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

And' we hereby direct, that the captain, commander,
lieutenant commanding, master commanding, or any
other officer duly commanding any ship, sloop, or vessel
of war, singly making a capture or seizure, or otherwise
entitled to the distributive benefit arising from any proceeds,
reward, grant, bounty, salvage, or other award, as aforesaid,
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 commanding officer of the same rank
of command shall be entitled to share as joint captors,
&c., the one-eighth shall be equally divided between
them ; but when captains, commanders, lieutenants
commanding, and masters commanding respectively,
our ships and vessels of war, and commanders
under captains, in rated ships shall share together,
in whatever variety of combination, the one-eighth
shall be so divided into parts for a graduated apportion-
ment, as to provide for each captain receiving six parts ;
each commander of a sloop, or commander under the cap-
tain, 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 marines, 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 remainder of the
net proceeds shall be distributed in ten classes, so that
cacti officer, man, and boy, composing the rest of the com-
plements of our ships, sloops, and vessels of war, and
actually on board at the time of any such capture, seizure,
&c., as aforesaid, 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 ma-
chinery afloat, when embarked with a fleet, medical in-
spector or deputy medical inspector, when embarked with
a fleet :—Forty-five shares each.
Second Class.--Senior lieutenant of rated ship, not
bearing a commander under the captain, secretary to the
admiral of the fleet, or admiral commanding in chief :
Thirty-five shares 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 commodore of the first class, not com-
manding in chief, chief engineer :—Twenty-eight shares
each.

Fourth Class—Lieutenant or quarter-m*ter of marines,
lieutenant of marine artillery, lieutenant, quarter-master,
or ensign of land forces doing duty as marines, secretary to
a commodore of the second class, chaplain, surgeon,
t#pay-
master, naval instructor, mate, assistant,%; eon, second
master, clerk in charge, passed clerk, mg' 'nt eaginecr,
gunner, boatswain, carpenter :—Eighteeff's res each.
Fifth Class—Midshipman, master's asshitanb, pilot, clerk
(nob passed), master at arms, chie, gunner's mate, chief
boatswain's mate, chief carpenter's mate," chief captain of
the forecastle,. admiral's coxswain, chief quarter-mastor.
seamen's schoolmaster, ship's stewards, ship's cook :—Ten
shares each. •

Sixth Class.—Naval cadet, clerk's 'assistant, captain's
coxswain, ship's corporal, quarter-master, gunner's mate,
ooats.iain's mate, carpenter's mate, captain of forecastle,
captain of the aftorguard, captain of the hold, captain of
the main top, captain of the fore top, coxswain of the
launch, sailmaker, ropemaker, caulker, leading stoker,
blacksmith, serjeant of marines, of marine artillery, or of
land forces doing .duty as marines : Nin'e shares each.
Seventh Class.—Captain of, the mast, captain of the
mizen top, yeoman of the signals, coxswain of the barge,
coxswain of the pinnace, coxswain of the cutter, second
captain of the forecastle, second captain of the main top,
second captain of the fore top, second captain of the after-
guard, sailmaker's mate, caulker's mate, musician, cooper,
armourer, corporal of marines or of land forces doing duty
as marines, bombardier of marine artillery, head krooman
—Six shares each.

Eighth Class—Leading seamen, shipwright, second cap-
tain of the hold, able seamen, carpenter's crew, sailmaker's
crew, cooper's crew, armourer's crew, yeoman of store
rooms, steward's assistant, ordinary seamen, blacksmith's
mate, private and fifer of marines, or of land forces doing
duty as marines, gunner of marine artillery, painter,
stoker, coal trimmer, second head krooman, sick berth at-
tendant, bandsman, tailor, butcher :—Three shares each.
Ninth Class—Cook's mate, ship's steward's boy, admi-
ral's doniestic, superintendent's domestic, admiral's stew-
ard and cook, captain's steward and cook, ward room and
gun room steward and cook, subordinate officer's 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 assist-
ance on any occasion of capture, seizure, &c. :—Two shares
each.

Tenth Class.— Boy below the first class, one share.
All supernumeraries holding ranks in the service above
the ranks or ratings specified in the fifth class of this our
proclamation, who have been ordered to do duty in any
of our ships and vessels by the Lord High Admiral, by
our Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High
Admiral, by the senior officer of the fleet or squadron, or,
if none senior, then by the captain or commanding olcer
of the capturing ship or vessel, if not by special authority
employed in higher capacities, shall share according to the
ranks 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. •

And with respect to supernumeraries of ratings in the
service below the denominations of those specified in the
fourth class of this our proclamation, and who at full vic-
tuals are engaged in the ordinary duties of the ship, it is
our will and pleasure that they shall always share accord-
ing 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 or seizure is made, or service performed for which
a distributable grant or reward is to be, or is expected to
' be, conferred or awarded to any of our ships or vessels of war,
the captain or commanding of for shall transmit, or cause
to be transmitted, as soon as may be, to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, a perfect list of all the officers, seamen, marines,
soldiers, and others who were actuallyon board on the occa-
sion, accompanied by a separate list containing 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 per-
son, together with the respective descriptions of the 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 more of the chief officers
on board.
And when the list of those actually on board, and the.
separate list of persons absent, though belonging to the
ship or vessel, abaft have been verified on examination
with the muster books, &c., lodged as official records, the
Account-General of our navy shall, upon request, grant
to the agent or agents nominated or appointed by the
captors or seizors, &c., a certificate that such lists aro cor-
rect, or have been corrected, as occasion may require, in
order that distribution of the respective prize or other
proceeds payable as prize money may be duly made.
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, or not sufficiently 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, pro-
vided always that the distribution hereinbefore ordered,
shall take effect only with respect to the proceeds of cap-
tures, seizures, and services, as, aforesaid, which shall be
made and performed on and after the first day of April,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and that the
proceeds arising from all captures, seizures, and services,
as aforesaid, made or performed prior to that date, shall
he distributed in accordance with any proclamation or
proclamations now in force, or in force at the time of such
captures, seizures] or services respectively, and applicable
thereto, which we are pleased hereby to direct accordingly.
Given at our Court at Windsor, this twenty-ninth day
of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three, and in the seventeenth
year of our reign.—God save the Queen.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Noble
Towner as Consul at Barbadoes for the United States of
America.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Sichel
(senior), as Vice-Consul at Manchester for his Majesty the
Emperor of Austria.

Tjhe Queen has also been pleased to
,approve of Mr.
George Wortnusurt as Consul at Gibrsltar for his Royal
Eiighneee the Grand Duke of Oldenburgh.