Manner of issuing com. missions to the cinque trial of of c. 15. shall knowingly and with intent to defraud and injure the true owner or owners thereof, purchase or receive any anchors, cables, ropes, or other ships' stores or materials of any description whatever, or any merchandize or lading which may have been taken up, weighed, swept for, or taken possession of, whether the same shall have belonged to any ship or vessel in distress or otherwise, or whether the same shall have been preserved from any wreck within the jurisdiction aforesaid, such person or persons shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of receiving stolen goods knowing the same to be stolen, as if the same had been stolen on shore, aud suffer the like punishment as for a misdemeanor at the common law, and be also liable to be transported for seven years, in the discretion of the court before which he, she, or they shall be tried. XVI. And whereas by a certain act passed in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King Henry ports, for the the Eighth, intituled "For Pirates," it is among fences under other things enacted to the effect following, that stat. 28 H. 8, whenever any commission for the punishment of certain offences therein named, shall be directed or sent to any place within the jurisdiction of the five ports, that then every such commission shall be directed unto the lord warden of the said port for the time being, or to his deputy, or unto three or four such persons as the lord chancellor for the time being shall name and appoint; and whereas by the said act it is further enacted to the effect following, that every inquisition and trial to be had by virtue of such commission, shall be made and had by the inhabitants of the said five ports, or the members of the same; and whereas of a long time past no such commission has been sent to any place within the jurisdiction of the cinque ports: be it enacted, for the more certain and speedy administration of justice, That as often as his majesty shall direct a commission, according to the provisions of the aforesaid act, to the admiral or admirals, or his or their lieutenant deputy and deputies, it shall and may be lawful for his majesty, on the application of the lord warden of the cinque ports, to direct such commission jointly to the admiral or admirals, or his or their lieutenant deputy and deputies, and also to the lord warden of the cinque ports for the time being, and to his deputy; and the commissioners who shall sit by virtue of such commission, so jointly addressed, to whatever shire or place in the realm the same shall be limited, shall have full power and authority to inquire into, try, and determine all offences named in the said act, or in any other act relating to proceedings under such commission, by the oaths of twelve good and lawful inhabitants in the shire limited in the said commission, whether the said offences shall have been committed within the jurisdictions of the lord admiral of England, or of the lord warden of the cinque ports; and all and every trial, conviction, judgment, and proceeding whatsoever under such commission, shall be as good and effectual to all intents and purposes in law, and shall be followed by the same consequences to the offender or offenders, as if the same were had by virtue of any separate commission to be issued under the provisions of the aforesaid act of King Henry the Eighth: Provided always, and it is hereby furof the Admi- ther declared, that this act, or any thing herein ralty Court, contained, shall not extend or be construed to Admiralty of extend to the taking away, abridging, prejudicing Reservation of the rights and of the the cinque ports. Boundaries diction of or impeaching, in any manner whatever, the jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England, or the jurisdiction of the Admiralty Court of the cinque ports, two ancient towns, and their members; but that it shall and may be lawful for the said courts respectively, and the judge or judges thereof for the time being, to have, use, exercise, and enjoy jurisdiction over all such matters, rights and offences, as they have heretofore had, used, exercised and enjoyed, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes whatever, as if this act had not been made; any thing hereinbefore contained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. XVIII. And whereas doubts have arisen as to dejthe the exact boundaries of the jurisdiction of the lord warden lord high admiral and the lord warden of the ports. cinque ports, and it is highly expedient for the of the cinque purposes of this act that the same should be clearly set forth; now it is hereby declared and enacted, That the boundaries of the jurisdiction of the lord warden of the cinque ports, in regard to any matter or thing contained in this act, shall be and shall be deemed and taken to be as fol lows; (that is to say), from a point to the westward of Seaford, in the county of Sussex, called "Red Cliff," including the same; thence passing in a line one mile without the sand or shoal called "The Horse of Willingdon," and continuing the same distance without the ridge and new shoals; and thence in a line within five miles of Cape Grisnez on the coast of France; thence round the shoal called "The Overfalls," two miles distant from the same; thence in a line without, and the same distance along the eastern side of the Galloper Sand, until the north end thereof bears west-north-west true bearing from the west-north-west bearing of the Galloper, it runs in a direct line across the shoal called "The Thwart Middle," till it reaches the shore underneath the Maze Tower; from thence following in a line of the shore up to Saint Orsyth, in the county of Essex, and following the course of the shore up to the river Coln to the landing-place nearest Brightlingsea; from thence in a direct line to Shoe Bacon; from thence to the point of Shellness, on the Isle of Shippey; and from thence across the waters to Feversham; and from thence following the line of coast round the North and South Forelands, and Beachy Head, till it reaches the said Red Cliff, including all the waters, creeks and havens comprehended between them: Provided always, and it is hereby declared, that nothing in this act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to enlarge or abridge the local limits of the ancient jurisdiction, rights and privileges of the lord high admiral of England, Public act. or the lord warden or admiral of the cinque ports respectively, or their respective representatives; but that the same shall remain according to ancient usage, and that the description hereinbefore contained shall only be deemed applicable to the purposes of this act; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. XXII. And be it further enacted, That this act shall be a public act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such, by all judges, justices and others, without being specially pleaded. 1 & 2 GEO. IV. c. 88. An Act for the Amendment of the Law of Rescue. [10th July, 1821.] WHEREAS divers daring attempts have of late been made to effect the rescue or prevent the detention of persons charged with or committed for or on suspicion of felony; and whereas it might tend more effectually to prevent the commission of such offences if further provisions were made for the punishment of persons who may hereafter be convicted thereof, as are hereinafter enacted 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 assemRescuing per- bled, and by the authority of the same, That from with felony. and after the passing of this act, if any person sons charged |