ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. [Jan. 



such haste fis to be at Cumberland- 

 house by twelve o'clock, within 

 twenty minutes after his receipt of 

 the summons. In a few minutes 

 the Bishop of London also ar- 

 rived, and immediately after him 

 came the Lord Chancellor and 

 the Cabinet Ministers. The same 

 ceremonies were observed as at 

 the delivery of a queen of England, 

 and about one o'clock her Royal 

 Highness was delivered of a still- 

 born child. 



In a short time tlie following 

 bulletin was drawn up, and is- 

 sued, for the satisfaction of the 

 public :— ^ 



" St. James's, Monday, Jan. 27- 

 " Her Royal Highness the 

 Duchess of Cumberla,nd was de- 

 livered at one o'clock this day of 

 a still-born female child, and is as 

 well as can be expected. 



" Henry Hali-ord, 



" Chaulks M. Clarke." 



Johanna Southcote. — The delu- 

 sion at this time practised upon 

 the believei's in the predictions 

 and doctrines of the late prophetess 

 is matter of great astonishment. 

 An inter(Uct arrived at Newark on 

 Sunday, the 19th instant, from a 

 disciple of the conclave at Leeds, 

 inhil^iting those of the faith, 

 amongst other things, fi-om at- 

 tending to their ordinary business 



during tlie 



ensumg eight or nine 



days ; and a manufacturer's shop 

 in that place is at this time en- 

 tirely deserted, and the business 

 of many small dealers suspended 

 inconsequence. — LincolnMercury. 



From the London Gazette, Tuesdaij 



January 28. 

 By his Royal Highness the Prince 

 of Wales, RCj^ent of the united 



kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, in the name and on the 

 behalf of his Majesty, 



A PROCLAMATION. 



George, P. R. 

 Whereas, by an act passed in 

 the 56th year of his Majesty's 

 reign, entitled " An Act to provide 

 for a new silver coinage, and to 

 regulate the currency of the gold 

 and silver coin of this realm," it 

 is amongst other things enacted, 

 that from and after such days, and 

 during such period of time, as 

 shall be named and appointed in 

 and by any proclamation or pro- 

 clamations which shall be made 

 and issued for that purpose, by or 

 on behalf of his Majesty's Privy 

 Council, it shall and may be lawful 

 for any person or persons to bring 

 and deliver into his Majesty's 

 Mint any silver coin of this realm 

 heretofore coined and current, 

 which shall by any officer or officers 

 of the said Mint, to be appointed 

 for that purpose by the Master of 

 the INIint, be judged and deemed 

 to be such silver coin of this realm, 

 and tliat there shall be delivered 

 out of the said Mint to every per- 

 son bringing in and delivering 

 such old silver coin, a sum in new 

 silver coin, of crowns,half-crowns, 

 shillings, and sixpences, to be 

 coined, pursuant to the directions 

 of tlie said act, equal to the amount 

 of the silver coins brought in and 

 delivered as aforesaid, according 

 to the respective denominations of 

 such silver coins : and whereas, 

 We have thought fit in tlie name 

 and on the behalf of his jNIajesty, 

 and by and with the advice of his 

 Majesty's Privy Council, to name 

 and appoint the 3d day of Feb. 

 now next ensuing, as the day 

 from and after which, and from 



thence 



