Here, then, we have men who | What then, fair play is not enough

were Lieutenants 15, 18, 20, 28, 30 years ago; long, and long before SPENCER and THYNNE, and many other of the Post-Captains, WERE BORN! Is not this pretty work? Is it thus that we are to prepare for a fight with the American navy? As to the 51 Commanders, one half of them had never seen salt water, when the greater part of the above 98 were made Lieutenants. But, in this 98 you see, alas! no Honourables. You see none of those names that meet the eye everlastingly in the Place and Pension List.

COCKBURN, in the debate on the motion of Mr. Hume, said, "That it was of great moment to "the country, that persons of

to induce them? Very generous people, truly. What! they know that certain posts give a chance of great bags of prize-money; and they want those posts over the heads of others! Brave youths! Gallant spirits! Generous and noble souls! It must be love of gain, mind, according to this, COCKBURN: for they could find fighting as Lieutenants. Ah! but ́ mere fighting is not enough to induce the noble youths.

However, Master COCKBURN, where is your proof that it is of

great moment," or of any moment at all, that persons of "rank should be induced to enter "the service?" Howe, Duncan, Nelson, Jarvis, Rodney, Hawke, Drake-no others strike me at

rank and importance should be “induced to enter the service." present; and, but one of these

was of the aristocratic breed. All was rank: all-was nobility: all was done by men of" rank," whom COCKBURN seems to think so necessary to our very salvation.

It is false and foolish to say, that
the country can be served by giv-
ing a preference to men of rank:
it is downright falsehood, and
excessive folly besides. It is
a mere whim, that has become
fashionable only since the abo-
lition of nobility in France.
Ever since that time, there has
prevailed, amongst "the loyal,"
an outrageous cry for nobility. As
to rangerships of parks, care of
stag-hounds, groomships of the
close-stool, bed-chamber works,
Board of Green Cloth, and the
like; and, as to the wearing of
whiskers, long spurs, trifle-bags to and, they have taught us
bounce against the heels, cocks'-
tail feathers in the head: all these
1, I am sure, have no objection to
see in the exclusive possession of
the noble youths. But, when it
comes to the fighting of Yankees,
and to the defending of Ireland

Besides, CоCKBURN, you, I think, were at the beginning of the last American war. You have, at least, heard of it. The Americans had no men" of rank:" yet they beat us. Now, if they can fight thus without men "of rank," why cannot we? If they can fight us, and even beat us, without boroughs, what need we of boroughs? Yes, COCKBURN, the Yankees have taught you, that "rank" is not necessary to make men fight;

to

despise that about which you
make such a fuss. One would
think, that, under such circum-
stances; so recently beaten by a
people who know nothing of rank,
you and your fellows would have
been cautious how
you set up such
pretensions for "rank," and espe-
cially how you acted upon such
pretensions, and that, too, to the
enormous extent proved by Mr.
HUME's statements.

against invasion, I must confess, that; (supposing me to wish for success) I would rather not see the undertaking committed to those who are deemed, by Cockburn, to be so useful. We are now I am now going to take a de

about to taste the sorrows arising from the loss of America; and, I know who it was that lost it for us. BUTE and NORTH at home, and the two HOWES, CORNWALLIS and CLINTON, in America.

lightful little bunch of heroes. The reader is aware, that there are thousands upon thousands of midshipmen, who performed hard service during the war, and who are now left to starve, to beg, or

to get their bread how they can. | men, who have thus passed their Strange that our Government six years, and have been almost should be constantly taking on immediately made lieutenants, new midshipmen. Well: a midship-over the heads of thousands upon man must be on six years before thousands of midshipmen who he can be a lieutenant. Being served, and who were in many, at the Naval College passes for many battles during the war. Of three of the years, I think. Now, these fortunate midshipmen Mr. then, since the peace, there have HUME gives the following specibeen numerous fortunate midship-men.

List of a few of the Midshipmen promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, almost as soon as they had served their time.

This is a sweet bunch indeed. so you are getting on to be ComThree HOPE JOHNSONS! Ho- modores against the next batch of nourable RYDER! Honourable R. Orders in Council shall be issued! S. DUNDAS! Honourable ANSON! Sweet Commodores, you will, if Another DUNDAS! But, reader, you think this, certainly be deonly think of EDMUND WOOD-ceived. There will be nothing HOUSE and WILLIAM PITT but blows to be got in another CANNING! Sweet youths! And war. There will be no more

searching of American vessels; solved on the exact course which and, I verily, believe, of no other they shall pursue with regard to vessels. There will never be us; and of one thing I um ceranother war like the last.-tain; that they never will again Nine hundred and ninety-nine suffer us to rummage their ships. thousandth parts of that war was It will be, then, a fighting war; not a business of fighting, but a and, when it approaches, I shall business of taking possession of not be at all surprised, if a love other men's goods. Many, many of peaceful retirement should millions worth of goods were become a very fashionable pro❤ seized by the navy without the pensity. firing of a gun. That will not be the case again. It is the interest of all other nations that it should not be; and this is, too, the interest of the people of England. How can we be bettered by the pillaging of other nations for the benefit of those who show us such fair play as is exhibited in the above lists ?

The boroughmongers bite, at present, exceedingly sharp. The Jews are taking away their rents. Every day sees them poorer and poorer. They, therefore, pitch with uncommon ferocity on the taxes. Yet they cannot drive directly at these. They cannot jump upon them like a wolf a traveller. They must draw them, suck them up, through cer tain unseen channels. Have them they will as long as they can. They will not desist, we may be well assured, until they be absolutely choked off, which, to certainty, they will be at last.

upon

It is curious enough, that WILLIAM PITT CANNING should be destined to be an Admiral. I do hope, that I shall see him pitted against JONATHAN; with whom, mind, we are sure to have war, whenever we go to war with any other Power; or, we must give up Before I dismiss this article, I the right of search; and, then, must again express my regret, where is the prize-money? If that we have not the ages of WIL war keep off for some years, we LIAM PITT CANNING, and the rest shall, relatively, be more unfit of these heroes. I think Mr. for it than we are now. The HUME might move for their ages, Americans keep steadily on pre-and also for the number of months paring for the next war. I dare (if any) that each has been or say, that they have already re- board of ship. We should then

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see what we have got to go into " That navy had been, and it albattle with. ways ought to be, the honour While I give my cordial thanks" and glory of the country; and to Mr. HUME for those means of " he hoped that the country would a little look, or rather, peep, at" never forget, or fail to acknow Blue and Buff, I must not, I can- "ledge, their gallant deeds. He not, and, if I could, I would not," looked upon the navy as the disguise my sorrow at the fulsome" most important branch of our praises bestowed by him on this "national defence: to it the counsame Blue and Buff. I allude to "try owed all its honour and the beginning of the speech which" glory; for the trophies of the he made when he brought forward" army had been always the con his motion above mentioned. The " sequence of the triumphs of the words, according to the printed" navy. He held the characters report, were these:-" Mr. HUME" of naval officers in the highest said, that the motion, of which "respect. He coupled with their "he had given notice, was a very names all that was gallant and "important one, and he hoped "manly, and he trusted that they "that the motives which had in-" would not look upon the present "duced him to bring it forward" motion as in any way directed "would not be misunderstood. It" against them."

66 was not with British seamen that Why all this ceremony? All "he would find fault: these he "had always held in the highest "estimation, and he hoped that "nothing would occur to after that "good opinion of them. But he " had no hesitation in saying, that "since the commencement of the "peace, the Admiralty had not "used those powers with which "they were vested, in the way "that appeared to be most useful,

"either in promoting the interests

"of the country or the honour of

this hoping and trusting about motives? All these apologies to Blue and Buff? One would almost think, that Mr. Hume himself was half afraid of being answered à la Phillimore. One thing I am sure of, and that is, that it is to language like this that we owe a great deal of the arrogance and insolence that we be hold, and that poor Mr. JAMES owed his beating.

But, besides the fulsomeness of "the navy. He denied the most this part of Mr. HUME's speech, "distant intention of casting any it contains absolute falsehood. "reflection upon the navy itself. What! Does " this country owe