The Sun.
London, England, 1822-08-09 00:00:00

THE ROYAL GEORGE YACHT.

Yesterday morning we visited the Royal George, lying off
Deptford ; she is a noble vessel, with an exterior distinguished
for its symmetry rather than for its embellishments. On step-
ping on board we noticed the same elegant simplicity : with the
exception of the gilt coat of arms at one end, the gilt tiller at
the other, and a beautiful orbicular glass compass-case in the
centre, the quarter-deck of this royal yacht scarcely exceeded,
in decoration, that of one of our crock frigates.—Descending a
winding mahogany staircase that opens near the left or larboard
gangway, we came to what is called the middle deck. A door
facing the stern led us to the King's dining cabin—a room, as
it appeared to us, about. 23 feet wide, or " athwart ship," and
full 17 deep, or " fore and aft." A door opposite to that by
which we had entered conducted us through'a passage, about
three feet and a half wide and seven feet and a halt long, to
the King's state cabin, or drawing-room, which we supposed
to be about twenty feet wide and 15 or 16 deep. To the
left of the passage, entered by a door from the state cabin,
was the King's bedchamber, measuring about thirteen
feet one way, and the length of the passage the other. The
cabin to the right of the passage was a small bedchamber for
the personage on board next in rank to the King. The ceiling
was about six feet and a half from the deck, and the royal
apartments, though richly and tastefully fitted up, did not ap-
pear to contain a single superfluous piece of furniture. In the
two book-cases of the state cabin were several standard works,
foreign as well as English : and on one of the tables in the
dining-room we noticed a copy of " James's Naval History of
Great Britain." Returning to the foot of the staircase, a door
that leads to the fore part of the ship brought us to the " Lords'
apartment," where, we were informed, the Captain and his
Officers, and some of the principal attendants, dined ; and we
observed that the seats were all convertible into beds. A pas-
.sage from this room conducted us to a spacious kitchen, that
reached to the bows of the vessel. Here we found that the
cooking process was wholly managed by steam, and nothing seem-
ed wanting in this important department. On the lower deck,
to which we did not descend, were the sleeping cabins of the of-
ficers of the ship, and here also were slung the hammocks of
the men.—The Royal George, we' understand, measures 330

tons, and was built in 1817, at Deptford dock-yard, from a de-
sign by Sir Hy. Pcake, one of the surveyors of the navy. The
King's trip to Ireland last year, it seems, afforded indubitable
proofs of the superiority of her construction. In the two days'
heavy gale which his Majesty experienced on his returns, the
yacht shipped scarcely any water, while the attendant frigates
were " plunging bows and bowsprit under." On the same
occasion, the Royal George showed also that she could outsail
and outcarry almost any of the men of war in company: No
finer vessel, therefore, could have been selected for conveying
the King of England safely and speedily to the port of his des-
tination.—( Morning Paper.)