At the Court at St. James's, the 10th day of June, 1835. PRESENT, The KING'S Most Excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by an Act passed in the fifty-ninth year of the reign of His late Majesty, King George the Third, intituled "An Act to prevent the enlisting or "engagement of His Majesty's subjects to serve in foreign service, and the fitting out or equipping in "His Majesty's dominions vessels for warlike purposes, "without His Majesty's licence," it was enacted and declared, that if any natural born subject of His Majesty, his heirs and successors, without the leave or licence of His Majesty, his heirs or successors, for that purpose first had and obtained under the sign manual of His Majesty, his heirs or successors, or signified by Order in Council, or by Proclamation of His Majesty, his heirs or successors, and should take or accept, or agree to take or accept, any military commission, or should otherwise enter into the military service as a commissioned or non-commissioned officer, or should enlist, or enter himself to enlist, or should agree to enlist, or to enter himself to serve as a soldier, or to be employed or should serve in any warlike or military operation in the service of, or for, or under, or in aid of any Foreign Prince, State, or Potentate, or of any person exercising, or assuming to exercise, the powers of Government in or over any foreign country, either as an officer or soldier, or in any other military capacity, or should, without such leave or licence as aforesaid, accept, or agree to take or accept, any commission, warrant, or appointment as an officer, or should enlist or enter himself, or should agree to enlist or enter himself, or serve as a sailor or marine, or to be employed or engaged, or should serve in and on board any ship or vessel of war, or in and on board any ship or vessel used or fitted out, or equipped, or intended to be used, for any warlike purpose, in the service of, or for, or under, or in aid of, any Foreign Power, Prince, State, or Potentate, or of any person exercising, or assuming to exercise, the powers of Government in or over any foreign country, or should, without such leave and licence as aforesaid, engage, contract, or agree to go, or should go, to any foreign state or country, or to any place beyond the seas, with an intent or in order to enlist or to enter himself to serve, or with intent to serve, in any warlike or military operation whatever, whether by land or by sea, in the service of, or for, or under, or in aid of, any Foreign Prince, State, or Potentate, or any person exercising, or assuming to exercise, the powers of Government in or over any foreign country, either as an officer or a soldier, or in any other military capacity, or as an officer, or sailor, or marine, in any such ship or vessel as aforesaid, although no enlisting money or pay or reward should have been, or should be in any of the cases aforesaid, actually paid to or received by him, or by any person to or for his use or benefit,-in any or either of such cases every person so offending should be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and should be punishable by fine and imprisonment, as in the said Act is mentioned. His Majesty, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, being desirous of enabling all persons to engage in the military and naval service of Her Majesty Isabella the Second, Queen of Spain, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the tenth day of this instant month of June, it shall be lawful for every person whomsoever to enter into the military or naval service of Her said Majesty as a commissioned or non-commissioned officer, or as a private soldier, sailor or marine, and to serve Her said Majesty in any military, warlike, or other operations, either by land or by sea, and for that purpose to go to any place or places beyond the seas, and to accept any commission, warrant, or other appointment from or under Her said Majesty, and to enlist or enter himself in such service, and to accept any money, pay, or reward, for the same: Provided always, that the licence and permission hereby given shall be in force only for the term of two years from the said tenth day of June instant, unless by Order in Council, made in manner aforesaid, such period should be further extended. WM. L. BATHURST. Under which BRITISH SUBJECTS will be admitted to the Service of HER CATHOLIC MAJESTY, DONNA ISABELLA THE SECOND, QUEEN OF SPAIN. 1st. The time of Service to be for either one or two years, as may be preferred by the individual engaging to enter Her Majesty's Service. 2nd. The Pay and Allowances to be the same as in the English Service, according to the rank and employment of each individual. 3rd. This Force to be governed in conformity with the British Military Articles of War, and, in matters not connected with military discipline, by the laws and institutions of Spain, in all other cir cumstances. 4th. At the conclusion of the Service, each Officer to receive a compensation equal to the amount of pay of one-half the time of their respective Service, without prejudice to any further recompence which the Government may confer for special services, on the recommendation of the Commanding Officer of the Forces. 5th. The Amount of Bounty for each Recruit, on being attested in the Service of the Queen of Spain, will be two pounds sterling. 6th. Each Non-commissioned Officer and Private to receive, at the conclusion of their respective Service, a compensation equal to the pay of two, four, |