January, and the Twenty-ninth day of May, with a view to their discontinuance.

And whereas We have taken into Our con sideration the subject of the said Addresses, and, after due deliberation, We have resolved that the use of the said Forms of Prayer and Service shall be discontinued.

Now, therefore, Our will and pleasure is, that
so much of Our said Royal Warrant of the
twenty-first day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-seven, in the first year of
Our reign as is hereinbefore recited, be revoked,
and that the use of the said Forms of Prayer and
Service made for the Fifth of November, the
Thirtieth of January, and the Twenty-ninth of
May, be henceforth discontinued in all Cathedral
and Collegiate Churches and Chapels, in all Chapels
of Colleges and Halls within Our Universities of
Oxford, Cambridge, aud Dublin, and of Our
Colleges of Eton and Winchester, and in all
Parish Churches and Chapels within the parts of
Our United Kingdom called England and Ireland,
and that the said Forms of Prayer and Service be
not henceforth printed and published with, or
annexed to, the Book of Common Prayer and
Liturgy of the United Church of England and
Ireland.

Given at Our Court, at Saint James's, the
seventeenth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-
second year of Our reign.

By Her Majesty's command,

S. H. WALPOLE.

India Office, January 14, 1859.

THE following Addresses to the Queen, on the occasion of the assumption of the direct 1859.

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Government of India by Her Majesty, having been transmitted to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for India, have accordingly been presented by him to Her Majesty, who has been pleased to receive the same very graciously.

To Her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN.

May it please your Majesty,

WE, the undersigned, President and Members of the Bombay Association, being your Majesty's faithful Hindoo, Mahomedan, and Parsee subjects, natives of the Bombay Presidency, duly impressed with the importance of the recent change effected in the Government of British India, whereby your Majesty has assumed the government of the territories in India, heretofore administered by the Honourable East India Company, beg, as dutiful subjects, to avail ourselves of the present auspicious occasion, to convey to your Majesty, with sentiments of the deepest respect and humility, the expression of our sincere allegiance, warm attachment, and dutiful devotion.

Fully impressed as we are with the conviction, that the due exercise and strict observance of the same principles of moderation, impartiality, justice, liberality, and toleration, will mark your Majesty's government of the Indian Empire, as have heretofore characterized your Majesty's Government in every other part of your Majesty's dominions, and animated as we are with lively feelings of gratitude and joy, we hail with unfeigned delight, the auspicious change of administration, and beg respectfully to tender to your Majesty, the humble tribute of our hearty congratulation, on your Majesty's assumption of your Royal supremacy over this vast empire, firmly hoping,

as we do, that the important change of administration which has thus been inaugurated, may tend to establish your Majesty's rule on a firm and lasting basis, and secure the happiness of your Majesty's Indian subjects.

With sincere and earnest prayers for the welfare of your Majesty, of the Prince your illustrious Consort, and your Royal Family, as well as for the speedy restoration of peace and tranquillity in the disturbed provinces of British India, and for a long continuance of peace and prosperity in your Majesty's dominions,

We, with the profoundest respect, subscribe ourselves, your Majesty's most humble and devoted subjects.

Jugennath Sunkersett,
Bomanjee Homeagie,
and others.

Bombay, November 8, 1858.

To the QUEEN'S Most Excellent Majesty.

May it please your Majesty,

THE Indian mail has brought to us from home the glad tidings proclaimed throughout India on the 1st of November. We certainly did look forward to a Royal Proclamation, worthy of the supreme ruler of the British nation,-a proclamation full of mercy for the past and hope for the future, but this far exceeds our utmost expectations. It is not only an amnesty, but is, and must ever be, regarded as the great charter of India's liberty. Hitherto we have been permitted to see you only as through a glass darkly; we now behold the sun in Her meridian glory, intercepted by no cloud. Her beams, no longer refracted, reach us at once, full of light and life. Every Indian subject, capable of reflection, must be im

pressed with the great truth, so beautifully expressed in the Royal Proclamation, that "in our prosperity will be your strength, in our contentment your security, and in our gratitude your best reward."

We deeply, deeply regret that we could not, by reason of our absence from Madras, mingle, on that eventful day, our congratulations and prayers with those of our fellow countrymen, but we are consoled when we reflect, that our presence here enables us to prostrate ourselves at the very foot of the British Throne, and there, in person, renew our fidelity and allegiance to your Majesty.

We should, indeed, be unworthy members of the illustrious House of Arcot and the Carnatic if we lost one moment in hesitation, if we did not (as we now do with our whole heart and strength) pledge ourselves to aid in fulfilling to the utmost measure of our humble abilities, the gracious will and pleasure of your Majesty as set forth in the Royal Proclamation; and lastly, permit us to join in the prayer that "the God of all power may grant to your Majesty and to those in authority under you, strength to carry out those your wishes for the good of your people." We, with the profoundest respect, subscribe ourselves,

Hofey Sudrool Islam Khan.

Hydur Jung.

To Her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN.

May it please your Majesty,

WE, the undersigned, your Majesty's native Indian subjects residing in the town and island of Bombay, duly considering the importance of the modification introduced into the Government of British India, whereby the direct sovereignty

of these territories, has devolved upon your Majesty, desire on this auspicious occasion, to approach your Majesty's Throne with an expression of our sincere loyalty, attachment, and devotion.

Firmly assured as we are, that the great principles of moderation, impartiality and justice, characteristic of your Majesty's Government in all parts of the British Empire, will henceforth, as ever, be scrupulously recognized; we venture to offer to your Majesty our humble and hearty congratulations on the assumption of your Royal Supremacy over this vast country, and we beg leave at the same time to express our cordial hope, that the important change of administration which has thus been inaugurated, may have the effect of placing your Majesty's rule in India, on a basis still more secure than that upon which it has rested for so many years.

With earnest prayers for the welfare of your Majesty, of the Prince, your illustrious Consort, and of your Royal Family, as well as for the speedy restoration of tranquillity in the disturbed provinces of British India, and for a long continuance of peace and prosperity in your Majesty's dominions,

We, with the profoundest respect, subscribe ourselves, your Majesty's most dutiful, humble, and devoted servants,

Jamsetje Jejeebhoy,
and others,

Bombay, 18th November, 1858.

To Her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN.

May it please your Majesty,

WE, the undersigned, your Majesty's native subjects, residents in the town and city of Poona, in the presidency of Bombay, rightly estimating