sons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of Government in such provinces or parts of provinces, and that divers others of our subjects are about in like manner to enter and enlist themselves; and whereas such practices are highly prejudicial to, and tend to endanger the peace and welfare of our crown and dominions we do therefore hereby, by and with the advice of our Privy Council, strictly charge and command all and every of our natural-born subjects, of what degree or quality soever, not to serve in any such military forces or ships of war as aforesaid, and not to enlist or enter themselves to serve therein, and not to go beyond the seas or embark, in order to serve, or with intent to enter, or enlist themselves to serve in such military forces or ships of war: and it is at the same time our royal will and pleasure, and we do, by and with the advice aforesaid, hereby also strictly charge and command all and every of our said subjects not to serve or enlist, or enter themselves to serve in any of the military forces or ships of war raised or set forth, or to be raised or set forth, by his Catholic Majesty, and not to go beyond the seas, or embark, in order, or to the intent to serve, or enter, or enlist themselves, to serve in such military forces or ships of war: it is nevertheless our royal will and pleasure, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken to prohibit any of our subjects who are engaged at the time of the date of this our proclamation in serving in the military forces of his Catholic Majesty with our leave or license, from continuing to serve therein, provided that such our said subjects do not serve with the military forces of his Catholic Majesty when employed in Spanish America: and we do hereby, by and with the advice aforesaid, strictly require all our said subjects duly to conform to our commands herein contained, under pain of our highest displeasure, and the utmost forfeitures, penalties, and punishments, to which by law they will otherwise be liable. Given at our Court at Brighton, the 27th day of November, 1917, in the 58th year of our reign. God save the King. 31. The kingdom of Sicily has been divided into Intendancies which are organized like the French departments. There have been established provincial and communal councils, who have reduced to insignificance the authority of the feudal jurisdictions. The Intendancies are to the number of seven, namely, Palermo with 405,231 inhabitants, Messina with 236,784, Catania 289,406, Girgenti 288,877, Syracuse 192,710, Trapani 145,712, and Calata Nisetta 155,225 — making, in all, 1,648,955 inhabitants. The vessels for exploring the northern regions have begun to be equipped. Two are to endeavour to penetrate through Davis's Straits, and two to reach the North Pole, if possible; by which means it is expected to ascertain whether Greenland is an island, or part of the continents of Asia or America. The vessels are to be stored with every requisite in provisions, nautical instruments, &c. The crew, it is said, will consist of 50 men, including officers, in K 2 each each vessel. They will also be provided with every appendage used by the Greenland ships; and some experienced men in that service are to go in the vessels. The Quotidienne contains the following paragraph: "The Archdukes John and Lewis have given permission to a German journalist to publish some extracts from a journal which they kept during their stay in England. These princes examined with care the English manufactures and agriculture: they give also some details as to the style of living in the upper classes, which are not within the reach of all travellers. The magnificent interior of the country-seats, the taste of the furniture, the amiable and decorous freedom of their conversations, the interest which the women excite, as much by their cultivated minds as by their charms-these are the points which struck these illustrious travellers during their abode in the country. It is there, say they, that you should study the high society of England, and even the character of all its gentlemen. London is merely a large inn; it is at his country-house that the Englishman is hospitable and amiable. The Archdukes describe the manner of dining at the Marquis of Anglesea's. It presents a novelty for our gourmands; after soup they took cold punch. A celebrated agriculturist, the Chevalier Sebright, had the Princes for his guests, and showed them his numerous machines. Miss Sebright is a savante (a scientific lady); she made an experiment in galvanism before the Archdukes, with a little galvanic battery. The Chevalier Sebright 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 it has been represented unto Us, that divers misguided persons in some of the midland counties of England, have of late years committed various acts of outrage, in breaking and destroying frames used in making stockings, lace, and other articles in the frame-worked-knitted manufactory; and that, among other instances of such outrages, a most heinous one was committed on the night of the 28th day of June last at Loughborough, when a large number of such frames was broken, and an attempt was made to murder one of the persons intrusted with the care of them. And whereas it hath been farther represented unto Us, that such outrages have for the most part been prompted by a desire, on the part of the journeymen employed in the said manufactory, to dictate to their masters the terms on which the manufactory should be carried on, or the prices at which work should be done, which dictation is utterly inconsistent with the principles of justice, and destructive of the freedom and prosperity of trade. And whercas whereas measures have been taken, by the wisdom of his Majesty's Parliament, for repressing such outrages in future, by increasing the punishment for the same; and in the hope that such measures will effectually deter persons from the future commission of such offences, We are desirous of extending his Majesty's most gracious pardon to all those who have hitherto offended herein, except as hereinafter is mentioned: We have therefore thought fit, by and with the advice of his Majesty's Privy Council, to issue this Proclamation, and in the name and on the behalf of his Majesty, We do hereby promise and declare, that every person who hath committed any offence against the form of the Statute made in the fifty-fourth year of his Majesty's reign, for the punishment of persons destroying stocking or lace frames, but hath not yet been charged therewith, and who shall, previous to the first day of September next ensuing, appear before some justice of the peace or magistrate, and declare such his offence, and when, where, and by whom the same was committed, shall receive his Majesty's most gracious pardon for such offence; and that no confession so made by any such person shall be given in evidence in any court or in any case whatever; provided, nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall extend to the offence so committed at Loughborough, as aforesaid, nor to any other offence, except such as may have been committed contrary to the said statute made in the 54th year aforesaid. Given at the Court at Carltonhouse, the 15th day of July, 1817, in the 57th year of his Majesty's reign. God save the King. Lady Emily Murray, a daughter. The Countess of Rothes, daughter. Hon. Mrs. George Villiers, a son. Lady Gertrude Sloane, a son. The Duchess of Newcastle, asón. The lady of Sir Philip Broke, bart. a daughter. The Marchioness of Queensberry, a daughter. The lady of Adm. Sir G. Cockburn, a daughter. Lady K. Halkett, a son. Lady Frances Clonmore, daughter. a Hon. Mrs. Sullivan, a son. Lady Edward O'Brien, a daughter. The wife of the Hon. and Rev. Gerard Noel, a daughter. Lady Anna Maria Cuffee, a son and heir. Lady of Sir Edward Bayntun Sandys, a daughter. Lady of Sir J. Trollope, a son. May. Lady Harriet Paget, a daughter. Viscountess Milton, a son. The wife of William Dickinson, Esq. M.P. a daughter. Right Hon. Lady Graves, a daughter. The wife of E. Littleton, Esq. M. P. a daughter. Right Hon. Lady Fitzroy Somerset, a son. Lady Katherine Stewart, a daughter. The wife of John Ireland Blackburne, Esq. M. P. a son and heir. Rt. Hon. Lady Sophia Whichcote, a son. The wife of the Hon. J. Tuchet, eldest son of Lord Audley, a son. The Duchess of Bedford, a son. Hon. Mrs. Dawson, a daughter. Lady Clerk, a daughter. The lady of Sir Richard Jephson, bart. a son. The wife of the Hon. and Rev. J. Evelyn Boscawen, a daughter. The wife of the Hon. Edward Thornton, a son. The wife of the Hon. and Rev. H. C. Cust, a daughter. The Countess of Errol, a son. The Hon. Mrs. Peter Latouche, a daughter. Lady Thurlow, a son. Lady of Sir John Chandos Reade, bart. à daughter. Lady Manners, a son, (still. born.) Lady Barbara Ponsonby, a daughter. The lady of Lord Cringletie, son. Lady Caroline Cocks, a daugh ter. Hon. |