Year: 1860




A late number of the London Gazette
contains the following Royal Proclama-
ton "for the encouragement ofpiety and
virtue, and for the preventing and pun
lshlng OF vice, profaneness, and immoral
ity," issued on the 9th ultimo by the
Queen of England:


BY THE QUEEN.


Victoria Rive, most seriously and
religiously considering that it is our in
dispensable duty to be careful above all
other things to preserve and advance the
honor and service of Almighty God, and
to discourage and suppress ell vice,
profanity, debauchery, and immortality.
which are SO highly displessing to God
and so great reproach to our religion
and Government; to the intent, therefore.
that religion, piety, and good manners
may flourish and increase under our Ad-
ministration and Government, we have
thought fit, by the advice of our Privy
Council, to issue this our Royal Proclama-
tion, and do declare our Royal purpose
and resolution to discounteance and pun
ish all manner of vice, profaneness, and i'm
morality in all persons of whatever degree
or quality within this our realm; and We
do expect and require that all persons of
honor, or in place of authority, will give
good example by their own virtue and
pity, and to their utmost, contribute to
the discountenancing persons of dissolute
and immoral lives; and we do hereby
strictly enjoin and prohibit all our loving
subjects, of what degree or quality soev-
er, from playing on the Lords day at
dice, cards, or any other game whatsoev.
er, either in public or private houses. or
place or places whatsoever, and we do
hereby require and command them, and
every one of them, decently and rever-
emily to attend the worship of God on
every Lords day Our further pleasure
is, and We do hereby strictly charge and
command all our judges, mayors, sherifs,
justices of the peace, and all our other
officers and ministers, ecclesiastical and
civil, and all our subjects whom it may
concern, to be very vigilant and strict in
the discovery and effectual prosecution
and punishment of all persons who she'll
be guilty of dissolute, immoral, or disor-
derly practices; and that they take care
also effectualIy to suppress all public ga
ming houses and places, and lewd and
other disorderly houses aud also to
suppress and prevent all gaming whatso-
ever, in public or private houses, on the
Lords day, and likewise that they take
etfiectual care to prevent all persons keep
ing taverns, or other public houses what
soever, from selling wine, beer, or other
liquors, permitting guests to be or remain
in such their houses in the time of divine
service on the Lords day. And for the
more effectual proceeding herein, We do
hereby direct and command all our
Judges of assize and Justices of the peace
to give strict charge at their respective
assizes and sessions for the due prosecu-
ton and punishment of all persons that
shall be remiss or negligent in putting
the said laws in execution; and that they
do at their respective assizes and quarter
session of the peace cause this our Royal
Proclamation to be publicly read in open
court Immediately before the charge is
given.


Given at our Court at Buckingham
Palace this 9th day of June, 1860.


Con SAVE THE QUEEN!