928 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



XLV. Provided always, That such proclamation or proclamations 

 shall not discharge or suspend any proceeding upon any capture of 

 any such ship or vessel made before the date and issuing thereof. 



No. 20. 1778: British Statute, 18 Geo. Ill, Cap. 42. 



An Act to enable the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond to estab- 

 lish and maintain a Light-house on the Rocks called The Smalls, in Saint 

 George'* Channel. 



"Whereas by an Act of Parliament, made in the eighth Year of 

 the Reign of our late Sovereign Queen Elizabeth, intituled, An Act 

 concerning Sea-marks and Manners, the Master, Wardens and Assist- 

 ants, of the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, are 

 empowered to erect and set up Beacons, Marks, and Signs for the 

 Sea, needful for avoiding of Dangers, and to renew, continue, and 

 maintain the same, in such manner as in the said Act is mentioned: 

 And whereas, by certain Letters Patent, granted by her said late 

 Majesty, bearing date at Westminster, the eleventh day of June, in 

 the thirty-sixth year of her reign, the Office of Beaconage and 

 Buoyage was granted to the said Corporation and their Successors 

 for ever, together with all fees, advantages, profits, and rights, pay- 

 able or appertaining to that Office: And whereas there are certain 

 Rocks dangerous to navigation, called The Smalls, lying in Saint 

 George's Channel; upon one of which said Rocks a Light-house has 

 been erected: And whereas the said Light-house hath lately been 

 greatly damaged by the force of the sea. owing to its not being 

 sufficiently elevated : And whereas many hundreds of Merchants, 

 Traders, Owners, and Masters of Ships, of the Kingdoms of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, using, or interested in, the Navigation of Saint 

 George's and the Bristol Channels, having requested the said cor- 

 poration to cause the said Light-house, which hath been erected on 

 one of the said rocks, to be repaired, or a new one instead thereof 

 to be erected, as they should adjudge to be most beneficial to Navi- 

 gation, and declared their consent, that, for defraying the charges 

 and expenses attending the same, and the management thereof, arid 

 of Lights therein, reasonable Duties might be imposed and taken for 

 or in respect of all British, Irish, and foreign ships or other vessels, 

 which should pass within the limits herein-after mentioned; they 

 the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants, having considered of 

 the said request, have therefore resolved to cause the said present 

 Light-house to be repaired, improved, and supported, and a Light 

 to be exhibited therein, in case they shall be enabled to defray the 

 expenses attending the said Light-house, and the maintenance 

 thereof, by receipt of such reasonable duties as have been so con- 

 sented and agreed to be imposed and taken as aforesaid: And 

 whereas such Light-house will be of great utility, and tend to the 

 Safety and Preservation of his Majesty's Navy, and of the Ships, 

 Goods, and Lives, of his Subjects, and others, navigating Saint 

 George's and the Bristol Channels, and passing within such limits 

 as herein-after mentioned :, And, forasmuch as the speedy repair of 

 the said Light-house is absolutely necessary : To the end therefor that 

 a work of such public nature, and so greatly beneficial to navigation, 



