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STATE OF THf. BRITISI1 KAVY-
BrilUb rarllunent Juljr, 131
Lord Cochrane rose,' in pursuance
of his pottcc, to call the attention of
the house to the present state of the
navy. He would not long trespass
on the attention of the house, Iu'or
l ,ier to place before them in a clear K
perspicuous manner jus sentiments
upoa this most important suoject, he
h.d embodied them in a resolution,
rHIIIVH iUk. Ill VN. v wiv -
r 1 ...mk'inr
ponunuyoi pcruaiug, auu nnu
writh due deliberation during the peri
od of adjournment, and the, truth of
tvhich they would thus have an oppox
tunity ofasceruining. ,Hc could on
!y sayythat to the coneancss of the
facts which he should state, he could
most fully pledge himself. He would
then content himself with reading his
resolution, and should reserve what-!
ever else he might have to ofur to
the house, till he heard whether Any
objection should be m'ide an event
which he did not anticipate, as he
saw not upon what ground nbj$ction
cnu'd aris. The noble" Lord then
read the following resolution :
t: That tbt honour of bit majes'y
crown, ihc glcry sna" safety of thr coun
try, does in a great drgrce depend on
the msiutenance, especially in time of
w.r.of cn cGciint narsl es'.ablWhmrnt.
Thai during the Vc and present war'
i:b Funce, splendid yLtaries'.bsve
been giined bjr his msjcs'y fi-eu nd
vessels of wr,ofera vast vupttiority in
the umbcrol u.s and men, and in the
sreight of metal.
That thte sic'ori, gained under
su'cb circumstances, vrerc obtained by
the skill mi intrepidly of the officers,;
sad by the cneTgy, real and valor ol the
crews-
Tbst during the pref rnt war iith the
U. S.cjFArocrica, h s tntjesty' natal
service bss io stvral instancrs, expr
rienced defeat, in a mar'ntr, and to a de
cree unforeseen and unexpected by this
b'uise, by the Adairalty, aiid by the j
country at large,
Thit the cuse of thc.e hmentablr
deftaisis not any supetrhv pasrese!
by (he enemy, either in sXill or vi lor,
nor the wel knwn dirTcrnct. in the !
weight or metal, srhicli heretofore has
been detmttl unimportant; but tfrie
chicflyifrom the dtcaytd and heartiest
ttcte cf thercwscr his la j sty's hip
of war, compjred wi'li thtir former en
ergy and zeal anl conipjrcU on the o
thr hind, with the Jreshna and vior
ej the crews of thctmtmy.
That i i an ir,ito.ral!e fect, tfc:
langSr unUmitedonCncnunt to a ship,
as well as to any other psrik'u'ar spot,
snd espceially when accompanied viih
the diet nrcessarily thst of ihips of war,
anJ a dcprivjjiun of the uusl rrcrea
tions of mn, seldom fails to produce a
ripid dcay cf ihe physical ou-cr the
natural parent injuch Casts of despan
drncy of rrind.
That the late and present war agsinst
Trance (Including a .short interval of
price, in which the navy was not paid
r(T) hate listed upwafd of 20 yesrs and
that a new naval war has recently com
rrmcedV ;
Th.the duration r.f the term of ser
cc in his majestv avy U itbvolutcly
v itbou ny IWnr ai-n : nd tiut there is
t mnde provi.fi.d for ty law for.jhe fair
urvd impanial dischar;: ngofmeti tbci:-
lr-ra : and that, accvnlii g to the pre
sent practice, decay," disease,1 incurable
xounds nr dca'h, can alone procure the
. ulease'of any smmen bf whatever age,
.r ha?eirer lent:ih rfs-ryice.
That learx! uho have: iecoms. thollj
UU far. active jctyU?iit, ia' place uf j
lieiDdischargetl andrewsnjed accord-,
iif ro their mcrtls and their suffcrwgs
'Jfcrrtd taVstips ci harbor duij,
xUrc they , srti j)la:td uriler ifiictss
"boliy unacquainted with tUeir cUi-or
trr and former cor.ductwho have-ftp
other means to estimate tbero.but u'nttie
cileof their'rcmaiuiogactiv'uy and bo
,5ly strength ; sphere there Is nocilitioc
ion made between Ibe former petty of
ficer and the common seaman between
)xuih and age and where ihftse worn
tHitand wounde'd seamen,w behave spent
Ihe txsi pat: cf their lires or have fos
1 1 ei r h t a It h , in t h e ser t i z e pi h t r Co u h
lM i have iv pci form a 'dutv more Ubo-
I Un that of the, convict felons ml ht J
rJs-abd with this rcmarable
' ? op, that the labors of the latter
-. - V :iu-n tcrmioaUod. ' '
That though the seamen, thus trans
terrednd thus employed, nave ail been
Invalided, they are permitted to re'-en-ter
ships of war on actual service : and
thai such is the nature.of the harbor
duty, that many, in order to escape
from it, do so re-enter, there being no li
mitation as to the number of times: of
their being invalided,' or that of their re
entering. ,
That to obtain a discharge from the
navy, by purchase, the sum of- eighty
pound lerling is required by the A m
ralty, which together with otber expen
ses, amounts to twenty limes the origi-.
nal bounty i and is equal to all that a sea
man can save, with the most rigid econ-
omv during the avaraee period in which j
he is capable of service ; that this sum
is demanded alike fMm men of all 3ges
and of all lengths bfr servitude ; from
those pensioned- for wound vand also
from those invalided for h trbor duty ;
thus converting thr funds of Greenwich
and the reward of former services into
a in,eans of recruiting the navy. '
' That such is the horror which sea
men have of this useless prolongation
oC their captivity, that those who are a
ble, in order to etcspe from it, actually
return into the hands f government all
ihe fruits of their toil which former
ly they locked to as tne mcnsof souic
little comfort in their old age.
Thil besides these capital grievan
ces tending to perpetuate the impress
service, there are others worthy the se
riVus kUemre-n of this house. 1 '
That the petty- offirers and stamen
on bo ird of his majesty's shps and ves
sels uf war, though absent on foreign
stations for many years receive no wa
kes until their return home, and are of
course deprived of the comforts which
those wages, paid at short interval;,
would procure them ; that this is nw
more severely felt, awing to the recent
practice of ostponin a declaration cf
mar until l01,g after the uars has Seen
actually began ; by which means the
navy is deprived, under the name of
Dri's, of the first fruits, and greatest
proportion of the prize money t which
th.y have heretofore bren in iUrd ; ami
ihu, and by 'he rximinaduns oi the
courts of bdmiruhy, the proportion if
captures which at last devolves to the
navy, is much loo fma.l to pioJucc
thie ciTccts which formerly were so
beueficial to the country ; thai while
'.heir wages are withheld ftoni them a-,
bioad, when paid at home, which to
prevent dciert'un, usually takes place
un the day before they sail out again,
having. i.o opportunity to gocn shoit,
they are compelled to buy slops of Jews
on board, ur. icceivt theui from govern
ment 15 perccn higher !h-n their ac
knowledged va!ue; and being paid m
D 1ik tulest thry are natural y induced
tn exchange thcrn for montyrcirrtni
jin o.hcr. countries, -nd which trls no
' lorious thit they do ai an cnormou-
loss ; mat me recovery cune pay and
prize money by the widows, children oi
relatives of scarue is rendered as dif-fu-ult
as posiible ; and, finally, the, re
gulatiohs with regard to passing ol the
examinati in requisite, evious to an
ahuision to the benefits Greenwich
Hospital, subject the disabled seamen
to so many difficulties and to such long
delays, th'at in numerous cases he is
compelled to beg Wis way in the pur
eutt cf a boon, lhe(amouiitof which, c
ven in the event of the loss cf b'jth eytK,
or fbith arms, does not equal that
ofttie common board wags of a foot
man. -T?at
one of the best and strongest
motives to meritorious conduct in mi'i- j
tarr'atlil dsval men, W 1 he prospect ofj
I pruinotioi"), while such promotion is, at
Mhe same time free of additional -ex-
pcuseto the nation; out tnatjn thtr ii:i-
tUh -naval service, this powerful and
honorable incitement bs ceased to ex
ist, seeing that the means of reward
trrg, merit hsve been almost wholly
shhdrawn from naval ,;cbmraanders in
ciiicf under whose inspection sciyices
ars pctforincd ; in fact, it is a mtctter
.f perfect nbtdrieiv that it has become
tiexr'tb irnpf-sMble' for a ' rneritorious
Vubordinate;T)etty officer or seaman to
rieV i o the rank f Ueut cnant ; that' in
scarcely ihy( instance promotion" bfem
ployment is how to be Obtained in the
navy,r through any'ptber: means Hhain
wtfat is callcdTarliameniatylntere
(hat is, the corrupt influence of Bo
loughs ; - . - - .-.
vk Tiia't pwjng tothese causesi'chiejnyi
thei crews .bf bis inijcsty'i' ihtpsfwiri
hate, in ccneral,' become trV'i very tmi
aiderable degree irord out'tnd disheartt
coed,- and inadequate to the performance
with their wonted energy and effect of
inose arauous auties wnicn oeiaag' io
the naval service ; and that; hence has
arisen by slow and imperceptible de
grees, the enormous augmentation of
our ships and men, while the naval force
of bur enemies iaactually much less
than in former years. j
'That as a remedy for this alarming
national evil, it is absolutely necessary
that the grievances of the. nary, some
of which only have. been recited, above,
should be. redressed ; 'that a limitation
of the duration of service should be a
dopted, accompanied with the. certainty
of a suitable reward, not subject to any
of the effects of partiality, and that mea
sures should be taken to cause the com
fji tabic situations in the ordinary of ihe
dock-yard ; the places of porters, mes
sengers, 8cc. c in and about the offi
cers belonging to the, sea service, the
under wardens of the navtl forests, &c.
to be bestowed on meritorious decayed
petty officers and seamen, instead of be-
ng, asJhey no geperatlv are, the wa
ges of corruption in borough elections.
That this house, convinced that a de
crease of energy of character capnot be
compensated by an augmentation of the
number of ships, guns, and men', which
s, at ihe same time, a grievous pecu
niary burden to the country, will at an
early pritd next session, institute an
inquiry by special committeci or other
wise, into the matters above staled, and
pari-'ulavly witb a view to dispensing
suitable rewards to seamen ; that, they
will investigate the state of the find of
Greenwich hospital, and ascertain whe
ther lr is necessary to apply the droits
of the admirelf y,and droi's of the crown
as the natural first means of compensa
tion io thnso who have acquired them
by their valor, their privations and their
suflVrir'gs." ' ' ,
Sir Francis Burdett seconded the re
solution ; But, if was negiived: by an
overwhelming m -jority.
Ma-CKOKMU's EULUG1UM ON AMERI
CAN SEAMEN.
It svill, no doubt,v strike trie reader,
that in the debate in the BVuUhpr
iunieut, oq the state cf ihe British
t'avyf$ Mr, Croker has paid our tars
a higher compliment than even the
most enthusiastic admirers oi" their
lrro;c deeds have yet' done. That
ihc causes which Mr. Croker assigns
for our naval victories, may be im
pressed upon the public mind, we
stiall republish' that part of his reply
to the resolutions iotrodurcd by Lord
Cochrane, -which has immediate re
lation to the subject Let it be kept
ia mind, that these are the opinions
not of a friend to this ' country, as
might be supposed, but of one of the
disciple ot Pitt, and a fellow -laborer
with the infamous Castlereagh in -the
work of devastation, treachery and
corruption. It cannot be dentedr
that in this Instance, he ' has, how
ever unwillingly v or undesignedly,
done that justice to an enemy, which
nothing short of an absolute convic
tion of its being deserved, could
have drawn from him.
Mr. Croker said
4i He was surprised -that the noble
loi-d sivtuld have ventured to submit io
the house a resolution bturing upon its
lace sur:h evident rnarka of its own
falsehood a resolution so" replete as it
U wllh' tue most uufbunded calumny,
and with such distortion. of facts who
but the noble lord" would have ever
dreamed of such an insinuation as that
the late victories gained by-the Ameri
can navy over the British flag had been
attr)ou ablet uxt to the inequality if
force but to the misconduct and pusil
lanimity of our sailors 1 fHear! hear tj
What 1 he would skVwas the crew of
the J.vj dispirited when she was ta
ken ?' (Hear JJ When Ihe ilacedo
rftan, waVtaken.-was her crew stink in
apathy' and.'broken hearted I Hear!
hear !) So far from, this being' tne
:ase he could state from his o an know -ledge,
thai in ihe latter, part of i hc c
;i04t9in .which-these vessels were en
gaged and in which they fought w th
so much honor 'to, themselves and -so
much glory,-r.to -the pritifh name
wiien 'almost all. hoprS had failed, their
spbit and valor still remained unsmV
dud-and instead, as ihe noble lord
Would have the house belitici ol sink
ing, crmdst the weight of their misfbr
lunes,.they cheered each others with
reiteratetl shouts 6f encouraeementi
and those cheers -ihranablfr commenced
among the wounded in the cock , pit
Did this, he would, demand cfhe pc
oie iuru anew any iuiuk uc a vct
heartened Did this shew a
.British
sailor to be '-aufrh? ;butJ wnat . he hsd
ever proyec himself to be ? ' Didfthm
tend totarnispi or diminish the lustre
which had ever attended the career of
t he British navy X'fHcai hear) Wi h
these-facts before the house, andftbe
country, was he not authorised to-call
upon the noble lord , to state, howy he
.could presume to ask the hou tovote,
for his resolution I, Anothtr factVhe'
wpuld t state; which he v supposed the
nol:le f jrd. would constrde in'td a new
prcof of the'apatbetical and dishearcen-
ed state of bur sailors. ThtMo Hjich
he alluded was the ! .conduct cf JohrVj
Humble, the boatswain of the Jav,
who it, would -be- se'en in his examina
tion before a. court martial amongst
other facts, stated that having had hib i
arm carried away, he. went below , to
the surgeon, and having hd the stump
pu to right's'' as. he te rmed it, jby
having the torniquet applied to it, re
turned to the deck and cheered the
boarders with his pipe f Hear hear.
Was this a proof of any dimiviution of
Bi itish valor, of a failing off in the char
acter and spirit of those brave men, who,
until libelled and blown upon by! th&
noble lord, had sbod ab;ve the most
distant impuUlipn olmiscoriduci,'' ;
It is needles?, to eoquire whether
or not the. crew of theimVrVithe
he jfava or the:hMecfonianr were
4 dispirited and broken hearted,"
when these vessels were captured,
since it ha9jeen a well ascertained
fact that a great proportion of them
were killed and wounded ihai their
ships were completely, riddled and
rendered unmanageble, whilst our
own were comparatively uninjured
and that notwithstanding the 44 spi
rit and valor of their trews remained
unsubdued" they were glad to cry
for quarters from, their conquerers ;
who, according to IV! r. Croker's ac
knowledgement, must have been their
superiors in spirit and valor" as well
as in 'kill as the issue of these en
ggemtnts' prove, and as t Jie results
of every battle fought on equ d terms
since the commencement of the 'war
! places beyond djspute.
Air. Croker his now fully settled
the point in dispute between tltc two
political parties in this couhtry so far
as relates to British invincibilityic
has acknowledged and maintained
. li Tha neither the crew of the' JavaT
or the Macedonian were dispirited -or
sunk in apat hy either at the btginning
or at the termination of the engag--mems
in which those vessels, weTe ta
k.n. 2' That their, capture was" no proof
44 of any dimiuntion of Briiish vaior, jr
of a fdhng olf in their character and
spirit" tc Mr. Croker stales 4 from
his own knowledge I" too
3. That in tlie latter prt the acV
u tiens in which these vessels (ijje Java
4i & Macedonian)'were engaged, -nd ip
41 which they f iUghtjwith so much honor
to ihemeslves. and jo much glory to the
u British namCf , when almost , all hopes,
44 of "Beating an equal forces in ,Yin.
4 kee cock boatj had.faileJ, thejrsotrjt
and valor still remained unsubdued."
We hope that the-question of njvil
superiority H now decided for ever
now that even Mr, Crcktry in the.
face of the British jiarliament, open
ly declares. aad aclmtts that tbtr-tfap.-ture
of three;3ritish friga'tes.ahd se
veral sloops cjf war by "an equal force?.
of A meri cans vis-.4 no pr?tf of any
" diminution pi -valor and cioes uot
tend to tarnish or, diminish the
44 lustre whidv had even attended the
career of the? British navi h
;.: We hope Ui3t after this we jshidl i
hear no more: whining; and la'mentar j
tion about the rmnciyihty? m his ma-
jesty s navyrromtrje onusn party in
this cquntry, when the British -cov-erpnoict
itielif through ; the jiiauth; of
onef Pof its.v omciat v, organs ropenly
acknowledges that theaptutBrif
fish thij$ ol war by Ameficiiri ihjps
of war oi equal" force does . not tend
to .diminish the lustre which h eVcr
attended the career of the B ritish cna-
vy so anxious indeed is
to swell Jhe magnitude ot ourvictlKK
ries. tnat Tie is quite indignant at tn&r
h bareldea
ifthem by the
jjtotfzity'cjfth
J on the coritr3ry asserts ijp''V.
"cheers - invariciblj$6jmmefl&
the, wmdeMA fa vcmmB: MM
greater iriUMicjr iiaysm?cty m yf K' ..t
re'ndcredofAn
oiV Mr: f Cprrrfl opghg, .
mericans ' ta apeciate, the dee of r
their, countrymen, 4 wneq even llH-t .
tons acicow!eG&th '
by them cloes not tarnish rthe honor
oyheBriiqavy :
irtumpriant loraj series yyxr .
C held, of;late, ftos bei in4na$ie$
We mtcbt say .tntiqh inorero
aru:
subject: nutihetribtjtei
Croker pyVtpour tiavaj jies,
futt and ,e xplicitljtbat v h:s$$tifflfiifa:.
are ucientfbr .pur.-rpbse.we',;
would merely recommend therri, to', v.
the considcri&ion of those whose m
sines it has been to underrae the "
de eds of their country teniwiy m
blazon and elevatev the merit .of the; -
enemy. r V. ;' ' ;-:-- i. A-Utorp
From the llostontJljropicle,
Principles oft Washington iricufC'itedi
The situation of the country de
mands the highest energies, of its
friends to counteract thV conduct of .
our interhaV enemies WrtjU the
blood of I-a w re n te? L u d 1 o w A 1 1 e p ,?
and other heroes is shed on the At
lantic, the blodcl N of Pike and "other
patriots is flowing pa the . Lakes.
While Rodgers, rBainbndgeV: rfull,'
Stewart, Porter, Smith, ;&tc.; Have
jeopardized their lives in defencte; of
the country with jthejr brave seamen,
it becomes a serious rt flection wheth
er internal fbeS should be suffered to
pursue their traitorpus designs with
impunity. Hocgn.w
carry on at ar successfully wii en ee2
ry supply is iyen to. the enemy
when evey information is com mUni "
cated frhile, piratical eipeditiohs
are formed on hore, nj while the
honest seamep who act under ihe
authority df tht Uhifed States txizri
raigned to answer to the charges--of
those culprits who stand indicfcrflar "
open violations f the iatir ' ?ffit$l;
conduct of certain; meo in thisf &vri
in flttiog buia vessel, in Hdstile arrays
to retake a ssel eapture:iQ
commission pi the?: United States,
stands unparalleled in anv cbuntry en
jg3feed in legitimate war; Admitr
that in Halifax such air outrage had t
been committed would ,the English'
uvuucicu me aumority ot: vjhe
goverrjmbevpi
lsTandmi
fered thciruthoifcid
come rsp05iJg .'Rtood
charged in fyieir .courts- tor vhigh.
crimes ould;'riievthaVe - tamely
submitted tpiee an inferior Court
ercbing? rigrtt - toehold such tneri
to bail, and firNllto cbnfinetthemin
goal for not immeiatfly n-oducih5
calumniates . the government .ulfer
which thy acterl.l would not such -r.
lawyerhaver be,eh limmediatelv 4
sihinr ed wrjeohwrtf tburi h V
MW'crtionsttb the-eft my
fe? o seri;Can;
sideration. vHow-pften.doywe hnl
on bQardof):l8;ietterfi v
traitdrousshnpof t;?
sms known wwrirtfe
P. arc JineSff " neruin
broughtWaw
SA;ibcyf not iufedrto "
remain amnriir ti v .' i i?ir '
holcaJ: desjgnsx -tHowifh5r1eu s
hls, from the . system adoptd-by
ASHINQ-Iro hear.V.
was found corresponding with the -ene.
mv, He waa immediately arreated W f
Washiijpto f Heyas heldpoV
sible forjhia perfidyf andevery fchetgy ' " X
yyas; exerted jto 'iaHnriidarje such trai
tors frona- persisting in their cVirre. "
m&m' 'At that period, we haJ ;
not iui w many uvea m me war sa " 4
-v ua laaen ; '
S - V.-.if
-.r.
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