A List of the Public Bills which received the Royal Assent in the Course of the present Session of Parliament, from its opening on Tuesday, Nov. 22, to the 30th of July, when it terminated, inclu

sive.

December 15, 1803.

An act to continue, until six months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace, the restrictions contained in several acts made in the 37th, 38th, 42d, and 43d years of the reign of his present majesty, on payments of cash by the bank of England.

An act for granting to his ma jesty the sum of 8,000l. for the relief of certain curates in England.

An act to regulate the bonds is sued by the East India Company, with respect to the rate of interest, and the duty payable thereon.

An act to continue several laws relating to the suspending the operation of two acts of the 15th and 17th years of his present majesty, for restraining the negociation of promissory notes and bills of exchange, under a limited sum, in England, and to the prohibiting the importation from, and permitting the exportation to Great Britain, of corn; and for allowing the importation of other articles of provision, without payment of duty, until the 25th day of March, 1805; and to the regulating the trade and com

merce to and from the island of Malta, until 6 months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace.

An act to continue, until the 25th day of March, 1805, an act, passed in the last session of Parlia ment, for discontinuing certain drawbacks and bounties on the exportation of sugar from Great Britain, and for allowing other drawbacks and duties in lieu thereof.

An act for suspending, until the last day of August, 1804, the ope ration of an act, made in the last session of parliament, to continue and amend two acts, made in the last parliament of Ireland, for restraining the negociation of promissory notes and inland bills of exchange, under a limited sum, within Ireland.

An act to indemnify such persons in the united kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for offices and employments; and for extending the times limited for those purposes respectively until the 25th day of December, 1804; and to permit such persons in Great Britain as have omitted to make and file affidavits of the execution of indentures of clerks and attornies and solicitors, to make and file the same on or before the first day of Michaelmas term, 1804.

An act to continue, until six weeks after the commencement of the next session of parliament, an

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act made in the last session of parliament, intituled "An act to empower the lords lieutenant, or other chief governor or governors of Ire land, to apprehend and detain such persons as he or they shall suspect, for conspiring against his majesty's person and government, until six weeks after the commencement of the next session of parliament."

An act to continue until six weeks after the commencement of the next session of parliament, an act passed in the last session of parliament, intituled, "An act for the suppression of rebellion in Ireland, and for the protection of the persons and property of his majesty's faithful subjects there, to continue in force until six weeks after the commencement of the next session of parliament."

An act to continue until the 25th 'day of March, 1805, several acts of the 41st, 42nd, and 43rd years of his present majesty's reign, for regulating the bounties and drawbacks on the exportation of sugar from Ireland.

An act for enabling the lord lieu. tenant or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, to prohibit, until the 25th day of March, 1805, the distillation of spirits from oats or oatmeal in Ireland; and for indemnifying such persons as have acted in advising or carrying into execution a proclamation of the lord lieutenant and council of Ireland for prohibiting such distillation.

An act to continue until the 25th day of March, 1805, so much of an act made in the 41st year of his majesty's reign, as relates to the prohibiting the exportation from Ireland of corn or potatoes, or other provisions; and to the permitting the importation into Ireland of corn,

fish, and provisions, without payment of duty.

An act to prevent the desertion and escape of petty-officers, seamen, and others from his majesty's ser. vice, by means, or under colour of any criminal or civil process.

An act to amend two acts passed in the 41st and 43rd years of his present majesty, for permitting Portugal wine to be landed and warehoused in the united kingdom; and to allow Spanish wine to be so landed and warehoused,

An act for raising the sum of five millions, by loans or exchequer bills, on the credit of such aids or supplies as have been or shall be granted by parliament for the service of Great Britain, for the year 1801.

An act for continuing and granting to his majesty certain duties upon malt, in Great Britain, for the service of the year 1804.

An act for continuing and granting to his majesty a duty on pensions, oflices, and personal estates, in England; and certain duties on sugar, malt, tobacco, and snuff, in Great Britain, for the service of the year 1804.

An act to explain and amend two acts passed in the 42nd and 43rd years of his present majesty, relating to volunteers and yeomanry corps in Great Britain.

March 9.

An act for punishing mutiny and desertion; and for the better payment of the army and their quarters.

An act for the regulation of his majesty's royal marine forces, while on shore.

An act to continue until three months after any restriction imposed, by an act of the present session

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of parliament on the bank of England from issuing cash in payments shall cease. An act made in the parliament of Ireland in the 37th of his present majesty, for confirming and continuing the restrictions on pay. ments in cash by the bank of Ire land, and also an act made in the 43rd of his present majesty for amending the said act.

An act to indemnify all persons who have been concerned in issuing or carrying into execution an order of the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, for permitting the exportation of seed corn to Portugal, from Great Britain.

An act for allowing vessels employed in the Greenland whale fishery, and clearing out from any port in Great Britain, to complete their full number of men at certain ports for the present season.

An act for further continuing, until the 25th of March 1806, an act made in the 33rd of his present majesty, for rendering the payment of creditors more equal and expeditious in Scotland.

An act to enable his majesty to grant the inheritance in fee-simple, of certain manors, messuages, lands, and hereditaments, in the parishes of Byfleet, Weybridge, Walton, Walton Leigh, and Chertsey, in the county of Surry, to his royal highness Frederick duke of York and Albany, for a valuable consideration.

March 23.

An act for charging, until the 25th day of March, 1805, certain rates and drawbacks, and for allowing certain bounties and draw. backs upon goods, wares, and merchandize, imported into and exported from Ireland; and also, for

charging certain inland duties of excise and taxes in Ireland, in lieu of former rates, duties, taxes, bounties, and drawbacks.

An act for charging, until the 25th day of March, 1805, certain increased countervailing duties on the importation into Ireland of the several goods, wares, and merchandize therein mentioned, being the growth, produce, or manufac ture of Great Britain; and for allowing increased drawbacks on the exportation to Great Britain of the several articles therein mentioned, being the manufacture of Ireland.

An act for granting to his majesty a duty upon malt made in Ireland, for the year 1804.

An act for permitting, until the 5th day of May, 1805, the importation of hides, calve skins, horns, tallow, and wool, (except cotton wool,) in foreign ships, on payment of the like duties as if imported in British or Irish ships.

An act to revive and continue, until eight months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace, an act made in the 42nd of his present majesty, for repealing several acts relating to the admission of certain articles of merchandize in neutral ships, and to the issuing orders in council for that purpose, and for making other provisions in lieu thereof; and also, to indemnify all persons who have been concerned in issuing or carrying into execution orders of council for permitting the importation of certain goods from America in neutral ships.

An act for raising the further sum of two millions by loans or exchequer bills, on the credit of such aids or supplies as have been or shall be granted by parliament for

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the service of Great Britain, for the year 1804.

May 3.

An act for empowering his ma jesty, for a time and to an extent therein limited, to accept the services of such parts of his militia forces in Ireland as may voluntarily offer themselves to be employed in Great Britain.

An act for empowering his majesty to direct the augmentation of his militia forces in Ireland, to an extent therein limited.

An act to amend an act passed in the last session of parliament, for making provision for the wives and families of militia-men in Ireland.

An act to amend and continue several laws relating to the allowing the importation of rape seed and other seeds used for extracting oil, whenever the prices of middling British rape seed shall be above a certain limit; to the allowing the importation of scal skins cured with foreign salt, free of duty, to the 24th June, 1809; and to the encouragement of the Greenland whale fisheries, to the 25th December, 1806; and to continue several laws relating to the allowing the use of salt, duty free, in the preserving of fish in bulk or in barrels; and to the discontinuing the bounty payable on white herrings exported, to the 25th March, 1809; to the permitting sir William Bishop, George Bishop, and Angles Bishop, to carry on the manufacture of Maidstone geneva, to the 5th July 1809; and to the admission to entry of oil and blubber of Newfoundland, taken by his majesty's subjects carrying on the fishery from and residing in the said island, to 25th December, 1805.

An act to amend and continue until the 25th March 1807, so much of an act made in the 41st year of his present majesty, as relates to allowing plantation sugar to be warehoused.

An act to repeal so much of an act, passed in the last session of parliament, for granting to his majesty a contribution on profits arising from property, professions, trades, and offices, as requires attornies, agents, and factors, to retain and pay the duties chargeable upon pub. lic annuities; and to extend the times for hearing appeals on assessments or surcharges made in pur suance of the said act.

An act for increasing the rates of subsistence to be paid to innkeepers and others on quartering soldiers.

An act for defraying the charge of the pay and clothing of the militia in Great Britain for the year 1804.

An act to revive and further continue, until the 25th March 1805, and amend so much of an act, made in the 39th and 40th years of his present majesty, as grants certain allowances to adjutants and serjeant-majors of the militia of England, disembodied under an act of the same session of parliament.

An act for defraying, until the 25th of March 1805, the charge of the pay and clothing of the militia of Ireland; for holding courts martial on serjeant-majors, serjeants, corporals, and drummers, for offences committed during the time such militia shall not be embodied; and for making allowances in certain cases, to subaltern officers of the said militia during peace.

An act to amend an act, made in the 42nd year of his majesty, to amend the laws for the better regu