4240 THE LONDON GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1866.

Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the TREASURY WARRANT. - County of Elgin. WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament, made 1st Elginshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. and passed in the session of Parliament holden in Ensign Robert Kynoch to be Lieutenant. Dated the third and fourth years of the reign of Her 12th July, 1866. Majesty, chapter 96, for the regulation of the Robert Urquhart to be Ensign. Dated 12th duties of postage, power is given to the Commis- July, 1866. sioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, from time to John Grant Mackenzie to be Assistant-Surgeon. time, by Warrant under their hands, to alter and Dated 12th July, 1866. fix any of the rates of British postage or inland postage payable by law on the transmission by the post of foreign or colonial letters or newspapers, Commissions signed By the Lord Lieutenant of the or of any other printed papers, and to subject the County of Hereford. same to rates of postage according to the weight thereof, and a scale of weight to be contained in 1st Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. such Warrant, and from time to time, by Warrant The Reverend John Goss to be Honorary Chap- as aforesaid, to alter or repeal any such altered lain, vice the Venerable Archdeacon Lane rates, and make and establish any new or other Freer, deceased. Dated llth July, 1866. rates in lieu thereof, and from time to time, by Warrant as aforesaid, to appoint at what time the 8th Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. rates which may be payable are to be paid. The Reverend John Goss to be Honorary Chap- And whereas further powers are given to the lain. Dated llth July, 1866. Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury by another Act made and passed in the session of Parliament holden in the tenth and eleventh years of the reign of Her Majesty, chapter 85, for Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the giving further facilities for the transmission of County of Stirling. letters by post, and for the regulating the duties IStk Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. of postage thereon, and for other purposes relating to the Post Office. Alexander Brown, Esq., to be Captain. Dated And whereas certain powers are also given to 19th July, 1866. the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, by John Walker, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Dated another Act of Parliament, made and passed in 19th July, 1866. the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty, William White, Gent., to be Ensign. Dated chapter 27, for amending the laws relating to the I9th July, 1866. stamp duties on newspapers, and for providing for the transmission by post of printed periodical pub- lications. Commission signed*by the Lord Lieutenant of the And whereas a convention hath been lately County of Wilts. made and concluded between the General Post 9th Wiltshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. Office of the of and and the General Post Office of the William Charles Bonaparte Wyse, Esq., to be Kingdom of Portugal, for the purpose of improving Captain, .vice Pickwick, resigned. Dated 16th the postal service between the United Kingdom July, 1866. and Portugal, and it is expedient for the better carrying out of the same that certain regulations [The following Appointment is substituted for should be made in the manner hereinafter men- that which appeared in the Gazette of the 10th tioned and contained. instant.] Now we, the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, in exercise of the powers reserved to us Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the in and by the said hereinbefore recited Acts of County of Fife. Parliament respectively, and all and every, or 9th Fifeshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. some or one of them, and of all other powers The Reverend Robert Edgar to be Honorary enabling us in this behalf, do, by this Warrant, Chaplain. Dated 1st July, 1866. under the hands of two of us, the said Commis- sioners (by the authority of the Statute in that case made and provided), order, declare, and Commission signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the direct as follows, that is to say :— East Riding of the County of York, and the 1. On every letter not exceeding one quarter Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull. of an ounce in weight, posted in the United King- dom, addressed to any place in Portugal, Madeira, 2nd East Riding of Artillery Volunteer the Azores or the Portuguese possessions, on the Corps. West Coast of Africa, or posted in Portugal, {Kr Charles Legard, Bart., to be Captain, vice Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese posses- Sir d'Arcy Widdrington Legard, Bart., sions on the West Coast of Africa, addressed to deceased. Dated 20th July, 1866. the United Kingdom, and transmitted by the post between any part of the United Kingdom and any place in Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the MEMORANDUM. Portuguese possessions on the West Coast of Africa, vi& France and Spain, or via France and Adjutant John Mair, of the 2nd Administrative by French packet boat, there shall be charged, Battalion of Forfarshire Rifle Volunteers, to taken, and paid an uniform rate of postage (British serve with the rank of Captain. Dated 21st and foreign combined) of six pence, if such July, 1866. respective letters be prepaid, and if such respec- tive letters be not prepaid, an uniform rate of postage (British and foreign combined) of eight pence. THE LONDON GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1866. 4241 2. On every letter not exceeding one quarter private ship direct, there shall be charged, taken, of an ounce in weight, posted in any place in and paid an uniform rate of postage (British and Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese foreign combined) of sixpence if such respective possessions on the "West Coast of Africa, ad- letters be prepaid, and if such respective letters dressed to any of Her Majesty's Colonies, or any be not prepaid, an uniform rate of postage foreign country, or posted in any of Her Majesty's (British and foreign combined) of eight pence. Colonies, or any foreign country, addressed to any 5. On every letter not exceeding one half of place in Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the Por- an ounce in weight, posted in any place in Por- tuguese possessions on the West Coast of Africa, tugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese and transmitted by the post between any place in possessions on the West Coast of Africa, addressed Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese to any of Her Majesty's colonies or any foreign possessions on the West Coast of Africa, and any country, or posted in any of Her Majesty's colonies of Her Majesty's Colonies, or any foreign country or any foreign country addressed to any place in through, the United Kingdom, the said respective Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese letters being conveyed between Portugal, Madeira, possessions on the West Coast of Africa, and the Azores, or the Portuguese possessions on the transmitted by the post between any place in West Coast of Africa, and the United Kingdom Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese vi& France and Spain, or via France and by possessions on the West Coast of Africa, and any French packet boat, there shall be charged, taken, of Her Majesty's colonies or any foreign country, and paid for such transmission thereof between through the United Kingdom, the said respective Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese letters being conveyed between Portugal, Madeira, possessions on the West Coast of Africa, and the the Azores, or the Portuguese possessions on the United Kingdom, an uniform rate of postage West Coast of Africa, and the United Kingdom, (British and foreign combined) of six pence, if by British packet boat direct;"or by-private snip such respective letters be prepaid, and if such direct, there shall be charged, taken-, and paid, respective letters be not prepaid, an uniform rate for such transmission thereof betweep Portugal, of postage (British and foreign combined) of Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese posses- eight pence. sions on the West Coast of Africa, ana the United 3. On every letter so transmitted, as is herein- Kingdom, an uniform rate of postage (JBritish and before in the first and second clauses of this War- foreign combined) of sixpence, if such respective rant respectively mentioned, betvifettf* the United letters be prepaid, and if such respective letters be Kingdom and Portugal, Madeira, t&e Azorer, or not prepaid, an uniform rate of postage (British the Portuguese possessions on the WlSgt Coast of and foreign combined) "of eight pence. Africa, if ex^ediag one quarter of an\ounce *n 6. On every letter posted in any place in Por- weight, there ifeaU be charged, taken, and( Pai(*tue tugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese several furthered additional and n'r°gressive possessions on the West Coast ojj^R*/G&, addressed rates of postage according to the/s'calrf of weight to anll^^Her Majesty's^cqlcaB^r/any foreign and number of rates u^reinafter ^eni&oned; that country, or'pefitejHji any of Her Majesty's colonies is to say :— **-• ~7/ or any foreign country, addressed to any place in On every such lett^^f transmitted exceeding Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese . one quaxter^pf'anapce a"flj5Tnot exceeding possessions on the West Coast of Africa, and one half of an ounce In'Weight, two rates of transmitted by the post between any place in Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese On every such letter so transmitted exceeding possessions on the West Coast of Africa, and any one half of an ounce and not exceeding of Her Majesty's colonies or any foreign country, three-quarters of an ounce in weight, three through the United Kingdom, the said respective rates of postage; letters being conveyed between Portugal, Madeira, On every such letter so transmitted exceeding the Azores, or the Portuguese possessions on the three-quarters of an ounce and not exceeding West Coast of Africa, and the United Kingdom, one ounce in weight, four rates of postage ; via France and Spain, or via France, and by And for every quarter of an ounce in weight of French packet boat or by British packet boat any such letter above the weight of one direct, or by private ship direct, there shall be ounce, there shall be charged, taken, and charged, taken, and paid, over and above the paid one additional rate of postage, and in uniform rates of postage payable thereupon re- charging any additional rate of postage, spectively under the provisions of this Warrant every fractional part of such additional quar- hereinbefore contained, for the transmission thereof ter of an ounce shall be charged as an addi • between Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the tional quarter of an ounce in weight, and Portuguese possessions on the West Coast of each progressive and additional rate charge- Africa, and the United Kingdom, such further or able under this clause shall be estimated and additional rates of postage for the conveyance of charged at the sum which any such letter every such letter between the port in the United would be charged with under this Warrant Kingdom of the departure or arrival of the packet if not exceeding one quarter of .an ounce in or vessel (not being a packet boat) conveying the weight. same and the colony or foreign country to or from which the same shall be forwarded, as shall from 4. On every letter not exceeding one half of an time to time be charged and payable for postage ounce in weight, posted in the United Kingdom, on letters posted or delivered at the port in the addressed to any place in Portugal, Madeira, the United Kingdom of the departure or arrival of Azores, or the Portuguese possessions on the the packet or vessel (not being a packet boat) West Coast of Africa, or posted in Portugal, conveying the same, and transmitted direct between Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese posses- such port and any such colony or foreign country: sions on the West Coast of Africa, addressed to Provided, that in all cases where such additional the United Kingdom, and transmitted by the post rates include both inland and sea services, there between any part of the United Kingdom and any shall be deducted therefrom the sum of one penny place in Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the in respect of the inland conveyance under this Portuguese possessions on the West Coast of clause of every such letter sent through the United Africa by British packet boat direct, or by Kingdom. 4242 THE LONDON GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1866. 7. On every such letter so transmitted as herein- to any place in Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or before in the 4th and 5th clauses of this Warrant the Portuguese possessions on the West Coast of respectively mentioned, between the United Africa, and transmitted by the post from any part Kingdom and Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or of the United Kingdom to any place in Portugal, the Portuguese possessions on the West Coast of Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese possessions Africa, if exceeding one half of an ounce in on the West Coast of Africa, via France and weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid Spain, or via France and by French packet boat, the several further and additional and progressive there shall be charged, taken, and paid an uniform rates of postage hereinafter mentioned; that is to rate of postage (British and foreign combined) of say: three pence, and on every such packet not exceed- ing, four ounces in weight when transmitted by On every such letter, if exceeding one half of an British packet boat direct, or by private ship ounce and not exceeding one ounce in weight, direct, there shall be charged, taken, and paid an there shall be charged, taken, and paid two uniform rate of postage (British and foreign com- rates of postage ; bined) of two pence and every such packet as is in And on every such letter, if exceeding one this clause mentioned shall be transmitted in con- ounce and not exceeding one ounce and the formity with and under and subject to the several half of another ounce in weight, three rates orders, directions, regulations, and conditions, of postage ; hereinafter mentioned and contained relating And on every such letter, if exceeding one thereto. ounce and the half of another ounce and not 12. All packets consisting of printed papers exceeding two ounces in weight, four rates other than British newspapers, or consisting of of postage; ' patterns or samples of merchandise of no intrinsic- And fiij sucli letter above the weight of in the United Kingdom addressed to any place in two ounces, there shall be charged, taken, Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese and paitl one additional rate of postage ; and possessions on the West Coast of Africa, may be every fractional part of such additional half transmitted by the post from any part of the of an 01 oc in weight shall be charged as an United Kingdom, to any place in Portugal, additiout-1 half of an ounce in weight, and Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese posses- each progressive and additional rate charge- able under this clause, shall be estimated and' sions on the Wgat Coast of Africa, in conformity charged at the sum which any such letter with and under and subject to the several would bo charged with under this Warrant, orders, direcj&ons, regulations, and conditions hereinafter ^entioned and co:\tainod relating if not exceeding one half of an ounce in thereto, anfl there shall bo charge^' taken, and weight. paid for thfe traittuiir-iion of eveiy such packet 1 8. If any Hcti® ill be posted in the v°' ;ed when forwai-ded vi& France anf Spain, or vi& Kingdom, addressed to any place iu^tortugal, France and L*y French packet boat, an uniform Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese posses- rate of postng6 (BintifOi avf foreign combined) of sions on the West Coast of Africa, or shall be four pence, an« wnoa "irwarded by British posted in Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the packet boat direct, or by.; ^te ship direct, an Portuguese possessions on the West Coast of uniform rate of po^^age v 'tish and foreign com- Africa, addressed to the United Kingdom, for bined) of three pence. transmission by the post under the authority of this ] 3. All packets transmitted respectively under Warrant, and the postage stamp or stamps affixed the authority of the llth and 12th clauses of this thereto shall represent a less amount than the rate Warrant, hereinbefore respectively contained, shall, of postage, t-j which the same would bo liable if exceeding the weight of four ounces, respec- under or by virtue of this Warrant, every such tively be subject to the several further and .addi- letter shall be charged with postage as an unpaid tional and progressive rates of postage hereinafter letter, and the amount of such postage paid thereon mentioned, that is to say :— or stamp or stamps affixed thereto shall be allowed On every such packet so transmitted, if exceed- and deducted in charging such postage thereon. ing four ounces and not exceeding eight 9. Registered letters may be transmitted by the ounces in weight, there shall be charged, post under the authority of this Warrant upon the taken, and paid two rates of postage ; payment of such additional charges, or rates of And on every such packet, if exceeding eight postage or otherwise, MS the Postmaster-General ounces and not exceeding twelve ounces in may from time to time direct or appoint in that weight, there shall be charged, taken, and behalf : Piovided that all rates of postage, and paid three rates of postage ; additional charges or rates from time to time pay- And on every such packet, if exceeding twelve able thereupon, shall be prepaid, and that no pay- ounces and not exceeding sixteen ounces in ment shall be made thereupon on the delivery of weight, there shall • be charged, taken, and any such registered letters. paid four rates of postage ; 10. Nothing herein coistaincd shall be construed And in charging any additional rates of postage in anywise to annul, prejudice, or affect any of under this clause every fractional part of the exemptions or privileges granted by or under every additional four ounces shall be charged the said hereinbefore-recited Acts, or either of us an additional four ounces in weight, and them, or by or under any other Acts of Parlia- each progressive and additional rate charge- ment relating to llio Post Office, or to annul, able under this clause shall be estimated and prejudice, or ailcc-t miy of the privileges which charged at the sum which any such packet officers, seamen, and soldiers employed in Her would be charged with under this Warrant if Majesty's service «iru by law entitled to, of sending not exceeding four ounces in weight. and receiving letters by the post, subject to the regulations and restrictions made and in force for 14. All packets consisting of printed papers the time being in respect of 'the same. other than British newspapers not exceeding two 11. On every packet consisting of a printed ounces in weight, posted in any of Her Majesty's British newspaper, not exceeding four ounces in colonies, addressed to Portugal, Madeira, the weight, posted in the United Kingdom addressed Azores, or the Portuguese possessions on the West THE LONDON GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1866. 4243

Coast of Africa, and transmitted by the post from deemed a distinct newspaper, unless sent in the any of such colonies to Portugal, Madeira, the same cover or together with the newspaper to Azores, or the Portuguese possessions on the West which it is a supplement or addition. Coast of Africa, through the United Kingdom, 18. Every packet consisting of a printed British shall, and may be so transmitted respectively, in newspaper, or of printed papers other than British conformity with and under and subject to the newspapers, which shall be respectively trans- several orders, directions, regulations, and condi- mitted by the post under the provisions of this tions hereinafter-mentioned and contained relating Warrant, shall be so transmitted in conformity thereto, and there shall be charged, taken, ancl with and under and subject to the several orders, paid, for the transmission of every such packet, an directions, regulations, ancl conditions following ; uniform rate of postage (British and foreign com- that is to say : bined) of two pence. 15. All packets transmitted by the post under Every British newspaper shall be printed and the 14th clause of this Warrant, shall, if exceeding published at intervals not exceeding thirty- the weight of two ounces respectively, be subject one days between any two consecutive num- to the several further and additional and progres- bers or parts of such publication, and the sive rates of postage hereinafter-mentioned, that is same shall be registered at the'General Post to say :— Office, in London, and shall be posted within fifteen days from the date of its publication ; On every such packet so transmitted, if exceed- and the title and date of the newspaper shall ing two ounces, and not exceeding four be printed at the top of every page thereof. ounces in weight,"* there shall be charged, Every packet shall be sent open at the ends or taken, and paid, two rates of postage ; sides, and either without a cover or in a And on every such packet, if exceeding four cover or envelope open at the ends or side?, ounces, and not exceeding eight ounces in and there shall be no written letter, either weight, four rates of postage ; closed or open, nor any written communica- And on every such packet, if exceeding eight tion in the nature of a letter, either closed or ounces, and not exceeding sixteen ounces in open (whether such letter or communication weight, eight rates of postage ; be addressed to or intended for the person to And in charging any additional rates of postage whom the packet shall be directed or any under this clause, every fractional part of such other person), nor any inclosure sealed or additional two ounces, four ounces, or eight otherwise closed against inspection, nor any ounces, as the case may be, shall be charged other inclosure not authorized by this War- as an additional two ounce?, four ounces, or rant sent in or with any such packet; nor eight ounces in weight, and each progressive shall there be any word or communication and additional rate chargeable under this printed on the contents of any such packet clause shall be estimated and charged at the after the publication thereof, nor any writing, sum which any such packet would be charged figures, or marks upon any such contents, or with under this Warrant, if not exceeding the cover thereof, not authorized by this two ounces in weight. Warrant, except the name and address of the person to whom the same is sent; but the 16. As to all packets hereinbefore in the llth, name or title of any newspaper, and the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th clauses of this name and address of the publisher, news- Warrant respectively, authorised to be sent by the vendor, or agent by whom the same is sent, post, the postage thereof shall in every case be may be printed on the cover thereof, and paid at the time of the same being posted, and any packet of printed papers, other than a with respect to all such packets as are posted in printed British newspaper, may have any the United Kingdom, the postage thereof shall be matter or thing printed on the cover thereof. paid, not in money, but by being duly stamped No packet shall be transmitted by the post with the proper postage stamp or stamps affixed under the provisions of this Warrant which thereto, which stamp or stamps shall in every case shall exceed the weight of one pound be affixed, or appear on the outside of every such (British), or which shall exceed eighteen packet near the address or direction, and shall be inches (British) in length, width, or depth. of the value or amount of the postage duty payable Every packet transmitted by the post under the thereon, under or by virtue of this Warrant (unless provisions of this Warrant shall be put into any such packet be sent from any department or the Post Office at such hours in the day, and office in or connected with the public service of under all such regulations, as the Postmaster- Her Majesty, which shall have a postage account General may appoint. with the General Post Office in London, in which case the same shall be forwarded post paid, and 19. Every packet consisting of patterns or sam- the postage thereof shall be charged in such ples of merchandise which shall be transmitted by postage account). the post, under the provisions of this Warrant, 17. For the purposes of this Warrant every shall be so transmitted in conformity with and printed British newspaper transmitted by the post under and subject to the several orders, directions, under the provisions of this Warrant shall be regulations, and conditions following, that is to deemed and considered a packet, and shall be say : — charged and chargeable with a separate and dis- tinct single rate, or separate and distinct progres- No such packet shall be transmitted by the post sive and additional rates, of postage, according to under the authority of this Warrant, which the weight thereof, as hereinbefore respectively shall exceed the weight of one pound (British), mentioned, notwithstanding two or more news- or which shall exceed eighteen inches (British) papers shall be enclosed and transmitted in one in length, width, or depth ; and the same cover, wrapper, envelope, or bundle, There shall be no enclosure sealed or otherwise and form only one parcel or bundle of newspapers; closed against inspection and examination, and every printed supplement or additional sheet nor any other enclosure not authorised by to any such newspaper shall, for the purpose of this Warrant sent in or with any such charging the postage under this Warrant, be packetj No. 23145. D 4244 THE LONDON GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1866. No such pattern or sample of merchandise shall mission of any packet posted or forwarded by the be of any intrinsic value, and no article so post, under the provisions of this Warrant, either transmitted shall be of a saleable nature, or for the space of twenty-four hours after the time such as has any mercantile value, either by at which the same ought to be despatched in due reason of its quality or its quantity, or of course of the post, or, at his option, until the which any use might be made otherwise than despatch of the mail next after that by which the as a pattern or sample of merchandise ; same ought in due course of the post to be for- There shall be no writing or printing upon any warded by him. such packet, or the cover thereof, or con- 22. In all cases in which any question shall tained therein, except the address of the hereafter arise whether any packet, or anything person for whom it is intended, the address contained therein, transmitted under or by virtue of the sender thereof, and a manufacturer's of this Warrant, is entitled to the privileges of or trade mark, and number and price of the this Warrant, and to be so transmitted within the pattern or sample; and every such manu- intent and meaning thereof, such question shall be facturer's or trade mark, number, and price referred to the determination of the Postmaster- shall be written or printed on labels, attached General, whose decision thereupon shall be final to such patterns or samples, or to the bags or and conclusive on all parties. boxes containing the same, and not on loose 23. All letters, printed newspapers, and other pieces of paper or other material; printed papers transmitted by the post from or to All such packets shall be sent in covers, open Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or the Portuguese at the ends so as to be easy of examination, possessions on the West Coast of Africa, to or nevertheless, samples of seeds, drugs, and from any of Her Majesty's colonies or foreign such other articles and things as cannot be countries beyond sea by British packet boat, with- sent in open covers, may be enclosed in out passing through the United Kingdom, and all boxes or in bags of linen, paper, or other letters, printed newspapers, and other printed material, which shall be tied with a string or papers, transmitted by the post from or to Portu- otherwise fastened in such a manner that gal, and conveyed by British packet boat be- they may be readily opened, and closed bags tween Gibraltar and the Mediterranean or the if transparent may be used for this purpose; East Indies, or other places to the eastward of No article which might injure the contents of Suez, shall be charged and chargeable with the the mail bags, or the persons of the officers following rates of postage, that is to say :—with a of the Post Office shall be transmitted by the rate of postage of 360 reis Portuguese currency post, under the authority of this Warrant, for every British ounce weight of letters so trans- nevertheless, any packet containing any mitted, and with a rate of postage of 100 reis razor, scissors, knife, fork, or other sharp or Portuguese currency for every British pound pointed instrument, keys, watch machinery, weight of printed newspapers or other printed metal, metal tubing, or ore, or such like, papers so transmitted. shall and may (notwithstanding anything in 24. The term " printed papers" when used in a certain Warrant of the Commissioners of this Warrant shall mean, comprise, and include Her Majesty's Treasury, bearing date the periodical works other than newspapers, books, 28th day of November, 1844, contained to stitched or bound, prices current, sheets of music, the contrary) be transmitted by the post, maps, catalogues, prospectuses, announcements, under the authority of this Warrant, subject and any other kind of printed papers, as also to the several orders, directions, regulations, engravings, lithographs, and photographs, on and restrictions herein mentioned and con- paper, parchment, or vellum, and also when con- tained relating thereto ; provided that every tained in any packet consisting of unbound proof such article or instrument so contained in sheets only, any ordinary corrections in writing of any such packet shall be securely packed and such unbound proof sheets ; but shall not mean, guarded, and every such packet shall not comprise, or include any photographs, drawings, only conform in every respect to the several prints, or other articles which may be obviously orders, directions, regulations, and restrictions of an obscene character; and the several other herein contained, but the same shall also terms and expressions used in this Warrant shall furnish sufficient protection against injury to be construed to have the like' meaning in all the officers of the Post Office, and to the respects as they would have had if inserted in the contents of the mail bags, while, at the same said recited Act, passed in the fourth year of the time, the patterns or samples may be easily reign of Her Majesty, cap. ninety-six. examined; provided always, that nothing 25. The rates of postage fixed by this present herein contained shall extend to authorise the Warrant on the letters and packets transmitted as transmission by the post of any packet con- herein respectively mentioned, shall be, in lieu of taining any explosive or other dangerous any rates now chargeable thereon under a certain material or substance. Warrant of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, bearing date the 14th day of June, 20. If any packet sent or tendered or delivered 1859, and the same, together with such last-men- in order to be sent by the post, under the pro- tioned Warrant, shall be, and the same are hereby, visions of this Warrant, otherwise than in con- repealed, revoked, and annulled. formity with the conditions and regulations appli- 26. The Commissioners, for the time being, of cable thereto, established by or under the 16th, Her Majesty's Treasury may, by Warrant under 18th, and 19th clauses of this Warrant, the same their hands, duly made at any time hereafter, shall and may be detained and opened at any alter, repeal, or revoke any of the rates of postage place in the United Kingdom, and, at the option hereby fixed, or any of the orders, directions, re- of the Postmaster-General, shall be detained and gulations, and conditions hereby made, and may opened and returned or given up to the sender make and establish any new or other rates, thereof. orders, directions, regulations, or conditions in 21. In order to prevent any obstacle to the due lieu thereof, and may from time to time appoint and regular transmission of letters by the post, at what time the rates which may be payable are any officer of the Post Office may delay the trans- to be paid. THE tONDON GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1866. 4245

27. This Warrant shall come into operation on Stephen, of Mount;Cashel. the first day of August, one thousand eight Mark, . hundred and sixty-six. William Lygon, . "Whitehall Treasury Chambers, the twenty- Henry John Reuben, . Robert, . third day of July, one thousand eight William Richard, . hundred and sixty-six. William Willoughby, . Gerard Noel. John, Earl of Erne. Henry Whitmore. Granville Levison, Earl of, Carysfort. William, Earl of Wicklow. John Henry Reginald, Earl of Clonmell. William Sydney, Earl of Leitrim, George Charles, . [Extract from the Gazette of July 24, Somerset Richard, Earl of Belmore. 1866.] Francis, Earl of Bandon. ELECTION OF A TEMPORAL PEER OF William Hale John Charles, . IRELAND. William Thomas, . William, . Crown and Hanaper Office, Welbore Ellis, . 2ith July, 1866. Richard, Earl of Bantry. IN pursuance of an Act, passed in the fortieth George Augustus Frederick, Earl of Sheffield. year of the reign of His Majesty King George Francis Jack, . the Third, entitled " An Act to regulate the mode Edwin Richard, Earl of Dunraven. " by which the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and 11 William, Earl of Li stow el. the Commons, to serve in the Parliament of the Hector, . " United Kingdom, on the part of Ireland, shall be Edward Anthony John Preston, Gor- " summoned and returned to the said Parliament," manston. I do hereby give notice, that Writs bearing teste Henry Edmond, Viscount Mountgarrett. this day, have issued for electing a Temporal Peer Richard George, Viscount Lumley. of Ireland, to succeed to the vacancy made by the Charles Rudolph Joseph Francis Clement, Vis- demise of George, John Danvers, Earl of Lanes- count Taaffe. borough, in dieSouse of Lords, of the said United Thomas Heron, Viscount Ranelagh. Kingdom, whieh said Writs are severally directed James, Viscount Strabane. to the following Peers, whose right to vote on the Richard Pigot, . election of Temporal Peers of Ireland have, upon Richard Walter, . claims made on their behalf, been admitted since William John Brodrick, . the Union by the of the said Gustavus Frederick, . United Kingdom; and that the said Writs are James, Viscount Grimston. ready to be delivered at this Office. William Keppel, Viscount Barrington. Augustas Frederick, . George Edward Arundell, , John De La Poer, . Mervyn,. . Arthur Wills Blundell Sandys Trumbull, Mar- Henry Walker, . quess of Downshire. Hervey, Viscount Mount-Morres. George Hamilton, . Thomas Arthur Southwell, . Henry Francis Seymour, Marquess of Drogheda, Thomas, . Thomas, . James, . . George John, . Edward, . Frederick William Robert, Marquess of Lon- Hayes, . donderry. James Spencer, . Francis Nathaniel, Marquess of Conyngham. Cornwallis, . George Thomas John, Marquess of Westmeath. Charles Stanley, . James Edward William Theobald, Marquess of Barry John, Viscount Avonmore. Ormonde. George Frederick, Viscount Templetown. Ulick John, Marquess of . Lodge Redmond, Viscount Frankfort De Mont- Henry John Chetwynd Talbot, Earl of Water- morency. ford. Standish Prendergast, . Richard Edmund St. Laurence, . Thomas, Trimleston. Arthur James, Earl of Fingall. Edward, Baron Dunsany. Frederick John William, . Theobald Fitzwalter, . George Arthur Hastings, . Randall Percy Otway Plunkett, . William Thomas Spencer Wentworth, Earl Lucius, . Fitzwilliam. .Cadwallader Davis, Baron Blayney. John Stuart, . George Percy, Baron . George, Earl of Egmont. Udolphus, Baron Aylmer. John George, . Henry, . Somerset Arthur, Earl of Carrick. Edward James, Baron Clive. Richard, . George Augustus Constantine, Baron Mulgrave. James, Earl of Fife. William, Baron Kensington. Philip Yorke, . Hugh Hamon Ingoldsby, . James George Henry, . Henry, Baron Rokeby. James, Earl of Charlemont. Mathew Fitzmaurice, . John Charles George, . Francis Wheeler, Baron Hood. Thomas, Earl of Howth. Joslyn Pennington, Baron Muncaster. Robert, . John Cavendish, . Ernest, . " Edward, Baron Cloncurry. Richard Plantagenet Campbell, Earl Nugent. Robert, Baron Clonbrock. Benjamin O'Neale, Earl of Aldborough. Henry, Baron Waterpark. D 2