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CHRONICLE. 



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his Majesty's proclamations of the 

 1 '2th of April, 1776, and 51st of 

 September, 1787; and there be- 

 ing reason to believe that due at- 

 tention is not paid to the weigh- 

 ing of the said gold coin, and to 

 the direction given in the acts of 

 Parliament now in force with re- 

 spect to the cutting, breaking, or 

 defacing of such pieces thereof as 

 are found to be of less weight 

 than those declared and allowed by 

 his Majesty's said Proclamations 

 to be current and pass in pay- 

 ment : we do, in the name and 

 on the behalf of his Majesty, by 

 this our Royal Proclamation de- 

 clare and command, in like man- 

 ner as was declared and com- 

 manded in his Majesty's before- 

 mentioned Proclamations of the 

 15th of April, 1776, and 51st of 

 September, 1*87, that all guineas, 

 half guineas, quarter guineas, more 

 deficient in weight than the rates 

 specified in the table following: — 

 Guineas, five penny weights 



eight gi-ains ; 

 Half guineas, two penny weights 



sixteen grains ; 

 Quarter guineas, one penny 

 weight eight grains; and 

 that the seven shillings gold 

 pieces, and the gold pieces 

 called sovereigns or twenty 

 shilling pieces, more deficient 

 in weight than the rates 

 hereafter specified, viz. 

 Seven shilling pieces, one pen- 

 ny weight eighteen grains ; 

 Sovereigns, or twenty shilling 

 pieces, five penny weights, 

 two gi-ains, three quarters j 

 be not allowed to be current, or 

 pass in any payment whatsoever : 

 and we do hereby strictly reciuire 

 and command all his Majesty's 

 Roving subjects, and particidarly 



all the officers, collectors, and re- 

 ceivers of his Majesty's revenues, 

 strictly to conform to the orders 

 hereby given, and to the direc- 

 tions and regulations enacted and 

 established in the several acts of 

 Parliament now in force with re- 

 spect to the cutting, breaking, 

 and defacing such pieces of the 

 said gold coin as shall be found 

 deficient in weight : and we do 

 hereby farther ordain, declare, 

 and command, that the guineas, 

 half guineas, quarter guineas, 

 seven shilling pieces, and sove- 

 reigns, of the weights above de- 

 scribed, shall pass and be received 

 as current and lawful money of 

 the united kingdom of Great Bri- 

 tain and Ireland, in all payments 

 whatsoever. 



Given at tlie Court at Carlton- 

 house, the 1st day of July, 1817, 

 in the 57th year of his Majesty's 

 reign. — God save tlie King. 



5. Another dreadful explosion 

 has taken place in a mine near 

 Durham, by the obstinate conduct 

 of a man, in lighting a candle. 

 The following is an extract of a 

 letter from the spot : — 



At two o'clock this morning 

 (Tuesday), when the colliers went 

 to work, the overman found it 

 necessary to order Davy's lamp to 

 be used in certain places, which 

 order seems to have been attended 

 to by the first shift of men, till 

 9 o'clock, when they were relieved 

 by the second shift. An obstinate 

 fellow, belonging to the second 

 shift, when he relieved the man 

 wlio preceded him, in the farthest 

 working, (and at the same time 

 tlie most dangerous, being in the 

 last of tlie ventilation), persisted 

 in lighting a candle, because he 

 thought there wa^ no danger, and 



because 



