14 ANNUAL 
permission from the Grand Seig- 
nior, and has published in French 
the following ordinance :— 
“We make known by these 
presents, that the Ottoman Porte 
has given us permission to visit 
the Holy City. One of our wishes 
is now accomplished ; it was the 
mostardent object since our youth, 
and at a time when we saw not 
the possibility of effecting it. We 
had a secret presentiment that 
Divine Providence one day des- 
tined us to make this pilgrimage. 
In directing our steps towards 
Jerusalem, it would be an eternal 
reproach did we not inform the 
Christian world of this our reso- 
lution, that we may hope to find 
ourselves accompanied by bro- 
thers of our holy religion. The 
following are our conditions to 
those who may wish to accompany 
us. ‘We invite, among the na- 
tions of Europe, ten brothers, to 
accompany us to Jerusalem; that 
is to say, one Englishman, one 
Dane, one Spaniard, a Hunga- 
rian, a Dutchman, a Frenchman, 
an inhabitant of Holstein Eutin, 
an Italian, a Russian, andaSwiss: 
“1st. Each of them must be pro- 
vided with a certificate from his 
diocese, attesting the purity of his 
views. 
«2nd. The place of rendezvous 
shall be Trieste—the time on 
the 24th next June. 
“«3rd. Those who play on any in- 
strument, if it be portable, shall 
take it with them. ~° 
“ Ath. Each shall be provided 
with 4,000 florins of Augsburg, 
or at least 2,000, to make the 
outfit for the journey, and to form 
a common. bank. 
“ Sth. Each shall have in his 
REGISTER, 
1815. 
service a domestic, provided he 
be a Christian, and of good mo- 
rals, 
“ 6th. The brothers shall take a 
dress not bespeaking magnifi- 
cence or prodigality. Their beard 
shall be allowed to grow, as a 
proof of their firm resolution ; 
and they shall regard it an ho- 
nour to bear the name of the 
Black Brothers. The costume, 
equipment, and holy conven- 
tion shall be definitively fixed at 
Trieste. 
«7th. The servants’ dress, grey 
and black, shall be equally ar- 
ranged at Trieste. 
“ 8th. The last time for admis- 
sion into this union, shall be on 
the 24th of June. As soon as 
that day shall have expired, the 
public will be informed if the 
number is complete. 
«9th. Those who shall have en- 
tered into this union, shall pub- 
lish their names in the Gazettes 
of their several countries, as well 
as in that of Frankfort on the 
Maine; and inform us at the 
same time, by letter, addressed to 
the editor of the German Gazette — 
at Frankfort. 
«Done at Basle, the 27th of Ja- 
nuary, 1815, of the Christian 
Era. 
“Gustavus ADOLPHUS, 
Duke of Helstein Eutin.” 
5.—At St. James’s a young — 
man, genteelly dressed, with mus- 
tachios on his lips, and having 
every appearance of a foreign offi- 
cer, entered the court, and made 
up to the colours, which are fixed 
to the standard-post in the cen- 
tre; he suddenly snatched them 
out of the post, and struck them, 
before the sentinel who was placed 
