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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. [July. 



but the vessel is almost entirely 

 consumed. 



From the London Gazette, Saturday, 

 July 5. 



By his Royal Highness the Prince 

 of Wales, Regent of the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, in the name and on 

 tlie behalf of his Majesty. 



A PROCLAMATION. 



George, P. R. 

 Whereas we have thought fit to 

 order that certain pieces of gold 

 money should be coined, which 

 should be called " sovereigns or 

 twenty shilling pieces," each of 

 which should be of the value of 

 twenty shillings, and that each 

 piece should be of the weight of 

 Hve penny weights three grains 

 2,740-10,000 troy weight of stand- 

 ard gold, according to the weights 

 approved of and confirmed by us 

 in Council, in pursuance of an 

 act made in the 14th year of his 

 Majesty's reign, intituled, " An 

 Act for regulating and ascertain- 

 ing the weights to be made use of 

 in weighing the gold andsilvercoin 

 of this kingdom," and we have 

 farther thought fit to order, that 

 every such piece of gold money so 

 ordered to be coined as aforesaid, 

 shall have for the obverse impres- 

 sion, the head of his Majesty, with 

 the inscription " Georgius HI. 

 D.G.: Britanniar. Rex. F.D." and 

 the date of the year ; and on the 

 reverse the image of St. George 

 armed, sitting on horseback, en- 

 countering the dr.igon with a 

 spear, the said device being placed 

 within the ennobled garter, bearing 

 the motto ''Honi suit qui mal y 

 pense," with a newly invented 

 graining on the edge of the piece : 



and whereas pieces of gold money 

 of the above description have been 

 coined at his Majesty's Mint, and 

 will be coined there, in pursuance 

 of orders which we have given for 

 that purpose : we have therefore, 

 in the name and on the behalf of 

 his Majesty, and by and with the 

 advice of his Majesty's Privy 

 Council, thought fit to issue this 

 proclamation ; and we do hereby, 

 in the name and on the behalf of 

 his INIajesty, ordain, declare, and 

 command, that the said pieces of 

 gold money so coined, and to be 

 coined as aforesaid, shall be cur- 

 rent and lawful money of the 

 kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land, and shall be called " sove- 

 reigns, or twenty shilling pieces," 

 and shall pass and be received as 

 current and lawful money of the 

 United Kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland ; and every of such 

 pieces shall pass and be received 

 as of the value of twenty shillings 

 of lawful money of Great Britain 

 and Ireland in all payments what- 

 soever. 



Given at the Court at Carlton- 

 house, the 1st day of July, 1817, 

 in the 57th year of his Majesty'g 

 reign. — God save the King. 



By his Royal Highness the Prince 

 of Wales, Regent of the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, in the name and on the 

 behalf of liis Majesty, 



A PROCLAMATION. 



George P. R. 

 Whereas it has been represented 

 unto us, that great quantities of 

 the gold coin of this realm, deti- 

 cient in vv'eight, are now in circu- 

 lation, contrary to the tenour of 



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