Crown-Office, February 21, 1817. Borough of Yarmouth. Alexander Maconochie, Esq. His Majesty's Lord Advocate of Scotland, in the room of Richard Wellesley, Esq. who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Whitehall, February 21, 1817. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Shuttleworth, of Market Harborough, in the county of Leicester, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, February 22, 1817. Whereas it hath been humbly represented unto His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that, on Thursday evening the 13th instant, the Reverend Mr. Longuet, on his return on horseback from Pangbourn, in the county of Berks, was barbarously murdered between the hours of eight and nine o'clock, on the Oxford road, about three miles from Reading; that his head was nearly severed from his body; that several dreadful gashes were inflicted on the scull, supposed to have been done with a sword; and that five stabs, apparently made by a bayonet, had penetrated the heart; His Royal Highness, for the better apprehending and bringing to justice the persons concerned in the said atrocious murder, 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 them (except the person or persons who actually committed the same), who shall discover his, her, or their accomplice or accomplices therein, so that he, she, or they may be apprehended and convicted thereof. SIDMOUTH. And, as a further encouragement, a reward of TWO HUNDRED GUINEAS is hereby offered 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: such reward to be paid on application to William Andrews, jun. Esq. Clerk to the Magistrates of the Reading Division. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of FEBRUARY 25, 1817. Westminster, February 24, 1817. THIS day, the Lords being met, a message was sent to the Honourable House of Commons by the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, acquainting them, that The Lords, authorised by virtue of a Commission under the Great Seal, signed by the Prince Regent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, for declaring His Majesty's Royal Assent to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the immediate attendance of the Honourable House in the House of Peers to hear the Com mission mission read; and the Commons being come thither, the said Commission, empowering the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and several other Lords therein named, to declare and notify the Royal Assent to the said Acts, was read accordingly, and the Royal Assent given to An Act for raising the sum of twenty-four millions by Exchequer bills, for the service of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen. An Act to continue and extend the provisions of an Act, of the forty-ninth year of His present Majesty, for regulating the trade and commerce to and from the Cape of Good Hope, until the fifth day of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty; and also for regulating the trade of the island of Mauritius. Crown-Office, February 25, 1817. Days and places appointed for holding the Lent Assizes 1817, viz. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Lord Ellenborough, Lord Chief Justice. Buckinghamshire, Saturday, March 8, at Aylesbury. Bedfordshire, Thursday, March 13, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire, Saturday, March 15, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire, Tuesday, March 18, at Cambridge. Norfolk, Saturday, March 22, at Thetford. Suffolk, Thursday, March 27, at Bury Saint Edmund's. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Sir Vicary Gibbs, Knt. Lord Chief Justice. Northamptonshire, Saturday, March 1, at North ampton. Rutlandshire, Friday, March 7, at Oakham. Lincolnshire, Saturday, March 8, at the Castle of Lincoln. City of Lincoln, The same day, at the City of Lincoln. Nottinghamshire, Friday, March 14, at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham, The same day, at the Town of Nottingham. Derbyshire, Thursday, March 20, at Derby. Leicestershire, Wednesday, March 26, at the Castle of Leicester. Borough of Leicester, The same day, at the Borough of Leicester. City of Coventry, Tuesday, April 1, at the City of Coventry. Warwickshire, The same day, at Warwick. HOME CIRCUIT. Sir Alexander Thomson, Knt. Lord Chief Baron. Hertfordshire, Thursday, March 6, at Hertford. Surrey, Thursday, March 27, at Kingston-upon- NORTH NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Baron Wood. City of York, and County of the same City, Saturday, March 8, at the Guildhall of the said City. Yorkshire, The same day, at the Castle of York. Lancashire, Saturday, March 22, at the Castle of Lancaster. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Park. Berkshire, Monday, March 3, at Reading. Oxfordshire, Wednesday, March 5, at Oxford. Worcestershire, Saturday, March 8, at Worcester. City of Worcester, The same day, at the City of Worcester. Staffordshire, Thursday, March 13, at Stafford. Shropshire, Wednesday, March 19, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire, Tuesday, March 25, at Hereford. Monmouthshire, Monday, March 31, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire, Wednesday, April 2, at Glou cester. City of Gloucester, The same day, at the City of Gloucester. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Abbott. Southampton, Monday, March 3, at the Castle of Winchester. Wiltshire, Saturday, March 8, at New Sarum. Dorsetshire, Friday, March 14, at Dorchester. Devonshire, Wednesday, March 19, at the Castle of Exeter. 1817. |