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London, England, 1804-06-15 00:00:00

That in the several counties in winch the full nuetteo of

man required to b« raised by an art, passed in the last session
of Parliament, intituled, " An Act to esiabie Has Maim),
more effectually to raise and assemble rat England an a.litirional
military force for the better defetice and recnrity of th- United
Kingdom, 3.4 fur the more •igorous pmeecurion of the war:,
shall net have been raised pursuant to the provisions thereof
respectively, the number of melt that shall appear to be de-
ficient ueoii the returns to be made under the act uy the
clerks of "emend meetings, shall forthwith, and without any
delay, Le raised in manner in this act d.reeted, foe the addi-
tional force under this set; and when and se semi as the '
Actual number of men deficient in airy such county shall have
been ascertained under this act, and remfied pursuant to the
provisions thereof, if such number -hall exceed the number
returned deficient by the clerk of the g memd meetings, then
and in such case the remainder of such deficienee shall be
forthwith raised io urb county, for such additional force,
unless the full number of men specified as the number deficient
shied have been raced and completed therein, before the deli-
very of the certificate *of the Jens ieucies and vacancies wirier
this act.
That the inspector general of the Army of R •serse, or his .
Deputy, shall transmit to the Clerks of the ecne.al ineeengs
of lieutenancy fur the several counties in England, in which
any deficiinmes may arise or remains therein, weicia nave not
been supplied, an account, in the form its the c:iiedule to this
Act annexed, specifying the number. of melt that have been
received, and that have been discharged, or have cited sr de-
serted, or have enlisted for general service, before the latest
period to which such account can be made up, and the MINI-
Writ eilfect.ve men serving, and the number that .bail
delhiaut a the whole quotas in suds additional force us such
respective counties , and every such clerk of general meetings
skill immediately g.ve notice of the receipt of such account
the liertenant, or, in his absence, to the 'keel ieutesaiits re-
spectively of the county to which he shall beer, g, whir shall
forthwith sisenmun a special meeting of lieuteilamv of such
twenty, to meet within any period not exceeding twenty•one
days, nor less than fourteen days, after the receipt at such ac-
Mune as aforesaid; and every etch dee.: to the general meet-
ings shall also nrintediately give notice in writing of the plea
and day and hour appritnied for inch meeting of l;eutenae7s
to the said inspector ger.cial or has deputy ; and sera insister
general or his deputy may require such day to be altered u tile
other day, nut exceeding seven dew from the day snarl% ap-
pointed as aforesaid, and the clerk of gettersl teenier shall
thereupon forthwith give neticc of such Alteratimo
That it shall be lawful for the said inspector general or iris de-
puty', to appoint ni wilting one or more proper persons to at-
tend at each of inch general meetings.
That the clerk. of the several subdivision meetings in such
counties shall, immediately after the passing of this act, make
out for the use of the clerks of the general meet logs of lieu-
tenancy of their respective counties, au account, io the form
in the schedule to this act annexed, of the number of men
who have been bellotted to serve in such additional fines at
aforesaid, for their respective subdivisions, since the last returns
made by them, to such clerks of the general meetings re-
opectively, if any such returns shall have bean made, and if no
such returns shall have been mole, then some the passing of
the said recited acts of the last Semen of Parhatnent ; specifying
in such returns the names of the men so hammed to serve as
aforesaid, and the parishes or places for which they have been
be.lotted, and whieh of such men are setually serving or hare
provided substitutes t 3 serve in such additii teal form, and
which of them have paid the penalties by the said recited acts
imposed, for not serving or findiret a substitute to serve the-ens
an/ if any such clerk of any subdivisien meetings sisal emit or
neglect to make such return as aferesaid, for the spice of ten
days after the ratting of this act, or shill knowingly or wilfully
makeane false return, such clerk shall forfeit and pay for
every such offence the tuna of 201.
That the clerks of the getters% meeting in such couuties
retro lively, shall make out, far the use of such meetings of
lieuuteancy, returns in the farm in the schedule to this act
annexed, and .hall specify in such returns the number and
names of the men who have been raised tied enrolled in their
respective counties, and also the divisions, parishes, said
places, or united parishes and places for which such men
shall have been so raised and enrolled, and the number
deficient in each of such divisors, parishes, or places, or united
parishes er places, as far es the saute can he ascertainee, and
shall also specify the slumber and liana!' of the men de-
charged, togethei with the number and nano of all men et t-
ithed or known to have deserted or died their ennalme.it ;
and shall respectively transmit such retern, to the persons su
appointed ins the respective counties and places at storm:tic!,
by the lospectur Gmieral, five days at te.e, hefo-e the days re•
spectivdy appeirred for the first general merrier of lieute-
nanc es aforesaid; toil if say facia clerk shall kiseirtgle or
wilfully make any false return, each clerk shall forfeit aid pay
for every such olfeace the sum of 201.
That it shall be lawful (warty person or persons ee appointee
by the Inspector general or his depute as aforesaid, and every
such person and person. nand ate Itereity authorised, at any time
after the ra.sing of this act, dieing the iwr.od of his or their
being employed in the execute-n of this act, at all seasonable
times, to inspect, exso,ine, and take copies of any ratiens, pa.
pen, he. relating to the ltoyine er completing the soul add,-
tional force, that mat be in the custody or possession of the
clerk of the general rneethigs of the county for which he or they
shall have D• en a‘ipientzd for the purpose aforesaid.
That thedeputy lieutenants of sech respective counties shall
aseclible at such special inectitee as aforesaid, and oItI.MUSO such
meetings if necessary, so AS that every such adjourned meeting
shall Du held wi.hin semen dam after the meeting immediately
precednig; and shall carefully exatirone I.nd onmpare the ac-
counts of the inopector gestural se transmitted as efiereued ; and
shall, after such examination, cause th he made tsar a statement
and certificate, in the form in the schedule to this tct annexed;
specifying the numbe s of men diet shall have been raised am
enrolled in their reeve:eve cot:riles, and in the respective sule
divisions and parishes 012 reo.; and the numbers of men so mime
that shall have been doclirrel, and the numbers that she"
have died or have e.,is?rtv,!, mid nu numbers that shell haveir
lined fir general s evice.
That it siss!l be !need for any lieutenant,oe vice Bement*
to whom ant such statement and certificite shall be tnnsailttei
as aforesaid, who shill see masse to apprehend that the same i
erroneous or defective, or who shall receive His Majesty'. &rot
to be communicated bv onduf lie principal secretaries o
at ire, to cause soother special meeting of deputy lieutenants t
es summoned, to meet within fourteen days to resuming sli

same ; and such deputy Ileutenanft shall transmit a certif.xta I
thereof to the I•eutrnaat or vice lieutenant, who shall within
eaurteen days sign the same.
Toot fro., soil atter t►e expiration of fourteen days after
the oassins of th“ it,A, the mCitia ratycd in the several counties
in Eng and, au act pas,d in the forts-second year of
His protein Majesty, relating to tie militia, shall be gradually
reduced, in the maguey awl under and abject to therestnetions
and regulations in this act contained, iu each of the several
counties in England, to the quotas iii the said act specified as to
such counties respectively, and from and after such reduction
shall have taken l laer under this aft, the numbers specified in
the said act as the original quotas of inch respective eounfes,
exclusive of any supplementary militia, and no more, shall be
supelied, .1141 continue to serve fur each of such counties
That from and after the expiration of fourteen days after the
pasti.c of this act, no man sl.sll be liallotted or be enrolled to
serve iii the militia of any county, in which the numher of
men actually serving in the militia shall exceed or amount to
such original quota as afortwaid, or for the stypleing any W -
Clllllit, then eckting, or thaerriay thereafter arise in such mili-
tia, until the militia of such county shall be reduced below the
original quota thereof specified in the acts relating to the
militia.

That ;n every county in which the frill number of men re•
gusted for the online ..f st,ch enmity shall trot have been corn •
',feted, or in which any vacancies that shall h. we arisen therein
snail not have been supplied, there shall he raked in manner in
this act eltrect,d, 3% soon aftvr the es f irat ion of such period as
aforeaaid as the samewan be done, for the additional force under
this act, a number ecual to the whole of the deficiency that
shall then ewer.' in the militia of sub county ; and as rifle') as
any vacaneies shall thcteafter ariw by the death, descrtuni, or
discharge of any men serving in the militia of such county, and
till% be means of such ya:taiscies, the militia of such comity
shall he reduced to the original quota thereof, there shall be
raised in like manner, according to the provision of this act,
far tee addition.; force tinder this act, a nunab..r equal to the
amount of such vacancies.

Nitrified al/Tart, Viet if the
that
of men actually 'erring
for any enonty shall be Iris thin the original quota of 4,1 c.,
coontr, then a number %efficient to complete such quota shah
fret Or rai.od cud enrolled in the militia of such county, aucuttl.

lug W tie:rams relating to the militia.
That front and after the prising of this let, there shall be
raiwad in the several coor.ties in Eirgland, for the year ending on
the let duy of Ocruber, 1405, towards supplying the vacancies
Frit have green in such additional force, by reason of the en.
llring of any persons eneilled therein into His Maietry's regular
f ,re. r, a further arid addiiianol ntmlier of nine thousand men ;
and _• rtc. the expiration of such year there sh,ll, as soon gaff
as the same can be done, be raised, fur the year beginning en the
said Ist dayerfOctober, 184/5, and ending on the Ist day of Oc-
vaber, 0106, for such edlitional force, a nurub,r of men equal
to the full number that shall hare enlisted into Nis Map:,
roma in the preceding year and in each and every succeeding
rear r numb of men, 4.10%1 to the number that shall have en.
listed into His Majooy's regular forces in the then preceding
year, shell in ark- manner be raised fir such arlditianal Firer :
provided alwa-s, dear uo greater number than nine thousand
tees stall be required to be raised for any one year, towards the
es, vacancies that shop have arisen by the enlisting sr
fachadditiunal force into His Maj....sty's regular forces

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in any preceding year.
Tnat ills Majesty', privy cooricil %hal cause such number of
nine thousand men, and also the akuu,brs of men required to be
seised in each succeeding year, fur the supplying the vacancies
snail (out th.• of men &safeties:nil, among the several
counties ni to be appn timed according to the re
speigive migital quotas of men, required at the time of waking
such maportmoment, to be mord in such respective comities,
ueoder the :ant ar.lll relat ma to the evlitta.
That all men r.isod wider the said recited act of the last se*-

sin', of 411 all I.e deemed and taken to be part of the

additional force Ia.!: this act, and shall be maintained and re-
g sects di. to the provesior. thenol.
That from and ritertl. peesi ,•of this eta, vacancies which
shall thereafter .ice in the iiaiss a,ld force raised uelticr the
▪ r 2 tees ;let hithe I ,gt .ecsiou of Part ee,llt, shall be s-led up
ar l'•PDll.ed by ballot n the manner chreetA by the said recited
• )tat al. such vacancies shall be supplied in the manner di-
reel ,r 1 by this act.
That is macho( the said recited set of the last session of Par-
liament, as relates to the &taming or levying of env Ones pe-
delteson any counties or parishes in respect of any men th.t
eha:liiot haw:lbsen ...coveted according to the peovitions of the
Said rsited aet, shall he and the same tr.reby repealed, and an
much ultheSsid act relating to the militia of England, as relates
to the Setraiale or levying any Mies or penalties for zny default
in not ha-ing found and provided men fin the Militia, accard-
ing to the provident of the scud act, shall, fram and after the
poising of Slits act, be sad the same is hereby repealed as to all
deficleb‘ieeeXi,tO.g et tee time of the paising of this Bet, and
oleos' to all recants-2s that may hereafter arse in any county,
until the militia shall:hare been reduced to the original quuta,
according to the provisions of this act.
That it shall be lawful far the churchwardens and overseers

of the poor orally mail), at any time, within one month after
the expranon of such fourteen days, as to ad menu are

by tbra act requirLd to he raised alter such period, in respect of
deficiencies of the Militia, or finch additional force, and
within one month after the receipt of any such ceititicate of
any defimeney as aforessid, and also within one month after
aye reveiot of any certificate of any future vacancy, and a1..0
within one month after any appointment shall have been made
at the subdivision meeting within surh pariah, in respect of
such oast thousand risen as aforesaid, or of any further number
et men rt nutted to supply the place of any men that ghatl
hare been enlisted into His Majesty's regular forces, and also
at any time after ally such respective perio.ls as aforesaid, before
any merlin she!' have been provided by any commanding olfiCer
under the provisions of this act, to supply any such deficiency
Or vacancy, to provide and produce, to tae persons appointed to
:restive such roan, any poison to sorve in such additional force;
and rv:ry such churciiwarden or overseer of the poor, prlaltic-
• ingot, Out for w.h additimial I ircz, shall be entitled to re-
• paspo;tion of the whole bounty to be allowed in
n 1:e; m in, as Ills Majesty shall from time to time
by may regolatiosts made in Cat behalf direct.

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Provided aivrar, that every such mart who shall he (mind and
pro riled irf any such chorchwanlcus or overseers, shal I have been
resident thirty dai,s or more within the parish for which such
man .Nall iun.i arid priwhiced, or Maoism other parish in the
same su'.i.vison or hundred, or in some parish in the same or
SOON aylining esiuntv, not more than tell miles distant from
the paridi for which such marl shall be (wind and produced.

That afrer the passing of 'hi= art, it shall not be lawful for
any churchwarden or overseer orate pour of any parish, or any
other person, to make or levy any rate or subscription, or sum
of rno.-ey, or to give any sum of money to any person to induce
sub prison to enlist as a volunteer, or in any manlier in any
such ad litsonal fume as aforesaid ; and every ehercliwardsm and
Overseer of the poor, and other person, who shall in any man-
lier pay or give to any ner.on any sum or sums of money, or any
bounty,or gift, or rewant, nr promise any sum of moi-ev, or
airy bounty, gift, or reward, ether than inch bounty as shall be
arrived and paid by or under Ilia Majesty's rflgtilat.ons in that
behalf, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of
201. to be recovered, devied, paid, arid applied, u any like
penalty, under any act pr acts relating to the militia : provided
alsd, that it shall be lawful for ant °reviler of the prior of any
parish, snit of any rata in his hands (or the relief of the poor, to
advance any such sum of money, not exceraitre the sum of
one guinea, as may b..: necessary for the subsistence of any man
raised and provided for such force by any parish, during
his match so the plat • of rendearous. Provided always, that all
toms of money so advanced, shall be repaid to such overseer by
the dbccr attesting such turn, to be by such ormseent carried to
tiVII account of the r. tics from which the saini• shall have been
advanced as afore said.
That such billowy as His Majesty shall direit, not exceed-
ing those fourth parts of the bounty that shall be nom time to
Coe allowed by /In Majesty for recruiting the infantry for
general service, shall be allowed and paid in respect of every
man who shall be provided or raised to serve in such additirmal
force under this act ; and so much of such bounty shall lie paid
to every such swan at such times and places, and in such pro-
p.mtiiins as Ilis Majesty shall be pleased to directs and it shall
b lawful for the Loren Commiaritievs of His Majesty's Trea-
sury, or any three of them, to order any ReceaSsf General to
ai:varice and pay any sum or sums of money for or us respect of
any such bounties, or any arivan;es in respect thereof• as may
be r.ocernari, out of any„publi, monies in their hands, or
soceived by them out of anY'rstes and dunes under the manage-
ment of the Comm "Outdo, for tt,e Akins of Taxes.
That ..hen, .ns man seryint, in such oddstiorial force as
vat t r sena:: in the jtalgtnent ei the

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command fig officer of the battalion or corp., it shall b 3 lawful
for each commanding officer torts:hal.: snob maa.
That in every car in ulti.7ll tlrr number of men required to
be rafred in any parish ut.d. r tilir act, shall net be found cu
provided wit' %n such respective periods as aferroairl, the depu-
ty 11;vitn-ants of the aubdirieen iu whic'i such parish shall be,
shall certify the same to the caul inspector general, or his depa
ly ; and it sha 1 be lawful for the commanding officer of the
regiment, battalion, or cvrps, to which such men shall have
been appoietrd, upon the recent of any notice from the in-
spector general, or his deputy, of any such deficiency or is.
caner, to enlist, 'mai any place whys. he shall find it most con-
ren tent, ally recruiter nwruitstn make goal any such d:ficieticy,
or t- hIl up such vacancy, aunt to pay to ere. such recant sn
enlisted am such sum nnt emending twenty pounds, on ac-
count of thy parish in which such d statet of providuig any such
manor men shah have ocartrvd.

That it shall be law rul for the lieutenant arid deputy lieute-
nants, mumbled at any general nieeting of lieutenancy under
an act re!ating to the militia, or to any such additional force,
at some general meeting in each year, to ascareain and fix by
ballot the eider in which the respective 'rib-divisions, hundreds,
and parishes respeetively,in their respective counties, shall stand,
as to the supplying ney deficienci m or va:ancies Mat may exist
or arise therein, be the reerai!ing of any men by any com-
manding officer under. the provisions of this act.
That 311 fines and arrears of fines, or parts or proportions of
Ines, paid by or in'r;:ect of any parish that shall have lie.
leerad or been unable to raise the men re plirA for such ad-
ditional force, which %hail he remitted to the Agent General of
the Army of Reser.+►, shall be carried to the amouut of the
parish paying the same, fur tbe purpose of raisins recruits for
such parish ; and all money so remitted, shall be entered to
the credit of the several par,shos ; recruits that shall be
raised by any commanding o'ficer shall Iv! ap;nopriateel to the
several subdivisions, hundreds, and parishes respectively, in ilia
order in which such subdivisions, ke. shall have been entered

Twat every man provided under this tat, shall take the fol-
lowing oath,
" I A. B. do make Oath, That to the best of my
knawfedge and belief I an years of age; waa born in
the parish of in or ricer She tow„ of
in the county of that I am by teals or occupation a
that my last place of resfdence was at in the
parish of in or Mat to the town of in the
county of in the character or occupation
of that I am nu waj %disabled
by lamencis, het have the per7ect use of my limbs; that I
never W:11 trorfilfol with fitr' have no rupture, am no ap-
prentice, n..r belong to fI s Majesty's other fumes, either
of AriTly, navy, or 111111Alle% ; and I do further sincerely pro•
nii-e and ,wvi:, will be faithful and bear true alle-
g, ince to sir Nla,esty Kin George, and that I volt faith ul)
seive 11:s Majesty in Great Botaln and Ireland, and the
isfands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney fur the (let net
of the 1,41111(.4 for the period of hes years, and further ultra Six
months at er the termination of any war in the
kingdom 1113 V, at the espiratiou of the said period, he rug f gel,
by the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace, woe. I
shall be sooner discharged. As witness my hand, this
day of

That it shall b' lawenl for Ili, Majesty, from time to time,
to came the private men heretofore raie.d, or thei died met..
after be raised, to serve in such additional fere, v. be firmest
into additional or reserved bag-Mons, to he attached where
circunistailecs will admit of use .. ,iej to any reirotteou. or
batt.dions of His Milady's rettular farces, bearine the n cue of
the county in which such additional force shall have hems
raised, or into separate batted:ow not attached te aey tither
regiment or battalion.
That none of the said men, to be raised by this act, shall ha
compelled, on any pretence whatsoever, to eerie ant the
United Kingdom, and the iaLnd. of Gemneey,' )essay, and
A:derney, unless: they shell memiterily ealut iii any of His
siLiit,ty's forces fist general service.
That it shall be lawful for His Majesty to ammint 'itch of.
firms and noretionimiselonod officers to emnosand and d ici-
Mine such regiment., bane:lions or weeps. as His Maie-ty
shall think fit; and reels, such ace; and every ortn.enmems-
siouni officer and drummer, ti any such regiment, battai
or corps, and every such, pewee,' mail, shall be subject to all
the ptoei.ions, rula, pains, and penalties, a. well pain.. of
death as others, as are or may be contained in any act of Par.
,lament then in force for puniseing mutiny aid descries°, and
arty article: of war made in purenaisce thereof.
That at the expiration of such respective periods within
which any man may be pros dell by the churchwardens or
overseers of the poor of any welsh as aforesaid, the said in-
spector general, or his deputy, shall, from time to time,.
transmit to the justices of p.•ace, or magistrates assembled at the
several general quarter sessions of peace held for the respec-
tive counties in England, Atificatee of the deficiencies a:id
vacancies that remain to be filled up in their respective rev-
menu, battalions, or corps, to whieh the melt raised to serve
in such additional force in suelt counties respectively shall
have been appointed; and such justices of the peace or the
magistrates, shall asses, the penalty of 201. fur elect; private
man so certified to be dcfietent as aforesaid ; awl every such
penalty shall be aser,eri mot apportioned as to the parishes or
limited parishes which shall have made default according to the
provisicise of the said act relating to the mind', and shall he
recovered and applied as directed by tin act: Provided al-
ware, that at, any time after such penalty shall have beets
assessed avid paid as aforesaid, and befere such notice shell
have been given of any recruit having been raised as aforelaid,
a nun shall be found and pmeiileri by the churchwardens so
overseers of such or I or united pJJ ilea, to supply the deh•
Meer] to respect of which such penalty was messed and paid,
then and in such rase three•tourth parts of the ammeit s.f
such p.nalty shall be applied towards the payment or d.scherge
of any other fine or fines due tram such parish, er if no fie s
shall be due, thee it shall be paid to the overseer. of the poor
(or the relief of the tour of such parish.
That, after the passir.g of this act, no fines or penalties as.
eessed on any parish, by reason of any default, in nos having
pee:Wed or proilweri ally men fax such additional force, ac•
cording to the provisiens of this act, shall he paid out of the
prior's rates; but iii every soil. caw, a separate, dstinct, and
vernal rate Shall be made Me the pa) m.nt of each fines, in
such and the like manner, and accordine to inch and the like
rules and regulations, as any rate soar be load* Ow the relief or
the peer, and shall and may be collec•rd, levied, e..d reeuvensit
by such and the like powers as any at. raised fir the relief of
the poor. ;nos !del always, that every +eve.., treeing in Any
volunteer or yeomanry came, and entitled, under any act r• let
mg to volunteer or yeomanry corps to Any exemption, whose
assessment iu any rate fee the .reliefef the poor shall be merle
on any propel ty not exciting in value, smelling to the sales-
tern on which such vets shall be made, the sum of twenty
pounds, shall be wholly exempt hero ..urei rate ; and every such
ponnn, slime mem-tient sloth be Inside en a y such protege,
exceedirig in value so aftpeend such sum of twenty muted',
shall hr rea.mi of such servem be exemet as to such property is,
the ameent of such mum we twenty poem's., and :muted in such
rate ally to the amount be Whkh Such propene shall eseeed
such sum tif twenty wrench as aforesaid : provid.d else, that
every perma who shall be now tiervisig, either personally or by
substitiite, as • private Masi Its the militia, nr any addninnal
force under the said reviled act of the lam session of Parlianteut,
shall be wholly exempt from any such siircial rate.
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That all fines, and also all %nears of Ines, and all moieties
of fines, paid or to he plaid under any acts relating to the
militia, or such additional force as of .resale, and remaining iii
the hands of any person or person. Whatt•OeY r, and also all
melees remaining in the hands of any clerks of sultelhetain
tueeting. shall be debts
•HuMajesty, aud assay he
recovered as such.
And be it further enacted, The! all such half parts or residues
of any reel suites of money as aforesaid, reniaMing in the
hands of any clerks of subdivnion memiiies, or of aity other
person or person% whatever. ailing out of am inoeies paid by
or on aceoantof any person Isatiotted to serve in the taiihtea, or
the additional force raise! tinder the said reheat net of the list
seseien of Perliamentifoi the engaging daisy rub.titote oreohin•
tact to be ravelled rat his etead, end slot subseqeently paid over
to the per° t eatitled the rime shall, in all eases in wines the
person so entitled thereto shall ha,. been a..,e.farpe.l as unfit for
a ?nice, or have deserted, go ant tedene to the perish, tything, or
place, for which such mall snail hag-bent enoilled to verse, and
shall, by the order of the Sodn-tary at W it, be paid to the
overseare of die poor of such prue-la, tithing, or phut:. ; and ea
such 'AIM. of money, when paid 10 sikh oversee.., and also
all *urns of money shill me and be applied in aid of the poor
• TAna oseh p,rch, t)thuug, or place, towards flee paye:iv. of

any Aneo or orses;ntents under this act, and th 3 twins if any,
cull he (—anvil to the account of the aM rats.

That in every case in which any such essessmods shall net
be made by such Jostices of the Peace or Magistrates,
ant to the provisions of this Act, and in which Mll treasu er of
any county slt ff! iirg.cct to pay any soots of mon from ti ne
to time received by hit in respect of any arch assammente, to
any receiver general, within twouty•otie dirt after the rein-ipt
thereof; and also in which any overseen of the poor shall re
fuse or neglect to raise any non y required to he raised far ILe
payment of any such assessment, within twenty-one days mites
the date of shell assessment; and also in which soy such
clerks of subdivision meetings' or other pea ins whatsoever,
having in their hauls any such moieties of fine..., residue: of
such sums, slull not, within twenty-one days after the passing
of this act, pay the same to such respective receivers general, it
shall be lawful for lilt Majesty's court of exchequer, and the
same court is hereby authorised, on the ated.ution of Hu
Majesty's Attorney General by motion to the asiii court, in a
summary way, to hear and determine on the matter of such
application; and if no suffteient room is sheen, it shall he
lawful teethe said Court of Exchequer to fine any such county,
riding, town, parish, or place, or treasurer, overseer, or clerk,
or other person, in any suet not exceeding double the amount
of the sum that ought to have boon assented or accounted fur.
That if, through the neglect or mistake of any lieutenant or
deputy lieutenant, or of any rtheral'ineeting, or other officer
or person, or frown any other cause, any meeting required to be
held for any of the porpoises of this act, shall not be held within
the period herein prescribedos sped al meeting may and shall be
forthwith summoner.% and holden, for the purposes for which
any such meeting ought to have been holden pursuant to this
act, as soon after such period as may be.
Provisions respecting Counties, shall extend to Divisions,Ste.
And be it further enacted, That all the powers, prosaism.,
rules, regulations, forfeitures, perities, clauses matter, and
things, contained in the mid act of the fiirty second year of His
present Majesty's rely, of in any other act ;dative to the
militia, or in the said recited act of the last session of parlia-
meld, for raising audassenihling art additional military force
in England, shall, in so far A. the same are not hereby altered,
varied, or repealed, or other and differein provisions made
iu rhation to such additional force, or the additional truce
under this act, be apeliud aid practised fur the purl:swelter
this act.

And be it further enacted, That tit's act may be altered,
variv I, or repealeJ, by any act to be passed in this session of
psrname,a.

NAVAL IN rELLIGENCE.

HARWICH, June 13.

The Dorset packet, Capt. H imilton, and the
Auckland, !'apt. Hammond, sailed yesterday with
tile mails the Rth, for finsum and Gottenburg
and tne Peinte .f Watts, Anthony Deane, and the
Ki It Gfa George Deane, with the mails of the
12th, this afternoon.
The mails that are due are hourly ezpeled.
roarsuourn,auer 13.

Late last night, arrived the Scourge, sloop of war,
with 18 convoy; and the Altpao, of 18 guns,
from the Downs.

sailed the Entreprenanie cutter, nn a cruise._

Tllis day sailed the /a.hfd.,i4ridie hired armed trans-
port, with about twenty sail of convoy to the Downs,
and the Meteor bomb, to cruise at the back of the
Isle of Wight.
The following ships were paid this day: B. ardites.
Barchaale, and Peed.

Came into harbour, the Hydra frigate, with the
Whitby. Ceres, and Ocean.
The outward-bound West India fleet remains,
report says, for the wind only, it being at S.S.W.
DEAL, JUNE 18.
Sailed L'Amiallr frigate, Captain Boultson, on a
cruise, off Fleshing.
Came down from Sheerness, the Mariner gun-brig ;
and remains in the Downs, with the rest of the ships
as per last, and several outward-bound vessels.

WHITICH \ VEX, JUNE 12.

. _
Yesterday morning, a fine new vessel WAS launch-
ed here, by 7dessrs. I'. and J. Bruck!clunk, called
The Queei, Chur/oile.

The Aware, Thompson, sailed from Lancaster,
yesterday week, for St. Thonii&s.

BRISTOL, Mil It.

Came in, Amelia, Kinder, frurn Dantzig ;. New-
rork packet, Webb, from New-York: Expras, Rus-
sell, from Belfast ; Prince if Nearp, Knight,
Aix and Sally, Browo, and Lady Fitzgerald, Crosby,
from Cork ; Grorr, Phillips, from Waterford ;
Maria, Griffiths, from Liverpool; Mitch/woo, Parfit,
and Rritemnie, --, from Dublin; Law,
from Greenock.

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