1806,] 



' Ke-ji,' Ads of the British Legishhire, 



€9 



This att is entitled, 



" An Aft to extend ihe Provifions of an Aft 

 pali'cd in the 44lli Year ot llie Rfign of 

 his preient Majurty, (ur enaliling Subjetts 

 of Foreign Slaleo lo tnlift as Soldiers in 

 Jiis Majeft^'b Service ; and to Indemnitor 

 tliofc wlio have iictvifed his Majeft^ to laud 

 lucli iJoldifrs in tliis Kiiigdoai." 



By the act to which this refers*, more 

 than ten thoulaiid men \%erc not to be 

 einjjloyed witliin tlie realm as foldiers at 

 one time. 



This act raifes the number to fixtccn 

 thoulknd. 



Act to coiitinue during the war, and 

 till one year alter the tcnniiiatioa thereof 

 by a definitive treaty of peace. 



The lull act to be conhiicrtil under tliis 

 head of laws refpecting the military coii- 

 ftilution is, 



Chapter 45. is intituled 



"An Aft for the better Begtiation of the 

 Office of Treahirer of the Ordnance." 

 5 May, 1806. 



The Board of Ordnance, in every me- 

 morial for money for that fen ice, is to 

 pray thiit it may be paid into the Bank of 

 x^nj;laiKl. 



Treafury to dire6t the ifiTue to tl:e Go- 

 vernor and Company of the Bank. 



Only cuftomary foes to be paid. "But 

 the att no way fpecities thofe fees. 



Treafurer of the Ordnance to make 

 payment by drafts on thc-Bank. 



iBoard of Ordnance to direct the Trea- 

 furer to draw on the Bank of England for 

 payment of falaries and allowances to 

 otiicers of the Board, and perfons em- 

 ployed under them, and for his petty ac- 

 count, by diliinct drafts for each of thefe 

 fcrviees, of wliich a feparate -accouat is 

 to be kept ; aiid to ihite in his appHca- 

 tion for leave to draw the balance re- 

 maining in his hands on account of fuch 

 fer\ice. The fums fo drawn to be depo- 

 fited in his oflice at tlie Tower of Lon- 

 don, or in fuch other place as the Board 

 of Ordnance Ilmll direct, and not on any 

 aocount to be withdrawn thence but for 

 payment accordingly. 



The Treafurer of Ordnance to pay im- 

 mediately into the Bank ail funis received 

 by him. 



Forfrery of an order of the Treafurer 

 of Ordnance, or draft of any kind from 

 any perfon authorized to rocer>'e money 

 under this act, is made felony without 

 benefit of clcrsiy. 



• "M (jcurge U, t, 75. 



There is a provifion tliat the aci may 

 be repealed or altered widiiii ti.e felliou. 



A forgery of thia kind is undoubtedly 

 one of the worlt ipecies of this very baie 

 and pernicious crmie. Yet in a new pro- 

 ■niion it feems it would have been expu- 

 dient rather to pumlh it as a tranfport- 

 able raildeineanour, tlian to add to our 

 crowded lilt of crimes puuilhable witli 

 death*. It may be faid, indeed, tne go- 

 iieral proviuou would of itlijlf havs 

 reached it as fuch. But it is one tbiiig 

 to leave an oti'cnce liable to the puniili- 

 mtiiit by not excepting it, and another Ui 

 enatt. And the pumllinieat by tranf- 

 poitation, or by lona; iinpiifunmenl^ 

 would probably be found far iefs inelfeo- 

 tual for the prevention of tlie crime. It 

 Would not, liowever, be dilhcult, in th« 

 prefent hiiih liate of the art of engrav- 

 ing, and It is every way a public duty of 

 fiicat magnitude, to place notes of tiie 

 Bank of Eniiland, and all oiticial orders 

 niid receipts lefpecting the pajine^t of 

 money, abl'olutel_y out of the reach of 

 forf^ery. 



This is a very concife and clear aCl; 

 and at the fame time that it has a conh- 

 dciable tendency to check abufes in the 

 application of the public money for the 

 future, it is firikin;^ evidence, among 

 others, of what tlie llate of things was 

 wlieii tiie prefent Adiuuiifu-ation came 

 into ortice. 



The next to be confidered is intituled 



" An Aft for tbe Regulation of his Ma- 

 ji-Hy's koyal Alnnije Forces while on 

 bhoi-e." ki Mar. 1S')6. 46 G. 3, c. 8. 



Tliis aft does not well admit of abridg- 

 ment ; yet tlie groat importauce of it to 

 individuals and to the public requires 

 that fame of tiie moft material claufcs be 

 ftated. 



Tlie preamble recites, that it may be 

 necellary for tlie defence of the poffel- 

 lions of the crown of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, that a body of Royal Marine 

 Forces ihould be employed in the fleet 

 and naval fcrvice, under the direction of 

 the Lord lli-j-h Admiral orCommiilioners: 

 and that, whereas they may be frequently 

 quartered on Ihore, where they would 

 not be fubjett to the laws for the govern- 



• Twenty years back there were 176claf- 

 fes of otfence pnnifhable with death in the 

 firft inftance ; li.\ty-iive tiergyahle, which 

 means death on a fccoiid conviftion of any 

 clergyable or higher felony. lu all two 

 Imndred and forty-oue. 



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