private ship, and passing through the United Kingdom to or from the British colonies or foreign countries: Now we, the undersigned, being three of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, do, in exercise of the power or authority in us for such purpose vested in and by the said recited Act and warrant, direct, that on every letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted in or addressed to Hamburgh, transmitted by the post between any part of the United Kingdom and Hamburgh direct by packet boat or private ship, there shall be charged and taken, in lieu of the rates of postage payable on such letters under the said Act, an uniform rate of British postage of six pence. And that on every letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted in or addressed to Hamburgh, transmitted by the post, and passing between Hamburgh and any of the countries or places mentioned in the schedule hereto, through the United Kingdom (conveyed between Hamburgh and the United Kingdom direct by packet boat or private ship), there shall be charged and taken, in lieu of the rates of postage payable on such letters under the said recited warrant, the rate of British postage set opposite the name of every such country or place in such schedule. And that on every letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted in or addressed to Hamburgh, and passing between Hamburgh and any other country or place beyond the seas, through the United Kingdom, conveyed between Hamburgh and the United Kingdom direct by packet boat or private ship, and conveyed from or to the United Kingdom to or from any such other country or place beyond the seas by private ship, there shall be charged and taken an uniform rate of British postage of one shilling and two pence. And we further direct, that on every letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted in or addressed to Lubeck, transmitted by the post between any part of the United Kingdom and Lubeck (either direct or via Hamburgh), by packet boat or private ship, there shall be charged and taken, in lieu of the rates of postage payable on such letters under the said Act, an uniforin rate of British postage of six pence. And that on every letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted in or addressed to Lubeck, transmitted by the post and passing (either direct or via Hamburgh) between Lubeck and any of the countries or places mentioned in the schedule hereto, through the United Kingdom (conveyed between Lubeck or Hamburgh and the United Kingdom direct by packet boat or private ship), there shall be charged and taken, in lieu of the rates of postage payable on such letters under the said recited warrant, the rate of British postage set opposite the name of every such country or place in such schedule. And that on every letter, not exceeding half an ounce in weight, posted in or addressed to Lubeck, and passing between Lubeck and any other country or place beyond the seas, through the United Kingdom, conveyed between Lubeck and the United Kingdom (either direct or viâ Hamburgh) by packet boat or private ship, and conveyed from or to the United Kingdom to or from any such other country or place beyond the seas by private ship, there shall be charged and taken an uniform rate of British postage of one shilling and two pence. And we further direct, that on every letter, transmitted as is mentioned in this warrant, exceeding half an ounce in weight, there shall be charged and taken progressive and additional rates of postage, according to the scale of weight and number of rates in the said Act contained as to letters estimating and charging each additional rate at the sum which any such letter would be charged with under under this warrant, if not exceeding half an ounce in weight. And we further direct, that the terms and expressions used in this present warrant shall be construed to have the like meaning, in all respects, as they would have had if inserted in the said Act. And we further direct, that this warrant shall come into operation on the 6th day of April 1841. Provided lastly, and we hereby declare and direct, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners, for the time being, of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any three of them, by warrant under their hands, at any time hereafter to alter or repeal any of the rates hereby altered, or the regulations hereby made, and to make and establish any new or other rates or regulations in lieu thereof, and, from time to time, to appoint at what time the rates that may be payable are to be paid. Spain (via Falmouth) Schedule. Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia (the port and town of Halifax excepted) Newfoundland, Bermuda, the port and town of Halifax (in Nova Scotia), and the United States of America Gibraltar, Malta, Ionian Islands, and East Greece, Syria, and Egypt (viâ Falmouth) Portugal Madeira Brazil S. d. 2 8 1 8 1 6 1 6 2 9 211 Buenos Ayres, Chili, and Peru Mexico, Columbia, and Cuba St. Domingo and Foreign West India Islands Malta, Ionian Islands, Greece, Syria, and 1 4 Italy, Sicily, Venetian Lombardy, Turkey, the Levant, and the Archipelago (via France) Switzerland (via France) East Indies (viâ France) 2 4 St. James's-Palace, March 24, 1841. THIS day had audience of Her Majesty, Monsieur Gonzalez, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary upon a special mission from the Queen of Spain, to deliver his credentials: To which he was introduced by Lord Viscount Palmerston, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Knt. Master of the Ceremonies. St. St. James's-Palace, March 24, 1841. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Captain Joseph Douglas, late of the ship Cambridge. St. James's-Palace, March 24, 1841. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Isambart Marc Brunel, Esq. Foreign-Office, March 25, 1841. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Joseph T. Crawford, Esq. to be Her Majesty's Consul at Tampico. Downing Street, March 25, 1841. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Macbean George Colebrooke, Knt. to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New Brunswick, and its dependencies. Whitehall, March 25, 1841. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto James Parsons, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army in the East Indies, Major of the 50th Regiment of Native Infantry in the service of the East India Company, on the Bengal Establishment, and Deputy Commissary-General of the Bengal Army, Her |