The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-05 00:00:00

Fitt ),1'W.5.1 LS
AND R EGLI LAT' ONS

RI4LAtIVE TO THE ROYAL NAVY.

[Continuedfrom our Paper of Saturday.]

The arrangements respecting warrant and petty officers we
shall state distinctly in subsequent sections of this memorial.

The rest of this section relates to the drawing of bills for

111. This section, after stating the inconsistencies in the
existing rates of pay for towtswains, gunners, carpenters, &c.
provses the following regulations :
Ist..The pay and superannuation of gunners, boatswains,
and carpenters, shall be regulated by the saute
21. The scale of sea and ordinary pay shall, be as firllows,
its the several rates :
ltate - Ist Rd 3d . 4th sth 6th et infra.

Sea - ',C 100 90 80 70 65 .GO
Ordinary Z 35 75 65 55 50 45
3d. The above pay is to be personal and net, and no de-
duction or compensations are to be made..
4th. No wars-ant officer shall lie appointed to a fifth rate,
Who shall not have served two years either in a sixfli rate or
sloop in commission ; nor to a fourth rate, who shall not have
served two-years in a fifth rate_in commission ; nor to a third,
rate, who shall not have served one year in a fourth rate iu.
coMmission, or three years in a fourth or lith rate in commis-
sion; nor to a second rate, • who ahall not have. served two
years, in a third.rate in commission ; nor to a first rate, who
shall not have served three years in a second or third rate in
commission. But as in times of peace it may not lie pos-
sible for officers to serve the .required time in commission,
we submit, that in cases of vacancy. when there happens to
be •no man who has served the requisite time for an appoint-
ment, it may be given to the person who imiy be, in our opi-
nion, in other respects the best qualified for :and entitled/to
the situation.

- sth. In the event of any warrant officer being put out o
his ship, by her being lost, broken up, or, otherwise, he
shall he placed as superunii,erary in one of his Majesty's ships
in ordinary of .he same rate, tint ii we may have au opportu-
nity of giving him anotber avpointotent.
(it h. The rates of stye, an nuation of Avarrant officers shall
be according to the following scale, fornied on a rovisider,ithin•
of the total length of I erviee as warrant °Meer, with.the length
of service in commission :
Total Service. Commissioned Service. Pensions.
•
SO years . • - 20 year - ,t SS-
, • 30 - - 15 - - 75
30' - - 10 - - -(5 . .
$0 - - 5 - - 55
20 - - .20 - - I's
20 - - 13 - - 65 . .
20 - - In - - 55 . .
20 ! - - 5 - - ,:it '
15 - - 15 - - 60
15 • - - 10 - - 50
15 - - 5 - - 40
10 - - 10 - - 45
10 - - 5 - - 35

7th. Officers whose length of service may happen not to fan
exactly under any .of the preceding ttuniber,i, shall be pen-
sioned acs,rceably,to the rate which nifty come nearest to their
length of service•

Bth. Officers baying a shorter period of service. than the
lowest of the foregoing, shall receive either the pension to
whiCh their services would entitle them from Greenwich Hos-
vital-, or suefrother sum, not exceeding ,301. per:annum, as
we, on a view of the individual case, may appoint.
9tb. itio warrant officer r'
shall reckon as service, either fo
promotion or superannuation, any time for which be shall
not have a certificate of good conduct from the captains or
commanderi of the ships in which he may have Served; and
if time certificate should nut state the good and meritorious
conduct of the officer for time specified period, such time is to
be disalloWed him ; but if the warrant officer _thinks he has
any reason to complain thereof, he may address his complaint
to onC,Secretary, for our inquiry anti final decision; and in
we.submit that we he authorized to allow the time
or not, as we may judge proper.
If your-Boyal Highness shall be graciously pleased to sanc-
tion the foregoing propositions on this branch of the subject,_
we shall he. enabled to. superannuate several hundreds of
wore-out and disabled officers, who are at present on the or-
dinary, and of whom -we cannot clear the list (which ought'
to be ettective)with justice and hmivanity to these-olti servants
of the public, while the present partial and inadequate rates
of superaminatiou exist; hut we have farther the satisfaction
of stating to your Royal Highness, that this benefit to the
naval service will not create any additional - expence to the
country;'as the. saving of the cost now incurred for .viet ual-
bog; and keeping in full pay so large a number of inefficient
persons, will notionly compensate the whole additioimal
pence of the arrangement relative to warrant officers, which
_we thus htimbly submit to. your Royal Highoess's• gracious
consideration, hut will even diminish considerably the expenee
which, on the peace establishment, may arise from the other
propositions which we Irate submitted.
IV. We now beg leave humbly to. represent to your Royal
Highness, that having bad: under consideration the number:
afar ratings of the petty 'officers of his Majesty's fleet, we have
found that there are 'several useful duties for which no
proper ratings a.e. provided ; while, on the other hand, several
ratings are preserved in time table which have become obso-
lete, and which have no duties now attached, to them, and
Which are now, we hare reason to think, given tcr men whom
the several captains think deserving of higher pay, and fur
whom they have no appropriate ratings.
With a view, therefore, of remedying these irregularities,
and of giving fair encouragement to that class of men, the
petty officers, we humbly:submit that your Royal Highness
may he plensed.to sanction time establishment of Atte !..01),)wi
additional catings, the effective,duties of . whichiare now per-
foriOed without any corresponding rating

Admiral's Coxswain, ' Gunner's Yeoman,
Coxswain of the Launch, ' Carpenter's Yeomarb
------ of the Pinnace, Captain's Steward,
Captain of the Hold, ,
Yeoman of the Signals, J Ward or Gun-rooM Steward,
Cooper's Mate,

Couk,

Crew,

Ship's Tailw.

Two of these ratings have been already estPtblished by Order
in council, but we have nevertheless included thew in the
above list, becausethev are not imthe general tableof ratings,
and in order to lay before your Royal Highness, at one view,
the N 4 hole of this part of the subject :
•sk nd we farther submit to your Royal liighness,to be pleased
to sanction the abOlition of the 'following obsolete se uune-•
cessary ratings:

Yeoman Of the Powder-room, I
of the Sheets,

Coxswain's Mates,
Swabbers,
Ordinary Trumpeter,
Shifter,
Gunner's Tailor.•

Quarter-Master's Mates,

Trumpeters,
Gun-smiths,

Midshipmati Ordinar7,

The expence to he.occasioneel by the establishment of 'the
former ratings will, after deducting that of the ratings pro-
posed to be abolished, be very inconsiderable, namely, 31. 2s.
per mcnsem in a first rate, and leSs in proportion in the
others ; being in the whole, on one ship of each class in the
Royal Navy, only 121. 7s. per mensem.
We be leave farther to state, that as the carpenters and
-carpenters' mates and'carpenters' crews find their own tools,
and arealone, of all the classes in the ship; liable to this species
of extra expence; and as we hare, by late regulations, given
much more activity and• employment to this description of
persons,• to the great benefit of -the service, we propose to
allow to each person of these classes 7s. per mensem, in ad-
dition to their pay, to supply themselves with tools; this al-
lowance being, in fact, already, though partially, made.
[To be continued.)

During th`e very heavy thunder-storm On Wed-
nesday se'nnight, a shepherd of AJULTON LAM-
BARD, Esq. got into a small shed on Sevenoaks
Comnon, followed by his dog, for-shelter, where
they were joined by a person who came there for
shelter also : and in the comse..of the storm the
shepherd began to relate the circumstance of his
own brother having been killed by lightning about
30 years ago, when the narrator of the melan-
choly event received A shock which instantly de-
prived him- of life ; his dog was also killed by his
side ; his companion received a shock,- but was
merely stunned. The watch of the deceased- was
melted in his fob, the steel chain shivered to
pieces, and the glass shattered into a sort of sand.
The hangman fo'r the county of Hants was
found dead in his bed, at the Hyde in Winchester,
last week.