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months after the offence committed, a {um not exceeding 5/. 
nor lefs than 4os. to the poor, by diftrefs. By 33 Geo. III. 
c. 55. neglect of duty or difobedience to any lawful war- 
the ufe of the poor. 
— paei duty by 43 Eliz. 1. Ja t Jac. 
nefit of which latter roe is pret by 
a6 Geo C. 44. 
Chacherden by 43 Eliz. are age overfeers of the 
ing a poor rate, 
ing diftin® bufinefs of 
their own, ufually leave the care a ile poor to the overfeers 
ad s though anciently they were the fole overfeers of the 
Tt ‘feems not to have been determined whether a jultice 
of the peace may be appointed overfeer. But it appears to 
be a prevalent opinion, that the offices of juftice of the peace 
and overfeers of the poor are incompatible, becaufe the ac- 
counts of the latter were fubje& .to the controul of the 
former, 
c.18. Diffenting teachers, qualifying 
themfelves sce to the Toleration aét, are mpted 
from being — or appointed to ferve as poly eae By 
18 Geo. II. . freemen of the corporation of furgeons in 
London are aifo exempted ; fo is an alderman of London, 
The fame is the cafe with refpect to attornies and pra¢tifing 
ms alfo that a siacthas is not liable to 
ugh he have no cure of 
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faid, in Gibfon’s Codex, 215, that all pee 
by reafon of their dignity, all eer by reafon of their 
order, and all parliamentary men, by reafon of their privi- 
lege, are exempted from the office of churchwardens. See 
oor. 
OVER-SET, or Over-THrow, in the Sea Language. 
A fhip is faid to over-fet when her keel turns upwards ; 
which misfortune happens either by bearing too much fail, 
or by aoe her, fo that fhe falls upon one fide. 
OV WEAT, in Agriculture, aterm fometimes ap- 
plied to hay ftacks, when they {weat too much, fo as to be 
liable to bur 
OVER Gk a term in Law, peel I an open a@ ; 
or an act capable of nee amen and 
The word is forme e French ou on 
Tn a o— it is diftinguithed rae an ee adi, 
See TREA 
OvERT “Marke. See MarKET. 
Overt-Pound. See 
vale Word denotes a plain open word, not to be mif- 
ta 
OVERTON, in Geography, a {mall market-town and 
parifh in the hundred of Overton, Kingfclere-divifion, of the 
county of Southampton, England, is fituated on the great 
wettern road, at the diftance of three miles E.N.E. from 
Whitchurch, and fifty-four miles W.S.W. from the metro. 
olis. It was formerly a borough, and fent two members to 
parliament, but loft this privilege by neglect. The market 
Vou, XXV. 
OUE 
el here is Monday, he and there are three fairs during 
e year. The church is a neat building, feated on an 
eminence —— a quarter of a mile from the certre of the 
town. This parifh canes the tythings of Pollhampton, 
Oasiaman: and Southington ; and is watered by a fine 
trout ftream, which drives a Sk mill, and feveral corn mills 
within the limits of the pari Large quantities of malt are | 
made here and in the adjoining villages. According to the 
population returns of 1811, the houfes in this parifh were 
computed at 23 a and the ge at 1178, in number. 
(Viujic, the tymphony in theatres, 
Cy 
which immediately precedent bead — up the curtain. 
fed and rendered as 
offi 
It ufed to be called in France an entrée, a 
{pirited, opel on full of harmony, as $ Po ble. In 
ock’s Englifh operas it is called a curtai 
eer ee _ indeed the firft movements of thofe 
but in the firft movement ; the fecond is almoft always an ex- 
cellent i terminated by a plesfing air in minuet, gavot, 
or jig ti Ime 
‘There was a time when French overtures ferved as models 
for all Europe. Sixty years rah not elapfed, (fays Rouf- 
feau,) fince overtures were fent for from France to place at 
the head of the Italian operas. F have even feen many ancient 
Italian operas in fcore, with an overture by Lulli at its head. 
eg Italians hike not to hear this at prefent, but fuch is the 
a 
“Inftrumental mufic having made an aftonifhing progrefs 
within thefe go years, (in 1768, ) the old overtures made for 
performers not very well acquainted with the finger-board 
or the powers of their inftrument, have been abandoned to 
the French, and they have continued to ali in them 
in their priftine ftate, without an or Lenny The 
Italians, impatient to ruth forward in road . fame, 
emancipated themfelves from allie ae in aon however 
patiently they may ha 
and 
movement 5 In the 
a brilliant alegro, commonly in 
tune only aéted as a crier of the court to ti filence by 
an oyez, by the time the curtain rifes, and the clattering of 
doors and ftruggle for places ceafe.’ 
OverTUuRE du lyre, or ¢ Lure ouvert, Fr., on the opening 
the book, at fight; thefe are expreffions applied to mufical 
ftudents, or performers, who read mufic with as much faci- 
lity as a new{paper. 
OVER-WORKED, in the Manege, is the fame with 
over-done. It is called, in French, efrapa afer. 
OVER-WROUGHT, in Rural Economy, a ter 
plied to horfes or other animals that are ocked beyond cee 
ARS, a provincial word applied to fuch 
bullocks as are not finifhed in fattening at three years old 
ae home-breeds, or the firft winter after buying in; but 
kept through the following fummer to be finifhed the’ nexk 
winter. 
OVER-YSCHE, in Geography, a town of France, in 
the department of the Dyle, on the river Y{che; 10 miles 
S.E. of Bruffels 
OUESSANT, or UsHANT, an ifland in the Atlantic, 
belonging to France, about 10 miles in circumference, con- 
4U taining 
