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London, England, 1847-07-10 00:00:00

VOREIGN ORDERS OF KNIGHT-

lIOOD.
(From the Lon 'cn Gazette.)
The following regulations r specting foreign orders
conferred upon British subjects, which have been es`a-
blisb.ed by the Queen and by her royal predecessors, are
plikilished for general information :-
1. That no British subjects shall accept a foreign order
or wear its insignia, without having previously obtained
warrant under the royal sign manual (directed to the
arl Marshal of England), granting them his Majesty's
Permission to accept and wear the same.
2. That the intention of a foreign sovereign to decorate
%British subject with the insignia of such order shall le
totified to his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
°reign Affairs, either through the King's Minister
abroad, or through the accredited Minister of the foreign
sovereign resident at this Court.
State
That when his Alajesty's Principal Secretary of
,otate for Foreign Affairs shall have taken his Majesty's
Pleasure,
?.ittithneand obtained his consent upon the occasion, he
signify to his Majesty's Vrincipal Secretary
cUla State for the Home Department, in order that he may
inuitizsie the usual warrant to be prepared for the royal sign
for cuttal, and take such other steps as
into be necessary
ingly.vrYing his Majesty's pleasure effect accord-
That
shall bc, When the warrant is signed by the King, it
and - announced in the Gazette in the usual manner,
u registered in his Majesty's College of Arms.
Royaladdition to the above regulations of the King, his
to 7al Highness the Prince Regent deemed it expedient
Itnnounce in the year 1812:
tos' "That' no subject of his Majesty could be allowed
accept the insignia of a foreign order from any sove-
Kr'gn of foreign state, except they shall be so con-
'tiered in consequence of active and distinguished ser-
;uil,eB before the enemy, either at sea or in the field; or
bless he shall have been actually employed in the ser-
ve of the foreign sovereign."
to And in March, 1813, his Royal Highness was pleased
c°lttnand that the following proviso should be there- •
forefo inserted in all royal warrants for the acceptance of
reign orders :
11„6.• That his Majesty's license and permission doth
s.
authorise, and shall not be deemed or construed to
authorise, the assumption of any style, epp illation, rank,
precedence or privilege appertaining unto a Knight
aehelor of these realm=."
.--Before the Principal Secretary of State for
an --Igh Affairs takes the Prince Regent's pleasure on
application for an officer in the army to be per-
rabitted to accept a foreign order, he cau-es the sam 3 to
Royal' referred to the Commander-in Chief, through his
Highness's secretary, to know whether or not his
Royal Highness sees any objection to the Prince Regent's
pleasure being taken thereupon.
And if the application be in favour of a naval officer,
the Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs com-
municates with the First Lord of the Admiralty to the
same effect, previous to the Prince Regent's pleasure
being taken thereon.
(Signed) CASTLEREAGH.

lier Majesty has been pleased to direct-
7. " That if the service for which it is proposed to
infer the order has been performed during war, the
,:i„ification required by the second regulation must be
aue not later than two years after the exchange of the
r
atifi
eations of a treaty of peace•
"If the service has been performed in time of peace,
the notification must be made within two years of the
d
Itte of such service.
" When a British subject has received the royal
Citernission to accept a foreign order, he will at any
loture time be allowed to accept the decors-
of a higher class of the same order, to which he
fore 3; have become eligible by increase of rank in the
or
any other distinctive mark of honour strictly con-
ittluent upon the acceptance of the original order,
cedcommo
11 to every person upon whom such order is
nomferred."

(Signed)
Foreiga Office, August 22, 1843.

ABERDEEN.

the Queen has made known her pleasure:—
. u T
for . That the Bth clause of the regulation respecting.
ti,, d
Igo orders shall not be taken to apply to ecora
flas of the Guelphic Order which were bestowed on
xr.litig sh
Gsubjects by her predecessors, their Majesties
heads
theeoer grecnylnVs .of
Greats Britain on whose
lilliaanmd IV.,
Hanover were
united.
"pecorations so bestowed cannot properly be con-
sidered
as
rewards granted by a foreign sovereign for
elan ccs
rendered according to the purport of the sth
de of the regulations. They must be rather consi-
, red as personal favours bestowed on British subjects
1 __l British sovereigns, and as having no reference to ser-
T a rendered to the foreign Crown of Hanover."
Per • (Signed) ABERDEEN.
eign Office, July 6, 1846.
er:

A 'Rom FETE AT THE TOWN-HALL, WINDSOR.—
grand ball and suer, at which upwards of 500 of the
families of the nobilit ppy, gentry, and clergy of the neigh-
bourhood, the colonels and officers of the two regiments
14.,, garrison at Windsor, the Mayor and corporation of
the town, and the principal inhabitants, were present,
Were given at the Town•hall, on Thursday evening, by
the chairman and board of directors of the Windsor,
Staines, and South-Western Railway, to celebrate the
Passing of the Bill through Parliament during the pre-
sent session. The entertainment, which was upon a
most magnificent scale, incurred an expense of upwards
of 1,5004 the greatest liberality prevailing in every de-
partment. The extensive hall, which was appropriated
to dancing, together with the Council Chamber, were
elegantly decorated with various devices, flags, &e.,
uearingthe initials of the company (W. S. S. W. C.).
under the superintendence of 111. Henry Goertz, uphol-
sterer to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The
extensive open space, used as the corn-market, under the
which was also appropriated
to dancing, and like-
Wise the butchers' market, in which the splendid supper,
supplied at an unlimited expense by Mr. Lay ton, con-
fectioner to her Majesty, was served, were enclosed by
Vgington, in the form of marquees, decorated with
aga and 'banners, brilliantly illuminated with superb
chandeliers (filled with wax lights), but lent for
N„the occasion, by special permission, from the stores of
Tv indsor Castle. The band of the Royal Horse Guards
LWas stationed in the apartment beneath the hall, Jullien's
Itttd performing in the hall above, in a raised orchestra
constructed expressly for the occasion. Dancing com-
kenced shortly before ten o' clock. The festivities did
sot conclude until nearly six o'clock yesterday morning.
. ongst those present were Lord Fitzgerald, Colonel
etEl, ALP., the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey (the Head Master at
Eton College), Mr. J. T. Bedborough (Mayor of Wind-
-ct), Mrs. Bedborough and family, Hon. Mr. and Mrs.
Ashley,la Mr. Hamilton Parke and family, Colonel and
Salwey, Rev. W. G. Cookesley, Mr. H. C.
' aTcaY (Chairman of the Company) and lady, Mr. John
,Roue, jun. (who officiated as Master of the Ceremo-
;;;eB) and Mrs. Clode Captain Forb, a and family, Mr.
-"d Mrs. John B:db'orough, Mr. Alderman Tebbott
J
family, Mr. Alderman Snowden and family,. Mr.
,caePh Locke, Dr. Stanford, Mr. W. J. Chaplin,M.P.,
P• I lady, Colonel Richardson, Captain Parry, Mr. W.
m Riley, and lady, Rev. J. C. Yonge, Rev. J. Abraham,
kr' G. W. Horne, Hon. Mr. Trelawney, Captain and
eel',. oleridge, Mr. John
Be
Lord Brownlow
cu, Dr. Maitland, Mr. W. . Holderness and lady,
Ittni• Mr. Lyle, Rev. Mr. Balaton, Major Wathen, Rev.
quart Pickering, Mr. Wm. Legh, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
alistt Aroulr and Miss D'Egville, Captain and Mites
•ea • •
t, Rickard fornily, Mr. Charles
is
Ci.leb Norris, lion. Mr. Leigh,
The Municipality of Hanover has just contracted
newcau of 300,000 thalers (1,200,000 f.) far building a
theatre, which, it is said, is to surpass in magni-
"lice Most of those that exist in Germany.—Galignan4