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thereof, or in any place of public resort, with intent to insult any female.

Every person wandering abroad and endeavouring, by the exposure of wounds or deformities, to obtain or gather alms.

Every person going about as a gatherer or collector of alms, or endeavouring to procure charitable contributions of any nature or kind, under any false or fraudulent pre

tence.

Every person playing or betting, in any street, road, highway, or other open or public place, at or with any table or instrument of gaming, at any game, or pretended game, of chance.

If any carter, drayman, carman, waggoner, or other driver, shall ride upon his cart, dray, car, or waggon, in London, or within ten miles thereof, not having some other person on foot, to guide the same, he may be stopped, apprehended, and carried before a magistrate as soon as may be convenient. If the driver of any carriage shall, by negligence or wilful misbehaviour, interrupt the free passage of his Majesty's subjects, he may be apprehended and conveyed before a justice. Also, if the coachman, guard, or other person having the care of any coach, or other carriage, shall by intoxication, or wanton or furious driving, or any other wilful misconduct on the public highway, injure or endanger any person, he may be apprehended.

So it is lawful for any man, belonging to the said police force, during the time of his being on duty, to apprehend all loose, idle, and disorderly persons, whom he shall find disturbing the public peace, or whom he shall have just reason to suspect of any evil designs, and all persons whom he shall find

between sunset and the hour of eight o'clock in the forenoon, lying in any highway, yard, or other place, or loitering therein, and not giving a satisfactory account of themselves, and to deliver any person so apprehended into the custody of the constable appointed under this Act who shall be in attendance at the nearest watchhouse, in order that such person may be secured until he can be brought before a justice of the peace, to be dealt with according to law; or may give bail for his appearance before a justice of the peace, if the constable shall deem it prudent to take bail.

No shop, room, or place for the sale of ready-made coffee, tea, or other liquors, shall be kept open after 11 o'clock at night, during any part of the year; nor opened before four in the morning between Lady-day and Michaelmas, or before six in the morning between Michaelmas and Lady-day.

If any such are open, or being shut, any persons during the said hours shall be found therein, except the persons actually dwelling there, or having lawful excuse for being there, master, mistress, waiter, or other person having care or management of such shop, &c., the constable should make complaint next day to the sitting magistrate.

Any one blowing any horn, or using any noisy instrument, for the purpose of hawking, selling, or distributing any articles whatso ever, constables may apprehend.

If any person in any public street or place beats or dusts carpets or drives any carriage for the purpose of breaking' or exercising, or trying horses; or shall ride any horse for the purpose of trying or showing it for sale in such a man

ner as to cause danger or great annoyance to passengers; or throws any ashes, dirt, rubbish, dung, or any filth upon the carriage or footway; or shall slaughter or cut up any beast, swine, or sheep, so near any public street that any blood or filth shall flow upon the pavement; or rolls or drives upon the footway of any street any waggon, cart, or other carriage, or wheel a wheelbarrow or truck, or any cask or barrel, or rides or drives any horse or other beast upon any of the footways; the constable may apprehend the party and take him before the magistrate; but if he know the party, or can discover his residence, the best way is for the constable to lodge his complaint with a magistrate, who will then issue a summons for the party to

appear.

If any person slack or sift lime in the streets, unless he can show the consent of the Commissioners of the Pavements for so doing, complaint may be made to a magistrate; if entrances to coal-holes and cellars are not properly secured, so as to prevent danger to passengers, complaint should likewise be made; if any scavenger or any person sweeps or places the mud, dirt, or rubbish, into any of the drains or sewers, complaint may be made in the same way.

During or after a fall of snow, or any frost, if the occupier of any house or building do not once in every day, except Sunday, before the hour of ten o'clock in the fore

noon, sweep and cleanse the footway along the front or sides of their premises, complaint is to be made.

Any person carrying in any cart through the street soap-lees, night soil, slop or filth, without having a proper covering to prevent the same from spilling in the streets, or driving any cart, with such soaplees, &c., in it through the streets, at any time between the hours of six o'clock in the morning and eight in the evening, may be taken into custody at the time, or they may be summoned afterwards before a magistrate.

If any person empty any bog house, or take away any night soil from any house in the streets, except between the hours of twelve o'clock in the night and five in the morning, from Lady-day to Michaelmas, or before six o'clock from Michaelmas to Lady-day, or if any person shall put any night soil in or near any of the public streets, the constable should apprehend them immediately, and keep them in confinement till they can be conveniently carried before a magistrate, and may take their horses, carts, &c., to some place of security, to be kept till the decision of the matter. In most of these cases it is desired that the constables should only ascertain the party, and take the means of finding him afterwards, and report the case to the superior officer, and directions will be given him for his further guidance.

REPORT of the COMMISSIONERS for examining and printing the PUBLIC RECORDS of the Kingdom.

To the honourable the House of Commons in Parliament assembled.

In obedience to the order of your honourable House, dated 6th May, 1829, directing that

there be laid before the House "A Return of all the Works now in progress under the direction of the Record commission; also of Works preparing for the press, but of which the printing is not yet commenced, together with an account of the extent and magnitude of such intended publications, the time within which each of them may be completed, and the proba ble expense of each ;"—

I humbly beg leave to state as follows:

England. Works now in progress."

I.-Inquisitions Post Mortem. The records thus entitled commence at the Tower, with the reign of Henry 3rd, and are preserved there, until the reign of Richard 3rd inclusive; from this time to the twentieth year of Charles 1st, they are extant in the Chapel of the Rolls.

The calendars to the Inquisitions at the Tower have been made complete in four volumes, the first of which was published in 1806, the last in 1828.

On completion of the Tower series, it became necessary to commence that at the Rolls Chapel, which has accordingly been done; and it may be confidently expected that these calendars may be comprised in six volumes, and that for various reasons, especially from the records themselves having been for some years past in course of reparation and arrangement, they may be made complete in print in less than half the time that the Tower series occupied, and probably at an expense not exceed ing 2,400l. per volume, printing and editorship inclusive. This statement has been drawn up with the assistance of Mr. Palmer, who

is to furnish copy for the press, and who is chief clerk to John Kipling, esq., keeper of the records in the Rolls Chapel.

II.

-Valor Ecclesiasticus. - 26
Hen. VIII.

Of this record, remaining in the office of First Fruits, the first volume was printed in 1810, and the whole work finished in 1825, in five volumes, including indexes to each volume, of places and persons; in addition to which, it having been deemed essential that a general index to the entire work should be subjoined in a sixth (and last) volume, this compilation has been proceeded upon, and has recently been finished in manuscript: meanwhile there have fortunately been discovered in the Augmentation-office and Chapterhouse, Westminster, certain supplementary articles connected with this Ecclesiastical Valor, and of the same date; these are now in the press, by way of appendix, and as soon as they are finished, the general index will be put to press, and proceeded upon with all despatch consistent with accuracy. expense, it is thought, will be under 2,000l., printing and editorship inclusive; and Mr. Lemon, the compiler of the general index above-mentioned, is of opinion that it will probably be finished in less than two years.

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The new edition of this work was ordered by the Commissioners to be prepared for the press in 1813, and the first part, or volume, was published in 1816, commencing with the reign of William the Conqueror; since then it has been carried on to the sixth part, or

volume, the last bringing down the work to the end of the reign of Edward 3rd; the last part, however, though very nearly complete as to the text, cannot be published for a few months on that account, and because the index is of course not quite ready. Calculations have been formed within what compass of volumes this work can be contained, for the period to which the Tower records extend, namely, the reign of Richard the third; and it appears there is reason to believe it may be comprehended within the quantity of nine volumes or parts, in addition to those already printed; the probable time of executing it will be but little more than twelve years, as apparently the most difficult periods of the work have already passed. With regard to the expense likely to be incurred, it will be, perhaps, including printing and editorship, about 2,900l. per volume. In the above calculation, the editors, viz., the secretary, Mr. Holbrooke, and Mr. Bayley, of the Tower, which last-mentioned person furnishes the most considerable portion of copy for the press, are agreed in opinion as to the above estimate of time and expense.

In respect to the continuation of the work to the time when Sanderson's edition, in twenty volumes, ceased, it seems quite impossible at present to calculate how many years, or at what expense, the work could be made complete.

is in the press, but not in great forwardness.

The Calendars now in progress have extended to he 27th year of queen Elizabeth, and it may be expedient to continue them to the reign of Charles 1st, inclusive.

The present volume, and two more, it is thought, will be sufficient to comprehend the whole; probable time, eight years; expense about 1,700l. per volume, which will include editorship as well as printing. The secretary and Mr. Minchin, who are the editors, are agreed that this time and expense will be sufficient. V-Calendar of the Proceedings

in Chancery,-Tower.

These Calendars or Indexes extend through the reigns of Elizabeth, James 1st, and Charles 1st.

The first volume was published in 1827; the whole of the second volume is printed, with the exception of the index.

Five volumes more will be required to make the work complete to the reign of Charles 1st inclusive; and it is conceived that they may, without inconvenience, be finished in seven years from the present time, at a probable expense of 2,500l. per volume, printing and editorship inclusive. Mr. Bayley, of the Tower, who (assisted by the secretary) is the editor, concurs in this statement as to time and expense.

VI.-Rolls of Parliament.-New edition. Mr. Palgrave. This comprehends the records IV. Records of the Duchy of and proceedings of the great Coun cils and Parliaments of the realm, from Henry 2nd, to the close of the reign of Henry 7th.

Lancaster.

Two volumes of Calendars to these records have already been published, the first in 1823, the second in 1827. A third volume

The collections began in 1823, the printing in 1825. One vo

lume, containing the Parliamentary Writs, temp, Edward 1st, has been published, consisting of 1152 pages, and two parts of the Parliamentary writs, &c. temp. Edward II. are in the press, of which lastmentioned parts 1468 pages are worked off.

The collections for the later reigns not being completed, the entire extent of the work cannot be exactly calculated; but it appears that the materials for the reigns from Henry 2nd, to Edward 3rd, both reigns inclusive, will form about nine volumes or parts, each volume or part containing from 1,000 to 1,200 pages. On the average, a part or volume of the before-mentioned bulk will be completed in each year, at an expense not exceeding 2,000l., and which sum includes editorship, collation, transcripts, clerks, stationery, and all incidental disbursements, printing excepted: which the king's printer states will probably be about 3,000l. per volume.

Mr. Palgrave, the editor, has also annexed a statement, in accordance with the above, in a letter to the secretary, which is given at length, by way of appendix.

Work preparing for Press. VII. Materials for a History of Britain, from the earliest period to the accession of Henry 8th. Mr. Petrie and Mr.. Sharpe.

The first portion, reaching to the year 1066, will make five volumes. Two of these are ready for press immediately; the printing and paper for an edition in folio, of 750 copies, the number at present ordered by the Board, will cost about 1,350l. per volume; on the supposition that each volume will contain 1,000 pages. The work,

it is conceived, cannot be contained in less than from twenty to twenty-five volumes; with respect to the expenses of editorship, Mr. Petrie and Mr. Sharpe, to whom this publication is intrusted, state their inability to set forth the probable amount, before the first portion be completed; and they decline accepting any remuneration until that period arrives; neither are they able to state with certainty the length of time which the work will require to its completion; not less than one year, however, for each volume, will be requisite. The above statement has been made by the editors, Messrs. Petrie and Sharpe. VIII.-Reparations of Records in

Public Repositories.

This necessary operation commenced by order of the Board on the 1st July, 1819, and has been continued to the present time, and is still in progress.

The following are the names of the offices in which these operations have taken place :

1. The office of the First Fruits. 2. The Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer.

3. The King's Remembrancer.
4. The Duchy of Lancaster.
5. The Rolls Chapel.

6. The Chapter House Westminster.

7. The Augmentation Office.

The documents which required reparation in the office of First Fruits, and in that of the lord Treasurer's Remembrancer, have been completed; those in the King's Remembrancer's Office have only in part been completed (viz. about six hundred bundles of Exchequer proceedings), on account of great part of the records in the office having been removed into

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