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mitted within the court, or the verge thereof; and gives 
. judgment according to their feveral deferts. At the death 
of the fovereign he breaks his Itaff over the gi'ave in 
which the royal corpfe is depofited, and thereby difcharges 
all the officers unijer his power. 
To LORD, v. 11. To domineer; to rule defpotically ; 
with over before the fubject of power.—I thould cboofe 
rather to be tumbled into the dull in blood, bearing wit- 
nefs to any known truth of our Lord, than by a denial of 
truths, through blood and perjury, wade to a fceptre, and 
lord, it in a throne. South. 
But, if thy paffions lord it in thy bread, 
Art thou not ftill a have ? Dry den's Ptrfius. 
LORD’S DA'Y, or Sundat, the day fet apart for the 
fervice of God, to be kept religioufly, and not be pro¬ 
faned. Profanation of the Lord’s Day, vulgarly called 
fabbath breaking, is clafTed by Blackilone amongft of¬ 
fences againft God and religion, puniflied by the laws of 
England ; for, befides the notorious indecency and fcan- 
dal of permitting any fecuiar bufinefs to be publicly tranf- 
afted on that day in a country profeffing Chififtianity, 
and the corruption of morals which ufually follows its 
profanation, the keeping one day in feven holy, as a time 
of relaxation and refrefhment, as well as for public wor¬ 
ship, is of admirable fervice to a date, confidered merely 
as a civil inllitution. The laws of king Atheldan for¬ 
bade all merchandifing on the Lord’s Day, under very fe- 
vere penallies. And by the dat. 27 Hen. VI. c. 5, no fair 
or market fliall be held on the principal feftivals, Good 
Friday, or any Sunday, (except the four Sundays in har- 
ved,) on pain of forfeiting the goods expofed to fale. 
And by the dat. 1 Car. I. c. 1, no perfon (hall aflemble, 
out of their own parifhes, for any fport whatfoever, upon 
this day ; nor, in their pariflies, fliall ufe any bull or bear- 
bating, interludes, plays, or other unlawful exercifes, or 
padimes ; on pain that every offender fhall pay 3s. 4d. to 
the poor. This datute does not prohibit, but rather im¬ 
pliedly allows, any innocent recreation or amufement, 
within their rcfpedivc parifhes, even on the Lord’s Day, after 
divine fervice is over ; and with good reafon, for at what 
other time can many fcrvants and labouring men recreate 
themfelves ? By flat. 29 Car. II. c. 7, no perfon is allowed 
to do any worldly labour on the Lord’s Day, (except 
works of neceffity and charity,) or to ufe any boat or 
barge, or expofe any goods to fale ; except meat in pub- 
lic-lioufes, and milk before nine in the morning, and af¬ 
ter four in the afternoon ; on forfeiture of 5s. Nor fliall 
any drover, carrier, or the like, travel upon that day, un¬ 
der pain of 20s. The goods expofed to fale on a Sunday 
to be forfeited to the poor, &c. on conviftion before a 
juftice of the peace, who may order the penalties and for¬ 
feitures to be levied by didrefs ; and may allow one third 
to the informer. But this is not to extend to dreffing 
meat in families, inns, cook-fliops, or vidtualling-houfes. 
Mackarel may be fold on Sundays, before and after divine 
fervice; dat. loand 11 Will. III. c. 24.—Forty watermen 
are permitted to ply on the Thames, between Vauxhall 
and Limeboufe, on Sundays; flat. 11 and 12 Will. III. 
c. 21. and fee the article London, p. 615.—Fifh-car- 
liages are allowed to travel on Sundays, either laden or 
returning empty; 2 Geo. III. c. 15.—Bakers were per¬ 
il itted ti drefs dinners on a Sunday, as a work of neceffity ; 
(5 Term Rep. 449.) but, by flat. 34 Geo. III. c. 61, every 
baker fhall be fubjedt to a penalty of 10s. to the ufe of 
the poor, for exercifing his buiinefs in any manner as a 
baker on the Lord’s Day : except that he may fell bread 
between nine in the morning and one in the afternoon ; 
and may alfo, within that time, bake meat, puddings, 
and pies, for any perfon who fliall carry or fend the fame 
•to be baked ; and fee the local adt 48 Geo. III. c. lxx.— 
By dat. 21 Geo. III. c. 49, parted to redrain an indecent 
pradtice which had become very prevalent, it is enacted, 
that any houfe or place opened for public entertainment, 
©r for publicly debating on any fubjedt, upon the Lord’s 
Day, and to which perfons fliall be admitted by money 
or tickets fold, fliall be deemed a diforderly houfe ; the 
keeper (or perfon adting as fuch) fliall forfeit 200I. and be 
puniflied as in the cafe of keeping a diforderly houfe; the 
perfon managing fuch entertainment, or acting as preii- 
dent, &c. of any 'public debate, fhall forfeit iool. every 
fervant receiving money or tickets from the perfons com¬ 
ing, or delivering out tickets of admifiion, fliall forfeit 50I. 
and every perfon advertifing, orprintingan advertifement 
of fuch meeting, fhall alfo forfeit 50I. Actions to be 
brought within fix months. § 3. Law proceffes are not 
to be ferved on a Sunday, unlefs it be in cafes of treafon 
or felony; or on an efcape, by virtue of dat. 5 Ann. c. 9. 
Sunday is not a day in law for proceedings, contracts, &c. 
and a fale of goods on ibis day in a market overt is not 
good. If any part of the proceedings of a fuit, in any 
court of juftice, be entered and recorded to be done on a 
Sunday, it makes it all void. 2 Inf. 264. 
LORD EDG'ECUMB’s ISLAND, or New Sark, one 
of Queen Charlotte’s Iflar.ds, in the South Pacific Ocean ; 
about ten miles long, and three broad. Lat.n.io. S. 
Ion. 165. 34. E. 
LORD HOOD’s CANAL', an inlet in the gulf of New 
Georgia, difeovered and examined by Vancouver; about 
forty miles in length from north to fouth, and three in 
breadth. Towards the north it ctimmunicates with Ad¬ 
miralty Inlet ; on the fouth it is clofed by the land. Cap¬ 
tain Vancouver fays, “ We- beheld a number of the na¬ 
tives, who did not betray the fmalleft apprehenfion at oin- 
approach. The whole affembly remained quietly feated 
on the grafs, except two or three, whole particular office 
feemed to be that of making us welcome to their country. 
Thefe prefented us with fome fill) ; and received in return 
trinkets of various kinds, which delighted them excel- 
fively. They attended us to their companions, who 
amounted in number to about rtxty, including the women 
and children. We were received by them with equal cor¬ 
diality, and treated with marks of great friendfliip and 
hofpitality. A fhort time was here employed in exchanges 
of mutual civilities. The females on this occafion took 
a very arrive part. They prefented us with fill), arrows, 
and other trifles, in a way that convinced us they have 
much pjeafure in fo doing. They did not appear to differ 
in any refpect from the inhabitants we had before feen ; 
and fome of our gentlemen were of opinion, that they re- 
cognifed the perfons of one or two who had vifited tis on 
the preceding Thurfday morning; particularly one man, 
who had fuffered very much from the frnall-pox. This 
deplorable difeafe is not only common, but it is greatly to 
be apprehended is very fatal amongft them, as indelible 
marks were feen on many; and feveral had loft the fight 
of one eye, which was remarked to be generally the left; 
owing, moll likely, to the virulent effedls of this baneful 
diforder. The refidence of thefe people here was doubt- 
lefs of a temporary nature : few had taken the trouble of 
erecting their ufual miferable huts, being content to lodge on 
the ground, with loofe mats only for their covering.” The 
fouthern extremity isfituated in lat. aj. 20. N. Ion. 237. 9. E. 
LORD HOWE’s GROU'P, a duller of ifiands in the 
Pacific Ocean, difeovered by Capt. Hunter in the year 
1791. Thirty-two of thefe ifiands were diftindtly counted 
from the malt-head, bearing north-weft half north, to 
north-eaft half eaft ; many of them at fuch a diftance, as 
made it probably the whole number was not feen. Some 
..of the men, who appeared in a boat, were a (tout, clean, 
well-made, people, of a dark copper colour; their hair 
was tied in a knot on the back of their head, and they 
feemed to nave fome method of taking off their beards ; 
for they appeared as if quite clean ftiaved ; but they had 
an ornament, confiding of a number of fringes, like an 
artificial beard, which was fattened on between the nofe 
and mouth, and clofe under the nofe ; to that beard hung 
a row of teeth, which gave them the appearance of having 
a mouth lower than their natural one ; they had holes run 
through the fides of the nofe into the paffage, into which, 
as 
