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Aea-' Acis of the British Legijlature. 



[Oct. I, 



iln JLngrazing. — Ahy fulijeft from a 

 good author. Tlie Ibperficics of the 

 work to contain at Italt iixty fquare 

 jncljci. The prize a gold medal of thirty 

 feqnins. 



In Draning of Figwrs. — The fiibjeft 

 to reprefiuit the Souls on tho Banks of 

 the Acheron, after tlie defcription of 

 Aligliicrc. The fize of the dra-.ving to be 

 Jcft to the author. The prize to be a 

 gold medal of thirty fequins. 



In Drntuing of Ornnmcnts. — A Royal 

 Throne; all the ornaments of uhicli 

 mull have an illufion to the kingdom of 

 Italy. The heisiht of the drawing not to 

 exceed one foot and a half, Pans raea- 

 fure. The prize figold medal of twenty 

 fequins. 



All the works intended for this Coin- 

 petition mult be trnnfinitted to ti-.n So 

 cretiirv of the Academy, before the end 

 of April, 180r. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PUBLIC LAWS ENACTED BY THE 

 BRITISH LEGISLATURE. 



T. 



HE fifth, ch. 30, is 



" An Aft to authorize His Majcfty, until 

 the 25th D:iy of March, 1807, to make 

 Ilegulations refpefting the Trade and 

 Commerce to and fiom the Cape of Good 

 Hope."— i;ift April, 1806. 



I'his was founded on the recent i-c- 

 capturc of the Cape. 



It empowers the Kinu to make orders 

 in Council, notwithfiaudini: the Att fvf 

 Maviijation, (12 Car. U., c^ 18,) or the 

 A6t of King \Villiain, (7 k 8 W. HI., 

 c. 22,) or any other Acts in force at the 

 tinie of pairing this Aft. 



Goods imported contrary to fucli Or- 

 der of Council to be forfeitej. 



The next and laft, and perhaps the 

 moR im))orlant. Ait under this head is, 



6th, Ch. 31, 



•• An Aft for further continuing, until the 

 25th Day of March, 1807, an Aft made in 

 tlie 39th year of his prefent Majeftv, for 

 tli'j more elfeftual Encouragement of the 

 Britift Fiihery."— iMft April, 1806. 



It recites 30 G. III., c. 100, which 

 was intitlcd " An Act to revive and con- 

 tinue, until the Knd of the next SclTion 

 of I'arliamonf, an AiH made in the O.'ilh 

 Year of the Kcign of his prefent Majeliv, 

 to coritinuo and amend an Act made in 

 the 2tith Year of the lleign of his pre- 

 fent Majcfty, intilled, ' An Aft. for tl'.e 

 more eifectual Encouragement of the 

 Britifli Fifliei'ies ;' and to amend an Act 

 made in the SCth Year of the Reign of 

 his prefent Majefty, fo, cvtending the 

 Filberie.s, and improving the Seu-Coafts 

 of this Kingdom." 



It alfo recites four other Acts amend- 

 ing and continuing the former : an Act 

 of the SOth aud'40ai Goo. ill.; ainl 

 Afts of the 41ft, 4.;d, and 4ith)eai£ : 



and it continues this Aft oftheJOth, fo 

 amended, to the period cxpvefl'ed in the 

 title of this prefent At\. 



We have now a fplendid ferics of fla- 

 tules brought into view, tho Premtal.' 



Human laws af't rarely by reward : 

 red raint is their general object ; and pu- 

 iiiflnnent, often too fevero, their general- 

 mean. \'ery lignal military merit, if at- 

 tended with fuccefs, has however recei\- 

 cA this rewiu'd oftencr than any other 

 kind of merit. 



And it is true indeed that military me- 

 rit has in it confpirtioully and habitually 

 tliC devotion of jllf to the public, to 

 which civil virtue is hfs frei|uently call- 

 ed, and lefs intpartially jvidged when it 

 bell fulfils tho call. 



The fenices thus rewarded in the fe- 

 rics of Acts now under conllderation 

 have al! l-.een naval. 



Thelftis, Ch. -1, 



" An Aft to enable His MajetVy to grant * 

 certain Annuity to Lady Vifcountcfs Ncl- 

 fon, in Confideratinn of the cm;nc-nt Ser- 

 vices performed by the late Vicc-Admiral 

 Lord Vifcount Nclfnn to His Majefty and 

 the Public." — '.'Sth i'eb., 180C. 

 This AH recites the dcllre of the King, 

 Hated l)y his JVIcifngc, in conlideration of 

 the tplendid «iid unparalleled achieve- 

 ments of the lute A'i( c-Adniiral J-ord Vif- 

 coimt Nelfon, Knight of the JMoll Ho- 

 nourablc Order of the Bath, during a 

 life fpont hi the fervice of his country, 

 and terminated, in the moment of vit-to- 

 ry, by a gloiious dc.ath, to grant an an- 

 nuity of 20001. per annum to Lis relitt. 

 Lady \'ifcountefs Nelfon, for her life. 



And it grants the faid atmuity payable 

 quarterly, without fees, and not fubject to 

 any tax. 



Parliament, in behalf-of k^s country. 



