certain Proceedings in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for England and Wales.

XIX. An Act to empower the Com. missioners of Her Majesty's Woods to appropriate to Building Purposes the Area of Thatched House Court, and to widen and improve Little Saint James' Street, in the Parish of Saint James Westminster. XX. An Act for abolishing certain Offices on the Crown Side of the Court of Queen's Bench, and for regulating the Crown Office. XXI. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and to the End of the then Session of Parliament, the several Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads in

Ireland.

XXII. An Act to authorize the Legislatures of certain of Her Majesty's Colonies to pass Laws for the Admission, in certain Cases of unsworn Testimony in Civil and Criminal Proceedings,

XXIII. An Act to amend and explain an Act for the Commutation of certain Manorial Rights in respect of Lands of Copyhold and Customary Tenure, and in respect of other Lands subject to such Rights, and for facilitating the Enfranchisement of such Lands, and for the Improvement of such Te

nure.

XXIV. An Act to continue, until the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, Compositions for Assessed Taxes, and to amend the Laws relating to the Land and Assessed Taxes, and also the Laws relating to the Duties on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices.

XXV. An Act to enable Her Majesty to settle an Annuity on Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta Caroline, eldest daughter of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.

XXVI. An Act for regulating the
Prison at Millbank.
XXVII. An Act for granting to Her
Majesty, until the Fifth Day of
July One thousand eight hundred
and forty-four, certain Duties on
Sugar imported into the United

Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-three.

XXVIII. An Act to abolish the Roman Catholic Oath as a Qualification for Voters at Elections in Ireland.

XXIX. An Act for reducing the Duty on Wheat and Wheat Flour, the Produce of the Province of Canada, imported thence into the United Kingdom,

XXX. An Act to amend the Law relating to Pound-breach and Rescue in certain Cases. XXXI. An Act to enable the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital to purchase certain parcels of land for the Benefit of the said Hospital, and for other purposes.

XXXII. An Act to amend the Laws in force relating to Grand Jury Presentments in Counties of Cities and Towns in Ireland.

XXXIII. An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the First Year of King George the First as limits the Time for taking and being restrained from taking Salmon in certain rivers; and to amend and extend the Provisions of an Act of the Fiftyeighth Year of King George the Third to the Rivers therein men. tioned.

XXXIV. An Act for the better Apprehension of certain Offenders. XXXV. An Act to amend so much of an Act of the last Session, for the Government of New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land, as relates to Norfolk Island. XXXVI. An Act to exempt from County, Borough, Parochial, and other local Rates Land and Buildings occupied by Scientific or Literary Societies. XXXVII. An Act to make better Provision for the Spiritual Care of populous Parishes. XXXVIII. An Act to make further Regulations for facilitating the hearing Appeals and other Matters by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

XXXIX. An Act for Confirmation of certain Marriages in Ireland. XL. An Act to amend the Laws for the Prevention of Frauds and Abuses by Persons employed in the Woollen, Worsted, Linen, Cotton, Flax, Mohair, and Silk Hosiery

uring the Property of the Manuurers and the Wages of the rkmen engaged therein.

An act to continue to the First y of August One thousand eight dred and forty-four, and to the d of the then Session of Parliant, the Act to amend the Laws iting to Loan Societies.

I. An Act to amend an Act of Nineteenth and Twentieth Years King George the Third, for emvering Grand Juries in Ireland present Bridges and Tolls to be d for passing the same, in certain

ses.

II. An Act to suspend until the irty-first Day of August One ousand eight hundred and fortyr the making of Lists and the llots and Enrolments for the Mia of the United Kingdom.

V. An Act to amend the Acts carrying on Public Works in land.

V. An Act to continue, until the rst Day of January One thousand -ht hundred and forty-six, an Act exempting certain Bills of Exange and Promissory Notes from e Öperation of the Laws relating Usury.

VI. An Act to continue until e First Day of August One thound eight hundred and forty-four, d to the End of the then Seson of Parliament, an Act for auorizing Her Majesty to carry to immediate Execution by Orrs in Council any Treaties for the ppression of the Slave Trade. VII. An Act to continue until e First Day of August One thound eight hundred and forty-four, ad to the End of the then Session Parliament, an Act for amending e Law for the Trial of controerted Elections.

VIII. An Act to continue, until e First Day of October One thound eight hundred and forty-four, e Exemption of Inhabitants of arishes, Townships, and Villages om Liability to be rated as such, respect of Stock in Trade or cher Property, to the Relief of the

oor.

IX. An Act to reduce the Duty a Spirits in Ireland, and to impose ther countervailing Duties and

tain Mixtures and Compounds between Ireland, England, and Scotland respectively.

L. An Act for carrying into execution a Treaty signed at London for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, so far as the same relates to Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia. LI. An Act for carrying into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Mexican Republic for the Abolition of the Traffic in Slaves. LII. An Act for carrying into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of Chile for the Abolition of the Traffic in Slaves. LIII. An Act for carrying into ef

fect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Queen of Portugal for the Suppression of the Traffic in Slaves.

LIV. An Act for extending to Ireland the Provisions not already in force there of an Act of the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of the late King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for the Limitation of Actions and Suits relating to Real Property, and for simplifying the Remedies for trying the Rights thereto; and to explain and amend the said Act.

LV. An Act for the Amendment of the Proceedings and Practice of the Equity Side of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland.

LVI. An Act for the better Collection of Fines, Penalties, Issues, Deodands, Amerciaments, and forfeited Recognizances in Ireland, and for the Appropriation thereof. LVII. An Act to relieve Bishops succeeding to Bishoprics by Operation of the Act to alter and amend the Laws relating to the Temporalities of the Church in Ireland from certain Liabilities.

LVIII. An Act to enable Her Majesty to acquire Lands for the Enlargement of Her Majesty's Dock Yards and for other Naval Purposes.

LIX. An Act to continue until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and, if Parliament be then sitting, to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act for authorizing the Application of Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads.

First Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty-four, the Operation of the New Arrange. ment of Dioceses, so far as it affects the existing Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions.

LXI. An Act to remove Doubts respecting the Admission of Ministers to Benefices in that part of the United Kingdom called Scotland. LXII. An Act to provide for the Performance of the Episcopal Functions in case of the Incapacity of any Bishop or Archbishop. LXIII. An Act for granting Relief to the Islands of Antigua, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Dominica, and Mont

serrat.

LXIV. An Act for carrying into ef fect an Agreement between the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods and the Earl of Haddington, for the Purchase and Surrender of the Office of Hereditary Keeper of the Royal Park of Holyrood House; and for other Purposes relating thereto.

LXV. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Copyright of Designs. LXVI. An Act to enlarge the Provisions of an Act for preventing Frauds upon Creditors by secret Warrants of Attorney to confess Judgment.

LXVII. An Act to enable Parties to

sue out and Prosecute Writs of Error in certain Cases upon the Proceedings on Writs of Mandamus. LXVIII. An Act for regulating

Theatres.

LXIX. An Act to continue until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, certain Turnpike Acts.

LXX. An Act to defray, until the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-four, the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain Cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons' Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers.

vision in respect of Grand Jury Presentments in Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns in Ireland. LXXII. An Act to impose certain Stamp Duties, and to amend the Laws relating thereto. LXXIII. An Act for consolidating and amending several of the Laws relating to Attornies, and Solicitors practising in England and Wales. LXXIV. An Act to amend, and continue for Two Years, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Laws in Ireland relative to the registering of Arms, and the Importation, Manufacture, and Sale of Arms, Gunpowder, and Ammunition.

LXXV. An Act for giving effect to a Convention between Her Majesty and the King of the French for the Apprehension of certain Offenders. LXXVI. An Act for giving effect to a Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the Apprehension of certain Offenders. LXXVII. An Act for regulating the Cathedral Churches of Wales. LXXVIII. An Act for the further Regulation of the Offices of Chief and Second Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland. LXXIX. An Act to carry into effect a Convention between Her Majesty and the King of the French concerning the Fisheries in the Seas between the British Islands and France.

LXXX. An Act for the better Government of Her Majesty's Subjects resorting to China. LXXXI. An Act to make better Provision for the Appointment of a Deputy for the Chairman of the Sessions of the Peace in the County of Dublin, and to provide for the taking of an Oath by the said Chairman or Deputy; and to amend an Act of the First Year of Her present Majesty, to amend the Law for the Recovery of Small Debts by Civil Bill in Ireland. LXXXII. An Act for extending to Scotland and Ireland the Power of the Lord High Chancellor to grant Commissions to enable Persons to take and receive Affidavits; and for amending the Law relating to Commissions for the Examination of Witnesses.

LXXXIX. An Act to amend the Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales.

XC. An Act for removing Doubts as to the Service of Clerks or Apprentices to Public Notaries, and for amending the Laws regulating the Admission of Public Notaries. XCI. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for the Regulation of Charitable Loan Societies in Ireland.

XCII. An Act for the further Amendment of an Act for the more effectual Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland.

XCIII. An Act to amend an Act of the Third and Fourth Years of Her present Majesty for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ire

land.

XCIV. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Exercise of Power and Jurisdiction by Her Majesty within divers Countries and Places out of Her Majesty's Dominions, and to render the same more effectual. XCV. An Act for rendering more effective the Services of such OutPensioners of Chelsea Hospital as shall be called out to assist in preserving the Public Peace.

XCVI. An Act to amend the Law respecting defamatory Words and Libel.

missioners to inquire into the Existence of Bribery in the Borough of Sudbury.

XCVIII. An Act for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade.

XCIX. An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament.

LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ACTS,

Declared Public, and to be
judicially noticed.

i. A

N Act for regulating legal Proceedings by or against "The Cambrian Iron and Spelter Company," and for granting certain Powers thereto.

ii. An Act for lighting the Streets and

public Roads within the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham. iii, An Act to authorize certain Alterations in the Works of the Warwick and Leamington Union Railway, and to confirm the Purchase thereof by the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and to enable that Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to convert their Shares into Stock.

iv. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway.

v. An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Navigation to lend certain Sums of Money to the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Severn, and to guarantee the Repayment of the Amount of any Loans which any other Persons or Bodies shall make to such Commissioners, and to guarantee the Performance of Contracts into which such Commissioners shall enter, and to borrow Money for such Purposes. vi. An Act for authorizing the Sale and Application of certain Property vested in the Commissioners for making the River Thames navigable

ford to the University and City of Oxford.

vii. An Act to enable "the Hull and Selby Railway Company" to raise a further Sum of Money; and to amend the Act relating to the said Railway.

viii. An Act to authorise certain Alterations in a Portion of the Line of the Great North of England Railway, and for vesting the same in the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Company.

ix. An Act to increase the Capital of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway Company, and to alter and enlarge the Powers of the said Company.

x. An Act for making a Railway from the Great Western Railway to the City of Oxford.

xi. An Act for better supplying with Water the Town and Parish of Chepstow, and the Parish of Saint Arvans adjoining thereto, all in the County of Monmouth.

xii. An Act for removing the present Markets held in the County of the Borough of Carmarthen, and for providing other Market Places, and regulating the Markets to be held therein.

xiii. An Act for extending the Powers

of the Commissioners of the Township of Birkenhead in the County of Chester, and for including the Township of Claughton-cum-Grange and Part of the Township of Oxton in the same County within their Jurisdiction.

xiv. An Act for more effectually light. ing with Gas the Borough of Bolton, and certain Places adjacent thereto, in the County of Lancaster. xv. An Act for providing additional Grounds to the Lunatic Asylum of the County Palatine of Lancaster. xvi. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from the Town of Cockermouth to the Town of Maryport, and other Roads therein mentioned, and for making a Branch Road connected therewith, all in the County of Cumberland.

xvii. An Act for transferring to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Manchester certain Powers and Property now vested in the Commissioners for cleansing, lighting, watching, and regulating

xviii. An Act for enabling the Cromford and High Peak Railway Com. pany to grant Mortgages for Part of their floating Debts; and for amending the Act relating to such Railway.

xix. An Act to amend an Act relating to the building of the Hungerford and Lambeth Suspension Foot Bridge; and for granting further Powers to the Hungerford and Lambeth Suspension Foot Bridge Company. xx. An Act to enlarge the Powers of the Ipswich Dock Commissioners. xxi. An Act to amend an Act of the Second Year of Her present Majesty's Reign, for better lighting with Gas the Town of Brighton, and the several Places therein mentioned, in the County of Sussex. xxii. An Act for granting further Powers to the Imperial Continental Gas Association.

xxiii. An Act for better supplying

with Water the Town of Saint Helens and several Hamlets and Places adjacent thereto, all in the Parish of Prescot in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

xxiv. An Act for establishing a Cemetery in Birkenhead and Claughtoncum-Grange, or One of them, in the County of Chester.

xxv. An Act for better raising and securing the Fund for the Relief of Widows and Children of Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters in Scotland. xxvi. An Act for repairing and improving certain Roads in the Neighbourhood of Trentham and Stone in the County of Stafford, and for making and maintaining a new Road from Trentham Inn to the Newcastle-under-Lyme and Market Drayton Turnpike Road in the same County, and another new Piece of Road in the Parish of Trentham aforesaid.

xxvii. An Act to enable the London

and Brighton Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and for altering and amending the Act relating to such Railway.

xxviii. An Act to enable the Northern and Eastern Railway Company to make an Extension of their present Railway; and to alter and amend the Acts relating to the said Rail

way.

xxix. An Act to extend the Powers