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Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajout^es lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte, mais, lorsque cela 6tait possible, ces pages n'ont pas et6 filmAes. Additional comments:/ Commentaires suppldmentaires: L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire qu'il lui a AtA possible de se procurer. Les details de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-Atre uniques du point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une modification dans la mAthode normale de filmage sont indiquyal Stj When quit, any Plually fi ~^al depi ips auc Also, ' of mdardi Wales, ist-hea( r, on SI )n leav Also, y I any Sh their B ill be b fl^ a Roy When imme Ing on ce, the TheR tllto Princ( ttffHother ] CEUK MONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. es. \rtheT Royal Salutes shall be fired oa Her Majesty quitting the Ship or 38scl, or passing in boats, or on such other occasions as may be rooted. Also, whenever the Qiinou shall be embarked in any Ship or Vessel at |a, and the l)efore-nientioned Flags shall bo hoisted iu her, every Ship War meeting her shall lire a Royal Salute. And whenever any Ship or other Vessel, in which the Flags before- [entioned are living, shall pass any Fort or other place from which lutes are usually fired, a Royal Salute is to be fired from such Fort or ler place ; but whenever any Ship or Vessel passes, bearing the Royal jindard only (without the other l^'iags), such Fort or other place is not ^Salute such ship or Vessel. 3. The Standards of their Royal Highnesses the Prince Consort and the ince of Wales are to be treated with the same respect, and saluted in same manner, when displayed in any of Her Majesty's Ships, as the oyal Standard of Qreat Britain. 4 Whenever any other members of the Royal Family shall arrive at, or it, any place where there is a Fort or Battery, from which Salutes are lally fired, they shall receive a Royal Salute, on their first arrival and ial departure, from such Fort or Battery, and from all Her Majesty's pps and Vessels present. Also, whenever any member of the Royal Family shall go on board |y of Her Majesty's Ships or Vessels, the Royal Standard (or the mdards of their Royal ilighnesses the Prince Consort or the Prince Wales, as the case may be), shall be hoisted at the main-top-gallant- ist-head of such Ship or Vessel, and a Royal Salute shall be fired from r, on such member of the Royal Family going on board, and again an leaving her. Also, whenever any member of the Royal Family shall be embarked tany Ship or Vessel at sea, and the Royal Standard (or the Standards their Roval Highnesses the Prince Consort or the Prince of Wales), ill be hoisted in her, every Ship and Vessel of War meeting her ahalf $lj^ a Royal Salute. Siilutlng the Qiiet^ii wlieo embarked and on passing. Prince Consort. Prince of Walei. Other Membera of the Ro;al Family. British domi s are usuall; iry, and froi lutes shall b her occasioE of War, th ast-head, tl tst-head, ar. h Ship, or, f her ; and 2er Majesty ' War preseij^ ;8 ; and sue 5. Whenever any of Her Majesty's Ships may arrive at a Port, or pass immediate neighbourhood of a place, where the Royal Standard is g on shore, marking the presence of Her Majesty at such Port or le, they are to fire a Royal Salute. m ^■ /rS^ The Royal Standard, and the Standards of their Royal Highnesses tlHt) Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales, do not return Salutes, and IM^iother Flag is to be saluted in the presence of those Standards. 7. Whenever any foreign Crowned Head, Sovereign Prince or his Consort, "resident of a Republican State, shall arrive at or quit any place in Majesty's dominions, where there is a Fort or Battery from which iutes are usually fired, they shall receive a Royal Salute on their first ival at, and final departure from, such Fort or Battery, and from all Her Royal Standard. Royal and other Standard!. Foreigners entitled to Hoyal Salutes. CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. Foreign Prlnii'B, &C. viMitii'gHoine Pint*, or H.M. Ships In EDgiaiid. Abroad. Celebration of Ariiilver- ■uTJes of Foreign Natioat. Salutes not to exceed 21 Guns. Notretorned. Annlrer- ■aries. Migestj's Ships present ; and upon their goinff on board, and on leaving any of the Baid Ships, a eimilar Sahite shall be fired, and on each occa sion during the Salute the senior Officer's Ship shall display at her main-top-gallant-mast-head the Flag of the nation or state of sadh Crownea Head, Sovereign Prince, or his Consort, or President. 8. Whenever any Prince, member of a foreign Royal Family, shall arrive at any of our Ports, or visit any of Her Majesty's Ships, the same Salutes shall be fired and compliments be paid to them as to the members of the Royal Family of England, as directed by Art. 4, dis- playing the Flag of the nation of such foreign Prince in lieu of our Uoyal Standard. Whenever such visits to Her Majesty's Ships shall take place in a foreign port, corresponding Salutes shidl be fired, and the Flag of the nation of the Royal Visitors shall be hoisted, as already explained. Upon occasion of the celebration of the birth-day of the King or the Queen of a foreign nation, or on other important festivals and cere- monies of such nation, by any Ships of War or Batteries of such nation, Her Majesty's Shins present may, under the direction of the senior OflScer, fire such Salutes iu compliment thereto, as are fired by the Ships there are Birthday of a If ember of the Royal Family. Lord. Litatenautof Lwlaad. or Batteries of the foreign nation, not, however, exceeding 21 guns, and the Flag of such nation shall be displayed on these occasions at the main-top-gallant mast-head of the senior Officer's Ship. Salutes so fired will not be returned to Her Majesty's Ships. 9. The fixed days for firing Salutes as celebrations of Anniversaries shall be as follows, viz, : — The Anniversaries of the Birth, the Accession, and the Coronation ( of the reigning Sovereign ; Birth- day of the Consort of the reigning Sovereign ; on which days a Royal Salute shall be fired at noon from all Her Majesty's Ships in Port, and at 1 p.m., from all the Forts and Batteries from which Triumphal Salutes are usually fired. Excepted from this regulation are the Salutes usually fired at the Tower and at St. James's on the above occasions, as also are the Salutes on the opening, proroguing, or dissolving of Parliament by Her Majesty; or, on Her Majesty's going anywhere in procession; which Salutes are to continue as heretofore, or as Her Majesty may please to command. 10. Whenever any of Her Majesty's Ships may be in immediate proximity with the Court on the Anniversary of the birth of a Member of the Royal Family, it shall be celebrated by a Royal Salute being fired by such Ships. 11. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland shall be entitled to receive from the Forts and Batteries within his Vice-Royalty, a Royal Salute ; and, on being fallen in with afloat, within three leagues of any part of the coast of Ireland, the Ship in which he is embarked having the Irish Standard flying, the saic Ambass EnvoFS Mn (wi in Ministei of: and Chargg cha Consuls- Consuls Whei arrive ai )e salute ection I lajesty'fi hip, .\cc roceed t ay be o] An Ei iuisters. luch Mini esident" pecified j ntitled oi which i Ship of uitting h all visit ;he precit be salii heir rani Ships at t ne of th( oay be re >ort, only inal term lumber of receive The fo: [ on leaving each occa )lay at her ,te of Buch it CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. fljing, or on his Excellency's visiting any of Her Majesty's Ships within the said limits, he is to be saluted with a Royal Salute. SOALB. 19 Ouns. 15 13 11 9 7 >^ i> § II.— DlPLOHATIO SaLUT28. Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary, and Envoys, Ministers, and others accreditea to Sovereigns (with the exception of such Ministers as are accredited in the specific character of " Minister Resident ") Ministers Resident, Diplomatic Authorities below the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and above that of Charg§ d' Affaires Gharg§ d' Affaires, or Subormnate Diplomatic Agents left in charge of Missions IConsuls-General, or British factories IvOuBUIS ••«* «<*t •••• ••<• •••• **•• •••• •••• 1. Whenever any Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary shall g"''""^^®' jarrive at, or depart from, any place in Her Mt^esty's dominions whjre nary and ' there are Forts or Batteries from which Salutes are usually fired, he shall Pienipoten. !)e saluted with the number of guns specified against his rank in the scale, ^^"^' Section II ; and if an Ambassador shuU embark on board of one of Her Majesty's Ships in an official capacity, he shall also be saluted by such ^hip, .according to the said scale, on his going on board, and (should he jroceed to sea in her,) also on his finally leaving her ; and the isame lay be observed in a foreign port or colony. 2. Coronation tf ^jj Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and Envoys, BnvoyExtfa. Hiuisters, and others accredited to Sovereigns (with the exception of Mfn"g"e]^ *""* luch Ministers as are accredited in the specific character of "Minister Pienipotea- '*?-n^l5!!P^8^'^ent"), shall be entitled to be saluted with the number of guns ^^"jy- »•"* ipecified against their rank in the scale. Section II, but they shall be M"nut«rs. mtitled only to the compliment when within the precincts of the Nation &c. except ;o which they are accredited ; and, consequently, when they proceed in Jie»ide»»t. I Ship of War, they are only to be saluted by such Ship on their mitting her, after her arrival at their destination ; and, whenever they inall visit in their official capacity any of Her Majesty's Ships within he precincts of the territories to which they are accredited, they are be saluted by such Ships with the number of guns specified against heir rank in the scale; but if thev visit several of Her Majesty's Ihips at the same port, on the same day, they shall be saluted only by •ne of them ; and, although their visit to any of Her Majesty's Ships Day be repeated, they shall be saluted by the same Ship, in the same K)rt, only once in twelve months ; but, when they shall embark on the nal termination of their Mission, they shall be entitled to the same umber of guns from any of Her Majesty's Ships which may be ordered receive them. The foregoing regulations are to be applicable also to the other imily, shall I Ships, the m as to the Art. 4, dis- lieu of our place in a| Flag of the! lined, he King or I is and cere- luch nation,! the senior] )y the Ships 1 guns, and! ions at the Salutes 60 ij rsaries shall I id Batteries Gred at the the Salutes er Majesty; Salutes are ommand. immediate ' a Member being fired ire from the ; and, on )f the coast \i Standard 8 CEIIKMONTKS AND DISTINCTIONS. Othn Diplomatic Aulboritivs. Foreign DIplomHtic Aullioritlvi. Coniuli, &c., to be laluted on vi«ltliig Ships, Lord High Admiral or Admiralty, and Com- mander-ln. chief of the Army, Flag of Lord High Admiitl. Diplomatic AuthoritieB of lower rank than that of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, differing only in the number of guns with which they are to be saluted, aa stated against their ranks in the scale. 3. It is to be understood that Salutes, in conformity to tho foregoing regulations, shall be fired in compliment (from either Forts or Ships), to those Foreign Diplomatic Authorities only whose Nations pay tho same compliments to Her Majesty's Diplomatic Ministers in their territories. 4. Her Majesty's Consuls-General, or Oonsuls, or the Members of a British Factory, shall be saluted with the number of guns mentioned against their rank in the scale. Section II, on their going on board, or I on their leaving any one of Her Majosty's Shipr, but this is to be done I only in the foreign Ports to which they respectively belong, and only ! once in twelve months from the same Ship, and to the same person. BOAIE. 19 Gun& 16 « § III. — Salutes to MiiiiTART Avthobitieb. The Lord High Admiral, or the Lords Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, — or the Commander-in-chief of, or the Officer Commauding-in- chief, the whole Army of the United Kingdom The First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty 1. Whenever the Lord High Admiral, or the Lords Commissioners for executing the office of the Lord High Admiral, — or the Commander-in- chief of, or the Officer Commanding in- chief, the whole of the Army of the United Kingdom, — shall arrive in their official capacities at any place in Her Majesty's dominions, where there are Forts or Batteries | from which Salutes are usually fired, they are to be saluted with the number of guns speciSed against their respective ranks in the scale. Section III, and such further Salutes shall be fired from the Fort or Battery, at their departure, as may be directed ; and the said autho- rities, on going on board any one of Her Majesty's Ships in their official capacities, shall be saluted by the said Ship only with the number of guns mentioned in the scale ; and on their leaving her, such further Salutes shall be fired as may be directed ; but if they visit severpl Ships at the same Port, on the same day, they are to be saluted on going on board by only one. In the event of the Flag of the Lord High Admiral being hoisted on board one of Her Majesty's Ships, it is to be saluted by the Ship of the senior Officer present, according to the scale, also by any Ship, or by the Ship of the senior Officer of any Squadron of Her Majesty's Ships arriving at the Port where the said Flag shall be so flying j likewise on any Ship carrying the said Flag, being met at sea by any of Her Majesty's Ships, similar Salutes are to be fired by them ; and on the arrival of a Ship carrying the said Flag, at any Port in Her Majesty'i dominions, the Ship of the senior Officer present shall fire a-simiL Salute. aordinary • of guns rauka in foregoing or Ships), s pay the in their ibers of a [neutioned 1 board, or bo be done , and only, terson. 80ALB. 19 Guna 16 „ sioners for mander-in- le Army of ies at any )r Batteries i with the I the scale, he Fort or laid autho- heir official number of ich further iverpl Ships n going on r hoisted on Ship of the Ship, or by esty's Ships likewise on my of Her and on the Br Majesty's re a- similar BOALK. 17 Quns. 15 „ 13 „ 11 » 9 „ 7 „ CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. W No Flag of a Flag Officer is to bo saluted in tho presenoe of the Flag nm'"'* ''*' of tho Lord High Admiral, when flying afloat. ""'"• 2. Whenever the First Lord Commiscioner of the Admiralty shall arrive I'int Lord in his official capacity at any place in Uer Mtyesty's doramions, where SoneToftht there is a Fort or Battery from which salutes are usually fired, or on Admiralty, going on board any of Her Majesty's Ships, he shall be untitled to be saluted by such Fort or Ship with the number of guns specified against his rank in tho scale, Section III ; and if he should embark in one of llcr Majesty's Ships for tho purpose of proceeding on a voyage in performance of public service, he shall be entitled to receive a SaJuto of tlie same number of guns, both on his going on board and ou his finally quitting tho said ship. § IV. — Salutes to OFriOBBS. Field-Marshals or Admirals of the Fleet Admirals or Generals ^ Lieutenant -Generals or Vice-Admirals Bear-Admirals or Major-Qenerals Brigadier-Generals or Commodore** - Return Salutes to Captains of the Navy and Officers of inferior rank .... Note. — While any of the above-mentioned hold Commissions as Commanders-in-chief, or Commanders of the Land Forces of a Station, they shall be entitled to be saluted with two guns more than specified in the scale, against their respective ranks. I. Whenever any of the Naval Officers specified in the scale. Section IV, in actual employment, land for the first time, in any place in Her Majesty's dominions where there are Forts or Batteries from which Salutes are usually fired, they are to be saluted with the number of guns specified against their ranks in the scale ; and when any Officer of the Army, specified in the same scale, being in actual employment, shall officially visit or embark in one of Her Majesty's Sliips, he shall like- wise be saluted by that ship with the number of guns specified against his rank in the scale, either on going on board, or on quitting the said Ship ; but if he should go on board more than one Snip in the same Port, he shall be saluted only by one of them, but these Salutes are not to be repeated to the same Officer, Military or Naval, oftener than once in twelve months, abroad, and in the United Kingdom, once in three years, unless the Officer in question shall, in the meantime, have received advancement of rank, in which case he may be again saluted by the Fort or Ship, as the case may be, according to the scale pre- scribed for his new rank. These Salutes, being personal, are not to be returned. 2. Whenever the Flag of an Admiral of the Fleet shall be hoisted, it JfjF[eJ(;^ shall be saluted by the Ship present, bearing the Flag or Pendant of tlie Officer next in seniority to him, with the number of guns specified in the scale, Section IF. ; NbtsI and MintaiT Offlcer* landing or embarking for the first lime. 1| Once a year if abroad, and once in thiee years in United Kingdom. 10 GEBEM0NIE8 AND DISTINCTIONS. Roliting or ■biftInK Flag on Appoint- ment or Promotion. Flag Officer, Ac, meeting a Senior OiBcer. When there are 2 or more Flag Offirers in Sauadrons meeting each othtr. Meeting a Flag Officer or Commo- dore for the first time. Saluting Flags of Flag Officers and Return Salutes. 3. Whenever &n Admiral, a Yice-Admiral, Bear-Admiral, or a Oom- mcdore shall hoist his Flag or his Broad Pendant, or; his appointment, or shall change his Flag or Broad Pendant on his promotion (he being the senior Officer present), the Ship bearing the Flag or the Pendant of the Officer next in seniority to him only shall salute with the number of guns to which his Flag or his Broad Pendant may be entitled, according to scale, Section IV ; or being a jui-ior Officer, he shall salute the senior present : but no interchange of Salutes shall take place on the re-hoisting of a Flag or Broad Pendant between Officers who shall have already exchanged Salutes within twelve months, and no o'her Ships, whether bearing Flags or Broad Pendants, or private Ships, present on any occasion of such Salute., being fired, shall salute, except under the circumstances hereinafter explained. 4. Whenever a Flag Officer or a Commodore shall join or meet a senior Officer for the first time (except a Commodore meeting a senior Captain who may not be a Commodore), he shall salute such senior Officer with the number of guns to which he may be entitled, according to the scale, SecHon IV. 6. If there be more than one Flag Officer, or Commocore, in Squadrons joining or meeting, the Ship only of the senior Flag Officer, or of the senior Commodore of each Sauadron shall salute the Flag Officer, or the Commodore, who may be the senior Officer to all present. 6. Whenever any Ship of War shall join or meet a Flag Officer or a Commodore for the first time, she shall salute such Flag Officer or Commodore (if the latter be a senior Officer) with the number of guns to which he may be entitled ; but if more than one ship shall, at the same time, join or meet r Flag Officer, or a Commodore and the said Ships shall be under the orders of a senior Officer in command of one of them, such senior Officer only shall salute the Flag or the Broad Pendant (if the Commodore be his superior) ; but if the said Ships shall be undei separate and distinct orders then a Salute shall be fired by each of them, 7. Whenever a junior Officer shall salute the Flag of the Lord High Admiral, or of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, or of any Flag Officer, or the Broad Pendant of a Commodore, a Salute shall be fired in return of the number of guns to which the rank of the Officer who saluted shall be (if a Flag Officer or a Commodore) entitled according to the scale, Section IV. If the Officer saluting be of the rank of Captain, or of inferior rank, the return Silute shall be seven guns, as specified in the scale. When more than one Fla^ Officer, Commodore, Captain, Commander, or Lieutenant commanding shall salute, one Salute shall be fired in return, as an answer to the whole, consisting of the same number of guns as the Officer receiving the Salute is entitled to; but no Flag Officer nor Commodore shall be saluted more than once during the period of his command by the same Flag Officer, Commodore, Captain, Commander, or CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. 11 a Oom- intment, lie being sndant of number entitled, eJl salute place on ^ho shall no oMier te Ships, ;e, except t a senior r Captain icer with the scale, ocore, in ,g Officer, the Flag 11 present. Beer or a Officer or t of guns all, at the the said ad of one ;he Broad thips shall B fired by Lieutenant commanding any one of Her Majesty's Ships, except on the occasion of a change of Flags or of Broad Pendants on a promotion. No Captain, Commander, or Lieutenant, nor any other Officer No officw commanding one or more of Her Majesty's iSliipa shall salute an Officer JS to be"'" under the rank of a Commodore or Brigadier-General, in Her Mtyesty's eiiuted. Navy or Army in any part of the world. 9. lord High or of any e shall be ;he Officer i) entitled be of the be seven ag Officer, dmg shall the whole, eiving the dore shall command lander, or Wh'^n Flag Officers, Comraodorep, Captains, or other Officers com- manding shall be saluted by Merchant Ships (either British or Foreign), they shall return five guns to a single Merchant Ship, and seven to several ships. This Article is to apply to all private Ships saluting not being in Her Majesty's Navy. 10. Her Majesty's Ships and Her Majesty's Forts and Castles are not, on any account, to exchange Salutes in any part of Her Majesty's Dominions. 11. At the Funerals of General and FLg Officers, of Commodores and Brigadier-Generals, dying upon service, Minute Guns are to be fired whilst the body is proceeding to the place of interment, but these Minute Guns are not to exceed the number to which the Officer's rank entitled him when living. There shall, moreover, be fired, after the body is deposited in the grave, or in the sea, a Salute of cannon, amounting to the same number of guns as the dsceased Officer was entitled to when living ; and in the event of a General or Flag Officer dying afloat, and who is to be buried on shore, where there is a Fort, Minute Guns are to be fired from the Ship whilst the body is being conveyed to the shore ; and after the bo?^ is lauded Minute Guns are to be fired by the Fort whilst the funeral procession is moving from the landing-place to the place of interment ; the Minute Guns, both from the Ship and the Fort, shall not exceed twice the number of guns the Officer was entitled to when living. 12. At the Funeral of a Captain or Commander of one of Her Majesty's Ships, such number of Minute Guns as the Commanding Officer present shall direct (ntit, however, exceeding twenty) shall be fired by the Ship he commanded, or to which he belonged, beginning to fire when the body is put into the sea, or when it is put off' from the Ship to be carried on shore. If the Ship be alone the Ofacer succeeding to the command hall order this to be dene. Cannon are not to be fired at the Funerals of Officers subordinate to he above ranks, or of Civil Officers. 13. When saluted by Merchant Vesseld. Forts and Ships. itfinuteGuiiB at Funerals of certain Officers dying upon service if dying afloat. Minute Guns at Funerals of Captain or Commander. Civil Offiteis, &c. not entitled to Minute Guns. At the Funeral of a Lieutenant, Master, Sub-Lieutenant, or Second ^"^^^y* °^. taster, or of a Civil Officer of coiTcsponding or higher rank, of any of pu^neralsof [er Majesty's Ships, three volleys of musketry shall be fired over tho certain Officers. 12 CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. Salute on first arrival at, anu final departure tVoni, their Government. Occaeioiml Salutes. Visiting H.AJ. Ships. Temporary alisi" .:e from G<:vi'inment on leave. Lieutenant Governors. SCALD. 19 Guns. 17 13 »» }> Loid Warden ol CliKiue Ports. Governors, or LiirdH Hi^h Com- missioners. grave, or over the body when put into the sea ; and at the Funeral of Warrant or Subordinate Officers, one Volley .. § V. — SAiiiJTES TO Governors, }> the Forts the scale, Majesty's ding Her , shall be their rank )mpliment tly, when y are only ig at their s Govern- r with the )arture, at entitled to rument as IS shall he CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. 16 rank in the scale, Section V ; but they are only to receive this compliment on their arrival at the seat of Government, and on their finally quitting it, and only from the Forts or Batteries at the seat of Government. They are to be saluted also by the Ship of War from which they dis- embark, and by such Ship of War also as they may embark in, on their final departure. 4. The Union Flag or Jack being the distinctive Flag or Mark of an Admiral of the Fleet when displayed at the main-top-gaJlant-mast-head, and ordered by these Instructions to be saluted accor(6ngly, being likewise one of the Flags which is to designate the presence of the Queen on board of a ship, when it may be displayed at another mast-head, and all ships oi" vessels, other than Her Majesty's ships or vessels, being interdicted from displaying the said Flag, by " The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," the said Union Flag or Jack is not, on any account, to be displayed at either mast-head of any ship or vessel, in consequence of any Governor or Lieutenant-Governor of any of Her Majesty's Possessions or Fortresses being on board such ship or vessel, but a Flag having a Crown on it, or having the Arms of the Colony on it, may be substituted to denote the presence of the Governor or Lieutenant-Governor on board any vessel in the precincts of his Government. 11 Unlou Jack >leiiot«s lirewence of t he Queen or Admiral of I he Fleet, \» not therefore lo be hoisted at maat-head of any Ship except for such purpose. DisUngulsh- ini; Flag for Governors, Sec. 5. Civil Functionaries shall have, at their funerals, the same number of Minute Guns guns tired as Minute Guns, while the procession is going to the burial- oivfi^Func-"' ground, as they were entitled to as Salutes when living. tionaries. Civil Functionaries, not entitled to Salutes of cannon when living, are to have no guns fired at their funerals. il . t:l any one of , with the lis leaving I the same I his visits only once nets of his ition of his number of i to receive jvernments 3S on their they would their final b are to be jaiust Iheir § VI. — Salutes to European Functionaries, appmcable in the terri- salutes to TORIES under the AUTHORITY OF THE GoV JRNMENT OF InDIA, AND K"ropean TO. una Indian WITHIN THE Indian Seas. The Viceroy and Governor-General of India Ambassadors Governors of Presidencies The President of the Council of India Governors of Her Majesty's Colonies Lieutenant-GoveiTiors of Provinces in India Members of Council Plenipotentiaries and Envoys Lieutenant-Governors of Her Majesty's Colonies Agents to the Viceroy and Governor-General Residents Chief Commissioners of Provinces and Commissioners Political Agents and Charges d' Affaires Kuiict!cn. SCALE, uriesinludia. 21 Guns. 19 17 17 17 15 16 15 15 13 13 13 11 •ft 14 CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. Oorernor- General of India. Anibaraador, Uovernor of a Presidency, or President oftlieCouncil of India. Governors of H.M. Colonies. Lieutenant. Governors of Provinces in India and of H.M. Colonies, Agents, &c. Members of Council in India. Flentpoten> tiaries and Envoys, Political Agents and Charg6 d'Afiaires. Officers of H.M Navy mid Army, and Officers of il.M. Indian Military and Naval Forces. Special Salutes in Indian Limits. 1. ■ , ■ ... • The Viceroy and Governor-General of India shall be entitled to receive a Royal Salute from the Forts aud Batteries within the Indian Territories, and trom Her Majesty's Ships on being fallen in with afloat within the Indian Seas, aud on visiting any of Her Majesty's Ships within those limits. 2. Whenever an Ambassador, a Governor of a Presidency, or the Presi- dent of the Council of India, shall arrive at, or depart from, any place within the Indian Territories where there are Ports and Batteries ;— and also whenever an Ambassador, a Governor of a Presidency, or the Presi- dent of the Council of India, shall visit, embark on board, or disembark from, any one of Her Majesty's Ships within the Indian Seas,— he shall be saluted by the Fort or Ship, as the case may be, with the number of guns specified in the scale. Governors of Her Majesty's Colonies, Lieutenant-Governors of Pro- vinces in India, Lieutenant-Governors of Her Msgesty's Colonies, Agents to the Viceroy and Governor-General, Residents, Chief-Commissioners of Provinces, and Commissioners, shall be entitled to be saluted with the number of guns specified for their rank in the scale, by the Forts and Batteries within their respective jurisdictions, and when on duty else- where in the Territories under the authority of the Government of India ; — and when they shall visit, embark on board, or disembark from any one of Her Majesty's Ships within the jurisdiction of their respective Governments. 4. Members of Council in India shall be entitled to be saluted with the number of guns specified in the scale, by the Forts and Batteries within their respective Presidencies, — and when they shall visit, embark on board, or disembark from any one of Her Majesty's Ships within the same limits. 6. Plenipotentiaries and Envoys, and Political Agents and Charges d' Affaires shall be entitled to be saluted with the number of guns specified in the scale, bv the Forts and Batteries within the precincts of the terri- tories to v/hich they are accredited, — and when they shall visit, embark on board, or disembark from any one of Her Majesty's Ships within the said precincts. 6. Officers of the Navy and Array shall be saluted in India, according * to their respective ranks, with the number of guns specified, aud under the regulations laid down, in Section IV, relative to Salutes to Officers. And Officers of Her Majesty's Indian Military and Naval Forces shall be saluted, according to their rank, in the same way as Officers of Her Majesty's Army and Navy. 7. The Viceroy and Governor-General of India has power, in oases in which he may deem it expedient to authorize Salutes, to issue local regulations for the guidance of the authorities in Indian Limits with respect to Civil or Military Officers hoUiag Positions or Commandt not included in the foregoing scale. receive 'ritories, thin the those le Presi- ny place !8 ;— and le Presi- sembark he shall umber of Bof Pro- s, Agents doners of with the orts and uty else- of India; [rom any espective with the es within nbark on ithin the [ Charges 3 specified the terri- t, embark rithin the according * lud under Officers. !S shall be rs of Her I oases in isue local mts with lands not CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. § VII. — Salutes to Foreioverb not op Rotal Families. 1. 15 Foreigners of Distinction not RovbI. Personal Salutes not returned. When a Captain of a Foreign Ship of War may be saluted. If a Foreigner of high distinction, or a Foreign Flag or General Officer, shall visit any one of Her Majesty's Ships, he may be saluted on his going on board, or on leaving the Ship, with such auml)er of guns as, from his rank, may be deemed proper; not, however, exceeding 15, unless a British Officer of corresponding rank shall have been saluted by a Ship of the nation of such Foreigner with a greater number, in which case an equal number may be fired, but never exceeding 19 guns. Her Majesty's Officers are not to expect personal Salutes of this nature to be returned. The Captain of a Foreign Ship of War may also be saluted with nine guns, on his visiting one of Her Majesty's Ships, if such compliment shall have been paid to the Captain of one of Her Majesty's Ships on his visit- ing a Ship of the nation to which such Foreign Ship may belong ; but if he never had an opportunity of visiting such Foreign Ship of War, he is nevertheless at liberty to pay the compliment to the .Foreign Captain, and to return the personal Salute from auy Foreign Ship. In all cases the Flag of the nation of such Foreigner shall be hoisted during the Salute at the fore-top-gallant mast-head. 2. Officers commanding Her Majesty's Ships on visiting Foreign Ports Foreign are to ascertain the number of guns with which such places have usually ***"■'•• been saluted, and they are to salute with that number of guns, on receiv- ing assurance that the Salute will be returned gun for gun, but such salutes on salutes are not to exceed 21 guns. In the event of there being already "'f'*"'Jj *** in the Port a senior Officer of Her Majesty's Ships, his directions on the for'gun. *"" subject are to be followed : but if several Ships or Vessels shall arrive together, the senior Officer only of them shall salute. 3. All Salutes from Ships of War of other nations either to Her Majesty's Return Forts or Ships, are to be returned gun for gun. Forelgneni. 4. A British Ship of War meeting at sea a foreign Ship of War bearing Meeting a the Flag of a Flag Officer, or the Broad Peudant of a Commodore^ com- ^"rfj^" ship manding a Station or Squadron, and superior in rank to the Officer of ° "* the British Ship, shall salute such Foreign Flag Officer or Commodore with the number of guns to which a British Officer of corresponding rank is entitled, upon being assured of receiving in return gun for gun ; and in the event of the British Ship meeting with such Foreign Flag Officer or Commodore in a Foreign Port, similar complimentary Salutes with such Foreign Flag Ship shoiHd be observed, if the regulations of the place shall admit thereof. Her Ma.jesty's Ships shall not, on any account, lower their top-gallant- Lowerfug top sails, nor their Flags, to any Foreign Ships whatsoever, unless the Foreign f^j'pia^'" Ships shall first, or at the same time, lower their top-gallaut-sails or their Flags to them. 10 CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. § VIII.— Salutes in Qenssal. 1. Intimation NoDO of the Salutes authorized by these instructions shall be fired wiioii siiiutes from Ships of War without due commuuication, by signal or otherwise, being made to the Naval Commanding Officer present, except in cases of Salutes in compliment to such Commanding Officer himself 2. Such of the authorities mentioned in the foregoing instructions as may, from their rank and appointments, be entitled t-^ be saluted in more than one capacity, shall be saluted under that ran^ which shall entitle them to the greatest number of guns, but on no occasion is the same individual to bo saluted in more than one capacity. 3. None of Her Majesty's Ships, with less than 10 guns, are to fire a Salute that may require the reloading of the guns, unless under circum- stances when such omission cannot be explained to prevent giving otfence to a Foreign Power, or a Foreign Officer. are tired. The same persnn not to be saluted In two capacities. Vessels of less than 10 guns not to Salute, except where the omission would give offence. Special Salutes not herain provided for. Salutes at Religious Ceremonies, Ammunition expended for Saluting, iic. When expense of may be recovered. No Salutes before sun- rise, 1)1° utter suuset. Salutes on iiundays. No other Salutes than those authorized by the foregoing Regulations are to be allowed, except that upon any important occurrence, such as a great victory gained by Her Majesty's Arms, or other highly advantageous national event, the Governor, or Officer commanding any of Her Majesty's Possessions abroad, may, in conjunction with the senior officer of Her Majesty's Naval Service on the spot, direct such Salutes to be fired as the occasion may seem to them to require ; but, unless the Officers in com< mand of both Services concur in the propriety of such Salutes being fired, they are not to take place by one Service only. The Governors of Colonies are, however, authorized to continue to sanction such Salutes as may have been customary, and which they may deem right and proper at religious ceremonies, and further, to cause the usual Salutes to be fired at the opening and closing of the Houses of Parliament or Assembly, but these Salutes are in neither of the above cases to exceed 19 guns. 6. The ammunition for all Salutes authorized by the foregoing instruc- tions shall be supplied by Her Majesty's War Department at the public charge ; but, in the event of guns being fired to enforce Quarantine or Port Regulations, where there may be Local Laws authorizing the recovery of the cost of the ammunition used for euch purpose, the amount is always to be recovered and paid to the respective Officers of the War Department at the place. 6. No Salutes shall be fired from Her Majesty's Ships before sunrise or after sunset, unless under the special directions of the senior Officer present ; and when it may be necessary to salute on Sundays, care shall be taken not to do so, unless on extraordinary occasions, during those hours that are usually appropriated to the performance of Divine-Service in the Churches on shore. 17 fire a circum- ; offeuce the CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. $ IX. — DisTiNonisHiNQ Flaos. 1. The Lord High Admiral's Flag is to be worn on board of any of Flag*- Her Majesty's Ships in which the Lord High Admiral, or the Com- Lord nigh missioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, shall embark. Admiral 2. The Flag of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland is to be worn on board i^^d Uen- any of Her Majesty's Ships iu which his Excellency shall embark within 1^3,*'' the Irish waters, or in St. George's Channel. 3. The Union Flag is to be worn by an Admiral of the Fleet at the Admiral maiu-top-gallant-mast-head, as his proper Flag. °^^^ ^^^ 4. A plain Red Flag is to be worn by Admirals, Vice- Admirals, and Red Flags. Hear-Admirals of the Red, at the main, fore, or mizen-top-gallaut- mast-heads, respectively, as their proper Flag. 5. A White Flag, with a Red St. George's Cross iu it, is to be worn by white Hags. Admirals, Vice-Adinirals, and Rear- Admirals of the White, at the main, fore, or mizen-top-gallant-mast-heads, respectively, as their proper Flag. 6. A plain Blue Flag is to be worn by Admirals, Vice- Admirals, and Blue Flags. Rear- Admirals of the Blue, at the main, fore, or mizen- top -gallant- mast-heads, respectively, as their proper Flag. 7. When Flag Officers shall think fit to parry their Flags at the head of Flags in Boau their boats, or in Tenders, or small Vessels having only one mast, they shall wear the following Flags to distinguish their Ranks, viz. : — The Admiral of the Fleet, and the Admirals of the Red, White, and Blue, shall wear their proper Flag ; Vice-Admirals of the Red aud Blue their proper Flag, but with one White Ball in it ; and Vice-Adnirals of the White their proper Flag, with one Blue Ball in it. Rear-Admirals of the Red and Blue their proper Flag, with two White Balls ; and Rear-Admirals of the White their proper Flag, witu two Blue Balls in it. The Balls to be large enough to be easily disi'ii- gaished, and to be in the Upper part of the Flag, aud near the Staff. When Vice and Rear-Admirals have their Flags painted on their boats, the same distinctive Balls, of at least two inches in diameter, are to be inserted on them. 8. When two Flag Officers, carrying the same Flag at the same mast- Two or more head, shall serve together, the Admiralty, or the Commander-in-chief ^^^ omcen of the Fleet in which they may be serving, may order either of them to vLg serving wear, temporarily, such other Flag as may be deemed expedient for the toReUier. sake of distinction ; but this temporary circumstance is not to affect their proper rank and command. Fi fi CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. § X. — DiSTINOniSHINa PuifDANTS. Commodore Isl Clasa. Commodore I'lid CUm. All Ships to wear a long I'enduii! if ill cuninilsalon and no Flag <"• Hrond Pendant is flying. Ensigna. fled Ensign. Whit* Ensign. Blue Ensign. Union Jack as Pilot Flag. Colours to be huisted at stilled times at liome and abroad. Sunset. When to rliow Colours. A plaiH Red Broad Pendant, or a White Broad Pendant with a Red Cross in it, is to be worn by Commodores of the First Class ; but when more than one such Commodore shall be present, the senior only shall wear the Red Pendant, and the other, or others, the White Pendant. 2. A Blue Broad Pendant is to be worn by Commodores of the Second Class. 3. All Her Majesty's Ships in Commission, when not distingiiished by a Flag or Broad Pendant, are to wear a Long Pendant, having a St. George's Cross on a White Field in the upper part next to the mast, with a Fly entirely of the colour of the Ensign. § XI. — Colours —Navy. 1. The following Ensigns are to be worn by Her Majesty's Ships in Commission according to the Flag of the Flag Officer, or the Broad Pendant of the Commodore, under whose orders they are serving, or in whose presence they may be, or as circumstances may authorize ; and with Union Jacks at the bowsprit end, when it shall be thought proper to display them. A Red Ensign, with an Union in the Upper Canton. A White Llnsign, with a Red St. George's Cross in it, and with c.n Union in the Upper Canton. A Blue Ensign, with an Union in the Upper Canton. The Union Jack, with a border of White, of one-fifth of the Jack, shall be used in all parts of the world as a Pilot Flag. Her Majesty's Ships, when at anchor in Home Ports and Roads, shall hoist their Colours at 8 o'clock in the morning, from 25th March to 20th September inclusive, and at 9 o'clock from 21st September to 24th March inclusive, but when abroad, at 8 or 9, as the Commander- in-chief shall direct ; and they shall bo kept flying (if the weather permit, or the senior Officer present see no objection thereto) through- out the day until sunset ; they are then to be hauled down, the sentinels firing their muskets. And whenever a Ship shall come to anchor, or get under way, if there be sufficient light for her Colours to be seen, they are to be hoisted, though earlier or later than aforesaid ; also on her passing, meeting, joining, or parting from, any other of Her Majesty's Ships ; and, unless there should be sufficient reason to the contrary, on her falling in with any other ship or ships at sea,-— or when in sight of and near the land, especially when passing or approaching Forts, Castles, Batteries, Lighthouses, or Towns. No Flag Officer or Captain shall carry any other Flag or Pendant than that which belongs to his rank, except when Her Majesty, or any of the Royal Family, or the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, may be on board ; or when directed so to do by the Admiralty, or by his superior Officer. CEREUONIKS AND DISTINCTIONS. § XII.— CoLOURi — HOT NaVT. 1. ^ All Shipg and Veaselg belonging to Her M^esty's subjeoti, shall 4'*^*''"J5 wear a Bed Ensign, with the Union in the Upper Canton next to the uSmJmIw. Staff ; and shall use a British Union Jack, with a border of White, of one-fifth of the Jack, as a Pilot Flag, in all parts of the world ; except such Tochts or other Vessels as may nave Warrants from the Admiralty -„. ,„ to display other Ensigns, Colours, or Pendants. specinFiagi. I Ships and Vessels, employed in the service of any public office, shall carry the said Red Ensign, and a small Red Flag with a Union described in a Canton, at the upper comer thereof, next to the staff, as a Jack, but in the centre of such Ensign and Jack, there shall be described the Seal or Badge of the office to which they belong. Hired Troop or Store Ships, when in charge of a Commission Officer, shall wear, in addition, a Red Pendant with the Admiralty Badge at the upper part next to the mast. Commission Officers, serving wi the permission of the Admiralty as Mail Agents in Contra c Ve'seiB, may, whea in their boats, wear therein a similar Red Pendant , but; when unch Pendant is displayed, the Ensign, with the Seal or Badge of the office to which the Vessel belongs, must also be displayed in the boat. For Shipi f mployed by a public office. Hired Shipa when a Commisalon Officer ta on board. Contract Veaaeli. I i With the foregoing exceptions, the Flags, Pendants, and Jacks ^'n ^Wp*, appointed to be worn by the ships of the Royal Navy, shall not be hoisted authoriced, or worn on board any other ships or vessels whatsoever ; nor shall the boiat Fiaga, Masters of such other Ships and Vessels hoist or wear any Flags, appointed for Ensijpis, Pendants, or Jacks made in imitation of, or resembling those the Royal appointed to be worn by, Ships of the Royal Navy (excepting as herein- Navy, before directed), nor any kind of Pendant whatsoever, nor what may be taken for such ; and if they shall otTend herein, and shall presume to hoist or wear any Flags resembling those worn by Her Majesty's Ships, or any other Colours than those hereinbefore specified, or any kind of Pendant whatsoever, it is Her Majesty's pleasure that the Captains, or any other Officers of Her Majesty's Ships of War, who shall see them, do seize such Colours, Flags, or Pendants, and report the name of tho Master, and of the Ship or Vessel, the place to wnich she belongs, and of the merchant who is ovmer of her, to the Secretary of the Admiralty ; transmitting also affidavits of two witnesses to the fact, in order that the person so offending may be proceeded against according to law.* 4. The Captains and Commanders of Her Majesty's Ships shall not P«|«« ^ suffer any foreign Ship to ride in Her Majesty's Ports or Roads with ° "*" ' False Colours ; but if any foreign ship shall persist in carrying them, they are to send an account thereof to the Secretary of the Admiralty. * Vid* " Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," Motion 106; and Fart 10, " Legal Prooedun." c 2 it. i» CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. § XIII.— Military Honours. 1. Ton Commander- ia-cliici. 'I'o » Coin, modore or Captain of Fleet. An Admiral of the Fleet, or an Admiral, or a Commander-in-chief being a Flag Officer or a Commodore of the First Class, shall be received on board any of Her Majesty's Ships by a Guard of Marines, or Laud Forces serving as such, coininanded by a Captain, where tliere be one ; the Officers saluting, Drums and the Band playing a March, with Arms presented. 2. To a Vice. A Vice- Admiral, not being a Commander-in-chief, shall be received belniJ'u Com- ^7 * G^ard of Marines, or Laud Forces serving as such, commanded by iniiiiderin. a Captain ; the Officers saluting, the Drums beating three ruffles, with chief. Anus presented, and the Band playing a March. 3. To a Rear. A Rear-Admiral, not being a Commander-in chief, shall be received being'' 'co'lL ^7 ^ Guard of Marines, or Land Forces serving as such, commanded by inHiuier-iD- a Subaltern; the Officer saluting, Drums beating two ruffles, with iiiief. Arms presented, and the Band playing a March. 4. A Commodore, not being a Commander-in-chief, or the Captain of a Fleet, ( provided there be no Captain senior to him in a ship present,) shall oe received by a Guard of Marines, or Land Forces serving as such, commanded by a Subaltern : the Officer saluting, the Drum beating one ruffle, with Arms presented, and the Band playing a March. 6. To OiptalM A Captain may be received by a Sergeant's Guard of Marines, or of manderT. Land Forces serving as such ; Captains, and Commanders also, when attending at Courts-Martial, and on occasions requiring them to be in Full Dress, are to be received by a Sergeant's Guard. 6. The above marks of respect are equally to be paid to Officers on Half- Pay, according to their respective ranks, when they go on board any of Her Majesty's Ships, provided they appear in their proper uniformB. 7. When a Flag Officer or a Commodore with his Flag or Broad Pendant hoisted in his Boat or Tender, may be passing by a Ship, the Guard shall turn out, and the Drums shall beat as directed vs. the preceding Articles; and similar honours shall be pa\d to the Captain of a Fleet, in passing a Ship, provided there be no Captain senior to him present.* 8. ?ire*i55S'°' Officers of the Royal Marines, and of Her Majesty's Land Forces, Biariiies and being in their proper uniforms, shall be received ou board any of Her Land Forces. Majesty's Ships with the same honours and respect as are above directed to be paid to Officers of corresponding rank in the Navy. To Half.Pay Officers in uniform. To a Flag Officer or Commodore in paseing a Ship. * On such occasion ttie CapUiin of the Fleet miiy wear in bis boat a Broad Pendant, according to liis rank ; but not if there be a senior Captain to him present. CEREMONIES AND DISTINOTIONS* 21 0. Her Majeety hath also directed, that in all Her Forts and Qarrieons, p[5*J5t^t the OfiicerB of Her Majesty's Navy, being in their proper uniforms, shall to Naval have the same honours and respect from the Troops as the Officers of w*""* corresponding rank in the Army ; but Officers of the Civil Branch are not to be saluted with cannon, nor received by Garrison, Regimental, or Ship Guards ;— in all other respects, however, they are entitkd to the odicera of same Military Honours as Officers of corresponding rank in the Military civil Bmnch. Branch. 10. When a Flag Officer or a Commodore shall have his Flag or Broad Morning ud Pendant flying m any Port or Roadstead in Her Mi^esty's dominions, EveningOnn. or in one of Her Majesty's Colonies or Foreign Possessions, he may fire from his Ship a Morning and an Evening Gun, as hereinafter explained. If more than one Fla^; Officer or Commodore be present, the senior only may fire a gun, and the others in succession shall each fire a volley ol musketry ; and from all other Ships, when in any Ports or Roadsteads Musketry. as above, whether in the presence or not of a Flag Officer or Commo- dore, the sentinels shall fire their muskets. Immediately after the Morning Gun is fired, the Reveille shall be beaten, and for a quarter of an hour previous to the firing of the Evening Gun, the Tattoo also, in every Ship present ; and the same may be done in Foreign Ports if the regulations of the place shall admit thereof. On Home Service, the Morning Gun shall be fired at daybreak ; and the Evening Gun, at nine o'clock, from the 25th of March to the 20th of September inclusive, and at eight o'clock from the 21st September to the 24th of March inclusive ; but on Foreign Service, as the Commander- in-chief on the Station shall direct. R«velll« Tattoo. Stated periods for firing tlie Homing and Evening Gun* § XIV.— "Tub Viotoeia Ceoss." The following is a copy of the rulos and ordinances of the Naval and victoria Military Decoration, designated " The Victoria Cross :" — ^"*"* ••ViCTOBIA R. " Whereas, We, taking into Our Royal consideration that there exists no means of " adequately rewarding the individual gallant servicps either of Officers of the lower grades in '• Our Naval and Military Service, or of Warrant and Petty OfiBcers, Seamen, and Mariues, "in our Navy, and Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers in Our Army; and whereas the " Third Class of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath is limited, except in very rare cases, " to the higher ranks of both Services, and the granting of medals, both in Our Navy and " Army, is only awarded for long service or meritorious conduct, ratiier than for bravery in " a<;tion or distinction before an enemy, such cases alone excepted where a general medal Is " granted for a particular action or campaign, or a clasp added to the medal tor some especial ** engagement, in both of which cases all share equally in tlie boon, and those who by *' their valour have particularly signalised themselves remain undistinguished from their "comrades. Now, for the purpose of attaining an end so desirable as that of rewarding " iniUvidual instances of merit and valoiu". We have instituted and created, and by these " presents, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, institute and create a New Naval and Military " Decoration, which We are desirous should be highly prized and eagerly sought after by " the Officers and Men of Our Naval and Military Services, and are graciously pleased to make, " ordain, and establish the following rules and ordinances for the government of the same, " which shall from henceforth be inviolably observed and kept:— " Firstly. It is ordained, that the distinction sliould be styled and designated ' The " Victoria Cross,' and shall consist of a Maltese Cross of Bronze, with Our Royal Crest in the " centre, and underneath which an escroll, bearing this inscription, ' Fur Vulour,' !■ i 'i f ' ; CEREMOIHES AND DI8TINGTI0N|i). Vldorte "Secondly. It ii ordained, that the Ctom ihall beiuipended from the left breaet, by» Cnh. " blue riband for the Navy, and by a red riband for the Amiy. " Thirdly. It ii ordained, that the namei of thoie upon whom We may be pleated to ** confbr the Decoration ihall be publlihed in the ' London Oaiette,' and a regiitry thereof kept ** in the offloe of Our Sc<;retary of State for War. " Fourthly. It ii ordained, that any one who, after haring received the Croia, ihall " attain perform an act of bravery, which, if he had not received luch CroM, would have " entitled him to it, nich further act ihall be recorded by a Bar attached to the riband by '* which the Crou ii impended, and for ovary additional act of bravery an additional Bar may •' bo added. " Fifthly. It ii ordained, that the Crou ihall only be awarded to thoie Offlcen or men " who have lerved Ui in the preience of the enemy, and ihall have then performed lomo " lignal act of valour, or devotion to their country. '* Sixthly. It ii ordained, with a view to place all penoni on a perfectly equal footing in " relation to eliKibility for the Decoration, that neither rank, nor long lervice, nor woundi, nor " any other circumitance or condition whatsoever, lave the merit of conipicuoui bravery, ihall " be held to eit&bliih a lufflcient claim to the honour. " Seventhly. It ii ordained, that the Decoration may be conferred on the ipot where the " act to be rewanled by the grant of lucb Decoration hai been performed, under the following " circumitancei : — " I. When the Fleet or Army, in which lucli act hai been performed, li under the eye " and command of an Admiral or General Officer commanding the Forcea. " II. Where the Naval or Military Force ii under the eye and command of an Admiral " or Commodore commanding a iquadron or detached naval force, or of a General commanding " F. corpi, or diviilon, or brigads on a dlitinct and detached icrvicc, when luch Admiral, " Commodore, or General Officer ihall have the power of conferring the Decoration on the " ipot, lubject to confirmation by Ui. " Eighthly. It is ordained, wliere luch act ihall not have been performed in light of a " Commanding OfScer ai aforeiaid, then the claimant for the honour ihall prove the act to " the latisfaction oi the Captain or Officer commanding hii ship, or to the Officer commanding " the regiment to which the claimant bclongi, and luch Captain or luch Commanding Officer " Ihall report the lame through the uiuul channel to the Admiral or Commodore commanding ** the force employed on the lervice, or to tiie Officer commanding the forcei in the field, who " Ihall call for luch deicription and attcitation of the act ai he may think requiiite, and oo ** approval shall recommend the grant of the Decoration. " Ninthly. It is ordahied that every person lelected for the Crosi, under rule leven, ihall " be publicly decorated before the Naval or Military force or body to which he belongs, and " with which the act of bravery for which he is to be rewtu^ed shall have been performed, and ** his name ihall be recorded in a General Order, together with the cause of his especial " diitinction. " Tenthly. It ii ordained that every person selected under rult eight shall receive his " Dccoratioi: as loon as possible, and his name shall likewise appear in a General Order, aa " above required, such General Order to be iwued by the Naval or Military Commander of the •* Forces employed on the service. " Eleventhly. It is ordained that the General Orders above referred to ihall from time to " time be transmitted to our Secretary of State lor War, to be laid before Ui, and shall be by •* him registered. " Twelfthly. It ii ordained that as casei may ariie not falling within the rulei above " ipecified, or in which a claim, though well founded, may not have been established on the " spot. We will, on the joint submission of Our Secretary of State for War and of Our " Commander-in-chief of Our Army, or on that of Our Lord High Admiral or Lordi " Commissioners of the Admiralty in the case of the Navy, confer the Decoration, but never " without conclusive proof of the performance of the act of bravery for which the claim la "made. " Thirteenthly. It is ordained that, in the event of a gallant and darhig act having been " performed by a squadron, ship's company, a detached body of Seamen and Marines, not " under fifty in number, or by a brigade, regiment, troop, or company, in which the Admiral, " General, or other Officer commanding such forces, may deem that all are equally brave and " distinguished, and that no special selection can be made by them : then, in such case, the " Admiral, General, or other Officer commanding, may direct, that for atfy luch body of " Seamen or Marines, or for every troop or company of Soldien, one Officer (ball be lelected by ■ 0ERBM0NIE8 AND DISTIirOTIOlfS. 28 " the OfBcen engacod for the DoconiUon ; and in like manner one Petty Offlcer or Hon- VIctorl* " commlMioned UfBcur aliall bo selected by thu Putty OflBcera and Non<-onimlMioned (NBcerfl CroM. " enifaneii, and two Seamen, or Private Soldiert, or Marines shall be selected by the Seamen, " or Private Soldiers, or Murines, engaged respectively, for the Decoration; and the names of " those selected sliall be transmitted by the Senior Uni»r in command of the Naval force, " bri({ade, regiment, troop, or company, to the Admiral or General Offlcer commanding, who " shall in due manner confer the Decoration at if the acts were done under his own eye. " Fourteenthly. It is ordained that every Warrant Offlcer, Petty Offlcer, Seaman, or " Marine, or Non-commissioned Officer or Soldier, who shall have received the Cross shall, " from the date of the act by which the Decoration has been gained, be entitled to a Spedai " Pension of Ten Pounds a-year, and each additional Bar conferred under the "ule four on such " Warrant or Petty Officers, or Non-commissioned Officers or Men, shall carry with it an " Additional Pension of Five Pounds per annum. " FIfteenthly. In order to make such additional provision as shall effectually preserve " pure this most honourable distinction, it is ordained, that if any person on whom such " distinction shall be conferred, be convicted of treason, cowardice, felony, or of any Infamous " crime, or if he be accused of any such offence and doth not after a reasonable time surrender " himself to be tried for tiio same, his name shall forthwith bo erased from the registry of "individuals upon whom the said Decoration shall have been conferred by an especial " Warrant under Our Royal Sign Manual, and the Pension conferred under rule fourteen shall " cease and determine from the date of such Warrant. It is hereby further declared that We, " Our Heirs and Successors, shall be the solo Judges of the circumstances demanding such " expulsion ; moreover. We shall at all times have power to restore such persons as may at anf " time have been expelled, both to the enjoyment of the Decoration and Pension. "Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty-ninth of January, In the " nineteenth year of Our reign, and In the year of our Lord one thousand eight *' hundred and fifty-six. " By Her Majesty's Command, "PANMUBE." $ XV.—REaULATIOITS RESPEOTINO FoRBION OrDEBS AND MeSALS.— Foreign Orders. 1. No Subject of Her Majesty shall accept a Foreign Order from the Permimion Sovereign of any foreign country, or wear the Insignia thereof, without pjjj'^j'^*|{'* ■ having previously obtained Her Majesty's permission to that effect, Order^ signified by a Warrant under Her Royal Sign Manual. 2. Such permission 3hall not be granted to any Subject of Her Majesty, cimim- unless the Foreign Order shall have been conferred in consequence of **?""• under active and distinguished Service before the Enemy, either at Sea or in may be the Field ; or unless he shall have been actually and entirely employed, granted, beyond Her Majesty's dominions, in the Service of the Forr gn Sovereign by whom the Order is conferred. 3. The intention of a Foreign Sovereign to confer upon a British Subject How inten. the Insignia of an Order, must be notified to Her Majesty's Principal ^''n of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, either through the British sovereign Minister accredited at the Court of such Foreign Sovereign, or through must b« His Minister accredited at the Court of Her Majesty. I notified. 4. If the service for which it is proposed to confer the Order has been if for wat performed during war, the notification required by the preceding Clause ti«rTic*> 5f4 CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. to proceed. Admiralty, ditto. The Queen's pifasure to be taken on the aubjevf . must bd made not later than two years after the exchange of the Ratifi- oations of a Treaty of Peace. Tf daring If the servic^ has been performed in time of Peace, the Notificatioa Peace. must be made within two years after the date of such service. Secretariei After such Notification shall have been received, Her Majesty's to nrocMd"'' Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs shall, if the case comes o nrocee . ^j^jjjj^ ^j^g couditi ris prescribcd by the prep jnt Regulations, and arises from Naval or !^ dtary Services before the enemy, rofer it to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the War Department, previously to taking Her Majesty's pleasure thereupon, in order to ascertain whether there be any objection to Her Majesty's permission being granted. A similar reference shall also be made to the Commander-in-chief, if the application relates to an Officer in the Army, or to the Lords of the Admiralty, if it relates to an Officer in the Navy. 6. When Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs shall ha^e taken the Queen's pleasure on such application, and shall have obtained Her Majesty's permission for the person in whose favour it has been made to accept the Foreign Order, and we?r the Insignia thereof, he shall signify the same to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, in order that he may cause the Warrant, required by Clause I, to be prepared for the Royal Sign Manual. When such Warrant shall have been signed by the Queen, a Noti- fication thereof shall be inserted in the Gazette, stating the service for which the Foreign Order has been conferred. 7. Warrant may The Warrant signifying Her Majesty's permission may, at the request be registered, ^^d at the expense of the peison who has obtained it, be registered in the College of Arms. 8. Every such Warrant as aforesaid shall contain a Clause providing that Her Majesty's Licence and Permission does not authorize the assumption of any style, appellation, rank, precedence, or privilege appertaining to a Knight Bachelor of Her Majesty's Realms. 9. When a British Subject has received the Royal permission to accept a Foreign Order, he will at any future time be allowed to accept the Decoration of a higher Class of the same Order, to which he may have becoroe eligible by increase of rank in the Foreign Service, or in the Service of h.is own country ; or any other distinctive mark of honour strictly consequent upon the acceptance of the original Order, and common to every person upon whom such Order is conferred. 10. The preceding Clause shall not be taken to apply to Decorations of tne Quelphio Order which were bestowed on British Subjects by Her London (iaaette. Clause in Warrant. Decorntion of a higher Class jf the same Order may be accepted. nuelphic Order. CEREMONIES AND DISTINCTIONS. 25 Majesty's predecessors, King George IV, and King William IV, on whose heads the Crowns of Great Britain and of Hanover were united. Decorations so bestowed cannot properly be considered as rewards granted by a Foreign Sovereign for services rendered according to the purport of Clause 2 of these Regulations. They must be rather con- sidered as personal favours bestowed on British Subjects by British Sovereigns, and as having no reference to services rendered to the Foreign Ciown of Hanover. FoREiaN MsDAIiS. 11. Application for permission to accept and wear Medals which, not Foreign being the decoration of any Foreign Order, are conferred by a Foreign '**«<*•'»• Sovereign on British Subjects in the Army or in the Navy, for Military or for Naval Services, should be addressed, as the case may be, to the Commander-in chief, or the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, who, if they see fit, may submit the same to Her Majesty's Principal Secre- tary of State for Foreign Affairs, for Her Majesty's sanction; upon obtaining which, they may grant such permission without any other formality. 12. Permission to wear a Foreign Medal cannot be granted to a Brit'-^h circum- Subject, unless such Medal is bestowed for Military or Naval Services tvhidi^hey** performed by the command or with the sanction of Her Majesty. But may be no permission is necessary for accepting a Foreign Medal, if such Medal sramed. is not to be worn. § XVI. — Uniform. 1. The OflScers, Men, and Boys of Her Majesty's Fleet and Royal Uniform. Marines shall wear such Uniform Clothing as the Admiralty shall, in pursuance of Her Majesty's pleasure, from time to time, direct.* 2. Every Officer in the Fleet, from the time of his joining a Squadron officers or Ship to v/hich he shall be appointed, to that of his being removed ")ear^' *® from it, shall wear the Uniform established for Officers of his Rank or Uniform. Station, except when he shall have leave from the Admiralty, or the Commander-in-chief, to be absent from his duty, or when he shall have express permission from his Commanding Officer to appear without it, which is never to be granted, unless he may have leave to quit the Port or Road whsre the Ship to which he belongs shall be anchored ; and Co'amanders- in-chief and Commanding Officers on the spot are charged to have this regulation obeyed. 3. Full Dress is always to be worn on State occasions, by all Naval and F"1« ^«»«- Marine Officers. I * A (tescriptinn of the uniform to be woni by the OfBceri and Men of the Fleet will be pubUihed fron^ s,jne to time iu the Navy LiBt. 26 CERBMOmES A]n> DISTINCTIONS. rrooMraand Boou. White or Hlue I'rouwrs. 'ndraas '•.ilfonn. Cocked Hat and Swoid. MMraiag. On all oooasions ol Full Dress. Officers on the Home Stations shall wear white trousers, over boots, oetween the 23rd of April and 14th October; and blue trouaen between the 16th October and the 22nd April. In Undrera Uniform, white trousers are to be worn between the 23rd April and 14th October, unless the senior Officer present diall order otherwise. 6. Officers employed abroad are to wear white or blue trousers, as may be directed by the senior Officer present, accordhig to the nature of the climate in wmch they may be serving. 6. On arrival at Foreign Ports, or when meeting with Foreign Officers or Foreign Functionaries, and visits of ceremony are to be exchanged, I7;.val Officers shall wear the Undress Coat with Epaulettes : the same shall also be worn at Courts-Martial, and on other occasions of ceremony for which the Full Dress Uniform is not prescribed. On all ordinary occs^ions of duty, such as waiting on senior or superior Officers, Surveys, Examinations of Candidates, &o., Naval Officers shall wear the Frock- coat, Cap, and Sword of their respective ranks. 7. All Naval Officers, when on shoro, or on duty, in Full Dress, or in an Undress Coat with Epaulettes, are to wear the cooked hat and sword of tiieir respective ranks. 8. Officers, when in mourning, are to wear a piece of black crape round the left arm, above the elbow. »B1NTKD BT HARBISON ANU 80K8, ST. MARTIN'S LAME, W.O. ■■ WBi tmrnmimmmm ons shall wd 14th and the be worn r Officer 3, as may ire of the Q Officers changed, the same ceremony ordinary , Surveys, le Frook- 'S<-'' :' » I, or m an I sword of ipe round ■p^- ^L-li^.