The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

DOWNING-STREET, MAT 25.

'The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Karney, Esq., late
a Lietitenant-Colonel in the Coaps of Royal Engineers, to be Lieu-
tenant-Gover of North Australia, and to administer the Government
of that colony, under the style and title of Supet intendant thereof.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint J. S. Hampton,
Esq., Surgeon in the Navy, to be Comptroller-General of Convicts
for the island of Van Diemen,s Land.
ADMIRALTY, MAY, 21.
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Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant IL B. Leonard to be
First Lieutenant, vice Philips, deceased.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Wilts.
Royal Wiltshire Regiment of Militia—W. Tucker, Esq., M.D., t•
be surgeon, vice Manic, deceased, Mar-18.

Oommisaions by the Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of the county
of York, and of the town and county of the town of Kingston-upon-
Hull.

East York Militia—J. J. Hopkinson, to be Captain, May 12 ;
T. B. Locke, Esq., to be Captain, May 14 ; F. Uppleby, Esq., to be
Captain, May 15 ; C. W. Clubley, Esq., to be Captain, May 16 ; C. N.
Hopkinson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, May 18 ; J. T. Buckle, Gent., to
be Lieutenant, May 20.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Hnssar Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeomanry Cavalry
—The lion. H. T. Lascelles, to be Lieutenant ; J. D. Dent, Gent., to
be Cornet, May 15.
• Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
Second Regiment of Royal Bucks Yeott anry Cavalry—Lieut. R.
Rose to be Captain, vice Perkins, resigned, May 15 ; F. Northey,
Gent., to be Cornet. April 27.
EllitATA.--The following commissions, signed by the Lord Lieu-
tenant of the county of Peebles, should have been in the Berwick-
shire, Haddingtonshire, Linlithgowehire, and Peebleshire Regiment
of Militia, and not in the Local Militia, as stated in former Ga-
zettes ;—J. W. Murray, Gent , to be Lieutenant, vice Pierce, de-
ceased, Feb. 11 ; J.- Salton, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Morrison, dc-
ceased, April 23.

BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION.
VICTORIA, R.
Whereas by our order in Council of this day's date, we were
graciously pleased, for the reasons therein contained, to annul the
royal proclamation of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, of
the third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
six, directing that distribution should be made of the net proceeds of
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 some, 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 whoni 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
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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, com-
modores of the first class, and captains of the fleet.
That no flag officer, or commodore, of the first class, or captain of the
fleet, not actually prsent at the capture or destruction of any pi-
ratical vessel or privateers belonging to the enemy, shall be enti-
tled to share in the distribution of dny head money or bounty
granted in respect of the crews of such piratical ships, vessels, or
boats.
That no flag officer 1 any remuneration or
as aforesaid shall share n
or reward conferred or awarded as salvage, unless he shall have
been actually on board the ship or vessel to which the award shall
be be made,
or have Personally aided or assisted in the transaction at
the time the service was rendered.
That no flag °nl eer
--rare finding in the ports uf the United Kingdom
shall share in the proceeds of'
rizes captured from the enemy, nor
in other captures or seizures aspaforesaid, made by ships or vessels
whtch may mil from Duch ports by order of the Lord High Ad-

miral, or the Commissioner for executing the office of Lord High

Admiral, nor in the rewards, &c. conferred for the same.
That when ships or vessels under the command of several flag officers
which belong to separate stations shall happen to be joint
captors, each flag officer, under whose whose orders eachship or ves-
sel maybe, shall receive a portion of the flag shape of one sixteenth
of the net proceeds in proportion to the number of officers and men
present under the command of each such flag-officer ; and the same
regulations as to the apportionment of the flag share is to be ob-
served when ships or vesiels under orders from the Lord lligh-Ad-
miral, or the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord 'Ugh-
Admiral, shall be joint captors with ships or vessels under a fl ,g

or flags.
And we do hereby further direct, that the following regulations be
observed in respect to the distribution of the containing portion of
the net proceeds of prizes, captures, seizures, and rewards before
mentioned (after the deduction of the flag share of one-sixteenth), or
of the whole amount of such net proceeds in the cases herein-before
provided, where no flag-officer shall be entitled to share.
First, that the officers and men composing the complements of our
ships and vesse!s be distributed into thirteen classes, and that each
officer and man and 'boy who shall have been actually on boord at
the time of any such capture, seizi,re, Scc. as aforesaid, shall receiv,
such number of portion of shares as are expressed to each class re-
spectively in the following table :
First class—Commodores of the second class, captains, field officers of
marines or land threes above the rank of major, when doing duty
as tleld officers above the rank of major, one hundred shares.
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Second class—. Commanders, medical inspectors of hospitals and
fleets, field officers of marines or land forces of the rank of major,
when doing duty as such, fifty shares.

Third class—Secretaries to flag officers commanding in chief, deputy
medical inspectors of hospitals and fleets, tsea Leutenants,
tinasters, captaind of marines or of marine artillery, or of land
forces, when doing duty as snob, whether having higher brevet
rank or net, ten shai 03 each.

Fourth class—Chapiains, secretaries to junior flag officers and com-
modores of the first class, surgeons, paymasters and pursers, naval
hist rnctors, mat, s, lieutenants of marines, of marine artillery, or of
land forces when doing duty as such, second masters, assistant-
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surgeons, five shares each.
Fifth Class—Gunners, boatswains, camerae; e, first engineers, clerks
in cha,ge, clerks, (parsed), four and a half shares each.
Sixth Class—Midthipmen, mastca's assistants, second and third class
engineers, clerks, naval cadets, clerks assistant, three shares each.
Seventh class - Ship's coo r, adinh al's coxswains, leading stoke rs,
masters at arms, seaman's s,•h.,olmaster, sailrnaker,', ro einakers.

gcntier's mates, boatswain's mates, carpenter's mates, eaulkerS,
blacksmiths, sergeants of marines, sergeants of marine artillery,

sergeants of land lorces when doing duty as such, two and a hall

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 tis hold, coxswains of the launch, corporals of
marines, and of land forces when doing duty as such, corporals and
bombardiers of marine artillery, head krooinen, pilots, two shores
each.

Ninth class—Sailmaker's mates. coopers, armourers, cau:ker's mates,
captains of the mast, captains of :the rfter-guard, captains of the
mizcn top, yeoman of signals, coxswain of pinnace, second head
kroemen, paymaster and purser's steward, one and a half shurvs
each. _ _ . .

Tenth class Able seamen, musicians, stokers and coal trimmers,
carpenter's crew, sailmaker's crew, cooper's crew, painters, yeoluan
of store rooms, flag officer's stewards, Slag officer's cooks, flag offs -
ccr's domestics, captain's steward, captain's cook, subordinate
officer's stcwai d, subordinate officer's cook, sick berth attendant,

privates and fifers of marines and land forces when doing duty as
such, gunners of marine artillery, ordinary seamen, one share each.
Eleventh Cass—Paymaster and purser's steward's mates, cook's
mates, barbers, lan,smen, kroomen, three-iourfhs of a share each.
Twelfth class - Ileys of first class, halla share each.
Thirteenth class—Boys of second class. three-eighths of a share each
Seamen goon.,rs 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 othe proper authority (the
orders of the crptain or commander, if no senior be present, to be
deemed sufficient authority), they shall share according to the class 01
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 assistonce in any action
that may occur in making any capture of 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-
ylded for, or not sufficiently provided for, we are pleased to authorize
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 ; and that such direc-
tions shall be considered final, and have the same force and effect as
if specially provided for in our Itoyal:Proclamation.
Provided always, that the distribution hereinbefore proposed

to be made, or directed to be made, shall not be construed to
affect any captures, Re , made within three calendar months
from the day of our Royal Proclrmation, nor any captures, seizures,
Re. which shall be made after that day, and which shall be con-
demned or adjudged in any of our Courts of Vice-Admiralty, or any
Court of Mfxed Commission, before notice of our Royal Proclamation
snail 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 Roya
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Proclamation, or which shall be male atter the date of this oar
Royal Proclamation, and which shall be condemned or ad
judged in any of our Courts of Vice Admiralty, or any Court
of Mixed Commission, antecedent to the notice of thb
our Royal Proclamation havin; been received in such Courts.
together with all rewards aforesaid, shall co,,tinue 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 01
February. one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.
Given at our Court, at Buckingham Palace, this r:neteeritb
day of May, In the year of our Lord, One thous and eight hun-
dred and torty-six, and in the ninth year of our reign.
GOD save the QUEEN.

But when a commander is not in company with a captain he is
to receive seventy-five shares.
t But licutenonts or masters in commend of vessels of war, and
masters of the fleet, are to receive twenty shares each, instead
of ten. •