Bolfover and Clown, in the county of Derby. 95. An act for dividing and inclofing certain open fields, meadow, carr, common, and wafte ground, within the townfhip of Dinnington, in the parishes of Saint Leonard and Saint John, in the county of York. 96. An act for dividing and inclofing certain open and common fields, and commonable lands and grounds, within the manor and parish of Bolnburst, in the county of Bedford; and for exonerating certain ancient inclosures, within the laid manor and parish, from the payment of tithes. 97. An act for dividing and inclofing the open common fields, meadow grounds, common fen, cow pafture, and other commonable lands, in the parish of Ruskington, in the county of Lincoln. 98. An act for dividing and inclofing the commons and wate grounds, within the township of Northowram, in the parish of Halifax, in the county of York. 99. An act for dividing and inclosing the open and common fields, common paftures, common meadows, common grounds, heath and wafte grounds, of and within the parish of Maidford, in the county of Northampton. 100. An act for dividing, allotting, and inclosing the open and common fields, common paftures, common meadows, and other commonable lands and grounds, of and within the parish and liberties of Wooton, in the county of Northampton. 101. An act for dividing and inclofing the open and common fields, common meadows, common paftures, common ground, and wafte grounds, within the manors or lordships of Rouflench and Radford, in the parish of Rouflench, in the county of Worcefter. 102. An act to diffolve the marriage of fir Patrick Blake baronet, with dame Annabella Blake, his now wife; and to enable him to marry again; and for other purposes therein mentioned. 103. An act to diffolve the marriage of Thomas Darby, clerk, with Mary his wife; and to enable him to marry again; and for other purposes therein mentioned. 104. An act to diffolve the marriage of George Christopher Degen, with Catherine Furlong, his now wife; and to enable him to marry again; and for other purposes therein mentioned. 105. An act to diffolve the marriage of Clotworthy Dobbin efquire, with Mary his now wife; and to enable him to marry again; and for other purposes therein mentioned. 106. An act to enable Edmund Hartopp (lately called Edmund Bunney) efquire, and the heirs of his body by Ann his wife, to take and use the furname, and bear the arms of Hartopp. 107. An a& for naturalizing Court Henry Dirs. 108. An act for naturalizing Phillippe Befnard. 109. An act concerning certain eftates heretofore of Francis Keck efquire, deceased, in the counties of Oxford and Wilts, (that is to fay) for vesting such part thereof which hath been fold un der der a decree and fubfequent order of the court of chancery, in trustees, to enable them to convey the fame; and for carrying into execution an agreement concerning other parts of such eftates; and for confirming and carrying into execution a partition made, pursuant to the faid decree and fubfequent order, of fo much of the faid eftates as remain unfold; and for vefting part of such estates in Diana Mary Barker, and her heirs, fubject to the trufts in the will of Francis Baber efquire, deceased, and the refidue in trustees, to be fold; and for directing the application of the money which fhall arife by fuch fale; and for other purposes therein mentioned. 110. An act for vesting certain meffuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, in the parish of Crayford, in the county of Kent, comprised in the marriage fettlement of Shovel Blackwood and Sarah his wife, in trustees, to the feveral uses within mentioned; and alfo for vefting certain other meffuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, in the parishes of Norborn, Betfhanger, Ham, Sholdon, and Poultons, in the faid county of Kent, called Poulton Farm, and West Street, and Park Gate Farm, intailed upon the iffue male of the said Shovel Blackwood, in other trustees, to the several ufes within mentioned. III. An act for vesting in trustees certain meffuages, lands, and tenements, in the county of Surrey, fettled in and by the will of Thomas Bridges efquire, deceased, to be fold and conveyed purfuant to articles; and for laying out the purchase money in other lands and tenements, to be fettled to the ufes of the faid will. 112. An act for dividing, allotting, inclofing, and draining, certain moors, or pieces of wafte land, within the parishes of Saint John and Saint Benedict, in Glastonbury, in the county of Somerfet. 113. An act to enable James Rumball, now called James Quilter, his first and other fons, and their heirs male, to take and use the furname, and bear the coat armour, of Quilter, in pursuance of the will of James Quilter, efquire, deceased. Anno regni GEORGII III. Regis, Magnæ Britannia, Francia, & Hiberniæ, decimo octavo. A T the parliament begun and holden at Weftminster, the twenty-ninth day of November, Anno Domini 1774, in the fifteenth year of the reign of our fovereign lord GEORGE the Third, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c. And from thence continued by feveral prorogations, to the twentieth day of November, 1777; being the fourth feffion of the fourteenth parliament of Great Britain. ! CAP. I. An act for continuing an act, made in the last feffion of parliament, intituled, An act to impower his Majefty to fecure and detain persons charged with, or fufpected of, the crime of high treafon, committed in any of his Majefty's colonies or plantations in America, or on the high feas, or the crime of piracy. WH HEREAS an act was made in the last feffion of this Preamble. prefent parliament, (intituled, An act to impower his 17 Geo. III. Majefty to fecure and detain perfons charged with, or fufpected cap. 9. recited, of, the crime of high treason, committed in any of his Majesty's colonies or plantations in America, or on the high feas, or the crime of piracy ;) which act was to continue and be in force until the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, and no longer and whereas it is expedient that the faid act should be continued for a further term; may it therefore pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's moft VOL. XXXII. B excellent and further continued till Jan.1,1779. Preamble. From the paf- chant ships, navigated by three-fourths foreign lea men. excellent majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament assembled, and by the authority of the fame, That the faid act, and all and every the claufes, provifoes, powers, and qualifications therein contained, fhall be, and the fame are hereby further continued until the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and feventy-nine, and no longer. CA P. II. An act for granting an aid to his Majesty by a land tax, to be raised in Great Britain, for the fervice of the year one thousand seven hundred and feventy-eight. At four billings in the pound. CA P. III. An act for continuing and granting to his Majefty certain duties upon malt, mum, cyder, and perry, for the fervice of the year one thousand feven hundred and feventy-eight. CA P. IV. An act for punishing mutiny and desertion; and for the better payment of the army and their quarters. CAP. V. An act for the regulation of his Majefty's marine forces while on fhore, CA P. VI. An act for the better fupply of mariners and feamen to ferve in his Majefty's fhips of war, and on board merchant ships and other trading ships and veffels. Fr OR the better supply of mariners and feamen to ferve in his Majefty's fhips of war, and on board merchant ships, and other trading ships and vessels; be it 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 present parliament. affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That, from and after the palling of this act, until the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, and no longer, (except in refpect to fuch merchant fhips, and other trading Thips or veffels, which thall be on their voyage before the faid twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand feven hundred and feventy-nine, who shall be, and are hereby allowed the liberty and benefit of returning home navigated in the manner as herein-after is provided,) it shall and may be lawful for any merchant fhip, or other trading fhip or veffel, to be navigated by foreign feamen or mariners, not being natives of Great Britain, or of any of the colonies or plantations thereto belonging, or his Majesty's natural or naturalized fubjects, fo as the number of fuch foreign feamen or mariners do not exceed three-fourths of the mariners at any one time employed to navigate fuch merchant ship, or other trading thip or veffel, and that one-fourth at least of the mariners or seamen fo employed, be at all times natives, or his Majesty's naturalized subjects of Great Britain, (sudden death |