from and after the passing of this Act the Provisions in the said recited Act contained which apply to the said Commissioners shall apply and be held to apply to the Commissioners appointed under this Act by the Style and Title of "The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England." CA P. LXXVIII. An Act to enable His Majesty to make Regulations for the 6 6 to His Ambassadors, Consuls, Ambassadors and Consuls appointed to reside within the said 'Dominions: And whereas it is expedient for the Protection of • British Subjects within the Dominions of the Sublime Porte in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and likewise in the States of Barbary, as well as for the Protection of His Majesty's Ambassadors, Consuls, or other Officers appointed or to be appointed by His Majesty for the Protection of the Trade of His Majesty's Sub'jects in the said Ports and Places, that Provision should be made for defining and establishing the Authority of the said Ambassadors, Consuls, and other Officers:' 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 for His Majesty from Time His Majesty, to Time, by any Order or Orders of His Majesty in Council, to by Orders in make and issue any Directions and Regulations touching and Council, may concerning the Rights and Duties, Jurisdiction and Authority, issue Directions Criminal as well as Civil, over His Majesty's Subjects residing at or resorting to the Ports or other Places within the Dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and likewise in the States of Barbary, to be exercised and performed by His Majesty's Ambassadors, Consuls, or other Officers appointed or to be appointed by His Majesty for the Protection of the Trade of His Majesty's Subjects in the Ports and Places before mentioned, and to establish Forms of Proceeding in all Matters coming under the Cognizance of the said Ambassadors, Consuls, or other Officers in virtue of such Order or Orders in Council, and to impose Penalties, Forfeitures, or Imprisonments for the Breach of any such Directions or Regulations, to be enforced in such Manner as in the said Order or Orders shall be specified; and the said Ambassadors, Consuls, and other Officers are hereby authorized and required to obey and enforce the said Regulations and Directions; and the same shall be effectual and binding upon all Subjects of His Majesty residing at or resorting to the said Ports and Places for the Purposes of Trade or otherwise. &c. touching their Rights and Duties in the Protection of His Subjects residing or re sorting there; II. And whereas Cases occasionally arise within the Dominions and also Direcof the Ottoman Porte above specified, and in the States of Bar- tions for their bary, Guidance in the Settlement of between His other Christian Power in said Regulating Suits and Actions brought under this Act. bary, wherein the Interposition of His Majesty's Ambassadors, Consuls,, or other Officers is required by the Subjects of other Christian Powers in the Determination of Differences or Disputes between such Persons and British Subjects;' be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by any Order or Orders in Council, to make and issue, in the same Manner, Directions and Regulations for the Guidance of His Ambassadors, Consuls, and other Officers, and of all other Subjects of His Majesty, in Cases in which the Interposition of His Majesty's Ambassadors, Consuls, or other Officers may be so required for the Settlement of any Differences or Disputes which may arise between British Subjects and the Subjects of any Christian Power within the Dominions of the Sublime Porte in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and in the States of Barbary: Provided always, that every Order in Council issued by the Authority of this Act shall be published in the London Gazette, and shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament, and shall not be binding and effectual until Six Months after it shall have been so laid before both Houses of Parliament. III. And be it further enacted, That if any Suit or Action shall be brought against any Person or Persons for any thing done in pursuance of this Act, or of any Orders or Regulations made by virtue thereof, then and in every such Case such Action or Suit shall be commenced or prosecuted within Six Months after the Fact committed, and not afterwards, except where the Cause of Action shall have arisen in any Place not within the Jurisdiction of any of His Majesty's Courts having Civil Jurisdiction, and then within Six Months after the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, Defendant or Defendants, shall have been within the Jurisdiction of any such Court; and the same and every such Action or Suit shall be brought in the County or Place where the Cause of Action shall have arisen, and not elsewhere, except where the Cause of Action shall have arisen in any Place not within the Jurisdiction of any of His Majesty's Courts having Civil Jurisdiction; and the Defendant or Defendants shall be entitled to the like Notice, and shall have the like Privilege of tendering Amends to the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, or their Agent or Attorney, as is provided in Actions brought against any Justice of the Peace for Acts done in the Execution of his Office, by an Act passed in the Twenty-fourth Year of the 24 G. 2. c. 44. Reign of King George the Second, intituled An Act for the rendering Justices of the Peace more safe in the Execution of their Office, and for indemnifying Constables and others acting in obedience to the Warrants; and if the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs shall become Nonsuit, or discontinue any such Action after the Defendant or Defendants shall have appeared, or if a Verdict shall pass against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, or if upon Demurrer Judgment shall be taken against the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, the Defendant or Defendants shall and may recover Treble Costs, and have the like Remedy for the Recovery thereof as any Defendant or Defendants hath or have in any Cases of Law. CAP. CA P. LXXIX. An Act for vesting Lighthouses, Lights, and Sea Marks on the Coasts of England in the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond; and for making Provisions respecting Lighthouses, Lights, Buoys, Beacons, and Sea Marks, and the Tolls and Duties payable in respect thereof. [13th August 1836.] W 7HEREAS by far the greater Number of the Lighthouses upon the Coasts of England, and the Islands and other Places adjoining thereto, belong to or are under the Control and Management of the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Guild, Fraternity, or Brotherhood of the Most Glorious and Undivided Trinity and of Saint Clement in the Parish of Deptford Strond in the County of Kent, commonly called the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, as well by 'virtue of a certain Act of Parliament of the Eighth Year of 'Queen Elizabeth, intituled An Act concerning Sea Marks and 8 Eliz. c. 13. 'Mariners, as by virtue of divers ancient Grants and Charters, and particularly of a certain ancient Grant dated the Eleventh Day of June in the Thirty-sixth Year of Her said Majesty, whereby Her Majesty granted to the Master, Wardens, and • Assistants of the said Corporation the Beaconage and Buoyage, ' and the Office of Beaconage and Buoyage, upon the Surrender thereof into the Hands of Her Majesty by Charles Lord Howard Baron of Effingham, then being Her said Majesty's Great Admiral of England; and the said Master, Wardens, and • Assistants are entitled to erect and maintain from Time to Time 'such and so many Beacons, Marks, and Signs for the Sea in such Place or Places of the Sea Shores and Uplands near the Sea Coasts or Forelands as to them shall seem most meet, whereby Dangers may be avoided, and Ships the better come to their Ports without Peril: And whereas the several Lighthouses Harwich, Dun' at Harwich in the County of Essex, Dungeness in the County of geness, WinterKent, Wintertonness and Hunstanton Cliff in the County of tonness, HunNorfolk, and Orfordness in the County of Suffolk, still remain Parcel of the Possessions and Land Revenues of the Crown in England, and are under the separate Control and Management of divers Individuals, as Lessees thereof under the Crown, for Terms of Years which are not yet expired; (that is to say,) the Lighthouse at Harwich under the Control and Management of Lieutenant General Francis Slater Rebow, the Lighthouse at Dungeness under the Control and Management of Thomas William Coke Esquire, the Lighthouses at Wintertonness and Orfordness under the Control and Management of the Right Honourable Richard Griffin Lord Braybrooke, and the Lighthouse at Hunstanton Cliff under the Control and Management of Samuel Lane Esquire, or his Representatives: And whereas • certain other Lighthouses upon the Coasts of England are under the separate Control and Management of divers Individuals, as the Proprietors or Lessees thereof; (that is to say,) the Lighthouse upon the Island Rock called "Skerries," in Saint Skerries Light. George's Channel, under the Control and Management of Mor 'gan stanton Cliff, Lights. and Orfordness 3 G. 2. c. 36. Spurn Lights. 6 G. 3. c. 31. 12 G. 3. c. 29. Tinmouth Castle Light. 42 G. 3. c. 43. Smalls. Longships. 3 G. 4. c. cxi. Scotch Lights. 6 'gan Jones Esquire, acting by virtue of an Act of the Third "Year of George the Second, intituled An Act for confirming a Patent granted by Her late Majesty Queen Anne to William Trench Esquire, deceased, for erecting a Lighthouse upon the 'Island or Rock called "Skerries," and for the better Maintenance of the said Lighthouse, and for making the Duties granted for 'maintaining the same perpetual; the Lighthouses near the Spurn Point at the Mouth of the River Humber under the Control and 'Management of Benedict John Angell Angell Esquire and George 'Lowther Thomson Esquire, acting by virtue of an Act of the 'Sixth Year of George the Third, intituled An Act for taking down and removing certain Lighthouses now standing near the Spurn Point" at the Mouth of the Humber, and for erecting 'other fit and convenient Lighthouses instead thereof, and an Act of 'the Twelfth Year of George the Third, intituled An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the Sixth Year of His present Majesty, intituled An Act for taking down and removing certain Lighthouses now standing near the "Spurn Point" at the Mouth of the Humber, and for erecting other fit and convenient Light'houses instead thereof;' the Lighthouse at Tinmouth in the County of Northumberland under the Control and Management ' of William Fowke Esquire, acting by virtue of an Act of the Forty-second Year of George the Third, intituled An Act for improving the Tinmouth Castle Lighthouse and Light, and for authorizing additional Light Duties in respect of such Improve'ment; and the Lighthouse on the Rock called "The Smalls," in Saint George's Channel, under the Control and Management of Mistress Elizabeth Buchanan and Thomas Pickering Clarke Esquire, by virtue of a Lease from the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Corporation of Trinity House, subject to a Rent payable in respect thereof; and the Lighthouse on the "Rock called "The Longships" on the Coast of Cornwall, is held by Henry Pascoe Smith Esquire, by virtue of a like Lease from the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants: And whereas by an Act of the Third Year of George the Fourth, intituled An Act for (among other Things) enabling the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond to reduce, alter, modify, relinquish, or 'abolish Dues payable to the said Corporation; and for other Purposes connected therewith, it was enacted, that the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the said Corporation might, with any 'surplus Monies then or thereafter in their Hands, arising from any Tolls theretofore or thereafter payable to them, purchase any Beacons, Buoys, Lighthouses, or other Marks and Signs for the Sea, or any Interest therein or in any Tolls arising therefrom, belonging to any Body Corporate or Politic or to any Person, and that all such Bodies or Persons, and all other Persons whosoever possessed thereof or interested therein, might contract for the Sale thereof with the said Master, Wardens, ' and Assistants, and might convey the same to them: And whereas by virtue of the last-mentioned Act the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants have purchased certain Estates and Interest in Lighthouses and Tolls from Parties possessed thereof: And whereas the several Lighthouses upon the Coasts of Scotland are under the Control and Management of the Commis'sioners 'sioners of the Northern Lighthouses, acting by virtue of an Act 6 of the Twenty-sixth Year of George the Third, intituled An Act 26 G. 3. c. 101. for erecting certain Lighthouses in the Northern Parts of Great Britain, and of several other Acts for rendering the last-men 'tioned Act more effectual: And whereas the several Lighthouses Irish Lights. upon the Coasts of Ireland are under the Control and Management of the Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin acting by virtue of an Act of the Fifty-second Year of George the Third, intituled An Act to make more effectual 52 G. 3. c. 115. Provision for enabling the Corporation for preserving and im proving the Port of Dublin to erect, repair, and maintain Lighthouses and Lights round the Coasts of Ireland, and to raise a Fund for defraying the Charges thereof: And whereas there Harbour are also divers other Lights exhibited in and near to certain Lights. ‹ Ports, Harbours, and Places on the Coasts of the United Kingdom for the Guidance of Vessels entering or resorting to the same, and sometimes called Local or Harbour Lights, which Lights are under the Control and Management of Commissioners, Trustees, and other local Officers and Persons: And whereas, in order to the Attainment of Uniformity of System in the Management of Lighthouses, and the Reduction and Equalization of the Tolls payable in respect thereof, it is necessary that all Lighthouses upon the Coasts of England and other Places adjoining or near thereto, for the Protection and Guidance of Vessels navigating the British Seas, and the Tolls payable in respect thereof, should be vested in the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants, and that the several Lighthouses upon the Coasts of Scotland and Ireland respectively should be under their Supervision: And whereas in order to prevent Accidents which may arise from Local or Harbour Lights in the United Kingdom 'being mistaken for Coast Lights it is necessary that they should be made subject to the Control of the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants, Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, and Corporation for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin respectively: 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 on and after the First Day of January One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven all the Estate, Right, and Interest of His Majesty in the several Lighthouses at Harwich, Dungeness, Wintertonness, Orfordness, and Hunstanton Cliff, and in the Land whereon the same respectively stand, and the Buildings, Lands, and Appurtenances thereunto respectively belonging, and occupied for the Purposes of the same respectively, and the Fixtures, Apparatus, and Furniture thereunto belonging, and the Tolls and Duties payable in respect thereof, shall be transferred to and shall be absolutely vested in the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants, subject nevertheless to the several subsisting Leases of the said several Lighthouses and Premises granted by His Majesty, or by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works, and Buildings, to the several Persons under whose Control and Management the said Lighthouses respectively now are, as herein-before is mentioned. II. And Property of the transferred to Commissioners |