Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1807-03-16


on board for comfort Of the
wounded. So much for the human
ity Of the fyfem.
Next let US conGdcr the economv
Of eXpenfe.
Each boat, Of the dimenfons be-
tore d5lcrlbed, has colt in this port
tn &c thoul4nd dollars for the naked
hu f; TO rig and equip her for ia. II
am informed, by experienced men.
VIII colt four thoufand dollars more
making total FIR each GUN rh,t L
water bo.":c, Of feven thoufand DOL
lars, e one thoufana FIVE hundred
and twenty FIVE pounds ferling.
IL tbs Brltlih fervice, the climate
i'me years ago, was me rhouCnd
pounds a Gun, for thips Of the lin :;
allowing rife of f " per cent. ii.
the e1Penle VI nip building. then the
nr!t colt Of their hip- per Gun, viii
De equal TO thar Of ours
But the exPenCe Of navy does
not arite 70 much from the frR cot
Of the machinery, as from the annu-
Al eXPenle n rranning ami vianal-
linz. And here the wifdom of our
Iegh1t r ihines With fplendid rune
rl"ri'y s. for while, in the Bririfh
ierwoe eight m=n to d gun are con-
tldered tulI compliment, for di(tant
expeditions, we. ec5nsmcaM emnIov
nifty men TO gun FOR harbor duty.
50 that the two hundred gun boats
which, by the tralcendent wifdom Of
our rulers, are defined to guard this
happy land, will require 10 man
th1n, ten tbyDIaHd men.
While in the B infh feryice, ten
thouland men " uld Be a large COM
PIiment for fifteen fhips Of eighty
guns each.
vii. not calculate the immenfe
dipar'ty # expenie Of the wages of
officers in the two fyRems-I will
merely ftatc their numbers, which
mutt ttand nearly thus
y tbe Gm-Eoat5,
For FIX Fo'iI'as, each one, s com
200 Bosrs, captains each one, 200 can.
Ideutenants, each two 400 lieut.,
n tai, COMM roned officers, COS
IN the Rr iB FERENCE,
For fifteen 50 gun 1lips, Admir-. 3
Captains, each one, IS
Lleutenants, each tour, 60
Total, commiEoned officers, rs
The economids then in order to
put adoat two hundred guns, will
employ fix hundred and tx commit
honed officers, and nine thouf.nd
three hundred and ninety four petty
officers and men
While tie ProiigaI Britons. in if
teen fhiPs, Of eighty guns each, put
ahoat twelve hundred d ns. and en-
Ploy ievonty eight CONDITIONED off
GERS, and nine thoufaud nine hun
dred and thirty, petty officers and
men.
thus, the annual expence Of our
two hundred guns, which are deRin-
ed to Turk in mud holes, will BE e.
quail TO we've hundred Britilh can
non, force fuficient to command
the reiPe8 Of mankind in every
quarter Of the ocean for it is con
ceded ~ that model of naval, militia
ry, and economical wifdom, the late
PrehdentiIl meh &c on the fubie4 Of
gun-ooats, " that this tptci1s Of ma
val armament can have little effect
towards protecting our commerce il
The gen JSa5, even upon our own
coat.
ButIam anfwered, rhot it's not in
tended to nan all the Seats except IN
Gale Of war ,-doub ltf5. Neither
are the Brlcifh fhips manned except
~ cafe OF war but when manned,
and IN a hatever extent, both officers
and men mutt be paid, and mutt
ear and the difparity Of expenfe IN
the two iyltems, will be IN he fame
proportion.
Pretume that the fame fublime
ft~aln Of Wit ON will pervadc the
whole fyitem, and b. difplayed in the
means Of procuring men with the
( me fPlendour, as in the deviGue
and building of the machines. Ih,