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and the repairs of the Royal Exchange, at 10,000l.

the redempti-ven thousand five hundred pounds: And whereas the paffage over on of London London Bridge is fubject to a prefcriptive toll, appropriated to the bridge toll, at 30,000l. Support of the Jaid bridge, upon all carts, waggons, and other carri ages, paffing over the fame, to and from the faid city, loaded with any kind of goods or provifions; which toll is at this time in leafe for twenty one years, at a fine of two thousand one hundred pounds, and under a yearly rent of feven hundred aud thirty five pounds: And whereas it would alfo be of general advantage, that the passage ever the faid bridge, fhould be freed and exempted as foon as may be, from the payment of fuch tolls; the redemption of which tolls, and the purchase of which leafe, are estimated at the fum of thirty thethe rebuilding fand pounds: And whereas the gaol of Newgate (which is not only of Newgate, the county gaol of Middlefex as well as of London, but also the geat 50,000l. neral prifon for fmugglers and debtors to the crown from all parts of the kingdom) is fo ill-contrived as not to admit of a fufficient Supply of fresh air and water, from which circumftances the fame is in gen ral unhealthy, and often vifited with a malignant fever, called The gaol diftemper, the fatal effects of which have fometimes extended beyond the prifon walls; and the faid gaol is so old and ruinous as to be incapable of any effectual alteration or repair; and the charge of building a more airy and commodious one in its flead, is estimated as the fum of fifty thousand pounds: And whereas the house or building called the Royal Exchange within the faid city of London (the daily place of refort of merchants, traders, mariners, and others, from d parts of this kingdom, and from many foreign countries) is so much decayed, that the utter ruin thereof is apprehended, unless the famo be fpeedily and effectually repaired; which necessary reparations are eftimated at the fum of ten thousand pounds, for which the funds the faid fums now fubfifting are infufficient: And whereas the faid feveral fums of amounting to fifty eight thousand five hundred pounds, feven thousand five hundre 156,000l. pounds, thirty thousand pounds, fifty thousand pounds, and ten thou fand pounds, amounting together to the fum of one hundred and fifix fix thousand pounds, cannot be raised, nor any new fund provided for repayment of the faid fum of one hundred and forty four thousand pounds, with the intereft thereof, without the aid and authority f parliament: And whereas by an act paffed in the fifth and fixth years of the reign of king William and queen Mary, intituled, An ad for relief of the orphans and other creditors of the city of Ldon, it was, among other things, enacted, That for and towards the raifing a perpetual fund to pay the yearly intereft of four pounds fr every one hundred pounds principal money, and the intereft theref then due to any orphan of the faid city, or the executors, adminifiretors, or affigns, of any fuch orphan, or any other the creditor or arttors, of the faid mayor, commonalty, and citizens, or the executers, adminiftrators, or affigns, of fuch creditors, all and every the city's eftates and revenues (except as therein excepted) fhould be charged fr ever with the clear annual fum of eight thousand pounds. And the faid act did alfo appropriate to the fund and purposes aforesaid, the rents and profits of the faid city's aqueducts (except as therein exp ed.) And the fum of two thousand pounds was thereby directed to be ennually raised upon the personal estates of the several inhabitent.

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The act of & 6 Will. & Mary, creat ing the orphans fund.

within the faid city and liberties towards the faid fund. And for the further increase thereof, the fum of two fhillings and fix pence was directed to be paid upon the binding of every apprentice within the faid city; and five fhillings by every perfon who fhould be admitted to be a freeman thereof: and the faid act impofed upon all forts of wine imported into the port of the faid city, or the members thereof, by way of merchandize, a duty of four billings per ton over and above the duties then payable thereon; and for every chaldron of coals, or culm, imported into the faid port, or the river of Thames within the liberty of the faid city upon the faid river, to be fold, the fum of four pence for metage for ever; and alfo for all coals or culm, ufually fold by the chaldron, for every chaldron thereof which should be imported into the faid port, or members thereof, from and after the twenty ninth of September, one thousand feven hundred (over and above all other impofitions and duties, and the faid fum of four pence metage) the fum of fix pence: and for fuch coals as were fold by the ton, for every ton thereof the like fum of fix pence; the faid impofition of fix pence to continue from the faid twenty ninth of September, for and during the term of fifty years: And whereas by an act paffed in the twenty first The act of ar year of the reign of his faid late majesty King George the Second, Geo. 2. contiintituled, An act for the further relief of the orphans and other nuing the 6d. creditors of the city of London, and for other purposes therein duty on coals. mentioned, the faid impofition of fix pence for every chaldron or ton of coals, was further continued during a term of thirty five years, from the expiration of the faid term of fifty years; and out of the monies arifing from the faid impofition fo continued, the yearly fum of three thousand pounds was directed to be paid, during the faid term of thirty five years, to the wardens and commonalty of the mystery of mercers of the city of London, in the manner, and for the purposes, in the faid act mentioned; and the refidue of the faid monies, was thereby appropriated to make part of the fund for paying the intereft to the faid orphans, and other creditors of the faid city: and it was thereby directed, that from and after the twenty ninth day of September, one thousand feven hundred and fifty, the faid city's eftates and revenues fhould be charged, towards the faid fund, with the yearly fum of two thousand pounds, and no more, over and above the faid yearly fum of eight thousand pounds, wherewith they then food charged; and that the furpluffes arifen, or to arife, from the funds fo appropriated for payment of the faid intereft, fhould be applied to the payment of the faid capital debt; with a provifo in the faid act contained, that no orphan of the faid city, under the age of twenty one years, fhould be paid off, fo long as there should be any person not an orphan under that age, proprietor of any part of the faid principal debt: And whereas the furpluses which at the time of paffing the That the orfaid laft recited act, had arifen, and the furpluffes which have fince phans debt is paid off by arifen from the faid fund, have been applied according to the directi- likely to be ons of the faid act; and thereby the faid capital debt due to the orphans Lady day, and other creditors of the faid city of London, was on the twenty 1803. fourth day of June, in the faid year one thousand seven hundred and fixty fix, reduced to the fum of fix hundred ten thousand and eighty four pounds, fix fbillings, and ten pence; and (computing the future furpluffes

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That, with

the 6d. duty continued,

and the ad

faid debt, and

faid fund, with 1,500l. per ann.

Jurpluses at a medium of the last five years) the whole may be expected to be paid off and discharged by the twenty fifth day of March, which will be in the year one thousand eight hundred and three: And whereas, if the faid impofition of fix pence for every chaldren or ton of coals, or culm, was to be farther continued to the twenty ninth day of September, which will be in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, the faid fund created by the said act of the fifth and fixth dition of years of King William and queen Mary, with the addition thereto 1,500l. per Ann. the fund of one thousand five hundred pounds per annum, would (it is comwould, by puted) be fufficient in that time to discharge the principal and intereft, Michaelmas not only of the faid debt due to the faid orphans and other creditors of 1831, pay the the faid city, but of the faid farther fums of one hundred and fifty fix thousand pounds, and one hundred and forty four thousand pounds : faid 1 156,000l. and 144,000l. And whereas the faid mayor, and commonalty, and citizens, are willing and defirous, that the city's eftates and revenues should, from and That the city is willing to after the twenty fourth day of June, in the present year one thousand charge their Seven hundred and fixty Seven, until the faid twenty ninth day of Seprevenues, to tember, one thoufand eight hundred and thirty one, be charged with increase the the payment of the faid yearly fum of one thousand five hundred pounds, towards increase of the faid fund, for the purposes aforesaid, over and above the feveral fums with which the faid eftates and revenues new ftand charged: Therefore, upon the petition of the said mayor, aldermen, and commons, of the city of London, in common council affembled; be it enacted by the King's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and confent of the lords fpiritual and temporal, and commons, in this prefent parliament affembled, and by the authority of the fame, That it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid mayor, aldermen, and commons, in common council affembled, and they are hereby required, to inclofe and embank fo much of the ground and foil of the said river of Thames, as lies on the north fide thereof, between the weft corner of Powell's Wharf, near Puddle Dock, in the faid city of London, and the eaft corner of Robert's Wharf, near Milford Lane, in the faid county of Middlefex, in such manner, and according to fuch plan or plans, as they fhall, on or before the twenty ninth day of September, in this present year one thousand seven hundred and fixty feven, lay out, and direct and cause to be hung up in the town clerk's office in the guildhall of the faid city, for publick view and inspection; fo as the fronts of fuch embankments, on each fide of the said intended bridge, may run in ftraight lines, to a point, in the middle of the north butment of the faid bridge, thirty feet diftant from the north end, or springing of the north butment arch thereof.

Common council to embank according to fuch plan as they hall on or before the

29th of Sept.

3767. direct.

Owners and

upon notice

II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it shall proprietors and may be lawful to and for any of the owners and proprietors may embank of the feveral wharfs or grounds abutting on the north fide of to be given on the faid river, within the limits aforefaid (who thall, on or or before the before the twenty ninth day of September, in the year one thou29th of Sept. fand seven hundred and fixty eight, give notice in writing to 1768. the town clerk of the faid city, for the time being, of their intention to embank fo much of the faid ground and foil of the

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river as lies oppofite and contiguous to their faid respective wharfs or grounds) to inclofe and embank the fame accordingly, at their own expence, under the direction of the said mayor, aldermen, and commons, in common council affembled, or their fuveyor, in this behalf to be appointed, within fix calendar months next after fuch notice; any thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any ways notwithstanding. = III. And be it further enacted, That upon embanking the Common ground and foil of the faid river, adjoining to the feveral pub- council to relick ftairs or landing places called White Friars ftairs, Temple ictairs. build the pubstairs, and Essex stairs, either by the faid mayor, aldermen, and commons, in common council affembled, or by the respective owners or proprietors of the faid adjoining wharfs or grounds, they the faid mayor, aldermen, and commons in common council affembled, fhall caufe the faid stairs and landing places to be taken down, removed, and rebuilt, by their own workmen or agents, fo and in fuch manner as that a line drawn from the middle of the upper ftep or landing place of the prefent stairs, fhall run through the middle of the new intended ftairs, and fall at right angles upon the front line of the faid in

tended embankment.

IV. And be it further enacted, That it fhall and may be To pull down lawful to and for the faid mayor, aldermen, and commons, in Newgate, and common council affembled, and they are hereby required with build a new gaol, all convenient speed to pull down the faid gaol of Newgate, and to remove, difpofe of, or deftroy, the materials thereof, as they fhall think fit (having regard to the health and fafety of his Majefty's fubjects) and to build a fpacious and commodious new gaol, upon or near the place where the prefent gaol now ftands; provided always, that the money which fhall arife from the fale of fuch of the materials as fhall be thought expedient to be fold, fhall be applied towards the expence of fuch new gaol.

V. And, to render the accefs as well to the faid new gaol as and widen to the feffions house in the Old Bailey, more eafy and conveni- ftreets leadent, be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the faid ing thereto. mayor, aldermen, and commons, in common council affembled, thall have power and authority to widen, enlarge, or improve, fuch of the streets, ways, and paffages, adjoining or leading to the said intended new gaol and feffions house, or either of them, as they fhall judge neceffary for that purpose.

VI. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That it Prifoners to fhall and may be lawful to and for the sheriffs of the faid city of be detained in London, and the fheriff of the said county of Middlesex refpective- other public ly, from time to time, and at all times, after the faid twenty new gaol is prifons till the fourth day of June, one thoufand feven hundred and fixty fe- built. ven, until the faid new gaol fhall be built, and properly fitted for a prifon, to convey to, and keep, and detain in, any other public prison of fufficient ftrength, within the faid city of London or county of Middlefex, all or any of the prifoners who have been or fhall be committed, or who by law ought to be committed, to the faid present gaol, or to the county gaol of the faid city

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and county; any writ, order, or warrant, or any law, ufage, or cuftom, to the contrary thereof in any ways notwithstanding. VII. Provided alfo, and be it further enacted, That the faid new gaol when built fhall be the county gaol of and for the faid city of London, and of and for the faid county of Middlesex, New gaol in like manner as the faid prefent gaol now is by law, ufage, or be the county prescription; and that the removal of all or any of the prifoners, gaol for Lon- who now are, or hereafter shall be, confined in the faid prefent don and Mid- gaol, to the faid new gaol, fhall not be deemed or construed to dlefex, and the be an escape, in the said sheriffs of the faid city, or in the faid fheriff of the faid county: and the keeper and keepers of fuch prifon or prifons refpectively, to which any perfon or perfons fhall, by virtue or in pursuance of this act, be conveyed by the faid theriffs or sheriff, fhall, and he and they is and are hereby required to receive, keep, and detain in his and their cuftody refpectively, fuch perfon or perfons, until discharged by due course of law.

removal of

the prisoners

thereto not to

be an escape.

Perfons fo removed to be deemed to be in the cuftody of Newgate.

of the keeper

Keepers of other prifons to be answer

able for

escapes.

Common council empowered to purchase houses, &c. for the purpofes aforefaid;

VIII. Provided alfo, and be it further enacted, That all and every prifoner and prifoners, fo by virtue of this act removed to and detained in fuch prifon or prifons as aforefaid, thall, during fuch detainer, be deemed in law to be in the cuftody of the keeper of Newgate: and all writs of Habeas Corpus, for bringing the body or bodies of any fuch prifoner or prisoners before any of the judges of his Majefty's courts of record at Westmin fter, or for removing any fuch prifoner or prifoners to any other prifon or prifons, fhall and may be directed to the faid keeper of Newgate and the keeper or keepers of fuch prifon or prifons are hereby enjoined, upon delivery to him or them of fuch writ or writs, to pay due obedience, and make due returns thereto, in the name of the faid keeper of Newgate, in the fame manner as the faid keeper of Newgate would be bound to do if the perfon or perfons mentioned in fuch writ or writs was or were in his cuftody.

IX. Provided alfo, and be it enacted, That the person or perfons to whofe cuftody any fuch prifoner or prifoners fhall be to conveyed, by the faid fheriffs or theriff, fhall respectively be anfwerable for the efcape of any fuch prifoner or prifoners; any thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.

X. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of building the faid intended gaol in manner aforefaid, and making, widening, enlarging, or improving, fuch streets, ways, and paffages, it fhall and may be lawful to and for the faid mayor, aldermen, and commons, in common council affembled, and they are hereby impowered to treat and agree with the owners and occupiers of, and other perfons interested in, fuch houses, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, as they fhall judge fit to be purchased, removed, or pulled down, for all or any of the purpofes aforefaid, for the purchase thereof; and after payment of the fum or fums of money which shall be agreed upon for fuch purchase, they the faid mayor, aldermen,

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