Tuesday, August 11, 1840.

MINUTES.] Bill. Read a first time:—Medical Profession.

Petition presented. By Mr. Hawes, from London, for Protection to Witnesses giving Evidences in criminal Prosecutions.

The Houses of Parliament were this day prorogued; for Mr. Speaker's speech on the occasion, her Majesty's speech, and the other proceedings, see Lords ante.

i. AN Act for exhibiting a Bill in this present Parliament for naturalizing His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha.

ii. An Act for the Naturalization of His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha.

iii. An Act for enabling Her Majesty to grant an Annuity to His Serene Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha.

iv. An Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty.

v. An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act to restrain and prevent the excessive Increase of Horse Races; and for amending an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, intituled 'An Act for the more effectual preventing of excessive and deceitful Gaming,' as relates to the Subject of Horse Racing.

vi. An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters.

vii. An Act to apply the Sum of Eight Millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty.

viii. An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on shore.

ix. An Act to give summary Protection to Persons employed in the Publication of Parliamentary Papers.

x. An Act to authorise the Issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works and Fisheries and Employment of the Poor.

xi. An Act to settle an Annuity on Lord Seaton and the Two next surviving Heirs Male of the Body of the said Lord Seaton to whom the Title of Lord Seaton shall descend, in consideration of his important Services.

xii. An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven Millions by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty.

xiii. An Act to amend an Act of the First and Second Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, to abolish Compositions for Tithes in Ireland, and to substitute Rent-charges in lieu thereof.

xiv. An Act to continue for One Year, and to the End of the next Session of Parliament, the Acts for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in Ireland.

xv. An Act further to explain and amend the Acts for the Commutation of Tithes in England and Wales.

xvi. An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and for extending the Time limited for those Purposes respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-one; and for the Relief of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors in certain Cases.

xvii. An Act for granting to Her Majesty Duties of Customs, Excise, and Assessed Taxes.

xviii. An Act to discontinue the Excise Survey on Tobacco, and to provide other Regulations in lieu thereof.

xix. An Act for granting to Her Majesty an additional Duty of Customs on Timber.

xx. An Act to amend an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the First, intituled An Act for rendering more effectual Her late Majesty's gracious Intentions for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy; and to render valid certain Agreements which have been made in pursuance of the said Act; and for other Purposes.

xxi. An Act to extend to the British Colonies in the West Indies an Act passed in the Fifth and Sixth Year of His late Majesty King

William the Fourth, for regulating the Carriage of Passengers in Merchant Vessels.

xxii. An Act to impose upon Broad or Spread Glass the same Duties of Excise that are payable upon German Sheet Glass.

xxiii. An Act for granting to her Majesty, until the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty.

xxiv. An Act to repeal Part of an Act of the Forty-third Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, intituled An Act to avoid trifling and frivolous Suits in Law in Her Majesty's Courts in Westminster, and of an Act of the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second, intituled An Act for laying Impositions on Proceedings at Law; and to make further provisions in lieu thereof.

xxv. An Act to amend the Act for the better ordering of Prisons.

xxvi. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Competency of Persons, being rated Inhabitants of any Parish, to give Evidence in certain Cases.

xxvii. An Act to continue to the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, Two Acts relating to the Removal of poor Persons born in Scotland and Ireland, and chargeable to Parishes in England.

xxviii. An Act to explain and amend an Act of the Second and Third Years of Her present Majesty, for more equally assessing and levying Watch Rates in certain Boroughs.

xxix. An Act to extend the Practice of Vaccination.

xxx. An Act for the more equal Assessment of Police Rates in Manchester, Birmingham, and Bolton, and to make better Provision for the Police in Birmingham for One Year, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament.

xxxi. An Act to extend the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts relating to the In-closnre of Open and Arable Fields in England and Wales.

xxxii. An Act to continue for One Year, and from thence until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts relating to the Importation and keeping of Arms and Gunpowder in Ireland.

xxxiii. An Act to make certain Provisions and Regulations in respect to the Exercise, within England and Ireland, of their Office, by the Bishops and Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Scotland; and also to extend such Provisions and Regulations to the Bishops and Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; and also to make further Regulations in respect to Bishops and Clergy other than those of the United Church of England and Ireland.

xxxiv. An Act for making Provision as to the Office of Master in Chancery in certain Cases.

xxxv. An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada.

xxxvi. An Act for preventing Ships clearing out from a British North American Port loading any Part of their Cargo of Timber upon Deck.

xxxvii. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East India Company, and for providing for the Observance of Discipline, in the Indian Navy, and to amend the Laws for regulating the Payment of Regimental Debts, and the Distribution of the Effects of Officers and Soldiers dying in Service.

xxxviii. An Act to continue Compositions for Assessed Taxes until the Fifth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.

xxxix. An Act to authorise trustees or Commissioners of Turnpike Roads to appoint Meetings for executing their Trusts in certain Cases.

xl. An Act to amend Two Acts of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for the Relief of certain of Her Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in the West Indies.

xli. An Act to authorise the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to grant a Lease of the Caledonian Canal for a Term of Years, and to regulate the future Management thereof.

xlii. An Act to continue the Poor Law Commission until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.

xliii. An Act for repairing Blenheim Palace.

xliv. An Act to amend an Act of the Seventh Year of King George the Fourth, for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to Prisons in Ireland.

xlv. An Act to continue until the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, or if Parliament shall then be sitting until the End of the then Session of Parliament, the Local Turnpike Acts for Great Britain which expire with this or the ensuing Session of Parliament.

xlvi. An Act to continue for One Year from the passing of this Act, and thenceforth until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads in Ireland.

xlvii. An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne as prevents the Re-election of Mayors of Parliamentary Boroughs and other annual Returning Officers.

xlviii. An Act to enable Proprietors of Entailed Estates in Scotland to feu or lease on long Leases Portions of the same for the building of Churches and Schools, and for Dwelling Houses and Gardens for the Ministers and Masters thereof.

xlix. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting the Duties of Excise on Soap made in Great Britain.

l. An Act to provide for keeping the Peace on Canals and Navigable Rivers.

li. An Act to amend and explain the general Turnpike Acts, so far as relates to the Toll payable on Carriages or Horses laden with Lime for the Improvement of Land.

lii. An Act to provide for the Administration of the Government in case the Crown should descend to any Issue of her Majesty whilst such Issue shall be under the age of Eighteen Years, and for the Care and Guardianship of such Issue.

liii. An Act for Vacating any Presentment for rebuilding the Gaol of Newgate in Dublin, and vacating any Contract between the Commissioners for rebuilding the said Gaol and the Contractor.

liv. An Act for making further Provision for the Confinement and Maintenance of Insane Prisoners.

lv. An Act to enable the Owners of Settled Estates to defray the Expense of draining the same by way of Mortgage.

lvi. An Act further to regulate the Trade of Ships built and trading within the Limits of the East India Company's Charter.

lvii. An Act to impose Duties of Excise on Sugar manufactured in the United Kingdom.

lviii. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the River Poddle in the County and City of Dublin.

lix. An Act for the Amendment of the Law of Evidence in Scotland.

lx. An Act to further amend the Church Building Acts.

lxi. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the general Sale of Beer and Cider by Retail in England.

Ixii. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, and to extend, the Provisions of an Act to provide for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and for the more effectual Government thereof, and for other Purposes relating thereto.

lxiii. An Act to extend the Powers of the Commissioners appointed for the execution of Two Acts for supporting the several Harbours and Sea Ports in the Isle of Man.

lxiv. An Act to continue, until Eight Months after the Commencement of the next Session of Parliament, an Act for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate Execution, by Orders in Council, any Treaties for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.

lxv. An Act to improve the Practice and extend the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England.

lxvi. An Act to make Provision for the Judge, Registrar, and Marshal of the High Court of Admiralty of England.

lxvii. An Act for carrying into effect the Treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of Venezuela, for the Suppression of the Slave Trade.

lxviii. An Act to enable Her Majesty in Council to authorise Ships and Vessels belonging to Countries having Treaties of Reciprocity with the United Kingdom to be piloted, in certain Cases, without having a licensed Pilot on board; and also to regulate the Mode in which Pilot Boats shall be painted and distinguished.

lxix. An Act to continue, for Six Months after the Commencement of the next Session of Parliament, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for carrying into effect a Convention between Her Majesty and the King of the French, relative to the Fisheries on the Coasts of the British Islands and of France.

lxx. 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, Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and Sergeant Majors of the Militia, until the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.

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

lxxii. An Act to provide for the Solemnization of Marriages in the Districts in or near which the Parties reside.

lxxiii. An Act to explain and amend the Acts relating to Friendly Societies.

lxxiv. An Act for the better Protection of the Oyster Fisheries in Scotland.

lxxv. An Act to regulate the Repayment of certain Sums advanced by the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for the Public Service.

lxxvi. An Act to empower the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to annex certain Townlands to the County of Roscommon.

lxxvii. An Act for improving the Condition and extending the Benefits of Grammar Schools.

lxxviii. An Act to provide for the Sale of the Clergy Reserves in the Province of Canada, and for the Distribution of the Proceeds thereof.

lxxix. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Admission of Attornies and Solicitors to practise in the Courts of Law and Equity in Ireland.

lxxx. An Act to continue until the First Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-five, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the several Acts relating to Insolvent Debtors in India.

lxxxi. An Act to define the Notice of Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for Cities, Towns, and Boroughs in England.

lxxxii. An Act for further amending the Act for abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil Actions.

lxxxiii. An Act to continue, until the First Day of January, One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for amending and extending the Provisions of an Act of the First Year of Her present Majesty, for exempting certain Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes from the Operation of the Laws relating to Usury.

lxxxiv. An Act for better defining the Powers of Justices within the Metropolitan Police District.

lxxxv. An Act for the Regulation of Chimney Sweepers and Chimneys.

lxxxvi. An Act for better enforcing Church Discipline.

lxxxvii. An Act to enable Her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, to make additional Thoroughfares in the Metropolis.

lxxxviii. An Act to amend the Act for the Establisment of County and District Constables.

lxxxix. An Act to exempt, until the Thirty-first Day of December, One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, Inhabitants of Parishes, Townships, and Villages, from Liability to be rated as such, in respect of Stock in Trade or other Property, to the Relief of the Poor.

xc. An Act for the Care and Education of Infants who may be convicted of Felony.

xci. An Act for the more effectual Prevention of Frauds and Abuses committed by Weavers,' Sewers, and other Persons employed in the Linen, Hempen, Union, Cotton, Silk, and Woollen Manufactures in Ireland, and for the better Payment of their Wages, for One Year, and from thence to the End of the then next Session of Parliament.

xcii. An Act for enabling Courts of Justice to admit Non-parochial Registers as Evidence of Births or Baptisms, Deaths or Burials, and Marriages.

xciii. An Act to amend the Act for the better Regulation of Ecclesiastical Courts in England.

xciv, An Act for facilitating the Administration of Justice in the Court of Chancery.

xcv. An Act to enable Her Majesty to carry into effect certain Stipulations contained in a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Her Majesty and the Emperor of Austria; and to empower Her Majesty to declare, by Order in Council, that Ports which are the most natural and convenient Shipping Ports of States within whose Dominions they are not situated may in certain Cases be considered, for all Purposes of Trade with Her Majesty's Dominions, as the National Ports of such States.

xcvi. An Act for the Regulation of the Duties of Postage.

xcvii. An Act for regulating Railways.

xcviii. An Act to authorize, for a limited Time, the Application of a Portion of the Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads in certain Townships and Districts.

xcix. An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain.

c. An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Ireland.

ci. An Act to amend several Acts relating to the Temporalities of the Church in Ireland.

cii. An Act to amend the Law relating to Court Houses in Ireland.

ciii. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session for making further Provisions relating to the Police in the District of Dublin Metropolis.

civ. An Act to transfer to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods and Works, and other Commissioners, the several Powers now vested in the Commissioners for repairing the Line of Road from Shreswbury in the County of Salop to Bangor Ferry in the County of Carnarvon; and to amend the London and Holyhead Roads Acts, so fur as relates to the Dunstable Road.

cv. An Act for abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil Actions, except in certain Cases; for extending the Remedies of Creditors against the Property of Debtors; and for the further Amendment of the Law and the better Advancement of Justice in Ireland.

cvi. An Act for raising the Sum of Ten millions seven hundred fifty-one thousand five hundred and fifty Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty.

cvii. An Act to continue and amend the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in Ireland.

cviii. An Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland.

cix. An Act to annex certain Parts of certain Counties of Cities to adjoining Counties; to make further Provision for Compensation of Officers in Boroughs; to limit the Borough Rate; and to continue for a limited Time an Act to restrain the Alienation of Corporate Property in Ireland.

cx. An Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies.

cxi. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of August One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and to extend, the Provisions of an Act of the First and Second Years of Her present Majesty, relating to Legal Proceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking Companies against their own Members, and by such Members against the Companies.

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

cxiii. An Act to carry into effect, with certain Modifications, the Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues.

DECLARED PUBLIC,

AND TO BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED.

i. AN Act to enable the Chard Canal Company to raise further Monies, and to amend the Act relating to the same Canal.

ii. An Act to amend the Act relating to "The Chester and Birkenhead Railway," and to raise a further Sum of Money for the Purposes of the said Undertaking.

iii. An Act to enable the Sheffield and Rotherham Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and to amend the Act relating to the said Railway.

iv. An Act to enable the Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and to amend the Act relating such Railway.

v. An Act to enable "The North Union Railway Company" to raise a further Sum of Money.

vi. An Act to enable " The Liverpool East India Warehouse Company" to sue and be sued in the Name of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, or any One of the Directors of the said Company; and for other Purposes relating thereto.

vii. An Act to amend an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled An Act for providing additional Burying Ground for the Parish of Saint Mary Rotherhithe in the County of Surrey; and for enabling the Rector of the said Parish to grant Building Leases of the

Glebe Lands belonging to the said Rectory; and for other purposes.

viii. An Act for establishing a General Cemetery for the Interment of the Dead in the City and Borough of Winchester in the County of Southampton.

ix. An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the Twenty-eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Second, for building a Chapel in the Town of Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford.

x. An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Towns and Boroughs of Brighton and New Shoreham, and other Places or Parishes adjacent or near thereto, in the County of Sussex.

xi. An Act for making a Turnpike Road from West Kennet to Amesbury in the County of Wilts, with Branches therefrom.

xii. An Act for the better lighting with Gas the City of Edinburgh and Town of Leith, and Places adjacent, and for other Purposes relating thereto.

xiii. An Act for enabling the Edinburgh Gas Light Company more effectually to light with Gas the Town of Leith, the Vicinity thereof, and other Places in the County of Edinburgh; and for altering and enlarging the Powers of the said Company.

xiv. An Act to enable the Arbroath and Forfar Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and otherwise to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the Act relating to the Arbroath and Forfar Railway.

xv. An Act to enable the Manchester and Salford Junction Canal Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and to alter, amend, and enlarge some of the Powers and Provisions of the Act relating to the said Canal.

xvi. An Act to continue and amend an Act for Erecting a Bridge over the River Almond, which divides the Counties of Edinburgh and Linlithgow.

xvii. An Act for abolishing certain Petty and Market Customs in the City of Edinburgh, and granting other Duties in lieu thereof.

xviii. An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of Bolton and other Places in the County of Lancaster.

xix. An Act to enable "The Thames Plate Glass Company" to sue and be sued in the Name of the Chairman or Deputy Chairman, or Secretary, or any One of the Directors for the Time being of the said Company; and for other Purposes.

xx. An Act to enable the Protestant Dissenters and General Life and Fire Insurance Company to sue and be sued in the Name of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, or any One of the Directors or of the Secretary of the said Company.

xxi. An Act for making and repairing several Roads in and leading to and from the Town of Warminster in the County of Wilts.

xxii. An Act for making and maintaining a new Road from the Road at Worle to a Road in the Parish of Kewstoke leading to Locking and Weston-super-Mare in the County of Somerset.

xxiii. An Act to amend and explain some of the Provisions of the Acts relating to the General Steam Navigation Company.

xxiv. An Act for consolidating the Wyrley and Essington Canal Navigation with the Birmingham Canal Navigations, and for granting fur-their Powers to the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigations.

xxv. An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Township of Newton Abbot, and other Townships, Parishes, and Places, all in the County of Devon.

xxvi. An Act for making and maintaining a new Bridge over the River Aire at Leeds, at or near a Place called Crown Point, with suitable Approaches thereto; and for making certain Drains or Water-courses under the Roads leading to such Bridge, and through the adjoining Lands, to communicate with the River Aire below the Leeds Locks.

xxvii. An Act for the further Improvement of the Town of Greenock; for better lighting and supplying the same with Water; for regulating the Police thereof; and for other Purposes connected therewith.

xxviii. An Act to continue the Term and amend and alter the Powers of an Act for regulating the Police of the Burgh of Calton and Village and Lands of Mile End in the County of Lanark.

xxix. An Act to continue, enlarge, and explain several Acts for erecting a Bridewell for the County of Lanark and City of Glasgow.

xxx. An Act to authorize the Transfer to more than Twelve Persons of certain Patents granted to the Marquess of Tweeddale relating to the Manufacture of Drain-tiles, Bricks, and other Articles, and for the Establishment of a Company for carrying out the Objects of the said Patents.

xxxi. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from Basingstoke in the County of Southampton to Lobcomb Corner in the County of Wilts, and other Roads therein described; and for making a new Road from the said Road at the Eastern Entrance of the Town of Andover to the Warren Farm Station on the London and South-western Railway in the said County of Southampton.

xxxii. An Act for repairing and improving the Road from Macclesfleld to Congleton in the County of Chester.

xxxiii. An Act for extending the Jurisdiction of the Barkston-Ash and Shyrack Court of Requests, and the Powers and Provisions of the Act passed constituting such Court, to certain Places in the West and East Ridings of the County of York, and amending the same Act.

xxxiv. An Act for repairing and improving the Roads from Lobcombe Corner in the Parish of Winterslow to the City of New Sarum in the County of Wilts, and from the said City to Landfard and other Roads in the County of Southampton.

xxxv. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving certain Roads near Torquay, Paignton, Brixhain, Kingswear, Newton Abbot, and Shaldon, and for making certain new Roads connected therewith, all in the County of Devon.

xxxvi. An Act for more effectually repairing several Roads leading from the Town of Taunton in the County of Somerset, and for making several Deviations and new Lines of Road connected therewith.

xxxvii. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from the Honiton Turnpike Road near

Yard Farm in the Parish of Upottery in the County of Devon, towards Ilminster, to the Eastern Boundary of the Parish of Buckland Saint Mary in the County of Somerset; and for making, maintaining, and repairing several other Roads communicating therewith in the Counties of Devon, Somerset, and Dorset.

xxxviii. An Act for repairing and maintaining a Road from Banbury in the County of Oxford to Lutterworth in the County of Leicester, and other Roads communicating therewith.

xxxix. An Act for maintaining and repairing the Road from Causeway Head near Stirling, through the County of Clackmannan, by the Foot of the Ochil Hills, towards Queensferry, and certain Roads branching out of the same.

xl. An Act to alter and amend several Acts, for making, maintaining, and keeping in repair certain Roads in the Counties of Clackmannan and Perth; and for other Purposes relating thereto.

xli. An Act to enable the Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society to sue and be sued; and for other Purposes relating to the said Society.

xlii. An Act for better lighting and supplying with Gas the Town and Neighbourhood of Dewsbury in the West Riding of the County of York.

xliii. An Act for amending the Powers and Provisions of several Acts relating to the holding of Markets in the Town of Taunton in the County of Somerset, and to the Improvement of the said Town.

xliv. An Act for regulating and preserving the Harbour of Workington in the County of Cumberland, and for other Purposes relating thereto.

xlv. An Act for paying, cleansing, watching, and otherwise improving the Town of Workington in the County of Cumberland.

xlvi. An Act to alter and divert a Portion of the Line of the South-eastern Railway in the County of Kent.

xlvii. An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to the Bristol and Exeter Railway.

xlviii. An Act to amend the Act relating to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway, and to raise a further Sum of Money for the Purposes of the said Undertaking.

xlix. An Act for incorporating the Chester and Crewe Railway with the Grand Junction Railway, and for extending to the said first-mentioned Railway the Provisions of the several Acts of Parliament relating to the said last-mentioned Railway; and for other Purposes.

l. An Act to revive the Powers given to the Thames Tunnel Company for the Purchase of certain Houses, Lands, and Premises in the Parish of Saint John of Wapping.

li. An Act to make a further Alteration in the Line of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway, and an Approach thereto at Tamworth, and to amend the Acts relating to the said Railway.

lii. An Act to enable the Northern and Eastern Railway Company to abandon a Portion of the Line originally authorised to be made; and to alter and amend several of the Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to the said Railway.

liii. An Act to amend and continue the Act relating to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway, and to make a new Branch therefrom.

liv. An Act for amending and enlarging the Powers of an Act for establishing a Floating Bridge or Bridges over the Harbour of Portsmouth in the County of Southampton.

lv. An Act for improving the Dartford and Crayford Creeks in the County of Kent, and for making a Diversion in the Line of the said Dartford Creek, and other Works connected therewith.

lvi. An Act to authorise the Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigations to extend and alter the Line of their intended Cut or Canal from Dank's Branch to Salford Bridge; and to grant further Powers to the said Company.

lvii. An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Cut or Canal connecting the Warwick and Birmingham Canal with the Birmingham Canal, commencing by a Junction with the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, in the Hamlet of Bordesley in the parish of Astonjuxeta-Birmingham in the County of Warwick, and terminating by a Junction with the Birmingham Canal, near Salford Bridge, in the same Parish.

lviii. An Act to amend the Acts for supplying with Water the City and County of the City of Exeter and places adjacent thereto.

lix. An Act for granting certain Powers to the Faversham Oyster Fishery Company.

lx. An Act to amend, alter, and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of an Act of His late Majesty, for paving, cleansing, lighting, watching, and improving the Town and Parishes of Gravesend and Milton in the County of Kent, and for removing and preventing Nuisances and Annoyances therein; and to make further Improvements in the said Town and Parishes.

lxi. An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of York to widen, alter, and improve certain Streets or Thoroughfares called Spurriergate and Coney Street, in the said City.

lxii. An Act for establishing and maintaining a proper and effective Watch on the River Wear in the Port or Haven of Sunderland near the Sea in the County of Durham.

lxiii. An Act for regulating and maintaining the Markets and Market Place in the Township of Tunstall in the Parish of Wolstanton in the County of Stafford.

xliv. An Act for making a Turnpike Road from Greenhill Moor to Eckington in the County of Derby.

lxv. An Act for making and maintaining several Roads leading from the Town of Maiden Newton in the County of Dorset, and other Roads communicating therewith, in the Counties of Somerset and Dorset.

lxvi. An Act for further and more effectually repairing and maintaining several Turnpike Roads in the County of Roxburgh.

lxvii. An Act for further and more effectually repairing and maintaining certain Turnpike Roads in the County of Elgin.

lxviii. An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of Tavistock and other Places in the Counties of Devon and Cornwall.

lxix. An Act for the more easy Recovery of Small Debts within the Parishes of Kingsnorton and Northfield in the County of Worcester.

lxx. An Act to enable the Duffryn Llynvi and Porth Cawl Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and to amend the Acts relating to the said Railway and to the Bay of Porth Cawl in the County of Glamorgan.

lxxi. An Act to enable the Port Talbot Company to raise further Monies, and to amend the Acts relating to the same Port.

lxxii. An Act to amend an Act of the Fifty-seventh Year of King George the Third, intituled An Act for fixing the Dues, Duties, and Payments for all Goods, Wares, and Merchandise landed on or shipped from the Pier or Quay of the Town of Penzance in the County of Cornwall, and on all Ships and Vessels resorting to the said Pier or Quay, or to the Harbour of Penzance; and for making and maintaining an additional Pier and Dock within the said Harbour.

lxxiii. An Act for improving, enlarging, and maintaining the Harbour of Fisherrow in the County of Edinburgh.

lxxiv. An Act for equalizing, defining, and regulating the Petty Customs, and for facilitating the Collection thereof and of the Quay Dues payable to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the City and Borough of Exeter, and for preserving the Navigation of the River Exe.

lxxv. An Act for regulating the Markets and for erecting a Market House in the Town of Launceston in the County of Cornwall.

lxxvi. An Act for better lighting and cleansing the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, and certain Parts of the Liberty of Trippett within and Part of the Municipal Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull.

Ixxvii. An Act for regulating the Buildings and Party Walls within the City and County of Bristol, and for widening and improving several Streets within the same.

lxxviii. An Act for better supplying with Water the Town and County of the Town of New-castle-upon- Tyne and Borough of Gateshead, and the Places adjacent thereto, in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham.

lxxix. An Act for better supplying with Water the Town and Borough of Belfast.

lxxx. An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road from Tadcaster to Halton Dial, and for making and maintaining a new Road from Seacroft to and into the Highway leading from Scholes to Barwick-in-Elmet, all in the West Riding of the County of York.

lxxxi. An Act to amend the Provisions of the Acts relating to the Turnpike Roads leading to and from the City of Exeter, and for making a new Branch Road to Communicate therewith.

lxxxii. An Act for more effectually making, repairing, and maintaining certain Turnpike Roads in the Counties of Nairn and Inverness.

lxxxiii. An Act for making certain Roads and Branches connected with the new Bridge now erecting over the River Dove near the Village of Rocester Turnpike, with proper Deviations, Works, and Conveniences, and new Pieces of Road connected therewith, and Approaches thereto, in the Counties of Derby and Stafford.

lxxxiv. An Act for repairing the Road from the Maidstone Turnpike Gate on the Loose Road in the Parish of Maidstone in the County of Kent to Newcastle in the Parish of Biddenden, and a Branch Road to the Thorn in the Parish of Smarden in the same County.

lxxxv. An Act for establishing a general Cemetery in the Parish of Holy, Cross and Saint Giles in or near the Town of Shrewsbury in the County of Salop.

lxxxvi. An Act for the Establishment and Government of the Institution called "The Royal Naval School."

lxxxvii. An Act to authorise the Appointment of additional Coroners for the County Palatine Chester.

lxxxviii. An Act to amend the several Acts relating to the Belfast charitable Society.

lxxxix. An Act to enable the Council of the Borough of Liverpool to raise Money upon Bonds.

xc. An Act for the more effectual Drainage of certain Lands called Billinghay Fen, Billinghay Dales, and Walcot Fen, Walcot Dales, and North Kyme, East Fen, and Ings, in the Parishes or Places of Billinghay, Walcot, Dogdike, Hart's Grounds, Coningsby, Swineshead, North Kyme, and South Kyme, in the County of Lincoln.

xci. An Act to amend an Act for enlarging the present or providing a new Workhouse for the Use of the Parish of Stroud in the County of Kent; for better governing, maintaining, and employing the Poor of the said Parish; and also for repairing or rebuilding the Church and Tower of the same Parish, and for other Purposes relating thereto.

xcii. An Act for supplying the Town of Ayr, and Suburbs of Newton and Wallacetown, and Places adjacent, in the County of Ayr, with Water.

xciii. An Act for explaining, altering, and amending the Mode of Assessment for the Maintenance of the Poor within the City of Glasgow.

xciv. An Act for enabling "The Marine Insurance Company" to sue and be sued in the Name of the Chairman or Deputy Chairman, for the Time being of the said Company.

xcv. An Act to enable "The Farmer's and General Fire and Life Insurance and Loan and Annuity Company" to sue and be sued in the Name of the Manager, Chairman, or any One of the Directors, or the Secretary of the said Company.

xcvi. An Act for granting certain Powers to the British Iron Company.

xcvii. An Act for establishing and regulating a Company, to be called " The Edinburgh Silk Yarn Company;" and to enable the said Company to purchase certain Letters Patent.

xcviii. An Act for forming a Company to be called " Kollmann's Railway Locomotive and Carriage Improvement Company," and for enabling the said Company to purchase certain Letters Patent.

xcix. An Act to incorporate the Trustees and others, Directors of the Crichton Royal Institution for Lunatics at Dumfries, and for the better enabling them to carry on their charitable Designs.

c. An Act for repairing, improving, and maintaining the Road from Bedford to Woburn, with a Branch therefrom, all in the County of Bedford.

ci. An Act to make, alter, improve, and maintain certain Roads in the Counties of Stirling, Dumbarton, Lanark, and Perth.

cii. An Act for making and maintaining certain Turnpike Roads in the Stewartry of Kircud

bright, and the other Highways, Bridges, and Ferries therein, and for more effectually converting into Money the Statute Labour in the said Stewartry.

ciii. An Act to alter and amend certain Acts for making and maintaining a Road from the Limits of the Counties of Edinburgh and Lanark by Wilsontown into the Burgh of Lanark, with a Branch towards Ravenstruther in the said County of Lanark; and for other Purposes relating thereto.

civ. An Act for separating the Management of the Ardrossan and Johnston Railway from the Management of the Glasgow, Paisley, and Johnston Canal; for incorporating the Proprietors thereof; for doubling and improving the said Railway; and for other Purposes relating thereto.

cv. An Act to amend and enlarge some of the Provisions of the Act relating to the Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Railway; and to authorize the Company to raise a further Sum of Money for the Purposes of the said Undertaking.

cvi. An Act to alter and amend the Acts passed for making a Railway from Dublin to Drogheda.

cvii. An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the Act relating to the Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway, and to make certain new Branch Railways from the Main Line in the Towns of Greenock and Port Glasgow, and to make other Works in connection with the said Railway.

cviii. An Act to amend the Act relating to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.

cix. An Act to enable the Hurtlepool Dock and Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money, for completing their Undertaking; and enlarging the Time for completing the same; and for amending the Acts relating thereto.

ex. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Taff Vale Railway.

cxi. An Act for erecting and maintaining a Pier and other Works in Mill Bay in the Port of Plymouth in the County of Devon.

cxii. An Act for opening a Street to Clerkenwell Green in the County of Middlesex, in continuation of the new Street from Farringdon Street in the City of London.

cxiii. An Act for better supplying with Water the Town and Borough of Deal, and the Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of Kent.

cxiv. An Act for regulating the Municipal Government and Expences of the Royal Burgh of Banff, North Britain; for establishing an effective Police within the same; and also for maintaining, improving, and regulating the Harbour of the said Royal Burgh.

cxv. An Act for forming and establishing a Company to be called "The General Salvage Company," and for enabling the said Company to purchase certain Letters Patent.

cxvi. An Act for improving the Roads leading from Newcastle-under-Lyme to Blyth Marsh, from Cliff Bank to Shelton, from Fenton to Hem Heath, and from Shelton to Newcastle-under-Lyme; and for making and completing certain new Pieces of Road to communicate therewith; all in the County of Stafford.

cxvii. An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, and the Acts therein recited, so far as the same relate to the Road to Provan Mill commonly called the Garngad Road; and for other Purposes relating thereto.

cxviii. An Act for farther deepening and improving the River Clyde, and enlarging the Harbour of Glasgow, and for constructing a Wet Dock in connexion with the said River and Harbour.

cxix. An Act for regulating, preserving, improving, and maintaining the River, Port, and Harbour of Dundalk in the County of Louth in Ireland.

cxx. An Act for regulating certain intended Docks at Liverpool to be called the Herculaneum Docks, and exempting Vessels frequenting the same, and their Cargoes, from a Portion of the Tolls and Duties payable to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks.

cxxi. An Act to enable The Harrington Dock Company to sue and be sued in the Name of any Member or Officer of the said Company; and to exempt all Vessels using the Docks belonging to the said Company, and all Goods shipped or discharged therein, or on the Estate of the said Company, from the Payment of certain Rates, Tolls, or Duties to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks.

cxxii. An Act to alter, amend, and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of an Act for removing the Markets held in the High and Fore Street and other Places within the City of Exeter, and for providing other Markets in lieu thereof.

cxxiii. An Act for establishing an improved Ferry between the Western Part of the Parish of Erskine in the County of Renfrew and Dumbarton in the County of Dumbarton.

cxxiv. An Act to authorize the Trustees of the River Weaver in the County of Chester to apply Part of the Funds arising from the Rates and Duties payable in respect of the Navigation of the said River for the erecting and endowing One or more Church or Churches for the Accomodation of the Watermen, Hawlers, and others employed upon the said River and connected with the Traffic thereof.

cxxv. An Act to amend and render more effectual, so far as relates to the Lord Scudamore's Charity Monies, the Provisions of an Act passed in the Fourteenth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, for improving the City of Hereford, and for other Purposes connected with the said City.

cxxvi An Act to enable "The Monmouthshire Iron and Coal Company" to sue and be sued in the Name of any One of their Directors or their Secretary, and to raise Money for carrying on their Works.

cxxvii. An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts relating to the London and Greenwich Railway.

cxxviii. An Act to enable the London and Greenwich Railway Company to provide a Station in the Parish of Saint Olave in the Borough of Southwark and County of Surrey.

cxxix. An Act to enable the London and Croydon Railway Company to provide additional Station Room at the Terminus of the London and Greenwich Railway in the Parish of Saint Olave, and for other Purposes relating thereto.

cxxx. An Act for granting further Powers to the Midland Counties Railway Company.

cxxxi. An Act to continue for Four Years, from the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, the Duties now levied on Coal and Wines imported into the Port of London.

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1. AN Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Garboldisham in the County of Norfolk.

2. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Freethorpe, Limpenhoe, and Reedham, in the County of Norfolk.

3. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Township of Allerton in the Parish of Bradford in the West Riding of the County of York.

4. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Hagbourne otherwise East Hagbourne in the County of Berks.

5. An Act for effecting an Exchange between the Master, Fellows, and Scholars of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Cambridge and Daniel Gurney Esquire.

6. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Whittlesea Saint Mary and Whittlesea Saint Andrew in the County of Cambridge.

7. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Thriplow in the County Cambridge.

8. An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of the late Roger Forrest the elder to make Grants in Fee, and Leases for Years at reserved Rents, of certain Parts of his Trust Estates, situate in the Parish of Blackburne in the County of Lancaster.

9. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Township of Great Milton in the County of Oxford.

10. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Manor of Dronfield in the County of Derby.

11. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Llangerniew in the County of Denbigh.

12. An Act to enable the Rector of Weybridge in the County of Surrey for the Time being to grant Building Leases of Lands in the said Parish belonging to the said Rectory.

13. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Stoke Bruern and the Hamlet of Shutlanger otherwise Shuttlehanger in the said Parish of Stoke Bruern in the County of Northampton.

14. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Wicken in the County of Cambridge.

15. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Quainton in the County of Buckingham.

16. An Act for inclosing, dividing, and allotting certain Lands in the several Parishes of Saint Harmon, Nantmel, Llanyre, and Llanvihangel Helygan, in the County of Radnor.

17. An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Will of David Woodhouse Gentleman, deceased, to sell Hereditaments thereby devised, and other Hereditaments subsequently conveyed to them, situate in the Parishes of Crich and Ashover in the County of Derby; and to lay out the Money arising therefrom in the Purchase of other Estates, to be settled to the same Uses.

18. An Act to enable the Trustees of the Marriage Articles of Thomas Bacon Esquire to grant a new Lease to Richard Hill and Anthony Hill Esquires of an Iron Furnace, and Works and Mines, Privileges and Hereditaments held therewith, called Plymouth Works, in the Parish of Merthyr Tydvill in the County of Glamorgan.

19. An Act to discharge the Advowson of the Rectory of Doddington otherwise Dornington, with the Chapels of March and Benwick, from Rent-charges and Portions charged by Settlements affecting the same.

20. An Act for extending the Powers of Sale and Exchange contained in the Will of George Isaac Mowbray Esquire, deceased, and for other Purposes.

21. An Act to enable the Trustees of the Estates of Walter Stanley Esquire, deceased, to grant Building Leases.

22. An Act to authorize the Sale of a Mansion House purchased under the Trusts of the Will of the late John Julius Angerstein Esquire, deceased, and to authorize Leases to be made of the same, and also of certain Lands devised by the said Will.

23. An Act to enable the Trustees of Boteler's Free Grammar School at Warrington in the County of Lancaster to effect a Sale to John Wright Esquire of an Estate called the Arrowe Estate, in Arrowe in the County of Chester; and also to sell, exchange, and lease certain other Estates belonging to the said School; and also for the general Management of the said School; and for other Purposes.

24. An Act to vest certain Parts of the Lands and Estates comprised in the Deed of Entail executed by the deceased Alexander Hamilton of Pencaitland on the Thirty-first Day of January One thousand seven hundred and forty-seven, now in the Possession of Mary Hamilton Campbell Lady Ruthven as Heiress of Entail thereof, in Trustees, in Trust to sell the same, and apply the Proceeds, and also certain Sums arising from Sales of Parts of the said Lands under the Authority of an Act of Parliament passed to that Effect, towards the Payment of the Debts affecting the Lands and Barony of Winton, also in the Possession of the said Lady Ruthven as Heiress of Entail thereof, so as that the said Lands and Barony of Winton, free and disburdened of Debt, may descend along with the Estate of Pencaitland to the same Heirs of Entail.

25. An Act for vesting certain Parts of the Estates devised by the Will of Robert Shuttleworth Esquire, deceased, in Trustees for Sale; and for authorizing Grants in Fee, and Building Leases for long Terms of Years, of the Residue of the same Estates; and for other Purposes.

26. An Act to enable Richard Gravenor and John Wood, the Committees of the Estate of Robert Gravenor, a Lunatic; to make Conveyances for carrying into execution a Partition or Division of Lands and Tenements directed by a Decree of the High Court of Chancery.

27. An Act to effect a Sale of an Estate in the Parishes of Tong and Shiffnall in the County of

Salop called Ruckley Grange, and for applying the Purchase Money in discharge of Incumbrances, and other Purposes.

28. An Act for inclosing Swingfield Minnis other wise Folkestone Common within the Manor, Hundred, Barony, and Royalty of Folkestone in the County of Kent.

29. An Act for vesting certain Parts of the Entailed Estates of Archibald Lord Douglas of Douglas, lying in the County of Forfar, in Trustees, for the Purpose of feuing the same.

30. An Act to enable the Right Honourable John Savile Lumley Savile Earl of Scarborough to grant Leases of Coal Mines and other Mines and Minerals and Quarries under the Estates in the County of York comprised in or subject to the Uses of an Indenture of Appointment and Release of the Twenty-eighth Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twelve; and to make Conveyances in Fee, or Demises for long Terms of Years, of the same Estates, for building, repairing, or otherwise improving the same, under yearly Rents or other Reservations respectively; and to grant the Right and Privilege of making, laying down, and using Way-leaves, Railroads, or other Roads through or over any of the said Estates, under yearly or other Rents or Reservations.

31. An Act to enable William Chambers Esquire, and others, to grant Mining, Building, and other Leases of certain Estates in the Counties of Carmarthen and Glamorgan, devised by the Will of Sir John Stepney Baronet, deceased.

32. An Act for empowering the Tenant for Life under the Will of Anthony Gregson Esquire, deceased, and the Trustees of the same Will, to sell and exchange certain Freehold Estates situate in the County of Northumberland and in the Town and Borough of Berwick upon Tweed, and certain Tithes respectively devised by such Will; and also to grant Mining and other Leases of the said Estates in the County of Northumberland, and of certain other Freehold Estates devised by the same Will situate in the County Palatine of Durham; and to grant Building, Repairing, and other Leases of the said Estates in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, and Town and Borough of Berwick upon Tweed.

33. An Act for enabling the Revocation of a Term of Ninety-nine Years, and the Trusts thereof, affecting the Settled Estate of John Whalley Esquire.

34. An Act for the Continuance of certain Powers contained in the Settlement on the Marriage of Charles Mostyn Esquire, now deceased, and for authorizing the Investment of the Monies to arise under the Powers of Sale and Exchange contained in such Settlement in the Purchase of Estates in Ireland as well as in England and Wales.

35. An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of the late Duke of Bridgewater to make Conveyances in Fee or Demises for long Terms of Years of Parts of his Trust Estates in the Counties of Lancaster and Chester, for building on and improving the same; and to grant Leases of Coal and other Mines, and of Waste Lands; and also for removing Doubts as to the Right of nominating a Minister to the Church or Chapel lately erected by the Right Honourable Lord Francis Egerton on Part of the said Trust Estates.

36. An Act for authorizing the Exchange of Parts of the Lands and Estates settled by the Will of the late Charles Bowyer Adderley Esquire, and the Sale of other Parts thereof.

37. An Act for naturalizing Charles Fiers.

38. An Act for naturalizing Samuel Swain.

39. An Act for naturalizing Friedrich Ludwig Leopold Hausburg.

40. An Act for naturalizing August Wilhelm Bernhard Promoli.

41. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of James Perry Esquire with Elizabeth Margaret his Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes.

42. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of George Lloyd Esquire with Athalie Pulcherie Clotilde his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.

43. An Act for naturalizing Frederick Shultze.

44. An Act for naturalizing Arnold Julius Wolff.

45. An Act for naturalizing Gregorio José Martinez del Rio.

46. An Act for naturalizing His Excellency Don Lorenzo Duke Sforza Cesarini.

47. An Act for naturalizing Alexander Liebert.

48. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Ann Battersby with Arthur Battersby her now Husband, and to enable her to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.

49. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Joseph Groome Deane with Rachel his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.

50. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Jonathan Warr with Betty his now wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.

51. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Alexander Grant Esquire with Maria Theresa his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes.

52. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of James Close with Louisa his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes.

53. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Edward William Trafford Esquire with Louisa his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned.