The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-27 00:00:00

HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL SIGNATURE.

The following is a copy of the Bill introduced by the Lord
Chancellor on Tuesday, intitled a Bill "To enable his Majesty to
appoint certain Persons to affix his Majesty's Royal Signature to
Instruments requiring such Signature.'
Most Gracious Sovereign,—Whereas your Majesty has been
graciously pleased to communicate to your Parliament, that your
Majesty is labouring under severe indisposition, which renders it
painful and inconvenient to your Majesty to sign, with your own
hand, those instruments which require the sign manual ; and
that your Majesty relies upon the dutiful attachment of Parlia-
ment to consider, without delay, of the means by which your
Majesty may be enabled to provide for the temporary discharge
of this important function of the Crown, without detriment to
the public service: We, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal
subjects, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in
Parliament assembled, having taken your Majesty's gracious
Message into our immediate consideration; and, although trust-
ing in the providence of Almighty God that your Majesty may
be speedily restored to health and strength, we feel it our duty to
your Majesty and to the people of these realms to comply with
your Majesty's most gracious recommendation ; and we do there-
fore humbly beseech your Majesty that it may be enacted, and
be it enacted by the Ki, g's most excellent Majesty, by and with
the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and
the Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the
authority of the same, that it shall and may be lawful for his
Majesty, by any warrant or commission under his Majesty's
Royal sign manual, to appoint one or more person or persons, to
be therein named, each of whom shall have full power and
authority to affix in his Majesty's presence, and by his Majesty's
command, his Majesty's Royal signature, by means of a stamp,
to be prepared for that purpose in the form following ; that is to
say, " George R." or in cases where the Royal signature has
usually been by initials only, then by means of a certain other
stamp, to be prepared for that purpose in the form following; that
is to say, "G. R." ; to any warrant, commission, or other
writing or instrument, subject to the provisions and regulations
hereinafter contained; and his Majesty's Royal Signature, so
affixed, shall be valid and effectual, and have the same force and
effect as his Majesty's sign manual, and shall be deemed and
taken to be, to all intents and purposes, his Majesty's Royal sign
manual, and be obeyed as such.
Provided always, and be it enacted, that no person so to be
appointed shall affix his Majesty's signature as aforesaid to any
such warrant, commission, or other writing or instrument,
without a memorandum in writing previously endorsed thereon,
describing the nature and object of such warrant, commission,
or other writing or instrument, signed by the Lord High Chan-
cellor, the First Lord Commissioner of his Majesty's Treasury,
the President of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council,
the Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Seal, and his Majesty's three
Principal Secretaries of State for the time being, or any three or'
more of them : provided also, that the person affixing his Ma-
jesty's Royal signature shall subjoin thereto the words follow-
ing; that is to say, " In his Majesty's presence, and by his Ma-
jesty's command," and subscribe the same with his own name.
And be it further enacted, that the said stamps so to be pre-
pared as aforesaid shall be prepared by the order and under the
direction of the Lord President of his Majesty's Most Honour-
able Privy Council, and shall be kept in the custody of the Lord
High Chancellor, the First Lord Commissioner of his Majesty's
Treasury, or the President of his Majesty's Most Honourable
Privy Council, or the Keeper of his Majesty's Privy Seal, or one
of his Majesty's three Principal Secretaries of State for the time
being, and shall not be affixed to any such warrant, commission,
or other writing or instrument, except in their presence, or in
the presence of one or more of them, who shall attest the same
accordingly.
And be it further enacted, that each of the persons so autho-
rised to affix his Majesty's Royal signature, shall, before lie shall
presume to act under his Majesty's warrant or commission au-
thorising him so to do, take and subscribe the following oath—
that is to say,
" 1 A. B. do swear that I will not affix the Royal signature to
any warrant, commission, or other writing or instrument, under
and by virtue of an Act intituled, An Act to enable his Majesty
to appoint certain persons to affix his Majesty's Royal signature
to instruments requiring such signatures,' except in his Majesty's
presence, and by his Majesty's command; and will truly and
faithfully
,perform the duty entrusted to me bylp the said Act.
" S h me God."
Which oath shall be taken before the Lord Hiegh
,Chancellor,
who is hereby authorised and required to administer the same.
Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to prevent his Majesty from signing any warrant, com-
mission, or other writing or instrument, with his Majesty's
Royal sign manual in the usual and accustomed manner, or to
prevent any warrant, commission, or other writing or instru-
ment so signed by his Majesty from having the same validity and
effect as if this Act had not passed.
And be it further enacted, that this Act shall continue and
be in full force until the expiration of one month alter the meet-
ing of the next Session of Parliament ; but the same may be al-
tered cr repealed by any Act or Acts to be passed in the present
Session of Parliament.•

Sir WALTER SCOTT is about to erect at
Irongray, near Dumfries, a monument above the grave of
HELEN WALKER, who Was the prototype of .BEANIE
DiA NS. --Brighton Gazette.