54 Head of the Church, [Ch.V. commendam^ the nature of which will be considered in a subse- quent part of this chapter {a). The right of the King to ap- point and direct superstitious uses to such uses as are truly charitable (6), and to pardon offences against the ecclesiastical laws, flows from the same principle (c). So the King may, by proclamation, appoint fasts and days of thanksgiving and humiliation, and issue proclamations for preventing and pu- nishing immorality and profaneness, and enjoin the reading of the same in churches and chapels (rf). (a) See post. 60. (b) Bac. Ab. Charitable Uses. D. (c) As to this see post. ch. 7. {d) Comp. Incumb. 354. See 10 Ann. c. 7. 8. 11. 32 Geo. 3. c. 63. s. 5. as to prayers for the Royal Family. On the occasion of the death of the late Queen, the following appeared in the Gazette :
- ' LONDON GAZETTE,
- Saturday, November 21, 1818,
- ' At the Council-Chamber, Whitehall^
the 18th of November, 1818, present. Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Presi- dent, Duke of Montrose, Lord Steward, Earl Bathurst, Earl of Liverpool, Vis- count Melville, Viscount Sidmouth, Bishop of London, Lord St Helens, Sir William Scott, Sir John Nicholl, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Lord Chief Baron.
- Whereas in the Act of Uniformity,
which establishes the Liturgy of the Church of England, provision is made for such alterations in the Prayers for the Royal Family, as from time to time shall become necessary, and be directed by lawful authority : it is thereupon this day ordered in Council, that in the Morning and Evening Prayers, in the Litany, and in all other parts of the Public Service, as well in the occasional Offices as in the Book of Common Pray- er, where the Royal Family is appoint- ed to be particularly prayed for, the following form and order shall be ob- served, viz. " Their Royal Highnesses George Prince of Wales, the Princess of fFaieSf and all the Koi/al Family, " And it is further ordered, that no edition of the Common Prayer be from henceforth printed, but with this amend- ment J and that in the mean time, till copies of such edition may be had, all Parsons, Vicars, and Curates, within this Realm, do (for preventing of mis- takes) with the pen, correct and amend all such prayers in their Church Books, according to the aforegoing direction ; and for the better notice hereof, that this Order be forthwith printed and pub- lished, and sent to the several Parishes; and that the Right Reverend the Bi- shops do take care that obedience be paid to the same accordingly. " Chetwynd, " In pursuance of an Act passed in the tenth year of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, and of another Act passed in the thirty-second year of His present Majesty, wherein provision is made for praying for the Royal Family in that part of Great Britain called Scotland ; it is hereby ordered in Council, that henceforth every Minister and Preacher shall, in his respective Church, Con- gregation, or Assembly, pray in express words, " For His Most Sacred Majesty King George^ their Royal Highnesses George Prince of Wales, the Prin- cess of Wales, and all the Royal Family.
- Of which all persons concerned are
hereby required to take notice, and go- vern themselves accordingly. " CUETWVND." On
