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British Leginlalion. 



JO.' 



On the 2-5tb of September hi' announced 

 the new fact, of the iiltnictinn and repulsion 

 of two electric currents, wuliout the inter- 

 nicdialion of any magnet. 



On tiieOthof Oc(ol)prhe stated all the dif- 

 ferences which are established between the 

 attractions and repulsions of eleclric cur- 

 rents, and those of ordinary electricity, 

 amounting not only to u dissimilarity, but 

 almost to a complete opposition. 



On the Olh of November he exhibited an 

 instrument, in whicli tiie lonsfitudinalelTectof 



the current, which takes place in n conductor 

 twisted spirally, is neutralized by the pro- 

 longation of this conductor, which returns in 

 a riRht line into the axis of the spiral, from 

 which it issejiurated bj' the sides of a p^lass 

 tube. This in.-,trimient, suspended on a pivot, 

 like the needle of a compass, possesses ail 

 the properlies of it when acted upon by <i 

 magnet; its extremities represent exactly 

 the poles in the situation in which they ought 

 to be according to the theory. 



BRITISH LEGISLATION. 



ACTS PASSED in the FIRST YEAR of the KEI«.\ of GEORCJE THE FOURTH, or in 

 the FIRST SESSION of the SEVENTH PARLIAMENT of the UNITED KINGDOM. 



on certain Offences therein specified. — 

 July 2.-,th, \Si{). 



I. So much of recited Acts as inflicts Ca- 

 pital Punishment for certain Offences there- 

 in specified, shall be repealed. 



II. So much of former Acts as relate to 

 the Punishment of Persons for destroying 

 Bridges shall be repealed. 



CAP. CXVII. To repeal so much of 

 an Act passed in the Tenth and Eleventh 

 Years of King ff^ilUam the Third in- 

 tituled An Jet fur the belter apprehend- 

 ing., prosecuting, and punishing of Felons 

 that commit Burglary, Housebreaking, 

 or liobberi/, in Shops, IFarehouses, 

 Conch-houses, or Stables, or that steal 

 Horses, as takes away the Benefit of 

 Clergy from Persons privately stealing 

 in any Shop, JFarehouse, Coach-house, 

 or Stable, any Goods, Jfareu, or Mer- 

 chandizes of the Value of Five Shillings; 

 and for more effectually preventing the 

 Crime of stealing privately in Shops, 

 ff^arehouses. Coach-houses, or Stables. 

 -July 25th, 1820. 



II. From and aft'T the passing of this 



CAP. CXin. For granting a certain 

 Sum of Money towards improving 

 the Harbour of Donaghadee in Ireland, 

 nnd rendering it a more fit Situation for 

 His Majeslifs Packets. — July 24tli, 

 1S20. 



I. A Sum not exceeding 10,0001. shall be 

 paid out of the Consolidated Fund to ti:e 

 Commissioners for carrying this Act into 

 F.xecutiou. 



XXIV. Commissioners empowered to 

 proceed to improve the Harbour at Donagh- 

 adee. 



XXV. Commissioners may enter upon 

 any Premises within Three Miles of the 

 Harbour, (except Premises near Mansions, 

 &c.) and dig for work, and take away Ma- 

 terials. 



XXVI. Piers, Docks, and other Works, 

 may be erected for the Improvement of the 

 Harbour. 



CAP. CXIV. For enabling fFillinm 

 Blackall Smmionds, Esquire, to sell or 

 mortgage his Estate and Interest in the 

 Impropriate Rectory of Caversham, in 

 the Cwmty of Oxford, free from the 

 Claims of the C/-cwr«.— July 24th, IS20. 



CAP. CXV. To repeal so 7nuch of 

 the several Acts passed in the Thirty- 

 ninth Year of the Reign of Elizabeth ; 

 The Fourth of George the First ; the 

 Fifth and Eighth of George the Se- 

 cond ; as inflicts Capital Punishment on 

 certain Offences therein specified, and 

 to provide more suitable and effectual 

 Punishment for such Offences. — July 

 25th, 1820. 



I. So mucli of recited Acts as inflicts the 

 Punishment of Deaih for OnVnces, shall be 

 repealed, and instead of the Puuishment of 

 Death, Offenders shall be liable to transpor- 

 tation, (fee. 



CAP. (;X^'I. To repeal so much of 

 the several Acts passed in the First and 

 Second Years of the Reign of Philip 

 and Man/, the Eighteenth of Charles 

 the Second, the Ninth of George the 

 First, and the Twelfth of George the 

 Srcond, at infiicts Cajnlal Puii>.tfi>nrnl 



Act, every Person who shall privately and 

 feloniously steal any Goorls, Wares, or 

 Merchandizes, of the Value of Five Shil- 

 lines or more, being under the Value of 

 Fifteen Pounds, in any Shop, Warehouse, 

 Coach-house, or Stable, or who shall aid or 

 assist any Person to Commit such Offence, 

 .shall he liable to be transported beyond the 

 Seas for Life, or for such Term, not less 

 than Seven Years, as the Court before which 

 any su(di Person shall he convicted shall ad- 

 judge ; or shall be lialile, in case the said 

 court shall think fit, to be imprisoned only, 

 orto be imprisoned and kept to hard Labour 

 in tlie Common Gaol, House of Correction, 

 or Peiiitenliary House, for any Term not 

 exceeding Seven Years. 



CAP. CX"\'1JI. For reducing, until 

 the Fifth Day of July, one thousand eight 

 hundred and Iwenty-ttvo, the duty onMalf 

 made from Bear or Bigg only, for Home 

 Consumption in Scotland. — July 2.>tl!, 

 1S20. ■ NKW 



