Admiralty, 12th August, 1840. Respecting the rank, pay, and half-pay of Mates, as established by Her Majesty's Order in Council, of the 10th August, 1840.

All Midshipmen who shall have passed such examina tion respecting their qualifications for the appointment of Lieutenant, as the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty may from time to time direct, (if abroad, for seamanship and navigation, and if at home also at the Royal Naval College) shall be considered eligible to have Warrants or Commissions as Mates in whatever ship they may be serv ing such Warrant or Commission will be given by the Lords Commissioners of the Adiairalty, upon the recom mendation of the Commanding officer of the ship in which the person may be serving, transmitted by the Commander in Chief or Senior officer on the station.

During their first three years of actual service as Mates in the Royal Navy they will take rank with ensigns in the army, and after three years' service with lieutenants in the army, according to their seniority as mates, to be computed from the dates of their original warrants from their respective captains, under the former regulations in respect to mates.

Commanders in Chief on Foreign stations may give Acting Warrants as Mates to such midshipmen as may pass abroad for seamanship and navigation, which Warrants will be confirmed from their original dates if approved by their Lordships, provided they pass their examination at the Royal Naval College in two months after their arrival in England, but no person appointed to act as inate or lieutenant is to be sent home from a Foreign staLon for the purpose of passing such examination.

The sea pay of mates is to be three shillings and sevenpence a day, or five pounds a lunar mouth.

The half-pay of mates is to be at the rate of two shillings shillings and six-pence a day, when unable to obtain employment in Her Majesty's service, provided their conduet during service shall have been satisfactory, and provided they do not decline or avoid service when called upon.

The above Regulations as to pay are to take place from the 1st of July last.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are empowered to allow any Mate to retire from the service with a pension of two shillings and six-pence a day, after twenty years actual service, during ten years of which he must have held the rating of mate.

By command of their Lordships, R. MORE O'FERRALL. Admiralty, 12th August, 1840. Regulations for the qualification, pay, and half-pay of Naval Instructors and Schoolmasters, es ablished by Order in Council of the 22d Dec. 1335, and 10th Aug.

1840.

No person will be considered eligible for the situation who is under 20 years of age, or more than 35.

Before any person can hereafter receive an appointment as schoolmaster in a ship of the line or frigate, he will be required to produce a certificate of his age, and testimonials of good character, and to pass an examination as to his qualifications to instruct the young officers in the following branches--

1. Common Arithmetic, including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions.

2. The first six, the eleventh and twelfth books of Euclid; their application to the measurement of Planes and Solid Bodies.

3. Algebra, progressing to the highest order of Equations, and its application to the solution of Geometrical Problems.

4. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, and the various problems in Surveying, the measurement of Heights and Distances, Navigation, and Nautical Astronomy, particularly the principles on which the various formula for ascertaining the longitude are constructed: and practical Astronomy, so far as may be required for determining the latitude and longitude in all cases.

6. The theory of projectiles, and its application to Gunnery.

7. The Classics, to such as enter with some knowledge of Latin and treek.

Although the knowledge of French, as well as of other modern languages, and of the principles of drawing will not at first be required as indispensable qualifications, it is very desirable that Naval Schoolmasters should be able to give instruction in these branches of education; and preference will always be given to such as possess these attainments.

Schoolmasters established by the above-mentioned Orders in Council are to be designated "Naval Instructors

and Schoolmasters."

After their first entry

After three years service on full-pay After ten years

ditto ditto

2 0 a day 30

4 0 50 *4

After twenty years But no Naval Instructor or Schoolmaster who shali retire from his employment without the approbation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, or who shall refuse or avoid service, if found capable of serving, shu be allowed to receive half-pay; and his name in such case will be removed from the List of Naval Instructors and Schoolmasters.

In the event of a Chaplain of a ship being appointed to act also as Naval Instructor aud Schoolmaster, he will be entitled to the Bounty of £30 a year, and £5 from each young gentleman instructed by him, in addition to his pay as Chaplain

The foregoing rates of pay and half-pay are to commence from the arst of July last.

By command of their Lordships,

R. MORE O'FERRALL. Admiralty, 21st August, 1840. Her Majesty has been pleased to command, that Mates in the Royal Navy shall wear the same uniform and appointments as Lieutenants, but without the epaulette and strap, or gold lace ou the trousers-the lace on the coats to be three-quarters of an inch wide.

The undress uniform of Mates to be the same as that of Lieutenants, without the epaulette and strap. By command of their Lordships,

R, MORE O'FERRALL.

Much inconvenience having been frequently experi enced from the smallness of the Store Clothing supplied for the Marines serving in Her Majesty's ships, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are pleased to direct, that whenever Store Clothing is required for Marines serving abroad, or in ships fitting for Foreign service, Size Rolls of the Detachment shall invariably accom pany the demands for such Clothing to the Head Quarters supplying the same. By command of their Lordships, R. MORE O'FERRALL.

To all Captains, Commanders, and Parsers of H. M. ships and vessels.

Admiralty, 24th August, 1840. Her Majesty having been graciously pleased by Her Order in Council, dated the 10th day of August, 1810, to direct that fiity of the senior Commanders on the list of the Royal Navy, shall have the option of receiving the retired rank of Captain, with the pay of ten shillings and six-pence a day, being the lowest rate of half-pay allowed to a captain, and that they shall be placed on a separate list as Retired Captains; I am eommanded by my Lords Cominissoiners of the Admiralty to desire you will report forthwith whether you wish to avail yourself of this promotion to the rank and title of Retired Captain, observing that if holding an out-pension from Greenwich you must relinquish the same, and that you will not on any future ocen sion be allowed a similar option, should you now decline it. I am, &c J. BARROW.

PROMOTIONS.

LIEUTENANTS-W. Greet.
MASTERS-H. J. Loudon, G. Harvey.

APPOINTMENTS.

CAPTAINS-Sir S. Roberts to Calcutta. COMMANDERS-G. K. Wilson to Calcutta. H. L. Richards to Plymouth Ordinary, R. Douglas to Chatham Ordinary, W. Chasman to Southampton. T. Henderson, to Vesuvius. C. Robinson, E. Williams, W. C. C. Dalyell, J. Corbynn, to Greenwich Hospital, in conformity with N and M report.

LIEUTENANTS-R. T. Livinge, to command Buzzard. J. Bowker, to command Savage. H. Wingrove, to Magnificent. S. Tancock, agent for mails to Egypt. G. Green, agent for mails to Malta. B. G. Le Mesurier, to Daphne. C. Edmunds, J. R. Engledue, R. J. Otway, W. N. Russell, to Calcutta. Lord H. Russell, to Princess Charlotte. T. S. Hall, to Coast Guard. J. Simmonds, to Coast Guard. G. Harvey, to Medea.

MASTERS-W. Miller, to Victory. G. H. Cole to Sapphire. J. Lawson to Shearwater. W. Purdo, master-attendant, to Portsmouth dockyard. F. W. R. Sadler, master-attendant, to Chatham dockyard. C. Brown, assistant master-attendant, at Portsmouth dockyard. R. Easto, assist

ant master-attendant at Sheerness. A. Karley, assistant master-attendant, at Chatham. W. White, to command Apollo. D. Gosman, to Impregnable. S. Northcote, to Calcutta. G. Harvey, to Niger steamers.

PURSER J. Martin, to Calcutta. T. Stones, to Howe.

MATES-J. J. Paterson, to Magicienne. W. C. Chamberlain, C. Hawkey, to Stromboli. E. M. Leyceston, to l'anguard. B. B. Hawke, to Excellent. Hon. T. A. Pakenham, to Excellent. W. C. Willie, J. M. Neill Boyd, to Niger steamers. W. H. Bridge, R. Moorman, to Excellent. E. Hempsted, to Medeu. C. Willie, to Britannia. J. H. Stevens, to Medea SECOND-MASTERS-H. W. T. Green,

to Atholl.

SURGEONS-J. Noot, to Medea.

G. R,

ASSISTANT-SURGEONS-J. M. Deas, to Calcutta. R. N. Clarke, to Shearwater, J. L. Donnell, to l'esuvius. W. Hobbs, to Cygnet. A. Lillie, to Southampton. Dr. R. Clarke, to Winchester. Compton, to Britannia, J. M. Boyd, to Niger steamers. J. W. Webb, to Medeu. MIDSHIPMEN-J. Hunt, to Stromboli. G. R. Compton, to Britannia.

NAVAL INSTRUCTOR-J. L. Hodgson, to Vanguard.

CLERKS in charge-C. Richards, to Stromboli. T. Piddock, to Medea.

AT HOME.

ETNA, 6, Lieut.-com. J. Wilson, September arrived at Woolwich, from North Coast of Spain.

APOLLO, (Troop ship,) Mr. A. Karley, 1st September arrived at Cork, 5th sailed for Mediterranean.

ATHOLL, (Troop ship,) Master-Com. C. P. Bellamy, 25th August arrived at Portsmouth, 11th sailed for Quebec.

BELLEISLE, 72, Capt. J. T. Nicolas, R.H. 7th September arrived at Plymouth from Malta.

CALCUTTA, 84, Commissioned at Devonport, by Capt. Sir J. Roberts, C.B.

COCKATRICE, Lieut. J. Douglas, 27th August arrived at Plymouth from Rio. COMET, (st. v.) Lieut.-Com G. T. Gordon, 7th September arrived at Woolwich from St. Sebastian.

CYGNET, 10, Lieut. E. Wilson, 3ri September arrived at Nore, 6th sailed, 10th put back to Portsmouth, 17th sailed for Cape.

DONEGAL, 78, Capt. J. Drake, arrived at Plymouth 15th September, and sailed for Portsmouth.

INCONSTANT, 36, Capt. D. Pring, 26th August left Cork for Plymouth, 3rd September left Cork for Gibraltar.

LIZARD, (st. v.) Capt. F. W. Beechey,

NORTH STAR, 26, Capt. Rt. Hon. Lord J. Hay, 11th September arrived at Portsmouth from North Coast of Spain, 17th moved into harbour.

RODNEY, 92, Capt. H. Parker, C.B. 10th September left Plymouth for Cork. SALAMANDER, (st. v.) Com. S. C. Dacres, 20th August arrived at Portsmouth from North Coast of Spain, 3rd September left for Chatham, 5th arrived at Woolwich to refit.

SHEARWATER, (st. v.) Lieut. Stean, 5th September left Portsmouth for Barbados. Put back.

SNAKE, 16, Com. J. B. P. Hay, 12th September arrived at Spithead from Halifax, and left for Chatham to pay off, 16th at Sheerness.

SOUTHAMPTON, Capt. Sir W. Hillyar, 31st August sailed from the Nore, 3rd September in the Downs, 6th sailed for Plymouth, 8th arrived.

STROMBOLI, (st. v.) Lieut. 5th September left Portsmouth for Malta. SAVAGE, 10, (st. v.) Com. Hon. E. P. Plunkett, 15th September arrived from North Coast of Spain.

VANGUARD, 80, Capt. Sir D. Dunn, 6th September arrived at Plymouth, 9th sailed for Cork, 10th arrived, 13th sailed for Gibraltar.

WOOLWICH. In Harbour.-William and Mary, Salamander, Comet, Fearless, Monkey, African. In the basin. Medea Avon, Lucifer, Locust, Meteor, Pluto. PORTSMOUTH. At Spithead.-Cygnet. Inharbour. Britannia, Victory, Excellent, Royal George.

PLYMOUTH. In harbour.-Impregnable, San Josef, Calcutta, Belleisle, Nightingale, Shearwater, Carron. In the sound. Rodney, Southampton.

ABROAD.

ACHERON, (st. v.) Lieut.-Com. A. Kenedy, 5th August arrived at Malta.

ACORN, 16, Com. J. Adams, 30th May at Simon's Bay, 20th June at Algoa Bay. ACTAEON, 26, Capt. R. Russell, 16th May at Buenos Ayres.

ALGERINE, 10, Lieut.-Com. T. H. Mason, 30th May left Singapore for China. ANDROMACHE, 26, Capt. R. L. Baynes, C.B. 31st May arrived at Cape, 12th June remaining.

ARROW, 10, Lieut.-Com. W. Robinson, 1st July left Rio for Monte Video.

ASIA, Capt. W. Fisher, 29th August had sailed from Basikia.

BASILISK, 6, Lieut.-Com. J. Russell, 2nd May left Valparaiso for Arica.

BEACON, (sur. v.) Lieut. T. Graves,

19th August arrived at Smyrna, 29th remained.

BEAGLE, (sur. v.) Com. J. C. Wickham, 5th April left Swan River for North West Coast.

BELLEROPHON, 80, Capt. C. J. Austen, 26th August at Alexandria.

BENBOW, 72, Capt. H. Stewart, 5th August at Malta.

BLONDE, 42, Capt. T. Bourchier, 10th June in Sunda Strait.

BRISK, 3, Lieut.-Com. A. Kellett, 19th July left St. Helena for Ascension.

BRITOMART, 10, Com. O. Stanly, 25th November at Port Essington. Drove with three anchors down in the gale in which the Pelorus suffered; 30th April arrived at Sydney from Port Essington.

CAMBRIDGE, Capt. E. Barnard, 14th August left Gibraltar for Genoa, 2nd September arrived.

CARYSFORT, 26, Capt. H. B. Martin, 14th August arrived at Malta, 21st sailed for Levant.

COLUMBIA, (st. v.) 20th June left Barbados for St. Lucia."

COMUS, 18, Com. E. Nepean, 22nd July arrived at Port Royal, 27th sailed for Carthagena.

CROCODILE, 26, Capt. A. Milne, 30th July left St. John's N. for Labrador. CRUIZER, 16, Com. H. W. Giffard, 30th May left Singapore for China.

CURACOA, 24, Capt. J. Jones, 1st July arrived at Rio.

CURLEW, 10, Lieut.-Com. G. Rose, 30th May at Simon's Bay, 6th June arr. at Algoa Bay, 9th sailed for Mauritius.

CYCLOPS, (st.) Capt. H. T. Austen, 13th August left Beyrout for Smyrna. DAPHNE, 18, Com. W. Dalling, 2nd August left Malta for Vourla.

DEE, (st. v.) Com. J. Sherer, 17th July at Port Royal from Montego Bay.

DONEGAL, 78, Capt. J. Drake, 25th August left the Tagus for the Mediter

ranean.

DRUID, 44, Capt. Rt. Hon. Lord J. Churchill, 27th April at Capsingmoon, 23rd May at Macao.

EDINBURGH, 72, Capt. W. Henderson, 3rd August at Beyrout.

ESFOIR, 10, Lieut.-Com. J. T. Paulson, 6th September in the Tagus.

FANTOME, Com. Butterfield, 28th May left Simon's Bay for West Coast.

FAWN, Lieut.-Com. J. Foote, 2nd June arrived at Rio.

GRECIAN, 16, Com. W. Smyth, 21st June sailed from Rio.

GRIFFON, 3, Lieut.-Com. J. G. D'Urban, 1st July arrived at Demarara from Barbados, 10th arrived at Trinidad.

HASTINGS, 72, Capt. J. Lawrence, 29th August had sailed from Basika Bay.

HAZARD, 18, Com. J. Wilkinson, 5th Augast at Midt... 10th art. at Smyrna. HORNET, 6, Lieut.-Com. R. B. Miller, 28th July left Jamaica for Chagres. HYACINTH, 18, Com. W. Warren, 27th April at Capsingmoon, 23rd at Macao HYDRA, (st. v.) 13th August left Maita. IMPLACABLE, 74, Capt. E. Harvey, 5th August at Malta, to proceed to Barcelona for stores of Tribune.

JASEUR, 16, Com. F. M. Boultbee, 20th August at Gibraltar.

LARNE, 18, Com. J. P. Blake, 23rd May at Singapore.

MELVILLE, 72, Capt. Hon. R. S. Dundas, 10th June in Sunda Strait.

MODESTE, 18, Com. H. Eyres, 22nd May left Mauritius for China.

ORESTES, 18, Com. P. S. Hambly, 2nd May left Valparaiso for Arica.

PARTRIDGE, 10, Lieut.-Com. W. Morris, 22nd June arrived at Bahia.

PEARL, 18, Com. C. C. Frankland, 30th June arrived at Bahia from Rio.

PELORUS, 16, Com. F. Harding, 25th November at Port Essington, driven on shore in a gale in the harbour under Minto Head, by which eight men were drowned,-vessel too much injured to proceed yet to sea. Names of those drowned,-Mr. Kelly, gunner, J. Kennedy, cook, J. Taylor, armourer, J. Lyon, J. Bond, P. Davis, J. Hancock, D. Baylis, boy.

PERSIAN, 18, Commander M. Quin, 24th June arrived at Accra, 25th sailed for Princes Island.

PILOT, 16, Com. G. Ramsay, 16th July, arrived at Halifax.

PIQUE, 36, Capt. E. Boxer, 6th Augustarr. at Gibraltar,7th sailed for Malta, 12th arrived, 22nd sailed for the Levant. POWERFUL, 84, Capt. C. Napier, 5th August at Beyrout.

PRESIDENT, 50, Capt. J. Scott, 8th May at Callao, 31st sailed for Talcahuano. PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, 104, Capt. A. Fanshawe, 26th August arrived at Alexandria.

RACEHORSE, 18, Com. Hon. E. A. Harris, 27th June arrived at Trinidad from Curacoa, 17th July at Grenada.

RACER, 16, Com. G. Byng, 1st July arrived at Port Royal from St. Thomas. RATTLESNAKE, (Troop ship,) MasterCom. W. Brodie, 30th May left Singapore for China.

REVENGE, 76, Capt. Hon. W. Waldegrave, 10th August arrived at Malta, 15th sailed for Levant.

RHADAMANTHUS, (st. v.) Commander A. Wakefield, 25th July left Malta for Smyrna.

SATELLITE, 18, Com. J. Robb, 27th July left St. John's for Bay of Fundy.

SCORPION, 10, Lieut-Com. C. Gayton, 22nd August arrived at Valencia trom Taragona.

SERINGAPATAM, 42, Capt. J. Leith, 20th June arrived at Barbados from Antigua, 22nd July arrived at Antigua.

SERPENT, 16, Com. Hon. R. Gore, 11th July arrived at Barbados, 27th left Jamaica for Bermuda.

SKIPJACK, 5, Lieut-Com. H. Wright, 29th July left Port Royal for Montego Bay.

SPARROWHAWK, 16, Com. J. Sheppard, 28th April left Valparaiso for Cobija, 23rd May left Callao for Valparaiso.

TALBOT, 26, Capt. J. H. Codrington, 21st August arrived at Constantinople. TERMAGANT, 10, Lieut.-Com. H. F. Seagram, 28th May arrived at Acera, sailed next day.

TRINCULO, 16, Com. H. G. Coffin, 6th September in the Tagus.

VESTAL, 26, Capt. T. W. Carter, 12th July arrived at Pictou, 15th August arr. at Quebec.

VICTOR, COM. W. Dawson, 17th July arrived at Barbados, and sailed for Jamaica.

VIPER, 6, Lieut.-Com. R. Burslem, 20th April at Accra.

VOLAGE, 26, Capt. H. Smith, 27th April at Capsingmoon, 23rd May at Macao.

WELLESLEY, 72, Capt. S. Maitland, 20th May left Singapore for China.

WINCHESTER, 50, Capt. J. Parker, 15th August to leave Halifax for Quebec,

WIZARD, 10, Lieut.-Com. T. F. Brisk, 15th July arrived at St. Helena, on return from Cape to Rio.

WOLVERINE, 16, Com. W. Tucker, 7th June arrived at Accra, and sailed for St. Thomas.

ZEBRA, 16, Com. R. F. Stopford, 23rd July left Smyrna, 11th August left Malta. AT MALTA, 5th September, Ceylon, Rhadamanthus, Confiance, Volcano, Sovereign.

ALEXANDRIA, 26th August, Princess Charlotte, Bellerophon, Daphne, Cyclops, Hydra.

AT RIO, 22nd June, Stag, Crescent, Arrow, Fawn.

AT VALPARAISO, Calliope, Basilisk, Electra.

(From the Hants Telegraph) AT ALEXANDRIA, Princess Charlotte, Bellerophon, Daphne, Zebra, Cyclops, Confiance.

AT BEYROUT, or neighbouring coast, Powerful, Thunderer, Ganges, Revenge, Edinburgh, Benbow, Pique, Castor, Magicienne, Carysfort, Gorgon, Hydra, &c.

OFF CAPE BABA, to accompany Turkish Squadron, Asia, Wasp.