The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-11 00:00:00

ROYAL ACADEMY.

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e• -aY netng the Anniversary or the T.nsti-
kii;- of the Royal Academy, the annual Ant:l-
n
i ••
or premiums took place.
Ittlikault:et‘'hilerloleiahle PEESIDENT being unable to fa-
h indisposition, Mr. SHEE took the
prt.se' and delivered the following Medals in the
ti4,,srice of the General Assembly of Acadenu-
T 0r.,1 of the Students :
1ft44,1;4'r• Stevens, for the best copy in the painting school
,14.14 Portrait of Sir J. Reynolds by himself), the Silver
s'illeQr-A7e" ;aan.le Gentleman, for the best drawing from life, the
"reiTql(n,ti almitli, for the best model of a figure from life, the
t'„
1?14(iia"t7„..)13"0011, for the best drawing of. a statue, (The'
ad, accompanied by drawings as large as nature, of, a
11)e Niluieitlavods, and feet, clone after models in the Academy,
I'4
, —tit", for the best model of a statue, the Silver
, m
frNs r; Env, Mr. Shee in the name of the President ex-
-1.0111;;; 1"e liCati app.robat ion of the Academicians of his copy
Zthe Garr. Though this gentleman was, by the rules
tl'-4("soly,incapable'of receiving' a medal for the picture,
41:14,0e Acadenricians wished this public testimony of their
this industry and abilities to be considered as
oto that honour.
int tt• SHRE, at ihe commencement, apologised'
Otrit i knit:tiled absence of the venerable Presi-
eluth "d eit the conclusion, delivered a shorts
and appropriate address to the students,
i)pressint; upon their minds ever to
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iview the noblest and most elevated aim
t'dit;.ll" of art, the extension of virtue and

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,DE,„11.1 following
Ship Ne,vs of this day :-7,
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a and the
i,,,. Litt_ ~, ,ilg, and Leven, fruin the. 14 t
%.41',6 i.!.!" u.a cruice, having captured o'oatith inst. a smug-
''l4t, Wall 350 I übs on hoard.
AV/
4141 ii °SIR, DEC. 9.The Princess AVGUST, A_
tte,it "-' Duchess Of G—T
-011 C-ESTER are hying '"
(,h 4eCtilSiou in the Palace. The Princess
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4' ~,1 is
.so %much better as to be able to take Nvt::::ing in her varriag in the Park, when th
~,,',k!r. i$ soLdiently fine. This morning Lo,$)(11.
Ille (4,vi's, accompanied by several Gentlemen
I,tt-it Q1:1)°, ration, commenced his canvass, to sitic.-
4.1(),,,,te1;ite Mr. Disnuo,va in representing tais
tiv,‘ll.4,l_'.lo I.):trliantent. his Lordship was rt\t'i;
iltleet:4 "Y
addle Electors with every prospect of
It, hinls' llO opposition has yet been offered
t I,Ve
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front of
1 sirs is_ 0 see
is over ;
4'l
- "9eet t a new reading, in
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rif;ei.
rile present Lottery
;vt'• I►ii'll he se!! the Four Prizes .iiiii,el 1 • confidently expected, he v1,7i1l of course,
of 30,0001.
I'l3 )"e his style tl4t crease, as well be 1133Y1
`Qt" of otinsir'ution (! !11.

FOR THE SUNi

NAVAL SUPREMACY.

MR. EDITOR,—It is become a subject of regret
with many well-wishers to their country, that the
necessity for economy has produced such a vital
reduction in our naval service as now exists,
thereby curtailing our nursery for young' and ar-
dent seamen, both in theory and practice. But if
that is matter of serious consideration, it is the
more incumbent on us to preserve in their purity
such nurseries as do exist, amongst which there
is none stands higher than the MATHEMATICAL
SCHOOL at Christ's Hospital, expressly established
by CHARLES the 2d, for the purpose of bringing
up 40 boys for the sea service, 10 of whom
should annually be sent out in the Navy, or mer-
chant's employ, so that four years would complete
the course of each in such branches of mathema-
tical learning as,are connected with the maritime
profession, and form the bases of that examination
which every boy must undergo at the Trinity
Illousey previous to his first launching on the
Ocean—a course of study comprised in Robert-
son's Elenients of Navigation, which forms the
School-book of that department. Now, Sir,
justice and propriety seem to demand, that the
Master of such a school ought tube an Dere of
that Royal Charity, since he must best know how
to apply its rules and, regulations to order and
improvement ; and it seems equally consonant to
justice and propriety, that. the master ought to
be a practical seaman .and mathematician, in or-
der to familiarize the boys with nautical opera-
tions, and to ground them well in_those branches
of science so especially connected with their pro-
fession. Judge then of my surprise to hear, that
on the preparations 'for filling up such a vacancy,
three Candidates have been selected by authority,
only one of whom is of that Establishment, and not
one of whom can know a brace from a bow-line,
or have any thing like a practical idea of working
a day's work, of working the,tides, of giving a
practical. knowledge of, the hither branches in
surveying, lunars, Ste. or of that every-day in-
forroation which the nautical pupil requires.
•'Tis not Algebra, Conic Sections, or Fluxions,
which a young seaman requires, to the almost
certain exclusion of the useful branches of his art.
if that School had been founded to fit boys for
Cambridge, then a mathematical landsman might
state, but it was intended to fit boys for a larger
University, the Ocean, where the higher branches
of knowledge, without practical instruction, will
only render them ridiculous.

But it may be said, that this plan is only an
experiment—the experiment has, hoWever, been
tried. The late learned and worthy Master was
a landsman, and what was the consequence
Why, that scarcely a single bOy has been fitted to.
pass the proper Naval Examination, except after
a course of six years, instead of four, so that soma
of them are now 17 or 18 years of age, a time of
life totally unit for entering upon an arduous
profession, though an age at which many gallant
Officers have been smart and active seamen, in
consequence of being placed upon the .quarter-
deck at an early period of their boyhood. Shall
it then be said that the nautical branch of that
admirable Establishthent shall give way to the
plan of sending one or two mathematicians every
seven years to Cambridge, in lieu of ten smart
.
boys to fight the battles of their country, or to
conduct her commerce, every successive year ?
The question is of importance, and I hope, be-
fore it is too late, that every Governor of that In-
stitution will examine it coolly. The question is
a National one—it is one which comes home to
the bosom of every Citizen of London, who are,
Governors of it by Charter.
Then let those who regard our Nautical Supre-
macy stand forward in the gap. The die is not
yet.cast ; the day of Election is not yet come.
Naval Candidates are not wanting to fill up the
'Vacancy ; and it. behoves all who wish well to
their Country's Commerce to take the

HINT.

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. li.

Several vessels arrived this morning from the
Suffolk and Norfolk coast, • chiefly laden with
Wheat and Barley, and a large quantity of each
being left over from Monday, the supply far ex-
ceeded the demand, in consequence of which our
prices have declined `is. per quarter from Mon-
day's currency, and at that reduction a very small
proportion of what appeared could be disposed of.
Oats were dull sale, and is. per quarter cheaper.
In tease and Beans there is no alteration.