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allowed to purchase their discharge at a reduction of 21,
upon the foregoing rates.

PENSIONS.
All men and boys who enter or re-enter the navy, under
the conditions and for the periods of continuous and gene-
ral service already stated, will be allowed pensions after
20 years' service from the ago of 18, instead of after 21
years' service from the age of 20, as at present. Their
lordships also reserve to themselves a discretionary power
of awarding pensions of 6d. a day each, after 10 years' ser-
vice, from the age of 18 ; and pensions of Bd. a day each,
after 15 years' service from the same age, to all men now
in, or who may hereafter enter the navy, whenever their
lordships may think proper to do so. All men who may
be thus granted pensions after 10, 15, or 20 years' service
will be held liable, under the 13th clause of the pensions
regulations (dated the Ist January, 1849), to serve again in
the navy, if required, in the event of an armament or war ;
and when so serving will be allowed their pensions, and
the pay of the ratings they may hold.
The time any continuous serving man may serve after
the age of 18. will count for pension without reference to
the rating held.
Time served in the navy under the existing system will
be allowed to count with time under the new system, in
awarding the above pensions.
The circumstance of a man not having completed the
specific term of continuous service under the new system
for which ho entered, will not preclude his being granted
a pension after 10 or 15 ylars' combined service, whenever
their lordships shall think proper to grant pensions after
those periods.

Petty officers who have completed 15 or 20 years' ser-
vice will, when pensioned, be granted double the present
allowance for the time they have served as a petty officer,
provided they shall have entered, and served for one con-
tinuous period of not loss than ten years, unless invalided
for wounds or hurts received on duty ; that they shall have
been discharged with the rating of petty officer ; and that
their character in such rating shall have been "very good."
Under this rule a chief or first-class potty officer would be
granted an allowance of 1/. 10s. scl. a year (in lieu of
15s. 2:kd.) for each year ho may have served as such ; and a
second-class petty officer 15s. 241. a year (in lieu of 7s. 7id.)
for each year served as such.
Summary.
In order that seamen may avail themselves of the advan-
tages contingent upon the new terms of service, my lords
desire that these advantages be distinctly explained to
them. They may bo briefly recapitulated as follows :

Pay.
Continuous service men will be entitled to the additional
rates of pay shown in the table in the appendix.
Pensions.
Pensions will bo granted after 20 years' service from the
age of 18, instead of after 21 years' from the age of 20 ; and
as leave will be allowed when ships are paid off, during
which time and pay will be continued, it follows that sea-
men entering under or about the age of 18, will receive the
same amount of pension for less than 19 years' actual ser-
vice than they would have received under the present sys-
tem for 23 years' actual service.

Pensions-may also be awarded after 10 and 15 years' ser-
vice from the age of 18. Thus seamen may be granted
pensions at the ages of 28, 33, and 38 respectively, instead
of 43 or 44, the average age at which long service pensions
are now awarded.

Those pensions will range from N. 4s. a year to 401. a
year.
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- The allowance for time served as a petty officer will, in
awarding pensions, be doubled to men who enter for ten
years' continuous and general service.
Greater permanency will be given to a man's connection
with the naval service. On returning from leave ho will be
entered on board a flag-ship without the loss of a day's
time or pay, instead of being frequently exposed to incon-
venience and distress from his not being able to enter a
ship fitting out.
GUNNERS, BOATSWAINS, AND CARPENTERS.
My lords highly appreciate the valuable services ren-
dered by the warrant officers of the navy, and the zeal with
which their important duties aro usually performed ; and
as a mark of their approbation of such services they are
pleased to direct that the pay of those officers bo increased
as follows—

Sea Pay.
Per day. Per annum.
s. d. £ s. d.
Ist class
2d class 5 8
3d class .. 4 9

•
Harbour Service Pay.
Per day. Per annum.
s. d. £ s. d.
Ist class
2d class
3d class
Warrant officers who are sti". paid for particular rates
of ships, according to the regulations in force prior to the
order in Council of the 28th April, 1836, will be allowed
the following increased scale of harbour service pay :
Per day. Per annum.
s. d. £. s. d.
Ist rate
2d rate 5 2
3cl rate 4 9
4th rate 4 4
sth rate 3 11
6th rate 3 6 .... ..... 63 17 6

My lords desire it may be distinctly explained to the
warrant officers, individually, that in awarding the above
liberal scale of pay, their lordships have been desirous not
only of adequately rewarding their services, but also of
enabling them to make provision, by insurance or other-
wise, for their widows ; and my lords confidently rely upon
the warrant officers giving effect to their lordships' inten-
tion in this respect.
In the cases of officers of exemplary _character and con-
duct, two years' harbour service are, prospectively, to be
considered, in awarding pensions, as equal to one year's
sea service ; in lieu of the proportion of three to one, as at
present.
As a further mark of their approbation of the services
of this deserving class of officers, my lords are pleased to
direct that warrant officers of exemplary conduct, who
have distinguished themselves by acts of gallantry and dar-
ing in the service, be considered eligible to hold commis-
sions in her Majesty's fleet, in such rank, or position, as
their lordships may deem them, after undergoing an exami-
nation, entitled to receive and competent to fill ; and all
warrant officers, so promoted, will be granted, respectively,
the sum of 1001. as an outfit. . .

—The additional pay of warrant officers is to commence
on the Ist of July next, and if those officers who may draw
bills shall, before the receipt of this circular, have drawn
them for the period commencing the Ist of July, the dif-
ference of pay may bo added to tho next bills they may
draw.

COAST GUARD.
Having reference to the increased responsibility attach-
ing to the situations of chief and commissioned boatmen.
their lordships are pleased to direct, that mon appointed
from the naval service shall, when pensioned, be allowed
to count service in the former capacity as Ist class, and in
the latter as 2nd class potty officers time upon the present
scale. Coast-guard men from the naval service, when
granted gratuities instead of pensions, are to be placed on
the same footing as seamen.
Time in the coast-guanl, after a combined service of 21
years, is to count towards higher rates of pension, as if
served in the Royal navy ; time served as chief and com-
missioned boatmen being subject to the rule laid down in
the foregoing clause.
Ton years' service in the navy, from the age of 18 (in-
stead of 7, in man's rating as now regulated), is to be the
required term of service, previous to admission into the
coast guard ; appointments thereto aro to be open to o rdi-
nary seamen, of thoroughly good conduct.
Coast-guard men are to be permitted to wear the good
conduct badges, or other distinctive marks they have ob-
tained in the Royal navy ; but are not to bo entitled to
the additional pay.
The several distinctive badges referred to in the preced•
ing regulations will be forwarded to the outports, and w:11
be as follows, embroidered in gold :—_

Chief Petty Officers j Crown and anchor, encircled
1 with laurel.
Ist Class Petty Officers ....Crown and cross anchor.
2d Class Petty Officers Crown and anchor.
Leading Seamen The anchor.
The regulations are to take effecb on and after the Ist of
July next, except as regards men entering for continuous
service on foreign stations, where they are to commence so
soon as they are understood by the men, and they volun-
teer for continuous service ' • and all er sting regulations
not cancelled or modified by those now promulgated are to
remain in force.
Great care is to be taken that no men of indifferent
character are received for continuous service, or who ere
constitutionally or otherwise unfit, and in the rating of
men strict attention is to be given to their qualifications.
In every case in which a man enters for continuous ser-
vice under the foregoing regulations the form No. 95, ac-
companying the circular [which we published in The Sun of
Saturday], is to be filled up and forwarded, with as little
delay as possible, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, for
the Accountant-General of the Navy.
By command of their Lordships,
It. OSBORNE.

ACCIDENT IN HYDE-PAM—We regret to announce
that a very painful accident occurred to M. de Berg, First
Secretary to the Russian Legation, while riding in Hyde-
park on Thursday afternoon. M. de Berg was accom-
panied by Miss Hatton, one of the daughters of Admiral
Hatton, and while passing down the ride he met a gen-
tleman on horseback, who pulled up to speak to him.
M. de Berg checked his horse, and the two gentlemen
remained in conversation for a few moments. At this
instant a carriage drove past quickly, and the horse
upon which M. de Berg's friend rode being alarmed,
struck out sharply with his hind legs ; the animal's near
hoof caught M. de Berg's leg just below the knee, and
inflicted a deep gash in the flesh. Having placed the
lady who was riding with him under charge of a friend,
M. de Berg, without dismounting, proceeded slowly to
St. George's Hospital, into which institution he was
carried, and his leg immediately dressed. In the course
of an hour M. de Berg was conveyed home in a cab, and
he has since remained under the care of the hospital
tire surgeon. We believe the injui yto be succumbing to
o. medical skill, but it will be some days before M. de
Berg can leave his room.
SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY, Jnne 27.—A line of steamers
is about to be established between Southampton and
Rotterdam, which will be commenced in about six weeks
by the screw steamer Cormorant, of 1,000 tons. The
vessels are intended to run weekly, the line being under-
taken by the Cork Steam Packet Company, Mew, 13a1-
four, Laming, and Owen, of this place, having been
appointed agents. The Cork Company has the present
Liverpool and Rotterdam line. The object of the newly
projected service to and from Southampton and Rotter-
dam is to convey Dutch and German produce and ma-
nufactures, together with emigrants and general pas-
sengers, direct to Southampton, to meet the different
lines of steamers taking theirldeparture hence to various
parts of the world. It is also intended to bring cattle
and live stock for the supply of the local and neigh-
bouring markets, thereby cheapening the local markets
and conferring a great benefit ou the general trade of
the port,