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Com. in Chief, East Indies.

(e) Dep. Lieut. County Haddington.

(d) Fellow of Royal Soci ty.

(e) Kt. of Persian Order of Lion and Sun.

and Tower and Sword.

(g) Dep. Lieut. County of Southampton.

(h) M.P. for Aberdeenshire.

(m) Capt. Sandown Cast e.

(n) Mag. and Dept. Lieut. Cornwall.

(0) Usher of the Black Rod, House of Peers

(p) Dep. Lieut. County Suffolk.

(q) Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital.

1st. The rank of retired Rear-Admiral to be given, by seniority, to such applicants from the 148. 6d. half-pay list, as may be willing to accept it, with the pay of £1 5s. per day, and the corresponding pension to their widows, under the usual restrictions.

2d. An addition of 7s. 6d. per day to be given to applicants, by seniority, from the 12s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. half pay lists, being captains of not less than 20 years standing, and 55 years of age. Officers from both lists to be permitted to assume the title of Retired Rear-Admiral at the period when they would have obtained the Flag by seniority, had they remained upon the active list. Their widows to be entitled to a pension of £110 per year; and to the pension of Rear-Admiral's widow, when the rank of Retired Rear-Admiral has been attained.

3d. The vacancies upon the £1 list to be filled up, in turn of seniority, by officers now accepting the 18s. per day; but no new admissions to the 1 58. list to be made until it is reduced below the number of 25, which it is not to exceed afterwards. The permanent retired list to be reduced to 100, by making one appointment for every two vacancies, the first 25 officers upon the list receiving £1 5s. per day, and the remaining 75 £1 per day, with

the right of assuming the rank of Retired RearAdmiral, when entitled to it by seniority.

4th. The active list of Captains not permanently to exceed 500. A proportionate reduction to be made in the 14s. 6d. and 12s. 6d. half-pay lists; the first to consist of 70 Captains, and the latter of 100.

5th. Good service pensions to be retained by Captains, until they reach the rank of Rear-Admiral, or Retired Rear-Admiral.

6th. The promotions from the Captains' list to the Admirals' list in future to be continuous, reserving always the undoubted right of the Crown to select officers for promotion in the higher as well as the lower ranks, whenever the public interest requires such an exercise of the prerogative.

7th. The Admirals' list not permanently to exceed 150 in number, and to be thus distributed :30 Admirals, or 10 of each squadron ; 45 Vice-Admirals, or 15 of each squadron; And 75 Rear-Admirals, or 25 of each squadron. 8th. This plan to come into operation on the 1st of October of the present year, and all letters relating to it to be treated as strictly confidential.

By command of their Lordships,

H. G. WARD.

1 Sir James Hawkins Whitshed, Admiral of the Fleet. Mid. of Diamond, employed against the revolted North American Colonies, 1778. Lieut. of Sandwich, at capture of Caracca fleet; Rodney's defeat of Langara, and relief of Gibraltar, 1780. Capt. of Namur, off Cape St. Vincent, 1797. As Rear-Adm., commanded a squadron of line-ofbattle-ships, 1799 and 1800. Com.-in-chief at Cork, 1807. Gaz. 1797.

5 Sir Charles Hamilton, Mid. of Hector in Cornwallis's action with French squadron, 1780. Capt. of Dido, at sieges of Bastia, Calvi, St. Fiorenzo, and Geralata, 1794; and second in command in the expedition to the Helder, 1799. Commodore on the coast of Africa, and captured the island of Goree, 1800. Gaz 1794, 1801.

8 Sir Thomas Byam Martin, commanded Tisiphone under Lord Hood at Toulon, 1793, and Modeste at the reduction of Corsica. Capt. of Sta Margaritta, and captured Fr. frigate Tamise, 1796; and of Fisgard, and captured Fr. frigate Immortalité, 1798. Capt. of Implacable, and took part in the capture of Sewolod Russ, 74, in 1808; and actively employed on the coast of Finland. Dep. Controller of the Navy, 1815, and Controller, 1816. Gaz.

1796, 98, 1800, 08, 09.

9 Sir George Cockburn, Lieut. of Victory at Toulon in 1793. Capt. of Meleager at reduction of Corsica; in Nelson's squadron co-operating with Austrian troops in Piedmont; and in Hotham's actions, March and July, 1795. Capt. of Minerva (bearing Nelson's broad pendant), at the capture of Sp. frigate Sabina, and action with Ceres; and in same frigate off Cape St. Vincent, 14 Feb. 1797. In company with Phoenix and Pomone; captured Fr. frigate Succes, and destroyed Bravoure off Leghorn in 1801. Capt. of Phaeton, at the blockade of the Isle of France, 1805, where he made many captures and frequently engaged enemy's batteries. Commanded Captain, 74, in the squadron which captured Fr. frigate President, 1806. Capt. of Pompée, and (Commodore) in command of seamen and marines landed for reduction of Martinique, 1809; and of Belleisle at capture of Flushing. Commodore at defence of Cadiz, 1810; Rear-Admiral in command of naval force employed in the Chesapeake and other rivers in North America; and in conjunction with Gen. Ross, entered Washington, and destroyed the capitol, president's palace, dock-yard, &c., &c. Conveyed Bonaparte to

St. Helena. Gaz. on thirteen occasions.

11 Sir Edward Codrington, Lieut. of Queen Charlotte in Howe's action, 1 June, 1794. Capt. of Babet in Bridport's action, July, 1795; of Orion at Trafalgar; and of Blake, in Walcheren expedition. Employed at defence of Cadiz, and commanded a squadron co-operating with Sp. patriots on the coast of Catalonia. Capt. of the fleet in the Chesapeake ; and at New Orleans, 1814. Com.-in-chief of Mediterranean station; and in Oct. 1827, with combined fleet, destroyed the

13 Frederick Watkins, Senior Lieut. of Blanche at capture of Fr. frigate Pique, and Capt. Faulkner being killed was posted. Capt. of Nereide, and engaged six privateers, one of which (Vengeance, 16) was captured. In 1800 obtained possession of the island of Curaçoa, which the French were obliged to evacuate. Gaz. 1795, 1800.

15 Thomas Le M. Gosselin, Mid. of Barfleur at capture of St. Eustatia, and in the different actions with De Grasse in the West Indies in 1781, 82. Capt. of Kingfisher in Howe's action, and of Syren at surrender of Surinam, in 1799. Gaz. 1809.

18 Sir Charles Ogle, Lieut of Boyne at capture of the West India Islands; and obtained distinction at the storming of Fort Fleur D'Epée, 1794. Capt. of Greyhound in the expedition to Egypt, 1801.

George at capture of Sp. squadron under Langara 19 Robert Dudley Oliver, Mid. of Prince in 1780; at relief of St. Kitts, and in Rodney's action in 1782. Sen.-Lieut. of Artois, at capture of Fr. frigate Revolutionnaire in 1794. Capture of Melpomene, and conducted bombardment of Havre on two occasions. Capt. of Mars. and captured Fr. frigate Rhin, in company with three other frigates after a chase of 100 miles, in 1806. Commanded Valiant during the operations on coast of America in 1813, 14. Gaz. 1804, 06.

21 Hon. Sir J. Talbot, Senior Lieut. of Astrea Leander in 1805, and captured Ville de Milan of at capture of Fr. frigate Gloire in 1795. Capt. of 46 guns, and retook Cleopatra, her prize. Capt. of Thunderer, and attacked Turkish squadron under Point Pesquies, in the Dardanelles, 1807. Wounded when commanding Victorious, in 1812, and received gold medal for capture of Fr. 74 gun ship Rivoli. Gaz. 1795, 1805, 07, 12.

22 J. Giffard, Mid. of Canada, at relief of Gibraltar, in 1781; and capture of Sp. frigate Leocadia; at Hood's relief of St. Kitts, and in Rodney's actions 1782. Lieut. of Queen Charlotte in Bridport's action; and Capt. of Athenienne at defence of Gaieta, 1807.

23 Sir J.West, Lieut. of Royal George in Howe's action, and Bridport's. Capt. of Excellent in cooperation with Patriots on coast of Catalonia in 1808; at defence of Rosas, and successfully employed in destruction of enemy's gun vessels and convoys in the Adriatic. Gaz. 1808, 09, 11.

24 J. Bullen, Mid. of Isis and Lion, at attack on Mud Island, in America, in 1777, and in Byron's action in 1779. Lieut of Prince George in Sir S. Hood's action off St. Kitts; Rodney's action, 1782; and of Victory during the occupation, and at the evacuation, of Toulon. Served as a Volunteer on board the Proselyte floating battery at the siege of Bastia, which vessel was burnt under the walls of the citadel, and commanded an advanced