Selections from Calcutta Gazettes (Volume 5); Showing the Political and Social Condition of the English in India (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869. Excerpt: ... Horse Guards, 25M January, 1820. It is not required that the Officers of the Army should wear any other Mourning on the present melancholy occasion than a black crape round their left arms with their uniforms. By Command of His Royal Highness the Commander n Chief, HARRY CALVERT, Adjutant General. Admiralty Office, 25/A January, 1820. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent does not require that the Officers of His Majesty's Fleet or Marines should wear any other Mourning on the present melancholy occasion of the death of His late Royal Highness the Duke Of Kent And Strathern, than a black crape round their left arms with their uniforms. J. W. CROKER. With reference to the orders published in the Government Gazette Extraordinary of yesterday, directing that Mourning be worn by the Officers of His Majesty's and of the Honorable Company's Civil, Military and Marine Services, belonging to the Presidency of Fort William, on the occasion of the death of His late Most Gracious Majesty King George The Third; The Governor General In Council considers it to be unnecessary that any separate Orders should be issued for Mourning being worn on the melancholy occasion of the Death of His late Royal Highness the Duke op Kent And Strathern. Ordered, that the Flag of Fort William be hoisted half mast high, at Sun-rise to-morrow, and that Minute Guns, corresponding with the age of His late Royal Highness the Duke Of Kent And Strathern, be fired. By Order of His Excellency the Most Noble the Governor General In Council, W. B. BAYLEY, Chief Secy, to Govt. Thursday, June 8, 1820. FORT WILLIAM. General Department, 26A May, 1820. The following Extract from a Public General Letter, from the Honorable the Court of Directors, dated the 7th of January, 1820, is published for general ...