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GEORGIA GAZETTE. Number 20. •• ■ • LONDON. * w To the R. SIR, •* ... i IHire fcnt f** the following ftbeme or plan, lately pre sented to, and graciously received by, the Lords of the Admiralty, by the gentlemen who have paiTed their exami nation for Lieutenants of the navy. Thedefign thereof you will find is for the providing and employing a considerable number of those fcamen and* non com miffioncd officers, who Shortly will, by the peace, be difeharged out of the navy service. As the publication of thisjpropofal will extend the know ledge of it, and may be doing a peculiar service to that body of men, who have, during the late war in particular, hignly merited the publick regard; yoor inferring thereof ia your paper will oblige, Your's, C. D. A PLAN fit continuing near 20,000 fcamen and non-commi]Jion tjfutrs, difcbargtdftm the navy, always ready fi government Service, without ex,fence, by extending the whale fijbery, and obtaining a perpetual employ for the/e men, and thereby preventing their engaging in foreign jervice ; at alfe upon an emergency, a speedy method of manning hit Majefy't Jhipt of war, without imprtjfng, witaftagffiftyflHE great increase of the navy this last war, has occasioned so many Teamen to be dis- W®jpisM®aygJ charged, that it is not possible for our €NH| tp Vh mercantile navigation to employ them ; KyUnocWAS therefore it is conceived, unless Some a expedient be put ia execution, ao,ooo teamen will remain unemployed, and thereby be obliged to Seek foreign Ser vice for their support. That exclusive of Seamen and marine boys difeharged from the navy, it is computed that near 500 non-conjmilEon officers, who have palled their examinauons, or lieutenants, who have accomplished themSelvcs by, and in many years labonrand fervitudeon board his Majesty's Ships of war, attended with a very heavy expence to their friends and re lations, before they could be properly qualified and deemed fufficient mariners, navigators, and pilots; and after all mull be turned adrift, aifperfed, ana, in all probability, intirely loft to the marine force of England, before any em ploy can happen for them in the King's Service by another war; therefore it is presumed the loss of such a body of qua lified officers must be an irretrievable lofa to the nation, and merits the Serious consideration and attention of the legisla ture for the continuance of their employ in time of peace. To remedy which it is proposed, that all his Majesty’s frigates, transports, armed (hips, fire (hips, Sc c. more than neceSTary for the service of the government, which can pro perly be converted for this service, be employed in the Greenland fishery and Davis's Straits, to the amount of 125,600 tons of Shipping, comprehended in i§o Sail, and to navigate thoie Ships will require 17,000 feamcnand 1500 non-comm iffioa officers, for the following reasons, via. First, That all Ships in the Greenland fishery, of necessi ty, are obliged to carry three times the number of hands re- ? [aired in our ceefting navigation of equal burthen, therc ore it is thought to be the moft eligible branch to employ such a number of Teamen. - That 250 Saif, of 500 tons each Ship, upon an average, Will employ 70 Seamen, a commander, and five petty offi cers; so in proportion to the other Ship* of greater or iefs tonnage, from 600 to 100 tons burthen. That the preient method of carrying on the whale fishery, has never employed more than 3000 men in one season, and otherwise is not a proper inducement to fcamen (in time of peace) to embark; for the voyage fcldom exceed* lour vr T H U .R S D X Y, August ,8, ,763. si?k?i! h, 5 “u and ,he “***• P” *■ ■MR thin fern or fi? h L P *f nd * the “1” bcl * t arising Aon, 8”J en V ‘£* gowomew Rater, ia tht Laen and OMers only, dir Teaman, after dedaftiag extra doeth, and liquor, itc. which he i, obliged to eqnip hißfrlf wiS on account of the f.vci.y o ,h? L J nothing left for hu support the remaining seven or eieht months. It is conceived, • Were this branch of commerce veiled in, or under the direction of the government, the men under the fame regu. lations with refpeft to their pay, and also to be intitled to the benefit from the chcft at Chatham and Greenwich hofni tal, in the fame manner as disabled fcamen from Ships of war, the trade would become more extensive, and thereby Cn jr *** Englilh nation to outvie the Hollanders; no nc ceffity for so large a bounty, or recourfc to the usual disa greeable method oS impressing men, in case of a future rup ture with any foreignjiower; be less injurious to the mer chants, and always aftord a fufficient number of (hip* f or transporting his Majesty’s forces abroad upon an emergen cy. That the 40s. per ton bounty, and the produft of the oi! and bone, will be more than fuSlicicnt to support the num ber of officers and fcamen here proposed, from a calculation I made in the year 1760 of the Dutch in that particular branch. For inrtancc, they employed about 70,000 tons of Shlp. piiw, and upwards of 10,000 Teamen, which brought home 376 fifti, valued in Holland upon an ayerage at cool. Suii each, amounting to ißß,oool. then it is demonstrable, were 250 fail of English Ships employed in this commerce, ad mitting equal Success in the voyage, with the fame propor tion as to tonnage, it would be agreeable to the following estimate, viz. 0 VOYAGE Dr. 17.500 Seamen, at 141. 12 s. 6d. per voyage, equal to their annual pay in the navy, 255.938 1.500 Warrant and petty officers, viz. a mailer and commander 51. mailer's mate 31. fccond mate al. carpenter 21. surgeon 31. and boat swain zl. Tup poled at about 171. per month up on the whole, exclusive of their refpeSttve Shares of filh brought to market, 19,000 Men viftualling, at 51. per man, Allowance for spirituous liquors, at 10s. per man, 9,500 415,688 Balance gained —* £. 580,000 VOYAGE Cr. The produce of the voyage, And the bounty given by the government upon 125,000 tons, at 40s. /. 580,000 Which balance will be fufficient to reimburse the annual ex pence of the wear and tear of the Ships employed, and gain ioo,oool. .The cftablilhing this branch of commerce, agreeable to the above plan, mod be esteemed the bell Seminary for Tea men, navigators, end pilots, in time of peace; annoy and prevent Surprize* from tkeemmy, as 17,500 able Seamen, when embodied with Oldbury Teamen, landmen, and ma rines, allowing 175 able to be incorporated in each Ship, will be fufficient, upon an emergency, to man 100 Sail of the line of battle.