pearance, shabby genteel: he formerly lodged in Hyde-Street, Bloomsbury, and was in the habit of wearing a black coat buttoned, kerseymere breeches, and long gaiters.

FROM THE.

LONDON GAZETTE of JANUARY 28,
1817.

By His Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES, REGENT of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Name and on the Behalf of His Majesty,

A PROCLAMATION.

GEORGE, P. R.

WHEREAS by an Act, passed in the fiftysixth year of His Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act to provide for a new silver coinage, and "to regulate the currency of the gold and silver "coin of this realm," it is amongst other things enacted, that from and after such days, and during such period of time as shall be named and appointed in and by any proclamation or proclamations which shall be made and issued for that purpurpose, by or on behalf of His Majesty, and by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons to bring and deliver into His Majesty's Mint any silver coin of this realm heretofore coined and current, which shall by any officer or officers of the said Mint, to be appointed for that purpose

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by the Master of the Mint, be judged and deemed to be such silver coin of this realm, and that there shall be delivered out of the said Mint to every person bringing in and delivering such old silver coin, a sum in new silver coin of crowns, halfcrowns, shillings, and sixpences, to be coined, pursuant to the directions of the said Act, equal to the amount of the silver coins so brought in and delivered as aforesaid, according to the respective denominations of such silver coins: and whereas We have thought fit, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, and by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, to name and appoint the 3d day of February now next ensuing, as the day from and after which, and from thence until the 17th day of February then next ensuing, as the period of time during which it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons to deliver into the said Mint any such old silver coin of this realm, and as the day from and after which, and as the period of time during which there shall be delivered out of the said Mint, new silver coins equal to the amount of the silver coius that shall be so brought in, pursuant to and under the directions of the said Act; We do for this purpose, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, and by and with the advice aforesaid, publish this proclamation, and do hereby name and appoint the third day of February now next ensuing, as the day from and after which, and from thence until the seventeenth day of February then next ensuing, as the period of time during which it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons to deliver into His Majesty's said Mint any such old silver coin, and the said third day of February now next ensuing, as the day from and after which and from thence until the seventeenth day of February then next ensuing, as the period of time during which there shall be delivered out of the said Mint new silver coins, as in the said Act is

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mentioned, pursuant to the regulations and directions thereof.

Given at the Court at Brighton, the eighteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, in the fifty-seventh year of His Majesty's reign.

GOD save the KING.

At the Court at Carlton-House, the 27th of January 1817,

PRESENT,

His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT in Council.

WHEREAS by an Act, passed in the twentyeighth year of the reign of His present Majesty, intituled "An Act for regulating the

trade between the subjects of His Majesty's "colonies and plantations in North America and " in the West India Islands and the countries be"longing to the United States of America, and "between His Majesty's said subjects and the

Foreign Islands in the West Indies," it is, amongst other things, enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty in Council, by Order or Orders to be issued and published from time to time, to authorise, or by Warrant or Warrants under His sign manual, to empower the Governor of Newfoundland for the time being, to authorise, in case of necessity, the importation into Newfoundland of bread, flour, Indian corn, and live stock, from any of the territories belonging to the said United States, for the supply of the inhabitants and fishermen of the Island of Newfoundland, for the then ensuing season only; provided always, that such bread, flour, Indian corn,

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and live stock, so authorised to be imported into the Island of Newfoundland, shall not be imported éxcept in conformity to such rules, regulations, and restrictions as shall be specified in such Order or Orders, Warrant or Warrants respectively, and except by British subjects, and in British-built ships, owned by His Majesty's subjects, and navigated according to law:

And whereas it is expedient and necessary, that provision be made for fully supplying the inhabitants and fishermen of the Island of Newfoundland, for the ensuing season, with bread, flour, Indian corn, and live stock, His Royal Highness the Prince Regent doth thereupon, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, and by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, hereby order and declare, that for the supply of the inhabitants and fishermen of the Island of Newfoundland, for the ensuing season only, bread, flour, Indian corn, and live stock, may be imported into the said island from any of the territories belonging to the said United States, by British subjects, and in British-built ships, owned by His Majesty's subjects, and navigated according to law, and which within the space of nine months previous to the time of such importation, have cleared out from some port of the United Kingdom of Great Britain or Ireland, or other His Majesty's dominions in Europe, for which purpose a licence shall have been granted by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in England or Scotland, or the Commissioners of His Majesty's Revenue in Ireland, or any other person or persons who may be duly authorised in that kingdom respectively, in the manner and form berein-after mentioned; which licence shall continue and be in force for nine calendar months from the day of the date upon which such licence is respectively granted, and no longer; provided that no such licence as aforesaid, granted 1817.

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after the thirtieth day of September next, shall be of any force or effect: and His Royal Highness is hereby further pleased to order, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, and by and with the advice of His Majesty's Privy Council, that the master or person having the charge or command of any ship or vessel to whom such licence shall be granted, shall, upon the arrival of the said ship or vessel at the port, harbour, or place in the said Island of Newfoundland where he shall discharge such bread, flour, Indian corn, and live stock, deliver up the said licence to the Collector or other proper Officer of the Customs there, having first indorsed on the back of such licence the marks, numbers, and contents of each package of bread, flour, Indian corn, and the number of live stock, under the penalty of the forfeiture in the said Act mentioned; and the Collector or other proper Officer of the Customs at Newfoundland, is hereby enjoined and required to give a certificate to the master or person having the charge or command of such ship or vessel, of his having received the said licence so indorsed as before directed, and to transmit the same to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in England or Scotland, or to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Revenue in Ireland respectively, by whom such licence was granted. Jas. Buller.

FORM OF LICENCE.

By the Commissioners for managing and causing to be levied and collected His Majesty's Customs, Subsidies, and other Duties in [where]

WHEREAS [the name of the person] one of His Majesty's subjects, residing at place where] hath given notice to us the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs [in Great Britain, or Revenue in Ireland] that he intends to lade at [some port of

the