Oct.] 



CHRONICLE. 



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«' base, and is dry at half tide ; 

 " and I am authorized by that 

 " eminentengineer,Mr.Rennie,to 

 " inform the Council, that he will 

 " pledge himself to build a light 

 " house thereupon (similar to 

 " that upon the Edystone), which 

 " will greatly tend to secure from 

 " accident all ships coming from 

 " the westward, even if they 

 " should approach within a few 

 " hundred yards of the hght- 

 " house, by day or night, before 

 " it should be seen. Sir Clou- 

 " desley Shovel's fleet, and almost 

 *' all the vessels enumerated in 

 " the annexed list, would in all 

 *' probability have been saved, if 

 " there had been a light-house 

 " upon the Bishop ! Surely it 

 " will be superfluous in me to 

 " add another syllable, either on 

 *' the score of humanity, or on 

 " the momentous and vital im- 

 " portance of the object to the 

 " empire at large, and to those 

 " islands in particular, to induce 

 " the Council to make such re- 

 ** presentations to the Trinity- 

 " Board as shall not fail to call 

 " their immediate attention to 

 *' the subject.'' 



Kew Palace, Oct. 2. 



" The Queen has again had 

 several hours' sleep, but it does 

 not appear to have produced any 

 visible effect on the state of her 

 Majesty's complaint. 



(Signed) " F. Millman. 

 " H. Halford.'' 

 Treasury Order relating to the 



Duty on Foreign Boohs and 



Maps. 



" Treasury Chambers, Oct. 3. 



" Gentlemen ; — I am com- 

 manded by the Lords Commis- 

 sioners of his Majesty's Treasury 

 to acquaint you, they are pleased 



§ 



to approve of the regulations 

 proposed in your report of the 

 29th ultimo, in order to prevent 

 Foreign Books and Maps, the 

 property of individuals, and 

 brought over by passengers from 

 abroad, from being charged with 

 duty more than once ; and 1 am, 

 therefore, to desire you will im- 

 mediately give the necessary 

 orders for carrying the same into 

 effect. 

 (Signed) " Geo, Harrison. 



" Commissioners of Customs." 

 Note — In furtherance of the 

 above, the following directions 

 have been sent by the Com- 

 missioners of Customs to Col- 

 lectors and Comptrollers : — 

 " Ctistom-house, LondoUy 

 Oct. 8, 1818. 

 " Let the Collector and Comp- 

 troller take care that the direc- 

 tions of the Lords Commissioners 

 of his Majesty's Treasury, con- 

 tained in the aforegoing copy of 

 a letter from Mr. Harrison, be 

 duly obeyed, under the following 

 regulations, viz : — That the pro- 

 prietor, shall, on each importa- 

 tion of such books or maps, sub- 

 sequent to the original importa- 

 tion, make oath that the duties 

 were paid upon such books or 

 maps on their original importa- 

 tion ; or that he purchased them 

 in this country, in a fair way of 

 trade ; that they are the identical 

 books or maps which he exported 

 from hence, and that they are 

 now brought back for his private 

 use, and not for the purpose of 

 sale in this country. 



" By order of the Commis- 

 sioners." 



Glasgow Circuit. — Saturday, 

 the 3rd Matthew Clydesdale, a 

 collier, was tried at the Court 



of 



