A List of the Public Bills which received the Royal Assent in the Course of the Present Session of Parliament, from its opening on January 15, 1805, to the 12th of July, when it terminated, inclusive.

February 7th, 1805.

An act for continuing and granting to his majesty, certain duties upon malt in Great Britain, for the service of the year 1805.

An act for continuing and granting to his majesty a duty on pensions, offices, and personal estates in England, and certain duties on sugar, malt, tobacco, and snuff, in Great Britain, for the service of the year 1805.

An act to remedy certain omissions in an act, passed in the last session of Parliament, intituled, "An act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors."

February 22d.

An act to continue, until six weeks after the commencement of the next session of parliament, an act made in the last session of parliament, for continuing an act to empower the Lord Lieutenant, or other chief governor or governors of Ireland, to apprehend and detain such persons as he or they shall suspect for conspiring against his majesty's person and government.

An act for explaining and amending an act, made in the 43d year of his present majesty, for consoli. dating certain of the provisions contained in any act or acts, relating to the duties under the management of the commissioners for the affairs of taxes, and for amending the same, so far as relates to the power of acting as commissioners in certain districts.

An act to indemnify such persons in the United Kingdom, as have omitted to qualify themselves for of. fices and employments, and for ex tending the times limited for those purposes respectively, until the 25th day of December, 1805; to permit such persons in Great Britain, as have omitted to make and file aff davits of the execution of indentures of clerks to attornies and solicitors to make and file the same, on or before the first day of Michaelmas term, 1805.

An act for raising the sum of three millions by loans on exchequer bills, for the service of Great Britain, for the year 1805.

An act for granting to his majesty, until the 25th day of March, 1806, certain rates and duties, and to allow certain drawbacks and bounties upon goods, wares, and merchandize, imported into, and exported from, Ireland, in lieu of former rates and duties, drawbacks and bounties. An act for granting to his majesty, until the 25th day of March, 1806, certain inland duties of excise and taxes in Ireland, in lieu of former duties of excise and taxes.

An act for granting to his majesty certain stamp duties in Ireland.

An act for repealing certain duties upon letters and packets sent by the post within Ireland, and granting other duties in lieu thereof.

An act for granting to his majesty a duty upon malt made in Ireland, and upon spirits made or distilled in Ireland, for the year 1805.

An act to continue until the 25th day of March, 1806, and to amend several acts for regulating the draw.

backs and bounties on the exportation of sugar from Ireland.

An act for further continuing, until the 25th day of March, 1806, an act passed in the 43d year of his present majesty, for discontinuing certain drawbacks and bounties on the exportation of sugar from Great Britain, and for allowing other drawbacks and bounties in lieu thereof.

An act to continue an act for suspending the operation of an act, of the 17th year of his present majesty, for restraining the negociation of promissory notes and bills of exchange, under a limited sum, in England, until six months after a ratification of a definitive treaty of peace,

An act for continuing several laws relating to the permitting the warehousing of spirits in Ireland for exportation; for charging a duty on the same when taken out for home consumption; and for regulating the exportation to Great Britain of spirits not warehoused, until the 29th day of September, 1805; to the prohibiting the exportation from, and permitting the importation to, Great Britain of corn, and for allowing the importation of other articles of provision, without payment of duty, and to the prohibiting the exportation from Ireland of corn or potatoes, or other provi sions, and to the permitting the im portation into Ireland of corn, fish, and other provisions, without payment of duty, until the 25th day of March, 1806.

An act to enable the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury of Great Britain, to issue exchequer bills, on the credit of such aids or supplies as have been, or shall be, granted by parliament for the service of Great Britain, for the year 1805.

April 5th.

An act for granting to his majesty additional stamp duties in Great Britain, on certain legacies.

An act for granting to his majesty additional duties within Great Britain, on certain goods, wares, and merchandize, imported into, or brought or carried coastwise.

An act for granting to his majesty several additional duties of excise in Great Britain.

April 10th.

An act for allowing a certain porportion of the militia in Great Britain, voluntarily to enlist into his majesty's regular forces and royal marines.

An act for granting to foreign ships, put under his majesty's protection, the privileges of prize ships, under certain regulations and restrictions, and for allow ing aliens, in foreign colonies sur rendered to his majesty, to exer cise the occupations of merchants or factors, during the present war, and until six months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace.

An act to make valid certain licences, granted by virtue of an or der in council, for allowing the importation and exportation of certain goods and merchandize, from and to Spain in neutral vessels, and for indemnifying all persons concerned in advising such order, or grant ing or acting under such licences.

An act to permit the importation of goods and commodities, from countries in America, belonging to any foreign European sovereign or state, in neutral ships, during the present war, and until six months after the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace.

An act to continue until the 1st

day of June, 1806, and amend an act, passed in the 37th year of his present majesty's reign, for carrying into execution the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation, between his majesty and the United States of America.

An act to enable the East India Company to appoint the commander-in-chief on the Bengal establishment, to be a member of the council of Fort William in Bengal ; notwithstanding the office of governorgeneral of Fort William, and the office of commander-in-chief of all the forces in India, being vested in the same person.

An act for increasing the rates of subsistence to be paid to inn-keepers and others, on quartering soldiers.

April 11th.

An act for allowing a certain proportion of the militia in Ireland, voluntarily to enlist into his majesty's forces and royal marines.

An act to continue, until the 29th day of September, 1805, and amend an act, made in the parliament of Ireland, in the 40th year of his present majesty, for better regulating the issuing and granting of permits and certificates for the conveyance and protection of trade in exciseable goods therein mentioned, and to prevent frauds by dealers in, or retailers of, such goods, so far as the same respects permits for spirits or spirituous liquors.

May 17th.

An act to extend the provisions of an act, made in the last session of parliament, for preventing the counterfeiting of certain silver coin, issued by the banks of England and Ireland respectively, to silver pieces which may be issued by the governor and company of the bank of Ireland, called tokens, and to promote the circulation of the said tokens.

An act to amend the laws for improving and keeping in repair the post roads in Ireland, and for rendering the conveyance of letters by his majesty's post-office, more secure and expeditious.

June 5th.

An act for repealing so much of an act, made in the 34th year of his present majesty, as exempts slate, the value whereof shall not exceed 20s. per ton, brought coastwise within Great Britain, from the duty thereby granted.

An act for making perpetual certain additional duties of excise on wine imported into Great Britain, granted by two acts, passed in the 43d and 44th years of his present majesty; and to allow a drawback of the said duties to admirals, captains, and other commissioned officers, for wine consumed on board Lis majesty's ships of war.

An act to continue until the end of the next session of parliament, and amend an act made in the 43d year of his present majesty, for appointing commissioners to enquire and examine into any irregularities, frauds, or abuses, which are or have been practised by persons employed in the several naval departments therein mentioned.

An act to appoint commissioners

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to enquire and examine into the pub lic expenditure, and the conduct of public business in the military departments therein mentioned; and to report such observations as shall occur to them for correcting or preventing any abuses and irregularities, and for the better conducting and managing the business of the said departments, to continue in force for two years, and from thence until the expiration of six weeks after the commencement of the then next session of parliament.

An act for appointing commis sioners for putting into execution an act of this session of parliament, for continuing and granting to his majesty a duty on pensions, offices, and personal estates, in England, and certain duties on sugar, malt, tobacco, and snuff, in Great Britain, for the service of the year 1805; and an act, made in the 38th year of his present majesty, for granting an aid to his majesty, by a landtax to be raised in Great Britain, for the service of the year 1798.

An act to repeal certain parts of an act, made in the 43d year of his present majesty, for granting a colltribution on the profits arising from property, provisions, trades, and offices, and to consolidate and ren. der more effectual the provisions for collecting the said duties.

An act for regulating licences for the sale of spirituous liquors, wine, beer, ale, and cyder, by retail, and for discouraging the immoderate use of spirituous liquors in Ireland.

June 27th.

An act for granting to his majesty certain additional stamp duties, for amending the laws relating to the stamp duties, and for indemnifying

persons