_November 2, 1825._
_Precept to the Aldermen._
By the MAYOR.
_To the Aldermen of the Ward of_
FORASMUCH as WILLIAM VENABLES, Esquire, lately elected Lord Mayor of
this City for the Year ensuing, is on _Wednesday_ the Ninth Day of
_November_ next to be accompanied by his Brethren the Aldermen, and
attended by the Livery of the several Companies of this City, to go from
Guildhall, exactly at Eleven o’clock in the Forenoon, to _Blackfriars
Stairs_, and from thence by Water to _Westminster_ there to be sworn,
and at his return will land at _Blackfriars Stairs_, and pass from
thence to _Fleet Bridge_, through _Ludgate Street_, _Saint Paul’s Church
Yard_, _Cheapside_, and down _King Street_ to the Guildhall, to Dinner:
Now, for the more decent and orderly Performance of the said Solemnity,
and for preventing any Tumults and Disorders which may happen by the
great Concourse of People,
These are in his Majesty’s Name to require you to cause the Constables
within your Ward to keep a good and sufficient double Watch and Ward of
able Men well weaponed on that Day, as well as at the landing Places as
in the Streets through which the said Solemnities are to pass; and you
are required to charge the said Constables to preserve the said Streets
and Passages free and clear from all Stops and Obstructions, and not
permit any Coach, Cart, or Dray to stand therein; and if any Coachman,
Drayman, or Carman refuse to move out of the said Streets, that they
carry such Coachman, Drayman, or Carman to one of the Compters, and such
Coach, Dray, or Cart to the _Green Yard_, and take their Numbers that
they may be prosecuted according to Law. And although every Person is
bound by the Law to take Notice of all general Acts of Parliament, yet
that there may not be the least colour or pretence of Ignorance or
Inadvertency, these are also to require you to cause your Beadle to go
from House to House, and acquaint the several Inhabitants, that by an
Act of Parliament made in the ninth and tenth years of the Reign of King
_William_ the Third (which is made perpetual,) It is enacted that no
Person of what degree or quality soever shall make, sell, or expose to
sale, any Squibs, Serpents, or other Fireworks; or any Cases Moulds, or
other Implements whatsoever for making such Fireworks, nor shall permit
any Person to cast or throw any Squibs, Serpents, or other Fireworks
from out of or in their Houses, Lodgings, or Habitations, nor shall any
Person whatsoever cast, throw, or fire any such Squibs, Serpents, or
other Fireworks, in, out of, or into any Street, House, or Passage;
every such Offence being adjudged by the said Act to be a common
Nuisance, and every Offender for every such single Offence being liable
to the several Penalties inflicted by the said Act.
And you are to enjoin your Constables and Watchmen carefully to observe
and apprehend all such Persons as shall presume to offend against the
said Act, or shall commit any Riots, Tumults, or other Disorders
whatsoever, and bring them before me or some other of his Majesty’s
Justices of the Peace within this City, that they may be punished
according to the said Act, and as the Law directs.
And that you cause Notice to be given to the Inhabitants of your Ward to
adorn the Fronts and Balconies of their Houses with their best Hangings
or other Ornaments, and that they cause the Streets before their
respective Houses to be cleanly swept and well paved and amended,
whereof the Scavengers are also to take Notice, and to be warned that
they see the same duly and effectually performed. And if any Constable,
Beadle, or other Officer shall be found remiss and negligent in their
Duty, in not apprehending any offending, they shall be prosecuted for
such their Neglect, Default, or Remissness, according to the utmost
Severity of the Law. Dated this Eleventh Day of
_October_, 1825.