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„From the LONDON GAZETTE.
Translation of the Sumptuary Laws, published by his
Danfh Mafefly, the 2oty of January, 1783.$
%, H REAS Hs majefly hath observed, with much
; chip eature, and bast underwood, upon farther
inquiry, that to great luxury prevTs throughout his
oomibions, that l y the use of foreign commodities,
farleyord whet is necessary, the wealth of the coun
try is made to pals into the hands of Grangers ; and
teat, by the unoece^ary consumption of the produc
tj is of this country, a great part of them is wafted,
which ought 10 be fold to foreigners; and whereas it
has not eicapeu his maiefly's notice, that private per
fous, whether they themfeives may have adopted an
e-perfo/r manner of living, to which their revenues
are unequal, or may have found tnernfelves obliged,
from particular circumstances, to imitate the exam
ple of their wealthier neighbours, either ruin or great
ly impair their fortunes: to Irevenc this, and toaffiß
ihofe WHO wish to be 'relieved from this burthen, and
to rtfiore tiat ceconomy so necessary to individuals,
n^d so filutary o the cate, that every one may employ
to the befl advantage the means he possesses, and the
feurce of arts and of tubfiffence may remain unimpir
ed, nis majefly oa^ been graciously pleased to ordain
and command as follows:
I None of his m jelly's fubjeas fhallj from this time
forward, be permitted to use for themfeives, or in their
houses, any thing of gold or silver, except fauff
boxs fwerds, buckles, shirt-buttons, watches, etuis,
(poors, table knives and forks, candleflicks, fugar
box-s, (ea-spoons, sugar tongs, and such other small
arises as are used at table, as also the cups, and
what are commonly called tummleis, used by the pea
sants.
In this exception are also included, rings, ear-rings,
and necklaces, together with what belongs to the d-rels
of the peafn;s, bring of maffy silver, and what may
be necessary for personal use w. en at home. Further,
from the above pr hibuion are excepted to the number
of eight silver plates for the table, terrins and coffee
pots for those who alrea y have them ; but, on the
contrary, all other gold and silver plate, used either
for he table or tea table, i ft illy prohibited. The
silver, however, worn by the jegers and running foot
irm, may be still used. It Ihall also be permitted, to
those who chu'e it, to wear plain silver buttons on
tneir Itveries. Moreover all gold and silver work,
which may henceforth be imported, ihall be con fifca
ted, wherever the fame ihall be found, excepting what
travellers may have for their personal use, cr may bring
into the country for exportation.
2. All silver and gold lace on new cloaths, together
with taff'ls and fuct-like, ihall be prohibited from the
date of the publication hereof: but that none may fuf
fer loss fy such prohibition, his majefly has been gra
ciously pleased to permit, that all those who are al
ready provided with such cloaths, may wear them un
til the ill of January, 17^6. From this prohibition
are exceped the uniforms his majefiy may order and
appoint to be worn, or such as are a ready worn, by
the firvants in bis majefly's civil employments, or by
the army, and which no other person shall presume to
wear.
3. No man shall order any rew cloaths to be made,
embroidered with gold or silver, or with silk, from the
ift <f February, 1783; but may wear out those he al
ready has, till the ill of January, 1786. The fame is
toasted with rcf,eft to all furniture for horses. But
that such perfon# as have hitherto earned their liveii
hood by pradtifing embroidery, may not be altogether
deprived of employment, his majefly, till further or
ders, w II graciously permit the women to wear silk
embroidery, provided that such embroidered fluffs be
flaroped in the flamp hall of Copenhagen, upon pro
ducing proper certificates that they have been made
wi bin bis majefly's dominions. In other towns, and
in the country, the stamping of such fluffs will be en
trufied to such officers as his majefiy shall be gracious
ly pleaed to appoint for that purpose. The flamp
shall confid in tne cypher of the royal name, with the
device, zum gebrauch (for use.) Moreover, it wi'! be
permitted to the women to wear such cloaths as they
already have, till theist of January, 1786.
4. Ail cloaths, and every tiring belonging to drefa
made of brocade, or in wrought gold or silver fluff, as
well as those beset with true or counterfeit foreign
Bones, or true or counterfeit pearls, mull not be worn
after theist of January, 1784. From this are except
ed such presents as his majesty, or any of the royal
family, may at any time have been graciously pleased
to bestow. All feathers, foreign lace, and what is com
monly called point, are a'fo prohibited from theist of
January, 1784. but if any person will order any thing
to be wrought of flones found in the country, he must
prove that such Hones are really found in his majefly's
dominions.
5. All gilding, whether on carriages, furniture, or
in houses, is prohibited to be done from the date
hereof.\
. 6. All buttons on mens cloaths, those of his majes
ty's uniforms only excepted, shall be made either of
the cloth itfelf, or be made in the country of silk or ca
ncels hair. The common buttons of the peasants are
allowed to be worn.
7. His majesty permits the men to wear what silk
or velvet cloaths they may now have, and as they
now are, till the ill of January, 1786. agreeably how
ever to the terms of the 4th article foregoing. But no
furtouts of silk or velvet shall be worn from the above
date, and none shall be made after the publication of
this ordinance. Yet, in regard of the royal manufac
turer, the men shall be permitted to wear silk waist
coats, breeches, and flockings, provided they be made
in this country, apd also silk linings in their coats ;
but velvet shall be entirely prohibited for the future^
No silk handkerchiefs, that connot be washed, shall
be worn from this date. But as this law does not com
ptehend Manchefler, and other cotton fluffs, neither
does it extend to fluffs made of silk and linen, of silk
and cotton, nor cf silk and woollen, or floret, all which
may be worn as formerly, provided it can be proved,
that they have been fabricated in the country.
8. All furs so? frimmihgf and dress cloaths are pro
hibited from theist of January, 1786: But on account
of warmness, the furs of the country may be worn,
and of foreigri furs, only that kind called grau werk
(fquifrel skin)
9. The fervahts of his majefly's houfhold, as well as
all others, shall not wear any thing of silk, except hair
bags, har ribbands, and flecks, also flockings,
from theist of January, 1786. And the maid servants
shall not wear, after the fame period, any thing of
silk, excepting a mantle, and a black silk gown.
10. After the fame, the women shall wear no other
trimmings on their gowns, but those that are made
of the fame fluff with the gown; or if they be made of
any other, they shall not exceed sixteen rix dollars in
'value. All womens cloaths made after theist of Fe
bruary, 1783, shall be conformable to the above. All
Italian and other artificial flowers, unless they can be
proved to have been made in this country, are AriEHy
prohibited from the date hereof.
ir. Servant maids shall not wear any head-dress that
^fhall exceed one and an half rix dollar in value, ex
cept on their marriage day. Neither shall they wear
any ear-rings.
12. Every lackey, who shall have his hair dressed
by a hair-dresser, shall be punched by a fine of four
rix dollars.
13. "All silk hangings for rooms, arid silk window
curtains, are prohibited to be put up after the present
date.
14. His majesty reiterates his former prohibition re.
(peeling the importation of the following articles into
his dominions.
All furniture of whatever kind, under which are
comprehended a'd forts of carpets.
All forts of carriages, as also harness for horses.
All finifhed clocks and watches.
All foreign giais, porceiaine, fayence, from which
looking-glasses are excepted tor the present. The East-
Jodia and Canal companies, however, preserve the
rights of their charter. Under this prohibition is not
included what travellers may have for their own use,
or what may brought into the country for exporta
tion.
15. His majefiy. as well to reflrain luxury, as to
lessen the expenses of his fubjech, further ordains and
commands:
That at entertainments no person shall give more
than eight dishes at dinner, small and great included,
with fallad, and four kinds of desert at most, besides
what fruit the country produces, so that all foreign
confections, whether wet or dry, are altogether ex
cluded.
At supper, no fubjeft shall present more than fix
dishes, small and great, with fallad, and two kinds of
desert, besides the fruit which the country produces.
At entertainments, as well at table as otherwise,
shall no wines be given, but what are commonly call
ed French white wine and French red wine; (claret)
with Malaga and Madeira ; whereas all fine wines and
liquors, as well as old French wine and foreign beer,
should be prohibited. Punch may be given to such as
desire it.
At marriages, and such other exraordinary occasions,
two dishes and two kinds of desert may be given, be
sides what are allowed at ordinary entertainments.
Lafliy, from theist of Odober, 1783, ihall no fo
reign provisions, or foreign prepared victuals be given
at entertainments, or be publickly fold, and for that
purpose be advertised in the newspapers, provided that
the principal ingredients, of which they are composed,
are to be found within his majefly's dominions. But
as his majefiy does not comprehend in this article such
foreign ingredients as are necessary for preparing vic
tuals, he will fpecify more particularly, by an edifl to
be prepared by the general economical and commerci
al college, what of this kind is to be considered as
contraband. Such wines only as are fpecified in the
foregoing article, shall be fold in inns or cellars, and
be allowed to be avertifed in the newspapers for that
purpose. The fame is to be observed with regard to
all kinds of foreign beer and liquors, which muff nei
ther be fold, nor advertised for that purpose, after
theist of October, 1783.
Moreover his majefiy wills, that his loving and
faithful fubjefls shall use what they already have to the
abovementioned date, and also that they shall refiria
themfeives with refpea to eating and drinking, as well
as to the other articles above-mentioned, within still
narrower bounds than those prescribed by the above
ordinance.
That this law may be held in constant remembrance,
the fame shall be read from all the pulpits throughout
his majesty's dominions, every firft Sunday after the
new year, and every firft Sunday of the month of July.
And as his majesty is persuaded that his loving and
dutiful fubje&s, sensible of their own interefl, will of
themfeives be difpefed to observe this economical re
gulation, he will not therefore, as yet, enforce their
compliance therewith, by the intervention of the po
lice, or by any other coercive measure.
L O N D 0 N?
May 26. William Norton, esquire, minifler at
Bern, one of the Swiss cantons, is dismissed from his
employment, his majefiy having no further occasion
for him. The salary, which was fifteen hundred pounds
a year, of course declines
On Friday morning lord Grantham's baggage was
all ready packed up, to be sent off to his lordthip's feat
in Yorkshire, when a letter was brought by a messen
ger ; his lordship instantly ordered every thing to be
unpacked, and waited on the king at St. James's, from
thence went to Mr. Fox's office, and afterwards re
turned to the king. This unexpected affair has given
rife :o various conjefture#, but the chief opinion which
prevailed was, that his lorddiip is about accepting his
former office of ambassador at Madrid ; but others con
jedure that Americais the place of his lordihip's defli
nation.
When the last accounts came from Constantinople,
the Turkish fleet were greatly distressed for hands, as
they had not ftamcn fufficieot in their ports to com
pleat fix fllips of titG bae.
The GRAND STORMONT BREAKFAST.
Lord vifeount Stormont, in compliment to the illus
trious French visitors, gave on Saturday last, one of
the most elegant entertainments ever seen in this coun
try. The spot feleded by his lordship on this occasi
on, was his feat near Wandfworth. About 600 cards
of adminion were diflributed. Sixteen superb marquees
were pitched in his lordfllip's park, in which, as at
the house, were tea, coffee, chocolate, ices, wines, grapes
fhawberries, &c. in the greatest abundance, and serv
ed with the utmost taste and regularity. About if
o'clock the company began to assemble, although his
royal highness the prince of Wales did not arrive till
half after 2 o'clock. His arrival was announced by
the ringing of a bell, and was received by the compa
ny with every mark of refpeft. The duke de Chartres
came in the carriage with the prince of Wales, and the
rest of the foreign nobility arrived with theambaffadors-
At three the dances commenced on the verdant mead.
His highness danced with a foreign lady, and at four
the company departed. Two bands of music belong
ing to the guards attended. The one performing in
the park and the other in the house.
Lady Stormont, although indisposed, was so far re
covered, as to be able to fee the company, which af
forded the most heartfelt fatisfadion to every visitor.
DUBL I N, May 15.
Departing Viceroys, for time immemorial, left this
counrty with those feeling marks of their regard for its
bed interefls, that succeeding generations bore the most
ample teflimony of their zeal for humble friends and
prostitute followers, the Irish pension lift groaned un
der the successive burthens of venal chief governors
and corrupt fenafors. After the most minute enqui
ry, not a trace of this infamous traffic can be difeov
ered, to shame the revered name of Temple—not a pen
sion granted—not am useless place created—but an aft
enrolled in the firft year of Ireland's independence, that
after apes will venerate with gratitude. Lord Temples
has positively flipulated with the admiralty of England,
that, that intelligent feamanand aftive commander,
<apt. Mcßride, of the 'Artois frigate, attended by two
cutters, should make an adua! survey of all the coasts,
bays, and harbours, with the cod filling banks, &c.
on the north-well coast of Ireland---
This survey and report to be concluded with every
dis patch the magnitude of this national object will ad
mit ; the whole to be submitted to parliament, and e
very support granted that will bring the Irish fisheries
to that consequence which muft'make this country
wealthy and refpe&able as any in Europe.
It is an undoubted fad, thatfeveral banks have late
ly been difeovered off the north-weft coast, that swarm
with a finer species of fifh, and in vastly greater abun
dance than any Newfoundland can boast.
Settlement of the Genevans in Ireland.
The proposed emigration of the Genevans being an
nounced to the lord lieutenant and privy council of
Ireland, the duke of Leinßer addressed the following
letter to Mons. d'lvernois:
SI R,
JF the Genevan emigrants should make choice of Ire-1
land for their asylum, and if it should suit them to
eftablith their colony in the county of Kildare, in the
province cf Leinfler ; I have rich and well cultivated
lands, about two miles from Athy and Cadle Dermot,
and fix miles from Carlow, where provisions are ex
tremely plenty, and every necessary of life is cheap.
The river Barrow communicates with Waterford,
whicl,!9 a sea-port town, and a place of increasing com
merce. Your New-Geneva may be built within thir
ty miles of Dublin, and on the road from Dublin to
Cork. I will compliment the emigrants, on their ar
rival and settlement, with two thousand acres of land
in excellent cultivation ; and to every four or five hun
dred acres there shall be allotted a considerable mansion.
I also promise you, fir, the reversion of fifteen hun
dred acres, in addition to the two thousand, after the de
mise of two persons who hold them for their refpeflive
lives : I mean an absolute gift of the whole of this ter
ritory to the Genevan emigrants, for ever, without
recurving to myfelf a quitrent or any rights of feigni
ority. In the mean time, fir, until your new city
shall become habitable, I will undertake to procure
a number of convenient houses near Athy, and, with
the greatest pleasure, I offer you Leinfter Lodge, my
country feat, which is fufficiently large to answer eve
ry purpose.
The foie motive which actuates me in this business,
is a desire of co-operating with the views of government,
in providing for the oppressed Genevans a comfortable
asylum ; an afyium in which they may experience that
liberty, enjoyed bv this in preference to any other
nation in the universe. For my own particular part,
be assured, fir, that I fhdi feel a most sensible pleasure
in convincing your unfortunate companions, that the
facrifices they have made to liberty, entitle them to
the protection of every friend of virtue.
I have the honor to be, &c.
LEINSTE R.
A short time afterwards, Lord Ely wrote to Monfleur
d'lvernois in the following Rile:
S J R> .
THE perferutions fuflained by the Genevans impress
horror on my mind • and in proportion as their fuffer
ing have been extreme, the efforts of every friend to
civil and religious liberty should be exerted in their
favour. My anxious wish is, that the Genevans should
fettle in Ireland; and if I have any land which io your
and their opinions will afford them a comfortable re
treat, I shall be happy to accommodate them, having
an ambition to be considered the proteflor of a body
of men whom I regard with the greatest reference.
Perhaps Ireland does not afford a more convenient
or pleasurable fixation than is to be found on my estate
in the county of Wexford, where a profusion of the
Decenaries of I fe may be purchased at the cheapest
rate; where all is tranqui icy, and where it shall be my
conflant fludy to make your peoplea m^re rich, free,
and happy colony, than ever the city of Geneva could
boa fl.