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London, England, 1810-10-23 00:00:00

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THE PRI .VC IP 41. OFF/Cl RS elk/ C6.lll7ilfs:
ST 0 ERSse Ms Arm:n.7; zurr,kerelz, is,;v: aim.
That a Plan of Education ban bust estiblisbud at the ititya:
Naval hie hlajell's, Deck-yard, at Portsmouth, fur arl
auperier Apprentices to Shipwrights.

The of Students in the superior ells, of Shipwrights.'
Appremic..s shall, in the first instance, be knit-it'd to twelve, but
will grad:tally be itmrewd to-tw...bq he.. The perintl of 4-
, prenticco.Op shall be tievn years, but for a Student who may
have previously served in the inferior dim of Apprentices In
.his
Majesty's yards for the space of two years, it shall be only six
years, ai:d only five years for a Studerr who may have preeiosidy
served in the said class for the vpace of three years.
An Instructor in the theory of Nav 11 Architecture iris tiO
added to the present establishment of
.00 P ort! College,
to assist particularly in tha instruction of this ela.s 0 Apptedtices„
The Candidates for admission must produce certificates ham
two respectable Physicians or Surgeor.s that they are Of sound
health and constitution, and likewise proof from the register of
the parish in which they were bunt df their being at least 1,3, and
not mare thaa 17 years or age, excepting mull:lams from among
the Shipwrights' Apprentices of the Yard, who may he admitted'
if they shall nut have served mere than three years of their time.
Candidates shall beetamined on the first Weelmesday in Noirens-'
bet In each year, by the Professor of the Royal Naval College,
assisted by the Instructor in the 'lleory of Naval Architecture,
in the presence of the Commissioner of the Yard, the Lieutenant-
Governor of the College, and Master *Shipwright, who shall
jointly report the result of the examination to the Lot is Com-
missioners of the Admiralty, carefully inserting the Lames of the
Candidates in succession =Lording to their respective merits.

The following shall be the subjects of examinatinn, with which
ever, successful :::indidite must be perfectly acquainted
Ist.--Readiog English, and writing is with facility from dic-
tation.

4d.—The fire four Rules of Arithmetic, and the Rvle of Three
in whole numbers, and nLso in vulgar and Decimal Fractions.

.Id.—The first three Books of Eudifrs Elements, by P. simp.
to-!, with the exception of P►oposirioi:s 42, 44, 4.1, EGOit I. sod
of Propositions 11, 9, 10, 11, 14, Bock 2, In this part of the ex-
anunatuans, besides giving the moor precise donmistratiottl, the
Candida:es will be exp,,cted to make the comtructions an 8 prac-
tical manner with co.npasses an ruler. •

4th.---The French I.aagstage, a knowledge of which, although
nut abs,Aiitely required in the Candidat‘s v. ha may present them-
selves at the first examination which is to he liettoviii, hewer-
theless, give a preference to these who are in all other reepects
equilly qualified; at all subsequent examinations, however, the
Candida es will be required to read and translate French with
facility.
After admission into the Superior Class, the Apprentices shall
attend at the Royal Naval College duee or four boors on the
mornings of every day in the week, except Sunday, and the esta-
blished Holidays, where they shall be insulated in such parts of
tilt. following Subircts, as shall appear to the Profesior of the
College to he bcstikdapted to the object of the li,stablislunent, viz.
the Formation of able and awful Ship IluiLlers

Geometry, fititions,
Alubra, pf NavalAreLitecture,
Plane Trigonometry, Drawing,
Mechanics, Hydrostatics, l'he Preach I.ansuaze.

OD Mondayi- Tuesdays' and Wtxines.lays, the Apprentices
shall be emplsyed a the during the hours a'anvoitt•ti-
timed in the Study of Mathematics, under the Pri.fe.sor or the
Instructor; on Thursday a,ta Fri :ay mornings in Drawing, un-
-I.:rthe Drawing Muter, the art of Perspective being most par-
ticularly applied in drawing the differeitt parts of a Ship ; and the
tunrning of i•aturday shall be appropriated to the Study of such
books and exercises in the French Language, under the French
Master, as may perfect them therein, and at the same time adtt
vanes their professional knowledge. This division of time al.
lotted for their Studies is, however, to be subject to such altemr,
tions as shall appear to the Professor best calculated for promoting
the object of tbe„lnstitution.

In the remaining part of the day, when not sttendle., at the.
College, they shall be employed.under.the Mutter shipwright or
instrueror Naval Artiletedentr; in the Mould-loft, in the
various kinds of manual labour connected with Ship-building;
in the acquiremlint of a complete knowledge of the ttffercut
parts 6f a Ship, and of the method of constructing and fastening
the same, as well as in discriminating her different properties
deducible front theoretical calculations; also in the manage.
meet and ciinversjon of 'timber, and genecally,, in such ether
manner atibe Master Shipwright may scuasider as best adapted
to make them fully sequciuted with all the detail of the dudes of
it.practiesl Shipwright.
To ensure the putiiehment of offences committed by them dur-
ing their attendance at the College, a book shall be .ke•ot, by the.
Instructor, in which such offences shall be entered ; and. at the
end of each week, or oftener if there be uee.,sion, this book shall
be sent to the Office of the Commissioner,.who wia order such
punishment to be inflicted, as May be conformable to the usual
-treatment of Apprennces in the Dock Yard.
And at the end of each y tar, a public Examination shall take
place in the presence of the Oilicersanentioned in the 3d Article,
and a general statement of the improvement of the respective
Apyrentices in the t'woretical part of their profession shall he
transmitted by the Profesior of the College, anU of their pro.
gross in the practical part by the Master Shipwright, through
the Commissioner of the Dock, Yaril to the Adurralty Office;
to the end that, if it shaft appear that an Apprentice has parti-
cularly distinguished himself to any of the departm.:ins of his
prefeisino, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty may con.
NT on him such mark of their appribation as their Lordships may
deem expedient. ..
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The last year of their Apprenticeship, or such part thereof as
the. Lords Ciitanotssietters of the Admiralty may think proper,
shall be snived. at Sesi„.in suck of his livl:ilesty's •Ships as their
Lordsbips shall direct,. with a view of obtainim some practical
dge in the steering, sailing{ trimming, and ballasting of
chips; in making remarks eel she !notion and working of a ship,
in all lien parts, in had wcaehcr, and on a high sea; the stknding
and, straining of the misis and yards under such circumstances ;-
AIM plapingekhit fired blocks, with a view to the proper leading
4 ropes, Ate; and, gena.diy, in obtaining such information as
the Captain, Capeuter, and other Oilacers of tfs ship may, by
chile experience, ci,nnuunicate, and smelt as their own observations
may stiggest. .
During the time that such ati Apprentice shall be on board 3
ship he will le r required tel keep a jourcal of his remarks .snd
observations, arranged under distinct beads; noting such un=
praveincnts in ant part pc the iltip,oi-auy thiLs.conueCted there-
wick, as may sii;;zest the:nsrJverao hint, Onin a minute attention
to; the corcumsrat;ces by which a ship' iatetei! at ; a capy
of whirl; lournal ot to hi trammitteik to thii Ad:ntralty.
A cabin or birth es 41 be ailottud to him in the gua-rinua, or in