Saturday the gentlemen connected with these
interests dined together at Freemasons' Hall, Mr.
Alderman -Thompson in the chair. Soon after six
o'clock, upwards of 350 gentlemen sat down to a
sumptuous dinner.

Amongst the distinguished individuals at the
upper table were—the Marquis of Chandos, Sir
Richard Vyvyan, Bart., Mr. Ward, M.P., Mr. Al-
derman Waldman, M.P., Mr. Attwood, M.P., Mr.
Robinson, M.P., Mr. Capel, M.P., Mr. Bell, M.P.,
Mr, Matryatt, Mr. Irving, M.P., Colonel Fox, Mr.
Justice Flalliburton, of Nova Scotia, &c.
The first toast was " The King," marked with
the warmest applause.
The next was, " The Queen, the Princess Vic-
toria, and the rest of the Royal Family."
This was followed by the" Navy and Army." Air,
"Rule Britannia."

The CHAIRMAN then rose to call the attention of
the company to a toast that indeed had reference to
the sentiments and feelings which brought them to•
gether. They were assembled to maintain the
" ships, colonies, and commerce" of England. He
sincerely congratulated his countrymen generally
upon the fixed determination which had that day
been shewn to maintain those .important interests.
It might, at first view s.iem, that any comment on
or allusion to- politics would be out of place upon
such an occasion as that, but he really could not
pasi unnoticed the financial propositions of the
Noble Lord the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Iu
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his opinion, they could not fail to lead to the con-
fusion and destructiou of all interests connected
with the colonial trade; at the same time he must
be allowed to lay, that he did not take such
a gloomy view of the finances of the
country as some who deliTzQred their sentiments
on the subject of the budget. However, it was no
matter of surprise that gloomy anticipations should
be enttsrtained when the Finance Minister of the
Crown came forward with a proposition which he
should designate as nothing le,s than a broach of
faith with the public creditor. It was, indeed, no
matter of surprise that apprehensions should be en-
tertained when a Minister of the Crown avowed, in
practice at least, that he set no higher value upon
the British Colonies than might find a sulitloicnt
equivalent in a few hundred thousand pounds. The
British Colonies had been fostqed and supported by
men of the greatest kliegrity, and of the soundest
political prin;.ipies, that had ever wlorned this or any
Mr: Pitt, Mr. Perceval, and Lord
LiveripeioulfritrrYt eTheyybYffelt
encouraged%y oourrt a ont irtt 1
wasA American
r
colon this
county, in tho event of a war, to be rendered indes
ptitlent of the Continent fcr a supply of naval stores.
In that those Ministers bad proved eminently suc-
cesiful—our North American colonies became popu-
louspossesied of great wealth,
Nlre tothusagreat tr)eroctue:etdei:ttl tlr'aieland extensive market for
manufactutes, and employment for 400,000 tons of
British shipping and 20,000 seamen. It was thought
by some that there existed nowhere in the country
sufficient power to arrest the Government in their
course, while it was his opinion that power enough
was to be found in that room—(Great applause)—
to art est that course by using a due and becoming
activity in making those representations and those
statements of facts which could not fail to open
their eyes,to the real condition-of this most tnomen-