THE ADMIRALTY. [The power of the Lord High Admiral hath, since the reign of Queen A¤ne, been executed by commissioners. The statute of Charles II. ascertains his authority in these words :-" That the Lord High Admiral for the time being shall have full power and authority to grant commissions to inferior vice-admirals or commanders-in-chief of any squadrons of ships: to call and assemble courts martial, consisting of commanders and captains; and no courts martial, where pain of death shall be inflicted, shall consist of less than five captains at least; the Admiral's lieutenant to be, as to this purpose, esteemed as a captain; and in no case wherein sentence of death shall pass (by the articles for regulating the government of Her Majesty's ships of war, or any of them), except mutiny, there shall be execution of such sentence without leave of the Lord High Admiral, if the offence be committed in narrow seas. But in case any of the offences aforesaid be committed in any voyage beyond the narrow seas, then execution shall be done by order of the commander-in-chief." He appoints coroners to view dead bodies found on the coasts, and judges in the High Court of Admiralty. To him belong all fines and forfeitures of all transgressions at sea, and at the sea shore; and in ports, from the first bridge on rivers, to the sea; goods of pirates, waifs, wrecks, &c.] 1852, Feb. 27, Dec. 28, 1855, Feb. 28, 1858, Feb. 26, 1859, June 18, 1866, July 6, 1867, 1868, Dec. 10, 1871, March 1874, Feb. 1877, Aug. 1880, Duke of Northumberland. Right Hon. Sir Jas. R. G. Graham, bart. Right Hon. Sir John-Somerset Pakington, bart. Right Hon. Sir J.-Somerset Pakington, bart. Right Hon. W. H. Smith. Earl of Northbrook. Lords of the Admiralty. 1880, May 3, Admiral Sir A. C. Key, K.C.B. Vice-Admiral Lord John Hay. Rear-Admiral A.-H. Hoskins. Secretary at War. Right Hon. Charles Yorke. Right Hon. Sir James-Murray Pulteney, bart. Right Hon. John-Charles Herries. Right Hon. Thomas-Babington Macaulay. Right Hon. Sir Thomas- Francis Fremantle, bart. Right Hon. Fox Maule. Right Hon. Robert-Vernon Smith. [1855, February 8.-The Office merged into the department of the Secretary of State for the War Department.] [By Royal Warrant, dated May 25, 1855, the duties of the Board of Ordnance were also transferred to the Minister of War.] 1880, May 7, Judge-Advocate-General. Right Hon. G.-Osborne Morgan. 1880, ARMY AND NAVY PAY OFFICE. Paymaster-General. Right Hon. Lord Wolverton. HER MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL. Earl Cowley. Earl of Kimberley. Earl of Northbrook. Earl Cairns. Earl of Coventry. Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Earl of Breadalbane. Earl of Fife. Viscount Falkland. Viscount Monck. Viscount Eversley. Viscount Bury. Viscount Halifax. Viscount Barrington. Viscount Sandon. Viscount Cardwell. Lord Aberdare. Lord Colville of Culross. Lord Napier and Ettrick. Lord Forester. Lord de Tabley. Lord Lyons. Lord Penzance. Lord Howard of Glossop. Lord Blachford. Lord Poltimore. Lord Wolverton. Lord Hammond. Lord Aveland. Lord Watson. Lord Kensington. Lord Mount Temple. Lord Brabourne. Lord John J. R. Manners. Lord Robert Montagu. Lord Otho Augustus Fitzgerald. Lord Clarence Paget. Lord Henry Thynne. Lord G. Hamilton. Sir Stafford Henry Northcote. Sir Robert Peel. Sir Joseph Napier. Sir Michael E. Hicks Beach. Sir Geo. Hamilton Seymour. Sir John M'Neill. Sir William Erle. Sir James William Colvile. Sir Edwd. Vaughan Wiliams. Sir William Milbourne James. Sir Montague Edward Smith. Sir Robert Porrett Collier. Sir Wm. Thomas Knollys. Sir Henry Bartle Edwd. Frere. Sir J. M. Macleod. Sir Robert Lush. Sir John Mellor. Sir J. A. Macdonald. Sir R. A. Cross. William Ewart Gladstone. Richard More O'Ferrall. Spencer Horatio Walpole. Thomas Emerson Headlam. Henry James Baillie. Hugh Culling Eardley Childers. |