The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-05 00:00:00

SECRETARY's'OFFICE, CHELSEA HOSPITAL,

31st December, iSo3.
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THESE are, by order of the Right Honourable
the Lords and others, Commissiogers for managing the
Affairs of the ROY AL HOSPITAL at CH ELS'EA, to give
Notice, that all Our. Pensioners (as well Lettermen as others)
belonging 'to the said Hospital, residing its Loirdon, or within
twenty-five miles-thereof, are reqnired to appear Personally, and
Regimentally, at the Secretary's Office, in the said libspital, on
the respenive days undermentioned, when atteadance
will be
given from Nine o"Clock in the Morning until Three o'Clock in
the Afternoon, viz. . .

Oa THURSDAY the sth January, tBO4.
The Pensioners from the Ist and 2J Regiments of.. Life
Guards; the late sat and 2d Troops of Horse Guards ; theoafe
set and 2d Troops of. Horse Grenadier Guards; the Royal Horse
Guards (nines); the Dragoon Guards., the 3d; 4th, and 7th Re-
iiinents of Horse; all the Dra,,,,oons and Fencible Cavalry ; the
British Legion of Horse, with the A.Vaggon Train.

On FRIDAY the 6th January.
The Pensioners from. the Ist and Coldstream_ Regiments of
Foot-Guaids.

. .. On SATURDAY the 7th January.
The Pensioners from the 3d Regiment of Foot Guards, and
those from the ist to the trth it of Foot, inclusive.

On MONDAY the gih January.
Those front the t2th to the 35th Regirttents.of Foot, inclusive.

On TUESDAY' the loth January. • Those from the 36th to the gg:h Itegintents.of Foot, inclusive,
On W'EDNESDAY' the tub January. •
Those front the 6orh-to the gyth Regiments of Foot, inclusive..
On THURSDAY the tzth Januaty,...
Those from the goal to the s3Stli. ReOrneurs of Foot inclu-
sive ; also the Pensioners from the Queen's German ReginAnt,
the African Corps, Loyal, Irish, Lord strachAven's, Majors Wal-
ler's, Eltiiid's, and Fislars Corps, the, Queen's Rangers, Fehcible
Corp, Royal Garrifon Battalions, Cinque Port,. and I.;:nicisliite..
Volunteers, the Royal Hospital Corps, also :the American.and
other Corps, with the Militia.

On Fkl DAY- the t3th jAnitlry. '
Thos/from the Independent Companies of invalids, Rqdqed
Regimens of Marines, and Lettermen.

On SATURIjAY the 14th January.
The Serjeants from the Foot-Guards at Ninepence per diem, the
Serjeanis,• Corporals, and Private Men who receive the increased
Pension on account of Blindness; as also the Serjeants disbanded
from the latelndependent Companies, who receive One Shilling 1
per day; .with the PriNate Gentlemen who receive Annuities from
the late Ist and ad Troops of
.1-forst-Guards.

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And that all Out-Pensioners (as Well Lettermen as others,)
belooging- to the said Hosp,igTwTio live at a greater distance than
twenty-five milei from I.qtAdiir;'arld those in Scotland and Ire-
land, are hereby regnired'a'nd commanded, after the 2ith of ,June
'next, and after every succeedingaithof June, and 25th of Decem-
ber, until further orders, to apply-to one of Majesty's Justices
of the Peace,ftin the neighbourhood where they ieside and make
the following Affidavit, which the said Magistrate for the County,
City, Borough,- or Riding, before whom the Pensioner appears,
will sign and date, viz.
- • came before me, one of His Majesty's Jus-
" tices of the Peace for the County of , and made oath
" that he was ad.nitted an Out-Pensioner of Chelsea Hospital,
". on the . day of - 17 • (or IS ), from the Regi-
" merit of • • , commanded by - ; was
" then aged about years, served in the Army years,
" was discharged for - , and that he is' no othertise
" provided for by the Public, but as a Pensioner of the said Hos-
pital, and now lives in the Parish of , • , in the
County of _

, "Sworn before me, this

day of

18 ~

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The Affidavit, drawn according to theihoy,e form, dated and '
attested by a Magistrate, is to be put up in a colier„ and sent by
the General Post, direae,itht's : " TO the Right fronourable the
Paymaster General, at the Horse-Gnat-di, Londoh." And
Counterparts or Duplicates •of the saki Affidavit; re to be,re-
served by the Out-Pensioners respeetvely, to lie• exhibited sb
such-persons as shall be-direded to.pay tbem, .that they shay be
satisfied that all such as may claim Out-Pensions, are the real
persons entitled to receive the same.

And to the end, that the Commissioners fcr the Affairs of
Chelsea Hospital rgay he satisfied that the, Pensioners are the
same persons who haie passed'tbeir .ExaMination it is hereby
d further direed, that stich of them who,:have,served in; and have
been .dlicharged from, any of the 'Regiments, •or •lndef,endent
Companies of Inyalids, are. not to mention in- their Affidavits
such Regiment, or Conapany of 'lnvalids in which .they served
last, but the "Regiment,"Prqop, or Corps of the Army, from
which they were first discharged, and .recommended, and re- •
ceived at Chelsea HoSpital.
And as the general P'ayments.in Great `Britain and freland,.•
at the end of tbe..ensuing six months, are generally regulated by
the places of residence mentioned by. the Peilsioners who are
mustered' at Chelsea in Person, did in the body of the Affidavits
of those who live at a distance ; it' is hereby ordered arid'di., •
reded, that no perscin who shall change, the place of his abode,
given in at his Muster, or specified in. his 'Affidavit afores-nd,.and
-whO may -apply' for his Pension.. (excepting to
pt .the Officers of
Excise nearest such place ofabode), shallrieeive the same, un!ess
it appear by the Cettifie of respedable persohs, that such
removal was through Iniveciidable neCeSsny, which he Qr they.
could not foresee or, preetift'Z' •
Listly, it is notified,r thet,, ncre will be entered -upon the Pay
List: of the saicP licisp‘dal-rar be entitled to receive ally benefit
therefrom, who shall not .aCt,,agreeably •to these orders and
direttions.

•

GEORGE AUST,
Secretary and Rcgister.

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