The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-01 00:00:00

SEAMEN'S WAGES.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th (lay of
August, 1854, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
in Council : _ _ _

Whereas, by an act passed in the present session of Par-
liament, entitled "An Act for Facilitating the Payment
of her Majesty's Navy, and the payment and distribution
of prize, bounty, salvage, and other moneys to and among
the officers and crews of her Majesty's ships and vessels of
war, and for the better regulation of the accounts relating
thereto," it is directed, among other things, that the Lords
of the Admiralty may from time to time make such rules,
orders, and regulations, as may to them appear expedient,
for facilitating the paying of the navy, but that the same
shall not have any force or effect until they have been pre-
viously approved by your Majesty in council.
And whereas great inconvenience and delay have been
occasioned by the existing regulations for the payment of
advance, allotments, monthly allowance, and seamen's
wages generally, we have therefore taken this subject into
serious consideration, and. beg leave humbly to submit to
your Majesty,

That the scales of allotment and monthly allowance esta-
blished by his late Majesty's order in Council of the 18th
of November, 1833, bo forthwith abolished, end such rates
substituted for them as to us may seem expedient.
That all officers of your Majesty's navy, above the rank
of petty officer, ho allowed to draw bills for the full auaonut
of their pay quarterly, but =ILO allot or receive monthly,
allowance.

That the payment of advance and of wages due, instead
of being made as at present, only at places where there
is a superintendent and an establishment of paymaster-
general's clerks, may be made at any place, and by all ac-
countant officers under the Admiralty, including the pay-
masters of your Majesty's ships, or persons acting in
that capacity, under such restrictions, regulations, and
control as we may hereafter find expedient ; and, therefore,
it is necessary we should have the power to order the pay-
ment of sea wages at such times and in such manner as to
us may appear most desirable and convenient.
That the sale or tranfer of promotion tickets shall no
longer be permitted, but, in lieu thereof, that the pay of
wages due to any person promoted to the rank of an officer,
or to any petty officer, seaman, or boy, who may be dis-
charged from one of your Majesty's ships abroad, may be
paid to such persons by the paymaster of the ship he
is
promoted or discharged from, or at the Admiralty.
That the advance of wages granted to the crews of your
Majesty's ships on first fitting out, instead of being exactly
two months' pay, as at present, shall be an even sum of
money approaching thereto, but in no case to exceed the
amount of three months' pay.
That payment of allotment bills and remittance bills
should henceforth be made by any accountant officer under
the Admiralty, and by postmasters in the United King-
dom, as well as be the Paymaster-General and his clerks,
and the collectors of Customs or of Inland Revenue.
That in lieu of the duplicate allotment bill at present
required by the act 11 George IV., c. 20, a single bill only
may bo made out and delivered to the party, and an as-
signed pay list, in such form as shall be determined by us,
be sent to the paying officer, the assignment of such list to
have the same force and effect as the duplicate bill now in
use.

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That the payments of allotments be set off on the allot-
ment pay-bill, as at present, and the signature or mark
on the assigned list of the party recefvin it, or that
of an independent witness to the pa..- g
meat, shall be con-
sidered as a sufficient receipt.
That the power to appoint a i trusteen certain cases,
granted to us by the said before recited act, shall continue
but that the recommendation of the person '
to be appointed
as such trustee shall be that of the county inspector or
sub inspector of constabulary and a churchwarden in Ire- i
land, as is herein proposed with regard to the certificates
of identity.
That it is desirable to extend the power of allotting and
remitting by the petty officers, seamen, and marines of
your Majesty's fleet, in order that they may freely dispose
of their own money, by assigning it to any person what.go
ever, instead of being restricted to allotting or remitting
-
to relatives in a certain degree as prescribed by the act of
11 George IV., before quoted.
That it is expedient that the Acconntart-General of
your Majesty's navy should possess all tho Powers and per-
form all the functions of examiner of prize accounts and
inspector of seamen's wills; and that all documents
hitherto signed by the officers so designated shall in future
be signed by the Accountant-General of the navy, or by
some person acting on his behalf.
And, finally, that all existing rules and regulations re-
lating to the matters heroin contained, which are not at
variance with the changes herein proposed to be made do
remain and continue in force until they shall be superseded
or provided for by other regulations to be made by us in
that behalf.
We beg leave most humbly to submit to your Majosty,
that should your Majesty be graciously pleased to approve
of these proposals, they may be sanctioned by your Ma-
jesty's order in council accordingly.
Her Majesty having taken the said memorial into con-
sideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of her
Privy Council, to approve of what is therein proposed ;
and the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of
the Admiralty are to give the necessary directions herein
accordingly. C. C. G REVILL E.

AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION.—SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 31.
--The iron clipper ship Lord of the Isles, of 692 tons,
Captain P. Maxton, was despatched from this port yes-
terday, for Adelaide, by Messrs. C. R. Thompson and
Co., having embarked from the Government depot 261 i
adult emigrants, numbering 303 souls. The Lord of the
Isles is the first iron clipper-built ship which has sailed
from this port with emigrants. She made the last run
to Australia in 66 days. In her run home she beat the
Marco Polo. The general opinion is, that she will make
a stendid passage out.
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gloat. She is
considered
the fastest
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