1800.) 
or taken in execution, either upon any 
writ or other procefs, or upon any war- 
rant for alleged criminal offence, fhall not 
be entitled to be difcharged either upon 
payment or fatisfaction of the debt, caule 
of action, or for want of profecution, or 
upon acquittal, or finding bail, but shall, 
by the fheriff or officer, be immediately 
conveyed and delivered up to the com- 
mander in chief of fome of his Majeily’s 
fhips, or fome commithoned officer em- 
powered to raife men, neareft to the place, 
in order to his being detained to ferve on 
board the fleet ; and the-theriff, jailor, or 
other officer, is to be paid for conducting 
fucn petty ofhcer or feaman, at. the ra‘e of 
two fhillings per mile, by the treafurer of 
the navy; and when it is neecéfiary to 
transter fuch petty officer or feaman from 
one fherifl to another, the fame mu% be 
done by certificate upon the back of the 
procels. And in cafe the theriff or other 
officer fhall refufe to convey them as above, 
at the rate of forty miles per day, he fhall 
be liable to an aétion of irefpafs, at the 
fuit of fuch petty officer, feaman, or per- 
fon fo detained as aforefaid ; and if the 
New Aéis of the Britifh Legiflature, 
«© An A@ forthe Punifhment of Mutiny and 
65 
Defertion, and for the better Payment of 
the Army and their Quarters. 44 Geo. 3y 
Cap. 1g.” (Pafled March 9, 1804.) 
This is an annual act, and the moft 
important claufes are the fame as thofe 
contained in the laft aét. See Vol. xv. 
P+ 370-4 
‘<< An A& for the Regulation of his Majefty’s 
Royal Marine Yorces while on Shore. 44 
‘Geo. 3. cap. 20.” (Palfed March.g, 
1804 ) 
This alfo is an annual aét, and the 
claufes are the fame as thofe in the a&t- 43 
Geo. 3, c. 27, in Vol. KV. p. 370. 
‘© An A& for allowing Veffels employed in 
the Greenland Whiale Fifhery, and°clear- 
ing out from one Port in Great Britain, to 
complete their full Number of Men at cer-= 
tain Ports for the prefent Seafon. a4 Geo. 
3, €. 23. (Paffed March g, 1804.) 
By this a&t it is enaéted, to obviate 
the difficulty in finding men at the re-. 
fpective ports of their firft clearance out 
wards, that for the prefent feafon veflels 
fhecitf or officer fhall fuer fuch perfon to 
efcape, he fail forfeit 100l. by agtion; 
one moiety tothe king, the other to him 
going on this fithery, not provided with — 
the tull employment of men at the port of - 
clearance, may proceed to any of the* 
who fhall fue. 
“An A&to amend two A&s paffed in qt 
and 43 Geo. 3, for permitting Portugal 
Wine to be landed and fo warehoufed in the 
United Kingdom, and to Allow Spanith 
Wine to be landed and warenoufed.’ 44 
Geo, 3. cap.-14.”". (Pafled December 1.5, 
1$03.) 
The time for landing wine is extended 
to July 5, 1805; but no fuch wine which 
fail not arrive before June 1, 1804, fhall 
be admitted to entry unleis {hipped for 
importation before May 1, 1804. 
*¢ An AG for raifing the Sum of 5,000,000. 
by Loans or Exchequer Bills on the Credit 
of fuch Aids or Supplies as have been, or 
fhall be granted by Parliament for the Ser- 
vice of Great Britain for the Year 1304. 
44 Geo. 3. cap. rs.” _ (Pafled December 
15, 1803.) 
Thele exchequer biils bear an intereft 
of 34 percent. per diem. 
*¢ An A& for continuing the Duties upon 
Malt, (annuil AG) -44 Geo. 3. cap. 16. 
(Pailed December 15, 1303 ) 
*¢ An A@ for continuing the Duties on Pen- 
fions, &c.. (annual AG.) 44 Geo. a 
fap. 17. (Pafled December 15, 1803.) 
Montury Mac. No. 125: 
ports in the Forth of Clyde in Lough 
Ryan, or to Lerwick in the lile of Shet- 
land, or Kirkwall ia the Orkneys, and 
complete them, if the number wanted do 
not exceed three men for every fitty tons 
burthen, who may be re-landed there on 
their return ;-and on certificates from the 
owner or mafter, and oath made by him 
at the port of arrival, that the men pro- 
ceeded on the voyage, the veffel is to be 
entitled to the bounty allowed by the 
exifting laws. 
‘© An A&toenable his Majefy to Grant the 
Inheritance in Fee-fimple of ‘certain Ma- 
nors, Meffuages, Lands, and Heredita~ 
ments, in the Parifhes of Byflect, Wey- 
briagé, Walton; Leigh; and Chertfey, in 
the County of Surry, to his Royal High- 
nefs Frederick Duke of York and Albany, 
for a valuable Confideration. a4 Geo. 3, ¢. 
25” (Pafled March 9, 1304 ) 
The object of this aft, is fully explained 
by the title, and it is only neceflary to 
add, for the information of our readers, 
that the confideration is to be, a full and 
adequate confideration in money, to be va~ 
lued and afcertained by the proper officers 
of the crown, and to be paid into the 
Bank of England, in the name of the 
lords of the treafury, for the porpofe of 
I being 
