' and Promissory Notes falling due on any Good Friday or on any · Christmas Day, should not be given on such Good Friday or Christmas Day respectively, and whether in Cases where Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes fall due on the Day preceding 'any Good Friday or Christmas Day, Notice of the Dishonour 'thereof should not be given on the Good Friday or the Christmas Day next after the same Bills of Exchange and Promissory 'Notes so fall due; and it is expedient that such Doubts should be removed;' Be it therefore declared and 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 immediately after the Tenth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, in all Cases where Bills of Exchange or Promissory Notes shall be payable, either under or by virtue of the said recited Act, or otherwise, on the Day preceding any Good Friday, or on the Day preceding any Christmas Day, it shall not be necessary for the Holder or Holders of such Bills of Exchange or Promissory Notes to give Notice of the Dishonour thereof until the Day next after such Good Friday or Christmas Day; and that whenever Christmas Day shall fall on a Monday, it shall not be necessary for the Holder or Holders of such Bills of Exchange or Promissory Notes as shall be payable on the preceding Saturday, to give Notice of the Dishonour thereof until the Tuesday next after such Christmas Day; and that every such Notice given as aforesaid, shall be valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes. II. And Whereas similar Doubts have existed with respect to Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes falling due upon • Days appointed by His Majesty's Proclamation for solemn Fasts or Days of Thanksgiving, or upon the Day next preceding such Days respectively, and it is expedient that such Doubts should be removed; Be it therefore further declared and enacted, That from and after the said Tenth Day of April One Thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, in all Cases where Bills of Exchange or Promissory Notes shall become due and payable on any Day appointed by His Majesty's Proclamation for a Day of solemn Fast or a Day of Thanksgiving, the same shall be payable on the Day next preceding such Day of Fast or Day of Thanksgiving, and in case of Nonpayment, may be noted and protested on such preceding Day; and that as well in such Cases, as in the Cases of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes becoming due and payable on the Day preceding any such Day of Fast or Day of Thanksgiving, it shall not be necessary for the Holder or Holders of such Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes to give Notice of the Dishonour thereof until the Day next after such Day of Fast or Day of Thanksgiving; and that whensoever such Day of Fast or Day of Thanksgiving shall be appointed on a Monday, it shall not be necessary for the Holder or Holders of such Bills of Exchange or Promissory Notes as shall be payable on the preceding Saturday, to give Notice of the Dishonour thereof until the Tuesday next after such Day of Fast or Day of Thanksgiving respectively; and that every such Notice, so given as aforesaid, shall be valid and effectual to all Intents and Purposes. 7 & 8 GEO. IV. K III. And Good Friday, Christmas Day, &c. as regards Bills of Exchange, to be treated as the Lord's Day. Act not to extend to Scot land. 57 G.3. c. 99. Provisions of recited Act extended to Distresses for Taxes, Rates, Tithes, &c. III. And be it further enacted, That from and after the said Tenth Day of April One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, Good Friday and Christmas Day, and every such Day of Fast or Thanksgiving so appointed by His Majesty, is and shall, for all other Purposes whatever, as regards Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, be treated and considered as the Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday. IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to that Part of the United Kingdom called Scotland. CA P. XVI. An Act for applying certain Sums of Money for the Service of the Year One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven. [12th April 1827.] "60,000l. from the East India Company; and 4,155,000l. pur"suant to 3 G. 4. c. 51. & 4 G. 4. c. 22., shall be applied to the "Service of the Year 1827." WHER CA P. XVII. An Act to extend the Provisions of an Act made in the Fifty that that all such Proceedings shall and may be had and taken against any and every Person transgressing the Regulations of the said. Act in the levying or distraining for any such Taxes, Rates, Impositions, or Assessments, and all such Persons shall be liable to and shall incur such and the like Penalties, as by the said Act are directed, required, and imposed with respect to Persons making any Distress for Rent contrary to the Directions of the said Act; and that in any Order or Judgment of any Justices before whom any Complaint shall be preferred in consequence of this Act, such Order shall be expressed to be made upon a Complaint for the Breach of the said recited Act as amended by this Act; and that the said recited Act and this Act shall be taken and construed together as One Act, to all Intents and Purposes what soever. WHE CA P. XVIII. An Act to prohibit the setting of Spring Guns, Man Traps, Persons setting or placing Spring Guns, guilty of a MisMan Traps, &c. demeanor. Proviso for Traps for destroying Ver min. II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing herein contained shall extend to make it illegal to set any Gin or Trap such as may have been or may be usually set with the Intent of destroying Vermin. III. And be it further enacted and declared, That if any Person Persons pershall knowingly and wilfully permit any such Spring Gun, Man Trap, or other Engine as aforesaid, which may have been set, fixed, or left in any Place then being in or afterwards coming into his or her Possession or Occupation, by some other Ferson or Persons, to continue so set or fixed, the Person so permitting the same to continue shall be deemed to have set and fixed such Gun, Trap, or Engine, with such Intent as aforesaid. mitting Guns, Traps, &c. set by others, to deemed to have set the same. continue Proviso for Protection of IV. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act shall be deemed or construed to make it a Misdemeanor, within the Meaning of this Act, to set or cause to be set, or to be continued set, from Sunset to Sunrise, any Spring Gun, Man Trap, or other Engine which shall be set, or caused or continued to be Houses. set, in a Dwelling House for the Protection thereof. V. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted and de- Not to affect clared, That nothing in this Act contained shall in any Manner Proceedings already commenced. Not to extend to Scotland. 6 G. 4. c. 116. repealed. Proviso for Penalties already incurred, and Actions commenced. Persons ac cused of fraudulent Bank ruptcy may be prosecuted in Court of Justiciary. Trustees or Creditors may prosecute. affect or authorize any Proceedings in any Civil or Criminal Court touching any Matter or Thing done or committed previous to the passing of this Act. VI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to that Part of the United Kingdom called Scotland. 6 CA P. XIX. An Act to repeal an Act of the Sixth Year of His present W Reign of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for regul HEREAS an Act was passed in the Sixth Year of the ating Vessels carrying Passengers to Foreign Parts; and it is 'expedient to repeal the said Act;' 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 the said Act shall be and the same is hereby repealed. II. Provided nevertheless, and be it enacted, That all Penalties, Fines, and Forfeitures heretofore incurred under the said Act, shall and may be prosecuted, sued for, and recovered; and that all Actions, Suits, Indictments, and Informations heretofore brought under and by virtue of the said Act, shall and may be proceeded with in such and the same Manner, to all Intents and Purposes, as if this present Act had not been made; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. CA P. XX. An Act to regulate the Prosecution of fraudulent Bankrupts in WE HEREAS it is expedient that the Court of Justiciary in Scotland should have Jurisdiction in Cases of fraudulent Bankruptcy; 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 it shall and may be lawful to prosecute all Persons accused of fraudulent Bankruptcy in Scotland, before the High Court or any Circuit Court of Justiciary, by Indictment or Criminal Letters, and according to the same Form and Course of Proceeding as is used in regard to other Offences prosecuted before the said Courts; and the Judges of the said High Court and Circuit Courts are hereby authorized and empowered to try all Cases of fraudulent Bankruptcy, and to inflict such Punishment on Persons convicted thereof as it is now competent for the Lords of Session to award against Persons convicted of the said Crime. II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Trustee appointed for the Management of the sequestrated Estate of any Bankrupt in Scotland, or any Creditor whose Claim has been received and has been duly ranked upon any such sequestrated Estate in the Sederunt Book kept by the Trustee, Trustee, with the Concourse of His Majesty's Advocate for Scotland, to prosecute any such Offence before the High Court or any Circuit Court of Justiciary, without Prejudice always to the Title of the public Prosecutor to insist in all such Prosecutions. · CA P. XXI. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Duties of Postage W Rates of Postage in Great Britain and Ireland respect WHEREAS by the Laws now in force imposing certain ively, Letters .conveyed by the Post from Places in Great 'Britain to Places in Ireland, or from Places in Ireland to Places ' in Great Britain, are, by reason of the separate Rates payable <in each of those Parts of the United Kingdom, charged to a higher Amount upon the whole than Letters conveyed the same Distances in Great Britain would be charged: And < whereas it is expedient that such Difference of Charge, affect'ing exclusively the Correspondence between Great Britain and Ireland, should no longer exist;' 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 Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, in lieu of all Duties of Postage granted and made payable under any Act or Acts in force in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, upon Letters so conveyed from either of these Parts of the United Kingdom to the other, there shall be levied and paid the like Rates of Postage, according to the Distances which such Letters are conveyed, as would be payable on the Conveyance of Letters from Place to Place in Great Britain, in addition to the separate Rates of Packet Postage now payable, and also to the several Rates of Duty payable under the Acts for building the Menai and Conway Bridges respectively; the whole being according to the Schedule (A) to this Act annexed. From July 5, Duties of Letters be- Ireland shall be levied ac cording to Schedule (A.) All former between Great Ireland re II. And be it further enacted, That from and after the Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, no other Packet Postage shall in any Case be demanded or paid or payable for Letters or Packets between Great Britain and Ireland, other than such as is specified and set forth in the Schedule pealed. (A.) to this Act annexed; and that from and after the said Fifth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven, all Rates or Duties of Packet Postage between Great Britain and Ireland, under any Act or Acts passed at any Time before the passing of this Act, shall cease and determine, and shall be and are hereby repealed, and shall no longer be paid or payable; any thing in any Act or Acts to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. III. And Whereas certain Rates of Postage upon Letters and • Packets conveyed by the Post to and from Places within Ireland were granted by an Act of the Fifty fourth Year of His late Ma'jesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to repeal certain 54 G.3. c.119. Duties upon Letters and Packets sent by the Post within Ireland, and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof; and such Rates of |