43 G.3. c.58. SCHEDULE (B.) OATH to be taken by the Master and Wardens of the Society of A. B. do swear, That I will diligently and impartially examine in the Art of piloting Ships and Vessels over the Flats, and round the Long Sand Head, and up the Rivers of Thames and Medway, and into Ramsgate, Dover, Sandwich and Margate Harbours, and also upon the Coasts of Flanders and Holland; and will make true and speedy Return thereof to the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports for the Time being, or his Deputy, without Favour, Affection, Fee or Reward. So help me GOD. SCHEDULE (C.) OATH to be taken by Sub Commissioners for Pilotage. A. B. do swear, That I will diligently and impartially ex- in the Art of piloting Ships and Vessels into the Roadstead, Port CA P. CXXVI. or An Act to make Provision in Scotland for the further Prevention of malicious shooting, and attempting to discharge loaded Fire Arms, stabbing, cutting, wounding, poisoning, maiming, disfiguring and disabling His Majesty's Subjects. [5th July 1825.] WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Forty third Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for the further Prevention of malicious shooting, • and attempting to discharge loaded Fire Arms, stabbing, cutting, wounding or poisoning, and the malicious using of Means to procure the Miscarriage of Women, and also the malicious setting Fire to Buildings; and also for repealing a certain Act made in England in the Twenty first Year of the late King James the First, intituled An Act to prevent the destroying and murthering of Bastard Children; and also an Act made in Ireland in the Sixth Year of the Reign of the late Queen Anne, also intituled An Act to prevent the destroying and murthering of Bastard • Children;' and for making other Provisions in lieu thereof: • And Whereas it is expedient that similar Provisions should be made in Scotland, for the further Prevention of some of the said Crimes;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from bing, with In Poison in Scot land. from and after the First Day of July One thousand eight hun. Shooting, cutdred and twenty five, if any Person shall, within Scotland, wil- ting or stabfully, maliciously and unlawfully shoot at any of His Majesty's tent to do any Subjects, or shall wilfully, maliciously and unlawfully present, grievous bodily point or level any Kind of loaded Fire Arms at any of His Ma- Harm, or adjesty's Subjects, and attempt by drawing a Trigger or in any ministering other Manner to discharge the same at or against his or their Person or Persons, or shall wilfully, maliciously and unlawfully stab or cut any of His Majesty's Subjects, with Intent in so doing or by Means thereof to murder or to maim, disfigure or disable such His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, or with Intent to do some other grievous bodily Harm to such His Majesty's Subject or Subjects; or shall wilfully, maliciously and unlawfully administer to or cause to be administered to or taken, by any of His Majesty's Subjects, any deadly Poison, or other noxious and destructive Substance or Thing, with Intent thereby to murder or disable such His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, or with Intent to do some other grievous bodily Harm to such His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, such Person, being lawfully convicted of any the foresaid Acts, shall be held guilty of a Capital Death. Crime, and receive Sentence of Death accordingly. &c. with Intent to do any grievHarm in Scotland. ous bodily II. And be it enacted, That if any Person in Scotland shall, Throwing Sulfrom and after the said First Day of July wilfully, maliciously and phuric Acid, unlawfully throw at or otherwise apply to any of His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, any Sulphuric Acid or other corrosive Substance, calculated by external Application to burn or injure the Human Frame, with Intent in so doing, or by Means thereof, to murder or maim, or disfigure or disable such His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, or with Intent to do some other grievous bodily Harm to such of His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, and where, in consequence of such Acid or other Substance being so wilfully, maliciously and unlawfully thrown or applied, with Intent as aforesaid, any of His Majesty's Subjects shall be maimed, disfigured or disabled, or receive other grievous bodily Harm, such Person being thereof lawfully convicted, shall be held to be guilty of a Capital Crime, and shall receive Sentence of Death accordingly: Provided always, that if it shall appear upon the Trial of any Person accused of any of the aforesaid Offences, that under the Circumstances of the Case, if Death had ensued, the Acts done would not have amounted to the Crime of Murder, such Person shall not be held guilty of a Capital Crime, or be subject to the Punishment aforesaid; and provided further, that nothing contained in this or any other Statute enacting a Capital Punishment, shall be held to affect the Power of the Prosecutor to restrict the Pains of Law. CA P. CXXVII. An Act for making further Provision by Law for the Pro- W 3 Y 4 Death. Proviso if Death had ensued, and the Acts done amounted to Murder, would not have Entering Gardens, &c. and taking Trees, Plants, &c. Felony. Act not to extend to Scot. land. 21 & 22 G.3. (I.) 54 G.3. c.81. § 2. servatories: May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That if any Person shall, after the First Day of August next, enter into any Orchard, Garden or Nursery Ground, or into any Hothouse, Greenhouse or Conservatory, and shall take, remove or carry away any Trees, Plants, Shrubs or Roots, or any Fruit or Vegetable Productions, although such Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Roots or Vegetable Productions respectively had not, by having been severed from the Ground or Soil in which the same were growing, or such Fruit had not, by having been severed from the Tree or Trees, or Plants on which the same was growing, become Personal Property before such Person so entered as aforesaid, but were respectively so severed by such Person at the Time of his or her so taking, removing or carrying away the same, the Person so taking and carrying away the said Articles, or any of them respectively, shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of Felony, and shall be punished as guilty of feloniously stealing the same, in case they shall be taken and carried away with such Intent, and in other respects under such Circumstances as that such taking and carrying away would amount to a Felony in case the said Articles respectively had been previously severed, and had become Personal Property previously to such entering, taking and carrying away the same as aforesaid. II. Provided always, That this Act shall not extend to that Part of the United Kingdom called Scotland. Wł CA P. CXXVIII. An Act to enable the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury 6 • to • 'to make Regulations for securing the Collection of such Duties; it is among other Things enacted, that the Sum of Two Shillings, Part of a certain Duty of Two Shillings and Sixpence, upon every Entry Inwards and Outwards in the Port of Dublin, should be applied, in Manner therein mentioned, towards discharging the Interest and Principal of Money borrowed for erecting and finishing of a Corn Exchange in the City of Dublin (a): And Whereas the Debt now remaining undischarged in respect of the said Corn Exchange amounts to the Sum of Seven thousand eight hundred Pounds: And Whereas the Public Credit is pledged for the Payment of the several Sums of Money so borrowed, and it is expedient that the same should be redeemed, paid off and discharged, when and as soon as the same can be legally done, according to the Conditions upon which the said several Sums were borrowed:' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any Three or more of them, and they are hereby authorized and required, by any Warrant or Warrants under their Hands, to is sue, out of the growing Produce of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, such Sum or Sums of Money as shall be sufficient to pay off and discharge the whole Amount of the said Debt due from the Commissioners of Wide Streets, and the whole Amount of the said Debt remaining due for the erecting and finishing the Corn Exchange in the City of Dublin, together with any Arrears of Interest which may be due thereon respectively, up to the Day to be fixed for the Repayment of the principal Sums borrowed. (a) [As to the repeal of 54 G. 3. c.81. see Cap. 105. ante. § 425.] II. And be it further enacted, That the several Sums of Money which may be issued out of the Consolidated Fund for the Payment of the said several Debts, together with Interest thereon from the Date of such Issue, at the Rate of Three Pounds per Centum per Ánnum, shall be and become a Charge upon and shall be paid out of the Income or Funds placed at the Disposal of the Commissioners for the Time being for the making wide and convenient Passages in the City of Dublin, and of the Corporation for erecting a Corn Exchange in the City of Dublin respectively, under or by virtue of any Act of Parliament or Charter of Incorporation in force immediately before the passing of this Act. 6 III. And Whereas by an Act made in the Parliament of Ireland in the Thirty ninth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to grant certain Duties 'therein mentioned to His Majesty, to be applied to the Purpose of making wide and convenient Ways, Streets and Passages in the City of Dublin, and for enabling the Commissioners therein ' mentioned more effectually to execute the Trusts reposed in them, ' certain annual Duties were imposed and made payable on 'Licences to Owners and Occupiers of Houses within the City ' of Dublin and the Liberties thereunto adjoining, and within the • Limits 'Limits of the Circular Road, for the playing at any lawful Game at Cards within such Houses, and also on Licences to Persons frequenting any House in the City and Suburbs of Dublin, and within the Limits of the said Circular Road, wherein any Club or Clubs is or are kept, wherein any Game at Cards or Dice is played, and being a Member of such Club; and it is 'expedient that the said Duties should be repealed;' Be it therefore enacted, That from and after the Fifth Day of January One thousand eight hundred and twenty six, the said several Duties shall cease and determine, and are hereby repealed; any Thing in the said recited Act or in any other Act or Acts to the conplaying at Cards trary in any wise notwithstanding. Duties imposed Owners of and Dice, repealed. 5 G.4. c.95. § 1. repealed. Certain Acts shall stand and remain repealed, viz. $3 Edw.1. CA P. CXXIX. An Act to repeal the Laws relating to the Combination of Workmen, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof. [6th July 1825.] 6 ' WHEREAS an Act was passed in the last Session of Par liament, intituled An Act to repeal the Laws relative to the Combination of Workmen, and for other Purposes therein mentioned, by which Act various Statutes and Parts of Statutes relating to Combinations among Workmen for fixing the Wages of Labour, and for regulating and controuling the Mode of carrying on any Manufacture, Trade or Business, were repealed, and other Provisions were made for protecting the free Employment of Capital and Labour, and for punishing Combinations interfering with such Freedom, by means of Violence, Threats or Intimidation: And Whereas the Provisions of the said Act have not been found effectual: And Whereas such Combinations are injurious to Trade and Commerce, dangerous to the Tranquillity of the Country, and especially prejudicial to the Interests of all who are concerned in them: And Whereas it is expedient to make further Provision, as well for the Security and personal Freedom of individual Workmen in the Disposal of their Skill and Labour, as for the Security of the Property and Persons of Masters and Employers, and for that Purpose to repeal the said Act, and to enact other Provisions and Regul⚫ations in lieu thereof: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act the said recited Act of the last Session of Parliament shall be and the same is hereby repealed. II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, so much of an Act made in the Thirty third Year of the Reign of King Edward the First, concerning Conspirators who do confeder or bind themselves by Oath, Covenant or other Alliance as relates or extends to Combinations or Conspiracies of Workmen or other Persons to obtain to Combination an Advance of or to fix the Rate of Wages, or to lessen or alter the Hours or Duration of the Time of working, or to decrease the Quantity of Work, or to regulate or controul the Mode stat. 1. in part, so far as relates of Workmen. of |