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GEORGE II.
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1st Year.
(ii June.)
13 JUNE 1727.
13 June. By the Privy Comicil.
George, Prince of Wales, King, as "
For proclaiming
George II."
14 June. By the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, assisted
â– with those of his late Majesty's Privy Council, ajid
numbers of other prijicipal gentlemen of quality, -with
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of London.
Proclaiming George, Prince of Wales, King, as
" George II."
14 June. His Majesty's Declaration at the first sitting
of the Privy Council.
B.M.
14 June. By the Privy Council. Declaring that his
Majesty has taken and subscribed the Oath relating to
the security of the Church of Scotland.
15 June.
B.M.
Parliament to assemble on the 27th June.
15 June. By the Privy Council. For making the
necessary alterations in the Liturgy.
B.M., Hodgkin.
16 June. By tJie Earl Marshal. For a general mourn¬
ing for his late Majesty, King George I.
16 June. By the Earl Marshal. Additional order for
mourning touching liveried servants.
16 June. Requiring all persons being in office of
authority or government at the decease of the late King,
to proceed in the execution of their respective offices.
B.M.
17 June. All officers of his Majesty's forces belonging
to the several regiments in the Kingdom of Ireland, who
are absent from their commands, to return forthwith to
their respective posts.
19 June. By the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town
Council of Edinburgh, assisted "with numbers of noblemen
and other prijicipal gentlemen of quality. Proclaiming
George II. as King in Scotland.
Signet.
19 June. By the Lords Justices of Ireland. For proclaim¬
ing George II. as King in Ireland.
19 June. By the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens
of Dtiblin. Proclaiming George II. as King.
20 June. By the Lords Justices of Ireland. All officers
of the army in Ireland to repair immediately to their
posts, notwithstanding any licence to the contrary.
26 JUNE 1727.
26 June. By the Lords Justices of Ireland. For making
the necessary alterations in the Prayers for the Royal
Family.
R.O., Dublin.
27 June. His Majesty's first Speech to Parliament,
and Solemn Declaration of Mind.
4 July. For an exact register of the dates of all
officers' commissions.
5 July. For the encouragement of piety and virtue,
and the preventing and punishing of vice, profaneness
and immorality. [Two editions.]
B.L., B.M., Antiquaries.
17 July. His Majesty's Speech proroguing Parliament
to the 29th August.
5 Au^St. Dissolving the present Parliament, and
declaring the calling of another to meet on the 28th
November.
B.M.
5 August. Peers of Scotland to meet on the 20th
September, and elect their sixteen representatives.
B.M.
12 AugfUSt. By the Privy Council. Appointing persons
to administer the Oath of Allegiance to all Peers of this
Realm serving as Lieutenants in Scotland.
12 August. His Majesty's Pleasure touching his Royal
Coronation and the solemnity thereof.
B.M.
21 August. For apprehending four persons unknown,
who assaulted and robbed Captain Rambouillet in York
St., St. James's Square, on the 15th inst.
9 September. By the Lords Justices and Council of
Ireland. Calling the Irish Parliament to meet on the
14th November.
R.O., Dublin.
20 September. Dissolving the Privy Council, and
appointing a new Council to be sworn.
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20 September. Adjourning the Coronation from the
4th to the nth October.
B.M.
21 September. For apprehending the persons who
resisted and assaulted Jeremiah Gardner, an excise
officer, in the execution of his duty at Blackstock,
Suffolk. ;^ioo reward.

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