Excerpt from Considerations on the Bill for the Better Government of the Navy This Bill having been fome Time fincc printed, the better to enable all Pcrfons to judge and advife in fo important a Matter, Occafion has thence been taken, to reprefent fome Parts of it, as intended to veil an un precedented and tyrannical Power in the Lords of the Admiralty, and as fubjeeling all Officers, more particularly thofe upon Half Pay, to a Degree of Slavery, hitherto unknown'to our Confiitunon. This hath given Umbrage to feveral Sea Officers, who thereupon petitioned the Lords of the Admi ralty to ufe their utmoft Endeavours for the Mitigation of fome of its Claufes, requef'ting more efpecially that the Thirty-fourth Ar tiele might be left out, and the Thirtyathird more fully explained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.