The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-17 00:00:00

ROYAL NAVY SCHOOL.

Yesterday the adjourned meeting of Naval Officers,
for the purpose of taking into consideration the best
means of carrying into execution the plan for esta-
blishing a " Royal Navy School," for the education
of the sons of naval and marine officers, was held
at the Thatched Howe Tavern, St. James's; Sir
IL Blackwood, ''ice- Admiral, in the chair.
The meeting was most respectably attended.
The CHAIR➢IAN said that the first duty which he
had to perform was to inform the meeting that he
had transmitted to Sir James Graham the resolu-
tion passed at the last meeting, expressive of their
most grateful thanks to his Majesty for having gra-
ciously condescended to become the patron of the
intended institution, and he should now read'the
following reply which he had received from ' the
F►rst Lord of the Admiralty, acknowledging that
communication :

" Admiralty, June 15.

" Sia,—l shall have the greatest pleasure in conveying
to his Majesty the vote of thanks adopted at a meeting of
Naval Officers, Noblemen, and gentlemen assembled yes-
terday at the Thatched House, for his Majesty's gracious
condescension in consenting to become the patron of the
Royal Navy School. I have the honour to be, with the
greatest respect, your obedient servant,

" J. R. GRAHAM.
" Vice-Admiral the How. Sir H. Blackwool"

He should now read the resolutions which would
be proposed for the adoption of the meeting on this
occasion. They were to the following effect
" That this meeting was highly gratified by the re-
port which had been read by Commander Dickson
at the former meeting, on the 14th instant, and at
the amount of subscriptions (nearly one thousand
pounds) which bad been collected there on that oc-
casion ; that what had taken place at that meeting
offered a happy omen of the future exertions which
would be made in furtherance of this project, and
constituted an earnest of the zeal and liberality with
which the proposed school would be supported by
the service of the country ; that a Committee for as-
certaining the propriety of establishing a naval school
for boarding and educating two hundred Pupils, the
sons of naval and marine officers, be appointed, and
that the following noblemen and gentlemen (the
list compfsed a great number of naval officers, from
Admirals downwards) be requested to act upon that
Committee, seven to be a quorum ; that the said
Committee meet for the above-named purpose evEry
Monday and Friday for the next four weeks, and
that a general meeting be called for Thursday, the
4th of July, to receive the report of the Committee,
or, if it should not then be ready, at the earliest
possible day after the Committee should have ter-
minated their labours. Having read the resolutions
the Gallant Chairman proceeded to state that the
subscriptions received at the last meeting were—
Donations £B4O 0 0
Amount of shares 6OO 0 0

Annual subscription same day 5l 10 0

T0ta1...... ........... 991 10 0

Amount of shares previously taken ... 1,504 0 0
430 0 0
Previous donations

Grand total subscribed... £2,925 10 0
This, he observed, was the amount already received,
and there could be no doubt that when the project
became more generally known, the sum required for
its complete success would be very soon obtained.
He begged to state that there was another resolution
to this effect—that all expences arising out of the
attendance of the Committee should be defrayed out
of the general fund subscribed.
Captain DICKSON then read the list of donations
and subscriptions, and announced that the number
of members for the establishment of the Royal Navy
School already amounted to 334. The object of
the proposed institution was the education of the
sons of poor, not of rich men, and the more it be-
came known, the more he was certain it would re-
ceive the counteriacce and support of the service.
The seamen in Deal had already met to contribute,
and a meeting for the purpose had been called at
Plymouth, at which that distinguished officer, Rear-
Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, whose devotion to the
cause of education of seamen was well known, had
consented to preside.
The resolutions were then put seriatim and carried.
Captain SKIPSEY, referring to the scale of annual
subscriptions and the minimum qualifying subseibers
to become members, thought that it was not fairly
or equitably distributed: he therefore proposed that
after the present year the minimum of the annual
subscriptions from the different portions of the ser-
vice should be one day's half-pay from each officer
of the various respective ranks in the service.
After a few words from Captain DICKSON, the
proposition was adopted.
Captain SAUMAREZ proposed that in future no
officer below the rack of Admiral or Vice-Admiral
should be appointed on the Committee for managing
the affairs of the institution, who was not married,
or who was not a parent ; but as the suggestion did
not meet with the approbation of the meeting, it
was dropped.
It was then determined that the framing of the
laws and regulations for the government of the
institution should be left to the Committee, which
had been already appointed, and after thanks had
bet n voted to the Chairman, the meeting adjourned.

A very numerous and fashionable company as-
sembled yesterday afternoon in the delightful grounds
of Mr. Jenkins, Regent's Park, for the purpose of
participating in the pleasure of a fete eliampetre
given in aid of tie hinds for enlarging the esta-
blishment of the Royal Dispensary, Soho, for
diseases of the ear. There was also a Ladies' Ba-
zaar for the sale of fancy articles, for the like object.
The.entertainment, which is to last for three days,
is given under the auspices of their Majesties, and
under the immediate patronage of the Duchess of
Kent, and a numerous party of the Nobility.
Upwards of 2,000 tickets were received yes'er-
day at the doors. Numerous marquees and tempo-
rary buildings for the Bazaar were placed in various
parts. The band of the First Regiment of Life
Guards were stationed on an eminence, where they
could be beard to the greatest advantage. A
quadrille band, under the direction of Mr. J.
Weippert, were stationed on the smaller lawn, de-
lightfully surrounded by flowering shrubs, and plants
of every description, and the Singers of the Alps
perambulated the walks, singing at various stations
their national melodies. The Bazaar, under the
immediate superintendence of the Countess of
Essex, Lady Marshall, &c., displayed a vast variety
of ingeniously formed articles of taste, the whole
being the production of the ladies contributing to
the charity, and the purchase's were numerous.
A marquee, of considerable dimensions, was ap.-
propriated for refreshments; in the centre of a jet
d' eau, surrounded by a profusion of aquatic and
other beautiful plants. The refreshments were of a
superior description, and supplied at reasonable
prices by Mr. Jarrin, of Bond-street. The whole
entertainment appeared to afford much gratification.
The grounds will continue open this day and to-
morrow, from one o'clock to six, and it is expected
that some of the brarches of the Royal Family will
honour the entertainment with their presence. We
cannot conclude this brief notice without suggesting
whether it would not be better for the policemen
to be stationed at the entrance gates, instead of mix-
ing every where with the company. Their presence
can only be necessary to prevent the intrusion of
thieves; and it is rather too bad to place the whole
company under their perpetual and somewhat rude
surveillance.