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the Turnpike Roads in Great Britain, which will expire with the present or with the next Session of Parliament. XIX. An Act to empower the Recorder or other Person presiding in Quarter Sessions in Corporate Cities and Towns, and Justices of the Peace for Counties, Ridings, or Divisions, to divide their respective Courts in certain Cases.

XX. An Act for transferring and vesting the Royal Military Canal, Roads, Towing ving Pat Paths, and the Ramparts, and other Works belonging ng thereto, and all Estates and Property taken and occupied for the same, in the Counties of Kent and Sussex, and also the Rates and Tolls arising therefrom, in the principal officers of His Majesty's Ordnance.

XXI. An Act to amend the Acts for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland.

XXII. An Act to explain and amend Two Acts passed in the last Session of Parliament, for Marriages, and for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages, in England.

XXIII. An Act to abolish the Punishment of the Pillory.

XXIV. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Seventh Year of His Majesty King George the Fourth, to provide for improving and rebuilding Shire Halls, County Halls, and other Buildings for holding the Assizes and Grand Sessions, and also Judges' Lodgings, throughout England and Wales.

XXV. An Act to make more effectual Provisions relating to the Police in the District of Dublin Metropolis. XXVI. An Act for the Amendment of

the Laws with respect to Wills. XXVII. An Act for granting to Her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. XXVIII. An Act to amend an Act of the Third and Fourth Years of his late Majesty, for the limitation of Actions and Suits relating to Real Property, and for simplifying the Remedies for trying the Rights thereto. XXIX. An Act for enabling Her Majesty to grant the Rank of General Officers to Foreigners now bearing Her Majesty's Commission, and to

permit the Enlistment of Foreigners! under certain restrictions.

XXX. An Act to abolish certain Of fices in the Superior Courts of Common Law, and to make Provision for a more effective and uniform Establishment of Officers in those Courts.

XXXI. An Act for continuing Mili-
tary Commissions and Commissions
in the Royal Marines in force ot-
withstanding the Demise of the
Crown.

XXXII. An Act to repeal the several
Laws relating to the Post Office.

XXXIII. An Act for the Management |

of the Post Office.. XXXIV. An Act for the Regulation of the Duties of Postage. XXXV. An Act for regulating the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.

XXXVI. An Act for consolidating the Laws relative to Offences against the Post Office of the United Kingdom, and for regulating the judicial Admi nistration of the Post Office Laws, and for explaining certain Terms and Expressions employed in those Laws. XXXVII. An Act to continue until the First Day of July in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirtyeight, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act for the more effectual Administration of the Office of a Justice of the Peace in and near the Metropolis. XXXVIII. An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen millions six hundred and twenty-three thousand three hundred Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. XXXIX. An Act to interpret the Words "Sheriff," "Sheriff Clerk," " Shire," "Sheriffdom," and "County," oecurring in Acts of Parliament relating to Scotland.

XL. An Act to continue an Act of the Fifty-fourth Year of His Majesty King George the Third, for rendering the Payment of Creditors more equal and expeditious in Scotland, until the First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and from thence to the end of the then next Session of Parliament.

XLI. An Act for the more effectual recovery of small Debts in the Sheriff Courts, and for regulating the Establishment of Circuit Courts for the

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Trial of Small Debt Causes by the Sheriffs, in Scotland.

XLII. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and thirtyeight, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Ninth Year of His Majesty King George the Fourth, for the Administration of Justice in New

South Wales and Van Dieman's Land. XLIII. An Act to amend the Laws for the recovery of Small Debts by Civil Bill in Ireland.

XLIV. An Act to provide for the Costs of Prosecutions for concealing the Birth of Children by secret burying or otherwise disposing of their Dead Bodies.

XLV. An Act to alter the Mode of giving Notices for the holding of Vestries, of making Proclamations in Cases of Outlawry, and of giving Notices on Sundays with respect to various Matters.

XLVI. An Act to vest the Rolls Estate in Her Majesty, and to provide for the future Payment of the Salary of the Master of the Rolls and the Expenses of the Rolls Chapel.

XLVII. An Act to repeal the Prohibition of the Payment of the Salaries and Allowances of the East India Company's Officers during their ab. sence from their respective Stations in India.

XLVIII. An Act to appoint a Second Commissioner of Bankrupt in Ireland; and to amend an Act passed in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, An Act to amend the Laws relating to Bankrupts in Ireland. XLIX. An Act to amend certain Laws of Excise relating to the Duties on Malt made in the United Kingdom.

L. An Act to facilitate the Conveyance of Lands and Buildings for the Purposes of Two Acts passed respectively in the Fifth and Sixth Years of his late Majesty King William the Fourth. LI. An Act to authorize a further Issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works and Fisheries and Employment of the Poor, and to amend the Acts relating thereto.

LII. An Act to suspend to the End of the next Session of Parliament the making of Lists and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom.

VOL. LXXIX.

LIII. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Sixth and Seventh Years of His late Majesty, for extinguishing the Secular Jurisdiction of the Archbishop of York, and the Bishop of Ely in certain Liberties in the counties of York, Nottingham, and LIV. An Act to provide more effectual Cambridge. Th Means to make Treasurers of Counties and Counties of Cities in Ireland account for Public Monies, and to se cure the same. LIFORNI

LV. An Act for better regulating the Fees payable to Sheriffs upon the Execution of Civil Process.

LVI. An Act for amending the several Acts for the Regulation of Attornies and Solicitors.

LVII. An Act to impose certain Duties of Excise on Sugar made from Beet Root in the United Kingdom. LVIII. An Act to revive and continue, until the Sixth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and thirtyeight, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for suspending Proceedings for recovering Payment of the Money advanced under the Acts for establishing Tithe Compositions in

LIX. An Act to postpone until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and Thirty-nine, the Repayment of certain Sums advanced by the Bank of Ireland for the Public Service.

LX. An Act for correcting mistaken References to his late Majesty in Acts

of this Session of Parliament. LXI. An Act to extend an Exemption granted by an Act of the last Session of Parliament from the Duties of Assessed Taxes, in respect of certain Carriages with less than Four Wheels, and to amend the Laws relating to the said Duties.

LXII. An Act to authorize her Majesty, until Six Months after the Commencement of the next Session of Parliament, to carry into immediate Execution, by Orders in Council, any Treaties, Conventions, or Stipulations made with any Foreign Power or State for the Suppression of the Slave Trade. LXIII. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; and to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, R

Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred & thirty-eight. LXIV. An Act for regulating the Coroners of the County of Durham. LXV. An Act to render valid certain

Acts done in the Performance of Duties in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland by the Lord Ordinary on the Bills in the Court of Session, and for the better Regulation of the said Court of Exchequer.

LXVI. An Act to extend to Ireland the Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of his late Majesty's Reign consolidating and amending the Laws relating to the cruel and improper Treatment of Animals.

LXVII. An Act to amend an Act of the Fifth Year of his Majesty King George the Fourth, for consolidating and amending the Laws relative to the Arbitration of Disputes between Masters and Workmen.

LXVIII. An Act to provide for Payment of the Expenses of holding Coroner's Inquests.

LXIX. An Act to amend an Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales.

LXX. An Act to authorize the Commissioners for the Affairs of India and the Court of Directors of the East India Company to suspend the subsisting Enactments concerning the Fourfold System of Nomination of Candidates for the East India Company's College at Haileybury, and for providing during such suspension for the Examination of Candidates for the said College.

LXXI. An Act to continue until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, two Acts of the last Session of Parliament for suspending Appointments to certain Dignities and Offices in Cathedrals and Collegiate Churches, and to Sinecure Rectories, and for preventing the immediate Effects on Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions of the Measures in progress for the Alteration of Dioceses.

LXXII. An Act to provide for the Appointment of Lords Justices in the Case of the next Successor to the Crown being out of the Realm at the Time of the Demise of Her Majesty,

LXXIII. An Act for better enabling Her Majesty to confer certain Powers and Immunities on trading and other Companies.

LXXIV. An Act to restrain the Alien. ation of Corporate Property in certain Towns in Ireland.

LXXV. An Act to prolong for Tea Years Her Majesty's Commission for building new Churches. LXXVI. An Act to impose Rates di Packet Postage on East India Letters, and to amend certain Acts relating to the Post Office.

LXXVII. An Act to assimilate the Practice of the Central Criminal Court to other Courts of Criminal Jadicature within the Kingdom of Eng land and Wales, with respect to Offenders liable to the Punishment d Death.

LXXVIII. An Act to amend an Act fr the Regulation of Municipal Corpora tions in England and Wales.

LXXIX. An Act to apply the Sum cả Five millions two hundred and twenty thousand Pounds out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.

LXXX. An Act to exempt certain Bils of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Laws re lating to Usury.

LXXXI. An Act to provide for the levying of rates in Boroughs and Towns having Municipal Corporations in England and Wales.

LXXXII. An Act to amend the Law relating to Grand Juries in Ireland, so far as to empower the Grand Jury of the County of Fermanagh to reconstruct the Baronial Subdivisions c the said County.

LXXXIII. An Act to compel Clerks of the Peace for Counties and other Persons to take the Custody of such documents as shall be directed to be deposited with them under the Standing Orders of either House of Pariisment.

LXXXIV. An Act to abolish the Punishment of Death in Cases of Forgery. LXXXV. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Offences against the Per

son.

LXXXVI. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Burglary and Stealing in s Dwelling-house,

LXXXVII. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Robbery and Stealing from the Person.

LXXXVIII. An Act to amend certain Acts relating to the Crime of Piracy. LXXXIX. An Act to amend the Laws relating to burning or destroying buildings and Ships.

XC. An Act to amend the Law relative to Offences punishable by Transportation for Life.

XCI. An Act for abolishing the Punishment of Death in certain Cases.

i.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS,

Declared Public, and to be judicially noticed.

A

N Act to

enable the Corporation

of Leicester to apply the Proceeds of their Real Estates in payment of Money borrowed for the Purchase and Enlargement of the Gaol and House of Correction for the Borough of Leicester.

ii. An Act for maintaining the Causeway and Turnpike Road from Grigg's Quay in the Parish of Uly Lelant, over Hayle River and Sands, and through Hayle Foundry, in the County of Cornwall, and for extending the said Turnpike Road from the Western End of the said Causeway towards Penzance.

iii. An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers of an Act passed in the First and Second Years of His present Majesty, for erecting a County Hall and Courts of Justice, and also for providing Accommodation for His Majesty's Justices of Assize in and for the County of Worcester.

iv. An Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Runcorn otherwise called Higher Runcorn and Lower Runcorn, and also the Township or Chapelry of Halton, both in the Parish of Runcorn, in the County of Chester.

v. An Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike Road along the South Side of the River Dee in the County of Kincardine,

vi. An Act for repairing, maintaining, and improving the Road from the Town of Rochdale to near Hand Bridge, near the Town of Burnley and other roads communicating therewith and for mak

ing and maintaining other roads also to communicate therewith, all in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

vii. An Act to extend the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts within the Borough of Leicester, to several other Towns, Parishes, and Places in the County of Leicester.

viii. An Act for the more easy and speedy recovering Small Debts within the Parish of Hinckley and other Places therein mentioned in the Counties of Leicester and Warwick.

ix. An Act for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts within the Town of Loughborough and other Places therein mentioned, in the Counties of Leicester and Nottingham. x. An Act for better paving, cleansing, lighting, watching, and improving the Town of Whitby in the North Riding of the County of York.

xi. An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Bridgewater and Taunton Canal Navigation to continue the Line of the Canal below the Town of Bridgewater, and for varying the Powers of the several Acts relative to the said Canal.

xii. An Act to enable "The Licensed Victuallers and General Fire and Life Assurance Company," to sue and be sued in the Name of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, or of any One of the Directors of the said Company, and for other purposes.

xiii. An Act for forming and regulating a Company to be called "The Patent Dry Gas Meter Company," and to enable the said Company to purchase

certain Letters Patent.

xiv. An Act for making and maintaining certain Roads in the County of Aberdeen.

xv. An Act to enable the Duke of Bисcleuch and Queensberry to make and maintain a pier at Granton in the parish of Cramond, and a Road therefrom to join the road leading from Leith to Queensferry in the County of Edinburgh.

xvi. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from the Turnpike Road between Gateshead and Herham, near Lolly Hill in the County of Durham, to Butryford in the Parish of Stanhope in the same County, together with several Branches therefrom,

xvii. An Act for amending an Act of His present Majesty, for repairing the Roads from Sevenoaks Common to Woodsgate, Tunbridge Wells, and Kipping's Cross, and from Tunbridge Wells to Woodsgate, in the County of Kent.

xviii. An Act for better paving, cleansing, lighting, and otherwise improving the Town of Cardiff in the County of Glamorgan.

xix. An Act for better lighting with Gas the Town of Cardiff, in the County of Glamorgan.

xx. An Act for better supplying with Water the Town and Borough of Stadhope, and Places adjacent there. to, in the Counties of Northampton and Lincoln.

xxi. An Act for making a Railway from Sheffield in the West Riding of the County of York to Manchester in the County of Lancaster.

xxii. An Act for making and maintaining a Railway from the Town of Lancaster to the Town of Preston, in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

xxiii. An Act to enable the North Midland Railway Company to alter the Line of the said Railway, and also to make Two Branches to communicate with the same.

xxiv. An Act for enabling the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to vary the Line of such Railway, and for amending and enlarging the Powers and Provisions of the Act relating thereto.

xxv. An Act to enlarge and amend the Powers and Provisions of an Act relating to the Whitby and Pickering Railway in the North Riding of the County of York.

xxvi. An Act to amend an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, for making a Railway from Birmingham to Gloucester, to extend the Line of the said Railway, and to make Branches therefrom to the City of Worcester and the Town of Tewkesbury.

xxvii. An Act for enabling the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company to raise more Money, and for amending and enlarging the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts relating to the said Railway.

xxviii. An Act to alter the Line of the Preston and Wyre Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto.

xxix. An Act for making and maintain

ing a Dock or Docks at Wyre in the County Palatine of Lancaster. xxx. An Act for establishing a Company for the Purpose of laying out and maintaining an ornamental Park within the Townships of Rusholme, Choriton-upon-Medlock, and Mess-side, i the County of Lancaster. xxxi. An Act for building a Bridge over the River Thames from Streatley in the County of Berks to the opposite Shore in the Parish of Goring in the County of Oxford, and for making convenient Approaches thereto. xxxii. An Act for continuing, altering, and amending, certain Acts for regu lating the Police of the City of Eduaburgh and the adjoining Districts, and for other purposes relating thereto. xxxiii. An Act for widening and im proving the Road from Halifar to Sheffield in the West Riding of the County of York, so far as relates to the Third District of the said Road; and for diverting the said District of Road, and making a new Line of Road therefrom.

xxxiv. An Act for improving and maintaining the Road from Dryclough through Shaw, New Hay, and Milarow, to Rochdale, and other Roads in the County of Lancaster.

xxxv. An Act for more effectually repairing, improving, and maintaining certain Roads leading to and from the town of Llanrust in the county of Denbigh.

xxxvi. An Act for repairing, maintaining, and improving the Line of Road from Leeds to Otley in the West Riding of the County of York. xxxvii. An Act for making and main taining a Road from the Road leading from Glasgow to Carntyne, called Duke Street, to the East End of Blackfriars Street or Regent Street in the

said City of Glasgow.

xxxviii. An Act for better maintaining the Road from Gillow Hollow in the Parish of Biddulph in the County of Stafford to the Congleton and Lesk Turnpike Road, at Park Lane in the Township of Congleton in the County of Chester, with the Road therefrom at Lick Lane in the said Parish of Biddulph.

xxxix. An Act for further and more effectually repairing, amending, and maintaining, certain Roads in the County of Roxburgh, and other Roads connected therewith, leading into the

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