ABSTRACT OF THE PUBLIC LAWS ENACTED BY THE BRITISH Passed in the 49th Year of the Reign of George III. fica, gay, by order in council, be permitred to be imported. §3. BY the 49th Geo. III. c. 21. the interest on Exchequer Bills, under 47th Geo. III. s. 2, c. 73; 48:h Geo. II By 49th Geo. III. c. 26, salted, or c. 7; 48th Geo. III. c. 97; and 48th pickled salmon, or salted dry cod fish, Geo. III. c. 114; carried to the Ex-having been taken and cured on the coast chequer Office before March 20, 1809, of the Gulph of St. Laurence, the coast shall be paid; and the holders of such of the Bay of Bundy, the coast of Cape Exchequer Bills shall receive certificates Breton, or the coast of Prince Edward's to the Bank entitling them to exchange Island, by British subjects, may be inthe same for annuities at the rate either ported, and upon the same bounties as of 1031. 5s. in the 51. per cents. to com- if from the Island of Newfoundland or mence from 5th of January, 1809, or 811. 8s: in the said 51. per cents. together with 261. 5s, in the 41. per cents. to commence from April 5, 1809, for every 1001. provided the amount of the Exchequer Bills exchanged shall not exceed 8,000,000; and such certificates are assignable until August 1, 1809. By 49th Geo. III. c. 24, all spontwash which shall be fermented, or re. fermented, for the purpose of being distilled into spirits shall be deemed to be new wort, or wash, and shall be charged with all the duties to which wort, or wash, brewed for extracting spirits may be liable, and all such spout-wash which shall be so fermented, or re fermented, shall be liable to all the rules of former Acts. The Distillers having got into the Practice of te fermenting and re-distilling Wash, after the same had been through the Still, to the great Injury of the Revenue, has occasioned this new Regulation. By 49th Geo. III. c. 25, until the 25th of March, 1811, any person, or persons, may import from any port whatever in any foreign state, or from Malta or Gibraltar, any sort of unmanufactured tobacco in any British ship, or vessel, navigated according to law, or in any ship, or vessel, belonging to any country in amity with his Majesty, navigated in any manner whatever, subject to the duties payable on tobacco of the produce of the British plantations. § 1. coast of Labrador. By 49th Geo. III. c. 28, the clerks of the coroner and attorney of the Court of King's Bench, who have been, or may hereafter be, regularly admitted as such clerks, may be approved, sworn, and admitted to practise, and may practise as attornies in the Court of King's Bench and also in any other of the Courts of Record, in the name, and with the consent, of such attorney thereof, such consent being in writing and signed by the clerk. By 49th Geo. III. c. 29, the Irish Treaand hempen manufacturers 29,000l. to sury may pay to the trustees of the linen be applied in bounties for the encourage. ment of the sowing of flax-seed of the growth of flax seed of the present year; but no person is entitled to any part of the bounty for flax-seed sowed, unless such seed shall, on the 1st of January, 1810, be in the possession of the party, or his representatives, who shall have raised the flax whereby such seed was produced, nor unless such seed shall be cer tified by some inspector of the trustees, upon examination thereof, after the said 1st of January, to be sufficiently clean, sound, and fit for sowing. . By 49th Geo. III. c. 35, benevolently and truly entitled An Act for the more convenient Payment of Pensions to Widows of Officers of the Navy, IT IS ENACTED, that, from December 25, 1809, the Court of Assistants of the Chanty for the Relief of Widows of Officers of the Navy may direct, the pensions to be paid to such widows at the place of their residence in any part of his Majesty's doninions, or in any foreign parts, by persons appointed by them to pay the same; and those widows may apply for their pen3 T Tobacco imported, or exported, under this Act, shall be subject to the same regulations as tobacco of the growth of the British plantations. § 2. Unmanufactured tobacco of the produce of the East Indies, or South AiueMONTHLY MAG. No. 185. sions, the patentee may be thus described:→→ There are two wheels of the same diameter fixed on a nut and screw, but one of the wheels has one tooth more than the other, and they are both turned by the same pinion. Suppose one to have 100 teeth and the other 101, then when the latter has made one complete revolution, the other will have made one revolution and the one-hundredth part of another, consequently the screw will have risen one-hundredth part of the distance between two of its threads; and then, according to the principle of the screw, the increase of the power obtained by this method will be in the proportion of 100 to 1. If there be another screw and mut revolving round a pin in the centre of the upper part of the screw, on which the other wheels revolve, and suppose to the nut there be fixed a wheel having 102 teeth, and to the screw a wheel having 101 teeth, then when they are turned round by the same pinion, as soon as the nut has made one revolution, the screw will have made one revolution and the 101st of another, by which operation the nut will be lowered the one hundred and first part of the distance between two threads of the screw. The turning of the two first-mentioned wheels, therefore has the effect of raising the nut the th part, and the turning of the two last-mentioned wheels the effect of low. ering the nut the 1st part, of the distance between two threads of the screw; consequently, when the wheels are turned all together once round by the same pinion, the effect will be that of raising the end XT101, or the ten thousand one hundredth part of the distance between two threads of the screw, and the increase of power obtained by this method will be in the proportion of 10100 to 1. These wheels, &c. are shewn by drawings attached to the specification, as are likewise two others in a small frame, which is attached to the large one by binges, and which are to be used when it is required to produce an increase of velocity: for this purpose the pinion must be raised upon its axis, so as to be disengaged from the wheel, and the wheels in the small frame must be brought in contact with the pinion and wheel, so that the pinion may turn the upper wheel in the small frame; and the lower wheel in the small frame turn the wheel. The effect will be that of turning the wheels in contrary directions: the screw and nut will move in opposition to each other, and the end will, by this new method, rise with an increased velocity. Another figure represents two screws, with their nuts placed opposite to each other: now, if the screws be turned by machinery similar to that already described, their nuts being fixed; then, if they be turned in the same circular direction, one screw will advance, and the other recede; or, if the screws be fixed, and the machinery applied to the nuts, then one nut will advance, and the other recede; but as the motion of one will be quicker than that of the other, they will gradually approach, and there will be an increase of power procured. MR. ANTHONY BERROLLAS'S (DENMARK STREET,) for a Method of making infullible Repeating Watches. First. The outside of the watches here referred to resembles that of common watches, except the pendent, which is mounted on a button consisting of two parts; of these the lower one does not move, and the upper one having an endless screw annexed to it, turns round and comes out to the extent of four turns, and is cut in four turns and a half. The upper part of the button being turned to the right, screws off from the lower part, and operating upon the hour rack, can be continued to be unscrewed, until it has struck the hour which the hand indicates, when it cannot be further unscrewed. The same part being afterwards screwed to the left, to bring it back again, to join the lower fixed part, operates upon the quarter rack, and quarters are struck in the same manner as the hours, until the one part is completely joined to the other. Secondly. The movement of this watch is the same as that of a common watch that is not a repeater.. The wheel works are of the same height; which is not the ease with common repeaters, in which the operation of striking being occasioned by a work in the movement composed of five wheels, five pinions, and a barrel and main spring, necessarily cause the movement-wheels to be smaller, and this injures the solidity of the work, and augments the labour. The sort of escapement may be made according to fancy. The hammer which strikes the hours and quarters is the only additional piece which is in the frame of the movement, aud which distinguishes the infallible repeating watch from a common watch not a repeater. Thirdly. The motion is composed of three principal parts: the first contains the hour rack, the second the quarter rack, the third the pendent and endless screw. The latter turning on itself ascends perpendicularly 1 perpendicularly, and is kept in that perpendicular direction by another piece, which performs two objects; for the interior of it forms the catch-work of the screw, whilst the exterior is fixed by two screws on the pillar plate. The reader must be referred to the specification itself for a more particular description corre sponding to the drawings attached to it. To elucidate the nature and superior utility of us invention, Mr. B. observes, First, That the old repeaters contain five wheels more than the common watches, besides five pinions and a barrel and main spring, which are all necessary to put the motion in action; they have also two hammers to distinguish hours from quarters. But the new repeater is composed of the common plain movement and wheel-work, with the addition only of a hammer, which is placed in an insulated situation, having no communication whatever with the wheel-work. Secondly, The old motions being so very complex, are in their nature liable to be out of order from the slightest cause, because the chain of the motion which winds the main spring of the repeating-work is easily broken by means of the pressure, its very structure, and its attendant friction: and lastly, because the action of it depends upon the main spring and wheel-work, the latter of which is apt to be disordered, and the former snaps and breaks of itself. Whereas the new motion acts in itself, and has no dependance on wheel-work, or any other piece that is subject to be broken; an endless screw sets the two chief parts in motion, which produces the effect of striking the hours and the quarters; and all the other pieces are designed only as collateral support to the principal ones. Hence the simplicity of construction in the new repeater, and a diminution of expence. MR. ANDREW BROWN'S (LONDON,) for Improvements in the Construction of a Press for printing Books and other Articles, part of which may be applied to Presses in common use. These improvements are on the press itself: on the use of barrels or cylinders for feeding the types with ink; and in the loose frisket and manner of using it. The press is made of cast iron, as is also the bed which must be accurately faced for the types to lie on. A follower gives pressure on the types, and is fixed to the In using this press the cast-iron bed slides out below the roller or cylinder, which roller or cylinder revolves screw. round and feeds the types with ink. It is covered with flannel, or any other elastic substance, and then is covered with parchment or vellum, or other proper materials to prevent the ink from soaking too far in, and likewise to give it a spring, and afterwards is covered with superfine woollen cloth, for the purpose of receiving the ink to supply the types. There is a large barrel or cylinder, and also a smaller one: the former having received the ink from the trough underneath it, the latter rolls on the other and distributes or spreads out the ink on the face of it; or it may be necessary, with the small barrel or cylinder, occasionally to use a brush to distribute the ink, or lay the ink on the large barrel. The large barrel feeds the other with ink, and that revolves and feeds the types by the motion of the spindle, which moves the bed. Mr. B. is able to apply the barrels or cylinders, which he reckons his principal improvement, to presses now in common use, by means of a fly-wheel and traddle, which give motion to the two barrels or cylinders, and distribute the ink over the types, to feed them with ink either by the notion of the hand or flywheel, or by other methods well known to every mechanic. FREDERICK BARTHOLOMEW FOLSCH and WILLIAM HOWARD'S (LONDON,) for a certain Machine, Instrument, or Pen, calculated to promote Facility in Writing; and also a certain Black Writing Ink or Composition, the Durability whereof is not to be affected by Time, or change of Climate. The pen is made of glass, enamel, or other substance capable of admitting a bore, the point is small and finely polished, but the part above the point is large enough to hold as much or more ink than a common writing pen. The composition is a mixture of equal parts of Frankfort black and fresh butter, which is smeared over paper and rubbed off after a certain time. The paper thus smeared is to be pressed for some hours, taking care to have sheets of blotting pas per between each of the sheets of black paper. When fit for use, the paper is put between sheets of this blackened paper, and the upper sheet is to be written on with common ink with the glass or enamel pen. By this method not only the copy is obtained on which you write,but also two or more made by means of the blackened paper. REPORT sions, paid by the Receiver-general of the Laud Tax, Collector of the Customs, Collector of Excise, or Clerk of the Cheque of the District; and the Court of Assistants may order and direct the Pay-master to make out two admittance bills payable by them to such widows, one of which shall be sent to the widow, and the other to the Receiver-general, Collector, or Clerk of the Cheque, who shall, on the widow's producing the duplicate, pay her the sum contained therein. The penalty on such persons delaying payment, or taking any fees or discount, is 501. to be received as penalties under the excise laws. On certificate of infirmity being produced the Receiver-general, Collector, and Clerk of the Cheque, are authorized to pay the contents of the bill to the order of the widow. But all assignments, bargains, salès, orders, contracts, agreements, or securities whatsoever, which shall be given or made by any widow entitled to receive pension, shall be absolutely null and void. Letters and packets are to be sent free of postage. Persons personating widows in order to receive pensions, or forging bills or certificates, are guilty of felony, and may be transported for not exceed ing fourteen years. Bills and certificates are exempted from the stamp duties. By 49th Geo. III. c. 38, non-commissioned officers and soldiers are to be allowed 1s. 4d. per day, for diet and sinall beer, in quarters in England; and for articles which have hitherto been furnished gratis one halfpenny per day shall be allowed, and for horses quartered, 1s. 2d. per day shall be paid for hay and straw, [Passed 28th April.] By 49th Geo. III. c. 40, deficiencies and vacancies in the LOCAL MILITIA, may be directed to be supplied by order of the Secretary of State without his Majesty's warrant, but volunteers are allow to enter whether any order be given for supplying deficiencies or not, until the local militia be completed. Vacancies are to be filled up, notwithstanding the number of local militia and volunteers exceed six times the quota of the regular militia. Where the local militia shall exceed such quota, no deficiencies shall be supplied until the number be reduced below the proportion of the county. Local militia-men may enlist into the regular militia, except during the period of annual training; and no officer, or other person, shall enlist a local militiaman during the period of such training, on penalty of 201. Vacancies by men being made corporals and serjeants, and eulising in the regular militia, are to be filled up. Deputy lieutenants may make new appointments in case, from the returns made, it be found the quotas are not in proportion to the rotation numbers liable to serve. General meetings of lieutenancy are to fix, by ballot, the order in which subdivisions shall stand as to the supplying deficiencies on account of the appointment of persons to be serjeants or corporals, and deputy lieutenants are to regulate any inequalities of numbers that may arise in divisions. 1 So much of the former act 48th Gco. III. c. 111, as relates to bounties to persons voluntarily enrolling themselves (except members of volunteer corps) is repealed, and parties may agree to give two guineas bounty. The whole of the bounty paid to persons enrolling in the local militia shall be deducted and repaid out of the bounty which they may receive, if within one year they enlist into the army, navy, or marines, and half if they so enlist after one year and before the end of two years. The said former act, as to the advançè of bounties to persons from volunteer corps being repaid, is repealed. Members of volunteer corps transfering themselves shall not be entitled to bounty unless serving before the 14th of May, 1809. Volunteers transferring themselves into the local militia are not liable to serve in the regular militia, in consequence of any former ballot. Officers commanding volunteers transferring themselves, with their men, into the local militia are to return their com No serjeant, corporal, or drummer, of any local militia on permanent pay as such, or as a musician in the band, shall be allowed to enlist in the army, navy, marines, or regular mílitia. Men shall not change their regiments in consequence of removing from one part of a county to another, and men shall not remove from one county to another while the regiment is assembled. No commissioned or non-commissioned officer, or private man, shall be subject to the mutiny act, except while he is receiving pay. [Passed the 12th of May.] STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN MAY. SWEDEN. ceremony, received the Princes, ministers, Letter from the Emperor Bonaparte to the Duke great officers of the empire, the senate, the of Sudermania. *MY BROTHER-I have received your Royal Highness's letter of the 17th March. You are right to believe that I wish Sweden to enjoy tranquillity, happiness, and peace with her neighbours: neither Russia, Denmark, nor myself, were eager to wage war against Sweden; but on the contrary, did every thing in our power to ward off disasters which it was easy to foresee. I have taken the earliest opportunity to acquaint those courts with your Royal Highness's sentiments and views, and trust that they will perfectly agree with me in opinion, and that it will not be our fault if Sweden should not be restored to the enjoyment of happiness and peace. soon as I shall be informed of the intentions of my allies, I will not fail to communicate them to your Royal Highness. In the mean time, you will not entertain a doubt of the As council of State, all the public functionaries, and, finally, the diplomatic body.-The audience which he gave to the diplomatic body was rendered remarkable by a long discourse his Majesty held with the Austrian ambassador, of which I shall at least transmit you short sketch.- Austria means to make war upon us,' said the Emperor, or she means to frighten us.' M. de Metternich bore testimony to the pacific dispositions of his goIf so, why such enormous preparations? They are merely for defence," said the Minister. But who attacks you, that you provide for your defence in such a way? Who threatens you, that you should think of being attacked? Is not all around between us since the peace of Presburg? you quiet? Has there been the least dispute Have I asked any thing of you? Has not the whole of our intercourse been friendly? And vernment. · yet all on a sudden you have set up a cry of war. You have put your whole population in motion. Your Princes have been running through the provinces, and you have sent abroad the same proclamations, and taken just the same steps, you did when I was at Leoben. Were this only a new organization, you would have done all this more slowly, ac less expence, with less violence, without creating such a ferment at home, or raising such a disturbance abroad. But your measures not merely for defence. You have added 1300 men to each of your regiments. Your militia will furnish you with 400,000 men, which you can dispose of as you please. These men are put into regiments. A part of them are cloathed, your fortresses are supplied with provisions. In a word, a sure sign, that you are preparing for war is this; that you have been purchasing horses. You already possess 14,000 for the artillery. Such extraordinary expences are never made in the bosom of respect which I entertain for your nation, of my wish for its happiness, and of the high esteem with which your character and virtues have inspired me for your Royal Highness. I pray to God to keep you, my brother, in his holy guard. "Your good Brother, "NAPOLEON." "Paris, April 12, 1809.” FRANCE. Among the correspondence published by the French government on the commencement of the war with Austria, is the following curious letter. Dispatch of the 16th of August, sent to Gen. pea.e |