polis on the Security of the Land Revenues of the Crown within the County of Middlesex and City of London. Page 206 41. An Act to provide for the Payment of Debts, Charges, and Incumbrances affecting Houses of Industry and Workhouses, and of Advances made, conformably with previous Usage, for the lawful Purposes of such Houses of Industry and Workhouses, in certain Cases, in Ireland.

212 42. An Act to remove Doubts as to the Division of the Parish of Winterbourne in the County of Gloucester into Two Parishes.

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43. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Tenth Year of King George the Fourth, for providing for the Government of His Majesty's Settlements in Western Australia on the Western Coast of New Holland.

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44. An Act to continue until the Thirty-first Day of December One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and from thence until the End of the next ensuing Session of Parliament, certain Acts for providing for the Administration of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, and for the more effectual Government thereof. Ibid. 45. An Act to amend an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to amend the Laws relating to Sewers. Ibid. 46. An Act to empower the Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills for public Works to complete the Works authorized to be made by an Act of the Sixth and Seventh Years of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for improving the Navigation and Harbour of Tralee in the County of Kerry; and to extend the Time for that Purpose.

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47. An Act to amend an Act of the last Session for continuing and amending the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in Ireland.

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48. An Act to render certain Municipal Corporations rateable to the Relief of the Poor in certain Cases. 49. An Act to provide for repairing, improving, and rebuilding County Bridges.

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50. An Act to make further Provision relative to the Returns to be made by Banks of the Amount of their Notes in Circulation. 237

51. An Act to amend an Act of the Third Year of King George the Fourth, for regulating Turnpike Roads in England, and also an Act of the Fifth and Sixth Years of King William the Fourth, for consolidating the Laws relating to Highways in England. 239 52. An Act to amend an Act of the Fourth Year of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for facilitating the Administration of Justice in the Court of Chancery.

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53. An Act to apply certain Sums of Money to the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Session of Parlia

ment.

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54. An Act to continue until the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and forty-four an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for continuing an Act 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.

Page 247 55. An Act further to continue, until the First Day of April One thousand eight hundred and forty-two, an Act of the Third and Fourth Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Laws relating to Loan Societies. Ibid. 56. An Act for taking away the Punishment of Death in certain Cases, and substituting other Punishments in lieu thereof. Ibid. 57. An Act for the Prevention of Bribery at Elections.

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58. An Act to amend the Law for the Trial of controverted Elections. Ibid.

59. An Act to authorize for One Year, and until the End of the then next Session of Parliament, the Application of a Portion of the Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads, in certain Cases. 277 60. An Act to alter and amend certain Acts regulating Madhouses in Scotland, and to provide for the Custody of dangerous Lunatics. 279 61. An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing, and contingent and other Expences 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 Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS,

DECLARED PUBLIC,

AND TO BE JUDICIALLY NOTICED.

i. AN Act to amend the Acts relating to the London and Southwestern Railway Company.

286 ii. An Act to enable the Preston and Longridge Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money. Ibid. iii. An Act to alter and amend the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of King Wil liam the Fourth, intituled An Act for better paving, cleansing, lighting, watching, and improving the Town of Whitby in the North Riding of the County of York; and to allow a Drawback in certain Cases from the Duties thereby granted. iv. An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against the York and London Assurance Company,

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Ibid.

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btained on

Deferred,

v. An Act to enable "The Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of the Acts relating to the said Railway.

Page 287 vi. An Act to enable the Durham and Sunderland Railway Com. pany to raise a further Sum of Money; and for amending the Acts for making the said Railway. Ibid.

vii. An Act to enable the York and North Midland Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money; to make a certain Approach to the said Railway; and to amend the Acts relating thereto. Ibid. viii. An Act to enable the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester and Salford Waterworks to raise a further Sum of Money; and to amend the Acts relating thereto.

Ibid. ix. An Act for regulating Legal Proceedings by or against the Britannia Life Assurance Company. Ibid. x. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Chard Canal. Ibid. xi. An Act for enabling the Wishaw and Coltness Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money. Ibid. xii. An Act for granting further Powers to the London and Blackwall Railway Company.

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xiii. An Act for granting further Powers to the North Midland Railway Company.

Ibid. xiv. An Act to amend and enlarge some of the Provisions of the Acts relating to the Eastern Counties Railway, and to authorize the Company to raise a further Sum of Money for the Purposes of the said Undertaking.

Ibid. xv. An Act for better lighting with Gas the Borough of Derby and several Parishes and Places adjacent thereto. Ibid. xvi. An Act for improving certain Parts of the Townships of Bilton with Harrowgate and Pannal, called High and Low Harrowgate, in the West Riding of the County of York; for protecting the Mineral Springs and regulating the Stinted Pasture in the said Townships.

Ibid. xvii. An Act for the Administration of the Poor Laws in the Parish of Saint Luke Chelsea in the County of Middlesex, and relating to the Highways in the said Parish. Ibid. xviii. An Act for the more effectual Preservation and Improvement of the Fisheries in the River Annan in the County of Dumfries, and in the Streams and Waters running into the same, and on the Shores or Sea Coast adjacent to the Mouth or Entrance of the said River.

Ibid.

xix. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving certain Roads passing through or near the Town of Ilminster in the County of Somerset.

Ibid.

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Ibid.

xx. An Act for maintaining certain Roads in the County of Cambridge, to be called "The Stumpcross Roads.” xxi. An Act for repairing several Roads leading from the Town of Barnstaple in the County of Devon, and for making several new Lines of Road connected therewith. xxii. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from the Western Side of the New Forest near Christchurch to the Boundary of the Parish of Lyndhurst, all in the County of Hants. Ibid. 6

xxiii. An

xxiii. An Act for making a Turnpike Road from Wimborne Minster in the County of Dorset to Piddletown in the same County, with certain Branches therefrom. Page 289 xxiv. An Act to enable the Northern and Eastern Railway Company to make certain Deviations in the Line of their Railway, and to alter and amend the several Acts relating to the said Railway. Ibid. xxv. An Act for enabling the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money. 290

xxvi. An Act to enable the West Durham Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Money; and to amend the Act relating to the said Railway. Ibid. xxvii. An Act to light with Gas and supply with Water the Townships of Old and New Accrington and Church in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

Ibid. xxviii. An Act to alter, amend, and enlarge the Powers and Provisions of an Act for lighting with Gas the Port and Town of Liverpool and Township of Toxteth Park in the County of Lancaster; and for lighting with Gas the several Townships of West Derby, Everton, Kirkdale, Walton-on-the-Hill, Bootle-cumLinacre, Litherland, Great Crosby, Wavertree, and Garston, in the County of Lancaster.

Ibid.

Ibid. xxix. An Act for enlarging the Powers of the Acts for building a Bridge over the River Avon, from Clifton to the opposite Side of the River in the County of Somerset. xxx. An Act for enabling the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks to erect Transit Sheds on the West Quay of the Prince's Dock, to make a Wet Dock with Warehouses on the Quays, and to construct other Works, and to raise a further Sum of Money; and for enlarging the Powers of the Acts relating to the Docks and Harbour of Liverpool; and for other Purposes relating thereto.

Ibid.

xxxi. An Act to repeal certain of the Provisions of an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, for improving Parts of the Line of Road between the Borough of Plymouth and the City of Exeter, through Ashburton and Chudleigh, in the County of Devon. 291 xxxii. An Act for repairing the Road leading from Brent Bridge in the County of Devon to Gasking Street in or near the Borough of Plymouth in the said County. Ibid. xxxiii. An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from Cranford Bridge to Maidenhead Bridge, with Roads thereout to Eton Town End and to the Great Western Railway, and from Langley Broom to Datchet Bridge, all in the Counties of Middlesex and Bucks.

Ibid. xxxiv. An Act for repairing the Roads from Coventry to Warwick, and from Coventry to Martyn's Gutter in the County of the City of Coventry and in the County of Warwick, and other Roads communicating therewith in the said County of Warwick. Ibid. xxxv. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Road from Market Harborough in the County of Leicester to Brampton in the County of Huntingdon. 292 xxxvi. An

xxxvi. An Act for repressing Juvenile Delinquency in the City of Glasgow. Page 292 xxxvii. An Act for completing and maintaining a new Church in Birkenhead in the County of Chester.

Ibid.

xxxviii. An Act for amending and enlarging the Provisions of the several Acts relating to the Great North of England Railway Company; and for other Purposes relating thereto. Ibid. xxxix. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the London and South-western Railway Company; and to authorize an Agreement between the said Company and certain Inhabitants of Wandsworth and Battersea respecting an alleged Loss in their Supply of Water. Ibid.

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xl. An Act for extending, enlarging, and amending some of the Provisions of the Act relating to the Great Leinster and Munster Railway. Ibid. xli. An Act for extending and enlarging some of the Provisions of the Acts relating to the Bristol and Exeter Railway. Ibid. xlii. An Act to enable the Northern and Eastern Railway Company to make a Branch Line of Railway; and to alter and amend the several Acts relating to the said Railway. xliii. An Act for making a Railway to be called the Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness Railway, in the Counties of Lanark and Linlithgow. Ibid. xliv. An Act to alter, amend, and enlarge the Powers granted to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company; and to authorize Alterations in the Line of the Railway. Ibid. xlv. An Act for improving and regulating the Markets within the City and Borough of Wells in the County of Somerset. Ibid. xlvi. An Act to alter, amend, and enlarge the Fowers and Provisions of an Act passed in the First Year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for regulating the Market in the Town of Exmouth in the County of Devon. xlvii. An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of King George the Third, for the better Regulation of Pilots and Bridgemen, and for laying down Moorings and preventing Mischief by Fire, in the Port of King's Lynn. Ibid.

Ibid.

xlviii. An Act to amend an Act for the Formation of a new Cut or Channel, and for otherwise more effectually improving the Port and Harbour of Belfast. 294 xlix. An Act for maintaining Gourdon Harbour in the County of Kincardine. Ibid. 1. An Act for making and maintaining a Harbour at Scrabster Roads in the Bay of Thurso and County of Caithness, and Road thereto.

Ibid. li. An Act for authorizing the Newport Dock Company to raise an additional Sum of Money; and to amend the Acts relating thereto.

Ibid.

lii. An Act to enable the Ipswich Dock Commissioners to raise a further Sum of Money. Ibid. liii. An Act for making a Pier in the Parish of Portbury in the County of Somerset, with Works and Approaches connected

therewith.

Ibid. liv. An