The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-22 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the
13th day of August, 1855,
Present, the QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas there was this day read at the board the
humble memorial of the Right Honourable the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated the 10th of this
instant August, in the words following, viz. :
Whereas we have had under our consideration the ♦a-
rious changes that have been made in the rank and re-
tirement of the several grades of officers of the Royal
Navy since the establishment of your Majesty's present
regulations for your Majesty's service at sea, and having
had reference to your Majesty's warrant dated 15th
June, 1855, for,making better provisions for the widows
and families of officers of your Majesty's army, and
deeming the present to be a most fitting time for revising
and amending the scale of pensions and allowances au-
thorised to be granted to the widows and families of
naval and marine officers under your Majesty's
aforesaid regulations, we beg leave humbly to repre-
sent to your Majesty that we have given very careful
deliberation to the subject, with the view of assimilat-
ing, as far as is practicable, the amount of pension in
the several corresponding ranks of the military and
naval services, and of giving to the widows of naval
and marine officers the increased advantages which
your Majesty has by your Royal warrant accorded to
the widows of officers of the Army. We do, therefore,
PROPOSED SCALE OF PENSIONS TO WIDO
AND M

most humbly submit that your Majesty may be gra-
ciously pleased, by your order in council, to authorise
and establish the accompanying scale of pensions and
allowances to the widows and families of naval and ma•
rine officers ; and we do further humbly recommend
that the grant of pensions and allowances therein pro-
posed for the widows and families of officers who have
been or may be killed in action, who have died, or may
die within six months of wounds received in action, or
who may have been drowned, or have suffered other
violent death in an immediate act of duty, or where it
shall be proved to our satisfaction that the officer has
died from the effects of any injury or disease caused by
extraordinary exposure or exertion on service within six
months after his being first certified to be ill, shall take
effect from the date of your Majesty's late declaration of
war with Russia. _ _ _

We further beg leave to represent, that the Lords of
your Majesty's Treasury have signified to us, by letter
dated the 9th instant, their concurrence in the same.
Her Majesty, having taken the said memorial into
consideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of
her Privy Council, to approve of what is therein pro-
posed, and of the scales accompanying the same (which
are hereunto annexed), and the Right Honourable the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are to give the
necessary directions herein accordingly.
W. L. BATHURST.
,WS OF OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY
ARINES.

Special Pension
in lieu of Special Pension in lieu of
Ordinary Pen- - Ordinary Pension.
s:i sion.
-,,,,
n If the Officer If the Officer was drowned, or
in d kille
was suffered other violent death Pensions to the Mother's and
in an immediate act of duty,
Bank of Officer. action, or or 411 shall be proved to the - Sisters of Officers
.F.,
satisfaction of the Lords Co-
m-75 died within missioners of the Admiralty Killed in Action.
-"" six months that he has died from the
I§ of wounds effects of any injury. or dis-
ease caused by extraordinary
received in exposure or exertion on ser-
action.
vice within 6 months after his
. being first certified to be ill.
--......—..........—.—. —.—
£
According to According to circum-
Flag Officers l2Ol circumstances. stances. MOTHERS.
Retired under 0. C ,
Under three years' f
Retired under 0. C. of
1840 llO
90
75 £
200
£
150
Where an officer is killed, in
1816
action, and leaves no widow
Of three years' standing
rytachreadte to
legitimate child, but leaves
and upwards
a mother who is widow, in dig-
Captains
tressed circumstances, and who
standing
mother shall receive a pension
equalwth
ed
orawn,t osk
wp hi e tensionhorhd
her
nraat son he 1
Commanders 7O 120 100
Retired under O. C. of 1246 60 —d at
Com. { Do. do. 1830 50 the time of his death; hut if
such Do. do. 1840 60 mother shall herself be in
Lieutenants
Masters of the Fleet . 6O 90 80 officer's widow, or shall have
Masters
Mates — CO 50 kind from the public, i:a that
Second Masters 6O 50 case no allowance will bsi made
Warranted prior to 1830 25
to her on account of her son,
{
•
Gunners Not warranted prior to
unless she gives up the other
1830
pension or allowance, and the
Boat- / Warza,nted prior to 1230 251 pension given to a mother on
swains 1 Not warranted pa :or tolB3o account of her son will be for-
Car-
Warranted prior to 1830 25 felted on remarriage.
Not warranted prior tc
pesters 1830 —}- 35 30
Masters of Warranted prior to
1830 25
Naval
Not warranted prior
Vessels to 1830
ROYAL MARINES. SISTERS.
General Officers -
The allowance made to the
circumstances.
stances. sisters of officers is not to ex-
Colonels 9O 200 150 ceed that which would be given
Lieutena,a-Colonels •
200 140 to a mother, and will not be
Majors , 7O 120 100 given in any case unless the
Captains 5O 80 65 officer shall have fallen in
First Lieutenants 4O 60 50 action, or shall die of wounds
Second Lieutenants 36 50 40 received in action within six
CITIL BRANCH. months after being wounded,
Medical Inspectors of Hospitals and and shall have left no widow,
Fleets BO 200 140 legitimate child, nor mother,
Secretaries to Commanders-in- nor unless the sister shall be
Chief
70
Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals brother, and shall have been
and Fleets dependent for support upon
Paymasters in Chief 1 70 90 80 the officer killed. Every pen-
Inspectors of Machinery Afloat sion so granted will cease when
Chaplains ,. ) the person receiving it shall
Secretaries to Junior Flag Officers ! marry, or be in any other
Surgeons I 50 80 65 manner sufficiently provided
Paymasters
Naval Instructors
Chief Engineers
Assistant Surgeons
Assistant-Engineers 35 30