The Sun.
London, England, 1814-07-09 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1814.

T a GENERAL MEETING of the MER.-
1.- CHANTS and BANKERS of LONDON, convened by
Puulie Advertisement,' and held at the City of London Ta-
vern the Bth day of July, 1814;
WM. MELLISH, Esq. M.P.'in the Chair;

An ADDRESS of CONGRATULATT_ON to Field Marshal
leis Grace the DUKE of WELLINGTON having been read,
it was moved, seconded, and thianiMonsly Resolved,
That the said Address be approved, and that it remain at
the City of London Tavern for Signatures till Wednesday,
the 13th .inst., at Two o'clock.

WM. HELLISH, Chairman.

CH ELSEA 1 i.jSPITA L,

JULY

1814.

THESE are, by order of the Right Honourable
the Lords and others Commissioner-: for managing the
affairs of his Niojestv' Royal I lospii.al at Chelsea, to i;ive No-
tice that ail OutaTetisioners belonging to the said Hospital, re-
siding- in London, or within the llistrict of the Bills of Mor-
tality, are required to appear personally and regimentally,
with their Instructions and Certificates of Admission, at the
Secretary's (Mice, in the said - hospital, on the respective
Days, and in their different Classes, according to their several
Rates of Pension', as undermentioned, when attenaance will
be given from nine o'clock in the !looming until three in the
afternoon, for the payment of Half a Year's Pension in ad-
vance to Christmas next.

On THURSDAY, the 14th .Trilv.
The Pensioner at dd. per day, from the different Regiments
'of Cavalry, Foot Guards, Infinitry, and other Corps.

On FRIDAY, the )sth July.
Those at. 9d. per day, from the several llezimentis and Corps
above mentioned.

Ott SATURDAY, the IGth July.
Thuse Zt Is. per day, from the different Regiments of Ca-
valry and root Guards,. with those from the Ist Regiment of
Foot, to the 50th inclusive.

On MONDAY, the 18th July.
Those at Is. per 'lay iron, the 51st Regiment of Fool, and
ali the .IttyilinentS or Corps; also the Pensioners
from any Aegiments or`Corps at 18.0'2,d. and is. Id. per day.
On TUESDAY, the 19th July.
The Pensioners at is. ltd. is. 2d. Is. 2id. and is. 3d. pet
day.
‘ln 'WEDNESDAY, the 20th July.
Those at Is. 31d. per day, with those at the different rates
to is. 9d. per day inclusive.

Ou THURSDAY, the 21st July.
Those at Is. 9FI. to 2s. I lid. per day inclusive.
On FRIDAY, tl 22d July.

The Pensioners from the Jlilitca, with the Private Gentle-
men who receive Annuities fr.,m the late Ist and -2d Troops
of Horse Gifitrds also those Pensioners from the sereri.l
Regiments woo have been admitted tin account of blindness,
whether at Is, ;ter day, or upwards.

And that all'Out Pi.:nsioners belonging to the said Hovital,
who live in England beyond the District. of the Bills of Mor-
tality of Loudon ; and those in Scotland and 'lreland, dye
hereby required and cotuniandeql, after the :25,1i of December
next, and after every succeeding ?sth of June and 25th of De-
cc until further orders, to apply to one 'of his Majesty's
Justices of,the Peace in the neighbourhood where they eesille,
and mate the following Affidavit, which the said' Magistrate
for the`Ceunty, City, Borough, or Riiiing, before whom the
PenSioner appears, will sign and date, viz.—
came before me, one of his Majesty's
" Justices of the Peace for the County of mid
" made oath that he was admitted au Ont-Pensioner of Chel-
" sea Hospital, on the day of 17 or Is ,
" from the . Regiment of commanded
44 by ; was then aged alumt years, served in
". the Army years, was di,charged for.
" an& that.hc is no otherwise provided for by the Public, but
" as Pensioner o.'the said Hospital, at per day,
" and. now lives in the Parish of in the
" County of )7
•
" Sworn before me this day 'of • Of •
•

And such of them tt ere admitted on acconntof niindticss,
are ordered to transmit with them their hat t-yef.friv Affidavits,
a Certificate t to the state of their sight, signed by an Army
Surgeon, or :other med.ical person resident in their neigh-
bourhood; far iii ,nch distant parts,, where a Medical Certi-
ficate is impracti.!alile, a Certificate front' the Minister of the
Parish to that 'acct, and to ascertain the continuance of their
will he .fimitteil. •

The Affidavit, slra.k according to the above Form, sworn
before, *dated and attested by a Nitieistrate, is to be put up
in,a cover and sent by the Genera Post, directed thus, "To
tt the Right Howiurable The Payamster-6eiteral of hit Ma-
', jestyts Forets,Lonijon," marlis z• on the cover" Chet-
" sea'Pensioner's Affidava," and cominteepails or duplicates
of the said as'e to be reserved by the Out Pellsinners
such persons. as said i direct-
ed to pay them, their insOiretionx CertiA.'
iff .4471,,,rwis in order that tlfeir -the (Tat T'els,
iron may be fully Verified and their persist's clearly indcntified.
Anil to the end that the Commissioners for the Affairs of
Chelsea Hospital may be satisfied that the Pensioners are the
slant persons who hove passed their 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-
dent Companies of Invalids, or Royal Veteran Battalions, are
not to mention in their Affidavits such Regiment or Company
of ~ovali Is, or Royal Veteran Battalion in whirls they served
. last, but the Wgiatent, Troop or Corps of the Army from
which ther.were first discharged, and recommended and re-
ceived at Oielsea Hospital.
The Pensioners are particularly to talc notice that time half
yearly payments • after Christmas, are to he regulated here-
after, as to the place of payment, by the musters at Chelsea,
dime!) only as reside within the Bills of Mortality of London,
or the staidaVits'sent as above after the Midsummer preced-
ing, amid-that the Midsummer payment is in like manner to he
regulated by the musters or affidavits after the Christmas pre-
ceding.
• 'lt is also ordered • and directed, that no person who shall
change the place of his abode given in at his muster, or spe-
cified in his affidavit aforesaid, and who may apply for his
pension (excepting to the Officers of Excise nearest such place
of abode! shall receive the same, unless, it appears by the cer=
titicate of respectable ..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-
eeive 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 he entered open'the
Pay-Lists of the said Hospital, or be entitled to receive any
benefit therefrom, wise shall not actagreeably to these Orders
and Directions, particularly in sendini, their half-yearly Affi-
davits to the Paymaster-General us above directed, and to
no other Office, which several Pensioners have of late either
neglected to do, or sent them irregularly to other-departments.
G. MIST, Secretary and Registrar.