The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-09 00:00:00

CIRCULAR, No. 79.

NEW SCALE OF PAY AND PROVISIONS.
By the Commissioners for executing the office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, &c.

Her Majesty having been graciously pleased, with the
view of improving the condition of the petty officers,
seamen, and marines of the fleet, to direct that the fol-
lowing alterations should be made in the scale of vic-
tualling and pay of the Royal Navy, viz.:-
1. The allowance of salt meat to be increased from
three•gnartcrs of a pound to a pound per man per day;
2. The allowance of sugar to be likewise increased;
and mustard and pepper to be substituted for a certain
portion of oatmeal and vinegar.
3. The allowance of spirits to be reduced, and a com-
pensation in money to be granted for such reduction, as
shown in the annexed scale.

4. The pay of the navy to be re-cast at a daily rate,
and the compensation above-mentioned to be blended
with, and form part of, the pay.
5. The calendar to be substituted for the lunar month
in the payment of the wages.
You are hereby required and directed to cause the
said new scale of victualling and pay, together with the
regulations attached thereto, to be promulgated, and
carried into effect, accordingly, on board her Majesty's
ships under your command, on and after the Ist of Ja-
nuary next.
In the event of any of the ships of your squadron
being on a distant part of the station, and unable there-
fore to commence the new scale of pay and provisions on
the Ist of January next, the game to be postponed till
the Ist of April following.
The necessary supply of the new rate books will be
forwarded to you by the Storekeeper-General.
Given under our hands this Ist day of October, 1850,
F. T. BARING.
J. W. D. DUNDAS.
M. F. F. BERKELEY.
IL STEWART.
A. MILNE.
W. COWPER.
By command of their Lordships.

J. PARKER,
To all Commanders•in-Chief, Captains, Comman-
ders, and Commanding Officers of her Ma-
jesty's Ships and Vessels.
ALLOWANCE OF GROG AND COMPENSATION MONEY.

1. Admirals, captains, lieutenants, and ward-room of-
ficers—Half great lit allowance; no compensatlcn allow-
ance.

2. Mates, assistant-surgeons, second-masters, and
clerks—Half present allowance; savings price for half
allowance, blended with pay.
a. Midshipmen, masters assistant, clerks assistant, and
boys of Ist class—Half present allowance at the discre-
tion of the captain; savings blended with pay.
4. Cadets and boys of 2d class—No allowance; sav-
ings price for whole, blended with pay.
b. Assistant engineess, warrant officers, petty officers,
able seamen, and others of that class, ordinary seamen,
non-commissioned officers, and privates of Royal Ma-
rines—ilalf present allowance; compensation, 3s. 6d.
per man per calendar month.

6. Second-class ordinary seamen, landsmen, and
others of that class—Half present -alloviance; compensa-
tion, 2s. 6d. per men per calendar month.
A SCHEME OF VICTUALLING FOR THE NAVY.

(Sanctioned by ,her Majesty's Order in Council of
September 24, 1850.)
There shall be allowed to every person serving in her
Majesty's navy the following daily quantWas of provi-
vieuns, viz :
Biscuits ...
Spirits...
Fresh meat ...
Vegetables ...
Sugar ...
Chocolate
Tea

1 lb.
gill.
1 lb.
lb.
1 tz.
... 1 cz.
oz.
When fresh meat and vegetables cannot be issued,
,here shall be allowed in lieu thereof, salt pork 11b.,
teas pint, every alternate day; or, salt beef lib.,
flour 4. lb.; or, preserved meat preserved potato r
rice (or of each) ilb., alternately on the da)s when
salt pork and peas are not issued.
And weekly, whether fresh or salt, or preserved meat
be issued, oatmeal 4 pint, mustard ca., pepper i ca.,
per man.
There shall also be allowed weekly, vinegar not ex-
ceedieg a pint per man, for occasional use only, when
actually required, but not to be expended unnecessarily,
nor considered as subject to be paid for when not used.
Suet and raisins, or suet and currants, shall be sub-
stituted tor a quarter part of the before-mentioned pro-
portion of flour, half of the said fourth part in suet, and
the other halt' in raisins or currants, at the following
rates, of suet, or lib. of raisins, or alb. of cur-
rants, to be considered equal' to 11b. of flour.
In case it should be found necessary to issue substi- '
tutes for any of the foregoing species of provisions, litb.
of sett bread, or 11b. of rice or sago, or 11b. of flour, is
to be considered equal to 11b. of bi,cuit.
pint of wine, or 1 quart of strong beer, or gallon
of small beer, is to be considered equal to gill of spirit!.
1. oz. of coffee, 1 oz. of cocoa, 1 oz. of cnocolate, oz.
of tea, are to be considered equal to each other.
1 lb. of sago, 1 lb. of Scotch barley, 1 lb. of pearl
barley, 1 lb. of rice, are to be considered equal to each
other.
1 lb. of rice, or 1 pint of calavances, or 1 pint of &1011,
or pint of split peas, is to be considered equal to 1 pint
of peas.

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1 lb. of rice is to be considered equal to 1 quart of
oatmeal.

lb. of onions, or ilb. of leeks, is to be considered
equal to 1 lb. of other vegetables.

REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE ISSUE OF THE ALLOW-

ANCE OF •RGG AND PROVISIONS.

1. The allowance of grog is to be served out at dinner
time only, the evening service being discontinued; and
all sale, loan, barter, or transfer of grog is strictly pro-
hibited.

2. No raw spirits are to be issued to any one, unless
by special directions of the captain.
3. In case of persisting drunkenness, the captains or
commanding officers of her Majesty's ships are autho-
rised to charge against the pay of the person so offending
a sum not exceeding the amount of compensation money
shown in the preceding table (page 2); such mulct, or
abatement, to be charged against the party on the sbip's
books, and to be reported in the quarterly returns of
punishments.
4. No grog is to be allowed to naval cadets or boys of
the second class.

5. The allowance of grog. to midshipmen, masters as-
sistant, and boys of tte first class, is to be issued only
by the special written directions of the captain, and when
not issued is to be paid for as savings.
6. If any man should not wish to take up his allow.
ante of grog, he will be paid the savings price for it; or
he may, if he prefers it, be allowed to take up in lieu
4 z. of tea and 1 oz. of sugar, in addition to the esta-
blished allowance of those articles.

7. The savings price on tea is to be in future ls. a
pound, and that on sugar 3d. a pound.
8. In cases where salt meat shall have lost more than
half its weight in boding, the captain or commanding
officer is, on satisfying himself of the correctness of the
fact, to authorise the paymaster and purser to issue an
additional portion of raw salt meat, equal to half the
origins! allowance.

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9. The fat or :skimmings of the coppers which may
net be required for the use octhe ship is to be saved and
put into casks, and to be delivered into the charge of the
paymaster and purser of the ship, who is to return it
into the store at any of her Majesty's de foes; but in the
event of his not being able to comply with this regula-
tion, be is to obta;n a written order from his captain to
dispose of the earns, at the most favourable price for the
Government, taking credit for the same in his account,
debiting himself with the proceeds of sale.
On the delivery of the above fat or skimmings into
the charge of the paymaster and purser, he is to apply
to the captain for authority to pay to the cook of the
ship one-half of the value of the fat (cut of which sum
one-fourth is to be divided among the cook's mates, the
remaining three fourths to belong to the cook;) the
other half is to be appropriated to the use and for the
benefit of the ship's company in the manner which may
be deemed most advisable by the captain.
The savings price of the fat for carrying out the above
arrangement is to be IL per cwt.
A SCHEME OF VICTUALLING FOR TROOPS WHEN EM-
BARKED.
(Sanctioned by her Majesty's Order in Council of Sept.
24, 1850.)
Officers Children
and under 10
Species. Crew. Soldiers. Women. yrs. of age.
Bread ib. I I
it i
Spirits gill i i
Chocolate....
Sugar
Fresh meat
Vegetables lb. i 1-3
.1.
Tea ca. i 1-6 1
4
But when fresh meat and vegetables are not issued
there shall be issued in lieu thereof, every alternate day,
via. :

Salt pork . . lb. I .;.1
Peas pint i 1-3
Or,

Alternately on the day when salt pork and peas are
not issued:—

Salt beef lb. 1 A
4 1
I
Flour lb. 1 -16
Or preserved meat, lb. 2 3-16
Or preserved po-
tato or rice (or
iof each) oz 4 2 2-3 2 1
And weekly, whether fresh, or salt, or preserved meat
he issued, not exceeding :
Oatmeal
Vinegar
Mustard - 1.3 - • *
Pepper
N.B.—The oatmeal and vinegar are intended only for
occasional use.

Suet and raisins, or suet and currants, shall be sub-
stituted for part of the proportion of flour; of the said
fourth part in suet, and the other half in resins or cur-
rants, at the following rates, viz. lb. of suet, or 11b.
of raisins, or lb. of currants, to be considered equal
to llb of flour.

The allotments in force under the existing scale
are not to be altered; but all fresh allotments made
after the Ist January next are to be according to the
new scale.

Clerks who have passed their examination for pay-
masters and pursers may, from the Ist January, 1651,
draw bills for their full pay quarterly, instead of half-
yearly, as heretofore.
Thus it will be seen, first, there is a small actual
increase of pay over and above the value of the half
gill of spirits per diem ; secondly, there is an increase
of a quarter of a pound of salt meat per man per day;
thirdly, there is an increased daily allowance of a
quarter of an ounce of sugar ; and fourthly, half an
ounce of mustard and a quarter of an ounce of pepper
is substituted for half the present allowance of oat-
meal and vinegar—that is, the allowance of oatmeal
and vinegar will in future be a quarter of a pint
weekly per man, instead of half a pint ; and in lieu of
this quarter of a pint of oatmeal and vinegar,
the men will have the above allowance of mustard,
and pepper.
We perceive that no mention is made of the pay
and allowances of marines afloat in the above circular ;
but the scale of victualling for troops when embarked
has been very properly increased.

Captain Milne has left the Admiralty for Milne
Grange, Coldstream.
Lieut. W. H. Hall, the director of the police at
Portsmouth-yard, has invented a new plan for the
stocks of the waist and sheet anchors of large ships.
It has, we understand, been laid before the Admiralty,
and the board have ordered the dockyard authorities
to report upon it, and their report has been moat
favourable. All seamen that have served in ships in
the navy are well aware of the great inconvenience
that has always been experienced in working ship,
from the foretacks and sheets, and the foot rope of
the foresail fouling the upright stocks of the sheet
and spare anchor. To prevent this various plans
have been devised, such as having a timing noddy, a
strong rope extending from the after swifter to the
end of the stock, &c., but these plans only partially
rectified the inconvenience. Mr. Hall's plan is to
have the wood of the anchor-stock in three
pieces, the centre part, through which the
shank of the anchor goes, being a short piece, to
which the arms of the stock are firmly and sufficiently
secured ; on the lower square of the stock the arm is
fixed to the short piece by a strong double hinge
which allows the stock (when the anchor is stowed)
to fall down alongside the shank, so as to be com-
pletely dear from fouling the ropes of the foresail;
when the anchor is to be let go the stock is placed in
its proper position, and firmly secured on the upper
square by a strong metal clamp and bolt, and the
other two squares of the joint are also secured by
overlapping plates, to which the lashing elects are se-
cured. The joint is further strengthened by a mortice
joint in the wood. We hear this plan is forthwith to•
be tried, and as it appears to be a most useful inven-
tion, we have no doubt but that it will be generally
adopted in the navy.

bauntless, 24, serely-frigate, Captain Halsted, will
go out of Portsmouth harbour to-day, and will be
ready to-morrow to sail for Queenstown.
Furious, new steam-frigate, recently launched at
Portsmouth, having been temporarily rigged by
the dockyard, went out of harbour on Monday at
eleven o'clock. It was blowing a westerly gale
at. the time, and the Echo tug having towed the
Furious over to the Gosport side, sail was set and
she went out under it in good style. She merely
hove-to at Spithead, and at about half-past twelve
proceeded fur the Downs, en route to Blackwall, to
take in her engines of 400-horse power, by Messrs.
Miller and Ravenhill. .Mr. Penn, the master of the
Britannia, has charge of the FuriotP, with sixty
riggers, who bring hack the Argus. The Furious
seemed very stiff under canvas, but was light, consi-
dering she had .500 tons of ballast on board.
Tyne, 22, was commissioned at Devonport o❑ Mon-
day morning by Mr. Peter Wellington, late com-
manding the Adventure store ship. The Tyne has
been taken into No. 5 Dock yesterday morning to
have her copper cleared.

The officers and ship's company of the Vengeance,
84, Captain Sir William Blackwood, Bart., -shifted
over from the hulk to that ship on Monday, and she
is expected to go over to her moorings off Gosport in
a few days.
PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAT.—The F.rst Lord of the
Admiralty, Sir Francis Baring, M.P. for Portsmouth,
visited this portyesterday, for the purpose of attend-
ing, in pursuance of annual custom, the anniversary
festival of the Beneficial Society, one of the oldest and
most worthy charities in this neighourhood.
The Electra, 14, and Rapid, 8, will be undocked
after a complete repair on the 10th proximo, when
they will be speedily commissioned for further
service.

The Norwegian corvette Ornen, Captain Volltim,
will sail when the wind moderates fur Cherbourg,
and from thence to the Mediterranean. Mr. L. Van-
denburgh, the consul for Norway, visited this cor-
vette on Sunday evening, and on leaving received a
salute from the guns of the vessel.

DEVONPORT, -MONDAY.—We have had rough
weather yesterday and to-day. The Castle Eden,
emigrant ship, which sailed on Saturday morning,
put back to-day, the wind being foul and blowing
hard. This ship has the Rev. Mr. Jackson, Bishop
of Lyttelton, and party, on board.

APPOINTMENTS.

WooLwrcrr, OCT. 8. Midshipmen—Charles
Pringle to the Caledonia, 120, on the Alediterranean
station.

Naval Cadets—John G. J. Hanmer to the. Trafa-
lgar, 120, at Sheerness ; and Arthur G. R Roe to
the Thetie, 38, on the south-east coast of America
station.

Commander Charles J. Austen (1848), Com•
mander James F. B. Wainwright (1849), Lieutenant
Edward Marshall (1843), Lieutenant Lumley W.
Peyton (1846), and Lieutenant James D. Curtis
(1849), who have been studying steam for some time
past at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard, were all
examined separately by Mr. John Trickett, assistant
to the chief engineer, to-day, and, having passed in •a
very satisfactory manner, obtained their certificates
accordingly.

The aailand, Dover mail steam-packet, Lieute-
nant-Cummander W. Wylde, arrived at Woolwich
on Thursday last to have some slight defects made
good, and these have been effected. She leaves
\Voolwich to-morrow to resume her duties on the
Dover station. When coming round to 'Woolwich
she rendered the North Star good service, having
found that vessel in the Downs, and towed her to
Sheerness.
One sergeant, one corporal, and seventeen gunners
of the Royal Marine Artillery arrived yesterday at
Woolwich, from Portsmouth, and embarked on board
the Wasp steam-sloop, Commander Crozier, for ser-
vice on the coast of Africa. The Wasp will leave
this port on the 25th instant for Pl 3 mouth, to take
out the mails of the Ist of November for the coast
of Africa.

Intolerance—being irreligious for the sake of reli-
gion, and bating our fellow-creatures, out of a pretended
love of their Creator.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
IMPORTATION OF TURTLE.—The vessel Dagger,
arrived from Jamaica, has brought 51 head Qi turtlo 63 part
,of kei cup from OW West ligia WU,

GERMANY

The Deutsche Zeitung states that intelligence has
b.en received from Cassel, to the 4th inst., stating
that the Mayor, Hartwig, had protested against the
decree dissolving the Civic Guard as illegal, and that
the gaard had reftsed to give up their weapons or
accoutrements, and had occupied the various mi-
litary stations in Cassel, as usual. The Judge Advo-
eati Wilkens had declared the formation of the
courts-martial illegal, and had refused to take any
part in them. It was expected that every other
advocate would follow his example. The printing-
offices of the journals have been occupied by

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The following bulletin of tie affair of Friedrich-
stadt was published at Copenhagen on the 2.1, by the
Minister of War :—" On the 29th ult. the enemy M-
tacked the town of Friedrichstadt at three points.
The garrison maintained their position, although se •
veral houses were in flames. Oae of the outworks
was abandoned fer an instant, but was itnmediately
afterwards retaken, and several attacks of
th• enemy were received without much loss
by the garrison. Whilst this was going on,
the enemy had crossed the Eider in force and attacked
the Ecemingen ; the garrison being too weak for re-
sistance, retitled. At five o'clock in the evening the
attack on Friederichstadt was resumed, and lasted for
several hours. Darkness put an end to the conflict,
the enemy having been unable to dislodge the garrison
on any point. The garrison of Tcemingen, having re-
ceived reinforcements, returned to the place and drove
the enemy over the Eider.'