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Extended to
Ireland.

When Overt
Act charged
shall be As-
sassination, &c.
or Attempt
against the
King's Life
or Person,
Offender tried

as in cases of
Murder.

Trials in cases of Treason and Misprision of Treason, shall extend and be construed to extend to, and be in force to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever in that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland; any Law, Statute or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

II. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That in all Cases of High Treason in compassing and imagining the Death of the King, and of Misprision of such Treason, where the Overt Act or Overt Acts of such Treason which shall be alledged in the Indictment for such an Offence shall be Assassination or Killing of the King, or any direct Attempt against His Life, or any direct Attempt against His Person, whereby His Life may be endangered or His Person may suffer bodily Harm, the Person or Persons charged with such Offence in that Part of the United Kingdom called Ireland may be indicted, arraigned, tried and attainted in the same Manner, and according to the same Course and Order of Trial in every respect, and upon the like Evidence, as if such Person or Persons stood charged with Murder.

CA P. XXV.

An Act for fixing the Rates of Subsistence to be paid to Innkeepers and others on quartering Soldiers.

[19th April 1821.]

[This Act is the same as 1 G. 4. c. 38. except as to Dates and Sums and the Sections that are here retained.]

Ante, c.9. §65. WHEREAS by an Act passed in the present. Session of W Parliament for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for

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the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters, it is (amongst other Things) enacted, that Officers and Soldiers shall be furnished with Diet and Small Beer, upon paying and allowing for the same the several Rates that are or shall be established by any Act or Acts of Parliament; and an Option is given to Innholders and others upon whom Officers and Soldiers are quartered and billetted, to furnish certain Articles gratis in lieu of Diet and Small Beer; and it is just and expedient that an adequate • Allowance shall be made and established for Provision and other • Articles furnished to Officers and Soldiers:' May it therefore please Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it 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 Allowances for same, That every Noncommissioned Officer and Private Soldier the Diet of Non who shall be furnished with Diet and Small Beer, within those commissioned Parts of the United Kingdom specified in the said recited Act, by Officers and the Innholders or other Persons on whom such Noncommissioned Soldiers, 1s. 2d. Officers or Private Soldiers shall be quartered and billetted by per Day, till virtue of the said Act, shall pay and allow for the same the Sum of One Shilling and Two Pence per Diem until the Twenty fourth Day of April next, and from and after that Day the Sum of One Shilling per Diem; and that for such Allowances of One Shilling and Two Pence and One Shilling, the Innholder or other Person, shall furnish One Meal; videlicet, a hot Dinner, if required, in

April 24, and 1s. per Day after that Period.

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each Day to each Noncommissioned Officer, Trumpeter, Drummer and Private Soldier quartered and billetted on him, to consist of such Quantities of Diet and Small Beer as have been or shall be specified and fixed in and by any Regulations made or to be made from time to time by His Majesty in that Behalf, but not to exceed One Pound and a Quarter of Meat previous to being dressed, One Pound of Bread, One Pound of Potatoes or other Vegetables previous to being cooked, and Two Pints of Small Beer, and Vinegar, Salt and Pepper; and that the Accounts of the same shall be rendered, and Payment thereof made, in like manner as is directed by the said Act.

III. And be it further enacted, That the Sum to be paid to For Horses the Innholder or other Person within the aforesaid Parts of the quartered'1s. United Kingdom, on whom any of the Horses belonging to His Majesty's Forces shall be quartered by virtue of the said Act, for Hay and Straw, shall be One Shilling per Diem for each Horse, until the Twenty fourth Day of April next inclusive, and from and after that Day Ten Pence per Diem for each Horse.

CA P. XXVI.

A

An Act for making further Provision for the gradual Re-
sumption of Payments in Cash by the Bank of England.
[7th May 1821.]

WHEREAS in

per Day till April 24, and 10d. for Hay and Straw.

after that time

HEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifty ninth Year of 59 G. 3. c. 49.
the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third,

'intituled An Act to continue the Restrictions contained in several
• Acts on Payments in Cash by the Bank of England, until the
First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty three,
• and to provide for the gradual Resumption of such Payments, and
to permit the Exportation of Gold and Silver, it was provided § 4.
and enacted, that at any Time on or after the First Day of May
• One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, and before the
First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty
three, whenever any Person should tender to the Governor and
• Company of the Bank of England any Note or Notes of the
' said Governor and Company payable on Demand, to an Amount
• not less than the Price or Value of Sixty Ounces of Gold, cal-
'culated after the Rate of Three Pounds Seventeen Shillings and
Ten Pence Halfpenny for every Ounce of Gold, and should
' require such Note or Notes to be paid in Standard Gold, the
'Governor and Company of the said Bank of England should
upon Demand pay and deliver to the Person tendering such
'Notes such Quantity of Gold, of the Fineness declared by Law
to be the Standard of and for the lawful Gold Coin of the Realm,
the same having first been assayed and stamped at His Majesty's
• Mint in London, as should, at the said Rate of Three Pounds
• Seventeen Shillings and Ten Pence Halfpenny for every Ounce
• of such Gold, be equal to the Amount of the Notes so presented
◄ for Payment; and it was in and by the said recited Act further
provided and enacted, that the Governor and Company of the § 8.

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any Note or Notes of the said Governor and Company payable on Demand; any Provisions in the Acts thereinbefore recited, or in that Act, to the contrary notwithstanding: And Whereas it is expedient, that on or after the First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England should be enabled, if they shall see fit, to pay any Debt or Demand to which they are or shall be 'subject or liable in the lawful Coin of the Realm, in manner and under the Limitations hereinafter mentioned: 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 Bank of Eng-Authority of the same, That from and after the First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, it shall be lawful for the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, if they shall see fit, and they are hereby authorized, at any Time or Times, to pay any Note or Notes of the said Governor and Company, or any other Debt or Demand whatsoever to which the said Governor and Company shall be subject or liable, in the current and lawful Coin of the Realm; any Provisions in the said recited Act, or in any Act or Acts of Parliament therein recited, or in this present Act, to the contrary notwithstanding.

land may pay
Notes, &c.
in Coin.

Persons offered

to be paid in Coin not allowed to de

mand payment

in Ingots.

Persons not offered to be paid in Coin, not deprived of their Right to Payment in Ingots.

59 G. 3. c. 49. § 13. in part

repealed.

II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That in all cases where the Governor and Company of the Bank of England shall propose or offer to pay any Note or Notes of the said Governor and Company, or any other Debt or Demand whatsoever, in the current and lawful Coin of the Realm, it shall not be competent to the Bearer or Bearers of such Note or Notes, or to the Person or Persons to whom any such Debt or Demand shall be due or payable, to demand Payment thereof in Ingots or Bars of Gold, as directed and provided by the said recited Act; any thing in the said recited Act contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

III. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to deprive the Bearer or Bearers of any Note or Notes of the said Governor and Company payable on Demand, and which the said Governor and Company shall not propose or offer to pay on Demand in the current and lawful Coin of the Realm, to demand and require Payment thereof, at any Time before the First Day of May One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, in Ingots or Bars of Standard Gold of Sixty Ounces each, calculated after the Rate of Three Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Ten Pence Halfpenny for every Ounce of Gold, as directed and provided by the said recited Act; any thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

ÏV. And be it further enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, so much of the said recited Act of the Fifty ninth Year of His said late Majesty's Reign shall be repealed, whereby it is provided and enacted, that before any Person or Persons shall transport or cause to be transported any Molten Silver whatever, Oath shall be made before the Wardens of the Company of Goldsmiths in London, or One of them, by the Owner or Owners of such Molten Silver, and likewise by One credible Witness, that

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the same is lawful Silver, and that no Part thereof was, before the same was molten, Clippings of the current Coin of this Realm; and whereby it is provided and enacted, that before any Person or Persons shall ship or cause to be shipped, or put on board any Ship or Vessel whatsoever, any Molten Silver or Bullion whatsoever, Oath shall be made before the Court of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London, by the Owner or Owners of such Molten Silver or other Bullion whatsoever, and likewise by Two or more credible Witnesses, that no Part of such Molten Silver or Bullion was, before the same was molten, Clippings of the Coin of this Realm; and whereby it is provided and enacted, that all the 6&7 W.3. Powers, Authorities, Rules, Regulations and Provisions contained c. 17. and in certain Acts made in the Sixth and Seventh Years, and in the 7&8 W.3. Seventh and Eighth Years of the Reign of King William the Third, should continue and be in force with relation to the Exportation of any Molten Silver or Bullion whatsoever, which before the Melting thereof was Clippings of the Coin of the Realm; and the said recited Provisions of the said Act of the said Fifty ninth Year are hereby repealed accordingly.

c.19.

Gold.

V. Provided always, and it is hereby enacted, That the said Bank may pay Governor and Company of the Bank of England, as often as any in One Pound of their Notes shall be offered to them in exchange for One Pound Notes, or in Notes, or for the legal Gold Coin of the Realm, the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England shall be required, and they are hereby required, to pay on Demand to the Bearer of the said Notes the Amount of the Notes so offered as aforesaid, either in One Pound Notes of the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England, or in the legal Coin of the Realm, at the Option of the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England.

CAP. XXVII.

An Act for making further Provision for the gradual Re-
sumption of Payments in Cash by the Bank of Ireland.
[7th May 1821.]

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WHEREAS by an Act passed in the Fifty ninth Year of 59 G. 3. c. 99.

the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, 'intituled An Act to continue, until the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, the Restrictions on Payments in Čash by the Bank of Ireland, and to direct the gradual Resumption of Cash Payments by the said Bank, it was provided §4. and enacted, that at any Time on or after the First Day of June • One thousand eight hundred and twenty one, and before the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, whenever any Person should tender to the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland any Note or Notes of the said Governor and Company payable on Demand, to an Amount not less than the Price or Value of Sixty Ounces of Gold, 'calculated after the Rate of Three Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Ten Pence Halfpenny British Currency, at an Exchange at Par, for every Ounce of Gold, and should require such Note or Notes to be paid in Standard Gold, the Governor and Company ‹ of the said Bank of Ireland should, upon Demand, pay and • deliver to the Person tendering such Notes such Quantity of • Gold,

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'Gold, of the Fineness declared by Law to be the Standard of
and for the lawful Gold Coin of the Realm, the same having
'first been assayed and stamped at the Assay Office in Dublin, or
' at His Majesty's Mint in London, as shall at the said Rate of
Three Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Ten Pence Halfpenny
'British Currency, at an Exchange at Par, for every Ounce of
such Gold, be equal to the Amount of the Notes so presented
for Payment; and it was in and by the said recited Act further
provided and enacted, that the Governor and Company of the
• Bank of Ireland, if they should see fit, might at any Time on
or after the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and
twenty two, pay or exchange the lawful Coin of the Realm for
any Note or Notes of the said Governor and Company payable
on Demand, any Provisions in the Acts thereinbefore recited, or
' in that Act to the contrary notwithstanding: And Whereas it is
expedient, that on and after the First Day of June One thousand
eight hundred and twenty one, the said Governor and Company
of the Bank of Ireland should be enabled, if they shall see fit,
'to pay any Debt or Demand to which they are or shall be sub-
ject or liable, in the lawful Coin of the Realm, in manner and
under the Limitations hereinafter mentioned:' 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 Au-
thority of the same, That on and after the First Day of June One
thousand eight hundred and twenty one, it shall be lawful for the
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, if they shall see
fit, and they are hereby authorized, at any Time or Times, to pay
any Note or Notes of the said Governor and Company, or any
other Debt or Demand whatsoever, to which the said Governor
and Company shall be subject or liable, in the current and lawful
Coin of the Realm; any Provisions in the said recited Act, or in
any Act or Acts of Parliament therein recited, or in this present
Act, to the contrary notwithstanding.

II. Provided always, and, be it further enacted, That in all
Cases where the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
shall propose or offer to pay any Note or Notes of the said Governor
and Company, or any other Debt or Demand whatsoever, in the
current and lawful Coin of the Realm, it shall not be competent
to the Bearer or Bearers of such Note or Notes, or to the Person
or Persons to whom any such Debt or Demand shall be due or pay-
able, to demand Payment thereof in Ingots or Bars of Standard
Gold, as directed and provided by the said recited Act; any thing
in the said recited Act contained to the contrary thereof in any-
wise notwithstanding.

III. Provided also, and be it further enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to deprive the Bearer or Bearers of any Note or Notes of the said Governor and Company, payable on Demand, and which the said Governor and Company shall not propose or offer to pay on Demand in the current and lawful Coin of the Realm, to demand and require Payment thereof, at any Time before the First Day of June One thousand eight hundred and twenty three, in Ingots or Bars of Standard Gold of Sixty Ounces each, calculated after

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