Whitehall, January 14, 1817. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, taking into His Royal consideration the meritorious services of Edward Miles, Esq. Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Major in the 38th (or 1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot, and Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, performed by him on divers important occasions, during the recent splendid achievements of His Majesty's arms in Portugal, Spain, and France, and more especially the highly distinguished intrepidity and valour displayed by him at the ever memorable battle of Salamanca, on the 22d day of July 1812; and his exemplary and conspicuous conduct at the storm and capture of San Sebastian, on the 31st day of August 1813, upon which latter occasion he gallantly led the brave regiment under his command to the assault of the breach of the curtain, at the moment of an explosion on the rampart, gained the narrow pass after a most severe and arduous conflict, and successfully maintained it against every effort of the enemy, being himself one of the first who entered the town, and by his animated exertions eminently contributing to the ultimate capture of that important fortress; and His Royal Highness being desirous of bestowing on the said Lieutenant-Colonel Miles, such a mark of His Majesty's favour, as may in an especial manner evince the sense His Royal Highness entertains of his meritorious conduct, and at the same time serve as a lasting memorial of his zealous services, hath been graciously pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to grant unto him His Majesty's royal licence and authority, that to the armorial ensigns of his family, he and his descendants, may bear the following honourable augmentation; that is to say " A "chief embattled, thereon a representation of the 1817. C " medal "medal and clasp, presented to the said Lieute"nant-Colonel, by His Majesty's command, for his " services in the Peninsula, encircled by two "branches of laurel, and a canton charged with "the bastion of a fortification super-inscribed SAN "SEBASTIAN," together with the following crest of honourable augmentation, viz. "Within the "battlements of a ruined fortification a grenadier " of the 38th regiment, bearing the colours of His "Majesty's said regiment;" provided the said armorial distinctions be first duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, and recorded in the Heralds' College, otherwise His Majesty's said licence and permission to be void and of none effect : And also to command, that this especial mark of His Majesty's favour be registered in His College of Arms. Whitehall, January 15, 1817. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to appoint Samuel Humphryes, Esq. to be Clerk Prothonatory and Clerk of the Crown within the counties of Chester and Flint, in the room of Bagot Read, deceased. Lord Chamberlain's-Office, January 15, 1817. The Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household has appointed John Harrison Curtis, Esq. Aurist Operator to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent. Whitehall, January 16, 1817. Whereas it hath been humbly represented unto His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that, on the night of Sunday the 5th instant, some evildisposed person or persons did maliciously destroy nineteen rams belonging to Mr. John Hall, of Countessthorpe, in the county of Leicester; His Royal Highness, for the better apprehending and bringing to justice the persons concerned in the said felony, is hereby pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to promise His Majesty's most gracious pardon to any one of them (except the person or persons who actually killed the said sheep) who shall discover his or their accomplice or accomplices therein, so that he, she, or they may be apprehended and convicted SIDMOUTH. thereof. And, as a further encouragement, a reward of FIFTY POUNDS is hereby offered by the said John Hall to any person (except as is before excepted) who shall discover his, her, or their accomplice or accomplices therein, so that he, she, or they may be apprehended and convicted thereof; or to any person or persons who shall apprehend and bring the said offenders, or any of them, to conviction, or cause them, or any of them, so to be apprehended and convicted as aforesaid. C 2 FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of JANUARY 21, Whitehall, January 20, 1817. THE Lord Chancellor has appointed James Bond, of Market Bosworth, in the county of Leicester, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of JANUARY 25, Lord Chamberlain's-Office, January 25, 1817. NOTICE is hereby given, that the DrawingRoom, intended to be held by Her Majesty at the Queen's Palace, on Thursday the 6th of February, is postponed to Thursday the 20th of February next. Crown-Office, January 25, 1817. City of Worcester. The Honourable George William Coventry, commonly called Lord Viscount Deerhurst, in the room of Abraham Robarts, Esq. deceased. Whitehall, January 22, 1817. Whereas it has been humbly represented to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that James Watson the younger, formerly of HydeStreet, Bloomsbury, surgeon, stands indicted for a capital felony, in having wilfully and feloniously attempted to kill and murder Richard Platt, on Monday the 2d day of December last, by firing a loaded pistol at and desperately wounding the said Richard Platt; and that the said James Watson also stands charged with having committed other high and atrocious offences; His Royal Highness, for the better and more speedy apprehending and bringing to justice the said James Watson for the felony and offences aforesaid, is hereby pleased, acting in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, to promise to any person or persons who shall discover and apprehend, or cause to be discovered and apprehended, the said James Watson, the sum of FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS; to be paid by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, upon the said James Watson being apprehended and lodged in any one of His Majesty's gaols. SIDMOUTH. The above named James Watson is a surgeon by profession, and has been employed in that capacity on board a Greenland ship: he is a young man, apparently about twenty-three or twenty-four years of age, but is only twenty; dark hair, rather pale complexion, five feet five inches high, rather slender made, has a scar or mole under his right eye, and a slight scarification on the eyelid, which disfigures the eye, and faint remains of small pox in his face; had on a brown great coat, blue under coat, black waistcoat, drab breeches, and long gaiters; ap pear |