14 A. D. 1 7 10. 



lof; and any maglftrate, wilfully omitting the performance of his duty 

 herein, fliall forfeit the like fum. Any of the within-named magiftrates 

 may, in the day-time, enter into any baker's houfe or fhop, for fearch- 

 ing, weighing, and trying, his bread, which, if deficient either in weight, 

 due baking, or not being duely marked, or of a worfe quality than is di- 

 rected by this ad, may be feized and given to the poor ; and the baker, 

 making refiftance, fliall forfeit 40/ This ad fliall not affed the privi- 

 leges of the two Eiiglifli univerflties, and fliall continue for three years, 

 and till the end of the next feflion of parliament. [8 Ann. c. 18.] 



The due afllze of bread being fo necefl"ary for our manufadurers and 

 artificers, as well as for all other people, this abfl^rad of fo good a law, 

 lince made perpetual, feemed proper to be now exhibited. 



By two ads [7 Attn. c. 26 ; 8 Ann. c. 21] for better fecuring her ma- 

 jefty's docks, fli'ps of war, and ftores, commifFioners were appointed to 

 treat for the purchafe of fuch lands, tenements, &c. as fliould be judged 

 proper for better fortifying Portfmouth, Chatham, and Harwich, i. e. 

 for enlarging and flirengthening their fortifications. And proper juries 

 were to be fummoned for afcertaining the juft value of all fuch lands as 

 fliould be wanted for thofe purpofes. We fliall hereafter fee tliat this 

 good plan has been fince enlarged, and alfo farther extended to Ply- 

 mouth and Milfordhaven, and greater quantities of ground have been 

 purchafed for extending and improving the fortifications of Portfmouth, 

 Chatham, and Plymouth ; which, neverthelefs, are, by mod good judges 

 of fortifications, flill thought, in fome refpeds, infuflScient, confidering 

 the great danger the navy and the royal ftores would be expofed to, 

 were an enemy vigoroufly to attack Portfmouth, Plymouth, or Chat- 

 ham. 



The czar of Mufcovy's rapid progrefs againft Sweden had now well- 

 nigh ruined that kingdom ; for he not only reduced part of Finland, 

 all Carelia, and the ifle of Oelcl ; but, what was much more valuable 

 than them all, the flower of all the Swedilh dominions, the rich, com- 

 mercial, and extenfive country of Livonia, with the cities and po ts of 

 Riga, Revel, Narva, Pernau, &c. all which Ruflia retains to this day, 

 thereby, in the opinion of many, difcompofing the balance of power 

 and of commerce in the North. 



In this year General Nicholfon, with a force from England, jointly 

 with the New-England forces, attacked and eafily reduced a part of 

 Nova-Scotia, and particularly the fort of Port-Royal, which had been 

 yielded to France by the peace of Ryfwic, changing its namiC to that of 

 Annapolis-Royal, which it ftill retains, being alfo afterward confirmed ) 

 to us by the peace of Utrecht. It ftands in the bay of Fundy, on the- 

 edge of a fine harbour or bafon, capable of receiving 1000 fhips, with 

 good anchorage in all parts of it. This port was the rendezvous of 

 French privateers in time of war, and of the French Indians for invad- 



