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the angle a breach ; and, on the sides 
of the said breach, the standard of 
the Ottoman empire, and the union 
flag of Great Britain, as then dis- 
played: and for crest, the imperial 
Ottoman chelengk, or plume of tri- 
umph, upon a turban—in allusion to 
the highly honourable and distin- 
guished decoration transmitted by 
his said imperial majesty to sir Wil- 
’ liam Sidney Smith, in testimony of 
his esteem, and in acknowledgment 
of his meritorous exertions in the 
aforesaid defence; and the family 
crest, viz. a leopard’s head, collated 
and lined, issuant out of an oriental 
crown : the said arms and crests to 
be borne by him the said sir Wil- 
liam Sidney Smith, and by his issue, 
together with the motto ‘* Caur pr 
Lion.” Andalthough the privilege 
of bearing supporters be limited to 
the peers of the realm, the knights 
of his majesty’s orders, and the 
proxies of princes of the blood royal 
at installations, except in such cases 
wherein, under particular circum- 
stances, his majesty has been pleased 
to grant his especial licence for the 
use thereof; yet, in order to give a 
further testimony of his majesty’s 
particular approbation of the ser- 
vices of the said sir William Sidney 
Smith, he has beengraciously pleased 
to allow him to bear, for supporters 
to his arms, a tiger guardant, na- 
vally crowned; in the mouth a palm 
branch, being the symbol of victory,. 
supporting the union flag of Great 
Britain, with the inscription “¢ Je- 
RUSALEM, 1799,” upon the.cross of 
St. George; and a lamb, murally 
erowned ; in the mouth an olive 
branch, being the symbol of peace, 
supporting the banner of Jerusalem : 
the said armorial ensigns being first 
‘duly exemplified according to the 
‘Jaws of arms, and recorded in the. 
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heralds’ office. And also to order 
that this his majesty’s said conces- 
sion and especial niark of his royal 
favour be registered in the college of 
arms. 
29th. William Drummond, esq. 
to be his majesty’s ambassador ex- 
traordinary, and plenipotentiary to 
the sublime Ottoman Porte. 
Hugh Elliot, esq. to be his ma- 
jesty’s. envoy extraordinary, and 
minister plenipotentiary to the court 
of Naples. 
Anthony Merry, esq. to be his 
majesty’s envoy extraordinary and 
minister plenipotentiary to the 
United States of America. 
Edward Thornton, esq. to be his 
majesty’s secretary of legation at the 
Hague. 
Philip Dundas, esq. to be member 
of parliament for the borough of 
Gatton, in the room of James 
Dashwood, esq. 
The king has been graciously 
pleased to give and grant unto his 
excellency Thomas earl of Elgin, his 
majesty’s embassador extraordinary 
and plenipetentiary at the Sublime 
Porte, his royal licence and permis- 
sion to receive and wear the insignia 
of the order of the crescent, given to 
him by the Ottoman empire ; 
And to his excellency sir John 
Borlase Warren, bart. &c. &c. &c. 
ambassador extraordinary and pleni- 
potentiary to the court of Russia, 
the like permission. And also to 
command that these his majesty’s 
concessions and declarations, toge- 
ther with the relative documents, be 
registered in his college of arms. 
Feb. 2d. Major Charles Hollo- 
way, of the royal engineers, to the 
honour of knighthood. 
The hon. and rev. G, Pelham, 
elected to the see of Bristol, in the 
room of Folliot Herbert Walker- 
hi late 
