From Henry Warde1    3 August 1864

3rd Augt [1864]2

Sir,

I am directed by the Governor to forward for your information a copy of a Despatch, with its Enclosures, which His Excellency has received from the Right Honorable the Secretary of State, in reply to your application to be allowed to accept and wear certain Foreign Decorations which have been conferred upon you.

I have &c.

(sd) H. L. Warde

 

Dr Mueller F.R.S.3

1
The Secretary of State for the Colonies, E. Cardwell, wrote to the Governor of Victoria, C. Darling, on 14 May 1864 informing him that M’s letter to Darling, 12 October 1863, had been referred to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Earl Russell. Russell replied that 'the application of a foreigner, whether naturalized as a British subject, or employed in the British Service, for permission to accept or wear a Foreign Decoration, must be governed by the same rules which would govern the case of a British subject — Dr Müller's case does not fall within those rules, either as to the nature of his services, or as to the channel through which the application on his behalf has been received.' Russell also wished to convey to Cardwell 'that Dr Müller is entirely mistaken in supposing that the Rules in question have been relaxed in favor of Sir William Hooker or any other person'.
2
editorial addition.
3
See also M to H. Warde, 15 August 1864.

Please cite as “FVM-64-08-03,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/64-08-03