The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-30 00:00:00

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TO T:IE EDITOR'OF.THE SUN.

bas been justly oberverl, rltst 'the
wooden walls of our- country are 011 r we i'ittlable
safeguarll; %vben we were threatened with, invasion
Sy that enemy to the human race, whore ambi-
tion WI 'no Ititlt4, still were the m;udi of oltr,
countrymen happy in the idea, that our little
island V 17,19 protected by our Navy, which was,
and ever will be,' the envy and admiration of tho
wlitile world.

.ConAderinit the cntensive. circulation of your
Jnornal, and the iii:hestioiarion it Stands in
with ritost uF tt e oillghectied party,ot ;the corn-
'mink y, I consinvr it the_ best medittin to Convey
sorh things as are instratlive and entertaining to
the world; and you will notch oblige tit,e, ihrleod
I shall, consider it an honour to have a
marks inserted (herein, if you find them worthy
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of yOur notice.
Great, honour is due to ,our ,illustrious army,
they have won to themselves imniortal glory, anti
kill ever stand .high.in the annuls of larne; but
still, Sir, I consider o .r Navy to have no poraild,
have they not 111;414 until there was not att cite.
my to combat with them' ? and they Gave
served, well their country's praise ; hut, of, what
avail would hare been- that high .hloodantl
daunted spirit (even in the mouth of the 'etitimni)of Otir brave sans of Neinune,, had it pot liven for
those valupble sea-boati that conveyed theln ; it
is to them Mid tIR•O adolirthle construction that
particulatly to call your attention at this

time. - •
When I take a retrospective view.of onr Navy
as it appeared an the. comiriencement of kite late
sanguinary conflict,. and compute it itj the pre.
sent, I itOt lost in astonishment ; great has; been
the improvements in. Arta'and Sciences during the
last thirty yeasts.; when tfook with what dittieulty
and expence the different mannfactoriti. were
eetriedlotO effect, and their ma; bite:, polo mo-
tion, until thi wonderful and highly appr44d
vention of the Stearn htigine came ni:usiei Allyn
I contemplate the heantitlal ltistre of
„the gas
flame, and many at her improvements I t.7onid, tnen.
lion, all Of vehiebare exprosive of the grand in-
' tellect arld y Otauktntlt, anti tt l,tt ro
play the Wisdom, of the !toter, of the. Pokverse,
still 1 Must a.ll+)w,y that the improrement-in'imval
et'ilateeture has ~11nt 14,114,11.. short .pf any of
them.
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Let thew:Officers of our Nary who prided them.
selves ht.the beauty trod form of their vessels in the
ar,tar 17§2 coMp ire them with the: present,! node
of haiidiug, IGt them Call to mind tne
inks to the hatchways, which at every se4.il!ey
shipped randii‘: u, the hold, let them look A 9 the
clumsy etiOultlbuttst C ot the Ivay4 ktiges, and
rakes of the side, also the enormous riders in
the hold, aud, the beak-head, , which al y
••,,a that strtrlt carried nil bcf4qe
Now its the place of the beak-head. is Ike :Omni
bow iniroduced with all.its'curaalorts..amid coll%e-
itieuties, keeping the
,Otiip,perteetly dry, and
mitring roomy space tor the, sick birth on the
tipper deck Jiett.of preposterous ri4t-r% ill the
hold are ietroduced the neat and compact , dia-
gonal* riders, which -by laying to the timber
of the frame, sase.ao immense consumption
of plank fur cieling, and beng so admirably
disposed wit h the pieces
.coineeted with them,
that
,it is ahnost as impossible for the Ship to
yield as it is for the Breit of to bridge, %%Artist:Jun.
mews formed by, noture,- 1" glen w"y.i iu
lieu of knees to•the burins, the slit-It-piece and
thick waterway, with that handsome invention this
foiled knee, is intioduced ; short-, let Ikm fcum.
stare a Ship built its that day with one oh theine.
sent, and they :will allow with. me that the im-
provements have exceeded the utmost bormis
their
.imagination : were 1 tneintmerate,them all,
they v.roold take up more room than 1 :could, ex.,
pect to be favoured with Journal. •
• 11Ittell has. 'been said its favour of the Wrench
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Ships: what beautiful bodies illey have, Male well
they sail, &c, ; this may appear well enough to
those unacquainted., with ..hoiltithg 6)10 ; but
what is the 113111 t on taking tliem to pieces ?,'they
are found to be more for•shewthanservicei ad.
nutting, however, that they have line bodies,
where is the.NaVal Architect tfn could not bnild
a Ship so exactly like them, that they should
bothbe as thongh they were cast in one mould.
To whom their, Sir, are 'we indebted lot those
improvements I SUrely they could not he effect.
ed without much pains and intense study ; indeed,
Sir, 1 ma persuaded they are expressive of inde-
fatigable exertions, CMlstllll,llltltt lill9WlCAge, and
tratiseenciant abilies ; 1 would then say, let
no►tr he give") til,whom bonokir is doe, and con•
shier that a national improvement call loudly for
a national acknowledgment ; and while our Army
bus received the honours due to them„ scat .itur
gallant Officers of the Navy. meet with a similar
reward, 1 hope our -Naval Architects will not be,
forgotten. ,
I was led into these, reflections by being fa-
voured With the sight of taro Models of Melt of
War of exquiSite workmanship, :on viewing one
of his 'Majesty's Yards lately, One presented the
Hull of a Ship built on the old rsystifm, and the
other on the new. They struck me with astonish
ment. I have the boooor to'be,
Your very tremble Seiyairt 0,-. L.

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