ISOG."] 



New AHs of the British Legislature. 



2si 



has given another fignal teflimony of 

 e ieem and gratitude to tl;is her devoted 

 Ion, bv an Ad hereafter to be noticed. 

 The 2d is, Ch. 5, 



«« An Act to enable His Majpfly to grant 

 certain Annuities to Rear-Admiral Sir 

 Eichard Strachan, Bar»net, in Confidera- 

 tion oi the eminent Services wliich he has 

 rendered to His Majefty and the Public"— 

 '23 Feb., 180d. 



The A6t recites tlie royal defire of con- 

 fcrrijig a hgnal mark of apprubalion on 

 Rtar-Adniiral Sir Kichard Strachan, in 

 tonlideration of the eminent fervice* 

 rendered by him in the capture of a 

 Trench fquadron in November, 1805, 

 and of the valour and Ikill dllplayed by 

 him on that occailon, and for that pur- 

 pole that an annuity of one thoufand 

 jjounds flionld be granted to Sir Richard 

 Strachan for life. 



It then proceeds to grant it, commen- 

 cing from the 4th of ^November, 1805, in 

 the fame manner, and as clear of all de- 

 ductions, as the annuity grunted to Lady 

 A ifcountcis Nelfon. 



The next Act of this nature is Ch. 13, 

 in tcftimony to the great fcrvices of 

 (.'utlibert Lord CoUingwood, the fccond 

 in command to Lord Nelfon, and his af- 

 fociate and fucceflbr in the glories of the 

 day dillinguiflicd by the victory of Tra- 

 falgar. This is intitled, 



<' An Aft for fettling and fecuring certain 

 Annuities on Cuthbert Lord CoUingwood, 

 and the i'everal other Perfons therein de- 

 fcribed, in Confideration ot the fignal and 

 important Service performed by the faid 

 Cuthbert Lord CoUaigwood, to His Ma- 

 jefty and the Public " — 'JS!d March, 1806. 



Tiiis alfo recites the dcrtre of the King 

 to bcftovv fome confidcrable and lafting 

 mark of apjjrobation for the fervice per- 

 formed by Lord CoUingwood, Vice-Ad- 

 Hiind of the Blue, in th.e ever-memorable 

 and decilivc victory obtained under tiic 

 command of Vice-Admiral Lortl Vilcount 

 Mellon, over tlie Combined Tleets of 

 Trance and Spain, oif Cape Trafaljfar, 

 and his liighly meritorious condutt af- 

 tt'ithc action, not only highly honourable 

 to himfelf, hut greatly beneficial to the 

 United Kiniidom, and for this purpole to 

 give to him, and I he two fuccecding niale 

 heirs of liis body to wIkjui the title thould 

 dtlcend, for their rcfpectivc lives, an an- 

 nuity of two thoufand pounds. 



It grant.s it as advantageonlly as the 

 uiinuiiies by thi' two hn-mer Acts, and 

 >i:uko» it (^ a,) unulifjuuble, and inca- 



pable of being encumbered longer tliaa 

 for tie life of the holder. 



It grants an annuity to his wife, Lady 

 CoUingwood, if lie dies without leaving 

 any ilfue male, of one thoufand pounds ; 

 and, on like contingency of his dying 

 without ilfue male, the like annuity to 

 his daughter or daughter*, of one thou- 

 fand pounds, in manner equally ad- 

 vantageous as to thefe feveral annuities 

 to the wife and daughters, a.^ in that 

 granted to himfelf and his ilfue male. 

 The faid annuity to be equally divided 

 between his daughters, if more than one. 



It feems rather remarkable, that, as to 

 Lady CoUingwood at lead, the annuity 

 lliould nut be given abfolutely to her for 

 life, in cafe of her furviving her huftiand, 

 but is made dependent on the further 

 contingency of his dying without leaving 

 iiVue male ; fo that if ho fliould leave 

 fuch ilVue, even Ihould they die in the 

 life of Lady CoUingwood, it Ihould feem 

 that neither Ihc nor the daughters take 

 any annuity under the AH. 



The laft which we at prcfent have to 

 notice of this fplendid ferics, is, 



Ch. 40, 



«' An Aft to enable His Majefty to prant a 

 certain Annuity to Vice-Admiral Sir John . 

 Thomas Duckworth, Knight of thfr-Moft 

 Honourable Order of the Bath, in Confi- 

 deration of the eminent Services wliich he 

 has rendered to His Majefty and the Pub- 

 lic." — 5th May, 1806. 



After reciting the fervice on the Ctli of 

 February, 1806, in an engagement with 

 a French fquadron, when tlie whole of 

 the line-of-battlp lliips belonging to the 

 faid fquadron was taken or dcllroyed, 

 andj^he valour and Ikill difplayed by the ■ 

 Admiral on that ocoafion, it grants an au-' 

 nuity of one thoufand pounds, payable 

 to him for life, to commence froni the 

 faid Cth of February, 1806, and to be 

 received in a manner equally advanta- 

 geous as the other annuities, in conlide- 

 ration of the great naval fervices aiready 

 Ihited. 



On the next head, that ofPEXAi, Law, 

 there is one Act. , 



Ch. 28, Sift of March, 1806, intitled, 

 •' An Aft to continue, until the 25th Uajr 

 of March, 1813, feveral Laws relative to 

 the Tranfportation of Felons and othtr Of- 

 fenders to temporary Places of, (Confinement 

 in England and Scotland," 



This Act recites 19 Geo. IH., c. 74, 

 and J'i Cio. JIL, c. 50, and \vhit;h were , 

 N 4t ii continued 



