The memorial & naturalization under 72d. V. c.66 apply only to aliens who intend to reside in Great Britain and Ireland are not available here.
Mr. Talmash may either be content with naturalization in Hong Kong - which seems loudly necessary, after the general scramble for certificates passed there amongst aliens - or in England lay £500 for an Act of Parliament to meet his special case. Any further steps he should take with private advice.
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Inform you" - Mr. Merivale.
MM. D' Almeida e Castro says in his Letter of the 7th (in 8363) that the Act 7 and 8 V.C.66 does not extend to the Colonies. In this sub-enclosure d.d. 15th. 156. Page 5(2176, he distinctly says he must have an Act.
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HOME OFFICE, WHITEHALL,
August 1st, 1847.
REGULATIONS by the SECRETARY of STATE with reference to CERTIFICATES of NATURALIZATION, in pursuance of Statute 7 & 8 Vict., c. 66, entitled "An Act to amend the Laws relating to Aliens."
I. Upon an application to the Secretary of State for the grant of a Certificate of Naturalization, it will be necessary that the Applicant should present to one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State a Memorial, praying for such grant, stating :-
Of what Friendly State is he a subject?
His Age, Profession, Trade, or other Occupation?
Whether he is Married, and has any Children?
Whether he has any settled place of Residence, and where situated, and how long he has resided within the Kingdom?
Whether he intends to continue to reside permanently within the United Kingdom?
On what grounds he seeks to obtain the Right and Capacities of a Natural-born British Subject?
II. That the Memorialist should make a Declaration before a Magistrate, or other Person authorized to take such Declaration, verifying the statements in his Memorial?
III. That a Declaration should be made and signed by Four Householders at least, who should state their places of Residence, vouching for the respectability and loyalty of the Memorialist, verifying also the several particulars stated in the Memorial; and that this Declaration should be made in due form, either together or separately, before a Magistrate, or other Person authorized by law to receive such Declaration in pursuance of the Act passed in the 5th & 6th years of his late Majesty King William IV.
The Householders must be British born Subjects; and neither of them the Agent or Solicitor of the Memorialist.
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