By the KING,

A PROCLAMATION.

GEORGE R.

WHEREAS Information has been received, that the late Riots and Tumults in and about this Metropolis were encouraged and abetted by Money, or other Rewards, given, or promised to be given, to the Persons concerned therein; and also Bells, Flags, and other Signals and Devices, were used during the said Riots and Tumults, to direct the Rioters in their Criminal Acts and Proceedings, and to give Notice of Attempts or Preparations to suppress, resist, or interrupt the same: We therefore, taking the same into Our most serious Consideration, by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council, in order to detect and bring to Justice the Persons guilty of any of the Criminal Acts above mentioned, are graciously pleased to promise, That if any Person shall discover any other Person or Persons, who by themselves, or their Agents, gave or offered, or promised to give, any Money, or other Reward, to any Person or Persons, to engage or continue in the said Riots or Tumults, or to do or assist in any of the Criminal Acts committed during the Continuance of the said Riots and Tumults, or who made use of any Bells, Flags, or other Signals or Devices, to direct the Rioters in any of their Criminal Acts and Proceedings, or to give Notice of Attempts or Preparations to suppress, resist, or interrupt the same, so as that the Person or Persons discovered may be prosecuted, such Discoverer shall have and receive as a Reward, upon Conviction of such Offender or Offenders, the Sum of ONE HUNDRED POUNDS; and the Commissioners for executing the Office of Treasurer of Our Exchequer are hereby required to make Payment thereof accordingly.

Given at Our Court at St. James’s, the Twenty-first Day of June, One thousand seven hundred and eighty, in the Twentieth Year of Our Reign.

GOD save the KING.

Source: London Gazette, 12097, 1 – 4 July 1780.

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