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ap, 6t/bild NUMBER 9307 .] FREEMASONRY. THE PR,OVINCIAL GRAND ANNT viii VERSARY FESTIVAL of the COUNTY of KENT nti ,13e holden at the WHITE HART INN, GRAVESEND, 4-4,IONDAY, July 1, 1822.—The W. Master, Past-Masters, i n " .Wardens of the Lodges, under the jurisdiction of the Pro thectal Authority, are hereby required to attend their duty on p mAn.. ° ccasion. The P. G. L. will be opened at Half-past Ten, ed - r s ion to Church at Twelve. The Sermon will be Preach uj the . Rev. G. DAVIES, A.M. P. G. Chaplain. The .pasetturTehnrew ill Three O,c D ioc IN L E together in the TOWN-HALL, at Half. TICKETS 14s. EACH. lie By Order o RD. THOMPSON, Esq. D.P.G.M. 11 ' ) ad, Rochester f , June 10, 1822. J. GURR, P.G.S. Tu.the PRESIDENT, TREASURER, and GOVERNORS of ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL. I‘IY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, Beg "leave to return you my most grateful a cknowledgments for the distinguished honour of being EL ECTED one of the SURGEONS of your Hospital. MY thanks are particularly due to those Governors who did tne t he favour to vote for me, and I am also highly indebted t) t he many o th er G overnor s who would have attended the ba llot if their presence had been necessary to my success. T ° become a Surgeon of your Hospital has been one of the Pe atest objects of my ambition, and to have been honoured ,: ith the supp or t o f s o large a majority of the Governors, not ithStanding the powerful efforts and influence which were : I . et , t ed on beh a lf o f th e o th er candidates, most of whom de -1 in ed proceeding to the ballot, is perhaps the most gratify -I!vent of m y lif e . _ hall anxiously endeavour to perform the duties of my e in such manner as may justify your choice. And have the honour to be, with great respect, My Lords and Gentlemen, Your much obliged and humitle Servant, - FREDERICK TYRRELL, 3 , St. Lawrence's Church-yard, June 22, 1622. Result of the Ballot: Mr. Berry • . . 3 1 For Mr. Tyrrell . . 74 BRITISH FIRE OFFICE, STRAND apd CORNHILL. STA - BLIgHED in 1799 for Insurance of th an ,. Houses, Buildings, 11Iantifactories, Goods, and Mer 17.q ti i,,ze, Ships, Vessels, and other. Property, on the most 4 . 4 , 1 _ 4 °1e terms, and on principles affording solid and per. vut security to those insured. DIRECTORS, &C. Hon. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD, Chairman. ,3“-lARLES FREEMAN, ESQ. Dqinty Chairman. Si r the Vice Ch ance ll o r Neill Malcolm,,Es q . 'Si r l u nn Cox Flipiiitley, Bart. William Marsh, Esq. Wil P '°l)ert Wig ram , B ar t. Th omas M an d e , E sq . ' la ni Agnew, I. Es( George G. Mills, Esq. A ,j„, P • orio Bebl 11, Esq. Richard C. Plowden, Esq. Esq. John Soane, Esq. ' • ~ d ans s nckerell, Esq. G. H. Sumner, Esq. M.P. 'Henry Deacon, Esq. Robert Taylor, Esq. . 44 6 Freelitag, Esq. . James West, Esq. RICHARD BARNES, Sec. 81 -- s l , • 4 SOLD TWO PRIZES of £20,000, aikl THIRTY-FIVE O THER CAPITA LS in the .LAsT Two MONTHS.- pt EN CAP ILTALS must be DRAWN in the t, First Ten Minutes; the 16th NEXT MONTH. P 0 %hole T en ma y b e gained for a Risk of Nineteen kik t n i d s; fur ; by-th e pl an a d o pt e d, ' a Wh o l e. T i c k et w ill nth % ;,"}• only,cost 11. 18s. and a Sixteen - tit only Ponr Shillings, Ticeixplainea iu•the Schemes, which are given gratis. . I,t o b 'els and Shares are selling by 131511, Stock-Broker, 14 11 1 '111 i, and 9, Charing Cross, London; and by hisTlVientS Pr e L'ountry hef " e "t•Price of a Ticket is 211. 13s . and if returned on or h e ( le 26th JULY, 201. may be received back, though it may ko4 t i t ' a ,wil a Blank, small Prize, or undrawn ; so that the Ik e fat can he lost is 11. 18s. after having had a chance for all Nay L en Capitals, which must he drawn, and all tho , s . e which it p ve drawn ; and the most which can be lost by a Sixteenth hai ( 4 l, Shillings; other . Shares "in proportion, after having 'cry l ' same chance as th e Whale Tickets. 'e,d,, e S cheme contains Two of . 4'3o,oool—Two of ;020,000.! 1 :' Coo so! s and Money. , ,911i t e The rices Of Stocks are affixed hourly against BISH'S ' 4 • 14 C o ral •11 b WI the Public may see the flue ationl. ii , 3 , w lc k i I . TON 3 Stock-Broker , 2 ) `CORNIIILL, I ,..trv e „and LOMBARD-STREET, wishes his Friends to ob -41,i-,"inat this Lottery presents the Chance of gaining Great i s ,, 4 ' at Chanceos trifling risk for the Purchasers, after '44 4 ,', t he of the First Day, will be allowed to re 101411'neir Rickets or Shares • whether they he drawn Blanks, t r il ')•,..t i• res• orundra • wn and may receive nearly the Money 1 4 'ek as under (\ - •klr ••• • costs .....X2l 18 0 may receive back.£2o 0 0 ;11 to ••• costs . 11'17 0 may receive flack.. 10 12 0 i', i th r h —r • • costs ..• 519 0 may receive back.. 5 6 0 ;St t p ",„• • costs' .7. • 3 0 6 may receive back..' 213 0 ,1 1 1 e ,j,"; costs ••• • 1 10, 6 may receive baile.. '1 6 6 " 1..° : wish to a • v • ail • themselves of this offer must bring in h'kets or Shares on or before the 26th of JULY, as l att r : l be taken back aftei that Day:—And thus, each Ad. - I,nly hazards, i,`"rty-Eight Shillings for a.... Ticket rt .tir Shillings-. for a.... Sixteenth. I:s4 C APITALS of £OOOO, £lOOO, £5OO, £2OO, &c. Are sure to be drawn on the First Day. kc.a. TWO of £3O 0001—TWTwo of X 10,600! Consols a n d Mu ' ne y .—Not Blanks so a Prize. Begins 16th of JULY. - To be in the Downs, 7th July. FOR CALCUTTA DIRECT, THE Fine SHIP WOODFORD, A 1, Burtben 600 Tons, lying ifs the East `4,...4,„„ India Export Dock, ALFRED CHAPMAN, Commander. 1 1)„ 1 For Freight or Passage, apply. to the Com 1411\;ert'' at the Jerusalem Coffee-horse, or to JOHN CHAP- Co., 2 , L ea d en h a ll- street. INv r , <NTION to PREVENT MILDEW' in every kind of CANVAS for SAILS and STORES. • SHIP-OWNERS of GREAT BRI ihLL %AIN are respectfully informed - by Messrs. BRO. eNE N ''"d ,CO.. that before the Peace their method of ON!, LING MILDEW in SAIL-CLOTH . was most stic ,As'ardsi tried under tbe direction of the Admiralty and Navy a i r 4 parts of the Globe,—the official documents of A e, Ch eln their possession: It has lately been used for the ;',itie4llt Service in the East and West Indies, the Coast of 4 the Pd all parts of the Globe. It has had the sanction owth an d dent of the Royal Society, the Secretary to the ners .cletices together xiith the Conint;ttee u . f Ship- Cee • o f London its Effects have not failed in a single in tV're;F:verY kind of Canvas to which it is applied is greatly in Colour and Strength, the Scotch and Browner si t ti:twnether made of .Hemp or Flax, (the former of which 11,,Ng e ltr "ngest), are rendered more pliable—take less a p ° l l a n ' are more easy handed, and less subject to Chafe the at unprepared Canvas. New Arrivals and Testimonials fir e les "ailY occurring —all of which prove that, by using a' h t C OSU S e q.en Y all-Cloth, 20 per Cent. may be saved in !he to L itt), f eC °I Equipment, exclusive of increased Durability, Litt), several Testimonials in their Possession, appears li ttl e 11.:„ ° . ".ie that of Unprepared Sail-Clotb,, and requires of s vt ir. The Expence is ss. per Bolt, which for a whole Ca gy ails in a Ship of 250 Tons does not exceed 121.—A1l 0,4 04 sent to their Warehouse, No. 23, Aldermanbury, 4 e Ys, th, will be returned to any part of the Town ' in a few same Lengthand Breadth as at first, Stamped in their Name & If 20 or more Bolts, the Fright e defra d ' c ' p a _ Ye back to the Outports. V.eeal Pieces of Sails which hare been tried in 1 41; 11 4 4 1 '4ns of the Globe, as well as all the Documents, may l e ha s their' Warehouse.—lmproved Scotch Sail-Cloth, 4 .ll , t hr s. et undergone. the Process, may be always had at Bal"hitters and Guthrie's, Idol-lane, Tower-street, •oan nn . " 5, 78 ) Queen-ittect, Cheapside. I I ,~ THE NAUTICAL, REGISTER. ANEW WEEKLY PAPER, devoted prin cipally to MARITIME and COMMERCIAL Sub jects, and combining the Varieties of a Newspaper. , On WEDNESDAY NEXT, the `-'ith June, will appear the First Number of THE NAUTICAL REGISTER, in Folio, Price id. Published by J. Appley a rd, a t th e Nautical,Regis ter Office 19, Catharine-street, Strand, by whom Advertise ments and Communications to the Editor (Post-paid) will be thankfully received.—Orders taken by all Newsmen, and by Newton and Company, Warwick-squ a re.—Sold by Mr. J. M. Richardson, Bookseller, i 3, Cornhill ; Mr. Warren, Bookseller, 19, Old Bond-street; and Mr. Cox, Bookseller, Berners-street, Oxford-street. WATKINS'S CONVEYANCING, FOURTH EDITION,with KEENE'S NOTES. This Day were Published, in .svo., Price 9s. in boards, 111 HE PRINCIPLES of CONVEYANCING, -IL designed for the use of Students; with an Introduction on the Study of that branch of Law, By CHARLES WATKINS, Esq. Barrister at Law. The Fourth Edition, considerably enlarged by the introduc tion of Additional References, Recent Decisions, and Nees; with an Index. By W. C. L: KEENE, Esq. of Grays Inn, Barrister at Law. London : Printed for Henry Butterworth, Law Bualiseller, No. 7, Fleet-street, between the Temple Gates. *** This is the only Edition complete, published from the last corrections of the Author, and with au Index. FOR CORNS, !BUNIONS, &c. MORRIS'S ROYAL .BRUNSWICK CORN PLASTER, prepared from. a Receipt belong_. ing to her late Majesty. It is an excellent Remedy for eradi cating Corns, and giving relief to those who have bard fleshy substances at the bottom of their feet, without the. least pain or inconvenience, and will prove a very useful Family Plaster for fresh Wounds and Scalds, likewise for Bunions. Prepared by G. MORRIS, Chemist to the Royal Family, Kensington, and sold in Boxes at Is. and 2. 9d. by Butler's Chemists, No. 4, Cheapside, St. Paul's, and 220, Regent Street, (near tine Argyle Rooins,) London ; 20, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh,, and 34, Sackville Street,. Dublin ; and by the principal Medi cine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. N. B. Purchasers are requested to ask for " MORRIS!s, BRUNSWICK CORN PLASTER," and to observe the name and : address of " Butler, 4, Cheapside," are engraved on the` stamp attached to each box, to distinguish the Genuine from IMITATIONS under similar titles. ROMAN CATHOLIC PEERS BILL. CONTENTS FOR THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL TO ADMIT THE CATHOLIC PEERS TO SIT IN PARLIAMENT. PRESENT. Duke of Sussex , Earl of Bristol Lord Say and Selo Lord President Delaware Howard, 1 4 - fling- Duke of Somerset Dartmouth ham Grafton ' Grosvenor Ho ward Walden Devonshire Fortescue Ducie Portland Carnarvon i ' King *. - Buckingham Ormond Granthain Marq. of Lan idown ' Darnley Holland ' . Bute Donoughmore Foley Downshire Caledon Amherst Conyngham Limeric Gage Earl of Derby Egmont Grenville • Thanet Cork Auckland Essex Rosslyn Berwick Jersey Gosford Dundas Elgin Wilton Calthorpe - Cassilis Giev ' De Dunstanville Galloway Bradford Lilford Lauderdale -- St. Germains Crewe Aberdeen Blesinton ' ' Ellenborough Rosebei y , Morley Cawdor _ . Oxford Viscount Melville Erskine Cowper Clitilen Alvanley Harrington Granville Braybroke Fitwilham Bishop of Norwich Downe Darlington Lord Clinton Stuart Albemarle Dacre - Maryburgh PROXIES. Earl Mulgrave Earl Granath Lord Glastonbury Minto Lord Colville Earl of Guilford Visct. Bolingbroke Earl Somers Viscount Anson Earl of Breadalbane Duke of Hamilton Earl Hardwicke Lord Lyndoch Lord Sondes - Lord Carrington Earl ofßessborough Duke of Leinster • Marquis of Sligo Carysfort Viscount Duncan Lord Sherborne Marq. Queensberry Earl of Suffolk . Gwydir Lord Abercrombie - Waldegrave ' Ashburton Marg. of Tweedale Lord Yarborough Earl of Carlisle Lord Belhaven Duke of Bedford Visct. Melbourne Hutchinson Earl Spencer Hereford Marquis Wellesley Marquis of Stafford Earl Lucan Earl of Kingston Farl of Wicklow Duke of Argyll Lord Hill Lord Suffield Earl Mount Cashell Marq. of Anglesey Earl Charlemont St. Vincent NOT CONTENTS.—PRESENT. Duke of York Earl Bathurst Lord Selsey Archbp.Canterbury Digby Rolle Lord Chancellor Mansfield Bayning Archbp. of Dublin ' Abergavenny Bolton Lord Privy Seal Romney Northwick Duke of Richmond Liverpool St. Helens • Beaufort - ' Powis - Redesdale Rutland Manvers Boston Northumberland Lonsdale Arden Wellington Farnham Gambier Montrose Belmore Combermere Marq. Winchester Enniskillen Harris - Bath Longford Colchester Cornwallis Courtoun ' Rivensworth Exeter Harewood Delamere Ailesbury Whitworth Glenlyon Northampton Vernlam Rocksavage Lothian Falmouth Stowell Talbot Visct. Torrington Sydney Hampden Lake • Sidmouth Exmouth Lord De Clifford Willoughby De - Broke Bagot Dynevor Walsingham Montagu Kenyon PROXIES. Bishop of Hereford Lord Manners Earl Beauchamp Winchester Le Despencer Lord Rivers Marq. of Salisbury Napier Forrester Viscount Carleton Earl Stanhope Ribblesdale Duke of Clarence Howe Viscount Maynard Earl of Bucking- O'Neil Lord Vernon hamshire Huntingdon Earl Strange Lord Wodehouse Duke of Gordon Coventry Saltoun Lord Forbes Lord Audley Zouche Earl Kellie Marquis Huntly Earl Poulett -Rochford Earl Mount Edge- Bishp.ofGlou cester Lord Middleton cumbe Earl Morton Marquis Th. mond Carrick Marq. Cholmonde- Earl of Chichester Radnor ley Duke of Marlbo- Mayo Viscount Dudley & • rough Abingdon Ward Earl Charleville Bishop of Bristol DukeofManchester Lord Oriel Earl of Portsmouth Bishop of Carlisle Earl Harcourt Rosse Earl Stradbroka Marquis of Ely Lord Rodney Macclesfield Earl of Malmsbury Viscount Arbuth- Lord Beresford Douglas not Earl Nelson Lord Middleton Earl of Balcarras Earl of Pembroke Denbigh Bridgewater Cardigan Shaftesbury Stamford Winchelsea Brownlow Scarborough Plymouth Aylesford Aboyne Glasgow Wemyss Kinnoul Bishop of London Worcester Bangor Lincoln St. David's Salisbury St. Asaph Oxford Ely Chester Landaff Exeter Ossory Clonfert. .......... .... _,..... Ferrers , Bp.of Peterborough Lord Sincl a i r „., Bishop of Durham Earl Home Duke of Dorset Chichester Cathcart - Newcastle. Marg. of Waterford Contents Present, 80—Proxies, 49 129, Not-Contents, Present, 97—Proxies, 74 171 Majority 42. •/ J l . . . . , • - •' ' ' :\ V l' ki ' , . ''-• t• • A .,.... ..._. . NM Ol af • '5 , . ,, ". :-"Ii1;----Iii,_:. ,•:, A ._„..,---...,,,,,, c ,, ,, , ..,,...„-z— -/12 dcz,Tele-4t? ~ - MONDAY, .UNE 24, 1822. PARLIAMEIVARY PAPER. THE (NADAS. A BILL to make more Effeial Provision for the GOVERN MENT of the PROVIDES of LOWER and UPPER CANADA, to regulate.he TRADE thereof, and for other Purposes relating theto. Whereas, in the present siation of the Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, as we with relation to Great Britain as to each other, a joint Legisture for both the said Provinces would be more likely to praote their general security and pro sperity than a separate Ldslature for each of the said Pro vinces as at present by la established : Be it therefore en acted, by the King's Most xcellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the cords Spirit al and Temporal, and Commons in this p resent ?arliamentlassembled and by the authority of the same, theso much' of an Act asseel in the thirty-first year of th e re i f o f his Majesty King George the Third, intituled' " An .et to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the 14th year of& Majesty's reign,. intituled • An Act for making more effectal provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America, and to make fur ther provision for the Goernment of-the said Proyince,' as provides for the composing nd constituting within each-of the said Provinces • respectivel, a Legislative Council and As sernbly, and for the•passinpf Laws by the Lkislative Coun cil and Assembly of each frovince, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed, except in s% far as the same or any of the pro visions thereof may, by this present Act, be continued or ap plied to the purposes of the jont Legislature, to be constituted in manner hereinafter mentiortd. Provided also, that so much of an Art passed in the fourteenth year of the reign of his said late Majesty, intituled "An Act for making more effectual provision for the Governmen• of the Province of Quebec in North America," as is repealel by the said Act passed in the 31st year aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken to be, and shall remain repealed. • And be it further enacted, That from and after the there shall be within the' said two. Provinces, and for the same jointly one Legislative Council, and one Assenbly, to be composed and consti tuted- in manner hereimfter described, and which shall be called the -Legislative (buncil and Assenlbly of the Canadas ; and that - , within the said provinces, or either of them, hip .11 1 1Ajesty, his heirs, or successors, shall have power, ;hiring th'e continuaice of this Act, by and With the advice and consent of the said Legislative Council and Assembly of the Canadas, to make laws for the peace, welfare, and good government of the said provinces. or either of them, such laWs not being repugnant to this Act, nor to such parts of the said Act, passed in the 31st year aforesaid, as are not hereby re pealed ; and that all such laws being passed, by the said Le gislative Council and Assembly, and assented to by his Ma jesty, his heirs, or successors L-re-assented to in his Majestys name by the Governor-in-Chief in and over the said provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, or in case of the death or absence of such Governor-in-Chief, by the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Upper Canada for the time being, or in case of the death or absence of such Lieutenant-Governor, then by the Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada for the time being, or in case there shall be no Lieutenant-Governor at such time resident in the province of Lower Canada, then by the person administering thereof foi the time being, shall be, and the same are hereby de c l are d t o b e 'b y v i rtue o f and under the au thority of this Act, valid and binding to all intents and pur poses whatever within the said two Provinces. And be it fur ther enacted, That present Members of the Legislative Coun cils of-bower and Upper Canada shall, by virtue of this Act, and without any new or other Commission for that purpose, consti tute fogether the Legislative Council of the Canadas which said Members shall take p rece d eqce i n t h e joint Legislative Coun cil according .to the date of the instruments by which they were Originally summoned to the Legislative Councils of the two Provinces respectively. And that'it shall also be lawful for his Majesty, .his heirs or successors, from time to time, by an instrument under his or their sign manual, to authorize and di rect thi said Governor-in-Chief, or in Case Of his death or ab sence, such other person, and in order respectively,- as is here inbefore directed, to summon to the said Legislative Council by an instrument under - a seal to be transmitted by his Ma 'esty to the Governor-in-Chief, or under , any other seal which the said Governor-in-Chief shall be by his Map' jesty directed to use for the purposes of this Act, and which shall be called th e G reat Se a l o f t h e Canadas, And shall be applied only to the purposes directed by this Act, such other person or persons as his Majesty, his heirs, or successors, shall think fit : and that every person who shall be so sum moned to the said Legislative Council shall thereby become a Member,thereof. And be it further enacted, That persons only shall be summoned to the said Legislative Council as by the said above-Mentioned Act passed in the thirty-first year afore said, are, directed to be summoned to the Legislative Council of said two Provinces respectively, and that every Member of the said Legislative Council shall hold his seat for the same term, and with the same rights, titles, honour, ranks, digni ties, privileges, and'immunities, and subject to the same pro visions, conditions, restrictions, limitations, and forfeitures,' and to the same mode of proceeding for hearing and determin ing by the said Legislative Council all questions which shall arise touching the same, as are in the said Act, passed in the thirty-first year aforesaid, mentioned and contained with re spect to the Members thereby directed to be summoned to the Legislative Council of the two Provinces respectively—And be it further enacted, That the Governor-in-Chief; or in case of his death or absence such other person, and in such order re spectively as is herein-before directed, shall have power and authority, from time to time, bran instrument under the Great Seal of the Canadas ' to. constitute, appoint, and r e m ov e th e Speaker of , the said Legislative Council.—And be it further enacted, That the Members at present composing the Assem blies of the said two Provinces shall, together with such new Members as shall or may be returned for either of the said Provinces respectively, in manner hereinafter-mentioned, form and constitute the Assembly of the Canadas, and shall be and continue until the unless sooner dissolved ; and that in case of a dissolution of the said Assembly, or of vacancies occurring therein, Members shall be resumed from the same counti e s a n d places, and in the same man ner and in, the same numbers except as hereinafter other wise proVided, as now by law they are returned within the two Provinces respectively : And whereas an Act was passed by the Provincial Legislature of Upper Canada in the sixtieth year of the reign of his said late Majesty, intituled " An Act for increasing the representation of the Commons of this Province in the House of Assembly." Be it therefore fur ther enacted, :hat the said Act and all the provisions therein contained, except a hereinafter, othcrivise provided, shall re main in full force and effect, and shall be applied to the repre sentation-of the said Province of Upper Canada in the joint Assembly, in like manner as the same were applicable to the representation thereof in the Assembly of the said Province of Upper Canada before this Act was passed.—And be it further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government of the said Provinces of Lower Canada for the time being, from time to time as he shall judge expedient, from and out of that part of the said Province of Lower Canada which has been erected into townships since the numbers of Representa tives for the said Provinces settled by Proclamation, to form and erect new counties, by instrument or instruments under the Great Seal of the said Province, each such new county to consist of not less than six townships, and that when and so often as any such new county shall be formed and erected as aforesaid, the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person admi nistering the Government of the said Province of Lower Ca nada, shall issue a writ for the election of one Member to serve for the same in the Assembly ; and that whensoever the said Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administer ing the Government as aforesaid shall deem it expedient, that any such new county or any county heretofore erected within the said Province of Lower Canada, and at present represented by only one Member, shall be represented by two Members ; he shall in like manner issue writs for that purpose. Provided' always,. that no subdivision of any counties now erected, or to be hereafter erected within either of the said Provinces, except as hereinbefore provided, Nith,respect to the said townships, shall extend or be construed to extend to increase the numbers of RepresentativeS for such counties. Provided also, that the num ber of Represientatives for each County shall not exceed And be it further enacted, that no Act by which the number of representatives of either province shall be altered, shall here after be passed by his Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the said Legislative Council and Assembly, unless the same shall have been,passed by at least of the numbers present at the question for the second and third read ing of the same, in the said Legislative Council and Assembly respectively; and be it further enacted, That all and oyery the provisions and regulations, respecting the appointment and no mination duties, privileges, and liabilities of, returning officers : for either of the said provinces respectively, and respecting the eligibility, qualifications, and disability of persons to sit as Members in the said Assembly, or to vote on the election of such Members, and respecting any oath to be•caken by candi dates or voters at such elections, and respecting all other pro ceedings atsuch election, and respecting the times and places of holding such elections as are contained in the said abOve mentioned Act, passed in the thirty-first year aforesaid, except in so far as the said provisions and regulations are hereby in any wise altered, shall remain and continue in force in both of the said Provinces, and that all and every the provisions and regUlations respecting the objects above enumerated, or any of them which are contained in any Act or Acts of the 'Provincial Legislatures, which are now in force in either of the said Pro vinces respectively, shall remain and continue hi force within such Province, except as the same are hereby in any . ways al tered, until otherwise provided for by the joint Legislature.— And be it further enacted, That when and so often as herein after it may be necessary to summon and call together a new Assembly for the said two Provinces, it shall and may be law ful for the said Governor in Chief, or in case of his death or absence, then for such other person and in such order respec tively as is hereinbefore directed, by an, instrument wider the said Great Seal of the Canadas, to summon and call together the said Assembly, as hereinafter expressed and provided.— And be it further enacted, That writs for the election of Mem bers to serve in the said Assembly shall be issued by the Go vernor, Lieutenant Governor, or person administering the Go vernment of the Province, within. which such Members shall be chosen respectively in the same manner, and directed to the same officers, and returnable within the same period as in and by the said Act made and passed in the,thirty-first year afore said is directed and provided.—And be it furter enacted, That on the first general election af 'Members for the said Assembly, which shall take place from and after the and on all subsequent elections i whether general or for particular places in cases of vacancy, which shall be holden in either of the said Provinces, no person shall be capable of being.elected, who shall not be legally possessed to his own use and benefit of lands and tenements, within one or other of the said Pro vinces, of the value of ' sterling, over and above all rents, charges, and incumbrances, which may affect the same, such lands and . tenements being by him held in freehold, in fief, or in roture, and that every candidate at such, election, before he shall be capable of being elected, shall, if required by any other candidate, or by the returning o eff ffi e ccetr:.... , take an oath in_ the following terms or to the following " I, A. 8., do swear, that I am - legally and bona fide pos " sensed, to my own use and benefit, glands and tenements of " the Province of Canada of the value of " over and above all rents, charges, and incumbrances, which " may affect the same, and that the said lands and tenements " are by me held in freehold, in fief, or in roture, (as the case " may be) and that I haVe not obtained the sane fraudulently " for the purpose of enabling me to be returned Member to the " Assembly of the Canadas; and also that I am otherwise " qualified, according to the provisions of liaw, to be elected and-rettaned to serve as a Member thereof." Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained shall ' be construed to affect any Act - now in force, in either of the said Provinces respectively relatingto the qualification (other than as respects property) of any candidate or voter at Elections. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall-knowingly • a6d wilfully take a false oath respecting his qualification, either • as candidate or voter at any Election as aforesaid, and shall • thereof he lawfully convicted, such person shall be liable to the pains and penalties by law inflicted on persons guilty of in the ,Province in which- such false oath shall have been • taken.—And be it further enacted, That - whenever hereafter any question shall arise, 'touching the validity of the Election • or return of'any person in'. either Province, to serve,in the • Assembly, such question shall be tried in the joint Assembly according to the mode of 'proceeding new established by Law in that Province, in which the disputed' Election or, return shall have been made, Until a uniform course of -proceeding 5441 be duly established for both Provincese—And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Governor-in-Chief, or in case of his death or absence, -then for such: other person, and in such order respectively as hereinbefore•directed, if at any time he shall deem it expedient, to summon and authorize by an instrument under his hand and seal . Members of the Executive Council of each Province to sit in every Assembly with 'power of debating therein, and with all other powers, privileges, a nd immunities of the ill,einheri thereof, except that of voting. • And be it further enacted, That the said Legislative Council and Assembly shall be called together for the first time at some -period, not later than the - , and once afterwards, in every calendar months, and 'that the said Go vernor-in-Chief, or in case of his death or absence, such other.person, and in such order respectively as is hereinbefore direct., ed, shall and may convene the first and -every other Session of the said Legislative Council and 'Assembly, ;at such, places within either Province, and at such times under the restrictions aforesaid, as he shall judge most conducive to the general con venience, giving due and sufficient notice thereof, and shall have power to prorogue the same from time to time, and to dis-• solve the same by Proclamation or otherwise, •whenever he shall deem it necssary or expedient.—And be it further enacted; that every Assembly hereafter to be summoned or chosen, , shall continue for years, from the day of the return of the writs for choosing, the same, .and do longer, subject neverthe less to be sooner prorogued or dissolved by the said Governor in -Chief, or in case of his deatheor absence, of such other per son, and in such order respectively .as is hereinbefore directed. And be it further enacted, e rhat all quesiions which shalt arise in the said Legislative Council or Assembly, except in the cases herein otherwise provided, shall be decided by the neejority of voices of such Members as shall be present; and that in all cases where the voices shall be equal, the Speaker of such Council er Assembly shall have a casting voice.—Provided al ways and be it further enacted, that no Member either of the Legislative Council or Assembly 'shall be permitted to sit.or tote therein, -until he shall have taken and subscribed the oath prescribed for that purpose by the said Act, passed in the 31st yesr aforesaid, before a person duly . authorised to administer the same, as in and by the said Act is directed.—And be itriir tlier enacted, that any Bill which shall be passed by -the Legis lative Council and Assembly, shall be assented for his Ma jesty's assent to the said Governor-in-Chief, On in case of his death or absence, to such other person and in such order re spectively as is hereinbefore directed, ivho shall, according to his discretion, declare or williold his Majesty's assent to such Bill, or receive Well Bill - for the signification of his Majesty's pleasure thereo'n, subject always to the same provisions and re gulations with respect to Bills which may either be assented to or from which his Majesty's 'assent may be witholden, or which may be reserved as aforesaid, as the case may be, ,as in and by the said Act, passed in the thirty-first year aforesaid, as contained- and enacted with regard to such Bills respectively.—And' be it further enacted, That all laws, statutes, or ordinances, which are in force at the time of passing of this Act within the said Provinces, or either of them, or in any part thereof respectively, shall remain and continue to be of the same force, authority, and effect, in each of.elie said provinces respectively, as if this Act had not been made, except in as far as the same are repealed or varied by this Act, or in so far as the same shall* may be hereafter, by virtue of and' under the authority a this Act, repealed or varied by his Ma jesty, his heirs or successors, by and with the advice and con sent of the same Legislative Council and Assembly.—And be it further enacted, That all rights, privileges, immunities, and advantages, which are at present legally exercised and,enjoyed by the Members of the Assemblies of Lower and Upper Ca nada respectively, shall continue to be exercised and enjoyed by them as Members of the. said Assemblies of the Canadas in as full and ample a manner as heretofore : Provided always, that no privilege of the said Legislative Council, or of the said Assembly, shall extend, or be construed to extend, to autho rise the' imprisonment of any of . his Majesty's subjects, not being Members of the said - Legislative Council, or of the said Assembly, or officers or servants of the said BodieS resnet7- tively, Until an Act be passed declaatory of the rights and-pri vileges of the said Bodies in this• respect.--e An d. be it further enacted, That from and after the , all written pro- ceedings, of what nature so ever, of the said Legislative Coun cil and Assembly, or either of them, "shal? be An the English language, and none other ; and that at the end of the space of years, from and after the all debates in the said Legislative Council, or in the said Assembly, shall be carried on in the English language; and none other.—And whereas by the said Act of the' Imperial Parliament of Great ' Britain, made and passed in the fourteenth year aforesaid, in tituled " An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America," it was"; amongst other things, declared, that his Majesty's sub jecteeprofessing the religion of the Church of Rome,-of and in the said Province of Quebec, might have, hold, and enjoy the free exercise of the said religion, subject-to the King's supre macy, as in the said Act mentioned and that the Clergy of PRICE SEVENPENCE. Ithe said Church might hold, receive, and enjoy their accus. torned dues and rights with respect to such persons only as should profess the said religion.—Be• it . therefore further enacted and declared, That nothi ng i n thi s A c t con t a i ne d, nor, any Act to be passed by the said joint legislation, nor any resolution or other proceeding of the said Legislature, Council, or Assembly, shill in any wise affect, or be construed to affect, the free exercise of the religion of the Church of Rome by his Majesty's subjects, professing the same within either of the said Provinces, but the same may continue to be exercised, and the Clergy of the said Church, and the several curates, of each respective parish of the ,said Province of Lima Canada, now performing the clerical duties thereof, or who shall here after, with the approb a ti on an d consen t o f his Majesty, ex pressed in writing by the Go vern o r; or Lieutenant Governor, or person administering the Government of the Said Province of Lower Canada fo r the time being, be thereto duly collated, appointed, or inducted, may continue to bold, receive, and enjoy their accustomed dues and rights, in as fell and ample manner, to all intents and, purposes, as heretofore, and as .is provided and declared by the said last-mentioned Act.—And be it further enacted. That all the provisions, regulationa, and restrictions, made and imposed in and by the said Act, passed ,lx the thirty-first year aforesaid, with respect to any Act or A C t,S ‘ te on ta 'fling any.provisions -of' the Mature therein particu larly mentioned and specified, shall and the same are hereby declared to extend and apply to eac h an d every A ct w hi c h shall be passed by the said Legislative Council and Assembly, and which shall contain any provision of the nature, in and by the said last mentioned Act, set forth and specified.—And be it further enacted, That all and every the accounts, returns, papers, and documents, which by any Act now in term in either Province, are directed to be laid before the Legislature thereof respectively shall, under the penalties therein provided, be in like manner transmitted and laid before the Legislature of the Canadas during the continuance of such Acts.—And be it further enacted,.That the officers and other persons receiving salaries or allowances, in respect Of service rendered by them in the Legislatures of their respective Provinces, shall continue to receive such salaries and allowances as heretofore, until other wise provided for by any Act which shall be passed by his Ma jesty, his heirs, or successors, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Canadas. Andwhereas doubts have been entertained, whether the tenures of lands within the said Provinces of Upper and Lower-Canada, holden in fief, seignency, can legally be charged ' • and whereas, it may ma terially tend to th improvement of such lands, and to the ge neral advantage of the said Provinces, that such tenures may henceforth be changed in manner hereinafter mentioned. Be it therefore further enacted and declared, that if any person or persons holding any lands in the said Provinces of Lower and. Upper Canada, or either of them in fief and seignency, and having legal power and authority to •alienate the same, shall at any time, from and after the , surrender the same into the hands of his Majesty, his heirs, or successors, and shall by petition to his Majesty, or. to the Governor or Lieu tenant-Governor, or person administering the Government of the Province, in which, the lands sq, holden shall be situated, set forth, that he, she, or they is or are desirous of hold ing .the same in free and common soccage, such Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Go vernment of such Province as aforesaid, in pursuance of the instruction of his Majesty's Secretary of State, or by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Coun cil of such Province, shall cause a fresh grant to be made to such person or persons of such. lands, to be holden in free and common soccage, in like manner as lands arc now holden in free and common soccage in that part of Great Britain called England, subject nevertheless, if it shall be deemed advisable or expedient, to require' tire same to payment to his Majesty, by such grantee or grantees, of such sum or sums of money as and for a commutation for the fines and other dues Which would have been payable to his Majesty under the original tenures, such con ditions, restrictions, and limitations in lieu therbof, as to his Ma jesty, or to the said Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government as aforesaid, as the case may be, shall seem just and reasonable.—Provided always, that on any such fresh grant being made as aforesaid, no allotment or appro priation of lands for the support and maintenance of a Protes tant Clergy ehall be necessary, but every stich fresh grant shall bevalid and effectual without any specification of lands for the 'purpose aforesaid, any Law on contrary thereof in anywise not withstanding.—And be it further enamel, that it shall and may be lawful for his Majesty, his heirs and successors, to commute with any person holding lands at " teas et acates," in any censive or fief of his Majesty within. either .of the said Pro vinces, and such person .may obtain a release, from his Majesty .of allieudal.rights„ arising by reason of such tenure, and re ceive a grannfrom his Majesty, his heirs, or successors, in:free -and-common. soccage, upon payment to his Majesty of such ;SUM of money as his Majesty, his heirs, or successorsamay deem to.be just and reasonable, by reason of' the • lease and grant aforesaid; stadall such sums of money as shall be paid upon any: commutations made by virtue of this Act, shall be applied towards.the adraimitratipn of justice, and the support of the civil Government of the said Prevince. And whereas it • is expedient to make further regulation respectingthe trade of the said Provinces of Canada, be it enacted, that' from and after the . it shall be lawful to • import by land or inland navigation in any American or British vessel or vessels, boat or boats, car riage or . carriages, this goods, wares, and commodities, the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States of America enumerated in the Schedule or Table annexed to this 'Act marked (A), from any port or place in the United States of America, into any port oaplace of entry at which a Custom ' house now is'or hercafter.may be lawfully established in either. of the provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada : Provid , ed always nevertheless, that it shall and may be lawful for the GoVemor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government of either of the said Provinces respectively, by and with the. advice and consent of the Executive thereof for the time being, from time to time, to diminish or increase by . Prociannttion die number of, ports or places which are or here after may be appointed in suca Province for the entry of goods, wares, and commodities, from the United States or America : And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful to export in any British or American vessel or vessels, boat or boats, carriage or carriages, from any of the ports or places of entry now, or hereafter to be established in the said Province, to any port or place in the United Stater of America, any article of the growth, produce, or manufacture of any of his Majesty's do minions, or any other article legally imported into the said Province: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to permit or allow the exportation of any arms or naval'stores, unless a licence shall have been obtained for that purpose from his Majesty's Secretary of State,' and in case any such articles shall .be shipped or water borne for the purpose of being exported contrary to this Act, the same shall be forfeited, and shall and maybe seized and prosecuted as hereinafter directed : and be it further enacted, That no thing in this Act contained shall be construed to interfere with or repeal as respects the inland navigation of the said Provinces contained in a certain Act of Parliament of Great Britain pass ed in the seventh and eighth-year of Ring William, intituled " An Act for preventing fraud and regulating abuses in the plan tation trade," except in so Tar as the same are altered or repeal ed by this Act : and - be it further enacted, Tnat all penalties and forfeitures incurred in either of the said provinces under this Act, (except where it is otherwise provided), shall and may be sued for and prosecuted in any Court,' having ecmpe petent jurisdiction within such province respectively ; and the same shall and may be recovered, divided, and accounted for in the same manner, and from and by the same rulea and regu lations, and in all respects as 'other penalties and forfeitures for offences against the laws relating to the customs and trade of the said provinces respectively, shall or may by any Act or A cts of the Legislatures of such Provinces, be sued for, prosecuted, received, divided; and accounted for, within the same respectively.—Aral be it further enacted, That all and every,the duties payable with in either of the Provinces of LoWer or Upper Canada, on goods imported into the said Provinces respectively, under any Acts of either Province, which were in force at the termination of the last session of the Legislature in \lnd for 'euch Province re spectively, shall continue to be levied until the . % un less the same or any part thereof shall be' sooner repealed by any Act to be passed by his Majesty, his heirs or successors, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Councils, and assemblies for the Canadas, provided always, nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall be taken or construed to extend to limit the existence or continuance of any'- duty or duties which by and under any law now in force would otherwise con tinue, and be payable after the said but that the said duties and-the Acts imposing the-same, shall continue and re main as if this Ace had not-been passed ; provided also that no thing herein contained shall be taken to authorize the exectztionof any duty upon articles imported before the commencement of this Act which they were not subject to at the time of their irnpUrta tion. 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