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tents are then removed to a stove, placed 
on their side and built one above the other. 
In a short time, from the contraction of the 
clay, the crucibles easily part from the 
moulds, and are removed by introducing 
the finger into them. The moulds are al- 
lowed to remain in their situation until the 
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water they had absorbed is completely 
evaporated, when they are again ready for 
refilling, and will last for years. The 
crucibles remain in the stove until dry, 
after which they are burned in a kiln in 
the usual manner. 
BRITISH LEGISLATION. 
ACTS PASSED in the FIRST YEAR of the REIGN Of GEORGE THE FOURTH, or in 
the SECOND SESSION of the SEVENTH PARLIAMENT of the UNITED KINGDOM. 
AP. LXXXVII. To repeal certain 
Acts, passed in the Thirty-first, 
Thirty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty- 
Sifth Years of His late Majesty King 
George the Third, for regulating the In- 
portation and Ezportation of Corn, 
Grain, Meal, and Fiour into and from 
Great Britain,and to make further Pro- 
visions in Lieu thereof. 
CAP. LXXXVIII. dn Act for the 
Amendment of the Law of Rescue. 
I. If any Person shall rescue, or aid and , 
assist in rescuing, from the lawful Custody 
of any Constable, Officer, Headborough, 
or other Person whomsoeyer, any Person 
charged with, or suspected of, or commit- 
ted for any Felony, or on Suspicion thereof, 
then if the Person or Persons so offending 
shall be convicted of Felony, aud be enti- 
tled to the Benefit of Clergy, and be liable 
to be imprisoned for any Term not exceed- 
ing One Year, it shall be lawful for the 
Court by or before whom any such Person 
or Person shall be convicted, to order and 
direct, in case it shall think fit, that such 
Person or Persons, instead of being so fined 
and imprisoned as aforesaid, shall be traus- 
ported beyond the Seas for Seven Years, 
or be imprisoned only, or be imprisoned 
and kept to hard Labour in the Common 
Gaol, House of Correction, or Penitentiary 
House, for any Term not less than One, 
and not exceeding Three Years. 
II. Persons assaulting Constables to pre- 
vent the Apprehension or Detainer of Per- 
sons charged with Felony, shall, in addi- 
tion to any other Pains, Penalties, or Pu- 
nishment to which he, she, or they are 
now subject or liable, he kept to hard La- 
bour for any Term not exceeding Two 
Years, and not less than Six Months. 
CAP. LXXXIX. To repeal so much 
of an Act of the Twenty-second Year 
of His Majesty King Charles the Second, 
as resirains the Proprietors of Wharfs 
between London Bridge and the Temple, 
from erecting any Buildings or Enclo- 
sures thereon. 
By the Twenty-second of Charles the 
Second, it was amongst other things enact- 
ed, “that there should be left a continued 
Tract of Ground from London Bridge to 
the Temple, of the Breadth of Forty Foot, 
from the North Side of the River Thames, 
to be converted into a Quay or public and_ 
open Wharf;” but by this most extraordi- 
nary act, this salutary and desirable provi- 
sion has been annulled, tothe great detri- 
ment of the city and its inhabitants. 
CAP. XC. To appoint Commissioners 
for inquiring into the Collection and 
Management of the Revenue in Ireland, 
and the several Establishments connect- 
ed therewith. 
CAP. XCI. To grant certain Bounties 
on the Exportation of Stuffs made of 
Silk mixed with Mohair, and of Stuffs 
made of Mohair mixed with Worsted, 
the Manufacture of Great Britain or 
Ireland. 
CAP. XCII. To authorize the Ex- 
change of Lands, Tenements, or Here- 
ditaments, subject to Trusts for Charita- 
ble Purposes, for other Lands, Tene- 
ments, or Hereditaments. 
CAP. XCUI. For vesting all Estates 
and Property, occupied by or for the 
Naval Service of this Kingdom, in the 
principal Officers and Commissioners of 
His Majesty’s Navy, and for granting 
certain Powers to the said principal 
Officers and Commissioners. 
CAP. XCIV. Toregulate the Impor- 
tation of Rum into the Islands of Jersey, 
Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark. 
CAP. XCV. To continue, until the 
Fifth Day of July, One thousand eight 
hundred and twenty-two, an Act of the 
Fifty-ninth Year of His late Majesty, 
for rendering the growing Produce of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom, arising in Great Britain, 
available for the Public Service. 
CAP. XCVI. For charging a Duty on 
British Spirits brought into certain 
Parts of the District of Lisburne, in 
Ireland. 5 
CAP. XCVII. To amend several Acts 
relating to the Coasting Trade of Great 
Britain. 
CAP. XCVIII. To enable the Com- 
missioners or Governors ef Greenwich 
Hospital to continue to provide for the 
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