The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-04 00:00:00

ENGLISH PASSPORTS.

We are requested to publish the following no.
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"Foreign-office, Feb. 3.
" The-Ambassador of hie Majesty the Emperor of the
Freneh having notified to the Earl of Clarendon, her
Majestj's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that
the Consul-General and other consular officers of his
Imperial Majesty in the United Kingdom will no longer
grant passports to other than subjects of his Imperial
Majesty, notice is hereby given that, in order to facili-
tate the obtaining of passports by British subjects desir-
ing to proceed to the continent, the conditions of the
fifth regulation, Ander which such passports have bitberto
been issued at the Foreign-office, will be extended as
hereinafter described.

"According to that regulation passports have hitherto
been granted 'to British-born subjects, or to lonians,
or to such foreigners as have become naturalised either
by act of Parliament or by a certificate of naturalisation
granted by the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment,' who were either known to the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, or recommended to him by some
person who was known to him, or upon the applicaticn
of any banking firm established in London, or in any
other part of the United Kingdom ; but her.ceforth pass-
ports will also be granted on the recommendation of the
mayor or chief magistrate of aoy corporate town in the
United Kingdom, and also on the recommendation of
any magistrate or justics of the peace, such recommen-
dation to be addressed, upon the cover, to Her Ma-
jesty's Secretary of State for Foreign A fftirs, Passport
Office, Downing-street, London,' and forwarded by post
from the country; and such recommendation should he
made in the following form, signed and sealed by the
person giving the recommendation :

" (Date •f place •nd day of the mouth.)
" The undersigned, Mayor of
Chief Magistrate of

Magistrate for

Justice of Peace for , recommends
A. B. (Christian and surname to be written at length),
a British subject
fora passport to enable him to
a naturalised subject. - a
proceed to ,
, accompanied, as the case
t
may be, by his wife and children, with theirtutor, named
C. D. (Christian and surname to be written at length),
a British subject
1 and governess and ma d-
• naturalised British subject
servant (or servants) and man-servant (oreervants) named
E. F. 1 a British sabjeot (or subjects).
a naturalised t3ritish subject (or subjects).
" ' Signature (Christian and surname to be written at
length).
" ' (Seal)?

" If any person so recommended be a naturalised Bri-
tish subject, his certificate of naturalisation, with his
signature sub,cribed to the oath printed on the third
page of his certificate, must be forwarded with the ap-
plication for his passport.
" The passport so applied for will be transmitted by
return of post, if possible, to the mayor, chief magis-
trate, magistrate, or justice of the peace who may have
given the recommendation, to be delivered by him to the
party, and if the passport should be required for a natu-
ralised British subject, his certificate will he returned
with the passport; but the mayor, chief magistrate, ma-
gistrate, or justice of the peace, on whose application a
passport is granted to 4 naturalised subject, not being a
servant included in his employer's passport, will require
such naturalised British subject to sign the passportln
his presence.

" The charge on the issue of each passport, whatever
number of persons may be named in it, is 6.. ; and tha",
sum must be forwarded with the application for the pa 42-
port; and if the remittance be by Post-office order such
order is to be made payable to the Chief Clerk of the
Foreign-office,' at the Post-uffice, Charing-cross.
"If, however, a person recommended from the coun-
try for a passport prefers it, he may obtain his passport
at the Foreign-office on the day following the receipt of
the application, and pay the charges en the passport
being delivered to him ; but in this case the words
• Passport will be applied for at the Foreign-:;ffice' mutt
be added to the letter of recommendation.

"The form of application heretofore adopted by
banking firms will continue to be used by them.
"The general regulations for passports as now
amended are as follows :

" 1. Applications for Foreign-office passports must
be made in writing, and addressed upon the cover to
Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
Passport-office, Downing-street, London."
"2. The charge on the issue of a passport, whatever
number of persons may be named in it, is 65., which sum
includes ss. stamp-duty.
"3. Foreign-office passports are granted only to British
►orn subjects,or to lonians, or to such foreigners as have
become naturalised either by Act of Parliament or by a
certificate of naturalisatio❑ granted by the S. cretary of
State for the Home Department. When the party is a
`naturalized British subject,' he will be so designated i❑
his passport ; and if his certificate of naturalization be
dated subsequently to the 24th August, 1850, his piss• •
port veil be marked as good for one year only; but this
regulation will not preclede any person whom it affects
from obtaining, at any future period, on his producin+
his old passport, a fresh pa.tsport for a further limited
period of one year, without being required to pay a fresh
charge.
" 4. Passports are issued between the hours of 11 and
4 on the day following that on which the application for
the passport has bee❑ received at the Foreign-office.
"5. Passports are granted to persons who are either
known to the Secretary of State, or recommended to him
by some person who is known to him ; or upon the
application of any banking firm establi,thed in London or
in any other part of the United Kingdom, or upon
the recommendation of the mayor or chief magistrate of
any corporate town in the United Kingdom, or of any
magistrate or justice of the peace.
" 6. Passports cannot be sent by the Foreign.office to
a person already abroad ; such person should apply to
the nearest British Mission or Consulate.

" 7. Foreign-office passports must be countersigned
at the Mission in London, or at some Consulate in the
United Kingdom of the Government of the country
which the bearer of the passport intends to visit.'
" 8. A Foreign-office passport grantcl for one kiurney
to a British-horn subject or to an lonian, or to a a natu•
ralised British subjnt' whose certificate of naturalisation
is dated previously to August 24, 1850, may be used for
any subsequent journey if countersigned afresh by the
Ministers or Consuls of the countries which the bearer
intends to visit ; but a passport granted for one journey to
a `naturalised British subject, whose certificate is dated
subsequently to the 24th August, 1850, can only be used
for a subsequent journey undertaken within the period
for which the passport has been originally granted.
" List of the Principal For, ign Paspor'-offices in Lon-
don where Foreign-office Passports are to be vised.
"2" Austrian Legation—Chandos-house, Cavendish-sq.
" Bavarian Legation— 3, Hill--trees, Berkeley-square.
" Belgian Consulate-53, Gracochurch-street.
" French Consulate-30, King William.street, City.
" Netherlands Consulate-20.1, Great St. Helen's.
" Portuguese Consulate-5, Jeffreys-square.
" Russian Consulate-32, Great Winchester-street.
" Sicilian Consulate-15, Cambridge-street, Edgware-
read.
" Spanish Legation-17, Hereford-street, Park-lane.
" Turkish Embassy-1, Bryanston-square-
" Foreign-office, February, 1858."

* It is requisite that the bearer of every passport granted
by the Foreign-office should sign his passport before he
sends it to be vised at any foreign Mission or Consulate in
England. Without such siguaturo either the visa may bo
refused or the validity of the passport questioned abroad.
And travellers who may have any intention of visiting the
Austrian States at any time i❑ the course of their travels
on the continent are particularly and ear neatly advised not
to quit England without having their passports ♦iced at
the Austrian Mission in London ; but theca is no necessity
for the visa to a Foreign-office passport of either the Prus-
sian or Sardinian authorities in the United Kingdom.