customs or duties, or from being subject to such restrictions and ported there as regulations to which the fame now are or may be liable, by vir- merchandise. tue of any law or ftatute made in that kingdom, in cafe the fame had been imported there as merchandise in the ordinary

course of the trade, and not brought in as prize.

which thali be

IV. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority afore- Directions refaid, That if any tea, or other Eaft India goods, which are or may lating to Eaft be liable to any duties ad valorem, which fhall be taken and India goods condemned as prize, fhall be exported from this kingdom to taken as prize Ireland, the certificates, cocquets and other documents, fhall ex- and exported prefs the price or value at which fuch goods were fold by the to Ireland. captors or their agents upon condemnation; and fuch cocquets and other documents fhall have the fame force and effect, to all intents and purposes whatfoever, upon the importation of fuch goods into Ireland, as if the faid goods had been imported by, and fold at, the fales of the united company of merchants of England trading to the East Indiies.

CA P. VI.

An act to authorize the lord high admiral, or the commiffioners for executing the office of lord high admiral, for the time being, to order any court-martial, which may be appointed on the charge of vice admiral fir Hugh Pallifer against the honourable admiral Augustus Keppel, to be holden on jhore.

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HEREAS by the laws now in being courts-martial for the Preamble, trial of officers, mariners, foldiers, and other persons in or belonging to his Majefly's fleet, are to be holden on hip-board, and no member of fuch courts-martial after the trial is begun can go on fhore until fentence be given, but is to remain on board the ship in which the faid court firft affembles, except in cafe of fickness: and whereas the commiffioners for executing the office of lord high admiral have intimated an intention to order a court-martial, on a charge exhibited by vice admiral fir Hugh Pallifer against the honourable Auguftus Keppel, admiral and commander in chief of a fleet of his Majesty's Ships of war, for the trial of the faid admiral on that charge: and whereas, by reafon of his infirm ftate of health, the necessary attendance of the faid admiral on fuch court-martial may greatly endanger After the his life; may it therefore please your Majesty that it may be en- court-martial acted; and be it enacted by the king's moft excellent Majefty, for the trial by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and of admiral temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, have been Keppel fhall and by the authority of the fame, That it fhall and may be law- conftituted ful for the lord high admiral, or the commiflioners for execut- and sworn, it ing the office of lord high admiral of Great Britain, for the time hall adjourn being, to order that, after fuch court-martial fhall have been du- venient place ly affembled and conftituted, and the members thereof, and the on shore as judge advocate duly fworn, according to the laws now in being, fhall be apthe faid court fhall be adjourned to, and holden in, fuch conve- pointed by the nient place on shore, as to the said lord high almiral, or the ers of the adfaid commiffioners for executing the office of lord high admiral, miralty.

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fhall feem neceffary or expedient; and fuch court-martial is and fhall hereby be authorized and required to adjourn to fuch place accordingly, any law, ftatute, or ufage, to the contrary notwithstanding.

-No member of II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that, after fuch the court- adjournment (hall have taken place, no member of íuch courtpart from the martial fhall feparate and depart from the house in which fuch houfe in which court-martial fhall be directed to be held until the trial is ended, it fhall be held except in cafe of ficknefs, to be judged of by the faid court, upon during the tri- pain of being cashiered from his Majefty's fervice; and that the al, except in faid court-martial fhall be holden and proceed in all other refpects in the fame manner and form as if the fame should continue on board the fhip in which it is originally to be af fembled.

cafe of ficknefs.

CA P. VII.

An act for making the church or chapel erected by Charles Roe Esquire, in the town of Macclesfield, in the county palatine of Chelter, a perpetual cure and benefice, and for endowing the fame, and vesting the right of nomination or prefentation thereof in the faid Charles Roe, his heirs and affigns; and for other purposes.

Preamble; reciting that Charles Roe efquire hath built a church in Macclesfield, and inclosed a burying ground for the fame, &c. Church or Chapel to be confecrated, &c. and made a perpetual cure. Right of prefentation vested in Mr. Roe, &c. Minifter incorporated, and the Church or Chapel vefted in him. Church or Chapel to be fubject to the jurifdiction of the bishop of Chester. Not to be deemed a new parish, nor to affe&t any affeffments. Duty of the minister or curate. Minister abfenting, or neglecting his duty, cure to be deemed vacant, and filled up by Mr. Roe, &c. If vacancy not filled up in a certain time by Mr. Roe, &c. the right of nomination to lapfe in the ufual order. No marriages or buryingplaces in the new church. Chriftenings and burials to be regiftered in the old chapel. Double fees for churchings and burials; one half of which to be accounted for to the Minifter, &c. of the old chapel. How to be recovered. Rates for burial in the new buryingground. Church or chapel wardens to be appointed by Mr. Roe, his heirs, &c. Clerk, organist, &c. to be appointed by Mr. Roe, &c. Rents of feats to the amount of 1801. per Ann. vefted in the church or chapel wardens, the reft may be let or fold by Mr. Roe, &c. Seats for the rector and wardens to be referved. Rents of pews to be entered in a book. Rents of feats to be paid half-yearly: on failure thereof, how to be recovered. Wardens to pay falaries to mihifter, &c. to provide books, bread and wine, &c. for the facrament, and to repair the Church. If falaries are not paid within 30 days after due, how they may be recovered. Not more than half a year's arrears to be recovered from fucceeding wardens. Wardens to keep an account of receipts and difbursements; and to account and pay the furplus money to Mr. Roe, &c. Mr. Roe to pay 2001. for the augmentation of the chapels of Rainow and Saltersford: on failure thereof, this act to be void. Rights of the vicarage of Prestbury not to be prejudiced. General faving of rights. Publick act.

CA P. VIII.

An act for the regulation of his Majefty's marine forces while on shore. Preamble. After 25 March, 1779, during the continuance of this act, every marine officer and private man on fhore, who fhall mutiny or defert, etc. or lift in any other regiment, etc. or shall be found fleeping on, or fhall defert, his poft, or hold corefpondence with the enemies of his Majefty, or shall strike, or disobey his fuperior officer; fhall fuffer death, or fuch punishment as a court-martial shall inflict. The lord high ad

miral,

miral, or commiffioners for executing that office, may grant a commiffion
for holding a general court-martial, &c. Courts-martial may inflict cor-
poral punishment for immoralities, &c. Lords, &c. of the admiralty im-
powered to make articles for punishment of mutiny and desertion, &c.
and to constitute courts-martial. None to be adjudged of life or limb,
but for crimes expreffed to be so punishable by this act. General court-
martial not to confift of less than 13; and the prefident to be a field officer,
or officer next in feniority, not under the degree of a captain. Court-
martial may adminifter an oath to witneffes. Officers to be fworn.
Judge's charge before oath. The oath. The judge advocate to be sworn.
The oath. In fentences of death, what number of officers fhall concur,
&c. Hours of trial. The party tried intituled to a copy of the fentence
and proceedings of the court-martial. Original proceedings, &c. of
courts-martial to be tranfmitted to the fecretary of the admiralty, &c.
None to be tried a Tecond time for the fame offence. Sentence not to be
revised more than once. Deferters beyond fea, &c. may be tried here or
in Ireland. This act not to exempt any on shore from ordinary process.
Perfons acquitted, &c. by the civil magiftrate may only be cafhiered by a
court-martial. Perfons accused of capital crimes, &c. to be delivered
over to the civil magiftrate, &c. Penalty on officers refufing to deliver
over offenders. Fictitious names allowed by his Majefty's order upon the
mufter-rolls for the maintenance of officers' widows, not to be conftrued a
false muster. Paymafter to pay the full pay of fuch men to the receiver.
Constables, &c. to quarter officers and men in inns, alehouses, &c. but in
no distillers or fhopkeepers houses, or in any private houses. Penalty on
officers quartering men contrary to this act, &c. Perfons aggrieved by
being quartered on, may complain to any justice, and be relieved. Of
ficers and marines to pay rates for their provifions. What innholders
may allow men quartered on them, instead of meat. Penalty on taking
money to excufe any perfon from quartering. Commanding officer may
exchange marines in their quarters, and the conftables to billet the fame
accordingly. No paymaster, &c. to make deductions out of officers or
private men's pay. Exception. Officers to give notice to inkeepers of
fubfiftençe-money in their hands. Rates of fubfiftence to be paid to inn-
keepers, &c. for marines quarters. Officers not given notice of subfift-
ence-money, and paying quarters, Paymaster to fatisfy them out of the
arrears and in cafe of no arrears due, the paymaster may deduct out of
the next fubfiftence-money. Officers neglecting to be cashiered. On mo-
ving from quarters, the officer to make up accounts, and give certificates
for money due. Paymafter to pay the fum certified for. Officers, Etc.
to be quartered in Scotland, as the laws in force at the union direct.
Justices may order conftables, to provide carriages for the marine forces
in their march. Rates for carriages. Penalty on officers forceing wag-
gons to travel more than one days's journey, &c. Penalty on conftables,
&c. Neglect. Treasurers of the county to repay the conftable's extraordi-
nary charges. The money for thofe purposes how to be raifed. No wag-
gon, &c. to carry above 20 hundred weight. Carriages in Scotland how
to be provided. Marines wives, &c. not to be quatered without confent.
Penalty. Penalty on officers and marines destroying the game. Confta-
bles may apprehend deserters, and carry them before a justice. Justices to
commit them, and tranfmit an account to the fecretary of the admiralty.
Gaol keeper to receive the fubfiftence of deferters. Reward for taking up
deferters. Penalty on perfons concealing deferters, or receiving their
arms, clothes, &c. This act to extend to deferters, &c. in Ireland. Con-
tinuance of this act. Offences against former acts may be enquired of and
punished as under this act: Provided no perfon be liable to be tried for of
fences committed three years before iffuing the warrant for trial; except
in cases of desertion only. No volunteer liable to process, unless for fome
criminal matter, or unless for a real debt of the value of rol. Oath of
the debt to be made before a judge, and a memorandum thereof marked
on the back of the procefs; otherwife the prifoner to be discharged, with
cofts. Plaintiff giving notice may file a common appearance, and-pro-
feed to judgement and execution. Penalty on conftables, &c, neglecting

Preamble.

to quarter marines; or taking money to excufe any perfon from quartering; and on victuallers refufing to receive marines. To prevent abuses in quartering, juftices may order conftables to give an account of the number of officers and private men, and where quartered. Claufe for relief of persons haftily lifting themselves. As often as it shall be neceffary, officers of the marine and land forces may fit in conjunction upon courts-martial; taking rank according to the feniority of their commiffions. Marine forces being borne as part of the complement of any fhips of war, are liable to be governed by the rules established by act 22 Geo. II.

CA P. IX.

An act for allowing the importation of fine organzined Italian thrown filk in any hips or vessels, for a limited time.

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HEREAS by an act, made in the second year of the reign of their late majefties King William and Queen Mary, (intituled, An act for the difcouraging the importation of thrown filk,) amongst other things in the faid act contained, the bringing in of thrown fi'k of the growth or production of Italy is prohibited, unlefs imported in fuch fhips or vessels, and navigated in fuch manner, as in and by an act, made in the twelfth year of the reign of King Charles the Second, (intituled, An act for the encouraging and increafing of shipping and navigation,) is directed and allowed, and brought from fome of the ports of thofe countries or places wherethe fame is the growth or production, and which shall come directly by fea, and not otherwife: and whereas there is at present very great and immediate want of organzined thrown filk from Italy, for the use and purpose of warp in the filk manufacture, without which the manufacture cannot be carried on, and many thousands of manufacturers must be unemployed; be it therefore enacted by the King's moft excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present Italian organ parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That zined thrown it shall and may be lawful to and for any person or perfons to imfilk may be im- port or bring into this kingdom from any port or place, or in any ported in any hipor veffel whatfoever, until the expiration of twenty days after veffel, and from any the commencement of the next feffion of parliament, organzined thrown filk of the growth or production of Italy, any thing contained in the faid recited acts, or any other act, to the contrary thereof notwithstanding,

place, for a li

mited time.

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II. Provided always, That this act, nor any thing herein of thrown filk contained, thall extend to give liberty to import any Italian to which the thrown filk that shall be coarser than a fort thereof known and liberty of im- diftinguished by the name of Third Bolonia, nor any forts of portation hereby given, filks commonly called Tram, of the growth of Italy, nor any other thrown filk of the growth or production of Turkey, Perfia, Eaft India, or China, under the penalty, of forfeiting all fuch thrown filks as fhall be brought over and imported contrary to the purport, true intent, and meaning of this act; one moiety whereof to the ufe of his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, and the other moiety to fuch perfon or persons who fhall feize, inform, or fue for the fame; to be recovered by bill,

tend.

plaint,

plaint, or information, in any of his Majesty's courts of record at Westminster, wherein no effoin, protection or wager of law, fhall be allowed.

virtue of this

III. And, for the better and more effectual execution of this All organzinact, and to prevent the importation of any sort of thrown filk ed thrown filk not organzined, be it further enacted and declared, That all imported by fuch organzined thrown filk as is allowed to be imported by act to be this act, wherefoever landed, fhall be brought to his Majefty's brought to the custom-house at London, to the intent that no other fort of custom-house thrown filk may be imported than that allowed by this act, at London. under the penalty of forfeiting all fuch thrown filk as fhall be imported contrary to the purport, true intent, and meaning of this act; one moiety whereof fhall be to the use of his Majefty, his heirs and fucceffors, and the other moiety to fuch perfon or perfons who fhall feize, inform, or fue for the fame; to be recovered by bill, plaint, or information, in any of his Majesty's courts of record, wherein no effoin, protection, or wager of law, shall be allowed; any thing to the contrary hereof in anywife notwithstanding.

CA P. X.

An act for repealing an act, made in the last feffion of parliament, intituled, An act for the more ealy and better recruiting of his Majesty's land forces and marines; and for substituting other and more effectual provisions in the place thereof.

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HEREAS, for recruiting his Majefty's land forces and Preamble. marines, it is necessary that a new Supply of men be forthwith raised, in the most speedy and effectual manner, within the kingdom of Great Britain, by common confent and grant in parliament: and whereas it is highly expedient that further and other provifions be made for that purpose than those contained in an a made in the last feffion of parliament, (intituled, An act for the 18 Geo. 3. more easy and better recruiting of his Majefty's land forces cap. 53, reciand marines;) be it therefore enacted by the king's most excellent Majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That, and repealed. from and after the paffing of this act, the faid recited act shall be, and the fame is hereby repealed; and that within and A levy of throughout the feveral and respective counties, fhires, fte- able-bodied wartries, ridings, cities, boroughs, cinque-ports, parishes, men to be towns, and places, of Great Britain, a fpeedy and effectual throughout levy of ablebodied men to ferve his Majefty as foldiers, fhall Great Britain. be forthwith had, made, practifed, and put into execution, according to the rules and directions of this prefent act.

made

the land tax,

II. And it is hereby further enacted, That the juftices of Justices of the the peace of every county, fhire, ftewartry, riding, liberty, or peace, complace, within the kingdom of Great Britain, as aforefaid; and miffioners of all and every the perfons who were named or otherwife ap- and magifpointed to be commiffioners for putting in execution an act of trates of corparliament, porations and