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London, England, 1814-08-29 00:00:00

MONDAY, AUGUST '2 9, 1814.

ItEdULAT:ONS IN RESPECT_ TO THE HALF-PAY
AND APPOINTMENT OF MASTERS OV THE ROYAL
NAVY. Admiralty-Oflice,-26th July, 1814.-
TT s Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT
it- haying been 'graciously pleaSed to approve of certain
REGULATIONS, propo,d by the Lord,: Commissio'»ers of
the Admiralty, for the ENCOURAGEMENT' and REWARD
of MASTERS of, the ROYAL NAVY, and for regulating
the Appointment of this highly meritorious and useful .Class
of Officers, Notice is hereby given, that the following Regu-
loans have been established, by Order in Council, dated the
-,4ddinstant •

I. "That Masters, on their first Appointments; shall be
allowed their Travellitq Expences, at the same Rate, and in
the same manner, as the Liekttenants of his Nhijesty's Fleet.

11. "That, in lieu of the Half-pay established for Masters',
in the Itoyal Navy, by the 7th Article of the Order in Council
of 15th August, 1105, and the Regulations appertaining
thereto, the following Rate of Ilalf-pay shall, be csta.bliShed
andnallowed, from the Ist July instant, viz.:— •
" To the first 1110 Masters, being qualified
for Ist and ad rates
" To the next 200 being qualified for sd and
4th Rates
"The R • esnain der

"The said Rates of Half-pay for Mvters,to_he subject to
the same Regulations and Restriction-s as the Haff-pav of the
Commissioned Officers of the Fleet, and also to the following`
Regulations,
• ‘"fliat such Master as shall have served Five Years in his
Majesty's :Navy, two of which as Acting-Master,Second Mas-
t er, Master's-Mate, ui' Midshipman, previbnsly to receiving
a appointment is Master, shall be entitled to Half-pay im-
mediately on his being put out of Coissi"'
mm on. . .

That snch Master as shall have served as aforesaid, in
1116 Majesty's Navy, but not for the full space of Five Yeal•s;
shall be entitled to Half-pay only when the time of his Service
as Master, added to that before passed in the King's Service,
'shall complete the said period of Five Years." . .
" And that such as shall have been appointed Master without
baying previously served in the Royal Navy, shall be entitled
to Half-pay, after having served as Master Five Years. But
that no Meister Shall be permitted in time of War, on any ac-
Count whatever, to receive Half-pay during such time as lie
shall he enipkoyed in the. Merchant Service; or in any other
Occnpation, unless sufficient proof be adduced to the Com-
m 4ssoieri of the Navy, that such Person is, from infirmity
116:1r, absolutely incapable of performing the Duty of a
Master in his Majesty's Navy. • -
111.---" And his Royal Highness has-been further gracious-
ly. ',leased to direct, that Master of the Royal Navy; instead
of being required,as at present, to i:ass an Examination before
the Master and Wardens of the Corporation of Trinity House,
for eardi Rate of Ships separately, shall be required Only to
pass an Examination touching-their Qualifications to serve ;IS
Musters of the following Rates jointly.
• " First and 'second. Rates jointly.' •
"Third and fourth Rates jointly:
" Fifth and sixth Rates jointly. -
" Sloops and, smaller' Vessels
W.." And in Order • to prevent' Any unnecessary, or im-
provident ;inevekse Of the number of Masters, and, at the
same time to ensure, that all persons .warranted as Mastete
in his Majesty's Navy, he men of experience and judgment.
That no Persca stall be warranted as Master, until the'
:limber of Masters od the List be reduced below the number
of. Ships on the List of the .Navy, (exclusive of well a; are
building, and have not heed launched), and that no more
Masters shall -be ever appointed, than the Number of such
Ships at the time that any Appoiatment of Master is to be
made." .

" That no Person shall be allowed to pass an- Exankl..
natiOa touching his qualifications to 'serve as Master, in
the Royal Navy before be shall have attainel -the AtTe
of Twenty-one Years, or after the tVo of Thirty-five
YearS, and have been at least Seven "I ears at Sea, two
of which must have been served itt his Majesty's Navy iu
the quality of Acting Master by Ocher, Soiland Master,
Master's Mate, dr Midshipman, or. being within the afore-
ages,_ and having served Seven Years at Sea, shall have
actually been One Year or more Chief Mate, and Two Years
Master, or Two Years Chief Mate, and One Year Maiter of
a Merchant Ship; and shall produce Certificates of Diligence,
Sobriety, and good Conduct, from the Owners, fur the time
be-4erved as Master, and from the Owners
,and Master fur
the'time he served as Mate."

" That no Master shall be permitted to pass his Examida-
tion for .1 higher Rate, until he shall have served One cym-
plete Year in a Ship in Connuissioni-under his last quali-
fication."

J. W. CROKER.

REf.4I7LATIONS IN RESPECT TO THE HALF-PAY
APPOIN.FMENT, AND RANIi, OF PURSERS OF THE
ROYAL NAVY.
Admiralty-Office, 9.61 h July, 1814.
Ur IS Royal-Highness the PRINCEREGENT
..JILjL having been graciously pleased to'approve of certain
REGULATIONS proposed ,by the Lords Commis:io,ners
of the Admiralty tor the. ENCOURAGEMENT and RE-
WARD of PURSERS of the Royal NAVY, and for re-
gulating the Appointment, and "fixing the Ralik of this
useful and deserving class of • ()Hid :1-s ; Notice is hereby
given that'the following Regulations have been established
by Order.in Council, dated the 23d instant, and that Orders
hare been in consequence given for.the immediate discharge
of all Parsers from Ships in Ordinary and the Cheque of the
several Yards. . • . , .

1.,-.That Pursers of the Reyal Navy, instead of being-con-
'siderefd"liS standing Warraut'Oilieers of Lis Majesty's Ships,
and'-Lorne iu Ships in Ordinary, or-on the Cheque of tbe.se-
ve'ral-Dock:Yards for Personal .'ray and Allowances of Provi-
sions, as at present, shall, when the Ships to which they are
warranted may be paid off, be immediately t.lischarged, and
allowed in lieu of their present Wages and Provision,' Half-
Pay, according to the following scale, viz.:—

To the first 100 Pursers on the seniority List 5 per Diem.
The next 200 4
.The remainder 3 -----

rhe said Half-pay of Pursers shall commence front the Ist
of July instant, and be subject to the same Regulations and
Restrictions as the Half-pay of the Commissioned Officers of.
his Majesty's Fleet, and be allowed to all Pursers, who shall
have been Five Years in his Majesty's Service, either.as Clerk
or Purser, from the Day on whin their respective Ships may
be put out of Commission.
That all Pursers coming on Half—pay shall report them-
selves to this Othce, without los of tins, in order to be placed
on the Quarterly Half-pay Lists, on pain of 'forfeiting the
Half-pay for the time not reported.
order to prevent any,improvident or. unnecessary
increase of the Nuinber of Pursers, and at the-same time to
ensure the Appointment of such persons only as may bealuly
qualified .for the duties of the stuation, no person shall be
warranted us Purser, until .the number of Pursers be re-
duced below the number of Ships on the List of the Royal
Navy (exclusive of such as are building and have not been
launched), and that hereafter the number of Pursers shall
never exceed the number of such Ships.
That no Person shall be appointed a Purser who shall he.
less than Twentyone or snore than Thirty-live years of age.
That no Person shall be appointed a Purser of any of his
Majesty's ships'unless he hare oven rated as, and actually dis-
charged the duty' of, Captain's Clerk in one or more of his
Majesty's ships for two complete years; or has discharged the
said duty of Captain's Clerk for one complete year, and the
duty of Clerk to the Secretary of 't Flag Officer for one other
year; and shall, in eyeey.case, produce a certicate of his
good conduct, pass the usual examinations, and give such se-
curity for an honest and faithful diScharge of his duty, as may
m ' frotimeto time be required.
' That no Purser shall be capable of being appointed to a
Fourth'or Fifth Rate, who shall not have been Two Years a
Warranted Purser on the List, nor to a First,. Second, or
Third Rate, till he shall have been Five Years on the List of
Warranted Pursers.

lll.—lrk Order to give a greater respectability to the Situa-
tion of this Class of Officers, his Royal nighness has been
grlyiously pleased to confer on Pursers of the Royal Navy,
I'llefAanic Ranh as granted, by his Majesty't Order in Council
of the 25th ofJanuary, 1805, to the Surgeons of the Fleet.
J. W. tr.93i
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