The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-14 00:00:00

"FIRST, AS RELATES TO CAPTAINS,

" 1. The active list of captains to be reduced from 350
to 300.

" 2. The existing system of placing on a retired list all
captains who may from time to time attain the age of 60
without having served in their present rank to be extended
to captains who may attain the age of 60 and have served
a portion of but not the full sea time required to qualify
them for promotion to the active list of flag-officers. Such
of eers to receive retired pay as follows :

" If on the 10s. 6d. half-pay list when retired, 18s. per
diem.

" If on the 12s. 6d. half-pay list when retired, 20s. per
diem.

"If on the 14s. 6d. half-pay Hat when retired, 20s, per

diem.

"Such officers to assume the rank and title of Rear-
Admiral at the time they would have obtained their flag by
seniority had they remained on the active list, and then to
receive retired pay at the rate of 255. per diem, subject,
however, to the proviso contained in paragraph 7.
"3. The above system of retirement to be extended to
captains who may have attained the age of 55, provided
they be willing and desirous to accept the same, subject to
the proviso contained in paragraph 7. When the active
list of captains shall have been reduced to 300 no captain
shall be eligible for retirement under this clause who has
not been five years on that list.

"4, Captains who shall be found physically unfit for
service may, at the discretion of the Board of Admiralty,
be allowed to retire irrespective of age, at the several rates
of 13s. or 20s. a day, according to their standing on the list,
provided they shall have served at sea in the ranks of lieu-
tenant, commander, or captain a combined period of 15
years, and if less than that period of service at the rate of
16s. a day. Such officers to be allowed to rise in rank and
pay with other captains of their standing, subject to the
proviso contained in paragraph 7.
"6. A limited number of captains who may have attained
the age of 50, and who are not desirous of further employ-
ment, to b 3 allowed, at the discretion of the Board of Ad-
miralty, to retire on the foregoing conditions, and subject
to the same proviso, When the active list of captains shall
have been reduced to 300 no further retirement of officers
to take place under this clause.

" 6. Captains who may arrive at their turn for promo-
tion to the flag list without having served the time required
to qualify them for their active flag to be placed on the list
of reserved rear•admirals.

"These officers, and also such officers as may under the
provisions of the Order in Council of tho Ist August; 1860,
have been already promoted to the reserved flag list, to bo
allowed pay at the rate of 25s a day, subject, however, to
the proviso contained in paragraph 7.
" 7. The increased rate of 25s per diem half pay to be
extended to officers who, un,er the provisions of the Order
in Council of the let August, 1860, have already attained,
or may hereafter attain, the rank of rear-admiral on the
retired list, subject to the same proviso. All officers who are
either now or who may be in future retired under the pro •
visions of the order in Council of the let of August, 1860, to
be allowed to rise to the higher grades on the retired flag
list, according to the seniorities which they respectively held
on the list of captains, but without receiving any further
increase of retired pay or emolument.

" 8. No officer who was not on the active list of captains
previously to the Ist of August, 1860, to be allowed more
than the pay of 20s. a day on attaining the rank of rear-
admiral, unless he shall have completed one year's service
at sea in the rank of captain.
" SECOND, AS RELATES TO COMMANDERS.

"9. The active list of commanders to be reduced from 460
to 400.

" 10. The existing system of placing on the retired list,
under the conditions specified in the Order in Council of
August, 1860, all commanders who have not served within a
period of 15 years, either afloat or in command of revenue
vessels, or in the Coast-guard, or as mail agent or transport
officer, to be extended to commanders who have not been so
employed during a period of ten years, such officers, and
officers of Greenwich Hospital of similar rank, to be per-
mitted to assume the rank and title of retired captain, on
reaching the age of 60, or on attaining 15 years' seniority on
the list of commanders, and to receive on their retirement
pay on the scale provided for in the said order in Council,
with this difference only,—that officers who shall in future
retire will be allowed to reckon their service in the Coast-
guard on shore, or transport service on shore, as half the
same period served at sea, instead of one-third as at present.
" 11. The sameplan of retirement, with its corresponding
benefits of rank and retired pay, to be extended to com-
manders who may have attained the age of 55, provided
they be willing and desirous to accept the same.
" 12. A limited number of commanders who may have
attained the ago of 45, and who are not desirous of further
employment, may be retired on the foregoing condition, at
the discretion of the Board of Admiralty. 'When the active
list of commanders shall have been reduced to 400 no farther
retirement of officers to take place under this clause.
"13. Commanders who have already been removed from
the active to the retired list of that rank, under the pro-
♦isions of the Order in Council of August, 1860, as well as
those who may hereafter so retire, to be allowed to assume
the rank of retired captain on attaining 15 years' seniority,
but without any increase of half-pay or widows' pension,
beyond that authorised by the said Order in Council.

"THIRD, AS RELATES TO LIEUTENANTS.

" 14. The active list of lieutenants not to exceed 1,000,
instead of 1,200, the number at which it is at present fixed.
" 15. Lieutenants who have completed 15 years sea ser-
vice in that rank, and who have attained the age of 45, to
be allowed to retire with the rank of retired commander.
Such officers to receive retired pay, and their widows to be
allowed pensions on the scale provided for in the Order in
Council of August 1, 1860, with this difference only—that
such officers who shall in future ret're shall reckon their
service on the Coast-guard on shore, or transport service
on shore, as half the same period served at sea, instead of
one-third, as at present.
" 16. Lieutenants who are either now on the reserved or
retired list, or who may be in future retired under the pro-
visions cf the Order in Council of August 1, 1860, and
lieutenants of Greenwich Hospital, to be allowed to assume
the rank of retired commander on attaining 15 years senio-
rity, but without any increase of half-pay or widows pen-
sion beyond that authorised by the Orders in Council
under which they were respectively retired."