In pursuance of the directions of an Act, passed in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An "Act to repeal so much of two Acts, made in "the tenth and fifteenth years of the reign of "His present Majesty, as authorizes the Speaker "of the House of Commons to issue his warrant "to the Clerk of the Crown for making out "writs for the election of Members to serve in "Parliament, in the manner therein mentioned, "and for substituting other provisions for the like "purposes:"

I do hereby give notice, that the death of Sir Matthew Wood, Bart. late a Member serving in this present Parliament for the city of London, hath been certified to me in writing, under the hands of two Members serving in this present Parliament; and that I shall issue my warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the said city of London, at the end of fourteen days after the insertion of this notice in the London Gazette.

Given under my hand, the 28th day of
September 1843,

CHARLES SHAW LEFEVRE, Speaker.

FROM THE

LONDON GAZETTE of OCTOBER 3, 1843.

By the QUEEN.

A PROCLAMATION

VICTORIA, R.

WHEREAS in certain districts of South Wales, more especially in the counties of Pembroke, Cardigan, and Carmarthen, tumultuous assemblages of people, disguised and armed with guns and other offensive weapons, have taken place by night, and outrages of the most violent description have been committed upon the lives and properties of divers of Our subjects; and whereas in contempt of the restraints of law and order, these tumultuous assemblages have pulled down tollgates, and have violently entered and destroyed toll-houses; and whereas they have also attacked the mansions of individuals, extorting from them sums of money by threats or by violence, and have destroyed by fire the hay, corn, and other property of divers of Our subjects:

We, therefore, have thought fit, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, to issue this Our Royal Proclamation; hereby strictly commanding all justices of the peace, sheriffs, under-sheriffs, and all other civil officers whatsoever, that they

do use their utmost endeavours to repress all tumults, riots, outrages, and breaches of the peace, and to discover, apprehend, and bring to justice the persons concerned in the riotous and wicked proceedings aforesaid; and We do strictly enjoin all our liege subjects to give prompt and effectual assistance to Our justices of the peace, sheriffs, under-sheriffs, and all civil officers, in their endeavours to preserve the public peace.

And, as a further inducement to discover offenders, We do hereby promise and declare, that any person or persons who shall discover and apprehend, or cause to be discovered and apprehended, the authors, abettors, and perpetrators of any such incendiary fire as aforesaid, or of any such outrage upon the person of any of Our subjects, by which life shall have been sacrificed, so that they, or any of them, shall be duly convicted thereof, shall be entitled to the sum of FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS for each and every person who shall be so convicted, and shall receive Our most gracious pardon for the said offence, in case the person, making such discovery as aforesaid, shall be liable to be prosecuted for the same, except he be the actual perpetrator of such outrage or of such incendiary fires as aforesaid.

And We do also promise and declare, that any person or persons who shall discover and apprehend, or cause to be discovered and apprehended, the authors, abettors, and perpetrators of any such outrages, other than those last above mentioned, in the said counties, so that they, or any of them, may be duly convicted thereof, shall be entitled to the sum of FIFTY POUNDS for each and every person who shall be so convicted, and shall also receive Our most gracious pardon for the said

offence, in case the person, making such discovery as aforesaid, shall be liable to be prosecuted for the same.

Given at Our Court, at Windsor, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and in the seventh year of Our reign.

GOD save the QUEEN.

By the QUEEN.

A PROCLAMATION.

VICTORIA, R.

WHEREAS it has been represented unto Us that, although under Our Proclamation of the third June one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, a large amount of the gold coin of this realm, deficient in weight, has been withdrawn from circulation, yet there is much of the gold coin of this realm deficient in weight still in circulation, contrary to the tenor of Our Proclamation aforesaid, and of two Proclamations issued, one by His late Royal Highness George Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of His late Majesty King George the Third, bearing date the first of July one thousand eight hundred and seventeen; and the other issued by His late Majesty King George the Fourth, bearing date the sixth of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one; and there being reason to believe that sufficient attention is not paid to the weighing of the said gold coin, and the directions given in the Acts of Parliament now in force with respect

to the cutting, breaking, or defacing such pieces thereof as are found to be of less weight than those declared by the last of the aforesaid Proclamations to be current, and to pass and be received in payment; We do, by this Our Royal Proclamation, declare and command, that, from and after the date hereof, every gold sovereign of less weight than five pennyweights two grains and a half, and every gold half sovereign of less weight than two pennyweights thirteen grains and oneeighth, be not allowed to be current or pass in any payment whatsoever; and We do hereby strictly require and command all Our loving subjects, and particularly all the officers, collectors, and receivers of Our revenues, strictly to conform to the orders hereby given, and to the directions and regulations enacted and established in the several Acts of Parliament now in force, and, from and after the first day of January next, to cut, break, and deface such pieces of the said gold coin as shall be found deficient in weight; and We do hereby further ordain, declare, and command, that the said gold sovereigns and half sovereigns, of the weights last above described, shall pass and be received as current and lawful money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, every such sovereign as of the value of twenty shillings, and every such half sovereign as of the value of ten shillings, in all payments whatsoever.

Given at Our Court, at Windsor, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and in the seventh year of Our reign.

1843.

GOD save the QUEEN.

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