Charles Duke of Richmond, then Master-General of the Ordnance; the Duke placed it on a pedestal at Waterbeech, near Goodwood, where it served as a sign to the public-house. The late king, William IV., saw and admired this venerable relic, and begged it of the present Duke of Richmond. It was sent to Windsor, where the King had it placed at the head of the grand staircase; but, on being persuaded, by some of the gentlemen of taste, that it was out of character where it stood, his Majesty said he would send it where he was sure it would be in character; ordered it to Greenwich Hospital, with directions to place it in one of the wards, which he desired should be called the "Anson ward;" and there this bold and well-sculptured royal animal stands, with his head erect, in a rampant posture, measuring just sixteen feet from the ground. On the pedestal were inscribed the following lines :-

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Stay, traveller, awhile, and view

One who has travell'd more than

you:

Quite round the globe, through each degree,

Anson and I have plough'd the sea;

Torrid and frigid zones have past,

And-safe ashore arrived at last

In ease with dignity appear,

He in the House of Lords, I here."

Many an old sailor of this ward will doubtless have acquired the history of the Centurion's lion,

and be able to narrate the principal adventures and events of "The Voyage round the World.”

If the deeds of Anson are not to be "recorded on marble,” nor any memorial of them, why then, for want of something better,

Illi sit monumentum candidus iste libellus.

* The old Centurion must have been a favourite ship; there is a drawing of her stern by Serres, beautifully carved, a copy of which was kindly sent to me by Robert Cole, Esq., which came too late, or I should have engraved it, together with the head. She was also a good ship, having been more than thirty years in commission, almost constantly at sea.

SUPPLEMENTAL CHAPTER.

INTRODUCTION.

IT had been my intention to confine myself, in the following chapter, to a few observations on two important points" Manning the Navy," and "Preservation of the Health of Seamen;" but there has recently been so much abuse of the Admiralty, and so many misrepresentations with regard to the state of our navy, compared with that of foreign powers, bandied about in party pamphlets, newspapers, and after-dinner speeches, that I deem it right, and even feel it a duty, to disabuse the public, by showing that the oft-repeated charges of the neglected and reduced condition of the British navy are wholly unfounded in fact. I had, for other purposes, collected from authentic information, and arranged in two tables, the actual state of all the navies in Europe and America. With this information before me, as an old servant of more than thirty years in this department, and as one who has been an humble instrument under eleven different naval administrations-Whig and Tory-and professing myself moreover, as far as my official character is concerned, of no political party (my only party being the Navy), I claim

the privilege of endeavouring to remove that false impression, which the misrepresentations in question are calculated to make on the British public, and (which is still more to be deprecated) on foreign powers-that the navy of Great Britain is neglected, and in a progressive state of decay-a gratuitous falsehood, the fact being the very reverse.

For the facts and observations I have ventured to state, I hold myself wholly and solely responsible, having, advisedly, communicated with no one, not even with a single member of the Board of Admiralty. I have no other object in view but that of letting the truth be known; by which test I am willing to abide.

Admiralty, 1st December, 1838.

J. B.

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