sail cloth imported into this kingdom, as directs that the name and place of abode of the manufacturer of any British sail cloth shall be stamped on the same, and also so much of the said act as imposes any penalty relating thereto, shall be repealed. § 9. Smuggling. And whereas by the 6 Geo. IV. c. 108. intituled An Act for the prevention of smuggling, all boats belonging in the whole or in part to his majesty's subjects, found within certain limits, are forfeited, unless the owners have obtained a licence for navigating the same from the commissioners of his majesty's customs: and whereas it is expedient to dispense with such licences for boats in the North and West Highlands of Scotland; it is therefore enacted, That the owners of boats used in fishing on the coasts of the North and West Highlands of Scotland shall not be required to obtain licences for navigating the same: provided, that if such boats shall be employed in smuggling, the owners thereof shall be liable to a penalty equal to the value of such boat, over and above any other penalty to which the parties may be liable on account of such smuggling transaction. § 10. And whereas by the said act it is enacted, that all vessels and boats belonging to his majesty's subjects, having false bulk heads, false bows, double sides or bottoms, or any secret or disguised place whatever in the construction of the said vessel or boat, for the purpose of concealing goods, or having any hole, pipe, or other device in or about the said vessel or boat, adapted for the purpose of running goods, shall be forfeited; and it is expedient to extend the said act to foreign vessels or boats, not being square-rigged, coming to any port of the United Kingdom; it is therefore enacted, That all foreign vessels or boats, not being square-rigged; coming to any port of the United Kingdom, having on board any goods liable to the payment of duties, or prohibited to be imported into the United Kingdom, concealed in false bulk heads, false bows, double sides or bottoms, or any secret or disguised place whatsoever in the construction of the said vessel or boat, for the purpose of concealing goods, shall be forfeited. § 11. Ships Registry.-And whereas it is expedient to amend the 6 Geo. IV. c. 110. intituled An act for registering British vessels, by empowering persons executing the office of collectors of duties in any British possessions within the limits of the East India Company's Charter, not being under the government of the company, and where a custom house is not established, together with the governor, lieutenant governor, or commander-in-chief of any such possessions, to make registry of British vessels, and grant certifieates thereof; it is therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for any person duly appointed to execute the office of collector of duties in any port or place in the British possessions within the limits of the East India Company's charter, not being under the government of the said company, and where a custom house is not established, together with the governor, lieutenant governor, or commander-in-chief of any such possessions, to make registry of British vessels, and grant certificates thereof. § 12. And so much of the said act as requires the governor, lieutenant governor, or commander-in-chief, in the colonies, plantations, islands, and territories to his majesty belonging, in Asia, Africa, and America, where the collectors and comptrollers of his majesty's customs have been appointed by the commissioners of his majesty's treasury, and are under the controul and management of the commissioners of his majesty's customs, to be a party to the registry of British vessels to be there registered, and the granting certificates thereof, under the provisions and regulations of the said act, shall be repealed. § 13. Customs' Duties. And instead of the duties and drawbacks imposed and allowed by the 6 Géo. IV. c. 111. or by any other act, upon the several articles mentioned in the following Table, the several duties and drawbacks set forth in figures in the said Table shall, in respect of such goods as are mentioned therein, be raised, levied, collected, and paid: TABLE OF NEW DUTIES INWARDS, 1829. ANCHOVIES, the lb. ANGELICA, the lb. BOOTS, SHOES, and CALASHES, viz. Women's Boots and Calashes, the dozen pairs if lined or trimmed with Fur or other Trimming, doz. pairs Women's Shoes with Cork or Double Soles, quilted Shoes, and Clogs, the dozen pairs -- if trimmed or lined with Fur or other Trimming, doz. pairs if trimmed or lined with Fur or other Trimming, doz. pairs 0 0 3 1 10 0 1 16 1 Children's Boots and Shoes, not exceeding 7 inches in length, to be charged with two-thirds of the above duties. BRAZILETTO WOOD, imported from a British possession, the ton not so imported, the ton CANELLA ALBA, the lb. CASSIA LIGNEA, imported from any British possession, the lb. imported from any British possession, the lb. CORTEX ELEUTHERIA, the lb. HIDES, viz. Muscovy or Russia Hides, tanned, coloured, shaved, or other- - Pieces, tanned, coloured, shaved, or otherwise dressed, 1 0 18 0 1 4 0 2 14 0 14 0 09990O6T 006 0 1 0.5 0 0 2 6 Hides, or Pieces of Hides, tanned, tawed, curried, or in any way dressed, not particularly enumerated or described, nor otherwise charged with duty, for every £100 of the value 40 0 HOOPS, WOOD, viz. not exceeding 6 feet in length, the 1000 050 0 7 0 100 exceeding 6 feet, and not exceeding 9 feet in length, the 1000 0 12 6 0 15 0 IRON, CHROMATE OF, the ton 0 5 Oil of Olives, imported in a ship belonging to any of the subjects RAISINS, not being Raisins of the Sun, and not being the produce of SAGO, viz. Pearl, the cwt. imported from any British possession, the cwt. Powder - - - imported from any British possession, the cwt. SKINS, viz. Kid, in the hair, undressed, the 100 skins TAR, Barbadoes, the cwt. £. s. d. 1 1 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 15 0 TURPENTINE, being of greater value than 12s. the cwt. and not being of greater value than 158. the cwt. thereof, the cwt. WAX, BEES, viz. unbleached, the cwt. in any degree bleached, the cwt. imported from any British possession in Asia, Africa, or - unbleached, the cwt. -- in any degree bleached, the cwt. 0 0 002 446 2 6 WINE, the produce of his Majesty's settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, or the territories or dependencies thereofuntil the 1st January, 1833, the gallon and after the 1st January, 1833, the gallon Masts, timber, staves, wood, hoops, shingles, lathwood and cordwood for fuel, shall be imported into any of the British possessions in North America duty-free; and such goods, upon importation thereof from such possessions into any other British possessions in America, or into the United Kingdom, shall be deemed to be the produce of the British possessions in North America. § 15. Raw hides imported into the British possessions in North America, from the West Coast of Africa, shall be so imported dutyfree. § 16. Customs' Bounties.-And so much of the 6 Geo. IV. c. 113. intituled An Act to grant certain bounties and allowances of customs, as requires refined sugar to be packed in packages each of which shall contain two hundred weight of such sugar at the least, shall be repealed. § 27. Drawback on Timber used in Mines. And whereas by the 9 Geo, IV. c. 76. intituled An Act to amend the laws relating to the customs, the officers of the customs are authorized to issue debentures for the drawback of duty on certain deals and timber used in the mines of tin, lead, or copper, in the counties of Devon or Cornwall, or in Ireland, twice for every year, (that is to say,) once after the fifth day of July, and once after the fifth day of January; and it is expedient to alter the said periods for issuing such debentures; it is therefore enacted, That such debentures shall be issued once after the fifth day of April, and once after the tenth day of October in each year. § 18. NEW METROPOLITAN POLICE ESTABLISHMENT. CAP. 44. An Act for improving the police in and near the Metropolis. [19th June, 1829. New Police Office.-This act recites that offences against property have of late increased in and near the metropolis; and that the local establishments of nightly watch and nightly police have been found inadequate to the prevention and detection of crime, by reason of the frequent unfitness of the individuals employed, the insufficiency of their number, the limited sphere of their authority, and their want of connection and co-operation with each other; and whereas it is expedient to substitute a new and more efficient system of police in lieu of such establishments of nightly watch and nightly police, within the limits hereinafter mentioned, and to constitute an Office of Police, which, acting under the immediate authority of one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, shall direct and control the whole of such new system of police within those limits; it is therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for his majesty to cause a new police office to be established in the city of Westminster, and by warrant under his sign manual to appoint two fit persons as justices of the peace of the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Hertford, Essex, and Kent, and of all liberties therein, to execute the duties of a justice of the peace at the said office, and in all parts of those several counties, and the liberties therein, together with such other duties as shall be hereinafter specified, or as shall be from time to time directed by one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, for the more efficient administration of the police within the limits hereinafter mentioned; and his majesty may remove either of the said justices, and may, upon any vacancy, appoint another fit person as a justice of the peace of the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Hertford, Essex and Kent, and of all liberties therein, to execute the duties aforesaid; and it shall be lawful for his majesty to appoint any person to be a justice of the peace by virtue of this act, and for such person, during the continuance of his appointment, to execute the duties of a justice of the peace for the several counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Hertford, Essex, and Kent, and for all liberties therein, although he may not have any such qualification by estate as is required by law in the case of any other person being a justice of the peace for any county: provided, that no such person shall act as a justice of the peace at any court of general or quarter sessions, nor in any matter out of sessions, except for the preservation of the peace, the prevention of crimes, the detection and committal of offenders, and in carrying into execution the purposes of this act. Oath to be taken.-Every person to be appointed a justice of the peace by virtue of this act shall, before he shall begin to execute the duties of his office, take the following oath before some justice or baron of one of his majesty's courts of record at Westminster : 'I, A.B., do swear, That I will faithfully, impartially, and honestly, according to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute all the powers and duties of a Justice of the Peace, under and by virtue of an act passed in the tenth year of the reign of king George the Fourth, intituled An Act for improving the police in and near the metropolis.' Salary of the Justices.—It shall be lawful for his majesty to direct that an annual salary, not exceeding eight hundred pounds, shall be paid out of the consolidated fund, to each of the justices to be appointed, and that the same shall be payable quarterly. §3. Extent of Jurisdiction.—The whole of the city and liberties of Westminster, and such of the parishes, townships, precincts, and places in the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, and Kent, as are enumerated in the schedule to this act, shall be constituted into one district, to be called "The Metropolitan Police District;" and a sufficient number of fit and able men shall, by the directions of one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, be appointed as a police force for the whole of such district, who shall be sworn in by one of the said justices to act as constables for preserving the peace, and preventing robberies and other felonies, and apprebending offenders against the peace.; and the men so sword shall, not only within the said district, but also within the counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Hertford, Essex, and Kent, and within all liberties therein, have all such powers, authorities, privileges, and advantages, and be liable to all such duties and responsibilities, as any constable now has or hereafter may have within his con-stablewick by virtue of the common law, or of any statutes made or to be made, and shall obey all such lawful commands as they may receive from any of the said justices. § 4. Regulation of Police. And the said justices may, subject to the approbation of one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state, frame such orders and regulations as they shall deem expedient, relative to the general government of the men to be appointed members of the police force; the places of their residence; the classification, rank, and particular service of the several members; their distribution and inspection; the description of arms, accoutrements, and other necessaries to be furnished to them; and which of them shall be provided with horses for the performance of their duty; and all such other orders and regulations relative to the said police force, as the said justices shall deem expedient for preventing neglect or abuse, and for rendering such force efficient in the discharge of all its duties; and the said justices may at any time suspend or dismiss from his employment any man belonging to the said police force whom they shall think remiss or negligent in the discharge of his duty, or otherwise unfit for the same. § 5. Publicans &c. harbouring Policemen during hours of duty.-If any victualler or keeper of any house, shop, room, or other place for the sale of any liquors, whether spirituous or otherwise, shall |