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fiction. There is room to suppose that and also for many other instruments. It 
chromic steel will be found proper for the was prepared by fusing- together cast-steel 
manufacture of damask blades, which wili and the alloy of chromium and iron.—■ 
be solid, hard, and have a fine appearance, Braude's Journal. 
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. 
C AP. LXVI. For regulating the 
Fur Trade, and establishing a 
Criminal and Civil Jurisdiction within 
certain Parts of North America , 
VI. Courts of Judicature established in 
Upper Canada to take Cognizanceof Causes 
in Indian Territories. Actions relating to 
Lands not within the Province of Upper 
Canada to be decided according to the Law 
of England. 
XI. His Maj esty may issue Commissions 
under the Great Seal empowering Justices 
to hold Courts of Record for the Trial of 
Criminal and Civil Offences. 
XII. Court to be constituted as His Ma¬ 
jesty shall direct, but Power of the Court 
not to extend to Capital Offences ; nor to 
Civil Actions where the Amount in Issue 
•exceeds 2001. 
XIV. Not to affect Rights of Hudson’s 
Bay Company. 
CAP. LXVII. For extending the 
Drawbacks on Coals used in Mines and 
Smelting fFords within the Counties of 
Cornwall and Devoh, and for allowing 
a Drawback of the Duties on Coals 
used in draining Coal Mines in the County 
of Pembroke. 
CAP. LX VIII. To repeal so much of 
several Acts to prevent the excessive 
Price o f Coeds, as relates to Coal Yards 
established at the Expence of the Public 
in Dublin and Cork. 
CAP, LXIX. For vesting all Estates 
and Property, occupied for the Ordnance 
Service, in the principal Officers of the 
Ordnance; and for granting certain 
Powers to the said principal Officers. 
CAP. LXX. For raising a Loan of 
Thirteen Millions from the Commission¬ 
ers for the Reduction of the National 
Debt. 
CAP. LXX1. For raising the Sum 
of .Twenty-nine Millions by Exchequer 
Bills, for the Service of the Year One 
thousand eight hundred and twenty-one. 
CAP. LXXI1. To establish an 
Agreement with the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of Ireland, for 
advancing the Sum of Five hundred 
thousand Pounds Irish Currency; and 
to empower the said Governor and Com¬ 
pany to enlarge the Capital Stock or 
Fund of the said Bank to Three Mil - 
lions. 
Monthly Mag. No. 362. 
CAP. LXX HI. To permit, for Three 
Years, the. Transfer from certain Public 
Stocks or Funds in Ireland to certain 
Public Stocks or Funds in Great Britain. 
CAP. LXXIV. To repeal an Act, 
passed in the Fifty-seventh Year of His 
late Majesty King George the Hurd, 
for regulating Payments to the Trea¬ 
surer of the Navy under the Heads of 
Old Stores and Imprests , and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof. 
CAP. LX XV. To continue and amend 
certain Acts for preventing Frauds and 
Depredations committed on Merchants, 
Shipowners, and Underwriters, by Boat¬ 
men and others ; and also for remedy¬ 
ing certain Defects relative to the Ad¬ 
justment. of Salvage in England, under 
an Act made in the Twelfth Year of 
Queen Anne. 
CAP. LXXVI. To continue and 
amend certain Acts for preventing the 
various Frauds and Depredations com¬ 
mitted on Merchants, Shipowners, and 
Underwriters, by Boatmen and others, 
within the Jurisdiction of the Cinque 
Ports; and also for remedying certain 
Defects relative to the Adjustment of 
Salvage, under a Statute made in the 
Twelfth Year of the Reign of Her late 
Majesty Queen Anne. 
CAP. LXXVII. To abolish the Pay¬ 
ment, by Prisoners in Ireland, of Gaol 
Fees, and all other Fees relating to the 
Commitment, Continuance, Trial, or 
Discharge of such Prisoners, and to 
prevent Abuses by Gaolers, Bailiffs, 
and other Officers, 
CAP. LXXV1II. To regulate Ac¬ 
ceptances of Bills of Exchange. 
Bills accepted payable at a Banker’s or 
other Place deemed a general Acceptance. 
Bills accepted payable at a Banker’s or 
other Place only, deemed a qualified Ac¬ 
ceptance. 
CAP. LXX1X. To repeal certain 
Bounties granted for the Encourage¬ 
ment of the Deep Sea British White 
Herring Fishery, and to make further 
Regulations relating to the said Fishery. 
CAP. LXXX. For raising the Sum 
of One Million British Currency, by 
Treasury Bills in Ireland, for the Ser• 
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