The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-27 00:00:00

BY TILE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION.

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Whereas, by our order in Council of this day's date, we were
graciously pleased, for the reasons therein contained, to tritral the
royal proclamation of his late Majesty King Wi'Urn the Fourth, of
the third day of February, one thousand eight hnuitrod and thirty.
eix, directing that 4istzibutio4 do made of tho utt prowl. ot

prizes captured from the enemy, of' captures and seizures under the
several Acts passed relating to the revenues of customs, and to
trade and navigation, for the abolition of the slave trade, and for
the capture and destruction. of piratical vessels, and of the rewards
conferred for the Caine, according to the scheme therein set forth;
and it is expedient that provision should be made by us for the
future distribution of such proceeds or rewards ; we do make known
to all our loving subjects, and all others whom it may concern, by
this our Proclamation, by and with the advice and consent of, our
Privy Council, that our royal will and pleasure is, and we do hereby
direct, that the distribution of such proceeds and rewards shall be
made in the following manner, viz.:—
That flag officers or officer, commodores of the first class, and cap-
tains of, the fleet, shall have one sixteenth of the net proceeds
arising from prizes captured from the enemy, and from all other
captures, seizes, head moneys, grants, and bounties as aforesaid,
made by,the ships and vessels tender his or their command, save
'and except in the cases herein-after submitted. •
That when two flag officers shall be serving together, the chief shall
. have two-thirds of the said one sixteenth, and ;the other officer
shall have the remaining third part.
That when there be more than two flag officers, the chief shall re-
ceive one half of the said one-sixteenth, and the remaining half
shall be divided equally amongst, the junior flag Officers, coat-
modoreg_of the first class, and captains of the fleet.
That no flag officer, or corMsiodore,-of the first class, or captain of the
fleet, not actually present at the capture or destruction of any pi-
ratical vessel or privateer belonging to the enemy, shall be enti-
tled to share in the distribution of any head money or bounty
granted in respect of the crews of such piratical ships, vessels, or
boats.
That no flag officer as aforesaid shall share in any remuneration or
reward conferred or awarded as satvage, unless he shall have
been actually on board the ship or vessel to which the award shall
be made, or have personally aided or assisted in the transaction at
the time the service was rendered.
That no Bag officer commanding in the ports of the united Kingdom
shall share in the proceeds of prizes captured from the enemy, nor
- in othertaptures or seizures as aforesaid; made by ships o'r vessels
which may sail from such ports by order of the Lord nigh Ad-
ardners,four
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toht:c:amote.Lord High
Ad-
miral, i
Admiral,ral,onhoer
in o mthmie rewards,
That when ships or vessels under the command of several flag officers
which belong to separate stations shall happen to be joiht
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flag of one sixteenth
sel may be, shall receive a portion of the share
capters,-each flag officer, under whose orders each ship or •ee-
of the net proceeds in proportion to the number of officers and meat
Lord nigh-Att-
regulations as to the apportionment of the flag share is to be ob-
served when ships or vessels under orders from the
with ships or vessels under a flag
Admiral, shall be joint captors
miral, or the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High-
Admiral, -
or flags. . .

And we do hereby further' direct, that the following regulations be
observed in respect to the distribution of the remaining portion of
the net proceeds of prizes, captures, seizures, and rewards before
m porfoetitiedoeid (after the deduction of the flag share of one-sixteenth), or
whole amount of such net proceeds in the cases herein-before
vhere no flag-officer shall be entitled to share.
First, that the Officers and men composing the complements of our
/ships and vessels be distributed into thirteen classes, and that each
officer and man and boy who shall have been 'actually on board at
the time of any such capture, seizure, &c, as aforesaid, shall receive
such number or tportion of
table
es as are expressed to each class rs-
odores ofthe
the ranksecondclass, captains,
field
spectively in the following
First class—Commodores
forces above of major, whendolnffir dustrOf
thandred
as field officers above the rank of major,
Second class—* Commanders, medical in' one shares.
s
fleets, field officers of marines or land foPrceese inspectors
theof rhanoskpioUlef mayor,
when doing duty as such, fifty shares.
Third class—Secretaries to flag officers commanding in chief, deputy
medical inspectors of hospitals and fleets, tsea lieutenant 9,
transfers, captains of marines or of marine artillery, or of land
forces, when doing duty as such, whether having higher brevet
rank or not, ten shares each.
Fourth class—Chaplains, secretaries to junior flag officers and corn.
modores of the first class, surgeons, paymasters and pursers, naval
instructors, mates, lieutenants of marines, of marine artillery, or of
land forces when doing duty as such, second masters, assistant.
surgeons, five shares each.
Fifth class—Gunners, boatswains, carpenters, first engineers, clerks
in charge, clerks (passed), four and a half shares each.
Sixth class—Midshipmen, master's assistants, second and third class
'engineers, clerks, naval cadets, clerk's assistant, three shares each.
Seventh class—Ship's cooks, admiral's coxswains, leading stokers,
masters at arms, seaman's schoolmaster, sailmakers, ropemakers,
gunner's mates, boatswain's mates, carpenter's mates, caulkers,
blacksmiths, sergeants of marines, sergeants of marine artillery,
sergeants of land forces when doing duty as such, two and a half.

shares each.
Eighth class—Ship's corporals, captain's coxswains, quarter-masters,
captains of the forecastle, captains of the main top, captains of the
fore top, captains of the hold, coxswains of the launch, corporals of
marines, and of land forces when doing duty as such, corporals and
bombardiers of marine artillery, head kroomen, pilots, iwo shares

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each.
Ninth class—Sailmaker's mates, coopers, armourers, caulker's mates,
captains of the mast, captains of the after-guard, captains of the
mizen top, yeoman of signals, coxswain of pinnace, second head
krosmen, paymaster and purser's steward, one and a half shares
each.
Tenth class —Able seamen, musicians, staffers and coal trimmers,
carpenter's crew, sallmaker's crew, cooper's crew, painters, Yeoman
of store rooms, flag officer's stewards, flag efficer'm cooks, flag offs •
cer's domestics, captain's steward, captain's cook, subordinate
officer's steward, subordinate officer's cook, sick berth attendant,
privates and lifers of marines and land forces when doing duty as
such, gunners of marine artillery, ordinary seamen, one share each.
Eleventh class—Paymaster and purser's steward's mates, cook's
mates, barbers, landsmen, kroomen, three-fourths of a share each.
Twelfth class —Buys of first class, half a share each.
Thirteenth class—Boys of second class, three-e,ghths of a share each
Seamen gunners to share in all captures, rewards, &c., as afore-
said, in the class immediately above that of the class in which
their rating is mentioned..

That in all cases in which supernumeraries, whether officers or
men, shall be ordered to do duty on board any of our ships by the
Lord High Admiral, or by our Commissioners for executing
the office of Lord High Admiral, or by other proper authority (the
Alters of the captain or commander, if no senior be present, to be
deemed sufficient authority), they shall share according to the class of
the ranks or ratings which they hold in the service, if not ordered to
do duty in a higher capacity. All persons borne on board our ships
merely as passengers, whether officers or others, and who may be
present and not decline to render general assistance in any actiosi
that may occur in making any capture or seizure, shall be entitled to
share in the eleventh class if above the age of twenty, and in the
thirteenth if below that age.

And that in the event of any difficulty arising in respect to the re-
gulations hereby proposed, or any case should occur not herein pro-
vided for, or not sufficiently provided for, we are pleased to authorize
the Lord High Admiral, or our Commissioners for executing tile office
of Lord High Admiral for the time being, to issue such directions
thereupon as may appear just and expedient; and that such direc-
tions shall be considered final, and have the same force and effect as

if specially provided for in our Royal Proclamation.
Provided always, that the distribution hereinbefore proposed
to be made, or directed to be made, shall net be construed to
affect any captures, seizures, &c., made within three calendar months
from the day of our Royal Proclamation, nor any captures, seizures,
&c. which shall be made after that day, and which shall be con-
demned or adjudged in any of eur Courts of "Vice-Admiralty, or any
Court of Mixed Commission, before notice of our Royal Proclamation
shall have been received by the Vice Admiralty Court,
or Court of Mixed Commission, in which such condemna-
tion or adjudication shall pass ; and we do hereby
further direct, that the proceeds of all such captures, seizures, &c.,
made within three months from the day of the date of this our Royal
Proclamation, or which shall be made after the date of this our
Royal Proclamation, and which shall be condemned or ad-
judged in any of eur Courts of Vice Admiralty, or any Court
of Mixed Commission, antecedent to the notice of this
our Royal Proclamation having been received in such Courts,
together with all rewards aforesaid, shall continue to be distri-
buted in the proportions and manner directed in and by his said
late Majesty's said Royal Proclamation, dated the third day of
February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.
Given at our Court, at Buckingham Palace, this nineteenth
day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hun-
dred and torty-six, and in tile ninth year of our reign.
GOD save the QUEEN.

CIRCUITS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RELIEF OF
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
AUTUMN CIRCUITS, 1846.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.
Henry Emil Reynolds, Esq., Chief Commissioner.
Yorkshire, at Sheffield, Wednesday, October 21.
Yorkshire, at Wakefield, Thursday, October 22.
At the town and county of the town of liingston-upon-Hull, Tues-
day, October 27.
Yorkshire, at York, Thursday, October 29.
Yorkshire, at Richmond, Saturday, October 31.
Durham, at Durham, Monday, November 2.
Northumberland, at the Moot Ha, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Wednes•

day, November 4.
At the town and county of the town of Newcaatle-upon-Tytte, the

same day.
Cumberland, at Carlisle, Friday, November 6.
Westmorland, at Appleby, Monday, November 9.
Westmoreland, at Kendal, Tuesday, November 10.
Lancashire, at Lancaster, Wednesday, November I
Lancashire, at Liverpool, Wednesday, November 18.
Montgomeryshire, at Welsbpool, Saturday, November 21.
Merionetshire, at Dolgelly. Tuesday, November 24.
Carnarvonshire, at Carnarvon, Thursday, November 24.
Anglesey, at Beaumaris, Friday, November 27.
Denbigh, at Ruthin, Monday, November 30.
Fllntshire, at Mold, Tuesday, December 1.
Cheshire, at Chester, Wednesday, December 2.
At the city and county of the city of Chester, the SAMS day.

HOME CIRCUIT.
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yhv,ee
iryv reom6f
John Greathed Ilarris, Esq., Commissioner.
.hCeanr
9t.erbury, Saturday, Noy. 7.
KAtentht
Kent,
Sussex, at Lewes, Friday. November 20.
Hertfordshire, at Hertford, Tuesday, December 1.
SOUTHERN CIRCUIT.
William John Law, Esq., Commissioner.
Berkshire, at Reading, Wednesday, October 28.
Oxfordshire, at Oxford, Friday, October 30.
Worcestershire, at Worcester, Monday, November 2.
Radnorshire, at Presteign, Wednesday, November 4.
Herefordshire, at Hereford, Thursday, November 5.
Brecknockshire, at Brecon, Saturday, November 7.
Carmarthenshire, at Carmarthen, Monday, November 9.
Cardiganshire, at Cardigan, Wednesday, November 11.
Pembrokeshire, at Harerfordwest, Thursday, November 12.
Glamorganshire, at Swansea, Monday, November 16.
Nove Glamorganshire, at Cardiff, Tuesday, November 17. miter 19.
Monmouthshire, at Momnouth, Thursday,
Gloucestershire, at Gloucester, Friday, November 20.
At the city of Gloucester, the same
ot day.
Somersetsitire, at Bath, Wednesday, November 25.
At the city and county of the city Bristol, Mon_day. November 23.
Devonshire, at Plymouth. Saturday, November 28.
Cornwall, at Bodinin. Monday. Novem her 30.
Devonshire, at the Castle of Exeter, Wednesday, December 2.
At the city and county of the city of Exeter, the same day.
Somersetshire, at Taunton, Friday, December 4.
Porsetshire, at Dorchester. Monday, December 7.
Wilshire, at Salisbury, Wednesday, December 9.
At the town and county of the town of Southampton, Tlinrl., Doc. 10.
Southampton, at Winchester, Friday, December 11.

MIDLAND CIRCUIT.
David Pollock, Esq., Commissioner.
Essex, at Chelmsford, Monday, October 19.
Esser., at Colchester, Tuesday, Octol-er 20.
Suffolk, at Ipswich, ',Wednesday, October 21.
Norfolk, at Yarmouth, Friday, October 23.
Norfolk, at the Castle of Norwich, Saturday, October 24.
At the city and county of the city of Norwich, the same day.
Norfolk, at Lynn. Tuesday, October 27.
Suffolk, at Bury St. Edmunds, Thursday, October 29.
Cambridgeshire, at Cambridge, Saturday, October 31.
Huntingdonshire, at Huntingdon, Wednesday, November 4.
Northamptonshire, at Peterborough, Thursday, November 5.
Rutlandshire, at Oakham, Friday. November 6.
Lincolnshire, at Lincoln, Monday, November 9.
Nottinghamshire, at Nottingham, Wednesday, November 11.
At the town and county of the town of Nottingham the same day.
Derbyshire, at Derby, Thursday, November 12.
At the city and county of the city of Licbti, Id, Saturday, Nov. 14,.
Staffordshire, at Stafford, Monday, November 16.
Shropshire, at Shrewsbury, Wednesday, November 18.
Shropshire, at Oldbury, Friday, November 20.
Warwickshire, at Birmingham. Saturday, November 21.
Tuesday, November 24.
Warwickshire, Coventry, Thursday, November 26.
Leicestershire, at Leicester, Saturday, November 28.
Warwickshire, at Warwick,
Northamptonshire, at Northampton, Monday, November 3e.
Buckißghamshire, at Aylesbury, Friday, December 4.
BANKRUPTS.
Cummings,7,teaatbelroovkeeor: America-square,
at
ecoortofßankruptcy.
Bedfordshire, at Bedford, Wednesday, December 2.
; Ruck. Mincing-hum.
Minerles,
iraytheh,inJune 3 and July 7, at twelve. at the
At o
JGs i surrendergrieu Rudman,
officialJ (cordona nn n
assignee,oe
u 6 s
an J
BBu
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Berkeley, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields.

John Douglas Herrick, grocer, Colchester, June 3 and July 7. at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee ; Huns,
Parry, Milne, and Morris, Harcourt-buildings, Temple; Smythfes and
Goody, Colchester.
Edward Harwood Brace and James Allen, warehousemen, Mitre-
court, Milk-street, Cheapside. June 3, at half-past one, and July 7, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Reed
and Langford, Friday-street; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman,
Manchester. . - _

Robert Nelson, hotel keeper, Great Portland-street, June 3, at
two, and July 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee; Watson and Broughtons, Falcon-square.
Jonathon Clarkson, grocer, Mug's-road, Chelsea, June, 1, at half
past two, and July 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. TM-
qnand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers ; Archbutt, King's-road.
Chelsea.

William Cooper, hardwareman, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, June 4,
at twelve, and July 11, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Goddard, King.street,
Cheapside.
Joseph Avery, dealer in plate and jewellery, Manchester-street,
Manchester-square, June 5, at eleven, and July 11, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street; Stafford, Buckingham-street, Strand.
John Beaton, tailor, Upper-street, Islington, June 4, at two, and
July 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee,
Coleman-street buildings ; Rae, Warwick-court, Holborn.
July 3, at Davis,o, 4.ati(aultthiste Court of PAIL-mall,
Bankruptcy. 9, at
rt —E
13a bait-pastwouasrd.e rstre f°,3%frecilatta-,
assignee, Frederickl-Vlace, Old Jewry; Bea ,
Fleet-street.

• But when a commander is not in company with a captain he is
to receive seventy-five shares.
t But lieutenants or masters In command of vessels of war, sod
mastars of Qs lost, are to revolve Want/ spars cub, 14y144
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