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

THE NAVY.

• ' .1..1 (1:1:1% : • I
most humbly submit that your AaAjejty.,mayibe gra-,
ciouily pleased, by yonr order in council,
,to authojise
and establish the accompanying kale of pensions and
allowances to.the, widows and farrgivickiiPaYaiand ma-
rine' officers ; and we do further huwbly recommend
that the grant of pensions and allo4andeii9tlietrein pro-,
posed for, the.,widows and .fittnilisslnroffieets who have
been or may be killed in action, „who have died, or may,
die within
have beeninsimonths
doefow.wneruedn,dkrtceived `inaction, or
who
violent death in an immediate act of
duty,sffu suffered.
otherwdbereitshill be proved to our satisfactiotifiat' the' officer has
from the
eexffpecotssuroef,aonryexinexjtuysiovdieease ' caused 14 •
dexitdra 4}3, service within six ,
months after his being first certified to be ill; shall take
effect from the date of yoUrMajistfy'd late ddelaration of
war with Russia. • , .
We further beg leave 6 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 an& with• the advice of
her, Privy Council, to• approve of,what.is therein pro=
posed, and of i4e 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 accordi4i y.
, .w 2; L. BLTEPAIST. '
WS. OF: OFFICER• OF THE. RO*AL. 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 va-
rious changes that have been made in the rank and re-
ti remeht 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 Majeity'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

•
Special Pension ,
1
in lieu of Special Pension in lieu of ' :•.,', 1,.1 • . _
, .
Ordinary Pen- Ordinary 'Pension. "
c:i • -,- - , • .
sion. • .' , I ' - 1•• "• • •
,
• • E'2. .
. , r
.' t, • • ac?) If tho Officer If the Offider•was drowned, Or ' • '
~-.--k. All D. ~.. 1., 7., was killed in. :
in an immediate act of *duty, _
suffered other violent. death , , Pensions to the Mothers and
- til CI ,
Rank of Officer. ' '''' • ' .9 action, or .. or if it shall be proved to the ' Sisters of Officers •
. . D ./... •-0 . . . satisfaction of the Lords Co-
(il died within .- • . • - ' Killed •
.-; ; -!: .o 3s) .zi -„ mussioners of the Admiralty in Action.
six months that, ho has died from the • •
r" G . ' it)
effedts of any injury or dis;
-cs of wounds
. ', •••
:(1 ' ~ ease•caused by extraordinary ,
received in expbsure or exertion on ser-
.1,•;:1:,•')(-) 0--, • , vicewithin6montlisafterhii
• action. tieing first certified to be ill.
—...........—.-- _ — --- .
2 • . .
. According to According to cireum-
Flag Officers 120:1 circumstances. ' stances. MOTHERS.
Reitl;rte6d under O. C ,
110 £ ~1: :—., i t.- , Where an officer is killed in
action, and, leaves no widow
. ,f.s.ail..) Lb-, , • nor legitimate nhild but leaves''
Of three years' standing .
and upwards 9O 200 150 t . a mother who is widow, in dis-
Captains Under three years' tressed circumstances, and who- .
• standing BO 200 „. ~ , , 140 . - was 'dependent upon' him, the
Retired under 0. C. of . mother shall receive a pension
1840 75 equal to the ordinary rate of
Commanders. - 100. . . widow's 'pension attached to.
Retired under 0. C. of 1846 60 -- the rank which her son held at
Com. Do. do. 1830 50
_
i
- ,
3 1 '
. the time of hii death ; but if
' Do. do. 1840 60
• such mother shall herself be in
Lieutenants - 65 receipt of a pension as an
Masters of the Fleet'
Masters • 50 80 . •!•• 05 , , any other provision of any
Mates — 60 . ...1; 1i , 50 kind from the public, in that
Second *asters , --- 60 case no allowance will be made
Warranted prior to 1830 25
Gunners Not warranted prior to
-{ . , to her on account of her son,
unless she gives up the other •
a,. , pension or allowance, and the
1830 —
Boat- 1 Warranted prior to 1830 25) pension given to a mother on
account of her son will be for-
swains 1 Not warranted prior tolB3o
i Not warranted prior to . 7 , r -- • •• ' , b -
penters
feited on remarriage.
Car- Warranted prior to 1830 25 ,
1830 — 35 .. ;' ,
Warranted prior to
Masters of
183 - 25
Naval
Not warranted prior
Vessels
to 1830
• . I :. ', f' i'l 377 I, 'l777'i . 7 SISTERS.
ROYAL MAB,INEs.
According to According to circum- . The allowance made to the
General Officers • l2O —mi.., 'li Lill; ; (._ • .
circumstances. ' • '•- • stances. • •
sisters of officers is not to ex-
Colonels • 9O 200 ...1,Y.: I. , LW . ceed that which would be given
Lieutenant-Colonels
in any case ' unless the
, Majors
Captains 5O officer shall have fallen in
First Lieutenants action, or shall die of wounds
50 • ' IT'S' ' r,l-t_. AO ' . received in action within six
Second Lieutenants
GPM, BRANCH. months after being wounded,
Medical Inspectors of Hospitals and and shall Have left no widow,
Fleets BO 200 ..
1,, r,,, , 140, • . legitimate child, nor mother,
Secretaries to Commanders-in- ' . • nor unless the sister shall be
Chief
. ' ,
3G4 : 688 i'.•;iti%. . . 5605
.-.!ti 5,9 xi I kip' it . an orphan having no surviving
70 120
Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals brother, and shall have been
and Fleets
Paymasters in Chief . ~ : .
.80 tI, , the officer killed. Every pen-
Inspectors of Machinery Afloat-1 7° 90. don so granted will cease when
Chaplains
Secretaries to Junior Flag Officers.ll • marry, or be in any other
Surgeons if 50 80 65 manner sufficiently provided
raymnsters • • ' for.
Naval Instructors
Chief Engineers i
Assistant Surgeons • 4O 65
•
Assistant-Engineers....... 35 „30 ,

PROPOSED SCALE OF COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCES TO THE CH/LDRE/st OF OFFICERS
. OF .THE ROYAL NAVY AND MARINES.

Aggregate Amount of
Compassionate Allowance to Legitimate Children. Allowances to the
Family of any
' .
If the Officer was drowned, or Officer not to exceed
If the Officer
suffered other violent death ,----
..
was killed in in an immediate act of
• action, duty, or if it shall be proved Ordinary
Rank.of Officer. or to the satisfaction of the
died within Lords Commissioners of the Compassion- If killed If not
six months of Admiralty that he has died
from the effects of any in- ate in Killed in
wounds jury or disease caused by
received in extraordinary exposure or Allowance. any Action. Action.
exertion on service within
action, six months after his belie
first certified to be ill.
..—....-----.
—...---
S:, i', I.; • 2 1;
Flag Officers
Captains lB 25 16 20 14 16 350
Commanders l6 20 14 17 iroilzr 12 14 250
Lieutenants
Masters of the Fleet }l2 16 10 11 912 150 ET
Masters
-2
-'---:
ROYAL MARINES.
General Officers ' 25 40 20 30 16 20 500 .5 ..I.El'
Colonels
-0 ,Ls
,- 2
Lieutenant-Colonels J
Majors ...................................... 16 20 14 17 12 14 250 5
Captains .................................... 12 16 10 14 9 12 150 .-. ..i.°
14'
First Lieutenants } 8 14 6 12 5 10 100 go) c,fs
Second Lieutenants o ' ci
..z .
CIVIL BRANCH. '"
.2 e
Medical Inspectors of Hospitals }
1s 25 16 20 14 16 250 'l5 ,-8 7.3
and Fleets
Secretaries to Commanders-in- P. ""
Chief
16 20 14 17 12 14 1 150 Tise ..,
Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals 0:1
~,I 5
and Fleets
Chaplains 1 .04..
Secretaries to Junior Flag Officers I 44 ~, es
Surgeons o . pi.
12 16 10 14 9 12 / no ...ta
~.
Paymasters-in-Chief
Paymasters
Naval Instructors i :. • Ei .51 2
ci e,
Assistant-Surgeons 8 14 6 ,12, . . 5 10 90 C 1 8
Inspectors of Machinery Afloat... Ij2 16 10 14 9 12 150 .4
H
Chief Engineers . .
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THE PROPOSED NEW ROAD ACROSS

ST. JAMES'S PARK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN.

Maresfield-park, Sept. 20, 1855.
consequence of communications which have
been made to me by some of my constituents, in relation
to a proposed road from Pall-mall to the Birdcage-walk,
I have felt it my duty, as Parliament is not sitting, to
write to the Chief Commissioner of Public Works, for
the purpose of ascertaining what the views of her Ma-
jesty's Government are ; and as the subject is one of
great interest both to those who are opposed to the road,
as well as to those who are in favour of it, I forward
you a copy of the letters which have pa mod between Sir
Benjamin Hall and myself.—l have th e honour to be,
sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY.

Maresfield-park, Sept. 16, 1855.
My dear Hall,—l find amongst so me of my con-
stituents considerable alarm at the int tended new road
across St, James's•park. In the absence of Parliament
the only course I can adopt for the pur pose of acquiring
information as to the intentions of the Government is to
write to one of its members ; and as the proposed al-
teration is one especially affecting Weestrainster, I am
anxious that an opportunity should Abe afforded to a
deputation to state to you the objections made to the
scheme, and to hear from you the groumds upon which
you believe the proposed new road would be beneficial
to the metropolis at large. Be so go od as to tell me
when it would be convenient to you to receive a deputa-
tion of my constituents, who will be ready to attend
upon you at any time.—Believe me, my dear Hall,
yours very truly, JOHN VILLA! RS SHSLLEY.
The Right Hon. Sir Benj. Hall, Bart;., M.P.

Llanover, Septem Aber 18, 1855.
My dear Shelley,—l hasten to reply to your letter of
the 16th, in which you request inf or oration as to the
intended new road across St. James's-park, in conse-
quence of an apprehension which has been excited in
the minds of some of your constituents lest it should
interfere with the interests of the inhabitants of West-
minster, and in which you also express your desire that
an opportunity should be afforded to a deputation to
hear from myself the grounds upon which it is believed
the proposed new road will be beneficial to the metro-
polis at large. I shall be happy to receive any
deputation for the purpose named on Saturday, the 6th
of October, at the Office of Works, at two o'clock ;
and, meantime, I will give you a brief outline of the
facts of the case. For some time great inconvenience
has been occasioned to persons in carriages (not having
the entrCe of St. James's-park) being obliged to go by
way of Piccadilly and Grosvenor-place, from Pall-mall
to Pimlico. In the year 1851 the permission to go through
St. James's-park was extended ; but- sin ce that time re-
presentations have been made that if a r;.ght of way was
granted through the Stable-yard it would be a great
advantage. The dangiu of the sharp turning and the

narrow passage
is well atwthel
known,
corner of Cleveland-row and S
James's Palace
and to obviate accident
it was proposed that a road should be made through
Lord Sidney's house into the Green-park, and by a turn-
ing in front of Buckingham Palace to Pimlico-gate. This
route would cut up the Green-park to some extent,
merely for the purpose of additional accommodation to
those who reside in Belgravia, and that part of the town
west of the Birdcage-walk. It was considered if any
new road was to be made, it should be so laid out as to
afford the greatest accommodation to the public at large,
and not to be constructed merely for the benefit of one
comparatively small portion of the inhabitants of the
metropolis.
As Chief Commissioner of Works, I was therefore re-
quested by the Secretary of State to prepare a plan for
a line of, road direct from Pall-Mall to the Birdcage-
walk, by throwing a bridge over e water near the
spot upon which a bridge formerly sttohod, and terminat-
ing the road at such a point in Birdcage-walk as would
give a direct road to that densely crowded part of West-
minster which has now only a most circuitous route to
the
edpraeatdir
oktnhaatnthdus theus
ooffered
northern
rreoda
tdo,
tnphdaeer
gpt
reoenfaPall-ma,
dte
nn
aosfsollf the it th
vastebeing
aocmccmoomnu
nity, would at the same time give easy access to Pimlico
and Belgravia on the west, and a shorter
the east, road to the
Houses of. Parliament and Bridge -street on and
the whole of the borough of Lambeth, and relieve the
immense traffic which, during the London season, is
much too great for Charing-cross. This line, if made, will
be open to carriages and cabs day and night, and those
who remember the wooden bridge which once crossed
the water in the enclosure of St. James's-park will re-
collect the great number of pedestrians who passed over
it, and profited by the convenience of such a direct con-
nection between the north and the south of the park.
It has been stated in the public papers that the Go-
vernment intended to avail themselves of the period
when Parliament was not sitting, to commence the road
and erect the bridge ; and it has, within the last few
dap, been positively .asserted in one of the London
journals that the works have been already begun !
There is not one word or truth in these statements ;
such proceedings were never contemplated. Nothing
will be done till Parliament meets ; the public will then
have an opportunity for considering the plans which
will be presented to the House of Commons, and it will
be seen whether the accommodation they offer to the
public is the best which should be granted, and whether
these plans do not obviate, wholly or sufficiently, those
objections which have been raised against the project.
The object contemplated by the Government is to
make such a line as would be most beneficial to the pub-
lic in general ; but not to construct a road for the con-
venience of one particular locality.
Instructions were given to me with the above view,
and I repeat that it was never intended to proceed with
any works in relation to this object till Parliament
should have bad ample opportunity to consider it in all
its relations.—l remain, my dear Shelley, yours sin-
cerely, B. HALL.
Sir John Villiers Shelley, Bart., M.P.