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BRITISH LEGISLATION.

Acts passed in the 57th Year of the Reign of Geo. III. or in the Fifth Session of the Fifth Parliament of the United Kingdom.

CAP. I. To continue and extend the Provisions of an Act of the Forty-nin Year of his present Majesty, for regulating the Trade and Commerce to and from the Cape of Good Hope, until the 5th day of July 1820; and also for regulating the Trade of the Island of Mauritius.-Feb. 24, 1817.

Trade to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, to be regulated by Order in Council Goods imported or exported contrary to Order in Council, forfeited, as also the vessels.-East India Company's rights not to be affected.

Cap. II. For raising the sum of TWENTY-FOUR MILLIONS, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the Year 1817.—Feb. 24. The Treasury may raise L. 24,000,000 by Exchequer bills, in like manner as is prescribed by 48 Geo. III. cap. I.-Treasury to apply the money so raised.-To be payable out of the Supplies for the next Session. -To bear an interest not exceeding 31d. per cent. per diem.-To be current at the Exchequer after April 5, 1818.-Bank of England may advance L. 15,000,000 on the credit of this Act, notwithstanding the Act 5 and 6 Gul. and Mariæ.

Cap. III. To empower his Majesty to secure and detain such Persons as his Majesty shall suspect are conspiring against his Person and Government.-March 4.

That all or any person or persons that are or shall be in prison within that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, at or upon the day on which this Act shall receive his Majesty's royal assent, or after, by warrant of his said Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, signed by six of the said Privy Council, for high treason, suspicion of high treason, or treasonable practices, or by warrant signed by any of his Majesty's Secretaries of State, for such causes as aforesaid, may be detained in safe custody, without bail or mainprize, until the 1st day of July 1817; and that no judge or justice of the peace shall bail or try any such person or persons so committed, without order from his said Majesty's Privy Council, signed by six of the said Privy Council, until the 1st day of July 1817; any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding.-Act in Scotland of 1701, so far as relates to treason, suspended.-Persons committed there not to be tried, &c. without such order as aforesaid.--From and after the 1st day of July 1817, the said persons so committed shall have the benefit and advantage of all laws and statutes in any way relating to, or providing for, the

liberty of the subjects of this realm.-Privileges of Members of Parliament notinva lidated.-Persons against whom indictments for high treason are already found, to be tried thereon.-The Secretary of State may order persons committed, to be removed to any other goal; but persons so removed are not to be deprived of right to be tried or discharged.

Cap. IV. To extend the privileges of the Trade of Malia to the Port of Gibraltar.March 4.

Cap. V. For continuing to his Majesty certain Duties on Malt, Sugar, Tobacco, and Snuff, in Great Britain; and on Pensions, Offices, and Personal Estates in England; and for receiving the Contributions of Persons receiving Pensions and holding Offices; for the Service of the Year 1817. March 4.

Sect. 33. Whereas his Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been graciously pleased to direct certain sums to be contributed and paid, from the Civil List revenue, in aid of the public service of the year 1817; and whereas many persons holding offices and places in his Majesty's service, and others having or holding pensions or other emoluments derived from the public, are desirous of contributing proportions of their respective official incomes, salaries, pensions, or other emoluments, for the same purpose; be it therefore enacted, that it shall be law ful for the Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or any three or more of them, or for the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the time being, to issue such directions, for one year, commencing the 5th day of April 1817, to the officers of the Exchequer, and of the several departments of the Civil List of Great Britain respectively, as may be necessary for giving effect to the most gracious intention of his Royal Highness in such contribution, and for executing the intentions of such other persons as aforesaid; and no deduction shall be made, or fee, emolument, or allowance taken, by any person returning, receiving, or paying any such contributions as aforesaid. Bank of England authorized to advance a certain sum, not exceeding three millions, on the credit of this Act. Cap. VI. To make perpetual certain Parts of an Act of the Thirty-sixth Year of his present Majesty, for the Safety and Preservation of his Majesty's Person and Government against Treasonable and Sedi

tious Practices and Attempts; and for the Safety and Preservation of the Person of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent against Treasonable Practices and Attempts. March 17.

Cap. VII. To revive and make perpetual Two Acts of the Thirty-seventh Year of his present Majesty, the One in the Parliament of Great Britain, and the Other in the Parliament of Ireland, for the better Prevention and Punishment of Attempts to Seduce Persons serving in his Majesty's Forces by Sea or Land from their Duty and Allegiance to his Majesty, or to incite them to Mutiny or Disobedience.-March 17.

37 Geo. III. c. 70, and 37 Geo. III. (Irish) revived and made perpetual.

Cap. VIII. To continue until the 5th day of April 1820, an Act of the Fifty-second Year of his present Majesty, to regulate the Separation of damaged from sound Coffee, and to permit Dealers to send out any quantity of Coffee, not exceeding Eight Pounds weight, without a Permit.-March 17.

Cap. IX. For vesting all Estates and Property occupied for the Barrack Service in the Comptroller of the Barrack Department, and for granting certain Powers to the said Comptroller.-March 17.

APPOINTMENTS, PROMOTIONS, &c.

I. CIVIL.

Sir William Garrow, Attorney-General, to be a Puisne Baron of Exchequer, vice Sir R. Richards. Sir Samuel Shepherd, Solicitor-General, to be Attorney-General, vice Sir William Garrow.

Robert Gifford, Esq. to be Solicitor-General, vice Sir S. Shepherd.

G. F. Beltze, Esq. to be Portcullis Pursuivant of Arms.

July 1.-Knighthood conferred on John Evans, Esq. High Sheriff of Middlesex.

2.-Knighthood conferred on W. H. Robinson, Esq. Commissary-General to his Majesty's Forces in Canada.

16.-The Duke of Wellington granted the royal licence to wear the insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Sicilian Military Order of St Ferdinand and of Merit, and also of a Knight of the Royal Sicilian Order of St Januarius, given by the King of the Two Sicilies.

-The Right Hon. Edward Thornton to be his Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of his Most Faithful Majesty-and

The Hon. Francis Reginald Forbes to be Secretary to his Majesty's Legation at that Court.

30.-Mr Planta to be Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, vice Mr Cook, resigned.

Aug. 2.-The Prince Regent has, by letters patent, authorized Lord Bathurst to exercise all the rights and privileges belonging to a Knight of the Garter, as fully as if he had been formally installed.

16.-The Hon. William Maule, Admiral of the coast from Broughty Castle to the Tod Head, has appointed James Burnes, writer in Montrose, his deputy.

Members returned to Parliament. 'Sir Samuel Shepherd for Dorchester. Robert Gifford, Esq. for Eye, vice Sir William Garrow.

Edmond Wodehouse, Esq. for Norfolk, vice Sir J. H. Astley, deceased.

July 28.--The Right Hon. Nicholas Vansittart, for Harwich.

Aug. 1.-The Hon. J. P. Vercker, for the city of Limerick.

II. ECCLESIASTICAL. July 17.-The Associate congregation of North Leith gave an unanimous call to the Rev. John Brown of Biggar, to be their pastor.

31.-Mr Gavin Struthers, preacher of the gospel, was ordained assistant and successor to the Rev. James Stewart, Minister of the Relief Congregation, Anderston.

Aug. 8.-His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Lewis Rose

to be minister of the church and parish of Nigs Presbytery of Tain, vacant by the death of Mr Alexander Macadam.

Oxford, Aug. 16.-Friday se'ennight, the Bishop of Oxford was admitted warden of All Soul's Coflege, with the usual ceremonies, in the room of the Rev. Edmund Isham, D. D. deceased.

At a private Ordination, holden by the Lord Bishop of Kildare, Thomas Grantham, M. A. fellow of Magdalen College, was ordained a Deacon.

18.-The Rev. George Rous, to the Rectory of Laverton, Somerset.

Rev. F. S. Wall, to the vicarage of Stoke, St Milbro', Salop.

Rev.

-Winnington, to the vicarage of Cliftonupon-Teame, Herefordshire.

Rev. James Sparrow, to the Rectory of Hemlock, Devon.

The Rev. George Frederic Tavel, A. M. to the Rectory of Campsey Ash, in Suffolk.

Sunday se'ennight, the following gentlemen were ordained in the parish church at Kendal, Westmoreland, by the Bishop of Chester:

Deacons,-John Win. Trevor, B. A. St John's College; Robert Brade Brocklebank, B. A. and John William Sinclair, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge; Henry Richardson, John Master Waller, Jeffrey Hebdon, James Hayes, Joseph Docker, and Humphrey Brown, Literates.

Priests, John Thomas Bowe, B. A. Richard Moore, A. M. Christopher Barnes, Wm. Rigg, John Douglas, Literates.

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R.Y.R.Gent. Cadet G. Taylor, to be Ensign, vice Eager

19th June G. T. Ridsdale, to be Ensign, vice Acome 3d July R.W.I.Ran. Ens. G. Flood, to be Lieut. vice Stewart, dead do. Canad. Fen. Capt. J. M. Wallace, from 23d Dr. to be Maj. by purch. vice De Haren, retires 1st January Brevet Major W. M. Leake of R. Art. to be Lt. Col. in the Army 4th June 1813 5 D.G. Cornet Wm. Locke, to be Lieut. by purch. J. Gardiner, to be Cornet by purch. vice Watson, prom. 10th July 1817 Ass. Surg. D. M'Gregor, fm. 56 F. to be Assist. Surg. vice Speer, ret.upon h.p. do. Thomas Harrison, to be Cornet by purch. vice Cazalet, prom. 6 Dr. do. John Trollope, to be Cornet by purch. vice Brown, retires do. Lieut. C. Bacon, to be Capt. by purch. vice Wallace, Canadian Fenc. do. Cornet S. C. Simpson, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Bacon do. Cornet W. H. West, to be Lieut. by purch. vice Proctor, prom. do. Ensign T. Holyaoke, from h. p. 58 F. to be Ens. vice Edwards, ex. rec. diff. do. Lieut. Wm. Orr, from h p. to be Lieut. vice Hasleham, ex. do.

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Major G. Burer, to be Lieut.-Col. by purch. vice James, retires Frederick Matthews, to be Ensign, vice Abercromby, 3 F. G. 26th June Ensign J. Howe, from 80 F. to be Ensign, 19th do. J. M. Caldecott, to be Ensign by purch. vice Reid, retires 24th do. Lieut. Col. G. Mutlebury, from h. p. to be Lieut. Col. vice Robbins, dead Lieut. H. Stoddart, to be Capt. vice Thome, dead Ensign E. Woolhouse, to be Lt. by purch. vice Croker, prom. 26th June T. H. Powell, to be Ensign by purch. vice Woolhouse

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Hosp. Assist. J. Cousins, from h. p. to be Hosp. Assist. to the Forces, vice Sibbald, canc. do. Limerick, Lieut. T. Walsh, 2 W. I. R. to be Town Maj. vice Fitzgerald, dead 19th June Staff Surg. W. Wallace, from h. p. to be Surg. to the Forces, vice Rodgers, ret. on h. p. 25th do. Hosp. Assist. A. Cumming, from h. p. to be Hosp. Assist. to the Forees 12th do. J. Sibbald, from h. p. to be Hosp. Assist. do. do. J. L. Warren, from h. p. to be Hosp. Assist. do. do. J. Robertson, from h. p. to be Hosp. Assist. do. do. Peter Lamond, from h. p. to be Hosp. do. Assist. do. Robert Sillery, from h. p. to be Hosp. Assist. do. do. David Ewing, from h. p. to be Hosp. do. Hosp. do.

Alex. Boyd, from h. p. to be Assist. do. vice Oswald, dead

Exchanges.

Brevet Major Marlay, from 1 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Wetherall, h. p.

Capt. Chapman, from 6 Dr. with Capt. Gardiner, 50 F.

Webb, from 12 Dr. rec. diff. with Capt. Goldsmid, h. p. 72 F.

Warren, from 18 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Hammill, h. p. 7. F.

Colley, from 45 F. rec. diff. with Capt. Gordon, h. p. 1 F.

Andrews, from Rifle Brigade, rec. diff. with Capt. Pattenson, h. p. 43 F.

Sir John Cox, from 24 Life Gds. rec. diff. with Capt. Meares, h. p. 18 F.

Barry, from 75 F. rec. diff. with Captain M'Adam, h. p.

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Lieut. Falkner, from 4 Dr. Gds. rec. diff. with
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M'Culloch, from 32 F. rec. diff. with Lieut
Oliver, h. p. 3 F.

Vickers, from Rifle Brigade, rec. diff, with Lieut. Twigg, h. p. 3 F.

D'Arcy, from 15 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Stopford, h. p. 101 F.

Boase, from 22 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Monro, h. p. 94 F.

Stapleton, from 47 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Lane, h. p. 41 F.

Conry, from 90 F. with Lieut. Shaw, h. p. 52 F.

Waymouth, from 2 Life Gds. rec. diff. with Visc. Barnard, h. p. 7 Dr.

J. W. Bacon, from 9 Dr. rec. diff. with Charles Bacon, h. p. 11 Dr.

Hudson, from 2 F. rec. diff. with Lieut. Clunes, h. p. 27 F.

West, from 3 F. with Licut. James, 58 F. -Stannus, from 9 Dr. rec. diff. with Lieut. Maberly, h. p. 7 Dr.

Masters, from 30 F. rec. diff. with Lieut.

Rogers, h. p.

Lieut. Baillie, from 30 F. ree. diff. with Lieut. Jas
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2d Lieut. Campbell, from Rifle Brigade, with En-
sign Ward, h. p. 71 F.

Ensign Gordon, from 25 F. with Ensign Morris h. p.

Mathewson, from 8 F. with Ensign Mawdesley, 65 F.

Surgeon Corfield, from 17 F. with Surgeon Max-
ton, h. p. 38 F.

Staff Surg. Thompson, from full pay, with Surg.
Dakers, h. p.

Resignations and Retirements.

Lieut. Col. James, 37 F.
Major Vernon, 2 Dr.

De Haren, late Canadian Feng.
Capt. Hunter, 2 Dr. Gds.
Brunskill, 5 do.
Lake, 3 F. G.
Spread, 15 F.

Lieut. Tracey, 25 F.

Gallaher, 103 F.
Ensign Reid, 62 F.
Assist. Surg. Martin, 12 F.

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IT may perhaps be necessary, for the satisfaction of our readers, to explain the manner in which the daily observations are registered in the table from which the following abstract is taken. The table contains 18 columns. In the 1st is entered the highest to which the Thermometer has risen,—and in the 2d, the lowest to which it has sunk, every 24 hours. The 3d contains the actual temperature 10 a. m., and the fourth at 10 p. m. In the 5th is entered the mean of the highest and lowest; in the 6th the mean of 10 a. m. and 10 p. m. and in the 7th the mean of the 5th and 6th; i. e. the mean of 4 daily observations. The next 6 columns are occupied with the Barometer, the 8th containing the temperature of the Mercury, and the 9th the pressure at 10 a. m.; the 10th and 11th containing the same for 10 p. m.; and the 12th and 13th the means of the preceding 4. The last 5 columns are allotted to the Hygrometer, the 14th containing the daily quantity of rain,-the 15th the quantity of evaporation for every 5 days, the 16th the state of Leslie's Hygrometer at 10 a. m.-the 17th the same 10 p. m.-and the 18th the mean of the preceding two. On the opposite page of the table are columns for the force and direction of the winds, the moon's phases, and general remarks. The self-registering Thermometers are adjusted every morning at 10 o'clock, that is, the index in each is brought to the actual temperature at that time,-of course, the day is supposed to begin at 10 a. m. In the following abstract is given the mean of each column as explained above, together with the extremes of the Thermometer, Barometer, and Hygrometer, during the period comprehended in the Report. An attempt was made to render the Table more complete by registering Lind's Anemometer, but the results were found so very unsatisfactory, that the attempt was abandoned. We hope to be able, at a future period, to present our readers with the results of observations on the Anemometer invented by Professor Leslie, the only

philosophical instrument of the kind that has hitherto been devised. In stating the number of fair and rainy days, every day is reckoned fair when the rain does not amount to one hundredth of an inch; and in giving the greatest and least mean daily evaporation, it is to be understood as applicable to a period of five days, as the evaporating basin is examined only every fifth day. Of course, the method of measuring evaporation by a basin does not give the actual amount evaporated from a place exposed to the free action of the wind, but for comparing one month or one year with another, it appears both the simplest method and the best, if indeed not the only practicable one.

METEOROLOGICAL TABLE,

Extracted from the Register kept on the Banks of the Tay, four miles east from Perth, Latitude 56° 25', Elevation 185 feet.

From 16th JULY to 15th AUGUST 1817, inclusive.

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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE,

Kept at Edinburgh, in the Observatory, Callonhill.

N. B. The Observations are made twice every day, at eight o'clock in the morning, and eight o'clock

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