honor to this kingdom, and which had before received frequen! marks of the regard of that House," resolved, that the rents and profits of the forfeited estates of the late Charles Radcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater, who had been attainted for his share in the Rebellion in 1715, should be applied towards the completion of the Hospital, and afterwards, to the maintenance of the Pensioners. Soon afterwards, an Act was passed to effect these purposes, and for applying, in like manner, the proceeds from the same estates, which then remained in the Exchequer, and amounted to the sum of 71821. 13s. after paying the interest and the arrears of cer tain encumbrances then due; together with 2000l. to Lord Vis count Gage, who had discovered and disclosed to the Parliament, that a clandestine and most iniquitous sale had been made of part of the estates, to the annual value of 50131. and for which only 10601. had been paid: through this disclosure, the lands had been recovered; and two of the Commissioners for the sale were expelled the House, and a third reprimanded by the Speaker.* Other benefactions have been made for the use of the Hospital, by different persons, at various periods, both of money and estates; and during the present year, a considerable addition has been made to its revenue, by the Act which grants an increase of pay to the officers and men of the Royal Navy. The allowance to the out-door Pensioners was also increased, and some other arrangements made for the better relief of aged and infirm Seamen. The Chest at Chatham,' too, in the management of which various abuses *See Debates of Parliament, Vol. VII. p. 153-208, and 237-240 When the grant was made to the Hospital, the annual rental of the estates was about 60001. encumbered with a mortgage of nearly 29,0001. and an annuity of 1001. These encumbrances were discharged by the Commissioners, in the year 1749; and in the same year, twentysecond of George the Second, 30,000l. was granted, by Act of Parliament, from the produce of the estates, to the heir, and other children, of the Earl of Derwentwater. By another Act, passed in the year 1788, on the petition of the Earl of Newburgh, a rent-charge of 2500L per annum was ordered to be paid to his Lordship, and his heirs male, by the Treasurer of the Hospital. abuses were discovered by the late Commissioners of Naval Inquiry, has, on their recommendation, been removed to Greenwich. The Derwentwater estates produce very considerable sums annually to the Hospital; for being principally situated in Cumberland and Durham, they include many valuable lead and other mines. These mines, in the years 1766, 7, and 8, produced 61,830 bynges of ore, which, at the valuation of each bynge in those years, at two pounds, fifteen shillings, amounted to the vast sum of 170,0301.* The other revenues of the Hospital arise from such of the grants above-mentioned, as were of a permanent nature; from fines for fishing with unlawful nets, and for other offences committed on the Thames; from the half-pay of those of its officers who have regular salaries; and from other sources of minor consideration. The government of this Hospital was originally vested in the Commissioners appointed by the Crown. "In 1703, Queen Anne issued a Commission, dated July the twenty-first, which directed that seven Commissioners should form a General Court, in which the Lord High Admiral, the-Lord Treasurer, or any two Privy Counsellors, should be a Quorum; General Courts were to be held quarterly; the Governor and Treasurer of the Hospital to be appointed by the Crown; all the other Officers by the Lord High Admiral, having been recommended to him by the General Court: the same Commission appoints twenty-five Directors as a standing Committee, to meet every fortnight; it vests the internal regulation of the Hospital in the Governor, and such a Council of the Officers as the Lord High Admiral shall appoint. Such has been the constitution of the Hospital to the present day: warrants have been issued, from time to time, by the Admiralty, forming new Councils, as the increase of officers, or other circumstances, rendered it necessary. New Commissions, of the same nature as that of Queen Anne, were issued by George the First and George the Second, on their accession to the throne; but it was not till the year 1775, that the Commissioners became a body corporate * Pennant's Jour. to the Isle of Wight, Vol. I. p. 18. by by a charter of his present Majesty. This charter grants powers to finish the building; to provide for seamen, either within or out of the Hospital; to make bye-laws, &c. It is also provided by the charter, that all the officers of the Hospital shall be sea-faring men: the office of the Directors is defined to be, to inspect the carrying on of the buildings; to state the accounts, contracts; and to place the boys out as apprentices. regulation of the Hospital to be in the Governor and Council 25 before-mentioned. This charter was followed by an Act of Parliament, which vested in the Commissioners thus incorporated, all the estates held in trust for the benefit of the Hospital."* and to make The internal The Commissioners and Governor of Greenwich Hospital appointed under the charter, are, the Archbishops, the Lord Chancellor, the Lords of the Privy Council, all the great Officers of State, the twelve Judges, the Flag Officers and Commissioners of the Navy; the Master, and five senior Elder Brethren of the Trinity-House; the Mayor, and three senior Aldermen of London; the Governor, the Deputy-Governor, the Directors, and other officers, of the Hospital; all for the time being.-The principal Officers are, a Governor, a Lieutenant-Governor, four Captains, eight Lieutenants, a Treasurer, Secretary, Auditor, Surveyor, Clerk of the Works, Clerk of the Cheque, two Chaplains, a Physician, Surgeon, Steward, and various assistant and inferior servants. The present Governor is the brave and venerable Lord Viscount Hood: his salary is 1000l. that of the Lieutenant-Governor is 4001. the Captains have 2301. each per annum; the Lieutenants, 1151. each; the Treasurer, and Surveyor, 2001. each; the Secretary, Clerk of the Cheque, and Steward, 1601. each; the Auditor, 1001. the Physician, 1821. 10s. the Chaplains, 1301. each; and the Clerk of the Works, 911. 5s. The officers are allowed a certain quantity of coals and candles, in addition to their salaries, and fourteen-pence per day, in lieu of diet. GREENWICH HOSPITAL is a magnificent and extensive structure, principally built with Portland stone, and consisting, in its present *Lysons' Environs, Vol. IV. p. 450. KENT. present state, of four distinct quadrangular piles of building, distinguished by the names of the respective Monarchs in whose reigns they were founded, or built. The grand front opens on a terrace, skirting the southern bank of the Thames, and extending to the length of 865 feet, in the centre of which, is a descent to the river, by a double flight of steps. The ground-plot of the whole edifice forms nearly a square, of which, King Charles's Building occupies the north-west angle; Queen Anne's, the north-east; King William's, the south-west; and Queen Mary's, the south-east. The interval between the two former buildings, forms a square, 270 feet wide, in the middle of which, is a statue of George the Secoad, sculptured by Rysbrach, out of a single block of white marble, that weighed eleven tons, and was taken from the French, by Admiral Sir George Rooke: this statue was given to the Hospital by Sir John Jennings, who was Governor from 1720 to 1744; the inscriptions on the pedestal were drawn up by Mr. Stanyan, author of the Grecian History. The space between the two latter buildVOL. VII. Aug. 1806. I i These inscriptions are as follow: on the east side On the west side: On the north side: Hic requies senecta Hic modus lasso maris et viarum Militiaq. Fessos tuto placidissima portu Hic ames dici pater atq. princeps. And underneath the Royal standard : On the south side : Imperium Pelagi. ings, Principi potentissimo GEORGIO IIdo. Britanniarum Regi, cujus auspiciis et patrocinio augustissimum hoc hospitium ad sublevandos militantium in classe emeritorum labores—a regiis ipsius ante cessoribus fundatum auctius indics et splendidius exurgit. JOHANNES JENNINGS, Eques, ejusdem hospitii præfectus Iconem hanc pro debitâ suâ erga principem reverentiá et patriam charitate posuit, anno Domini MDCCXXXV. ings, which include the Hall and Chapel, with their elegant domes, and the two colonnades, forms a lesser square, apparently termi nated by the Ranger's Lodge in the Park, above which, on a commanding eminence, appears the Royal Observatory, rising from the midst of a grove of trees. This view is particularly striking, when beheld either from the terrace, or the river. The two squares are intersected by a spacious avenue, leading from the town through the Hospital, and forming, with the areas, a kind of cross. The buildings which immediately front the Thames, and bear the names of King Charles, and Queen Anne, have a very general correspondence both in style and arrangement. The north and south front of each presents the appearance of a double pavilion, conjoined above by the continuation of an attic order, with a bal lustrade, which surmounts the whole, but separated below by an open portal: the centre of each pavilion displays an elegant pedi ment, supported by four Corinthian columns; and the sides, a double pilaster, of the same order. In the tympanum of the eastern pediment of King Charles's Building, is a sculpture of Mars and Fame, and beneath it, on the frieze, are the words CAROLUS II. REX A REG. XVI. The east front of this building, which corresponds to the west front of Queen Anne's, is rusticated, and has a tetrastyle portico in the centre, of the Corinthian order, with its proper entablature and pediment. The west front, which includes the Bass Building, is of brick, with the exception of the ter minating pavilions, which were re-built of stone, respectively in the years 1712, and 1769. The tympanum of the pediment on this side, exhibits a sculpture, in alto-relievo, of the Arms of England, supported by two Genii, with marine trophies, and other appro priate ornaments. King Charles's Building contains the apartments of the Gover nor and Lieutenant-Governor, the Council-Room, fifteen Wards for the Pensioners, and other chambers, differently appropriated. In the Council-Room, among others, is a painting of GEORGE THE SECOND, in his robes; half-lengths of KING WILLIAM, and QUEEN MARY, by Sir Godfrey Kueller; EDWARD, first Earl of Sandwich, who was killed in the battle in Solebay, half-length, by |