Sum payable every Twenty-fourth Year under a Grant of Sir Thomas White, and for other Purposes. Page 438 45. An Act for enabling the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul in London to grant Building Leases, pursuant to an Agreement entered into with John Ambler for that Purpose. Ibid. 46. An Act for enabling the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul in London to grant Building Leases of certain Land of the said Dean and Chapter at Barnes in the County of Surrey. Ibid. 47. An Act for confirming Exchanges of Lands in the Parish of Chesterton in the County of Oxford, made between the Trustees of the Earl and Countess of Jersey and the Vicar of Chesterton, and between the said Trustees and the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford. Ibid. 48. An Act to enable the Trustees under the Will of Hugh Owen, otherwise Hugh Bulkeley Owen Esquire, deceased, to sell and convey, under the Direction of the Court of Exchequer, the Fee Simple of the Real Estates thereby charged with the Payment of his Debts. Ibid. 49. An Act for enabling the Rector for the Time being of Saint Mary, Newington Butts, in the County of Surrey, to make certain Confirmations, Leases, and Assurances of certain Parts of the Glebe Lands belonging to his Rectory. Ibid. 50. An Act for authorizing a Settlement of the Freehold and Copyhold Estates, late of Thomas Gregory Player Esquire, deceased, at Aldenham in the County of Hertford, under the Direction of the High Court of Chancery. Ibid. PRIVATE ACTS, NOT PRINTED. 51. An Act for naturalizing Ferdinand Stewart Campbell. 52. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Peach Keighly, a Captain in the Service of the East India Company on their Madras Establishment, and Judge Advocate General of the Army on their said Establishment, with Anne, his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 53. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Daniel Franco Haynes Esquire with Mary his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 54. An Act for naturalizing Antoine Beat Albert du Thou and his Two Infant Children therein mentioned. 55. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of John Tyssen Tyrell Esquire with Elizabeth Anne his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 56. An Act for naturalizing Jean Baptiste Paul Chappé. 57. An Act for naturalizing Henry Dumas. 58. An Act for naturalizing Bernardino Antonio Fernandez. 59. An 59. An Act for naturalizing Ferdinand Campbell and Samuel Griffin Campbell, the Infant Sons of Ferdinand Stewart Campbell Esquire. 60. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Tithing of Ower Moigne, within the Parish of Ower Moigne, in the County of Dorset. 61. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Manor of Watermillock, in the Parish of Greystoke, in the County of Cumberland. 62. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Bardwell in the County of Suffolk. 63. An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Ardleigh in the County of Essex. 64. An Act to enable John Barber to take and use the Surname of Garlick, pursuant to the Provisions of the Will of John Garlick deceased, late of Moulton in the County of Northampton. 65. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of James Oliver Lindam Esquire with Harriott his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein contained. 66. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Peter Reade Cazalet Esquire with Caroline Wahab his now Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. 67. An Act for naturalizing Philip James Meyer. 68. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Arthur Stock with Mary Beauman, otherwise Wahab, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes. 69. An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Daniel Thorndike with Frances Christiana his Wife, and to enable him to marry again; and for other Purposes therein mentioned. THE STATUTES AT LARGE. Anno Regni GEORGII IV. Britanniarum Regis, A T the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Fourteenth Day of November, Anno Domini 1826, in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great 'Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith; and from 'thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Fifth Day of February 1829, being the Third Session of the Eighth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.' CA P. I. An Act for the Suppression of dangerous Associations or As- Win Ireland, calling itself, or which hath been usually called HEREAS an Association hath for some Time past existed "The Catholic Association," the Acts and Proceedings of which are dangerous to the Public Tranquillity and inconsistent with the Exercise of regular Government:' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the Commencement of this Act the said Catholic AsAssociation shall be and the same is hereby utterly suppressed and sociation supprohibited; and every Assembly or Meeting thereof, or of any of pressed. the Members thereof, as such Members, is hereby declared to be an unlawful Assembly, and the Persons present at the same shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor. II. And Whereas divers Statutes have from Time to Time been 'passed for the Suppression of dangerous Associations and As'semblies in Ireland, but the same have been by various Shifts ' and Devices evaded: And Whereas in the present state of Ireland it is expedient that, for the Time to be hereby limited, a 'Power should be vested in the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief 'Governor or Governors of Ireland, by his or their Proclamation or Order, to prohibit or suppress any Association, Assembly, or Meeting of Persons in Ireland, which he or they shall deem 'to be dangerous to the Public Peace or Safety, or inconsistent 'with the due Administration of the Law:' Be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant or 10 GEO. IV. B other 1 Lord Lieutenant empower ed to suppress Associations or Assemblies, by Proclamations. How Justices Associations. Notice to dis perse. Persons not dispersing when required, may be apprehended and committed. other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland, by his or their Proclamation or Order to prohibit or suppress the Meeting of any Association, Assembly, or Body of Persons in Ireland, which he or they shall deem to be dangerous to the public Peace or Safety, or inconsistent with the due Administration of the Law, or any adjourned, renewed, or otherwise continued Meeting of the same, or of any Part thereof, under any Name, Pretext, or Device what soever. III. And be it further enacted, That the Justices of the Peace to whom such Proclamation or Order shall be given or transmitted by the Direction of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Purpose of being enforced, or any Number of such Justices, not being less than Two, shall and may proceed, with such Assistance as shall be necessary, to the Place where such Association, Assembly, or Meeting of Persons is held, and require and demand Admission into any House, Room, or Place whatever, where any such Justices shall have good Reason to believe, upon Information on Oath, that such unlawful Asso-* ciation, Assembly, or Meeting of Persons is held, and shall and may, in case they shall be refused Admission, enter therein by Force; and One of the said Justices, or some other Person by his Order, shall then and there read or repeat aloud to the Persons so assembled a Command or Notice to disperse, in the Words or to the Effect following; (that is to say,) OUR Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all Persons being assembled immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart, upon the Pains contained in the Act made in the Tenth Year of the Reign of King George the, Fourth, for the Suppression of dangerous Associations or Assemblies in Ireland. IV. And be it further enacted, That the Persons so met or assembled together, shall forthwith disperse and depart; and in case any One or more of the Persons so met or assembled together as aforesaid shall not disperse and depart within the Space of One Quarter of an Hour from the Time of such Notice or Command being given, it shall be lawful for the same or any Two of the same Justices of the Peace then present to cause the Person or Persons so refusing or neglecting to disperse or depart to be apprehended and brought before them; or in case such Person or Persons cannot then be apprehended, such Person or Persons may be afterwards apprehended by a Warrant for that Purpose to be granted by any Two Justices of the Peace within whose Jurisdiction such unlawful Association, Assembly, or Meeting shall have been held, or such Offender or Offenders shall be found; and such Offender or Offenders shall thereupon be proceeded against in a summary Way for such Offence before any Two Justices of the Peace before whom he or they may be brought, who are hereby authorized to hear and determine the said Complaint; and every Person being convicted thereof, either on the View of One of the Justices to whom such Proclamation or Order shall have been so given or transmitted as aforesaid, or on his own Confession, or on the Oath of One or more credible Witness or Witnesses, shall be committed to any One of His Majesty's Common Gaols or Prisons Prisons in Ireland for the Term of Three Calendar Months, and for a Second or any subsequent Offence against the Provisions of this Act, for the Term of One whole Year. V. And be it further enacted, That every Justice of the Peace to whom any Proclamations or Order made in pursuance of this Act shall be given or transmitted for the Purpose of being enforced, shall, for all the Purposes of this Act, as well of Conviction as otherwise, be empowered to act as a Justice of the Peace within every County, City, Town, or Place whatsoever throughout Ireland. VI. And be it further enacted, That if any Person shall knowingly permit or suffer any Meeting of any Association, Assembly, or Body of Persons, the Meeting whereof has been or shall have been prohibited or suppressed under or by virtue of this Act, to be held in any House, Building, Close, or other Place to such Person belonging, or under his Care or Control, such Person for every such Offence shall forfeit to His Majesty the Sum of One hundred Pounds, to be recovered, with Costs of Suit, by Information to be filed in the Name of His Majesty's Attorney General in His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Ireland. VII. And be it further enacted, That in case any Person shall, after the Commencement of this Act, pay or contribute, or compel, procure, or solicit any other Person to pay or contribute, any Sum or Sums of Money, or other valuable Thing, to the Association hereinbefore declared to be suppressed, or to any Association or Assembly of Persons which shall be hereafter prohibited or suppressed under and by virtue of this Act, after such Prohibition or Suppression thereof, or to any Person or Persons whomsoever, by the Order or Appointment, or to the Use of any such Associations respectively, or acting for or on Behalf of such Associations respectively, or of any Committee or any Members thereof, as such Members, or for or towards any Purpose, Object, or Design of any such Associations or Assemblies respectively, or of any Committee or any Members thereof, as such Members, or for or towards any Purpose, Object, or Design of any such Association or Assembly, every Person so paying or contributing, or so compelling, procuring, or soliciting as aforesaid, under any Pretext or Device whatsoever, shall forfeit and pay, as a Penalty for such Offence, Treble the Amount of the Sum or Sums or of the Value of the Things so by him contributed and paid, or so by him compelled, procured, or solicited to be paid or contributed as aforesaid, against the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, or the Sum of Ten Pounds, at the Election of His Majesty's Attorney General for Ireland; which said Sum so forfeited as aforesaid shall be payable to and recoverable by any Person for that Purpose to be named by His Majesty's said Attorney General, upon Information to be laid before any Two Justices of the Peace acting for the County, City, Town, or Place wherein such last-mentioned Offence shall be committed. VIII. And be it further enacted, That the whole of the Sums of Money, or of the Value of such other Things, so paid and contributed as aforesaid, against the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, shall belong to and be the Monies and Property of His Majesty, and the same, or the Value thereof, shall become and be B 2 deemed For the Purposes of this Act, Justices may act beyond their Jurisdictions. Penalty on Owner of Premises permitting any such Assembly to be held therein. Penalty on Persons contriciting others to buting or solicontribute to Associations. Money, &c. contributed to be forfeited. |