The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-30 00:00:00

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THE ROYAL NAVY.

INCREASE OF THE BOUNTY.

(From a Supplement io the Gazette of last Evening.)

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BY THE QUEEN.-A PROCLAMATION.
FOR ENCOURAGING SEAMEN AND LANDSMEN TO ENTE
THEMSELVES ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS OF WAR.

VICTORIA R.—Whereas it is our Royal intention
to give all due encouragement to all such seamen
and landsmen who shall voluntarily enter them-
selves in our service : we have thought fit, by
and with the advice of our Privy Council, to pub-
lish this our Royal Proclamation ; and we do
hereby promise and declare, that all such able
seaman, fit for our service, not above the age of
45, nor under the age of 20 years, who
shall, on or before the 15th day of June next,
voluntarily enter themselves to serve in our
Royal Navy, either with the captains or lieu-
tenants of our ships, or officers employed in
tenders or at rendezvous on shore for raising men
for the service of our navy, shall receive as our
royal bounty, the sum of ten pounds each man ;
and all such ordinary seaman fit for our service,
who shall so enter themselves as aforesaid, shall
receive the sum of five pounds each man ; and all
such ablebodied landsmen, not above the age of
twenty-five, nor under the age of twenty years,
who shall so enter themselves as aforesaid, shall
receive the sum of forty shillings each man as our
Royal bounty, such respective sums to be paid
them by the respective paymasters of the ships on
board which they may be serving, immediately
after the expiration of twenty-one days from the
date of such entry. And we do declare, that the
qualification of the seamen and landsmen so
entering themselves, as aforesaid, shall be certified
by the Captain, Lieutenant, or Master, and Boat-
swain, or other Warrant Officer of the ship or
vessel where they shall enter. And for prevent-
ing any abuses by any persons leaving the vessels
to which they shall belong, and entering them-
selves on board any other our ships and vessels,
in order to obtain the said Bounty Money, We
do hereby declare and command that such
seamen and landsmen belonging to any of
our ships or vessels as shall absent themselves
from any of the said ships or vessels to which
they shall belong, and shall enter themselves on
board any other of our said ships or vessels, in
order to obtain the said bounty, shall not only lose
the wages due to them in the ships or vessels they
shall leave, but also be severely punished accord-
ing to their demerits.
Given at our Court at Windsor, this thirtieth
day of April, in the year of our Loid, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and in
the twenty-second year of our reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

TATTERSALLe-( THIS EVENING.)

CHESTER CUP.
6to 1 agst Leamington (taken)
12 to 1 agst Royal Sovereign (taken)
14 to 1 agst Polestar (offered)
20 to 1 agst Pensioner (taken)
20 to 1 agst Brewer (offers to take 25 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Rosabel (offered)
20 to 1 agst Underhand (taken)
20 to 1 agst Herne (taken)
25 to 1 agst Master Bagot (taken)
33 to 1 agst Belle (offered)
33 to 1 agst Defender (offered)
60 to 1 agst Wilton (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Lifeboat (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Prioress (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Coroner (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
2to 1 agst Promised Land (taken)
6to 1 agst Nimrod (offered)
DERBY.
7to 1 agst Musjid (taken)
7to 1 agst Promised Land (offered)
15 to 1 agst Gamester (taken)
20 to 1 agst Trumpeter (taken)
25 to 1 agst Ticket-of-leave (taken)
30 to 1 agst Merryman (taken)
45 to 1 agst Old Robert (taken)
50 to 1 agst Glenluce colt (taken)
50 to 1 agst Summerside (taken)
1000 to 15 agst Napoleon (taken)