The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-06 00:00:00

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

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BY THE KING.-A PROCLAMATION.

William R.
Whereas by an /Vet, passed in the fifty-sixth year of the reign of
our late Royal Father, his late Majesty King George the Third,
intituled, "An Act to provide fora new silver coinage, and to re-
gulate the gold and silver coinage of the Realm," the Master and
Worker of our Mint, in London, was empowered to coin silver
bullion into silver coins of the standard of eleven ounces and two
pennyweights of fine silver, and eighteen pennyweights of alloy to
the pound troy, and in weight after the rate of sixty-six shillings to
the pound troy ; and whereas we have thought fit to order that
certain pieces of silver money should be coined, to be called groats,
or fourpences, and to be of the value each of one-third part of a
shilling ; and whereas, pursuant to our said order, and in virtue of
the power given by the said Act, a coinage of the said groats or
fourpences, at the rate and of the standard aforesaid, has been made,
and every such groat or fourpence has for the obverse impression
our effigy, with the inscription, " Gulielmus 1111. D.G. Britan-
nia. Rex F.D." and for the reverse a figure of Britannia, holding
the trident with one hand, and having the other hand placed upon
a shield, bearing the Union Cross, with the words-" Four Pence"
round the figure and the date of the year in the exergue, and with
a milled graining round the edge ; and whereas pieces of silver
money of the above description have been coined at our Mint, and
will be coined there, in pursuance of orders issued, and to be issued,
by us : we have, therefore, by and with the advice of our Privy
Council, thought fit to issuo this our Royal Proclamation ; and we
do hereby ordain, declare, and command that the said pieces of
money so coined,' and to be coined, shall be current and lawful
money of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
shall pass and be received as current and lawful money of the
United Kingdom, by the names aforesaid, and at the value herein-
before assigned to them.
Giien at our Court of St. James's, this 3d day of February, one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and in the sixth year
of our reign.
God save the King.

At the Court at St. James's, the 3d day of February, 1836, pre
sent, the King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
His Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
William Fitzhardinge Berkeley to be Lord Lieutenant of and in the
county of Gloucester, the city of Bristol, and county of the same,
and city of Gloucester, and county of the same, and Custos Rotu-
lorum of the county of Gloucester, his Lordship this day took the
oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of alle-
giance and supremacy.
His Majesty having been pleased to appoint Capel Hanbury
Leigh, Esq., Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county
of Mou'mouth, he this day took the oaths appointed to be taken
thereupon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy.
His Majesty having been pleased to appoint Penry Williams,
Esq., Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county of
Brecon, he this day took the oaths appointed to be taken there-
upon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy.