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London, England, 1814-01-11 00:00:00

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1314•

CHELSEA HOSPITAL, JAN. 10, 1814.

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THESE are, by order of the Right Honourable
AIL tike Lords and otherg Commissioners foe nianaghis the
'affairs of leis Majesty's Royal !...!,,spital at Chelsea, to give No.
tice that ail Out,Pensi.incrs belongire.; to flit! said 1 lospiral re-
sidineiti Lyndon, or within the District of-the Bills of Mor-
tality, are-required to appeal- personally and re4inientally,
with their Instructions mil Certificates of Admissunu, at the
Secretary's. Office, in the said flospital, on the. respective
Days, and is their different Classes, according to their sever4l -
Rates of Pension, as uadt-rwe►:Xioned, when attendance will
be given from wine o'clock in morning until three in the
afternoon, forthe payment of Half a Year's Pension in ad-
vance to Midstiminer next.
• On Friday the 14th ofJanuary,
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The Pensioners at f3d. per day, from the different regiments
of Cavalry, Foot Guards, tat Regiment of Foot, with the re-
maining Regiments 'or Corps.
Ou Saturday, the 15th January,
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Those at 9d. per day, from the several Regiments or Corps
above mentioned.

On Monday, the 17th :►f lanuary,
Those at Is. ptr day, from the ditfereut Regiments of "Ca-
valry, oot Guards, with thOse from the Ist Regiment of Foot
to the 50th inclusive.

OnTuesday, the.lBth of January.
Those at is. per day from the 51st. Regiment of Foot, and
all the remaining Regiments or Corps; also the Pensimn.r,
from soy Regiments or Corps at ts. old: and Is. Id. perday.
On WeiinTday, the 19th of January.
The Pensionors at is. lid. is. 2d. Is. 21d. and is. 3d. per
day.'
- On Thursday, the 20th of January,
Those at is. 31d. per day, with those at the differenterates
to Is. 9d. per day inclusive. - .
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On Friday, the illst of January.
Those at Is. 9fd. to 2s. 110. per day inclusive.
• ' On Saturday, the 22d of January.
The Pensioners from the Militia at sd. per day, with the
Private Gentlemen who receive Annuities- from the late Ist
and 2d Troops of Horse Guards ? also those Pensioners from
the several Regiments 'who have' been admitted on account of
blindness, whether at Is. per day, or upwards, whets the Hos-
pital Surgeims will attend for the purpose of aamining• all.
such men, and report to the next Board upon any of them
who may appear to be recovered or improved in their sight,
the payment of whose pension is then to he suspended till the
further order of the Board. _ _

Ahd tiat all Ont Pensioners belonging to the said Hospital,
who live in England beyond the District of the Bills, of Mor-
tality, and those in Scotland and Ireland, are hereby required
and commanded; after-the 25th of, June next, -and after every
suceeeding 25th of December, and,2sth of June, until flirther
orders, to apply to one of -his Majesty's Justices of the Peace
in'tbe neighbourhood where they reside, and make the follow-
ing affidavit, which'the said Magistrate for the County, City,
Borough, or Riding, hefore whom the Pensioner appears will
sign and date, viz.
~ • '. , • came before me; one of .his M.,jestys
"Justices ;if-the Peace for the County of and
" madeoatn that he was admitted an Out-Pensioner of elieP.
" , sea Hospital, on the day of . 17 or.lB ,
" from the Regiment of . ' commanded
4.1 by ; -was then aged about years, served in
" the Army years, was discharged for '
" and that he is no otherwive provided for by the Public, hut
"as Pensioner of the said Hospital, at - - ,' per day, R
" except his pay as a - . in the egimeut
of Militia), and now lives in the Parish of
" in the County of
" Sworn before me this' . day-of f t
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And such of them as were admitted oii account-of blindness,
are ordered to transmit-with them their half-yearly Affidavits,
a Certificate as to the state of their sight, signed 'by an Army
Surgeon, or other medical person resident in their neigh-
bourhood, but' in such distant parts, where a Medical Certi -
ficate is impracticable, a Certificate from the Minister of the
Parish to that fact; and to ascertain the continuance tot their
blindness, will be achoittetL _ _

The Affidavit, drawn according to the above Form, sworn
before, dated and attested t,p a Magistrate, is to be put np
a cover and sent by thy General Post; directed
za...uthr -1-moden,-;thi.A raymastoe-titmerst of his Ma-
si }74--ealcrnulcuar.m-acting corsxtLca±,j...
" sea Pensioner's Affidavit.," and counterparts or duplicates`
of the said Affidavits, are to be reserved by the Out .Pensioners
respectively to he exhibited to such persons as shall be direct-
ed to pay them, together with their Instructions and Certifi-
cates of Admissiops in order that their claim to the Out Pen-
sion:may be fully verified and their persons clearly indentified. •
And to the end that the Commissioners for the Affairs Of
Chelsea Hospital may be satisfied-that the Pensioners are the
saute persons who have passed•t heir examination, it is hereby
further directed, that such of them who have served in, and
have been discharged from any of the Regiments or Indepen-
dept. Companies of Invalids, or Royal Veteran Battalions, are
not to mention in their Affidavits such Regiment-or Company
of Invalids, or Royal Veteran Battalion in which they served
last, but the Regiment, troop-or Corps of the Army from
which they were first discharged, and recommended and re-
. ceived at Chelsea Hospital.
The Pensioners are particularly to take notice that the half
yearly payments after Christmas, are to be regulated here-
after, as to the place of payment, by the musters at Chelsea,
of such only as reside within the bills of mortality, or the affi-
davits sent as aboVe after the Midsummer preceding, and that
the Midsumffier payment is in like manner to be regulated by
the musters or affidavits after the Christmas preceding.
It is also ordered and directed,that no. person who shall
change the place of his abode given in at his muster, or spe-
cified its his affidavit aforesaid, and who may apply for his
ponsiN)(ex:epting to the Officers of Excire nearest such place.
abode) Stall receive the same, unless it appears by the cer-
tificate of respestable persons that such removal was through
unavoidable necessity; which he or they -could not foresee or
• prevent. ,
And that if any Pensioner shall fraudulently attempt to re-
ceive a double payment of the pension, either at Chelsea or at
different places, he shall be struck off the lists ; for the better
prevention of which frauds,' each Pensioner is required to
produce his Instruction Papers'at the time of payment.
Lastly, it is notified that none will be entered upon the
Pay-Lists of the said Hospital, or be entitled to receive any
benefittherefrom, who shall not act agreeably to these Orders
and Directions, particularly in sendiog their half-yearly
davits to the Paymaster-General as above directed, and -to
no other Offi6e, which several Pensioners have of late-either
neglected to do, or sent them irregularly to other departments.
G. AUST, Secretary and Registrar.