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paid in like manner^ upon the said 

 Arthur Thistlewood being appre- 

 hended and lodged in any one of 

 his Majesty's gaols : and we do 

 hereby strictly cliarge and com- 

 mand all persons upon their alle- 

 giance, not to receive or harbour 

 the said James Watson and Arthur 

 Thistlewood, or either of them : 

 all persons offending herein will 

 Le thereby guilty of high treason. 

 And we do hereby promise a like 

 rewaid of five hundred pounds to 

 any person who shall discover and 

 apprehend, or cause to be disco- 

 vered and apprehended, any per- 

 son so receiving or harbouring the 

 said James Watson and Arthur 

 Thistlewood, or eitlier of them : 

 to be paid upon the conviction of 

 the person or persons so receiving 

 or harbouring as aforesaid ; which 

 said several sums of five hundred 

 pounds the Lords Commissionei's 

 of his Majesty's Treasury are 

 hereby required and directed to 

 pay accordingly. 



Given at the Court at Carlton- 

 house, the 18th day of Fe- 

 bruary, one thousand eight 

 hundred and seventeen, in 

 the fifty-seventh year of his 

 Majesty's reign. 

 Tlie abova-named James Wat- 

 son is a surgeon by profession, 

 and has been employed in that 

 capacity on board a Greenland 

 ship : he is a young man, appa- 

 rently about twenty - three or 

 twenty-four years c.'" age, but is 

 only twenty ; dark hair, rather 

 pale complexion, five feet five 

 inches high, has a mark or mole 

 with a few hairs on it, on his left 

 cheek bone near the eye, the left 

 eyelid jather diopping over tlie 

 e)e, \ery faint remains of small- 

 pox in his fucc, luis rather a wide 



mouth, and shows his teeth (which 

 are very black) when he laughs ; 

 he sometimes wore a brown great 

 coat, black under coat, black 

 waistcoat, drab breeches, and 

 long gaiters ; and at other times 

 he wore a black coat and waist- 

 coat, blue pantaloons, and Hes- 

 sian boots : his appearance shab- 

 by genteel : he formerly lodged in 

 Hyde-street, Bloomsbury. 



Arthur Thistlewood is about 

 4o years of age, 5 feet 11 inches 

 high, has a sallow complexion, 

 long visage, dark hair (a little 

 grey), small whiskers, dark hazel 

 eyes, and arched eyebrows, a wide 

 mouth, and a good set of teeth, 

 has a scar under his right jaw, is 

 slender made, walks vei y upright, 

 and has much the aj)j)earance of a 

 military man ; was born in Lir.- 

 colnshire, and apprenticed to an 

 apothecary at Newark, and has 

 been a lieutenant in the army: 

 he usually wore a French grey- 

 coloured coat, buff waistcoat, grey- 

 coloured Wellington pantaloons, 

 with Hessian boots under them, 

 and at times a dark brown great 

 coat. 



19. So rapid and extensive has 

 been the exchange of the old silver 

 for the new coinage, that the laige 

 hall given exclusively by the 

 liank of England foi' the public 

 accommodation was yesterday 

 nearly empty, and three-fourths 

 of the persons emi)loyed for the 

 purpose of exchange were left en- 

 tirely idle. No old coin appears 

 in circulation. Thus, in a few 

 days, an extensive coinage has 

 been put into circulation, without 

 creating the least confusion. 



Particulars of the wreck and 

 plunder of the Inverness, Captain 

 X/citch^ in tiiC river Shannon, 



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