The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 3O, 1854.

prizes captured from the enemy, by any bf the
ships or vessel under his or their command, and of
the rewards conferred fot according to
the following 'conditions and modifications, save
and except as hereinafter provided and directed
that is to say :
When there is but One fikt officer, he shall have
the entire one-tWentieth part ; when two flag offi-
cers shall be aliaring together, the chief shall have
two-Al-liras, and the other flag officers shall have the
remaining one-third of the one-twentieth part; and
when there shall be more than two flag officers, the
chief shall have one-half of the said one-twentieth

the nai2ehtOp, yeoman of the signals, coxswain of
the barge, coxswain of the pinnace, coxswain of the
cutter, second captain of the forecastle, second cap-
tain of thd alairitdpi second captain d the foretop,
aedond captain of the afterguard, sailmaker's mate,
caulker's mate, musician, cover, armourer, cor-
poral of marines or of land forces doing duty as
marines, bombardier of marine artillery, head
krooman—six shares each.

Eighth Class. —Leadingseam en, shipwright, second
captain of the hold, able seamen, carpenter' crew,
sailmaker's crew, cooper's crew, armourer's crew,
yeoman of the store-rooms, steward's assistant,
ordinary seaman, blacksmith's mate, private and
fifer of marines or of land forces doing duty as ma-
rines, gunner of marine artillery, painter, stoker,
coal trimmer, second head krooman, sick berth at-
tendant, bandsman, tailor, butcher.—Three shares
each.

SHARE MARKETS.

(THIS DAY.)

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

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 share as 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 destroying any ship or ships of war, pri-
vateer ar privateers, belonging to the enemy, shall
share in the distribution of any head money or
bounty money granted as a reward for taking, sink-
ing, burning, or otherwise destroying any such ship
or vessel of the enemy.
That no flag officer commanding in any port in
the United Kingdom shall share in the proceeds of
any prize captured from the enemy, by any ship or
vessel which shall sail from or leave such port by
order of the Lord High Admiral, or of our com-
mis3ioners for executing the office of Lord High
Admiral.

Ninth Class.—Cook's mate, ship's steward's boy,
admiral's domestic, superintendent's domestic, ad-
miral's steward and cook, captain's steward and
cook, ward-room and gun-room steward and cook,
subordinate officers' steward and cook, commander's
servant, secretary's servant, second class ordinary
seaman, assistant stoker, barber, boy of the first
class, first and second class krooman, supernume-
raries, except as hereinafter provided, persons borne
merely as passengers, and not declining to render
assistance on occasion of capture.—Two shares each.
Tenth Class.—Boy below first class—One share.
All supernumeraries holding ranks in the service
above the ranks or rating specified in the fifth class
of this our proclamation, who have been ordered to
do duty in any of our ships or vessels, by the Lord
High Admiral, or by our commissioners for exe-
cuting the office of Lord High Admiral, by the
senior offic.p: of the fleet or squadron, or if none
senior, then by the captain or commanding officer
of the capturing ship or vessel, if not by special
authority employed in higher capacities, shall share
according to the rank which they respectively hold
in the service ; but in all cases to qualify them for
so sharing, and not merely as supernumeraries in
the ninth class, due notation of their being thus
respectively ordered to do duty must have been
made on the muster books.

RenwAn.

kberdeen
Nottng. Bost.

That when ships or vessels under the command
of several flag officers belonging to separate stations
shall be joint captors, each flag officer shall receive
a proportion of the one-twentieth part, according
to the number of officers and men present under
the command of each such flag officer ; and when
any ship or vessel under orders from the Lord
High Admiral; or from our commissioners for
executing the office of Lord High Admiral. are
joint captors with other ships or vessels, under a
flag or flags, the like regulations as to the appor-
tionment of the flag share to the flag officer or
officer is to be observed.

and Eastn. Junct...
Belfast & Ballymena.
Birming. Wolverh.

Stour Valley ...
Birkenhd. Lancsh iSt
Cheshire Junct
Do. Chesh. & Birk.,
£5O and £25 Cons.
Do., .....
Blyth & Tyne original
£25 (issd. at £45)
Bristol and Exeter
Ca1ed0nian............
Chester & Holyhead.
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Black, & Pass
Cornwall
Crieff Junction
Dublin&BelfastJunc
Dundee Perth &Aber
deen Junation
Do. New ......
East Anglian....
Do., (£lB E & H)...
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, A

100
100
all
all

100
8i
100

With reference to flag officers, it is to be noted
—that when an inferior flag officer is sent to rein-
force a superior officer on any station, the superior
flag officer shall not share in any prize taken by the
inferior flag officer before he has arrived within the
limits of that station, unless the inferior officer shall
have received some order directly from, and shall
be acting in execution of some order issued by such
superior flag officer.
No chief flag officer quitting any station, except
upon some definite urgent service, and with the in-
tention of returning to the station as soon as such
service is performed, shall share in any prize taken
by our ships or vessels left behind, after he has
passed the limits of the station, or after he has sur-
rendered the command to another flag officer
appointed by the Admiralty to command in chief
upon such station.

Stock
Do., B. Stock
Do., New A
East Lancashire

And with respect to supernumeraries of ratings
in the service below the denomination of those
specified in the fourth class of this our proclama-
tion, and who at full victuals are engaged in the
ordinary duties of the ship, it is our will and plea-
sure that they shall always share according to the
ratings which they bear in the service.
And, in order that our Royal intentions herein
may be duly carried into effect, we further direct that
when any capture is made from the enemy, the
captains or commanding officers of our ships or
vessels of war making the same shall transmit, or
cause to be transmitted, as soon as may be, to the
Secretary to the Admiralty, a true and perfect list
of all the officers, seamen, and marines, soldiers,
and others, who were actually on board on the
occasion, accompanied by a separate list, contain-
the names of those belonging to the crew who were
absent on duty or otherwise at the time, specifying
the cause of such absence, each list to contain the
quality of the service of each person, together
with the respective descriptions of men, taken
from the description book of the ship or vessel,
and their several ratings, to be subscribed by the
captain or commanding officer, and three or four
more of the chief officers on board.

An inferior flag officer quitting any station (ex-
cept when detached by orders from his commander-
in-chief upon a special service, accompanied with
orders to return to such station as soon as the ser-
vice has been performed), shall have no share in
prizes taken by the ships and vessels remaining
on the station, after he has passed the limits thereof.
In like manner, flag officers remaining on such sta-
tion shall not share in the prizes taken by such in-
ferior officer, or by ships or vessels under his imme-
diate command, after he has quitted the limits of
the station, except he has been detached as aforesaid.
Acommander in chief or other flag officer belong-
ing to any station shall not share in any prize or
prizes taken out of the limits of that station by any
ship or vessel under the command of a flag officer
of any other station, or under orders from our com-
missioners of the Admiralty, unless such comman-
der in chief or flag officer is expressly authorised by
our said commissioners to take the command of
that station in which the prize or prizes is or are
taken, and shall actually have taken upon him such
command.

Edinburgh & Glasgowl
Edinb. and Peebles
Edin. PAL) &T)undee
Forth & Clyde June.
Glasgow & S. Western!
Great Northern Stk.i
Do., A. Stock
Do., B. Stock

812s1

100
174.
114
all
all
all

Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.)
Great Western
Irish South-Eastern
Lancaster & Carlisle
Do., Thirds
Do. New Thirds
Lancash. andYorksh
Do., Fifths
D 3. , Wst. Riding Un
Leeds Northern

And when the list of those actually on board, and
the separate list of persons absent, though belong-
ing to the ship or vessel, shall have been verified,
on examination with the muster-books lodged as
official records, the accountant-general of our navy
shall, upon request, grant to the agent or agents
nominated or appointed by the captors, a certificate
that such lists are correct, or have been corrected,
as occasion may require, in order that distribution
of the prize or other proceeds may be duly made.

100-

Liv. Crsby.&Southpt
London & Blaekwall
Lond. Tilb. & Sthend.
Lond. Bright & S.Cst.
Lond. and N. Westn.
Do. Fifths
Do.lo/. 5h.,M&8...0
Do. Eighths
London andS. Westn
Do., £5O.
Do., £4O
Lndndrry& Coleraine
Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
Manch.Shef.& Linclu
Do., Man. & Lin. Un
Midland

Every commodore having a captain under him
shall be esteemed a flag officer with respect to the
twentieth part of prizes taken, whether he be com-
manding in chief or serving under command.
The first captain to the admiral and commander
in chief of our fleet, and also the first captain to
any flag officer appointed to command a fleet of ten
ships of the line or upwards, shall be deemed to be
a flag officer fox the purpose of sharing in prize,
and shall be entitled to share therein as the junior
flag officer of such fleet.
Any officer on board any of our ships of war at
the time of capturing any prize or prizes, who shall
have more commissions than one, shall be entitled
only to share in such prize or prizes according to
the share allotted to him by the above-mentioned
distribution in respect to his superior commission
or office.

And in the event of difficulty arising with respect
to any of the regulations hereby ordered, or if any
case should occur not herein provided for, we are
pleased hereby to authorise the Lord High Admiral,
or our commissioners for executing the office of
Lord High Admiral for the time being, to issue
such directions thereupon as may appear just and
expedient, which directions shall have the same
force and effect as if specially provided for in this
our Royal proclamation.
Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace,
this 29th day of March, in the year of our
Lord 1854, and in the 17th year of our reign.
GOD save the QUEEN.

100"
100
476
176
all
100

And with reference- to other officers it is to be
noted—that a captain, commander, or other com-
manding officer of a ship or vessel, shall be deemed
to be under the command of a flag when he shall
have received some order from, or be acting in the
execution of some order issued by, a flag officer,
whether he be or be not within the limits of the
station of such flag officer ; and in the event of his
being directed to join a flag officer on any station,
he shall be deemed to be under the command of
such flag officer from the time when he arrives
within the limits of the station, which circumstance
is always to be carefully noted in the log book ;
and it shall be considered that he continues under
the flag officer of such station until he shall have
received some order directly from or be acting in
the execution of some order issued by some other
flag officer, duly authorised, or by the Lord High
Admiral, or our commissioners for executing the
office of Lord High Admiral.
And we hereby direct that the captain, com-
mander, lieutenant commanding, master command-
ing, or any other officer, duly commanding any
ship, sloop, or vessel of war, singly taking any
prize from the enemy, that is to say, the officer
actually in command at the time, shall have one-
eighth of the remainder, or if there is no flag, one-
eighth of the entire net proceeds, except that if the
single capturing ship be a rated ship, having a com-
mander under the captain, the commander shall
take a portion of the one-eighth part, as if he were
commander of a sloop, according to the proportion
hereinafter set forth ' • and if more than one com-
manding officer of the same rank of command
shall be entitled to share as joint captors, the
one-eighth shall be equally divided between
them; but when captains, commanders, lieutenants,
commanding, and masters commanding respec-
tively our ships and vessels of war, and com-
manders under captains in rated ships shall share
together in whatever variety of combination, the
one-eighth shall be so divided into parts fora aradu-
ated apportionment as to provide for each captain' re-
ceiving
six parts ; each commander of a sloop, or
commander under a captain in a rated ship, three
parts ; and each lieutenant commanding, or master
commanding, or other officer actually commanding
a small vessel of war, two parts ; which we hereby
direct shall be the proportion in which they shall
respectively share ; commodores of the second class
and field officers of marines, or of land forces serving
as marines, doing duty as field officers, above the
rank of major, to share as captains ; and field
officers of marines, or of land forces serving as ma-
rines, and doing duty in the rank of major, to
share as commanders of sloops.
And we further direct, that after provision shall
thus have been made for the flag share (if any)
and for the portion of the commanding officer or
officers, and others, as above specified, the re-
mainder of the net proceeds shall be distributed in
ten classes, so that each officer, man, and boy,
composing the rest of the complements of our
ships, sloops, and vessels of war, and actually on
board at the time of any such capture, and every
person present and assisting, shall receive shares
or a share according to his class, as set forth in the
following scale :
First Class.—Master of the fleet, inspector of
steam machinery afloat, when embarked with a
fleet, medical inspector, or deputy medical in-
spector, when embarked with a fleet, fcirty-five
shares each.
Second Class.—Senior lieutenants of a rated
ship not bearing a commander, under the captain,
secretary to the admiral of the fleet or admiral
commanding in chief—Thirty-five share each.
Third Class.—Sea lieutenant, master, captain of
marines, of marine artillery, or of land forces doing
duty as marines, whether having higher brevet
rank or not, secretary to an admiral, or to a com-
modore of the first class, not commanding in chief,
chief engineer—Twenty-eight shares each.
Fourth Class.—Lieutenant or quartermaster of
marines, lieutenant of marine artillery, lieutenant,
quartermaster, or ensign, of land forces doing duty
as marines, secretary to a commodore of the second
class, chaplain, surgeon, paymaster, naval instruc-
tor, mate, assistant surgeon, second master, clerk
in charge, passed clerk, assistant engineer, gunner,
boatswain, carpenter—Eighteen shares each.
Fifth Class.—Midshipman, master's assistant
pilot, clerk (not passed), master-at-arms, chief
gunner's mate, chief boatswain's mate, chief car-
penter's mate, chief captain of the forecastle, ad-
miral's coxswain chief quartermaster, seaman's
schoolmaster, ship's steward, ship's cook—ten
shares each.

LITERAT URE.

Janet Mowbray. By Caroline Grautoff. 3 vols.

Hurst and Blackett.

Do. Birmng. & Derby;
Midld. G. West. (Ira.)
Do. Half Shares
Newcastle & Carlisle
Newmarket

17?
72
all

'Do., Bury Extension.
N wpt.Aberg. & Hrfd
Newry & Enniskillen
Newry Warrenpoint
and Rostrevor
Norfolk
Northn.Counties Un
North British
North Devon, No. 1
Do., No. 2
Do., 1 A Deferred
Do., B Guaranteed'
North London
rDo. New £lO

100
3
100

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Ll is

N. &S. Wstrn. ,Hamp,
stead, and City Jn.,
North Staffordshire ,
North Western

N. & S. Westrn. June,
Nuneaton, Hinckley
and Leicester

Oxford, Worcester, &
Wolverhampton
Portsmouth

2/ 2s
100
100
100
100

Seottish Central„
SeottishMidland ,

Shrewsbury & Bit mg.
Do. L. & N. Western
Guarante ad Si &el._
Shrewsby. & Bereft].
Shrewsby. & Chester
(N. W. Min
Do. Halvesil 6.
Do. Oswestry
Shropshire Union
Do. A, B, C,& D,fully
paid up at per cent
South Devon
South Eastern
South Wales-

There is nothing out of the way in this story,
either in plot, incident, or character ; but, never-
theless, a great deal of amusement may be derived
from its perusal. The motto is, " Oh, how full of
briars is this working-day world." Gloomy and
dismal as it may appear, there is, however, nothing
sentimental or over-strained in the scenes repre-
sented. On the contrary, a spirit of cheerful re-
signation cat e d
adversity, e
sdutyi s
toefdpoenr eavne
dr a
then e
lf-
trust. Walter Cranford, in his friendless and lonely
ga en ndesrea eeoiiinsotiriironlc of the style is that of calm and holy
state, is shown self-reliant and courageous, and
Janet in her sudden and unlooked-for misfortunes,
appears in a new and better frame of mind. From
the simple and thoughtless girl she merges into the
patient and much-enduring woman. Where she
had shone in her youthful grace and beauty, she
had to toil for her daily bread, and, more, to support
her brother and sister, and, above all, to bear the
unaccustomed burden of responsibility. The ces-
sation of her day's work brought no period to her
labour. When the routine lessons to her pupils
were over, she had to teach herself harder tasks
than ever were learnt at school—to be calm when
not sure where the next day might find them all,
and to keep up her strength, which was over-tasked,
for the needful struggle her spirits must necessarily
encounter. To add to her trials were many other
sources of doubt and anxiety. Lady Rutherford
was a very different kind of character. Sorrow,
which roused Janet, only enervated her. Suspense
and suffering seemed to wear her out, and unfit her
from being of any service to her family and friends,
while the same circumstances in the heroine called
forth all her powers and capabilities to meet and
overcome the emergency. Sir Henry is an estim-
able, though not an over exalted, personage. His
constancy to Janet in trouble was his greatest merit,
but lie did not possess much tact or discrimination
in many instances. Several sketches in the story
seem to represent with most life-like accuracy the
events of a country neighbourhood. The nervous
excitement and agitation of Lady Rutherford at
the period of the trial is natural, and ably depicted.
Walter Crauford is not so much brought before the
reader as some of the others of lesser note, but in
the few details met with we catch a glimpse of a
more than ordinary man. It is evident that his
thoughts and sentiments are cast in a far
higher and purer mould than that in which
is fashioned the Henry Riviugtons or Edward
Wyndhams of the world. Only a lofty and
high-principled mind would have possessed strength
sufficient to enable him to depart at once when
duty pointed out the way. The temptation was
strong, but he felt assured that it was incumbent
on him to leave the place before he committed him-
self by encroaching on another's right, and with
him duty was ever paramount. Again, few only
would have relinquished a life-time appointment,
a situation full of promise and replete with advan-
tages, at the chimerical suggestions of a fancied
good, and the supposed services to be rendered to
another, and she a stranger. In carrying out these
views he left India, and was again cast almost des-
titute on the world. He at last obtained great dis-
tinction, but it was not till after some very arduous
endeavours. Iu the fulfilment of the idea expressed
in the title-page, the authoress has indeed brought
us face to face with many sorrows. Poverty is
seen in its most trying features to the sensitive and
refined; anxiety preys on a highly susceptible mind;
disappointment and doubt weigh down the spirits
that could have braved more open enemies ; and,
finally, the king of terrors makes "void the seats
that none again may fill." Yet we are shown no
troubles that have not an alleviation, no trials that
are not surmountable, and no sufferings that are
not solaced by present good and future hope.
" There is no cloud without a silver lining ;" and
so Janet Mowbray did not always toil, or was not
always compelled to walk on the shady side of life.
After the storm there came a calm, and light fol-
lowed darkness. In this consists the chief merit of
the work ; it is what all life must be, from
the highest to the lowest—a succession and an
interchange. It is, moreover, exemplified that
those who work with energy and constancy will
never find they have laboured in vain, and those
who possess an upright heart will experience a
calm no outward change can affect or destroy.

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Closing Prises
yesterday.

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Business done
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THE POLISH DINNER THIS EVENING.—The festival
in aid of the benevolent fund of the Literary Associa-
tion of the Friends of Poland takes place this evening,
at the London Tavern, under a numerous and distin-
guished patronage. The Lord Mayor will preside, and
will be supported by the Marquis of Breadalbane, the
Earls of Harrowby, Shaftesbury, Albermarle, and Yar-
borough, the Lords Beaumont, Kinnaird, and Dudley
Coutts Stuart, and many members of both Houses of
Parliament. Prince L. Czartoryski has arrived from
Paris to attend the dinner, which it is hoped will prove
a real benefit to this praiseworthy institution.
SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—This company have given no-
tice that they will make no further advances to their
stockholders at .a rate of interest below 4 per cent,

Do. Pref., No.
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway
Vale of Neath

Waterfd. & Kilkenny
Waterford&Limorick
West Cornwall

27 - 30

2 - 26
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21 - 23
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West End of London!
and Crystal Palace
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York Newctl.&Berw.
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captain's coxswain, ship's corporal, quartermaster,
gunner's mate, boatswain's mate, captain of the
forecastle, captain: of the afterguard, captain of the
hold, captain of the maintop, captain of the foretop,
coxswain of the launch, sailmaker, ropemaker,
caulker, leading stoker, blacksmith, serjeant of
marines, of marine artillery, or of land forces doing
duty as marines—nine shares each.
Serenth Olass...Captain of the mast; captain- of

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