| Description | Circular from E. Phelps chairman of a meeting of magistrates from the several counties of England and Wales, held at the St Alban's Tavern in London on 21 May 1791, and sent to the Clerk of the Peace for the North Riding. The heads of two bills
for remedying defects in an Act of 17 George II to amend laws relating to rogues and vagabonds and to Houses of Correction
to enable the courts of Assize and Quarter Sessions to issue process on recognizances and fines estreated and to prevent fraudulent returns by sheriff's officers
were read and approved, and are enclosed to be circulated to all magistrates for observations |