The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-01 00:00:00

REGULA'T'IONS IN RESPECT TF-1:; JAP..p,ky,
APPOINTMENT, AND RANI:, Or PORSERS OP THE
• ROYAL NAVY:
Adalitalty-Office, /6th July, laf4.
•
I Royal Highness the' PRINCE REGENT
I'S
41-IVitlr been graeioosb, pleased to ,:p; live of certain
REGULATIONS ii6pused by the- torlli C.oMniissioners
of the Admiralty for theeENCOUR.;',,GE.,,IENT and RE-
WARD of PURSERS of the Royal NAt i, and for te-
gulating the Appointinent, and fix*. the Rank of this
useful and deserving. cl.iss of Officers; Notice is hereby
given that t!ie Re'glihitions have beeti.establiched
by Order in dated the 2:.4d instant, and that Orders
have .bee n in consequence, given for the juumediate discharge
of all Puriers frmft Ships iu Ordinary and the Cheque of the
several Yaitli. • • • • ' ,

I.—That Purser:, of the Royal Na.vy, instead of being-con-
sidered as standing Warrant•OtticerS.uf his Majesty's Ships,
and tairn'e in Ships in Ordinary, Zr. on the Cheque of the se,.
reral Dock Yards for Pempital.Pay and Allowances cif Provi-
sions, as at present, shall,' wlv.,n the Ships to which they are
warranted 'may.be paid 'WI, beitninediatOy dikharged; and
allowed in'i;en of their` present Wages and Provision, •Half-
.
Pay,-according to the following scale, viz.:—

.s.
•
To tho first 100 Pursers on the Seniority List..s per Diem.
The next 200 " • 4 ----

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The remainder
The said lialfimy of liumers :Omit co-nine:ice frOm the I'st
,of Jul:; ft-Wain., and sahjectl6 the same ReguLitiOns and
Restrictions' as the Hail-pay of the Coidinissi.med Officers of
his Majesty's Vleet, and fie allowed t!, 11:!rse.rs,
kitq-been Fire ' in his Majesty's !ervice, either as Clerk
or Ptimer. froin the. on Which thek.eetpective Ships may
be pot out of , •

That all Pnrsers,coiniog on Half-pay shall report them-
select to this Oilier, without loss of time, in order to, be placed
on the Qua: tellyhalf-pay Lists, on .pain of forfeiting the
Half-pay for the time not reported.
• II —ln order to prevent any improvident or unnecessary
increase of the Number of Pursers, and at the same time to
ensure ths.Appointment of such persons only as.may be duly
qualified for the duties of the situation, no person shall be
warranted as Purser, until the number of, Ptir•ie.rs ,he re-
duced below the number of 'Ships Oli the List of the Royal
N.Rvy.f,exclusive* of such as are building and :have not been
launched), said tlfat hereafter the number of Pursers shall
never exceed the number of such Ships.
That .no Person shall be appointed a Parser who shall be
less than Twenty-one or more than Thirty-five yenrs,of age,
That no Person shall be appointed a Purser of any of his
Majesty's ships unkss. he hat's lieenyated as, and actually dis:-
charged the duty of, Captain's' Clerksin one' or more. of his .
Majesty's ships for two 'coniplete years ;or has discharged the,
'said duty of .Captaia's Clerk for one :complete year, and the
'duty of Clerl to the Secretary of a Flag- Officer for one Other
year; and shall, in every cake, produce a certificate lof` his I
good conduct; pass the Usual examinations,: and give such c..-
e.nrty for an hottest and faithful discharge of his duty, as may
from tinie to time berre_quired: 7
That. turPurser 'shall be tapalile of being.aPpointed.th a
Fourth •or Fifth' Rate,' who shall not have, been TWo Years a •
Witlyalited Parser on thv, Li4t, tfor.to a First?, -S.ccOnd, or
Third Rate, till he shall have been Five,Years on the
,List o(
Warranted Purgers.
Ordcrto give agreater respectabiiity the.Sitna-
tion of thi,; Class of allicers, highness _has been
graciously pleased tnnjorifer on Pil!s,•rs' 'of the Royal
the same Rank as' granted' by his I.llajes.! y's". OiAer. in Council
of the `2sth ofJanuary, 1805, to the urgeons of the Fleet.
)17.. cROUR,