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Kew A^s of the British Legijlalure. [\hv. 1 , 



gaiit in its melody, and expreffive of the 

 fcntimtntj it is meant to iliuftrate. The 

 piano-tbitt! accomijaiiiment is ingenioully 

 cnnftriK^tcd, and raniros, in point of ef- 

 fect, niuch above the ireaerahty of inllru- 

 mental appendages. 



ffifc, Ch'Jdun, and Frieitds. A favourite 

 Ballad, •written by the, Hon. TViUiam Robert 

 Spencer. The Mclodf ccmpojed by Mr. Dig- 

 rum ; the .Accompaniment by the Hon. John 

 Spencer. Is. 6d. 



The melody of thi<j hallad doc? credit 

 to Mr. Dianum's ini;ic;ination ; yet ^ve 

 miift fay that he is not a little indebted 

 foi- the general good eftcCt to the excel- 

 lence of the wordi and the accompani- 

 ment. 



jiir Cratefque for the Pi/nto Forte. Compofcd 

 by J. M.:'.:zi>:ghi, F.ff. Is. C>d. 



There is much in;^cnnity in the general 



idea of this cninpofitiaii ; and performed 

 as it is intended, it mull produce much 

 brilliancy of eifc(':t. It is however, per- 

 haps, on the whole, more fanciful than 

 judicious, and Id's ufcful than novel. 

 Lucinda and Henry. Pfritten by Mr. E. Button' 

 Set to li/fufic by I. End. U. 



Though we cannot fpeak in very flat- 

 tering terms of this conipofition, we by 

 no n'lCans deny it merit. The nielody \% 

 in fome inftances agreeable, and the ex- 

 pi-effion tolerably juft and corrcft. 



Three Blue Beads in a Blue Bladder, a certain,. 

 Cure for the Blue Devils. \s, 



" Three Blue Beads" is a whimfical 

 ])roduction, and, ifproperh' performed, 

 will prove capable of preity powerfully 

 excitins? the nliblc faculties. 



ABSTRACT OF THE PUBLIC LAWS ENACTED BY THE 

 BRrnSH LEGISLxYTURE. 



AFTER the regulation of penal law, 

 we come to a rare branch of- our 

 itaiutcs, the Exoxkrative. 



Thofc which we Yaiye now to mention 

 under this head are two. 



Jnrfi, 46 Geo. III., rb. 35, 

 •♦ An Ad: to review and amend fo much of 

 an Adt made in the Forty-tliird Year ©f 

 his [irefcnt Majefty, for gr.inting cer- 

 tain Stamp-Duties in Ireland, as pro- 

 rides for the exempting from the faid Du- 

 ties Bank-Notcs and Bank-Poft-Bills ill'aed 

 ky the Governor and Company of tl-.e Bank 

 • .'Ireland." ,ith May, ISOti. 

 It recites " An Act (43 Geo. HI., c. 

 1€1,) for granting to his Majefty feveral 

 Duties therein mentioned, lo be levied 

 by the Commiffioners', for managing the 

 Stamp-Duties in Ireland," which enacted 

 the exemption on payment of a compen- 

 fation as therein directed. 



It ;ilfo recites an Act intitlcd " An A6t 

 (44 Geo. III., c. 68,) for grunting to his 

 Majefty certain Stamp-Duties in Ire- 

 land," repealing tbe exemption. 



And cnads, that all bank-notes and 

 bank-polt-bills iflued by tbe Governor 

 and Company of the Bank of Ireland 

 Ihall be exempt, from year to year, from 

 all ftanip-duty, on fuch cor.'pcnfation as 

 lluiil bo yearly fettled and agreed be- 

 tween the faid Governor and Conrpany, 

 and the Lord fligh Treafurcr of Ireland, 

 or the Commiffioners of the Trealury of 

 L'cland. 



The liext is, Ch. 36, 

 «' An Aft to repe.-.l fo much of an Aft of the 

 laftSeffion of Farliumenc.ai) charges a Du- 



ty of Three Sliillinga upon certain Tene-» 

 ments or U.vellinj-Houfes in Ireland."— 

 5th May, 1806. 



This recites the former AQ, (45 Geo. 

 III. c. 19,) by which a duty was impofcd 

 of three llnllings on every dwelling- 

 houfc not having more than llx windows, 

 with exception where the occupier has 

 not goods to the value of ten pounds 

 over and ab')vc debts, and where the 

 rent is not fifty fluilings, and where the 

 ocruplcr does not ])ay more rent for 

 lioijfe and land together than five pounds, ' 

 anti alio with the exception of money 

 paid for corn-acres, potatoe-land by the 

 crop, and for grazing. 



And the Act then proceeds to repeal 

 the three-lhilling tax entirely. 



We now come to the divifiou flatcd ii» 



the title Acts of Indemmtv. 



Under this head we have Ch. 7, the- 



common annual Act of Indeuaiity, 



*' An Aft to indemnify fuch Perfons in the 

 United Kingdom as have omitted to qua- 

 Ihy tlierafelves for Offices and Employ- 

 ments, and for extending tlie Time limit- 

 ed for thofe Purpofes refpeftively u-flVil th^ 

 25lh Day of December, 180(5 ; and to 

 permit fuch Perfons •in Great-Britain a> 

 have omittejj to make and file Affidavits of 

 the Execution of Indentures of Clerks ta 

 Attoniies and Solicitors, to m^.ke and file 

 the fame on or before the Firli: Day of IVii- 

 chaelmas Term, ia06." iMarch ^'2, 180(5. 

 The tbrnier part of this A(5t recites the 



ftatutes ufually called- the Corporation. 



suid Xetc ACl^ Acu which Uie wifdooi 



aud 



