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London, England, 1817-08-06 00:00:00

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PROPOSALS AND REGULATIONS
RELATIVE TO THE ROYAL NAVY.

[Conehtdedfrom our Paper of yesterday.]

V. We now beg leave to call the attention of your Royal
Highness to the companies of Royal Marine Artillery.
These companies were formed, one at each division, in the
year 1804, for the purpose, iu the first instance, of supplying
the service of his Majesty's bomb-vessels, before that time
performed by the Royal artillery; but it was also intended that
these companies should, 'particularly in time of peace, be
employed at the respective divisions, in drilling the whole of
the marines to gunnery. -
We are so well satisfied of the great utility of having a
considerable body of marines trained to gunnery, that we are
induced to recommend that the Royal marine artillery be in-
creased to eight companies, as well for the purpose of en-
couraging and training the other marines, as to enable
us, on occasions, to embark a certain number of well-trained
artillery-men in others of his Majesty's ships as well as iu
the bombs; experience having proved the great advantages
to he derived to the service from this practice, which has been
of late tried to a skll! extent.

We therefore humbly propose to your Royal Highness, to
be pleased to sanction the establishment of eight companies
of Royal marine artillery; but in order that the whole esta-
blishment may not exceed what your Royal Highness has
pleased to declare to be a fit peace establishment of marines,
we humbly propose to transfer a certain number of officers
and men from the ordinary marines to the artillery, and we
hereunto subjeln schemes of the establishment of Royal ma-
rines and Royal marine artillery, respectively,' which we
think prdper for the present period, by which the corps
will consist of eighty companies, of which eight will be ar-
tillery.
This measure, which will give great efficiency to the corps
of marines, and, to use the expression of the original pro-
moters of the marine artillery, double its utility both ashore
and afloat, will be at very inconsiderable, if with any, ex-
pence to the public.; because we have proposed to reduce an
equivalent number of ordinary marines, and shall farther
submit some reductions in the number of officers attached to
the artillery companies.: and in time of war, a farther dimi-
nution of expence from whA it would he under the present
system, will, if your Royal Highness shall be pleased • to
adopt our suggestions, arise from the following circum-
stances:—

The Royal Artillery, when embarked in bombs, had certalh
advantages granted' to them, in consideration,. we 'presume,
of their being taken out of their natural course of shore ser-
vice • these advantages the Royal marine artillery have claim-
ed, and hitherto enjoyed, under, we Think, an erronerius con-
struction of his Majesty's Order in Council .establisbing the
pay and allowances of these companies.
It is evident, that however just it was to grant slid) :Oran
'tages to'the Itnyal Artillery, when removed front their ordi-
nary duties, it was certainty unnecessary to give them ter th
mai ine ;winery, whose natural course of service it was to
embark, and which in fact was formed for this especial pnr-
!IOW. We trust therefore that your Royal Highness will see
the expediency of correcting this error, at this .favourable op-
portunity, when it can be done without any i:oniediate injury
to individuals, because at present none. of 'the 'natioe artil-
lery are embarked, tror, according to the original regulations,
would they have been embarked, in time of peace: while we
therefore propose to continue the increased, shore pay, and to
encourage the artillery and the corps" in general, by doubling
the numbers who will receive this increased pay, we Chinn we
nosy fairly. propose to abolish tine distant aunt continiient ad-

vantage of the estra sea pay, to which in fact we ii“olit that
whur rig!,tt has hitherto existed, titan nn errooeoto, coo--
strut:Jim) of his Nlajesty's Order in (oboe 1.
We therefore propose, that when the Vsoyal in:trine artA-
lery shall etnh rk, the sea pay of ail raiik, sh,dl hear to
pay ashore. the,fartieiiropouttott that the E.Ca pay of the ia-
tfiner in bearsto their shore pay,
For all,..fiteSe i,,,;rpi.rA herein-before-mentioned, we bcg-
leave. to sttlioiti fl this mewovial a ta!ile of !h.,• rzitcs of ltii
.Majesty's Siti is, 7itri t lke force and complcmet;ts of each rate,
anet,dso of the payi, ratings the
area 11 the fleet, both ,;eainett a.nd marines • anti we

recommend to your Royal Hii:,lincss, to he pit,sed to meal
and annul the Table, now in force nodes Order
in Council
of the 3,5 t 1,;(56.. rain; to sAilcillnl
establish in lieu thereof, the Table. liercoato aiIIICXOI,
which, for the sake of perspicuity and convenience, we ha,e
distinlzslished the several classes tor. haring- the product. of
seizures, agreeably to your Royal Highness's Order in Coun-
cil of the r;th October last.
We now have to so' mit to pmr Ru' al flighoess, in c,rd,n-
-: that the tunds the l hest and Ho,pital at (4,:en,ich.
of the Widows' Charity. to %xhich the IJCF
fore fropo,ed to be :iliolished, tie apdlicil, may ;lint Saffrr f;y,
this arrangement,-that your Enyal I.i gnus may he picasud
to direct that the calculated amount of the said deducti,,..
00 the number of otricers and Melt res wetively tnu!nyed;
shall he paid over by the Navy hoard to the funds of the said
institutions, tinder such regulations and checks as we limy
think necessary, fur ensuring the full and equitable arrange-
ment of this matter between these different branches of the
service; which, we have no doubt, can be atta:ned with great
convenience to all the officers concerned, and williout any
increase of establishment, or any cxpence whatsoever to the
public. And, finally, we have to submit that the whole of
this arrangermnit shall he carried into execution from and
after the Ist ofJanuary next, or as soon after as conveniently
may be.
In proposing alterations in the present practice of the naval
establishments, so important as those herein-before sub-
mitted to your Royal Highness, we have thought it right t.s
cuter' into a detail of the motives and principles by which we
base been guided. We have, ourselves, in the investigations
which has led to this Memorial, found considerable incuove-
nience from the want of explanation as to the precise views
on which former arrangements wen e made; and we therefor')
humbly hope that your Royal Highness will be graciously
pleased to excuse the length of detail into which, on the pre-
sent occasion, we bare presumed to enter.