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fumption thereof, among the commonalty, and thereby contributed very 

 much to their health, fobriety, and induftry ; for the prevention of the 

 return of former mifchiefs, an adl of parhament paned in this 33d year 

 of King George II, for preventing the exceflive ufe of fpiritous Uquors, 

 by laying additional duties thereon ; and for encouraging the exporta- 

 tion of Britifti-made fpirits, 8cc. which law has further contributed to 

 the fame falutary end. 



Sundry other good laws were made in this feflion of parliament, for 

 the eafe of commerce, and conveniency and fafety of the people ; fuch 

 as that for extending the time limited for the importation of faked beef, 

 pork, and butter, from Ireland ; for removing the gunpowder magazine 

 from Greenwich, where it was fo dangerous, to Purfleet, a place of 

 greater fafety ; enlarging and improving the fortifications and docks of 

 Portfmouth, Chatham, and Plymouth ; for preventing frauds relating 

 to the cuftoms, and granting liberty to export rice from Carolina, di- 

 recflly to any part of Europe fouth of Cape Finiilerre, in (hips navigated 

 according to law ; and that for widening certain llreets, lanes, 8cc. in 

 the city of London, and for opening certain new ftreets, and clearing 

 away fundry nuifances therein, for the conveniency of carriages and 

 paflengers, infomuch that this city already begins to wear a new and 

 more elegant face, by its old and narrow gates being removed, new and 

 airy openings made, and many more intended ; whereby, it is to be 

 hoped, the moll wealthy citizens will no longer have reafon to remove 

 into the weftern fuburbs, for free and frefh air, but will end their days 

 with comfort and fatisfaclion, in the places where Providence had blefled 

 their induftry with plentiful fortunes. 



This year the kingeftablifheda corporation at Fort-Ivlarlborough, near 

 Bencoolen in the ifland of Sumatra in the Eaft-Indies, by the name of 

 the mayor and aldermen of Fort-Marlborough. But the place was fur- 

 prifed by the French in the fame year. 



On the 8th of September 1760 the town of Montreal, together with 

 the reft of Canada, was furrendered by the French governor, Vaudrcuille, 

 to General Amherft, commander in chief of the Britifti forces. 



From this acquifition, how vaft an addition of territory has accrued 

 to the Britifti empire in America, how much greater fafety and fecurity 

 have our antient colonies hereby obtained, by removing from behind 

 them fo enterprifing, reftlers,and Ihamelclsly perfidious, a nation ^ and, 

 uhich is of much more importance to us, hereby aUo we become pof- 

 fefled of the whole of the fur and peltry trade of that continent, in ex- 

 change for our coarfe woollen and other manuhiclures, iron tools of 

 many kinds, kitchen and houfchold furniture, with other copper and 

 brafs utenfils, lead Ihot, gunpowder, firelocks, fvvords, &.c. but wc wifli 

 we could not add rum, in great quantities, fo greatly debauching the 

 morals, &.c. of the Indians. How great an increafe ot our national 



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