back on China-ware, is alfo hereby repealed; and, from December 1, 1770, no drawback is allowed on China-ware exported to Ameri ca, unless packed in the prefence of a proper Abstract of an ACT to regulate the Trials of controverted Elections, or As S the prefent mode of decifion, upon petitions complaining of undue elections or returns of Members to ferve in Parliament, frequently obftructs public bufinefs; occafions much expence, trouble, and delay to the parties; is defective, for want of thofe fanctions and folemnities which are established by law in other trials; and is attended with many other inconveniencies; for remedy thereof, it is hereby enacted, that, after the prefent feffion, on complaint of undue election or return, a precife time is to be fixed for confidering thereof. The Speaker is to give notice thereof, and order attendance; but not within fourteen days after appointment of the Committee of Privileges. The House may alter the time on like notice and order. The Serjeant at Arms, before the reading of the orders of the day, is to require the attendance of the Members, and at his return the Houfe is to be counted, which for want of a hundred Members is to adjourn, till a hundred be préfent. In prefence of a hundred, the petitioners, with their Council, Agents, &c. are to be ordered to the bar; and then the names of all the Members of the Houfe, are to be put into 6 boxes or glaffes; to be drawn alternately, and read by the Speaker, till forty-nine be drawn. Voting Members at the election, or complainants, are to be fet afide. All above fixty years old are excufed, or those who have ferved on a felect Committee in the fame feffion, unless the number who have not ferved be infufficient. Members excufed shall not be deemed to have ferved; and, Members verifying other excuses, their allegations are to be entered; and, if the Houfe refolve that that they are unable to ferve, they are to be excufed: Inftead of whom, others are to be drawn to complete the number forty-nine. Petitioners may name one, and fitting Members another, who may for like caufes be fet afide, or excufed, and others named. The door of the Houfe, that, during this bufinefs of chufing by lot, was kept locked, is then to be opened, and the Houfe may proceed on other bufinefs. Lifts of the forty-nine are to be then given to the peti-voidable abfence be proved. If thirteen do tioners, their Council, Agents, &c. who, with the Clerk, are to withdraw, and to ftrike off one alternately, till the number be reduced to thirteen. The Clerk, within one not attend, the Committee is to adjourn; and if lefs for three days, then it is to be diffolved and another chofen; and paft proceeding are to be void. The refolutions of the Committee, other than the determination of complaint, may be reported, and the House may make fuch order thereon, as to them thall feem proper. Perfons difobeying fummons, or prevaricating, are to be reported to the Chairman. When the Committee chufe to deliberate, the room is to be cleared, Queftions are to be determined by a majority, the Chairman to have a cafting vote, and no de termination to take place unless thirteen be prefent; nor any Member to vote, who has not attended every fitting. The oath taken in the Houfe is to be administered by the Clerk, and thofe before the select Commit tee by the Clerk. The penalties on perjury are extended thereto. This act is to continue in force feven years, and till the end of the feffion of Parliament next after the expira tion of the said seven years, and no longer. Abstract of an ACT, for the better Prefervation of the Game, within that Part of Great Britain called England. Tdeltroyed at improper feafons, in that part of Great Britain called England : For fhall, for the first offence, be imprisoned not lefs than three months; and, for other of fence, not less than fix months; and for each to be publicly whipped. Offenders on Sunday, uling any gun or engine for destroying game, on conviction are to forfeit 201. to be levied by diftrefs with charges, and to be applied to the informer and the poor. For want of fuch diftrefs, the offender is to be committed for any time not exceeding fix calendar months, nor less than three. Perfons aggrieved may appeal to the quarterfeflions, giving fourteen days notice to perfons complained againft. The Juftices are to hear, determine, and award cofts; and their determination is to be final, and not tə be removed by Certiorari. Abstract of an ACT, for preventing the Stealing of Dogs. HE practice of ftealing dogs having of late years greatly increased: For remedy thereof, it is hereby enacted, that from and after the first of May, 1770, if any person fhall fteal any dog or dogs, of any kind or fort whatsoever, from the owner or owners thereof, or from any perfon, or perfons intrufted by the owner or owners thereof with fuch dog or dogs; or (hall fell, buy, receive, harbour, detain, or keep, any dog, or dogs of any kind or fort whatsoever, knowing the fame to have been folen; every fuch perfon, upon being convicted thereof upon the oath of or more credible witnefs or witneffus, or by his or her own confeffion, before any two or more Justices of the Peace for any county, riding, divifion, or place, all for the first offence forfeit not lets than 201. and charges of conviction; or, till the penalty and charges are paid, be committed to gaol, for any time not exceeding twelve calendar months, nor less than fix, or until the penalty and charges fhall be paid. A perfon guilty of a fubfequent offence, is to forfeit not less than 30l. and charges, to be paid to the informer and the poor; and on non-payment, to be imprisoned 12 months, and publicly whipped. Juftices are to grant warrants to fearch for dogs ftolen or their fkins; and the perfons, in whole cuftody the dogs or their fins are found, are liable to like penalties. Perfons aggrieved may appeal to the Quarter-feffions. Fourteen days notice of appeal are to be given. Juf ticks are to hear, determine, and award cofts; and their determination is to be final; and not to be removed by Cert orari. The BRITISH Mufe, containing original Poems, Songs, &c. ANACREON. ODE XXXVII. Nature a glorious aspect wears. Now shines with fierce pervading ray: Thro' ev'ry branch and tendril flows. LUDOVICUS. And many a furrow in my grief worn cheek Has been the channel to a fream of tears. Yon houfe, elected on the rifing ground, With tempting afpect drew me from my road, For plenty there a refidence has found, And grandeur a magnificent abode. (Hard is the fate of the infirm, and poor!) Here craving for a morfel of their bread, A pamper'd menial forc'd me from the door, To seek a fhelter in an humbler shed. Oh! take me to your hofpitable dome, Keen blows the wind, and piercing is the cold! Short is my paffage to the friendly tomb, Shou'd I reveal the fource of ev'ry grief, And tears of pity could not be repreft. Heav'n fends misfortunes-Why should we repine? 'Tis Heav'n has brought me to the state you fee: My daughter once the comfort of my age! Lur'd by a villain from her native home, Is caft abandon'd on the world's wide stage, And doom'd in fcanty poverty to roam. My tender wife-weet foother of my care! Struck with fad anguish-at the stern decree, Fell-ling'ring fell a victim to defpair, And left the world to wretchedness and me. Pity the forrows of a poor old man! Whofe trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whofe days are dwindled to the shortest (pan, Oh! give relief-and Heav'n will bless your ftore. A PINCH of SNUFF. H Snuff! our fashionable end and aim! Strafburgh, Rappee, Dutch, Scotch! whate'er thy name! Powder celestial! quinteffence divine! New joys intrance my foul, while thou art mine. Who takes!-who takes thee not! Where'er I range, I smell thy fweets from Pall-mall to the By thee affifted, Ladies kill the day, In vain thy dress, in vain thy trimmings shine, If the Parifian snuff-box be not thine. Let abject fouls the clay-form'd tube af fume, And fuck Virginia's fleep-creating fume. Hams o'er a minuet, or effays to fing. O fragrant fnuff! how does thy lively grain pleafing duft! how fhall I speak thy praife! Hence can look grave at Batfon's, dull at Peele's, Gay at the Bedford, politic at Will's. Thee, Hardham, thee, let not the mufe pafs by, For oft thy jars have rivetted her eye. her line! Then fhould thy fame refound from shore to fhore, Till tongues grew mute, and eccho could no While fons of riot, on life's ill trod stage, In luft, or wine, diffolve their youthful bloom. Mine be the choice, to walk with friendly Night; And, by a steady, philofophic eye, Number the stars, or make the planets light, And range, with her, the circuit of the sky. On RETIREMENT. G Racious pow'rs! convey me where Bear me to fome filent grove, Whilft the lark's Pinduric ferains In the foft fequefter'd fhade, Venus, to complete my joy, The following is faid to be a more correct COPY of the SPEECH delivered by the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, at the laft Meeting of the Livery at Guildhall, than any yet published. 'I Gentlemen of the Livery, Have called you together to lay before you his Majetty's answer to your humble addrefs, remonstrance, and petition; the refolutions and addrefs of the House of Lords and Commons, in confequence thereof, together with certain refolutions and orders of three of the livery companies of this city, which I defire may be read by the Townclerk, and then I thall crave your indulgence to make fome oblervations thereon. [The King's anfwer, the refolutions and addrefs of both Houfes of Parliament, tagether with the refolutions of the Mafter, Wardens, and Court of Affiftants of the Goldfuiths, Weavers, and Grocers companics were read. After which the Lord Mayor came forwards, and faid,] Gentlemen, you have heard his Majefty's anfwer to your humble addrefs, remonftrance, and petition; alfo the refolutions and addreffes of both Houfes of Parliament, and the orders and refolutions of three of the companies of this city, read. I am to acquaint you, that his Majcity received your addrefs, remonttrance, and petition, in the fame manner as his royal predecellors always did receive the addrefs of the citizens of London, fitting on his Throne. I am forry to fary a more harth anfwer was never given by a King of this country, and, I defy any man to thew me, in the annals of this country, a more ungracious aniwer returned by any King of England to the citizens of London. This harth and ungracious part of the King's anfwer we must confider not as the words of his Majefty, but thofe of his Minifters. The King has not more loyal fubjects than the citizens of London; men ready and willing to facrifice their lives and fortunes in the fupport of his Majefty's perfon and family. True it is, we are accused by his Minitters with want of refpect to his Majefty. Is there any thing in your humble addrefs, remonftrance, and petition, that favours of difrespect to the King? I look upon this to be the anfwer of the Minister; but, when this harth anfwer was given by his Majefty, the goodness of his royal heart was fuch that he could not fuffer his faithful citizens to depart from his prefence withoutreceiving them again into his royal favour: There is fuch an emanation of grace flowing from the royal countenance of his Majefty, that the very admiffron into his prefence gives comfort and fatiffaction to every perfon: He could not suffer his faithful citizens to depart without receiv ing them into grace and favour, and in teftimony thereof extended them his royal hand to kifs. After paffing the Bill of Rights, the Lords became fuitors to King Charles I, that he would receive into his grace and favour cartin Lords who had offended him, viz. the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Earls of Warwick and Ellex, and |