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end of the next session of parliament, an Act of the third year of his present majesty, for regulating the manner of licensing alehouses in England.

XVI. An Act to render more effectual

the several Acts now in force to promote the residence of the parochial clergy, by making provision for purchasing houses and other necessary buildings for the use of their benefices.

XVII. An Act to regulate the mode in which certain societies or copartnerships for banking in Scotland may sue and be sued.

LXVIII. An Act to amend so much of an Act of the thirty-first year of his late majesty, as relates to the election of members to serve in the legislative assembly of the province of Upper Canada.

LXIX. An Act to amend the law in respect to the offence of stealing from gardens and hothouses.

LXX. An Act to permit foreign corn, meal, and flour, warehoused, to be taken out for home consumption, until the sixteenth day of August 1826. LXXI. An Act to empower his majesty to admit foreign corn for home consumption, under certain limitations, until the first day of January 1827, or for six weeks after the commence

ment of the then next ensuing session of parliament, if parliament shall not then be sitting.

LXXII. An Act to consolidate and amend the laws which regulate the levy and application of church rates and parish cesses, and the election of churchwardens, and the maintenance of parish clerks, in Ireland. LXXIII. An Act to consolidate the laws in force in Ireland for the disappropriation of benefices annexed to the dignities, and for the appropriation of others in their stead, and for uniting benefices with dignities, and to make further provisions for the like purposes.

LXXIV. An Act for consolidating and amending the laws relating to prisons in Ireland.

LXXV. An Act to explain an Act of the fifty-third year of the reign of his late majesty, respecting the enrolment of memorials of grants of annuities. LXXVI. An Act for further extending the powers of an Act for vesting in commissioners the bridges building

over the Menai Straits and the river Conway, and the harbours of Howth and Holyhead, and the road from Dublin to Howth, and for the further improvement of the road from London to Holyhead.

LXXVII. An Act to extend to Charing Cross, the Strand, and places adjacent, the powers of an Act for making a more convenient communication from Mary-le.bone Park; and to enable the commissioners of his majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues to grant leases of the site of Carlton palace. LXXVIII. An Act to vest in the commissioners of his majesty's woods, forests, and land revenues, the powers of several Acts for the improvement of the streets near Westminster Hall and the houses of parliament; and to authorize the conversion of the pavements in several parts of the metropolis into broken stone roads. LXXIX. An Act for applying a sum out of the consolidated fund, and the surplus of the grants of the year 1825, to the service of the year 1826; and for further appropriating the supplies granted in this session of parliament.

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PUBLIC ACTS

a Local and Personal Nature, to be noticed by the Courts.

An Act to repeal two Acts relating to the employment of the poor within the hundreds of Loes and Wilford in the county of Suffolk, and to disincorporate the said hundreds. ii. An Act for enabling the company of proprietors of the Witham navigation to complete the drainage and navigation by the river Witham; and to raise a further sum of money for that purpose.

iii. An Act for the appropriation of two chapels as chapels of ease to the parish church of Brighthelmston in the county of Sussex.

iv. An Act for maintaining and repairing the bridge over the river Avon, at or near Stratford-upon-Avon, in the county of Warwick, and for widening and improving the approaches thereto.

v. An Act for enlarging the present market, and establishing fish markets, in the town and port of Dover in the

county of Kent; and for removing the elections of members and of mayors of the said town from the church of St. Mary the Virgin in Dover. vi. An Act for lighting, watching, paving, cleansing, and improving the streets, highways, and places within the town and borough of Newport in the county of Monmouth.

vii. An Act for enlarging the market house and regulating the markets within the borough of Bridgwater in the county of Somerset ; for paving, cleansing, lighting, and watching the streets, lanes, and other public passages and places within the said borough or adjacent thereto, and for the improvement thereof.

viii. An Act for lighting with gas the several townships of Macclesfield, Sutton, and Hurdsfield, all in the parish of Prestbury in the county Palatine of Chester.

ix. An Act for making and maintaining a turnpike road from Cannock in the county of Stafford to Penkridge in the same county.

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x. An Act for making and maintaining a turnpike road from Worthing to Lancing in the county of Sussex, and groynes, embankments, and other sea defences, for protecting such road and the lands adjoining from the future encroachments of the sea, xi. An Act for improving the road from Collingham in the West Riding of the county of York to the city of York; and for making certain diverIsions from such road.

xii. An Act for more effectually repairing and maintaining the road from Chippenham Bridge in the county of Wilts to the top of Togg-hill in the county of Gloucester, and several other roads therein mentioned, in the said counties and in the county of Somerset, called the Marshfield district. 'xiii. An Act for making and maintaining a road from Godalming, through Hascomb, to Pains-hill, in the county of Surrey.

xiv. An Act for improving the turnpike road from Knaresborough to the junction of the road from Ripon to Pately Bridge in the West Riding of the county of York.

xv. An Act for maintaining and improving the road leading from Pengate in the parish of Westbury to a place formerly called Price's Warren Gate, at Tinhead in the parish of

Edington in the county of Wilts, and other roads near or adjoining the said roads, in the counties of Wilts and Somerset.

xvi. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the roads from Manchester in the county palatine of Lancaster to Salters Brook in the county palatine of Chester, and for making and maintaining several extensions or diversions of road, and a new branch of road to communicate therewith,

xvii. An Act for making and maintaining a turnpike road from South Shields to White Mere Pool, and from thence to join the Durham and Newcastle turnpike road at Vigo-lane, with a branch from Jarrow Slake to East Boldon, all in the county of Durham.

xviii. An Act for amending and maintaining the road leading from the turnpike road on Farrard's Common in the parish of Bradford, through Holt and Melksham, to Homan's Stile in the parish of Laycock in the county of Wilts, and the road leading therefrom to the Bath turnpike road upon Kingsdown-hill in the same county. xix. An Act for making and maintaining a turnpike road, commencing at or near a certain house called The Shrewsbury Arms, situate at Hinderton in the township of Little Neston, by way of Upton, and terminating in the township of Hoose, and from Upton aforesaid to the township of Birkenhead, and also certain branches of road to communicate therewith, all in the county palatine of Chester.

xx. An Act for amending an Act of his present majesty, for repairing the Road from Sandon in the county of Stafford to Bullock Smithy in the county of Chester, and from Hilderstone to Draycot in the Moors, and from Wettley Rocks to Tean, in the county of Stafford, so far as relates to the Macclesfield district of road; and for making a diversion of road in the said district.

xxi. An Act for making and maintaining a road from Ridghill and lanes, in the parish of Ashton-under-lyne in the county palatine of Lancaster, to or near to Holehouse in Saddleworth in the West Riding of the county of York.

xxi. An Act for repairing the road

from Birmingham to Watford Gap, in the parish of Sutton Coldfield in the county of Warwick, and other roads communcating therewith. xxiii. An Act for making and maintaining a turnpike road from Arrow in the county of Warwick to Pot Hooks End in the county of Worcester, and from Dunnington in the said county of Warwick to Crab's Cross in the said county of Worcester.

xxiv. An Act for more effectually re

pairing the roads from Littlegate at the top of Leadenham-hill in the county of Lincoln to Newark-uponTrent, and from Newark-upon-Trent to Mansfield, and from Southwell to the south end of the town of Oxton, in the county of Nottingham.

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An Act for repairing, widening, and improving the several roads leading to and from the city of Exeter, and for making certain new lines of road to communicate with the same; and for keeping in repair Exe Bridge and Countess Wear Bridge. xxvi. An Act for more effectually repairing the road leading from the bounds of the counties of Limerick and Cork, between the towns of Kilmallock and Charleville, to the city of Cork.

xxvii. An Act for more effectually repairing, widening, and improving the road from the city of Norwich to Scole Bridge in the county of Norfolk. xxviii. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the road from the Brighthelmston road at Pyecombe to Warninglid Cross in the parish of Cuckfield, and from Pyecombe to the Henfield road at Poynings Common, in the county of Sussex, and for making a new road from Warninglid Cross to Hand Cross in the said county.

xxix. An Act for making and maintaining a turnpike road from Wimpole in the county of Cambridge to Wrestlingworth in the county of Bedford, and from Wrestlingworth to Potton, both in the said county of Bedford. XXX. An Act for making and maintaining a navigable canal from the Peak Forest canal, in the township of Marple, in the county palatine of Chester, to join the canal navigation from the Trent to the Mersey at or near Harding's Wood Lock in the township or hamlet of Talk or Talkon-the-Hill in the county of Stafford.

xxxi. An Act to amend an Act for separating the management of the harbour of Margate, in the county of Kent, from the paving and lighting of the town of Margate, and for vesting the future management of the said harbour in a joint-stock company of proprietors.

xxxii. An Act to enable his majesty to license a playhouse within the town and port of Ramsgate in the Isle of Thanet in the county of Kent. xxxiii. An Act for the better and more effectually supplying with water the inhabitants of the several parishes of St. Mary, St. Lawrence, and St. Giles, Reading, in the county of Berks. xxxiv. An Act for embanking, draining, and otherwise improving lands in the parishes of Metheringham and Dunston in the county of Lincoln. xxxv. An Act for lighting, watching, cleansing, and otherwise improving the Camberwell New Road, the Lambeth Wyke Estate, and other places in the vicinity thereof, in the parishes of Lambeth, Camberwell, and Newington, in the county of Surrey. xxxvi. An Act for lighting with gas the town of Burnley cum Habergham Eaves, otherwise the townships of Burnley and Habergham Eaves, within the parish of Whalley, in the county palatine of Lancaster.

xxxvii. An Act for lighting with gas the village of Heywood, within the parish of Bury, in the county palatine of Lancaster.

xxxviii. An Act for enabling the Glasgow Gas-light company to raise a farther sum of money for the use of their works, and for other purposes relating thereto.

xxxix. An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the roads leading from Pick's-hill, near the town of Langport Eastover in the county of Somerset, through High Ham, Ashcott, and other places, to Meare in the said county.

xl. An Act for making and maintaining a turnpike road from the Great North Road, at Barnby Moor in the county of Nottingham, to the turnpike road leading from Bawtry to Tinsley in the county of York, and from the said Bawtry and Tinsley turnpike road, at the north-east end of Blackhill Lane, to the town of Rotherham in the said county of York.

xli. An Act for further continuing,

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xlii. An Act for building a new bridedwell bor house of correction for the 2city and liberty of Westminster. xliii. An Act for erecting and maintaining a harbour, and works connected therewith, in the Frith of Cromarty, at or near the village of Invergordon in the county of Ross. xliv. An Act for making and constructing a canal from the town of Alford in the county of Lincoln, to the sea, at or near the village of Anderby in the same county, with a basin, harbour, and piers.

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xlv. An Act to alter and amend the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union canal Acts, and to enable the company to borrow a further sum of money. xlvi. An Act for making and maintaining a railway or tramroad from Heck Bridge in the parish of Snaith tto Wentbridge in the parish of Kirksmeaton, all in the West Riding of the county of York.

xlvii. An Act for maintaining an existing public railway from the summit

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Bridge, and for making public a priJvate railway from thence to the river Severn at or near Bullo Pill, all in the county of Gloucester; and for amending an Act of his late majesty relating to the said railways. xlviii. An Act for making a railway from Arbuckle and Ballochney, in the parish of New Monkland in the county of Lanark, to or near the termination of the Monkland and Kirkintilloch railway at Kipps or Kippbyres, also in the said parish of New Monkland and county of Lanark.

xlix. An Act for making and maintaining a railway or Tramroad from the town of Liverpool to the town of Manchester, with certain branches therefrom, all in the county of Lancaster.

1. An Act for building a church or chapel of ease in the township of

Ripon in the West Riding of the county of York. +1

li. An Act for erecting and endowing a church in the parish of Liverpool in the county palatine of Lancaster, to be called the church of St. David. lii. An Act for providing an additional cemetery in the parish of Liverpool in the county palatine of Lancaster. liii. An Act for further improving the communication between the counties of Edinburgh and Fife, by the Ferries cross the Frith of Forth, between Leith and Newhaven, and Kinghorn, Burnt-island, and Dysart.

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liv. An Act for extinguishing tithes and customary payments in lieu of tithes and Easter offerings, within the parish of St. Giles Cripplegate in the liberties of the city of London; and for making compensation to the vicar for the time being in lieu thereof.

lv. An Act for erecting and providing a new corn exchange at or near Mark Lane in the city of London. lvi. An Act for better paving, lighting, cleansing, watching, and otherwise improving the borough of Reading in the county of Berks.

lvii. An Act for widening and improving certain streets in the town of Liverpool in the county palatine of Lancaster; for the further preven tion of nuisances and annoyances in the said town; for the regulation of weighing machines, weights, and measures, and the establishment of a fire police therein.

lviii. An Act for paving, lighting, watching, repairing, and otherwise improving Grosvenor Place, and several streets, squares, lanes, and other public places now existing, and which shall hereafter be formed, upon certain grounds in the several parishes of St. George Hanover Square and St. Luke Chelsea, in the county of Middlesex.

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lix. An Act for building a bridge over the river Severn, at or near Holt Fleet, in the parishes of Holt and Ombersly in the county of Worcester; and for making approaches to such bridge.

lx. An Act to authorize the building a bridge in Belvidere Road in the parish of St. Mary Lambeth in the county of Surrey.

Ixi. An Act for altering, amending, and enlarging the powers and provisions

of an Act relating to the Tewkesbury Severn bridge and roads. xii. An Act for building a bridge over the river Virniew near Llanymynech, and making roads, embankments, and approaches thereto, in the several counties of Montgomery, Salop, and Denbigh, on the road leading from Liverpool to Carmarthen, and for several other purposes relating there

to. xiii. An Act for the better ascertain

ing and collecting the poor and other rates in the parish of All Saints Wandsworth in the county of Surrey. Ixiv. An Act for better lighting and watching the town of Portsea in the county of Southampton; and for amending an Act passed in the thirtysecond year of his late majesty, for paving, cleansing, and regulating the streets and public places within the said town, and removing and preventing nuisances and annoyances therein.

lxv. An Act to amend an Act for open

ing a street from the cross of Glasgow to Monteith Row.

lxvi. An Act to alter, amend, and enlarge the powers of an Act of his present majesty's reign, for lighting with gas the city of Norwich, and county of the same city. lxvii. An Act for placing certain lands belonging to the township of Oldham, in the parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham in the county of Lancaster, under the management of trustees; and for making conveyances thereof at annual rents, for the benefit of the poor of the said township.

lxviii. An Act for establishing and well-governing the institution called "The School for the Indigent Blind," and for incorporating the subscribers thereto, and the better enabling them to carry on their charitable and useful designs.

Ixix. An Act for regulating and converting the statute labour in the county of Kinross, and for more effectually making and repairing the highways within the said county. lxx. An Act for more effectually repairing and otherwise improving the road leading from Maidenhead Bridge to the thirty-three mile stone towards Reading, and from the said 'road at the east entrance on Maidenhead thicket to the 30 mile stone towards Henley, in the county of Berks

Ixxi. An Act for more effectually maintaining so much of the road from Richmond in the county of York to Lancaster in the county of Lancaster, and from Gilling to the turnpike road on Gatherly Moor, as relates to the western district of the said road, and for altering and diverting certain parts of the said western district of the said road.

lxxii. An Act for more effectually repairing the roads from Kirkby Steven High-lane-head, through Sedburgh, to Gretna Bridge, and other roads communicating therewith, in the several counties of Westmoreland, Lancaster, and York; and for diverting, extending, and altering some of the said roads.

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lxxiii. An Act for repairing the road from the thirty-three mile-stone in the parish of Ruscombe in the county of Berks towards Reading, to a place called the Seven Mile Stone in the parish of Beenham in the same county, and a certain other road communicat ing therewith.

Ixxiv. An Act for making and maintaining a turnpike-road leading out of the Alstone turnpike-road at Branch End in the county of Northumberland, through Catton, Allendale town, and Allenheads, to Cows Hill in the county of Durham, with several branches therefrom.

lxxv. An Act for more effectually amending, widening, altering, improving, and maintaining the road from the town of Alnwick in the county of Northumberland, by Eglingham and Chatton, to the great north turnpike-road near to Haggerston toll-bar in the county of Durham.

lxxvi. An Act for more effectually repairing the roads between Tyburn and Uxbridge, and the road leading from Brent bridge over Hanwell heath to the great western road, and also for making and maintaining a turnpike road from the Uxbridge road at Shepherd's Bush common to the said great western road near Turnham green, all in the county of Middlesex; and for lighting, watching, and watering the said roads. Ixxvii. An Act for more effectually repairing so much of the road from Henley bridge to Maidenhead thicket as lies between the said bridge and the thirtieth mile stone from London,

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