1823. J Britith Legislation, l6l 



' sums of money to such as are thus bids fair to obtain its mtrited share of 



emptojed ; and to unite, in a sort of popular faTour. 



focus, the brilfiant productions of art. united states. 



SPAIN. We collect from a table of the ag- 



Few subjects of legislative discus- gregate amount of each description of 



sion are more difficult to regulate than persons in the United States and their 



that of tithes. 31ucli attention is now territories, according to the census 



paid to this in England and Ireland ; taken in virtue of the 'Act of Congress 



and the valuable labours of some have of the 14th of March, 1820, and the 



afforded the public an opportunity of Act of the 3d ot March, 1821, compiled 



more justly investigating it. It is from returns received at the depart- 



certain that the Cortes of Spain have ment of State, that there are — 



debated tlie question, and reduced the Free white Males 4,177,258 



tithes to one-half. The present deci- Females 3,866,657 



mal product, valued at 150 millions of Free coloured Males o 112,770 



reas, has been declared exclusively „ : Females •••• 120,760 



applicable to the clergy and public Foreigners not naturalized ... • 5o,687 



^\. I . oj r -pjjg number of free Persons en. 



worsiiip. *i i~. gaged in Agriculture are ... . 2,070,646 



Besides other advantages the Cor- q^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ j„ ^^, 



tes ot Spaju and Portugal have to merce 72 495 



boast of this material improvement, And of Persons engaged in Ma- 



that the members respectively impose nufactures 349,506 



upon themselves, as a law, to accept Slaves. 



of no employment for themselves, and Males 788,028 



to solicit none for their relations, so Females 750,100 



long as they continue members. The 



political morality of this self-denying Total Slaves.. 1,538,128 



ordinance is unexceptionable. —How disgraceful, however, to read 



PORTUGAL. of a million and a half of slaves in a 



A French theatre has been esta- country in other respects the freest in 



biisbed at Lisbon, and the undertaking ^^^ world ! 



BRITISH LEGISLATION. 



ACTS PASSED in the THIRD YEAR of the REIGN of GEORGE THE FOURTH, Or «>» the 

 THIRD SESSION of the SEVENTH PARLIAMENT of the UNITED KINGDOM. 



c. 11. § 6. as relates to privileges of fOi 

 reign-bnilt ships owned by Englishman. 



Repeal of 1 Anne, st. 1. c. 12. ^ US. a* 

 to importation of Hungary wines. 



Repeal of 6 Anne, c. 33. as to cochineal, 

 although made perpetual by la Anne, st. 1 . 

 c. 18. §3, 



Repeal of 6 G. 1 . c. 14. as to importa. 

 tion of raw silk and Mohair yarn. 



Repeal of 6 G. 1. c. 15. as to deals and 

 fir timber. 



Repeal of 13 G. 1. c. 25. and 7 G. 2. c. 

 18. for free importation of cochineal, al- 

 though revived and continued by 1 and 2 

 G. 4. c. 14. 



Repeal of 6 G. 2. c. 7. for the free impor- 

 tation of jewels. 



Repeal of 14 G. 2. c. 36. 23 G. 2. c. 34. 

 regulating importation of Persian goods 

 through Russia, 



Repeal of 25 G. 2. c. 32. ^1, as to im- 

 portation of gum senega. 



Repeal of 6 G. 3. c. 52. § 20, as to im- 

 portation of cotton wool, from any place, 

 in British ships. 



Repeal of 7 G. 3. c. 43. ^2, as to im- 

 porting cambrics in British ships only. 



Repeal of 15 G. 3. c. 35, though made 

 Y perpetual 



CAP. XLII. — To repeal certain 

 Acts and Parts of Acts, relating 

 to tfie Importation of Goods and Mer- 

 chandize.— iwat 24, 1822. 



Repeal of 12 C. 2. c. 18. § 3. as to im- 

 portaLion of goods of Asia, Africa, or 

 America, in British ships only. 



Repeal of § 4. of the same Act, as to tlie 

 importation of goods of Asia, &c. directly 

 from the place of their growth. 



Repeal of § 8. of the same Act, as to the 

 ifoportation of goods of Russia, and certain 

 enumerated European goods, and Turkish 

 goods; in British ships, or ships of the 

 country of their growth. 



Repeal of § 12, 14, of the same Act, as 

 relates to goods of tlie Streights, .Spain, 

 and Portugal. 



Irish Act, tl G. 3. c. 23. extending the 

 English Act, 12 C. 2. c. 18. to Ireland, re- 

 pealed, so far as relates to matters re- 

 pealed by this Act. 



Repeal of $ 23. of 13 and 14 C. ■i. c. 11. 

 prohibiting the importation of certain 

 articles from tlie Netherlands ur Gcr- 

 niany. 



- Repeal of so much of 13 and 14 C. 2. 

 Monthly Mag. No. 379. 



