The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-01 00:00:00

NAVAL.

PLAN oc RETIREMENT.—Since the first publication of
the contemplated plan for the retirement of naval officers.
The Lords of the Admiralty have made the following altera-
tions. The first and second items remain as before, vie.:—

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plant— he rank of retired rear-admiral to be given by seniority
to such applicanto from the 14. Gd. bait pay list as may he willing
to irempt it with the pay of 11. ss. per day, and the corresponding
pension to their widows, under the usual re frictions.
lrecond—An addition of Is. 6d. per day to be riven to applicants
by seniority from the 12s. Gd. and 10a. Gd. half-pay hats, being
mtptains of not less than twenty years goading end filly-five years of
ago. Officers from both lists to be permit eel to assume the title of
retied rentrahr.irel at the Krind when they would hes r obtained the
lag by seniority, had they remainid upon the active li t. Their
widow. to be entitled to a pension of 1101. per year ; and to
the pension of re .1--admires widow, when the rank of retired
rear-admiral has been attatr.cd.
The third itent was previously as follows :
" The vacancies upon (hell. list to be filled up 1y officers
sow acclAing tlee 18s. per date; eta the permanent retired
list to be redtwed to 100 by making one appointment fiwerery
two raeancies, and no higher retirement to be given here-
after than 11. per day, *rah the right of assuming the rank
of rrar-admiral when entitled to it by seniority."
This is flow altered thus :
Third—Vie vacancies tr.ion the hi. list to he filled up In turn of seni-
ority, by olloem row accepting the Itla. por day; hut no new artmlr-
Sian to the If. lint to be nude until it is reduced below the number of
twcaty-five, which It is not to exceed afterwards. The permanent re-
tired list to be reduced to WO, by making one appointment for every
is,. vrcancics ; the first twenty-five °Meets upon the list receiving
per day, and the rcaraming seventy-fire 11. per day, with the
right of a. anoint the rank of retired rear- idmiral, when entitled to
it br renioritv.
The lonrth and BPI remain as before, TIE.
Fourth - :The active Est of captains net permanently to exceed 500. A
pr•prtionate reduction to he made in the its. 6d. and 12s. lid half-pay
Las the first to consist of 70 captains, and the latter 100.
t .ph—Gull service pensions to be retained by captains, until they
reach the rank of rear.admirrl or retired rear-othoir.d.
The sixth is a recent introduction.
S ixth- The promotions from the captains' lists to the admirals'
li-' in future to be COntirltlollln, reseming always the undonmed
of the Crown to select officers for promotion in the higher, as well as
the :owes ranks, whenever the publi.; interest requires 'mei, an exer-
cise of the prercaertivc.
The seventh is an alteration from what Ives previously
the sixth. In the former plan it was stated that 'no flay
proniotiw:t to take place until the plan of retirement is
carried out."
It now appears that there will be a flag promotion iu the
eot.rse of the present year, the clause being;
Seventh —The admirals' list not permanently to exceed 150 in num.
be:, and to be thus distributed :—Thirty admirals, or ten of each
squadron; forty-live vice-admirals, or fifteen of each aquatiron; and
serenty.fire era r.armirals. or twenty-11.'0u( each squadron. But there
ails be • flag promotion in tho cowrie of the preacnt year, in which
ft.:, twenty senior °Meats upon the captain' list will be included.
he seventh clause in the farmer plan, which is as follows,
is now expunged entirely:
"In the event of a general promotion, such officers as may
Aare served the time required to qualify them for their flag
to be placed on the active list of flag-officers ; and these not
qualified for their flog to be placed- on the list of retired
rear-admirals; the active mid retired lists not being in-
creased unlit they, shall, by deaths and other causes, be
reduced to the original numbers of 1.30 or 100 respectively."
The eighth clause remains as before, with an addition
respecting officers reAdine abroad, viz. :
Irghth. This plan to come in.o operation on the Ist of October of
the present year, and all letters relating to it to be treated as strictly
oonillential.
Officer. not in Europe, who may be dealt:sus of accepting the tetire_
l'arnt, will not be excluded in conwquenec of their letters not reaching
the Admiralty before the let of October next, as a reasonable time will
DC,llowed foe such application..—By coinmand of their lordships.
The Tweed, Fly, Andromache, and rhilonwl, are to have
the it defects made good, when they will be brought forward
for commissions. The Thetis, 36, recently launched at
Dtvcaiport, has been ordered to be got ready for the pen-
dant ; she was taken into dock last week to be coppered.
The Forth and Seahorse, fitting for steam guard-ships at
Devonport, are to be taken out of dock, as soon as they are
ready to receive their engines. A new armament is ordered
to br mounted on the batteries and other fortifications of
l'lyntouth and De,vmport, copiprising 330 guns, chiefly of
heavy calibre.
Al ems-MIST, August 29.-11 aster W. 11. White, to Gladiator.

SPORTING.
TATTERS Al
~r Tattoo Sykes, who at find showed unfavourable aymptoms,
e.e.e strongly into favour as the afternoon advanced, and, altbotptb
nom:A.llly at the rale price ay The Traverser, left off the better
f‘sonTite. The Traverser war backed in two or *tee placer at Bto 1,
aid laao, Fancy Boy, Orimrton, and Itrocardo, at 9 and 10 to I, lea,
,e a 9 ,t.na's• at the Air cm trd. Pyrrhus the First and Mount Cal-
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