Downing-Street, February 28, 1817. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to appoint Major-General George Stracey Smith, to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New Brunswick. Crown-Office, March 1, 1817. Borough of Castle Rising. The Honourable George Horatio Cholmondeley, commonly called Earl of Rock Savage, in the room of the Honourable Augustus Cavendish Bradshaw, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. CHESTER CIRCUIT. Sir William Garrow, Knt. Chief Justice. Denbighshire, Saturday, April 5, at Ruthin. Cheshire, Thursday, April 17, at the Castle of Whitehall, February 26, 1817. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Jolm Hately Hawkes, of Dudley, in the county of Worcester, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Henry Wells, of Ramsgate, in the county of Kent, Gent, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, March 1, 1817. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Wilson, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. The Lord Chancellor has also appointed William Jefferys the younger, of Sittingbourne and Faversham, in the county of Kent, Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Whitehall, February 28, 1817. Whereas it hath been humbly represented unto His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that, on the night of Sunday the 16th, or in the morning of Monday the 17th instant, some evil disposed person or persons maliciously set fire to a stack of hay, the property of James and John Forster, Esqrs. standing at Murrell-Hill, near the city of Carlisle, whereby the greater part of the said stock was burned or destroyed. 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 set fire to the said stack of hay), 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, And, as a further encouragement, a reward of FIFTY 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. Whitehall, February 28, 1817. Whereas it hath been humbly represented unto His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, that, about eight o'clock in the evening of Thursday the 6th instant. Mr. Pennington, of London, WineMerchant, was stopped in his gig between Vauxhall Gardens, in the neighbourhood of Birmingham, and the village of Saltby, near that town, by some persons, by whom he was robbed and inhumanly murdered. His Royal Highness, for the better apprehending and bringing to justice the persons concerned in the said atrocious act, 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 perpetrated the deed), 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 ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY 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, ΟΓ 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, FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of MARCH 4, Lord Chamberlain's Office, March 3, 1817. HIS Royal Highness the Prince Regent will hold a Levee at Carlton-House, on Thursday next the 6th instant, at two o'clock. At the Court at Carlton-House, the 1st of March 1817, PRESENT, His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT in Council. HIS Royal Highness the Prince Regent, in Council, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, was this day pleased to appoint Thomas Spooner, of Hill-House, Ely, Esq. to be Sheriff of the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon ; and John Lloyd, of Trallwyn, Esq. to be Sheriff of the county of Carnarvon, in the room of Daniel Vawdry, of Plasgwynnant, Esq. And And His Royal Highness was pleased to make the following amendments upon the roll: Somersetshire, Philip John Miles, of Wrax nell, Esq. made Philip John Miles, of Wraxall, Esq. Wilts, John Hungerford Penruddock, John Hungerford Penruddocke, Carlton-House, March 1, 1817. This day His Excellency the Baron Fagel, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, had an audience of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, to deliver a letter from his Sovereign, together with a letter from His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange, announcing the birth of His son, and requesting His Royal Highness the Prince Regent and Her Majesty to be godfather and godmother to the young Prince; to which His Royal Highness was graciously pleased to signify his consent. His Excellency was introduced to the audience by Earl Bathurst, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, in the absence of Viscount Castlereagh, and conducted by Robert Chester, Esq. Assistant, Master of the Ceremonies. Crown |