The National Register.
London, England, 1821-03-25 00:00:00

FROM LAST Alanrs GAZETTg.
BY THE KING.—A PROCLAMATIOW.
GEO. R.
WHE REAR by an act passed in the Stith year of the reign of
his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, An act to
provide for a new silver coinage, and to regulate the gold and
silver currency of this realm," the master and worker of our
mint in London was authorized and empowered to coin, or cause
to be coined, silver bullion into silver coin, consisting of crowns,
half crowns, shillings, and sixpences, of the standard of eleven
ounces and two pennyweights of fine silver and eighteen penny.
weights of alloy to the pound troy; and in weight after the rate
of 665. to the pound troy. And whereas. in virtue of the powers
so given, a coinage of crowns or five shilling pieces, shillings,
sixpences, and other small silver monies usually denominated
Maundy Monies, namely, fourpenny, threepenny, twopenny,
and penny pieces (in addition to the coinage of the other deno •
minations of silver monies, at the rate of Geis. to the pound troy,
and of the standard fineness shove mentioned ; every such crown
or five shilling piece having for the obverse impression our editv
or portraiture, with the inscription Georgius HD. D. G
Britanniar : Rex. F. D." and for the reverse the image of Saint
George sitting on horseback, attacking the dragon with a sword.
having broken his spear in the encounter, and the date of the !
year, and on rho' edge of the piece. in raised letters, the words
" Decus et Tutatnen Anno Regni," the year of our reign being
in roman numeral letters; and every such shilling and sixpenny
piece having for the obverse impression our effigy or portraiture,
with the inscription „Georgics 1111. D. G. Britanniar : Rex.
F. I)." and for the reverse the ensigns armorial of our united
kingdom contained in a shield, surmounted by our royal crown,
the rose, thistle, and shamrock being placed round the shield,
with the word s 6 Arm." and the date of the year, and the edge
of the piece being marked with the graining used on the coins of
his late Majesty ; and every such silver monies usually deno-
minated Nlaundy Monies., namely, the fourpenny, threepenny.
twopenny, and penny pieces, having for the obverse impression
our effigy or portraiture, with a similar inscription to the shilling
and sixpence, and for the reverse the denomination of the money
encircled by an oak wreath surmounted by the royal crown. and
having the date of the year; has been delivered from our mint to
the Bank of England, and will be issued therefrom for the use of
our subjects: we have therefore, by and with the advice of our
privy council, thought fit to iss-us this our royal proclamation ;
and we do hereby ordain, declare, and command, that the said
pieces of silver money shall, from and after the day of the date of
this our proclamation, be current and lawful money of our king-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and shall pass and be received
as current and lawful money of our said kingdom, that is to say,
such crown pieces as of the value of five shillings, the said shilling
pieces as of the value of twelvepence, the said sixpenny pieces as
of the value of sixpence, and the said Maundy Monies, namely,
the said fourpenny pieces as of the value of fourpence, the said
threepenny pieces as of the value of threepence. the said twopenny
pieces as of the value of twopence, and the said penny pieces as
of the value of one penny, in all payments and transactions of
money.
Given at our court of Carlton House, the 21st day of March,
1821, in the second year of our reign.

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
R. Wroota, Sladiird, Lincolnshire. draper.
J. Kirkman, Great Bolton, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer.
G. Moth, Portaea, vintner.
BANKRUPTS.
.T. Macleod, Cornhill, boot and shoe maker. Solicitor, Mr.
Pullen, Monkwell Street.

A. iienzies. St. Martin's Lane, baker. SoL Mr. Jopson,
Cantle Street, Holborn._

J. Gunnery. Liverpool, dealer. Sols. Messrs. Clarke and Co.
Chancery Lane.
J. Taylor, Sheffield, iron founder. Sol. Mr. Duncan, Gray's
Inn.

W. Ilaynep, Stourbridge. Worceqtershire, currier. Sols.
idessrp. Master and Co. Gray's Inn Place.
J. Wells, Liverpool, merchant. Sole. Messrs. Adlington lnd
Co. Bedfonl Row.

M. Sedgwiek, London, warehouseman. Soh. Messrs. Fisher
and Co. Thavies Inn.

.1. 1. Smith, Vauxhall Walk, coal dealer. Soles Messrs. Ro-
binson and Co. Austinfriars.

J. Johnsen, Leamington, Warwickshire, druggist. Sol. Mr.
Arundel], Furnival's Inn.

T. Chinn, Maidstone, Kent. linen draper. Sol. Mr. Rippon,
Great Surrey Street.
A. Hellman, Mincing Lane, merchant. Sol. Mr. Eicke,
Aldermanbury.
.1. Morris, Upholland, Lancashire, tanner. Sole. Messrs.
Taylor and Co. Temple.
W. Kenifeck, Throgmorton Street, stock broker. Sol. Mr.
Myers, Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury.
I'. Croft, Chatham, Kent, hair dresser. Sol. Mr. Dickcns,
Bow Lane.

J. Waller, Lipper Russell Street, liermnndsry, parchment
dealer. Sole. Messrs. Foulkes and Co. Southampton Street,
Cavera Garden.

T. Field, White Hart Inn Yard. West Smithfield, inn yard
keeper. Sol. Mr. Gray, Ringsland Road.
J. Coulson and E. Leadbitter. Gateshead, Durham. glass
manufacturers. Sols. Messrs. Atkinson and Co. Chancery Lane.
G. Richardson, Mecklenburg,' Square, an'l T. Voices. Queen
Square, merchants. Sole. Me•srs. Swain and Co. Old Jewry.
R. Phillips, Threadneedle Street, vintner. Sol. Mr. Barbor,
Fetter Lane.

J. Harding, Great Winchester Street, jeweller. Soli. Messrs.
Jones and Co. Murylebone Street.
.1. Digntim. Iladlow Street, Burton Crescent, coal merchant.
Sol. Mr. Harrison, Bucklerabury.
DI VI x DS.
April 41, W. Luke, H. Whitehall, and IL Jenkin, West
Smithfield. linen drapers--17, J. and C. Him. Hatfield, Ilerts,
brewers-14, 11. P. Gilpin!, Throgmorton street, merchant-
-14, .1. H. Haywood and J. Pinnigcr, Caine, Wilts, clothiers-14,
J. Knott, W. Smith, and .1. Clarke. Southwark, T.
Helim, Bermondsey, merchant-17, R. Rowland, Strand, linen
draper-IG, J. Ritchie and T. Moffat. Liverpool, merchants-
-14, C. Marsh, 1.. Deane, R. Westbrook, and H. B. Deane,
Reading, bankers-14, 1). Jackson, Houndaditch, chemist-16,
J. Freeth, Bulwell, Nottingham, calico printer-18, J. Allen,
Warwick, innkeeper-12, F. Hutchings, Gloucester, cheese
factor-13, F. Haywood, Liverpool, merchant— 7. .1. Lachlan,
Great Abe Street, Goodinun's Fields, ship broker—O. S. Joseph,
Gosport, slopseller-14, .1. Buchanan, Sherliorne I.ane, merchant
—l4, W. Turner, West Bromwich, Staffindshire, bayonet maker
—May 8, N. and W. Bowers, Cannon Street, comb makers.
CERTIFICATES to be granted April 14.
J. W noble, Woolwich, timber inerchant—D. Thomas,
Greenwich, chinaman - Harris, Worship Street, Finsbury
Square, conch proprietor—W. F. A. Dufour, Demers Street,
Orford Street, jeweller—C. Glover, Braintree, Essex. draper—
'''. Worth, Talbot Court, Grace church Street, haberdasher.

CAUTION TO THE AkMY.--.-Ensign John Pin-
niger, on the hall-pay of the Ist foot, was tried at
Salisbury for having defrauded some country bank-
ers, by receiving the amount of his half-pay from his
agent, afier the bankers had advanced the amount
(on the necessary documents) for the same period ;
he was sentenced to teven years transportation
leyond the seas.