354 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



Highness, at one view, the whole 

 of' this part of the suhji ci : 



And we further .submit to your 

 Royal Highness, to be pleased to 

 sanction the abolition of tbe fol- 

 lowing obsolete or unnecessary 

 ratings : 



Yeoman of tlie Powder-joom, 



of the Sheets, 



Quarter-Master's Mates, 



Tiuuipeters, 



dun Smiths, 



Midshipiiian Ordinary, 



Coxswain's Mates, 



Sw;ibbers, 



Ordinary Trumpeter, 



Shifter, 



Gunner's Tailor. 



Th.e expense to be occasioned 

 by the establishment of the former 

 ratings will, after deduct ing that 

 of the ratings proposed to be abo- 

 lished, 1)2 very inconsiderable ; 

 namely, 3^ 2s. per mensem in a 

 fitst rate, and less in pioportion 

 in the others ; being in the whole, 

 on one ship of each class in the 

 Royal Navy, only 12/. 7s. per men- 

 sem. 



We beg leave farther to state, 

 that, as the caipenters and car- 

 penters' mates and carpenters' 

 crews find their own tools, and 

 are alone, of all the classes in the 

 ship, liable to this species of extra 

 expence ; and as we have, by late 

 regulations, given much more ac- 

 tivity and employment to this de- 

 scription of persons, to the great 

 benefit of the service, we propose 

 to allow to each jicrson of these 

 cbsses 7s- per mensem, in a.ddition 

 to their pay, to suuply themselves 

 with tools ; this allowance being, 

 in fact, already, though partially, 

 made. 



V. We now beg leave to call the 

 attention of your Royal Highness 



to the companies of Royal Marine 

 Artillery. 



These conipanies were formed, 

 one ai each division, in the year 

 1S04, for the puipose, in the first 

 instance, of supi)lymg the service 

 of his Majesty's bomb-vessels, be- 

 fore that time performed by the 

 Royal Artillery ; but it wns also 

 intended tiiat these tompai.ies 

 should, particvdarly in time of 

 peace, be emplo\ed at the respec- 

 tive divibions, in drilling the whole 

 of the marines to gunnety. 



We are so well satisfied of the 

 great utility of having a considera- 

 ble body of marines trained to 

 gunnery, that we are induced to 

 recommend that tlie Royal Maiine 

 artillery l)e increased to eight 

 companies, as well for the puipiise 

 of encouraging and training the 

 other marines, as to enable us, 

 on occ:isions, to embark a certain 

 numbL'r of well trained artillery- 

 men in other of his Majesty's 

 ships as well as in the bombs ; 

 experience having proved the great 

 advantages to be derived to the 

 ser\ice from this practice, which 

 has been of late tried to a small 

 extent. 



We therefore humbly propose 

 to your Royal Highness, to be 

 pleased to sanction the establish- 

 ment of eight companies of Royal 

 Marine artillery ; but in order 

 that the whole establishment may 

 not exceed wiiat your Royal High- 

 ness has pleased to declare to be a 

 fit peace establishment of marines, 

 we Inuubly propose to transfer a 

 certain number of officers and 

 men from the oidinary marines to 

 the artillery, and we hereunto 

 subjoin schemes of the establish- 

 ment of Royal Marines and Royal 

 Marine ?itilkry, respecti\ely, 



Mhich 



