List of the principal Public Acts passed in the second Session of the fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.-48th of Geo. III.

An act for raising the sum of 10,500,000l. by exchequer bills, for the service of Great Britain for the year 1808.

An act for permitting the im

bills.

and paying off of exchequer

An act for continuing to his majesty certain duties on malt, sugar, tobacco, and snuff, in Great Bri tain; and on pensions and offices in England; and for repealing so much of certain acts as relate to certain duties of sixpence and one shilling respectively on offices and pensions, and for regranting the said duties of sixpence and one shilling respectively, and the said other duties, for the service of the year 1808.

An act for empowering the governor and company of the bank of England to advance the sum of three millions, towards the supply for the service of the year 1808.

เ An act to authorise the advancing, for the public service, upon certain conditions, a proportion of the balance remaining in the bank of England for payment of unclaimed dividends, annuities, and lottery prizes; and for regulating the allowances to be paid for the management of the national debt.

An act for repealing an act made in the 47th year of his present majesty, intituled, "An act for suspending the operation of an act of the 36th year of his present majesty, for the further support and maintenance of curates within the church of England," and for other purposes in the said act mentioned; so far as relates to the avoidance of benefices by the incumbents there. of having accepted augmented cu racies.

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An act to amend and continue, until the 25th of March, 1809, so much of an act of the 47th year o his present majesty as allows cer tain bounties on British plantation raw sugar exported.

An act for settling and securing a certain annuity on viscount Lake, and the two next persons to whom the title of viscount Lake shall descend, in consideration of the emi. ment services of the late general viscount Lake.

An act for making perpetual se. veral laws relating to permitting the exportation of tobacco-pipe clay from Great Britain to the Bri tish sugar colonies in the West In. dies; the importation of salt from Europe into Quebec in America ; and the prohibiting of foreignwrought silks and velvets.

An act to continue several laws relating to the granting a bounty on the importation into Great-Britain of hemp, and rough and undressed flax, from his majesty's colonies in America; and to the more effectually encouraging the manfacture of flax and cotton in Great-Britain, until the 25th of March, 1810; and for granting a bounty upon certain species of British and Irish linens exported from Great-Britain, and taking off the duties on importation into GreatBritain of foreign raw linen yarns made of flax, until the 25th of March, 1811.

An act for further continuing, until three months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace, an act made in the 44th year of his present majesty, for permitting the importation into Great-Britain of hides and other articles in foreign ships.

An act to prohibit, until the end of the next session of parliament, the exportation of Jesuit's bark and cotton wool from Ireland.

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An act to extend the provisions an act, made in the 45th year of his present majesty's reign, for preventing the counterfeiting of certain silver tokens to certain other tokens which may be issued by the governor and company of the bank of Ireland, and to promote the circulation of the said last-mentioned tokens.

An act to prohibit, until the end of the next session of parliament, the exportation of Jesuit's bark from Great Britain.

An act to prohibit, until the end of the next session of parliament, the exportation of cotton wool from Great-Britain.

An act for imposing, until the end of the next session of parliament, a duty on cotton wool, the growth of the British colonies, exported from Great-Britain.

An act for making valid certain orders in council, and warrants of the commissioners of the treasury, for the entry and warehousing of certain goods imported in neutral vessels, and for indemnifying all persons concerned therein; for the remitting of forfeitures in certain cases; and for enabling his majesty to allow, during the continuance of hostilities, and until two months after the commencement of the next session of parliament, the importa.

tion of goods from countries from which the British flag is excluded, in any vessels whatever.

An act to grant to his majesty certain duties and taxes in Ireland, in respect of carriages, dogs, firehearths, horses, male-servants, and windows, in lieu of former duties and taxes, in respect of the like articles.

An act to prevent the exportation of wood to Ireland, before bond given for the due landing thereof.

An act for quitting possessions and confirming defective titles in Ireland, and limiting the right of the crown to sue in manner thereia mentioned; and for the relief of incumbents in respect of arrears due to the crown during the incumbency of their predecessors.

An act for accelerating the ma king up, examination, and audit, of the accounts of the paymaster-general of his majesty's forces.

An act to suspend the granting of offices in reversion, or for joint lives with benefit of survivorship, for one year after the passing of this act, and from thence until six weeks after the commencement of the then next session of parliament.

An act for raising the sum of three millions by exchequer-bills, for the service of Great-Britain, for the year 1808.

An act for raising the sum of 1,500,000l. by exchequer bills, for the service of Great-Britain for the year 1808.

An act for repealing the duties of assessed taxes, and granting new duties in lieu thereof, and also for repealing the stamp duties on game certificates, and granting new duties in lieu thereof.

An aet for amending the law

with regard to the course of proceeding on indictments, and informations in the court of king's bench in certain cases: for authorising the execution in Scotland of certain warrants issued for offences committed in England; and for requiring officers taking bail in the king's suit to assign the bail bonds to the king.

An act for enabling his majesty to settle an annuity on her royal highness the duchess of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel.

An act for repealing an act passed in the 1st year of king James the 1st, intituled, "An act concerning tanners, curriers, shoe-makers, and other artificers occupy ing the cutting of leather;" and also for repealing and amending certain parts of several other acts of parliament relating thereto.

An act to continue, until the end of the next session of parliament, an act of the 45th year of his pre. sent majesty, for appointing commissioners to enquire into the pub. lic expenditure, and the conduct of the public business in the military departments therein mentioned.

An act to amend an act made in the 46th year of his present ma. jesty, for enabling his majesty to accept the services of volunteers from the militia of Ireland.

An act for enforcing the resi. dence of spiritual persons on their. benefices in Ireland.

An act for granting an additional duty on copper imported into Great Britain, until the 5th of April, 1811, and from thence to the end of the then next session of partia,

ment.

An act to provide that the British ships which shall be captured by the enemy, and shall afterwards

become the property of British subjects, shall not be entitled to the privilege of British ships.

An act to amend so much of two acts of this session of parliament, fr carrying into execution certain orders in council, as relates to the duties on goods exported from the warehouses in which they have been secured on importation, and on certain prize goods im ported into Great-Britain or Ire. land.

An act for providing suitable in. terment in church-yards or parochial burying-grounds in England for such dead human bodies as may be cast on shore from the sea, in cases of wreck or otherwise.

An act for raising the sum of 10 560,000. by way of annuities.

An act to enable his majesty to vest the right of appointment of master of the free-school of Lon. donderry, in the city and county of Londonderry, in the bishop of Derry for the time being.

An act to regulate the trade be tween Great-Britain and the United States of America, until the end of the next session of parliament.

An act for repealing the rates and taxes taken by licensed hackney-coachmen, and for establish, ing others in lieu thereof; and for amending several laws relating to hackney-coaches.

An act to restrain the negocia tion of promissory notes and inland bills of exchange, under a li mited sum, in England.

An act for enabling the commissioners appointed to examine accounts of public expenditure in the barrack-office more speedily and effectually to investigate the said accounts.

An act to enable the commis
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sioners for auditing public accounts, and the commissioners for the affairs of barracks respectively, to send and receive letters and packets on the business of their offices free of postage.

An act to repeal so much of an act, made in the 47th year of his present majesty, for charging the sum of 12,200,000l. raised for the service of Great Britain for the year 1807. upon the duties of customs and excise granted to his ma jesty, during the continuance of the present war, as relates to money issued for charges of management of stock redeemed.

An act to repeal so much of an act of the 1st year of king James I. as relates to the penalties on shoot. ing at hares; and also to repeal an act of the 3d year of king George I. relating to game-keepers.

An act for repealing so much of an act made in the parliament of Scotland, in the fourth session of the first parliament of queen Anne, intituled, "Act for preserving the game," as relates to the shooting of hares.

An act for the better care and maintenance of lunatics, being pau. pers or criminals in England.

An act for further extending the provisions of several acts, for esta blishing the bank of Ireland; and for empowering the governor and company of the said bank to ad. vance the sum of 1,250,000. Irish currency, towards the service of the year 1808.

An act to remedy the inconvenience which has arisen, and may arise, from the expiration of acts, before the passing of acts to continue the same.

An act for enabling his majesty to establish a permanent local mi

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litia force, under certain restric tions, for the defence of the realm. An act for raising the sum of 500,000l. by treasury bills for the service of Ireland for the year 1808.

An act for raising the sum of six millions, by exchequer bills, for the service of Great Britain for the year 1808.

An act to probibit the distillation of spirit from corn or grain, for a limited time.

An act for regulating the charging of the duty on spirits imported into Great-Britain, according to the strength thereof.

An act for reducing the duty of customs on coffee imported into Great-Britain when taken out of warehouse for home consumption.

An act for the discharge of debtors in execution for small debts from imprisonment, in certain cases.

An act to render valid certain marriages solemnized in certain churches and public chapels in which the banns had not usually been published before or at the time of passing an act made in the 26th year of the reign of his late majesty king George II. intituled, "An act for the better preventing of clandestine marriages."

An act to repeal so much of an act passed in the 8th year of the reign of queen Elizabeth, intituled, "An act to take away the benefit of clergy from certain offenders for felony," as takes away the benefit of clergy from persons stealing privily from the person of another; and for more effectually preventing the crime of larceny from the per

son.

An act to extend the provisions of an act, passed in the 45th year of his present majesty, for the encouragement