The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-31 00:00:00

PRIZE MONEY REGULATIONS.

(From the London Gazette of last night.)
By the Queen—A Proclamation.

VICTORIA R.—Whereas by our order in Council of this
day's date, We were graciously pleased to annul, from and
after the thirty-first day of March next, our Royal pro-
clamation of the thirtieth day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-nine, regulating, according to the
scheme set forth therein or recognised thereby, the distri-
bution of the net proceeds of prizes captured from the
enemy, of captures and seizures under the several acts of
Parliameet passed, relating to the revenues of Customs, and
to trade and navigation, for the abolition of the slave ade,
for the capture and destruction of pirates and piratical
vessels, and of the rewards conferred for the same ; as also
of the awards for' the salvage granted to the crews of
our ships and vessels of war, when not otherwise
specially apportioned by the terms of the respective awards
and allowances ; and in consequence of several new ratings
and denominations and certain alterations having been in-
troduced and made in our royal naval service since the
date of our said former proclamation, and for other causes,
it is expedient that provision should be made for the future
distributimi of such net proceeds and salvage not other-
wise specially apportioned, and all other monies whatso-
ever granted to be shared among the officers and crews of
our ships and vessels in the manner of prize money.
We do, therefore, now make known to all our loving
subjects, and to all others whom it may concern, by this
our proclamation, by and with the advice and consent of
our Privy Council, that our royal will and pleasure is, and
we do hereby direct that the distribution of all such net
proceeds of prizes, rewards, allowances, salvage awards,
and of all bounties and grants whatsoever distributable to
our royal navy in the manner of prize money shall be made
as follows, viz.:—
That the flag officer or officers shall have one-twentieth
part of the whole net proceeds arising from prizes captured
from the enemy, and from all other c ipturos and seizures,
&c., as aforesaid, made by any of the ships or vessels un-
der his or their command, and of the rewards conferred
for the same, according to the following conditions and
modifications, save and except as hereinafter provided and
directed ; that is to say :
When'there is but one flag officer he shall have the en-
tire one twentieth part, when two flag officers shall be
sharing together, the chief shall have two thirds and the
other flag officer shall have the remaining one third of
the one twentieth . part ; and when there shall be more
than two flag officers, the chief shall haare one half of the
said one twentieth part, and the remaining half shall be
equally divided among the junior flag officers. Commodores
of the first class and captains of the fleet to shardras flag
officers, Provided always, that no flag officer, unless
actually on board any of our ships or vessels of war, and at
the actual taking, sinking, burning, or otherwise destroy-
ing any ship or ships of war, privateer or privateers, be-
longindr to the enemy, shall share in the distribution of
any head money or bounty money granted 'ae reward for