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London, England, 1820-02-23 00:00:00

LONDON JOURNALS. •
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FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF' THIS DAY.

[3lorning Chronicle;]'
The following is an extract of a private letter
dateo 1/Ith instant :—" We are at this tno-
ment in a very agitated state, such as may be.re.
marked on the countenances of numbers, thong's
they dare not express themselves, for in tact the
minds of the people are much exasperated. The
rage for duels has again commenced ; in this
way the feelings of Frenchmen evaporate, when
they cannot :write and complain. The conse-
quences will be serious, for things are in a forced,
an unnatural, state it the present moment. The-
French military have been humiliated ; this they
cannot brook. They dissemble, but they do not
cease to feel.—We are at this moment' anxiously
looking for the denouement of the duel that is to
take place between Caulaincourt, lltic de Vicence,
and the Due de Fitz-James; it %sill be econbut a
wort.. 111 y flute-master was the other day impli-
cated in one of these political duels; he once, poor
fellow, knew better times, and wore with honour
an epaulett,e; be was killed on the spot," .

It is now believed that the dissolistion of Par-
lament will take place on Friday or Saturday

The Friends of l'4tliatneutary Reform will not
he displeased to learn, that numbers of. Pot-
walloping Boroughs have at thissmotnent Agents
and Deputations in town, seeking tor Candidates ;
but, from various causes, dupes are not to he
found. The wholesome example of chastisement
given to the fourrotten Boroughs by the suspen-
sion of the Writs, for which a Bill has passed the
[louse of Commons, makes men shy of the cor-
ruptioo that was so flagrant- at all former Elec-
tions. his confidentlyexpected that the House
of Lords will chew the same respect to public feel-
ing on this point as the House of-Commons, and
that the Bill will pass into a law.
'Ns the General 'Election is likely to follow so
Closely. on the nomination of the Sheriffs, we
think it may not be amiss to remind our Readers,
who hll the offices of Sheriff or Under-Sheriff, that
.by an Act which passe,' in the year 1813, the Elec-
tion ‘Vrits are. to be delivered to the Sheriff, by
*the General Post-office ; and for the purpose of
enabling the Postmaster-General to execute this
duty, every Sheriff is required, upon his appoint-
ment, to signify to the General Post-office the
place where his official business is to be transacted
during his Shricvalty. Every Sheriff who neglects
this part of his duty, is, of course, guilty of a
misdemeanour; and if an Election should be de-
layed in consequence of 9101 neglect, he would
also, be liable to. be punished by the House of
Commons —(Mid )
, sio• The las, of these paragraphs is chiefly a confirmation
of who; we stied on this subject yesterday, hut we repeat
the information that the Sheriffs may be fully apprised, of
their duty.

[The Times ]
IL.ny at our countrymen, tse are informed in
a private letter, ten° resided in Paris at .the time
ot.the Ice assassination, have lett that capital for
England. The greatest tratu and ()Oct,
however, ate said to derail.

' We, most seriously and religiciusly considering, that it is
au indispensable duty on us to be careful, above all other
things, to preserve and advance the honour and service of
AlurightrGod, and to discourage and suppress all vice,pro-
faneness, debauchery, and immorality, which are su highly
displeasing to God, so great a reproach to our religion and
government, and (by means of the fretpunit ill examples of
the practices thereof) hare so fatal a tendency to the.cor-
ruption of many of our loving subjects, otherwise reli,
giously and virtuously 'disposed, and which '(if nut
time-
ly remedied) may instly draw down the Divine vengeance
on us and our kingdoms ; we also humbly acknowledging
that we cannot expect the blessing and goodness of Almighty
God (by whom Kings reign and on which we entirely rely)
to make our reign happy and prosperOus to ourself and our
people, without a religious observance of God's holy laws;
to the intent, therefore, that religion, piety, and good wan-
tiers may (according to o(ir •must hearty desire) flourish
and increase under our administration and government, we
have thought fit, by the advice of our Privy Council, to issue
this our Royal Proclamation, and do 'hereby declare our Royal
purpose and resolution to discountenance and punish all
mariner of. vice, prophaneness, and immorality in all persons
of whatsoever degree or quality, within this our Realm, and
Particularly in such as arc employed near our Royal Person;
and that for the encouragement of religion and morality, we
will, upon ail occasions, distinguish persons of piety and
virtue; by marks.of our Royal favour; and we do expect and
require, that all persons of honour, or in place of authority,
will give good example by their own virtue and piety, and
to their utmost contribute to the discouutenancing persons
of dissolute and debauched lives, that they being redticed

by that means to shame and 'contempt fur their loose
and evil actions and behaviour, may be thereby also
enforced the sooner to reform their ill-habits and prac-
tices, and that the visible displeasure of good .men
towards them may (as far as it is possible) supply what
the laws (probably) cannot altogether prevent : and we do
hereby strictly enjoin .and prohibit all our loving sub-
jects, of what degree or quality soccer, from playing on the
Lord's Day at dice, cards, or any other game whatsoever, either
in public or private houses, or other place or places whatso-
ever; and we do hereby require and command them, and
every of them, decently and reverently to attend the worship
of God, on every Lord's Day, on pain of our highest dis-
pleasure, and of being proceeded against with the utmost
-rigour tliat may be by law : and, for the more effectual
reforming all such persons who, by reason of their dis-
solute lives and conversations, are a scandal to our king-
dom, Our further pleasure is, and we do hereby strictly
charge and command all our Judges, Mayors, Sheriffs, Jus-
tices of the Peace, and all other our Offieers, and Ministers,.
1)0111 Ecclesiastical and Civil, and all other our subjects whom
it may concern, to bo very vigilant and strict in the discovery
and the effectual prosecution and punishment of all persons
who shall be guilty of excessive drinking„, blasphemy, profane
swearing and cursing, lewdness, profanation Of the Lord's
Day, or other dissolute, immoral, or disorderly practices; and
that they take care also effectually to • suppress all ptib!ic
gaming-houses and places, and other lewd and disorderly
houSes, and, to put in execution the Statute made in the
twenty-ninth year of the late King Charles the Second, inti-
taled; " An Act for the better observation of the Lord's Day,
commonly called Sunday ;" and also so much of an Act of Par-
liament made in the ninth yea•r of the reign of the late King
William the 'Third, intituled, " An Act for the more ef-
fectual suppressing of blasphemy and profaneness," as is now
in force, and all other laws now in force for the punishing and
suppressing any of • the vices aforesaid ; anti also to suppress
and prevent all gaming whatsoever, in public err private
houses, on the Lord's Day; and likewise that they take effec-
tual care to prevent all persons keeping taverns, chocolate•
houses, coffee-houses, or other public-houses whatsoever,from
selling wine, chocolate, coffee, ale, beer, or other liquors, or
receiving or permitting guests to be or remain in such their
houses,iu the time of Divine service on the Lord-'s Day, as they
will answer it to Almighty Gal, and upon pain of our highest
displeasure : and Mr the more effectual proceedin:, herein,
we do 'hereby direct and coven/and all our Judges of Assize
and Justices of the Pea.ce to give strict charges at their
respective Assizes and Sessions for the due prosecution and
punishment of all perspns that shall presume to offend in
any of the kinds aforesaid, and also of all persons that, con-
trary to their duty, shall be remiss or negligent in putting
the said laws in execution, and that they do, at their respec-
tive Assizes and Quarter Seitions of the Peace, cause this our
Iteyal Proelaniation to be publicly read in open Court/imme-
diately before the charge is given ; and we do hereby farther
charge and command every Minister in his respective Parish
Church or Chapel to read or cause to be rend this our Pro-
clamation, at least four times in every year, immedi-
ately after Divine Service, and to incite and stir wp their
respective auditories to the practice. of piety and virtue,
and the avoiding of all immorality and proplianeness
And to the end that all rice and debauchery may be
prevented, and religion and virtue practised by all
office's, private soldiers, mariners, and others, who are em-
ployed in our service by ten and land ; we do hereby strictly
charge and .erairmand all oar commarolers and officers what-
soever, that they do take care to avoid all proprianeness, de-
bauchery, and other immaralities, and that, by their own
gaud and virtuous lives and conversations, they do set good
examples to all such as are under their care and authority,
and likewise take care of and jnspect the liehavionr of all such
as are under them, and loutish all those who shall be guilty
of any of the offences aforesaid,' as they. will beauswerable fur
the ill consequences of their neglect helein:
Given at our Court, at Carlt•qr House, this WI day of Fe-
bruary, 1520, and in the first year of our Reign.
GOD save' the KING.
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BANKRUPTS.
R. Jackson, Orley, Yorkshire, linen-draper, to surrender
Al arch I, at five, e, and April 4, at ten, at the White Horse
Attornies, Messrs. Few, Ashmore, and Hamil-
ton, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, London; and Mr.
Barret. Otley. •

J. Ellis, Welllngore, Lincolnshire, maltster, March 21, 9.2,
and April 4, at eleven, at the Saracen's .1-lead Inn, Lincoln.
Alto; ;lies, Mr. flare, Sleaford, Lincolnshire; and Mussrs.
Lodimoon and flail, Secondaries' Mite, Temple.
JaCheethain, Stockport, cotton-spinner, and W. Wright,
Glossop, DerhN shire, machine maker, March 6,7, and April
4, at nine, at the George Inn, Manchester. Attornies, Mr.
Unchlry, ,Manchester; and Messrs. Hurd and Johnson,
London.

C.. %Velma!), Iln,inaer, Somerset linen-thaperi Feb.
/5, Marc;ll 11, alit! Apt it 9, at title:l4 At the George 11w, 11-