ed by law, to be made in refpect of hard foap, which fhall be refreshed or made new, be discontinued.

II. That in lieu thereof, the duties upon one pound, in every ten pounds weight of fuch foap, be allowed to the makers thereof.

12. That all linen cloth and dia. per of Ruffia, which are not at prefent particularly rated in any act of parliament, or book of rates, be, upon the importation thereof into this kingdom, rated in manner following; that is to fay, all fuch cloth and diaper, being in breadth more than 22 and not exceeding 31 inches at 41. and being in breadth more than 31 inches, and not exceeding 45 inches, at 61. and exceeding 45 inches in breadth, at 1ol, for every 120 English ells thereof refpectively, and fo in proportion for any greater or leffer quantity; and that the full amount of the feveral duties now required by law to be paid, for every 20s. of the value of the faid goods, be raifed and collected according to the faid refpective rates.

13. That no drawback or bounty be allowed upon the exportation of any goods, from this kingdom, to any of the islands of Faro.

MAY 6.

upon every piece of vellum, parchment, or paper, on which any admittance of fuch officer is ingroffed or written, fhall be deemed and taken to be an admittance of fuch officer.

2. That the prefent ftamp duty upon the admiffion into any corporation or company be repealed.

3. That inftead thereof a stamp duty of zs. be charged upon the entry, minute, or memorandum, made of fuch admittance, in their court book, roll, or record.

4. That the prefent allowance for prompt payment at the stamp office be repealed.

5. That inftead thereof an allowance at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum be for the future made.

6. That an additional ftamp du ty of 20s. be charged upon every policy of affurance, in which the properties of more than one perfon, in any fhip, cargo, or both, or more than a particular number of perfons in partnership, or more than one body politic, to a greater amount in the whole than 100l. fhall be affured.

7. That of the monies agreed to be paid by a convention, between his majefty and the French king, concluded and figned at London the 27th of February laft,

French prifoners of war, there be applied a fum not exceeding, 308,000l.

MAY 7.

1. That out of the monies which fhall arife of the produce of the duties laid in this feffion, upon the importation and exportation of gun fenega and gum arabick,

there

there be iffued and applied a fum not exceeding 12,000l. 2. That the 2s. ftamp duty to be impofed by the third refolution of yefterday be applied to the ufes, to which the ftamp duty repealed by the second refolution of yefterday was applicable.

3. That the additional ftamp duty of zos. impofed by the fixth refolution of yesterday be applied to the like ufes, to which the duties upon policies of affurance are at prefent applicable.

4. That the fame bounties be allowed upon all linens to be made in the Ifle of Man, and imported into Great Britain, which fhall be exported from thence, as are now allowed on the exportation of British or Irish linens, and under the fame reftrictions and limitations.

5. That the inhabitants of the Ifle of Man may import into any lawful port of Great Britain or Ireland, the beftials, or any other goods, wares, and merchandizes, of the growth, produce, and manufacture of the faid ifle, except woollen manufactures, beer and ale, without paying any cuftom, fabfidies, or duties, for and in refpect thereof (except fuch excife or other duty, as is now, or fhall hereafter, for the time being, be due and payable for the like goods, wares, or merchandize, of the growth, produce, and manufacture of Great Britain) liable to certain limitations and reftric. tions.

MAY 9. 1. That towards making good and fecuring the payment of the fums of money directed by an act of 32 Geo. II to be applied in augmentation of the falaries of the

judges and juftices therein mentioned, in England and Wales, there be granted an additional ftamp duty of 41. upon every piece of vellum or parchment, or theet or piece of paper, upon which any admiffion into any of the four inns of court fhall be ingroffed or written; and an additional stamp duty of 61. upon every fuch piece on which fhall be ingroffed or written, any regifter, entry, teftimonial, or certificate, of the degree of utter barrifter, taken in any of the four inns of court.

2. That out of any of the furpluffes which fhall arife upon the funds established for payment of the faid augmentation, and upon the faid additional stamp duty, after the payments charged thereupon are, from time to time, fatisfied, there be applied, in augmentation of the falaries of the faid judges and juftices, from the 5th of January to the 5th of July 1759, according to the proportions appointed by the faid act, with respect to the augmentation therein mentioned, a fum not exceeding 3.6251.

3. That out of any of the duties and revenues in Scotland, which by an act of 10 Anne were charged, or made chargeable, with the payment of the fees, falaries, and other charges allowed, or to be allowed, by her majefty, her heirs, or fucceffors, for keeping up the courts of feffion and jufticiary, and exchequer court in Scotland, there be applied, in augmentation of the falaries of the judges in the courts of feflion and exchequer there, from the 5th of January to the 5th of July 1759, according to the propor tions appointed by the faid act of

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32 George II. with refpect to the augmentation thereby granted of

the falaries of the said judges, a fum not exceeding

2,1001.

Total excefs

From the 9th refolution of January 24th, and the 1ft refolution of January 28th, it looks as if a fupply was granted by both for the half pay of the marine officers, and confequently for one and the fame ufe. But it is to be obferved, that in all the wars before the last, the marines were upon the army eftablishment, and the money for their pay wasiffued to the pay-mafter general of the army, when we had no pay-mafter general of marines, confequently, when peace was restored, the half-pay marine officers were continued upon the fame establishment; but in the laft war the marines were put upon the navy establishment, and the money for their pay was iffued to the treasurer of the navy, and confequently the half-pay marine officers who were employed in the laft war, are now continued upon that eftablishment; therefore they continue to be provided for by that refolution of parliament which provides for the ordinary of the navy. But as there are ftill remaining alive and upon half pay fome of thofe marine officers, who were employed in our former wars, but, on account of their age or infirmities, were not employed in

the laft war, they were continued even during the war, as they were before, and ftill continue to be upon the army establishment; therefore they continue to be provided for now, as they formerly were, by that refolution of parliament which provides for the reduced officers of his majefty's land forces.

Upon the first and fecond refolutions of April the zd, it is to be obferved, that the money granted by these two refolutions amounts exactly to the fum of 500,000l. and that this way of granting and providing for a fum of money in the committee of fupply was feldom, if ever, practifed before the preceding feffion. The old and moft regular way of granting and providing for this fum of 500,ocol. would have been, to have granted in the committee of fupply, upon account, a fum not exceeding 500,000l. towards difcharging fuch unfatisfied claims and demands, for expences incurred during the late war in Germany, as appeared to be due by the reports of the commiffioners appointed by his majefty, for examining and ftating fuch claims and demands; and then, in the committee of ways and means to have refolved, that

towards

There are, indeed, fome of thefe rticles of public expence, which, It is to be hoped, will annually decreafe during the continuance of peace, particularly the feventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth refolutions of January 24th. The fourth refolution of March 19th will certainly in a few years be totally annihilated, becaufe thofe annuities must be among the first that are to be paid off by the finking fund; and thefe gradual diminutions will, probably, after the next enfuing year, do more than anfwer all the accidental articles of expence, to which the nation can be expofed in time of peace; fo that we shall never be obliged to take above five or fix hundred thousand pounds from the finking fund, for anfwer

ing the expence of any enfuing year; for as to all fuch accidental articles, the nation ought certainly to be as cautious as poffible,as every fhilling of the expence muft be taken from that facred fund, which is appropriated to the payment of her debts and the redemption of ber mortgaged taxes; fome of which, there is reafon to expect, will be redeemed and abolished in a very few years, if peace and the land tax at 4s. in the pound be continued; and that both may continue for a confiderable number of years we have equal reafon to expect, if our foreign connections, and the mo nopolifing fpirit of fome of our merchants, do not provoke the powers of Europe to form another dangerous confederacy against us.

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