Star.
London, England, 1827-07-07 00:00:00

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, JULY 6.
At the Court of St. Ninesjakksoui day o[ Jule, 1827, present,
the King'or*lttplia' tellent Majesty in Council.
This day the Right Honourable Stephen Rumbold Lushington,
w by Nis Majesty's command, swot° of his Majesty's Most
I~buMlle Privy Council, aid took his place at the Board ac.
cotdiogly.

ADMIRALTY OFFICE. Jour I
This daj, in pursuance of hie blajestyk pleasure, John Bazeley,
Kn. was promoted to be Vice-Admiral of the Blum, taking rank
next after Vice. Admiral William Nowell; and Shuldhans Prard,
Esq. and Man Dobson, Esq. to be Rear-Admirals of the Red, the
former taking rank next after Rear-Admiral William Windham,
and the latter next after Rear-Admiral Robert Dudley Oliver.
WHITEHALL, Juts 5.
The King has been pleased to direct a letter to be passed under
the Great Seal of Scotland, nominating and appointing his Grate
George William, Duke of Argyll, to be Keeper of the said Seal, in
the room of Alexander, Duke of Gordon, deceased.
The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed
ander the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, unto the Right
Honourable Thomas Hamilton (commonly called Lord Binning),
and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name,
stile, and title of Baron Metros, of Tynnbighatne, in the county

of Haddington.
ST. JA NIBS'S PALACE, Jung 30.
The King was this day pleauktto-confer the honour of Knight-

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hood on Major Henry Willock.
The King was this- day pleased to confer the honour of Knight-
hood on Captain Nisbet Josiah Willoughby, of the Royal Navy.
WHITEHALL, Jut.v 3.
The King has been pleased to present the Reverend Charles
Sl.Pherstin to the Church of Torninroul, or Tonsantoe4 in the
Parish nj Kirkniichael, is the Presbytery of AberMty, and aim
of Banff.
The King has also been pleased to present the Reverend Rode-
rick Macßae to the Church at Shieltack,or Shieldag, in the parish
of Applecross, in the Presbytery of Lochcarron, and shire of Rosa.
The King bas also been pleased to present the Reverend I)avid
TuUnch to the Church of Kinloch Likart, or Kinloch Lalchart,
in the parish of Contln, in the Presbytery of Dingwall, and shire

of Ross.
The King has also been pleased to present the Reverend Alex-
ander Macdonald to the Church at Plockton, in the parish of
Lochahh, in the Presbytery of Lochcarron, and shire of Ross.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
At the Court at St. James's, the SOth day of June, 1527, present,
the King's Most Etcetera Majesty in Council;
Whereas there was this day read at the Board a memorial from
his Royal Highness the Iwrd High Admiral, dated the 4th of June
Instant, in the words following, viz •Wh by various Orders
In Council, dated the seventeenth September, one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen. thirty-first January, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty•three ; nineteenth January, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty-four, twenty-third June, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty-four, and second February, one thousand eight
hundred and twenty-five, your Majesty was graciously pleased to
declare and direct in what manner and proportions the rewards
which, under the several Acts of Parliament at those respective
periods in force, were payable to the Officers, Petty Officers, and
Seamen of your Majesty 'a Navy, and to the Officers, non-commis-
sioned Officers and Privates of the Royal Marines, for the appre-
hension of persons offending against the laws for the prevention of
smuggling, and also the rewards of seizures made under the same
Uwe, should be divided and distributed; and whereas the said
Acts of Parliament having since been repealed, the Orders in
Council before mentioned have become inoperative; and whereas'
by an Act, passed in the 6th year of your Majesty's reign, cap. 1011;
titivated, " An Act for the prevention of Smuggling," certain other
rewards are established and directed to be paid and allowed to any
Officer or other retain detaining any person liable to detention,
tinder that or any other Act relating to your Majesty's Revenue of
Customs, and in respect of the produce of seizures made under such
Acts, which rewards respectively are thereby directed to be paid,
divided, and distributed (so far as respects your Majesty's Navy
Sad Royal Marines) to and amongst the Officers, Petty Officers, and
Seamen of your Majesty's Navy, and the Officers, non-commis-
sioned Officers and Privates of Royal Marines acting under the
orders of the Lord High Admiral, or any Commissioner for exe-
cuting the office of Coed High Admiral, in such proportions, and
according to such rules, regulations, and orders as your Majesty
shall, by your Order or Orders in Council, or by your Royal
Proclamation in that behalf, be pleased to direct and appoint:
I beg leave, therefore, most humbly to submit whether your
Majesty will not be graciously pleased to revoke the several
Orders above mentioned, and, by your Order in Council,)
to establish, declare, and direct, that from henceforth the several
'rewards which, under the laws now or hereafter to be in force for
the prevention of smuggling, are or shall be payable to the Officers,
Petty Officers, and Seamen of your Majesty s fleet, and to the (B-
ikers, Non-commissioned Officers and privates of Royal Marines
tatting under my orders, or under the orders of the Lord High Ad-
miral, or of any Commissioners for executing the office of Lord
High Admiral of yoor Majesty's United Kingdom for the time
being, as well for the detention of offenders against those laws, as
for seizures made under the tame (except itss the several cues
hereinafter mentioned, as to those persons stationed and employed
on shore in the prevention of smuggling, and acting under my or-
ders, or those of the Lord High Admiral, or Commissioners as
aforesaid, and for which especial provision is hereinafter proposed
to be made) shall be divided and distributed in the proportions, and
according to the regulations set forth and expressed in the follow-
log scheme, viz.
The amount of such rewards and produce of seizures so respec-
tively payable as arm mid, to be divided into eight equal parts.
The Captain or Captains of any of your Majesty's ships, and the
Commander or Commandets of any of your Majesty's ships or
sloops of war, or the Officer or Officers respectivelywomntanding
such ships or sloops of war, who shall have been actually on board
at the time of any such detention er seizure, shall have three of the
said eighth parts. But in cases where Captains and Commanders
shall be present together at any such detention or seizure, the said
three-eighth parts shall be so divided as that the Captain or CT-
taMs shall receive double the amount of the share or shares of the
Commander or Commanders, And if such ships or sloops Isbell be
under the command of a flag or lags, the Flag Officer or Flag Of-
cers so commanding shall have one of the said three-eighths, and
the remaining two-eighths shall be divided in such proportion as that
the Captain or Captains shall, in like manner, bave double the
amount of the share or shares of the Commander or Commanders.
The Sea Lieutenants, Captains of Marines, and land forces serv-
ing as marines, and the Master on board, shall have one-eighth part
to be equally divide 4 amongst them.
The Lieutenants Ind Quartermasters of Marines, and Lieute-
/tants and Ensigns and Quartermasters of Land Forces serving as
Marines, Secretaries of Admirals or of Commodores of the first
class (such Secretaries being present at the seizut e), Second Mas-
ters, Chaplains, Pursers, Surgeons, Surgeons As-istants, Gunners,
Boatswains, and Carpenter., who shall be on board, shall have one-
eighth part to be equally divided amongst them.
The first class art Petty Officers—namely, Mates, Midshipmen,
Mutate Assistants, Secretaries' Clerks, Captains Clerks, School-
masters, Masters at Arms, Admirals' Coxswains, Armourets,
Caulkers, Rope-makers, Sail-maktrs, Gunners Mates, Carpenters'
blare, Ships Corporals, Quartermasters, Captains Coxswains,
Coxswains of the Launch, Ships Cooks, Captains of the Hold,
Ciptains of the Forecastle, Boatswains' Mates, Pilots, Serjeants of
Marines and Land Forces if serving as Marines, shall have
one eighth part to tw equally divided amongst them.
The other two-eighth parts of the seizure to be divided into
shares and distributed to tbe persons composing the remaining part
of the crew or crews in the following proportions, viz.—
The second class of Petty Officers, namely, coopers, armourers'
mates, caulkers mares. sailmakers' mates, captains of the foretop,
eapt.ins of the maintop, captains of the afterguard, captains of the
niaa, yeonnri of the signals, coxswains of pinnaces, volunteers of the
brst and second classes, corporals of Marines, and of land forces, if
serving as Marines, four shares each.
To the gunners' crew,carpetiters' crew, sailmaters' crew, coops&
crew, able seamen, yeomen of the store rooms, ordinary Beau*
drummers, private Marines, and other soldiers, if serving ss Ma.
ruses, three shares each.
To tbe cooks mates, barbers landsmen, Admirals domestics,
Capt..ins &means, Pursers, Stewart', and all other ratings not above
enumerated, except boys, together with all passengers and other
persons borne as supernumeraries and doing duty and assisting
on board (excepting Meer, acting by order who are to receive the
share of that rank in which they shalt be cli
ng),n two shares each.
And the boys of every description one h.
Soitondly.--bs the cases of seizures made by the Officers and
men of comets, schooners, brigs, and other armed vessels of war,

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commanded by Lieutenants, when not in company with other ships,
or vessels, the produce being divided before into eighth pasts.
The Lieutenant or Lieutenants to have three-eighth parts, unless
under the command of a Flag °Seer or Mein,
in which casesuch
Flag Meer er Olken to have one-eighth Part, and hick
c
or Lieutenants the other two.
The share of the Maker to be eue.eilhtit part.
The Surgeon, or Surgeon's Mauna (wlwe there is no Surgeon),
Mates, Midshipmen, and Clerks, to have one.eiglith part.
The following Petty Officers, namely, sail makers, gunners mates,
boatswains mates, carpenters mates, Quartermasters, Captains of
the forecastle, Pilotssand Serjrants of Marines or land forces serving
as Marines, shall have one-eighth part to be equally divided amongst
them. The remaining two eighth parts to be divided into shares,
and distributed to the other part of the crew in the following pro-

portions, namely—
To the remaining Petty Officers, viz.
Captains of the foretop, Captains of the mast, corporals of Marines
anti volunteers of the first and second classes, four shares each.
To the able seamen, ordinary seamen, and marines and soldiers
serving as marines, three shares each.
To the landsmen and all other ratings not before enumerated, to-
gether with passengers, and other persons borne as supernumeraries
doing duty and assisting en board, two shares each.
11. y s one share each.
When cutters, schooners, brigs, and other armed vesicle are in
company with other ships, their Officers and crews are to share
with their respective classes on board the Heer.
Thirdly.—All rewards for arrests and seizures made by tenders
employed by my order, or by the order of the Lord High Admiral,
or any Commissioners for esetuting the office of Lord High Ad-
miral for the time beingj or by boats or Officers belonging to and
detached from your Maesty's ships and vessels, are to be shared by
the Olken and men of the ship or vessel to which such boat or
°Metes belong, in the same manner as if the 'chive were made by

tie aid ;hip orvesseL
Fourthly—ln all eases in wiles supernumeraries, whether
placers or men, shall be borne by any such order as aforesaid,
they shall share with the respective ranks in which they may be

acting.
Flfthly—The following regulations to be established with respect
to the share before mentioned, to be given to the flag Officer, Or
Officers under whose command the capturing ship may be.
flat a Captain, Commander, or Commanding Officer of a ship
or vessel shall be deemed to be ander the command of a Flag whoa
' he shall actually have received some order directly from, or be
acting in execution of, some order Issued by a Flag Officer, and in
the event of hie being directed to join a Flag Officer on any station,
be shalt be deemed to be under the command of such Flag Officer
from the time when he arrives within the limits of the station, and
shall be considered to continue under the command of the Flag
i
Officer of such station until he shall have received some order a.
reedy from, or be acting in execntion of, some order bawl by mime
other Flag Officer, or by my order, or that of the Lord Hick
mini, or any Commissioners for executing the office of Lard High
Admiral for the time being. "
That a Flag Officer, Commander-in-Chief, where then Is but
one Flag Officer upon service, shall have to his own use the one.
third part of the said three-eighths of the seizures made by ships aid
vessels under his command.
That when ships or vessels under the command of several Flags,
which belong to separate stations, shall happen to be joint captses.l
the Captain or Commanding Officer of each ship and vessel, mall
the Commander in ships which shall have a Commander on board
with the Captain, shall pay else-third of the share or skates to
which he or they may be respectively entitled, to the Flag Officer
or Officers of the station to which such ship or vessel shaU belong;
but the Captains or Commanders, or Commanding Officers of suck
ships or vessels, as shall be under orders from me, or the Lord
High Admiral, or any Commissioners for executing the dike of
Lord High Admiral, being joint captors with other ships or vessels
under a Flag or Flags, shall retain the whole of their share.
That if a Flag Officer is sent to command in the ports of this
kingdom, he shall have no share In the seizures made by shim or-
vessels that have sailed or shall sail from that port by my order,
or that of the Lord High Admiral, or any Cemmiasioners for ma
eating the office of Lord High Admiral.
That when more than one Flag Officer shall be serving together,
the one-third part of the three-eighths of the seizures made by
any ships or vessels of the fleet or warm shall be divided its
the following proportions, viz.—
If there be but two Flag Officer's, the chief shall have two third
parts of the said third of three-eighths, and the other shall have
the remaining third part ; but if the number of Flag Officers be
'mote than t*o, the chief shall have only one half, and the Other
keit shall be equally divided amongst the junior Flag Officers.
That Commodores of the first class shall be esteemed as Flag
Officers with respect to the one third of the three-eighth parts of
the seizure made, whether commanding in chief or serving undet
cfarsrad.
. 1111 K a Captain of the fleet shall be deemed sod taken to be a
libg Miter, and shall be entitled to a part or share of seizures as
the junior Flag Officer of such fleet or squadron.
r• sixthly—And with respect to the cases herelobefore proposed
to be accepted, as to the Officers, Petty Officers; and Seamen
belonging to your Majesty's fleet, and. Officers and non-commis-
sioned Officers and Privates of Royal Marines, who shall be sta-
tioned and employed on shore in the prevention of smuggling,'
commonly called the Coast Blockade Service. and acting under 11
my orders or those of the Lord High Admiral, or of any Cons-1
missioner;for executing the office of Lord High Admiral for the
time being, I beg leave most humbly to submit that your Majesty
may be graciously pleased to establish the following regulations, via.'
That the whole amount of the reward payable for the arrest of
smugglers, which shall be made by the Officers and men stationed
and employed on shore, whether such arrest be made on the seater
or on the land, shall, if the same be made by only one person, be
paid to the person actually making the arrest.
But where there shall be more than one person actually making
the arrest, or acting In especial concert or co-operation for that
purpose, whether the same be made on the water or on the land,
such reward to be divided into equal shares, and to be distributed
amongst the several persons actually making the arrest, or acting
together in especial concert or co-operation for that purpose, in the
following proportions, viz.—
To the Captain twelve shares.
To the Commander eleven shares.
To the Sea Lieutenants, Captains of Marines, and Masters, tee
shares each.
To Lieutenants and Quartermasters of Marines, Second Masters,
Pursers, Surgeons, Boatswains, Gunners, Carpenters, Mates, and
Pilots, nine shares each.
To Assistant Surgeons. and all persons comprehended In the
general scheme before set forth, under the denomination 'of the
Aka class of Petty Officers (except Mates and Second Pilots),
sight shares each.
To all persons comprehended in the said general scheme, under
the denomination of the second class of Petty Officers, seven shares
each.
And to all able seamen, ordinary seamen, landmen, and all ether
persons, six shares each.
Seventhly—Ard with respect to seizures to be made by the
Officers, Seamen, and Marines employed on shore for the preven-
tion of smuggling, under such orders as aforesaid, it is further hum-
bly submitted that, in order to encourage the exertions of individuals
in the vigilant performance of their duty, ono-tenth part of the
whole reward, payable in respect to such seizures, shall be set
apart for, and paid to, the individual making the seizure, over and
above his share of the general distribution. And if there shall be
more than one person, such tenth part shall be divided and distri-
buted amongst the persons actually making the seizure, or present
thereat, or co-operating therein, over and above their respective
shares of the general distribution, in the following proportions+, viz.
To the Sea Lieutenants, Captains of Marines, and Masters, ten
shares each.
To Lieutenants and Quartermasters of Marines, Second Masters,
Pursers, Surgeons, Boatswains, Gunners, Carpenters, Mates, and
Pilots' nine shares each.
To Assistant Surgeons, and all other persons (excepting Mates
and Pilots) comprehended in the said general scheme' under the do-
nomination et the first class of Petty Officers, eight shares each.
To all persons comprehended in the same scheme, under the de-
nomination of the second class of petty officers, seven shares each.
To all able seamen, ordinary seamen, landmen, marines, and all
other persons, six shares each.
Bighthly.—And it having been found expedient, for the more
effectually carrying on the said service on shore to increase the
number of Sea Lieutenants, and to diminish the number of Metes
and Midshipmen employed therein ; and it being therefore expo-
dient, In order to give an adequate proportion of seizures to the
Lieutenants, that an appointment should be made of the shares of
seizures amongst the commissioned and wamnt Officers. and bet
class of petty oilmen, employed on shore as aforesaid, differentia'
what is proposed in the general scheme before set forth, it is for.'
they humbly submitted to your Majesty's consideration,
That the three-eighth equal parts appointed by the said 'cheese
to be distributed amongst the said three classes (after the deduction'
•f one-tenth part, as abate proposed), shall be united, and, being
sub-divided into equal pats or shares, shall be distributed in the
following proportions, vie.
To each individual In the class of Sea Lieutenants, five shares.
To each individual (except Assistant-Surgeons) in the class of