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HIDES.

QUANTITY of Hides imported into Great Britain in the Year 1824.

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ABSTRACT of an Account of the total Number of Acres of Land in Great Britain under the Cultivation of Hops, in the Year 1824.

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AN ACCOUNT of the Duty on Hops of the Growth of the Year 1824; distinguishing the different Districts, and the Old and the New Duty.

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QUANTITY of Hops exported from Great Britain to Ireland, from 5th January, 1824, to 5th January, 1825; also, an Account of Hops exported to Foreign Countries; also, an Account of Hops imported during the same Period.

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have, since the four-and-twentieth day of June, 1718, been publicly contrived and practised within the city of London and other parts of this kingdom, as also in Ireland and other our dominions, which manifestly tend to the common grievance of our subjects in their trade and other their affairs; and the persons contriving or attempting such mischievous projects, under false pretences of public good, had presumed to open books for public subscriptions, and drew in unwary persons to subscribe therein towards raising great sums of money, whereupon the subscribers or claimants under them paid smallproportions thereof; which mischievous project

related to several fisheries and other affairs wherein the trade and welfare of our subjects were concerned: and reciting, that in many cases the said undertakers or subscribers had, since the said twenty-fourth day of June, presumed to act as if they were corporate bodies, and had pretended to make their shares in stocks transferable without legal authority; and in some cases the undertakers or subscribers had acted, or pretended to act, under some charter or charters formerly granted for some particular

twenty, all such unlawful undertakings and attempts, so tending to the common grievance, prejudice, and inconvenience of our subjects in their trade, commerce, and other lawful affairs, and the making or taking of any subscriptions, for that purpose, the receiving or paying any money upon such subscriptions, the making or accepting of any assignment or transfer, or pretended assignment or transfer, of any share or shares upon any such subscription, and all and every other matter or thing whatsoever for fur. thering, countenancing, or proceeding in any such unlawful undertaking or attempt, and more par. ticularly the presuming or pretending to act as a corporate body, or to raise a transferable stock or stocks, or to make transfers or assignments of any share or shares therein without such legal

purposes, but had used the same for raising that from and after the said twenty-fourth joint stocks, and for making pretended transfers day of June, one thousand seven hundred and or assignments for their own private lucre; and in some cases the undertakers or subscribers had acted under some obsolete charter or charters, although the same became void or voidable by non-user or abuser, or for want of making lawful elections which were necessary for the continuance thereof; and many other unwarrantable practices had been and might thereafter be contrived to the ruin of many of our good subjects, if a timely remedy were not provided: and reciting further, that it was become absolutely necessary, that all public undertakings and attempts, tending to the common grievance and prejudice of our subjects in their trade or other lawful affairs, should be effectually suppressed by suitable and adequate punishments, for that purpose to be established. Therefore, for suppressing such mischievous and dangerous under-authority as aforesaid, and all acting or pretakings and attempts, and for preventing the tending to act under any charter formerly like for the future, it is in and by the said act granted from the crown, for any special pur enacted, that from and after the twenty-fourth poses, by persons making or endeavouring to day of June, one thousand seven hundred and make use of such charter for any such other twenty, all and every the undertakings and purpose not thereby intended, and all acting or attempts described as aforesaid, and all other pretending to act under such obsolete charter as public undertakings and attempts tending to the is before described, and every of them, (as to all common grievance, prejudice, and inconvenience or any such acts, matters, or things, as should of our subjects in their trade, commerce, or be so done, attempted, or proceeded upon after other lawful affairs, and all public subscriptions, the said twenty-fourth day of June one thousand receipts, payments, assignments, transfers, pre- seven hundred and twenty), should be deemed tended assignments and transfers, and all other to be a public nuisance and nuisances; and the matters and things whatsoever for furthering, same, and all causes, matters, and things recountenancing, or proceeding in any such under-lating thereto, and every of them, should for ever taking or attempt, and more particularly the thereafter be tried and determined as common acting or presuming to act as a corporate body nuisances; and all offenders therein, being or bodies, the raising or pretending to raise transferable stock or stocks, the transferring or pretending to transfer or assign any share or shares in such stock or stocks without legal authority, either by act of parliament or any punishments, whereunto persons convicted for charter from the crown, to warrant such acting common and public nuisances are by any of the as a body corporate, or to raise such transferable laws and statutes of this realm subject and stock or stocks, or to transfer shares therein, liable, and moreover should incur and sustain and all acting or pretending to act under any such further pains, penalties, and forfeitures as charter formerly granted from the crown for were ordained and provided by the statute of particular or special purposes therein expressed, provision and præmunire made in the sixteenth by persons who should use or endeavour to use year of the reign of king Richard the Second: the same charters for raising a capital stock, or And it is in and by the said act further enacted, for making transfers or assignments or pre- That if any merchant or trader, at any time tended transfer's or assignments of such stock not after the said twenty-fourth day of June, one intended or designed by such charter to be raised thousand seven hundred and twenty, should or transferred, and all acting or pretending to act suffer any particular damage in his, her, or their under any obsolete charter become void or void- trade, commerce, or other lawful affairs, by able by non-user or abuser, or for want of making occasion or means of any undertaking or attempt, lawful elections which were necessary to con- matter or thing by the said act declared to be tinue the corporation thereby intended, should unlawful as aforesaid, and should sue to be re(as to all or any such acts, matters, and things lieved therein, that then and in every such case as should be done, attempted, and proceeded such merchant or trader should and might upon after the said twenty-fourth day of June, have his and their remedy for the same by ant one thousand seven hundred and twenty) for action or actions to be grounded upon the said ever be deemed to be illegal and void, and should statute against the persons, societies, or partnot be practised or in anywise put in execution. nerships, or any of them, who, contrary to the And it is in and by the said act further enacted, said acts, should be engaged or interested in any

thereof lawfully convicted, upon information or indictment in any of our courts of record at Westminster, or in Edinburgh, or in Dublin, should be liable to such fines, penalties, and

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such unlawful undertaking or attempt; and in every such action the plaintiff should recover treble damages, with full costs of suit: And it is in and by the said act further enacted, That if any broker, or person acting as a broker for himself, or in behalf of any others, at any time or times after the said twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and twenty, should bargain, sell, buy, or purchase, or contract or agree for the bargaining, selling, buying, or purchasing of any share or interest in any of the undertakings by the said act declared to be unlawful, or in any stock or pretended stock of such undertakers, that then and in every such case, every such broker, or person acting as such, should not only be disabled and rendered incapable to be or act as a broker for the future, but should also lose and forfeit the sum of five hundred pounds; to be recovered, one moiety thereof to the use of us, our heirs and successors, and the other moiety thereof to the use of any person or persons who should inform or sue for the same, in any of our said courts of record, with full costs of suit, as by the said act, amongst other clauses and things therein contained, more at large may appear: And whereas we are deeply sensible of the many mischievous consequences that must inevitably ensue from the unwarrantable practices in the said act mentioned, by ensnaring and defrauding unwary persons to their utter impoverishment and ruin, by taking off the minds of many of our subjects from attending their lawful employments, and by introducing a general neglect of trade and commerce, upon which the wealth and prosperity of our kingdoms so much depend, the promoting and encouragement whereof we have always at heart; and we, being determined, for the reasons aforesaid, to cause the said act to be effectually put in execution, but being also willing and desirous that none of our loving subjects should be ignorant of the same, nor unwarily subject themject themselves to the forfeiture of their lands and tenements, goods and chattels, and imprisonment of their persons, by incurring the penalty of præmunire thereby justly inflicted, have, by and with the advice of our privy council, thought fit to issue this our royal proclamation: And we do hereby strictly charge and command, that no person or persons whatsoever, bodies politic or corporate, do presume to commit or attempt any act, matter, or thing whatsoever, contrary to the provisions of the said act, and the true intent and meaning thereof; and that the said act of parliament be in every particular punctually observed and kept, upon pain of the several penalties by the said act inflicted upon offenders against the same: And we do hereby declare, that we will cause the said act effectually to be put in execution; and that all assistance and due encouragement shall be given to all persons who shall discover and detect any offender or offenders against the same: And we do hereby strictly charge and command all

mayors, sheriffs, justices of the peace, and all others our officers and ministers, and all other our subjects, whom it may concern, to be very vigilant and strict in the discovery and effectual prosecution of all persons who shall in anywise offend in the premises, and that they do use their utmost diligence in causing the said act to be put in execution, upon pain of incurring our highest displeasure.

Given at our palace of St. James's, the eleventh day of June, 1720, and in the sixth year of our reign.

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Whitehall, August 18th, 1720. THE lords justices having received a memorial from the right honourable the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, and thereupon taking into consideration the great trade now carrying on in the buying and selling of stocks not warranted by law, which must unavoidably turn to the destruction of public credit, and to the ruin of trade and of many private families, who unadvisedly engage therein; notwithstanding his majesty, out of his tender regard to the good of his subjects, had, by his royal proclamation of the 11th of June last, given sufficient warning of the severe penalties that would be incurred by such practices; which are such fines, penalties, and punishments, whereunto persons convicted for common and public nuisances are, by any of the laws and statutes of this realm, subject and liable; and moreover, such further pains, penalties, and forfeitures, as were ordained and provided by the statute of provision and præmunire, made in the 16th year of king Richard II.; viz. forfeiture of lands and tenements, goods and chattels, and imprisonment, and a penalty of 5001. for every broker, or person acting as a broker, (besides inability and incapacity to act as a broker for the future), one moiety thereof to the crown, and the other moiety thereof to the informer or person suing for the same in any of his majesty's courts of record, with full costs of suit.

Their excellencies being attended this day by Mr. Attorney-General, according to their order, gave him express directions to bring writs of scire facias against the charters or patents of the companies following:

York Buildings Company,
Lustring company,
English Copper,

Welsh Copper and Lead;

And also against any other charters or patents which have been or shall be made use of or acted under, contrary to the intent or meaning of an act passed in the last session of parliament, for restraining several extravagant and unwarrantable practices therein mentioned, intituled “An

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