314 A. D. 1759. 



of a ver>' liopeful prolpecl: of the progrefs and increafe of the prodiidion 

 of raw filk there, and in the adjoining province of Georgia, viz. in the 

 year 1757, 1052 pound weight of raw-iilk balls were received at the 

 filature in Georgia : and the next year produced no lefs than 7040 

 pound weight thereof. And in this year there has been received at 

 Savannah, the capital of Georgia, confiderably above 10,000 pound 

 weight of raw filk, though the feafon has not been favourable. This 

 great increafe of that rich, new, and valuable produdiiort in thofe pro- 

 vinces is owing to tiie increafed number of hands in raifing the fame*. 

 We cannot more emphatically defcribe the triumphs or glories of the 

 Britifli monarchy during this year, than by tranfcribing part of the con- 

 gratulatory addrefs of the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons, of the 

 city of London, prelented to his majefty on the 20th of October 1759, 

 viz. they humbly befeech his majefty to accept of their mofl humble, 

 but warmeft, congratulations, upon the rapid and uninterrupted feries 

 of viclories and fuccefles, which, under the divine blelling, have attend- 

 ed his arms both by Tea and land, within the compafs of this diftinguifli- 

 ed and ever-memorable year. ' The redudlion of Fort Dii Quefne on 

 ' the Ohio ; of the ifland of Goree in Africa ; andof Guadaloupe, with 

 its dependencies, in the Wefl-Indies : the repulfe and defeat of the 

 whole French army, by a handful of infantry, in the plains of Min- 

 den ; the taking of Niagara, Ticonderoga, and Crown-point ; the 

 naval viclory off Cape-Lagos ; the advantages gained over the French 

 nation in the Eafh-Indies ; and, above all, the conqueft of Quebec, 

 the capital of the French empire in North- America, in a manner fo 

 glorious to your majefly's arms, againfl every advantage of fituation 

 and fuperior numbers, are fuch events as will forever render your 

 majefty's aufpicious reign the favourite lera in the hiflory of Great 

 Britain : mcalures of fuch national concern, fo invariably purfued, 

 and acquifitions of fo much confequence to the power and trade of 

 Great Britain, are the noblert proofs of your majefty's paternal affec- 

 tion and regard for the true intereft oi your kingdoms, and reflect 

 honour upon thofe whom your majefty lias been pleafed to admit in- 

 to your councils, or to intruft with the condu(5l of your fleets and 

 armies ; thefe will ever command the lives and fortunes of a free and 

 grateful people, in defence of your majefty's facred perfon and royal 

 family, againft the attempts of all your enemies,' &c. 

 In the fpring of the year 1758 the houfe of commons had appointed 

 a committe to confider of reducing the weights, as alfo the meallires of 

 length and of capacity, to a perfect exactnels and uniformity throughout 



* As tlie quantities of filk prodnced in Georgia, were eltlier totally erioneous, or that the ivritcr 



ever in later years, are known from the governor's miftook the weight of ihe cocoons, (.ippannt!}' 



reports to be much fmaller, than what are here ilat- what lie calls raw-filk balls and raw filk) for ibc. 



•td,. there is reafon to conclude, that thefe advices weight of nicrcliantablf raw filk., HI, 



