1821, 



British Le^islalion. 



We give place to the above as exhibiting 

 a summary of facts, but the whole is la- 

 mentably distinguished by the grossness 

 of the superstition of the experiments, 

 whoSe vulgar iutroductiou of attraction, 

 repulsion, occult virtue, &c. as opera- 



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tive causes, leads him info every kind o*" 

 false analogy and erroneous reasoning, bv 

 which he loses sight of the true causes of 

 the phenomena in mechanical afl'ections, of 

 which the iron or magnet are but patients, 

 and in no degree agents ! 



BRITISH LEGISLATION. 



ACTS PASSED in the FIRST YEAR of the REIGN of GEORGE THF. FOURTH, or in 

 the SECOND SESSION of th^ SEVENTH PARLIAMENT of the UNITED KINGDOM. 



CAP. X. For the regulating of his 

 Majestifs Royal Marine Forces 

 vjhile on Shore. — March 24th, 1S21. 



CAP. XI. To continue, until the 

 Ttventy-fifth Day of March, One thou- 

 sand eight hundred and twenty-four, the 

 Bounties on the Exportation of certain 

 Silk Manufactures, and the Duties on 

 the Importation of Buck JFheat. — 

 March 24th, 1S21. 



CAP. XII. To continue, until the 

 Twenty-fifth Day of Jidy, One thou- 

 sand eight hundred and twenty-two, an 

 Act of the Twenty-third Year of His 

 late Majesty, for the more effectual cn- 

 eouragement of the Manufacture of 

 Flax and Cotton in Great Britain, — 

 March 24!h, 1S2I. 



CAP. XIII. To continue, until the 

 Twenfy-ffth Day of Julr, One thousand 

 eight hundred and twenty-four, an Act 

 of the fifty-ninth Year of His late J\Ia- 

 Jesty, to continue certain Laws of Excise 

 with regard to Crown Glass, and Flint 

 and Phial Glass, and to alter certain 

 Laws with regard to Flint Glass.— 

 ■ March 24th, 1821. 



X CAP. XIV. To revive and continue, 

 nntil the Twenty-fifth Day of March, 

 One thousand eight hundred and twenty- 

 four, an Act of the Seventh Year of 

 King George the Second, for the free 

 Importation of Cochineal and Indigo, 

 March 24th, 1821. 



CAP. XV. To autiiorize the Trans- 

 fer of Stocks, and I^zyin£7it of Divi- 

 dends, of Lunatics residing out of Eng- 

 land.— March 24th, 1821. 



I. In Cases where Slocks shall be stand- 

 ing in the Name of any person declared 

 Lunatic, residing out of Eugland, the 

 Chancellor may direct the Transfer. 



CAP. XVI. For further facilitating 

 the Despatch of Business in the Court 

 of King's Bench.— -AiM-n 6(h, 1821. 



I. Empowering the Judges of the King's 

 Bench to meet at Serjeants' Inn Hall. 



II. Enlarged Rules to shew Cause pro- 

 nounced at such Sittings, to be deemed 

 such. 



(JAP. XVII. To explain and amend 

 an Act if the Parliament of Ireland, 

 .Vo.NTHLY Mac. No- 3.!>i». 



passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign 

 of His Majesty King George the Se- 

 cond, for hitter regulating the Pay- 

 ment of Fees of Attornies\nd Solici- 

 tors, and other Purposes therein men- 

 tioned,— A\n-i\ 6th, 1821. 



I. Attornies, &c. may write Bills of Fees, 

 &c. with such Abbreviations as are now 

 used in the English Language. 



CAP. XVIFI. To repeal an Act 

 made in the Parliament of Ireland in 

 the Twenty-eight Year of the Reign of 

 Queen Elizabeth, against fFitchcraft 

 and Sorcery.— April '6th, 1821. 



CAP. XIX. To permit the Removal 

 of certain Goods from Great Britain to 

 Ireland, and from Ireland to Great 

 Britain, by Cocket, Certificate, Let 

 Pass, or Transire.—A\\ii\ 6th, 1821. 



I. Goods the Produce of Great Britain 

 or Ireland, not subject to Duty, may be 

 exported under like Regulations as in the 

 Case of Corn. 



CAP. XX. To continue until the 

 Fifth Day of April, One thousand eight 

 hundred and twenty-three, several Acts 

 of His late Majesty, for reducing the 

 Duties payable on Horses used for the 

 Purposes therein mentioned. — April 6th, 

 I82I. 



CAP. XXI. To indemnify Persons 

 who shall give Evidence before the 

 Lords Spiritual and Temporal on the 

 Bill to exclude the Borough of Gram- 

 pound, in the County of Cornwall, from 

 sending Burgesses to serve in Parlia- 

 ment ; and to enable the Borough of 

 Leeds, in the County of York, to send 

 Two Burgesses to serve in Parliament 

 in lieu thereof— A-prW 6th, 1821. 



I. Persons implicated in Bribery, not 

 having been Candidates, examined as Wit- 

 uesses, and making a faithful Disclosure, 

 shall be indemnified. 



II. Not toextend to Persons giving false 

 Evidence, or suppressing any Matter in 

 question. 



CAP. XXII. For altering and amend- 

 ing the Laws of Excise for securing the 

 Payment of the Duties on Beer and 

 Ale brewed in Great Britain. — April 

 ].9th,lS21. 



4 A 1. Brewera 



