The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-01-07 00:00:00

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, - mA -1 NEIMPAPER 47'.4A/P ACT. 1 • , . . '
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AN ACT PASSIXIS ow $ SIXTIETR TEAR OT THE REIGN cm 1
o "P ono. 111. .7 frEIRTAII4 PULICATIoNS TO TUX col.
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less prke than sixpence; be it therefore enacted.
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NEWSPAPER 47'4A/P ACT.
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AN Aer PAsfille 11,1 a SIXTIETR TSAR OT THE REIGN
Or ono. Isl. •II FIIRTAI?,4 PULICATIONS TO TUX
DUTIES Or 1111 DitiTsPAPIRIP, AND TO 31%DE
°TUSK REGU VOll RESTRAINING TI:E A Ill'S Ell
Minn NU rude. FORMATION or 111. A 8 Pali3101:8
AND a .---.Dire. 3(1, 1819.
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Sulejertlay web& priaasst pasisFefers and papers to 41,1
stump duties spoor airspaces, and to the rrytdalluas of
reriW .tits.
• Whereas. pamphlets and printed papers containing
observations upon public events and occurrences, tend-
img to exeite hatred and contempt of the tioyertnnent
Ind constitution of these reali4f as by law established,
and also vilifying our holy religion,-have lately been
published its great um-otters, and at very small prices;
and it is expent.tlsat the same should be restrained :
'may It therefore pleasi yea:r Majesty that it may be en-
acted ; and he it enacted by the King's most excellent
Majesty, by anti uit!l the advice and consent of the
Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this
Parliament assembled. entiebv the authority of the same;
that fruits anal after ten day; after the passing of this
Art, all pamphlets and papers containing any public
news, intelligence or occurrences, or any remarks or ob-
servations thereon. or nynis any matter in church tar
state, printed in :ley part of the united kingdom for sale,
and published periodically, or in harts or numbers, at
intervals nut eXt*:.e,ling twenty-mix days between the
publivition act any tat a sorb pamphlets or papers, prts
or numbers, Where any of the said pamphlets or papers,
parts or numbers respectively. shall not exceed two
sheets, air shall hr published fur sale for a less slim than
six Petter, exclusive of the linty by this Act imposed
thereat'', shall be deemed ;mil taken to be newspapers
within the true intent and meaning of an Art of Parlia-
ment passed in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of his
present Majesty, int.:titled " An Act for preventing the
3lischiefs arising from the jointing and publiAing
New,prcrs and Pares of a like Nature, b Persons nut
known, and for regulating. the Printing and Pithlicati nn
of such Papers in surlier respects; anal of another .'set of
Parliament, passed in Ilse fifty-61th year of the reign of
his present Majesty, intituleal " An Act to provide for
the Collection and Management of Stamp Duties upon
Pamphlets, Almanaeks, anal Newspapers, in Ireland;'
and of another ..at passed in the fiftydifth year of the
reign of Isis present Majesty, imitated " An Act for re-
pealing the Stamp Office Duties on Advertisements, Al-
manacks. Newspapers, Gold and Silver Plate, Stage
Coaches. and Licences for keeping Stage Coaches, now
payable in tireat Britain ; and for granting new unties
in lien thereof;'' anal of an Art passed in the fifty-sixth
year of the, reign of his present Majesty, iiatintleal " An
..Ict to repeal the several Stamp linties in Ireland, anal
also several Acts for the Collection and Management of
the said duties, and ha gratst new stamp duties in lieu
albite,* alllato make more effectual regulations for cal-
enipting• nod managing the said duties;" and all other
Acts of Parliament-in force relating to newspapers; and
lam onlsjoet to sock aid thelautt duties elf *SAO, seitli
such and the same allowances and discounts, as news-
paperaprinted in lireat Britain and Ireland respectively,
now arc subject unto under and by virtue of the said re-
cited Acts auf Parliament, and shall he printed, published,
and distributed under anal subject to all such and the
like rules, regulations, restrictions. provisions, penalties,
anal fairfei sites, as are catiat alma' in lbr said reeiteal Acts,
or either of them, or in all other Act or Arts of Paths-
mem now in force in tleeat Britain or Ireland respec-
tively, relating to newspapers printed, published, dis-
persed, or made public in the 1. tilted 'Kingdom; and the
sail re. ited Acts of Parliament, and all other Arts of
Parliament now in force in !areal Britain or Ireland re-
spectively, relating to the printing, publishing. dis-
persing, or niakin; itehlie in (treat liritain or Ireland
respectively, any newspaFers, or containing any red iala-
titans relating thereto, anal all the clauses, provisions,
regulations, restrictions, penalties, and forfeitures therein
respectively contained, anal in force at the passing of this
.let, shall (except where the same may he altered by this
Act) be applied and put in force in relation to alf midi
pamphlets and printed papers aforesaid, as folly and ef-
fectually as it all such clauses, provisions, regniations,
restrictions, penalties, and forfeitures were respectively.
severally, anal separately re-en:ldeal in and made part of
this Act : anal tile said recited Acts, and all other such
.'sets of Parliament as aforesaid, and this Act shall, as to
all the purposes of earring this Act into execution, be
construed u one Act.
No quantity of paper ores than 21 towhee in length, and 17
en breadth, to ter deemed a sheet.
11. And he it further enacted, that no quantity of
paper less than a .piantity equal to twenty:one inches
in lengths and seventeen inches in breadth, in whatever
way or form the same may be made, er may be divided
into leaves, or in whaiever way the saute may be
printed, shall be deemed or taken to he a sheet of pa-
pee within the meaning :awl for the purposes of this Act.
No curer or bleak leaf to br deemed pdrt of as pamphlet.
111. Anal he it further enacted, that no rover or blank
,teal, or any other
,leaf upon wish+ any advertise'
meat or 11.16er notice shall be printed, shall, for the pur-
poses of this Act, be deemed or taken tai be a part of
any such pamphlet, paper, part or number aforesaid.
Pahltrations at intervals r.crrediag 26days, to be pnblished
on the first days of ferry rutendar month, or Drilla* bee
days before or after.—Prdally VOl.
IV. And belt further enacted, that all pamphlets anal
papers containing any public news, intelligence, or ua-
currenres, or any remarks or observations as afore-
said, printed for sale, and published periodically, or in
parts or rrtimbers, at intervals exceeding twenty-six days
between any two such pamphlets or papers, parts or
numbers, and which said pamphlets, papers, parts, or
numbers respectively, shall not exceed two sheets, or
'which shall be published for sale at a less price titan
sixpence, shall be first published on the first day of
every calendar month, or within two daysbafere or after
thafday, and at no other time ; and Pot if nay person
' or persons shall first publish or..c;*ari to be published,
l
anesnch pamphlet, paper, or part, . PUNA K aforesaid, on
any' other day or time be or they.shall dab for every
ludo offence the som of twenty pounds. - .•_,
1 Trinities and day efpubSienifisia to.ltapefeital ea penal.
Weal publications, and woolly for Omitting the saw;
V. Ad be it Willer eauted, tat upon everyliauhil
' pliast orn paper contaiaing any public news, intelligualle
or occurrences, or any remarks or observations thereats;'
or upon any matter in Church or State, printed in asp
part of the L7nited Kingdom for sale, and pablisbed pi'
riodically, or in parts or anailiars, at intervals net He;
ceesling.twenty-sut days between the pabliesitiow of any
tivo sack pamphlets or paper., parte eir, amaleersa abd
upon every part and number thereof, shall be printed
the fall price at which every sucb pamphlet, paper, part,

Penally SOL
VIII. And he it further enacted, that no person, from
and after thirty days after the passing of this Act, shall
print or publish for sale, any uewspaper, or ant- pam-
phlet or other piper containing any public news, intelli-
gence, or occurrences, or any remarks or oh4ervations
thereon, or upon any matter of church or state, which
shall not exceed two sheets, or which 511411 he published
for sale at a less price than sixpence. until he or she shall
have mitered into a recognizance before a Baron of the
Exchequer, i n England, Scotland, or Ireland respectively,
as the case ma he, if such newspaper or pamphlet, or
other paper dives:Ml, shall be !whited in London or
Westminster, ur in Edinburgh or liublin, or shall have
executed in the presence of, and delis er to some Justice
of the Peace for the county, city, or place ti here such news-
paper, pamphlet, or other paper shail he printed, if print-
ed elsewhere, a bond to Ills Majesty, his heirs anti suc-
cessors, together with two or three sufficient sureties, to
the satisfaction of the Baron of the Exchequer takin!,
such recognizance, or of the Justice of the Pence takine
such hand, every person printing or publishiuganv such
newspaper, or pamphlet, or paper aforesaid, in the stint
of Biala hundred pounds. if inch newepaper, pamphlet,
or paper shall be printed in London, or within twenty
miles thereof, wad in the sum of two hundred pounds if
such tyv•bpaper, ratOplaer, or paper shall be printed
eineweetc in din United Kiudoni, and his or her suretiesl
Id Elite Illim lu the WholF, Conditioned that r•neh prin-1
ter or publisher shall pay to his 3l.tieity, his heirs and
sucemsors, every such tine, or penalty as may at a:iy
time be imposed upon or adjudged against hint or her, hi
reaso of any conviction for printing or publishing tiny
, LI mous or seditious libel, at any this- after enter-
ing s " o such recognizance or executiog stielt bond ; and
that very person who shall print or tint publish a:'y
such newspaper, pamphlet, or other paper, without bas-
ing severed into such recognizance, or exeented anti de-
livered such bond with encl. sureties as aferresaid, shall,
fur etyyy such olfeace, forfeit the slum of twenty ponntis.
If snraties pay any pert of Ike money for which they are
butted sr envoir aanitrnpt, new veroyul:a are or bowl
with sr reties :nest br girete.—Penalt y, %IN.
IX. Provided always, and be it farther ena.-ted„
'that hi every case in which any surety or sureties.
in any recognizance or bond shall !um been required
to pay and shall have paid the whole or any part of
the sum for which he, she, or they Altall have become,
surety: or in case any such surety or sureties shall he•
come bashenpt, er he discharged meter any lusolvent li
.let; then and in every such ease the person for ohm'.
such surety or sureties shall have been hound, shall not
print or pnblish any newspaper or pamphlet, or other
paper aforesaid, until he or she shall, ern being re-
flattest to do so by the rommisxioners tit Stamps fur
treat Britain and Ireland respectively, have entered into
a new recognisance, or executed a new bond, is hit auth.
dent sureties, in the manner and :wale at ~,,, tut afore-
said; and in ease he or She shall print or publish any
such newspaper or pamphlet, or other paper aforesaid,
without having entered onto such new recognizance, or
I executed each new bond as aforesald, having been re-
-1 qttired so to do wi aforesaid, he or she shall 1,,s feit for
every suchtiffence the sum of twenty pounais.
Sureties may withdraw from; rerays47assar upon giring soo-
tier. New rrroynkaner to be tolcrta into.--Penalty, *IL
X. Provided always, and he it farther enacted, That
if any surety or sureties shall lie desirons'of withdraw-
ing from such recognizance orbond, it Shill and may
be . lawfuirto sad for hint or them so to do, upon giving
twenty degtoprevious notice in writing to the mid t ten-
uiissineeri of Stamps respectively, or to the Disirshntor
of Stamps of aid for the district where the rrint.r or
publisher ior whom he or they is or are surety or sure-
ties shall leside, and also to such printer or publisher :
and that in any such ease, every inch surety or sureties,
from and after the expiration of such notice, shall not
be liable upon the said bond or recognizance, other
thou and except for any penalty or penalties before that
time imposed or inctirred, and for whirls lie or they.
would otherwise have been liable under the said recog-
nizauce or.bood; and that then and in every such ease,
the person for whom such surety or sureties shall have
been boa* shall not print or publish any newspaper'
or pamphlet, or other paper ifotesaid, until he or she.
shall have entered into a new /recognizance; or executed
a new hood, with sufficient eutodes, in the mannurr and'
to the amount aforesaid; and in case he or - she shall
print or publish •any such newspaper or pamphlet; or
,other peper.aforessoil, witbeurlsisving• entered into such
~mew recognisansiser bend. as tfotesald, he or she shall
for every such abate fbrfeitthe slim of twenty pottuds.
Bond!' let to be snider
.If 4 .stspop duty.
XI. Provided alWays, and lie i4urther enacted, thati
•no such bond, as aforesaid *shall kw subject or liable tb
.pny stamp duty ; any thing in any Act or Acts of Par.•
lioment to the contrary notwithstanding.
Lists of rtrOfllltaßeire.ined Wilts taken. to be transmitted
to Cosionsissioners of Stamp hi gesgland, Stvitaad, and
. Ireland resweetively.
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it XII. And be it farther enacted, that lists of all the,
iitemssrwlaineee which shall have been entered into in the
respective Courts of Exchequer in England. Scot:atid,
or Ireland, shall, four times in each year, be trans.

'1 go from the alsrove las :
i's. is Royal Mail, Pia Dover, Tutavli and Frkla y Nights,
a' :stunk'.
P".:.•"".:ITI and Gt'sPorl Mail. through tiogaluting. Pe-
t ••ltdri. en-1 Ports.in, every I,7%en'ae ni a .Porter past 7.
cut sendiry at hell pest 0. On it, rirril al n .ails to
Ist Ide el .IVight. to coneronyey passenc,rs and pereels and a
'tail I. °twit acts tilt to Chichester, through Ur.ty tots. Havant.
kn.* orth,
Islnnereter and Milford Mail. Farr:writ , Oxford.
sat Cheltenham. every Evening a ettnrter past 7. and Sun-
ut bell peat O.
:User vied t'anterbory Mad, through tirtaresen I. Chat-
I nu J Fe%ershatu, every et ening at a quarter past 7. and
fettle a• half past d. Front Canterbury. passengers and par-
• v-sare conveyed to Deal. Margate. ltsmseate. 50116.1.11.
az.; tsild frow Doter. parcels are moseyed to Polkstone,
%-zdrotts,ll).ttle, Dintchureh, Beirsiney. and 14 chi.
tti.iikt und In.enor Post-roach. through Billiughurst,
1113rdte,.Wed-esday. and Friday, a toll-ter befoee 7.
s NaIM sad Bristol Post-conch, to carry only four inside.
t each Jt adiur, Marlborough, Care, and Chippenhain.
I • ri )Igraiog at 0.
' trillkud Bristol Light Punt-crdveli, every Afternoon at hull
lett!.
.1166 Liehtioost-eoseh. in two days. to carry four inside.
1.0413 Muidenhestl. Reeding. Marlborough. Desires. and
Nion.laty. IVeduesday, end Friday Mornings, at
t 'rids 1.07, el.lett) intended for tile accontniodation 0(1
Peddes. ter did.. Re. who cannot tatilergo the fatigue of
NAP kIIIttIVII tin one day. •
lir;:' ton I.:z.it thronit Iv Reigate and reeks I
f. :a. sails) Morning at S.
fliellealinin Post-coat-It, to tarry ofd) four inside, through
Fester aid Oxiord. Peery Morning at a -imager before ti.
(hielsester, Bomar, and Petworth Post-comets. Monday.
liolaesday, and Fritts.) 'lnanities. at a 'porter before 7.
lyuier and .oiterlsir) light &lost-eta:tele Nlontin), 'fees-
Thsrsdn). Friday. and Sunda) Mort: ags. at 7.
iloilshning snit Gioildford Tele Cot.eli. through Ash-
...esd..P4 slat. I.eatherhead. B.c. Tuesday. Thai-4day, and
hz; idni Moraine., at 9.
livipte.n. Arundel. and Petworth Coach, Tuesday.
risd iistnrilay Mornings, at a quarter before 7,
r'.•oi I 1.119r41,.
**own II and Weisel Post Coach ct cry Reeving.
livratle, Reesswate. San ',wick, a:sd Itrroalittelea
N1.,[1113 Tuertn). 'fliurrita). Friday.
‘..4 "TIP! Mornings, at 7.
'areal, !Atte:viler, Preston, Ki,by.
( : ".41, andOarstang. Post Coaelits.e%ery after-
. 'IF it: Five 4/.1 toel.---Guarded.
ar..l Gitiltltord Tclegrapls Coach, through
fiitton, Cobham. and 124,1(1, on lionitay, Ned-
'' •. and Priday Mornings. 'at 9. and et ory :•:untlay
athiox at i precisely, aid returns to I.oothin the same
, ktg and Guildford new Coach. tit:swirls Nltirrew,,
titirso!ey, Elineham. I.ratherlicad, :tad Epussus,
• ..% tumor* at .1. except Stindar. •,
NtetITHEIIN ('OACHES.
Votio scion... and Edinburgh Coaches, and to all
Patti of the North. es ery Morning, at a gnat ter past M.
Illetehester. lanettster. Kendal. Rochdale. llitchiersfteld,
watlfiold. Leeds, Hittites, litotherhanv, and Sheilield,
' dad).
1110riviehen1•im. BrentfllßlEßS.ord, and Isleworth, es ery Moo-
- and Bartirday.
NAMES and Co.. Proprietors.
are safely and expeditiously arts-
every City, Towu. and
Counties. viz.:- -Berks. Bucks,
Dorset. Hants. Hereford, (Ilonerster.
Surrey. Senses. Wits. Worecetter.
tf.the Isle of Wight. Jersey. Hoorn-
[nee ; and to all Parts of the North
-I package. eontaili tug glass. china,
Hank notes. however small the
for. if lost or Restaged : nor and
',lloltirge. of wore than M. value,
when delivered at the USer ams.
Ste. at the shortest notice.

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